student take control.
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Oakland U. controversy
ity new paper as being repre-
sentative of t entire Black
tud nt body, ay 'committee
United und r rhe b of pokesperson Monica WhH ,
"self determination," Oakland whicb she disclaimed.
University' Black tudents The three letters criticized
voted to place Black Aware- the presence of whi on the
ness ontb (BAM) activities committee, the hifting of the
under their own supervi ion. month' focus to multicultural-
During an emergency meet- ism, and demanded the resig­
ing called by the _--------� __ nations of tu-
Associ 'on of Oakland has a dent co-chair
Blac Students Jo epb Thur-
(ABS) Tburs:. Black student
man, who is
day, Dec. 6 th oomdation 01'699
Y"Y r.J Black, and the
organization out 01' a total 01'
ucce s fu II Y r.J 'J Director of
quelled po ntial 12,286 students, Campus Pro­
divi ions ilhin about 5.7 per- grams Paul Fran-
tbe UDl'VCrsl'ty' klin, who is
� cent.
Blac commu- L.- __, white, from tbe
nity, ith a call committee.
for" elf d termination." Although th committee
A ov. 1 walkout by Bl mcmbelS were in ympalhy with
stude from a BAM commit- the con nt of the letters, they
tee meeting a major cause ere not in compliance with
of controversy on tbe camp . tbe total message.
Three letters Circulated by The ignation ofThunnan
Blae tudents at the ov. 1 from the committee' no longe
meeu dressing the con- afoc in tbecontroversy, with
of three individual tu- ASS helping mooth misun­
den ere portrayect in the
Oakland Press and the univer-
2
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o
n
yR.C
tulent
ternal and Child Health Cen­
ter.
However, more tban50mil­
lion Americans cannot afford
an adequate diet, a major re­
quirement for a normal irth
weight, according to the Pby i­
cians T Force on Hunger.
.. As your urgeon general,"
Novello, the first female and
first Hi panic surgeon general,
id, "I will speak for the chil­
dren." Ho ever, she didn't
mention the U.S. infant mor-
i� 0
Singapore, Ron Pollack, Exec.
Direcjor of Families USA Fo -
dation, noted.
, After producing talistics that
indicated health cos ent up
more than 2 In. tim over t
P t ten y " Pollack aid •
health care bas become a lux­
ury item tbat few can afford.
"We are paying more but get-
ting 1 " h aid.
Meanwhile, closer to home,
t incoming Engler admini­
tration is considering slashing
'd to famili with dependent
children and killing plans to
creat a p rate department
for -children' rvices, which
would corsolidat programs for
children.
" r on t 1'" co -
ing, accordiug to Rep. David
. Hollister, D-Lansing, ho
ove th Social Services
budget in th House.
Continued on Pag 22
I
A recent outbreak of child­
hood disease in lo er-income
Amcri<:an ho bot - a 67
increase from the same period
in 1989, according to the Cen­
ters for D� Control-says
something un-American about
the Bush administration' re­
fusal to join more than 100
other countri and ign t
child rigb treaty adopted a
t by
UN Geoeral embly.
"Tbebestlhingyoucangiv
your child is a normal birth
weight," Bush's Surgeon Gen­
eral told an October 19th audi­
ence at University of Michi­
gan's dedication ofU-M' Ma-
�
Thy Rod and Thy Staff. ..,' 0--
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