Coope tin nom y in the e
were Willi m H. Lynch and Jame
H 11 0 Milw ukee.
New York-Lemrick Nel­
son, Jr., descirbed by his
lawyer as"a acrificial lamb",
was acquined of all charge
involving the killing of a
Hasidic Scholar during three
nights of violence in Crown
Height, Brooklyn, the um­
mer of 1991.
Nelson, according a recent
article in The New York
Times, was arrested the night
of the slaying with a bloody
knife in his pocket and w
taken to the dying victim,
Yanke} Rosenbaum, who spat
at him then identified the 17
year old as the a sailant.
Despite the i·, ��. r��·���4rft
jury of seven
men fo"�·'_"
in what defense lawyer, arthur
Lewis, called "glaring incon­
sistencies in police testimony,
a frame-up enigneered by cor­
rupt officials and a confession
coerced from an emotionally
disturbed youth under stress."
"The police were not
honest," one juror said as she
and the others filed out of the
court room. The stabbing Mr.
Rosenbaum occured during
the uproar et off by the death
, of a 7-year-old Black .child,
Gavin Cato, who was hit by a
car in the motorcade of Rabbi
Menach m M. Scineerson.
Low-Income
Mortgage Loan for
Minor/tie
w ASHINGTON, DC-The
Federal National Mortgage As­
sociation (known as' Fannie
Mae) recently announced a pro­
gram designed to increese home
ownership in low-income and
minority neighborhoods. The
program, call Fannie Mae
Neighborhoods, will be avail­
able in ares with a minority
population of at least 50 percent.
Fannie Mae officials suggest
interested persons check with
local lenders to see if their neigh­
borhood qualifies for the pro­
gram, or call Fannie Mae
directly at 1-800-FANNIE.
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
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Michigan Citizen will be
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day, November 25, until 9
a.m: Monday, November
30 ..
Deadline for all ads and
story..copy i 12 noon, Mon­
day, November 23.
I •
MlLWAU - The u.s. Court of
Appe I for the Seventh Circuit
agreed on Tue day, October 2nd,
with th NAACP' position that red­
lining i form of cial discrimina­
tion which in the insuring of hom
violate the F ir Ho ing Act of
1968, and ordered a lower court to
reco ider a the ociation h d
brought gainst an insurance com­
pany in Madi on, Wi consin.
The lower Court d id earlier
that the property and insurance
ualty busine w not covered by
the Fair Housing Act. It m t now
rehear the case.
"THI IS AN extremely impor­
tant deci Ion ince it plainly state it
illegal for insurance firm to deny
Afric n-Am ric n in ur nee on
their hom , or to charge them high r
premiums, or to pra tic any type of
di crimination," Dr. B nj min L.
Hoo , Executive Dir ctor/CEO of
the NAACP aid.
Specifically, the AACP had
charg d that by di couraging
African-Americans from obtaining
home insurance from the American
Family Mutal Insurance Co., the firm
had in effect di criminated against
them by making it more difficult to
obtain mortgage - which require
the homeowner be insured.
TH UlT FURTH R Accused
the firm or engaging in unlawful
practices including: instructing its
agents not to ell policie to African-
Americans; failing and refusing to
market th ir insurance to African­
American prop rty owners; failing to
locate agents and agencie in, and in
clo e proximity to, predominately
African-American neighborhood ,
and charging lower rate in
predominantly white neighborh od
than it charge in predominately
African-American neighborhood
for propertie of comparable value
and risk. '
In rejecting American Family'
challenge to the NAACP's involve­
ment in the case the court said: "Con­
gre amended the tatue of 1968 to
authorize suit by anyone who
'believes that he will be injured by a
discriminatory housing practice that
i about to occur' and unle s this
statute is unconstitutional everal of
WANDA F. ROQUEMORE/Michigan CItizen
'Stop The Killing
Approximately 300 people from throughout the Metro Detroit area marched down Woodward Ave. recently
protesting the killings in the city. The march/rally was sponsored by the NAACP, the Detroit Urban League,
New Detroit Inc., ACT-BE, DAB.O., the Summit On Race Relations and S.O.SAD.
a 'e univer
By AMVVUHN
Capital NWI. S.rvlc.
EAST LANSING-Wi th the bleak
financial outlook facing the state,
Michigan' public universities are
facing big changes in the way they do
business.
Many of Ute state universities re
facing frightening financial pictures
of their own. Ferris State University
cut extra programs-including the
ucce sful hockey team-to ave
money.
About 3 miles away in Mount
Plea ant, Central Michigan
University's former president
resign d because the university wa
in such a budgeiary crisi .
Kim Ellertson, CMU' vice presi­
dent for bu iness and finance, aid the
university has coupled tuition in­
ere e with an expenditure reduc­
tion plan to save about S5 million.
"W HAD OME adrninistra­
tive tudy team evaluate ix dif­
ferent arc on campus to determin
if their was potential for savings,"
Ellertson aid.
The study teams looked at ath­
letics, heal th services, printing, the
motor pool, uuluie and worker's
compensation for cuts, he said. But
the school remains about $1.6 million
away from its goal and will probably
end up in the red again, Ellertson said.
"In the current year, we will have
an operating budget deficit," he aid.
"But we have forgone other expendi­
ture that might provide orne one­
time relief."
State universitie can expect little
he l» from the Legi latures
Midhig�n' economic future shows
little signs of meanful recovery.
Rep. lame Ko teva, D-Canton,
aid universities hould not plan on
any additional help. from the tate and
probably hould prepare for furth r
cut in state money.
-rrnc U IVER ITIE arc
reacting to wha h been pr� nted
to them in terms o.' the decline in
support from tate gO\l imment," id
iti
rae
Ko teva, former chairman of the
House COlleges and Universitie
Committee.
Ko teva said while the Legislature
regrets the constant tuition increases
tudents face, he i encouraged by
university fund-raising campaigns.
For example, Michigan State
University recently met its goal of
rai ing $160 million in a capital fund­
rai ing campaign called "MSU
2000," Admini trator have ome
upped th irgoal to 210million ince
the first phase was 0 ucces ful, aid
MSU Pre ident Gordon Guyer.
Guyer said part of the rea on
MSU's capital campaign has been so
succe sful i because of the efforts of
former MSU Pre ident John Di­
Baggio, who made gathered money
from alumni worldwid one of hi
prioritie .
And down th road at the Univer-
ity of Michigan, official kicked off
a 1 billion five-year fun-rai ing
project in September. Called the
"Campaign for Michigan," the effort
i the larg t goal of i type for any
public university.
plaintiffs, and th NAACP itsel
a an organization wh e membe
include many BI ck persons in th
housing market, h ve tanding."
Power hift cl er
path for tea_cher f; t
By ANDY HALLDORSON
C.pltal Nwt. S.rvlc.
LANSING-Michigan' large t
teachers union may oon 10 e its long
battle to forestall a law that may re­
quire teachers to pass competency
exams before witching to new sub­
jects, education officials ay.
State Board of Education Presi­
dent Dorothy Beardmore, of
Rochester, said the elections co t the
Michigan Education Association
(MEA) some clout in the House,
where a bill that would have a
clarified the law has talled'rnore than
a year.
Depending on the outcome of vote
recounting, state Democrats will
either lose their House majority or
split power with the Republicans'
Under the ne Legislature', the ME
. will have a tougher time opposing th
Jaw, Beardmore said.
"They're Ie Jikely to be able to
do it when they don't control either'
house," she aid. "When the power
shifts this way evety interest group
adapts. They will fight for what they
think is crucial and not die on th
sword for what they can't win. You
kind of have to pick your battles."
WHILE
BEARDMORE
PREDICTED that the teachers
union would lose the battle, an MEA
official disagreed. Allan Short,
director of government affairs for the
union, said the Intent-of the disputed
1986 law was to grandparent exi ting
teachers.
While MEA opponents have ac­
cused the union of looking for
loopholes, Short said the Department
of Education is trying to add
provision to the law by applying it to
existing teachers.
"As of today they don't have tu
take the tests" he said. "There have
been no rules passed that say they
have to take them."
Test are not
unreasonably
hard
The law, which included certifica­
tion law for new te chers and tu­
dent reachers, was to take effect by
September 1991. Lack of money and
planning delayed the law, and the
dispute continues over whether it ap­
plie to "grandparent" teachers who
want to teach new ubjects.
Short aid the MEA doubts the
BEARDMORE SAID the tests
were not unrea onably hard and
would benefi t everyone by weeding
out the few teachers who are "just a
chapter or two ahead of the tudents."
. "I don't even know why (the
MEA) oppose it, except to show their
member that they are really fighting
on their behalf," Beardmore said.
A bill designed to clarify the law
will die at the end of the year unless
the lame-duck Legislature takes ac­
tion on it. Short said that isn't likely
to happen.
I lAWMAKERS do clarify the
law to include current te cbers, the
MEA will take the fight from the
Legi lature to the courts, Short said.
Although the power shift in the
House will make a "big difference" to
the MEA overall, Short predicted it
wouldn't affect the outcome of the
te ting i ue.·
"I don't think it makes much dif­
ference," he said. "But we'll see."
bi
cha
"WE'VE REINVESTED in
academic programs and made the ad­
ministration leaner and meaner,"
Unfortunately, the rising costs of Clark aid.
running a university make all thi CMU al 0 cut several admini tra­
money eem like loose ch nge. Stu- tive po itions, which meant eliminat­
dents at all universitie face double- ing whole departments, in orne
digit tuition increase each year. instance ,Ellerston aid. For ex-
ample, the professional development
department wa scrapped and in­
di vid ual departments now are
responsible for developing their
taffs, he aid.
In order for state universities to
remain vi ble, they may need to look
at restructuring their programs and
sharing re ouree with each other.
Ko teva aid the state could provide
ome h lp in cost- haring program
among universities.
U-M HAS ENLISTED the sup­
port of famous-and wealthy­
al umni to raise this money. Members
of the "Campaign for Michigan's"
Steering Committee include "6Q
Minutes" corre pondent 'Mike Wal­
lace, real estate mogul A. Alfred
Taubman and former U-M football
coach 130 Schembechler.
Norther Michigan Univer ity
threw a tuition increase and huge cuts
in programs and ervice at tudents
to avoid operating in the red, aid.
Mike Clark, NMU' directoro com-
munications.
"The pain we are experiencing i
the pain of insuring that we don't live
beyond our means, Clark said.
"Coming into thi current fi cal year,
we knew our expenditures, i they
were left to go forward they h d
be n wi thout ome curtaili ng, would
exceed revenue by S3.5 million."
NMU raised tuition, cut everal
administrative positions and in­
crea ed fees for some services
formerly provided at a rate below
cost, Clark said.