SU Se+ Edi 4o1: LXXX, No. 102' Cr By LESLIE Over half the lite uates of 1976 may English Literature t years at the Univer As the University over-enrollment and for faculty and for students are faced number of closed c In response to th eral departments m strictive quotas to students by limitin non-concentrators courses. For the past th limitations have c tecture and Design plied music coui' from other schools. between departmen college are curreni sion. And a quota sy 730 NDAY AaLY g litorial Page Lilt igan i ait j MUDLUSCIOUS High50 Low--35 Sunny, 'windy. and mild Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, February 1, 1970 Ten Cents T en Pages wding, lack of funds lead to course cl WAYNE Crary college grad- never open an text in their four sity. y is squeezed by a lack of funds r building space, with a mounting courses. is situation, sev- may establish re- protect their own g the number of in upper level ree years, space losed all Archi- courses and ap- ses to students Similar barriers ts in the literary tly under discus- ystem has already DEl been established in the sociology de- partment. "We wish to accommodate all stu- dents but we are going to have to adopt a rational scheme for limit- ing enrollment," says literary col- lege Dean William Hays. "We can no longer operate on the basis of first come, first serve." By definition a liberal arts cur- riculum requires exposure to many. fields, and course quotas can only restrict that exposure. "There is a certain wisdom in the argument that all students should be exposed to a liberal arts education," says Hays. "I'm reluctant to see the Lit School divided into various closed islands that have nothing to do with each other.". For the past six years, there has been virtually no increase in liter- ary college classroom space, while enrollment has exceeded projected guidelines. Scheduled for comple- tion in 1972, the Modern Languages Building will begin to eliminate the space shortage. And few are opti- mistic that the State Legislature will appropriate sufficient operating funds. "The University can only expand as the budget expands," says Liter- ary College Assistant Dean George Anderson. "Closing courses to non- majors is the last resort. But it's the only recourse when you have no space and no budget." And Prof. Alan Howes of the Eng- lish Department says "The concept of the University as having a respon- sibility to all its students is an ideal, yet now practical considerations are stepping in." So far, however, only the sociology department has placed a limitation on the number on non-concentrates admitted to their higher level courses. About 35 to 40 per cent of the spaces in the 15 required courses in the so- ciology program are reserved for con- ' centrators. In Sociology 210, an ele- mentary statistics course, about 60 of the 75 spaces are reserved for con- centrators. "It's all contingent on supply and demand," says Prof. Albert Reiss, chairman of the sociology depart- ment. "The number of sociology ma- jors has grown over the past two years, but the staff has not expanded at the same rate." Last semester. of the 3509 students enrolled in so- cilogl courses, only 410 were sociology majors. Similar proposals have been sug- gested as part of the general cicur- culum revisions under study in the psychology and English departments. The psychology department is the fastest growing department in the University, while the English depart- ment has always been heavily en- rolled. "About 30 to 40 classes in the psychology department have been closed before registration." says Prof. William McKeachie, chairman of the Psychology department. "Some ma- jors are in a bad way trying to find courses." Among the proposals currently un- der discussion by the English de- partment executive and curriculum committees, is for the establishment of a dual program, one for concen- trators and one for non-concentra- tors. "It is difficult to define who has the right to certain courses, but we are reaching a point where the prior- ities of the concentrators steps in," says Howes. Moreover, it is difficult to plan for major shifts in various concentra- tions. "The shift of interest from one department to the next is unpredict- able," says Prof. Otto Graf, director of the Honors College. Hays says the problem of closed courses could be partially alleviated "if we knew the concentration of newly admitted stu- add dents." reco The literary college faces an addi- enla tional strain as almost one-third of "We students taking 1i t e r a r y college whe courses are enrolled in other schools. this Students in the engineering college, limi for example, take their required Lya math, physics and chemistry courses men from the literary college. And only " a few of the courses in the nursing just program are taught by the nursing lect school. sible Not only do these additional stu- turn dents strain the literary college be- ture cause of their numbers, but Prof. Adon Gordus, of the chemistry de- larg partment, explains "Because the som counseling process of these schools othe are quicker than that of the literary qua. college, they often get a jump on The other students during preregistra- is to tion." adm Unless the faculty is increased and tain NORTH osings itional classrooms built, the only urse to restrictive quotas is to arge many classes to lecture size. can begin to give more lectures re there used to be seminars, but alternative seems worse than ting enrollments," says Prof. ll Powers of the English depart- it. Some courses can be expanded by adding more students to the ires, but with others, it's impos- e," says Anderson. "How can you n a seminar in logic into a lec- 9.' The answer can't be found in e lectures, it may be good for e students, but it can be bad for ers and will generally reduce the lity of the education," says Hays. only alternative, Hays suggests, ; possibly establish a preferential ission policy for students of cer- concentrations. HALL ro STRATORS R NS CK Citizens hear panel discuss city priorities By SHARON WEINER . .4 Over 300 Ann Arbor residents participated yesterday in a town meeting on "local neede and military spending." Following a keynote address on the fed- eral budget by economics .Prof. Warren Smith, a former member of the Presidents' Council of Economic Advisers, the groult *heard speeches on the needs of the Anr Arbor community in the areas of housing, transyortation, education, health, poverty and law and justice. C "We will be forced with a serious pblde of deciding priorities for domesti pro grams," 'said .Smith. "In the final antalysis, the federal budget situation will be extreme- ly tight during the next few years." . The' speakers talked of the needs in specific areas of Ann Arbor. All agreed that a priority should be put on meeting do- mestic needs instead of additional military spending, and several said Ann Arbor can afford to meet Its own needs better than other communities, and therefore shouldn't even ask for Its full share of federal funds. Following the speeches, Congressman Marvin L. Esch (R-Ann -Arbor), participated in a question and answer period which con- cluded the meeting. Esch defended Nixon's action by saying that a $400 million -increase in education aid included in the HEW bill was for "impacted area" aid-extra money for localities with high numbers of government employes. He expressed disapproval of the program, and pointed out h( had also voted against the ABM proposaL/last year-. The meetinig, held in the First Presbyter- ian Church, was spoonsored by the Ann Arbor Association for Community Forum and CitizenrInquiry, the Washtenaw County Council of Churches, and the Interfaith Council for Peace. -Daily-Jay Cassidy Detective Lt. Eugene Staudenmeier surveys 'wreckage at North Hall r'epression By DAVE CHUD WIN tive A picture of a war between two American is o cultures-"of life and of death"-was paint- war ed last night in the opening session of a sai two-day conference on repression.. and "What they're trying to do is eliminate oth our culture," said "Conspiracy 7" defend- B ant Jerry Rubin, speaking to an enthusiastic Dot crowd of 3,200 people that filled the first bla two floors of Hill Aud. resi Calling Judge Julius Hoffman "a vindic- me: of 'death e, evil son-of-a-bitch," Rubin claimed he wi on trial because "we had the audacity to nt to determine our own lives." Rubin ca d he expected a hung jury in the case th d to be jailed by Hoffman along with the D er defendants, for contempt' of court., be Black Panther Cultural Minister Emory hE uglass vowed to fight any repression of h ck people. "The Black Panther Party will st the oppression of our facist govern- la ant as; long as we are alive, regardless ha -Daily-Jay Cassidy Jerry Rub inspeaks at Hill By RICK PERLOFF A yellowed page-long advertisement hangs on the wall of landlord Louis Feigelson's office in the midst of building code certificates, rent schedules and an array of newsletters and books. 'the ad, printed in the Dec. 3, 1968 edition of The Daily, would not be unusual were it not for the fact that it was the first :advertisement for the Ann Arbor ient strike. The ad demands significant reductions in rent, the elimination of damage deposits, the immediate haridling of all maintenance complaints and most important, the recognition by landlords of a "duly-elected body as the sole bargaining agent for negotiating future leases."' Feigelson shakes his head. He considers the demands for the most part impractical. The "body," the Ann Ar- bor Tenants Union, has been "undemocratic and dis- honest," according to Feigelson. He says he has no for- seeable plans to recognize the- Tenants Union. Feigelson's views are, in many ways, representative of The 1andlords speak - culture' hether we are in jail or exile," he said. "You can kill a revolutionary but you n't kill a revolution," he added, claiming at 19 Panthers have been killed by police. ouglass went over a long list of incidents tween police and Panthers and cited umerous bombings and raids on Panther eadquarters as proof of systematic repres- in of the militant group. The third of the five conference speakers, w Prof. Arthur Kinoy, of- Rutgers Univer- ty; called for a unified strategy to fight 'hat he called repressive forces. "We must and together, or in the old American tra- tion, we'll all hang.together," he explained. Kinoy, describing the people as the fourth anch of government, urged a unified of- nsive against defenders of the status quo. The slogan 'Power to the People' is not hetoric, but a strategy for our timpe," he id. He criticized President Nixon's statement at government policy should not be made i the streets and mentioned a number of astances-such as the American Revolution -where the people nave had an impact 1 the destiny of the United States. Repression is not unique to America, aimed Episcopal Bishop Edward Crowther, ho was deported from South Africa after e criticized that country's apartheid poli- es. "The black people of South Africa are ving in one of the greatest tyrannies of 11 time," he said. Crowther, now an American citizen, crit- ized the unwillingness of churches to fully upport young men who, following their con- ciences, refuse to fight in the Vietnam war. "We're concerned about violence to build- ms but not about psvchological violence VIOLENCE ENDS QUIET TREK OF 450 MARCHERS By ROB BIER About 30 people broke into North Hall early this morning and smashed windows, trophy cases and picture frames, causing an undetermined amount of damage. The ac- tion ended what had begun as a march of 450 people from the Fishbowl to the Wash- tenaw County Bldg. The violence began at North Hall, which houses the ROTC program, with the break- ing of windows outside. Shortly before 1 a.m. a window in the' front door was broken and the 30 people entered the building. Windows inside were broken, pictures were smashed and the glass was kicked out of classroom doors. Some trophies were stolen and emblems were destroyed. University Security Chief Roland Gains- ley said he would contact President Robben Fleming today to inform him of the North Hall incidents. Contacted early this morning, the Ann Arbor Police Department had no comment on the incidents, though police officers were seen moving toward North Hall around 1:30 a.m. A Sanford Security guard on duty in the building was on the phone when the dem- onstrators entered. Despite the flying glass around where he stood by the door, the guard stayed on the phone. The demonstrators continued "trashing" for a little more than two minutes. Then, leaders of the group urged everyone in the building to leave. , The security guaird said he recognized some of the people who had broken in and that 'he would know others if he saw them again. The smashing of North Hall followed a peaceful one-hour march last night across the downtown and campus area. The marchbegan at the Fishbowl at mid- night, where people were leaving workshops from the Anti-Repression Teach-in. Spon- sors of the teach-in had denied any involve- ment in the march. Marchers first proceeded to the County Bldg. where they heard speeches denounc- ing U.S. "imperialism" and cheered as the flag of North Vietnam was hoisted atop the building's flag ple. They then marched through the down- town Main St. area, and turned back toward campus. At Regents Plaza, the demonstrators found one of the main doors to the Admin- istration Bldg. open. But they left after learning that the ground floor was sealed off from the rest of the building. The marchers then proceeded toward North Hall. Courts subpoena hotos of SDS NEW YORK (. - Time, Newsweek and Life magazines say their unedited files and unused pictures dealing with the Weather- man Faction of Students for a Democratic r.e-at hs - aoncr-hnan. +h b t'm fdroar lords counter that the reverse is true. The union addi- tionally says the rents are far higher than other cities which have comparatively high costs of living. It believes the union has vastly improved maintenance and will assure its continuation. TU members also be- lieve damage deposits are a way for the landlords to make money off interest accumulated from the deposits. The only lasting way to improve the housing situa- tion, the union believes, is to have tenants bargaining with landlords. And it considers landlords greedy cap- italists who do not look out for the best interest of their tenants. The two sides seem to face an irrepressible conflict - a situation that appears basically unchanged since the union's inception last year. One s m a 11 landlord has agreed to recognize the union but most landlords seem no closer to agreement on the demands. "I'm going to ask the Tenants Union how representa- tive they are of Apartments Limited tenants," says Tom Burnham. Apartments Limited manager. "I daresay they won't be able to represent anybody. They represent no- ants Union." He does not expect this to happen. Charter Realty's Bob Schram sees little possibility of negotiating with the union. "They're unreasonable people. I don't see how we could ever meet their demands." Feigelson has a similar complaint. He says that his company, Ambassador, contacted the union repeatedly last spring to talk to it about union demands. Ambassador, he says, was willing to hold elections among its tenants and recognize the union if 50 per cent plus one gave the union bargaining authority. But, he contends, the union would not agree because it thought it would lose the election. The union also insisted it be the bargaining agent for tenants in all Ambassador buildings, he says. He believes tenants have a right to organize but dis- trusts "this particular group." And, the union distrusts Feigelson. Steering commit- tee chairman Steve Burghardt calls Feigelson's charges "categorically wrong." Some landlords feel the union is useless.