sur fr gun Gul Seventy-nine years of editorial freedorn. Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan Once again, Dear Gardner Ackley... AiC 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764 05 Editorials printed in The Michigan Doily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in oil reprints. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1970 NIGHT EDITOR: ROB BII Non-academiic discipline" By ROBERT L. KNAUSS (E ITOR'S NOTE: This article is an open letter to economics Prof. Gardner Ackley. The author is a professor in the Law School and 52 vice chairman of the Senate Advis- ory Committee on University Af- fairs.) THE FOLLOWING letter is a response to remarks of Professor Gardner Ackley made at the LSA f a c u l t y ER meeting of March 27, 1970. It is written because these re- marks have been distributed throughout the University community and if unanswered could create misunderstanding. A KEY QUESTION in the current debate over the jurisdiction of classroom dis- ruption cases stemming from the recent Black Action Movement strike is whether or not such disruptions are "academic" offenses. Central Student Judiciary (CSJ) agrees with the faculty that academic offenses are within the realm of faculty judicial authority, but maintains that academic affairs are only those concerning a per- son's academic honesty, "competence, achievement and assiduity required for grades; degrees, and continuing enroll- ment in a program." CSJ has insisted that all o t h e r cases, which concern non-academic offenses, be tried only by students. Some of the faculty, however, aside from disagreeing with CSJ's claim to legi- timacy has seen classroom disruption as within the sphere of academic affairs. And so both CSJ and faculty have claim- ed sole jurisdiction over the disruption cases. Even further, the Graduate School Executive Board, Thursday, asserted its jurisdiction over all violations of proper student conduct, and included as viola- tions of these rules the disruption of teaching and other university activities, and the physical abuse of persons on University-owned or controlled property. IT IS ON these grounds that several ,students ,involved in the BAM strike have been charged. But two of the stu- dents, one of whom is enrolled in the graduate school, have stated they will only appear before CSJ. CSJ assumed jurisdiction over their cases last week, in accordance with a section of the Stu- dent Government Council and CSJ Bill of Rights which states that, in all non- academic offenses, students have t h e right to be originally judged only "by a judiciary drawn from and responsible to a democratic constituency to which they belong." And as CSJ insists that ;faculty has disciplinary authority only on mat- ters of "academic'' concern, it enjoined' the accused students last week from ap- pearing before faculty boards. The outcome of this debate over dis- ciplinary jurisdiction will determine the future role of CSJ and thus the extent to which its role, as the judicial board of the students is realized and legitimicized. CSJ has not yet been officially recognized by the Regents or the administration, but it must continue to insist that stu- dents maintain authority over non-aca- demic disciplinary jurisdiction. For if "academic" violation can be broadly interpreted to be any violations of student conduct, then it will be the faculty and not the students who will de- terrhine the jurisdiction under which any case can be tried. -LYNN WEINER You begin your remarks by stat- ing that "this has been a tragic year in the life of th' University of Michigan." I do not agree. Overall it has been a successful year. It has been a year in which pioneer work on organ trans- plants has taken place at o u r Medical center: ,it has been a year of outstanding research productiv- ity Ind the receipt of national honors by several faculty mem- bers. It has been a year in which the quality of the student body show- ed continuous improvement. It has been a year in which Michigan gained national attention through the ENACT program ant the four; day teach-in last month. And finally it has been the year in which Michigan will provide leadership in the academic com- munity by its decision to devote 'more of its resources to provide education opportunities for Blacks. We must keep our prospective about the events of the past three weeks. The Regents recognized the real significance of what has occurred when they stated ". . To assist a new generation of able, energetic black men and women to move into positions of respon- sibility and leadership will be an aspiration worthy of our greatest efforts. And the requisite atten- tion to individual needs and prob- lems can well become a model for more sensitive and personal rela- tions in higher education as a whole." IF YOU are going to describe the year as a series of student briente4 issues and characterize each of these issues as without merit, but involving disruption and eventual University capitulation you would do well to be clear on your facts. To take your exam- ples: (1) Bookstore - I agree this issue should not have caused a crisis, but I question your state- ment that you could not imagine a more ridiculous issue. (As I re- call, your new department chair- man spoke strongly in favor of the bookstore at a Faculty As- sembly meeting.) Contrary to your statement, cost and benefit stud- ies were made and sent to the Re- gents last spring. In the final re- solution the only funds designated for Bookstore use were earmarked students' funds and funds raised as a result of a referendum which showed overwhelming student sup- port. The occupation of the LSA Building was in my opinion ridi- culous., However, the action did. not go unpunished - police were called and over 100 persons were arrested. (2) ROTC - The Faculty As- sembly appointed a committee to study the role of ROTC within the University last spring. This committee met over the summer, and issued its report which was ultimately adopted by the faculty and the Regents. This activity was completely independent of t h e disruption of the ROTC buildings which occurred in the fall. (I suggest you ask Professors But- trey and Davenport who, chaired the Assembly committee if their report was the result "of march- ing feet and broken glass".) There was disruption, but contrary to _ c { Letters to the Editor your statement the administration did respond and police were call- ed on at least two occasions when there was fear that property dam- age had occurred. In this in- stance as in most others involv- ing disruption of University ac- tivity. non-student as well as stu- dents were involved. (3) Recruiting - This also has been an issue which has caused disruption, but again there h a s not been any University capitula- tion. Recruiting continues. Police have been called, arrests have been made, and internal .discipline is pending in several cases. C o n- trary to your implication, the ad- ministration in these situations acted quickly - many feel even too quickly in calling police on campus. The other issues you mentioned -University research, tenants' rights, teaching fellow demands, pollution, and University invest- ments have not to my knowledge resulted in disruption or violence. YOUR REMARKS at the LSA meeting must have been directed to BAM demands, the violence and disruption at the Economics build- ing, and what you apparently view as a misguided handling of t h e whole situation by the administra- tion. The occurrence of a widesnread class boycott was a unique event on campus. Several student strikes have been attempted in the last few years. but this was the first one which had support. A domino theory of escalation of student activism did not cause this situation. We had a strike and class boycott for almost two weeks. Included were two 'days (Wednesday and Thursday, March 25 and 26) that went far beyond peaceful picketing, and far be- yond what can be tolerated with- in the University. I was present during the "clos- ing of the Law School", and felt real agony not, only because of the challenge to academic free- dom, but also to see rational in-' dividuals become caught in mob action. In hind sight I see a variety of actions I wish our president and administration had taken. (I am sure they do also.) I believe the leadership of BAM realized they were losing control, and whether because of fear of the force they had unleased, fe r of police action, or on more pra. - matic grounds that such activity was counter productive, they pulled back. The publication and adoption by BAM of'the guidelines for peaceful picketing was one of the significant and optimistic as- pects of the whole affair. The University did not grant amnesty. In judging the response of the president I suggest you recall that the funding of 10 per cent Black enrollment was endorsed by SACUA immediately after the Re- gents meeting of March 19th and = prior to the strike. The subsequent actions by the Faculty Assembly, the deans. and various schools and colleges demonstrated the deep seated commitment to black en- rollmen by the vast majority of the members within the Univer- sity. The strike was successful be- cause of the issue not because of the activities of a few who wore willing to disrupt. To char- acterize this commitment to Black Education as an "appeasement to anarchists" or "as a result of in- timidation" is a tragic misconcep- tion of University action. A BASIC QUESTION that is raised by your statement is when should the president .of the Uni- versity call police on cam- pus. Until Wednesday, March 25, the strike had been basically non- violent, there appeared to be in- creasing faculty and student sup- port for the underlying issue, and settlement appeared to be in sight. To be too eager to call police and risk the catastrophies we have seen at Columbia, Cornell Har- vard and elsewhere, particularly where the ingredients of a poten- tial race riot were present, would have been foolish. We should be clear t h a t to stop, the strike woul d have taken police, and a large number of them. Internal sanc- tions are needed. but they will not clear buildings. It is easy to se- cond guess such decisions, but I support the president's restraint. A couple of miscellaneous points -you characterize the student judiciary as the Mafia. They may b' inefficient, and as any untrain- ed judiciary. they are not well equipped to handle the complex procedures of a formal judicial hearing. We do need better inter- nal systems of discipline, but I suggest you become acquainted with the members of CSJ before you impugn their integrity. Near the end of your state- ment you mention your surprise that students now are able to use "our auditoriums and meeting rooms." This may be one key to your own reaction. I remember when as a camp counselor I thought camp would be lovely if only there were not any campers. The golden age of University life is gone (if it ever existed), Stu- dents have to be acknowledged, and we cannot operate outside of the pressures of society. WE DO HAVE problems within this University. There Is great need for strong faculty leadership, and we mut not be willing to com- promise principles inherent in maintaining a quality academic institution. But, if reason is going to overcome power, we must be- ware of responses that overreact to or distort the issues. I Dissent To the Editor: IN MR. NEUBACHER'S article on the editorial page of the Daily on Thursday, April 9, the state- ment was made A that Dr. Sher- vington "had a brief butrunmis- takably a n g r y confrontation" with me. Both Dr. Shervington a n d I have been assured by Mr. Neu- bacher that this statement is un- founded and has no basis in fact and that he would correct the statement. No such correction appeared in Friday's Daily. I have now been assured t h a t Mr. Neubacher wrote the statement but it was withheld by the Editor. --W. K, Pierpont University Vice President and Chief Financial Officer April 10 Apathy To the Editor: AT ABOUT 11:30 p.m. Wednes- day, April 8, I was walking near South Quadrangle and noted a disturbance there. One felilow, it developed. was walking around in front of the building shouting ob- scenities at people in the street and in the quad, and challenging individuals to fight. It was my impression that this person was high or drunk, at best, or per- haps psychotic. The response of the quaddies to this individual consisted of ob- scene retorts and vollies of wa- ter bombs and slush balls from the various levels of both south and west quad as well as from people in the street. It was my opinion that this person should be removed and subdued for his own safety. (Firecrackers were- also being thrown from the win- dows of t h e quads.) Therefore. with considerable regret, I called the Ann Arbor police. THEY RESPONDED with a car that met me on the corner of Thompson and Madison. The of- ficer told me to m e e t him in front of the quad, but when he got there, he' slowed briefly and then sped off. The situation con- tinued as before. I called the city police again and 3 more police cars responded to "double check." I talked to an officer in the lead car. He sat in his car. I walked over to the curb to point out the individual about whom I was con- cerned. The officer stayed in his car with the windows rolled up. I went back to the police car and asked them to help. The officer said there was nothing he could do since the individual broke no laws while in the presence of the police. I suggested that if the of- ficer would watch for just a few moments, there would be a fight or at least more obscenities and that he could then remove the person for his own safety from the mob scene on Madison street. The officer responded to me with "if I stay here my car might be damaged." I responded to the of- ficer with an equally obscene statement and left the area for my own safety. It seems that in Ann A r b o r quaddies respond to sick people primarily out of their own sick- ness, with mass hysteria, while the police value the safety of their property more than the safety of human beings. Right on, quaddies, Right on, cops. I will continue to "get involved," despite you both. -George S. Layne, Med. April 10 Equal law enforcement' 14 I1 HAS BECOME quite fashionable to- day to call for law and order and to denounce young people for their disobed- ience and disrespect of the law. Hardly a day passes -without some new v o ic e more conservative electorate. It is indsed surprising that none of the so called "distinguished figures" h a v e come out and condemned the blatant de- fiance and disrespect of the law demon- strated by Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk this past week., Monday, Governor Kirk suspended the Manatee County School Board which had been ready to implement the F e d e r a 1 The war goes on TODAY IN ANN ARBOR there will be a rally and a march here to protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Because of what has been taking place since the November marches, there is a great need to have a large demon- stration to reaffirm a stand against the war. Instead of being reduced, U.S. in- volvement and intervention has grown to include Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. This will be the first explicitly anti- war march since last fall. Compared to the high level of activity against the war exhibited last fall, this semester at the University has been relatively dormant. The rally against the w a r begins at noon on the diag. A large turnout is need- ed to reaffirm the demand that the war in Vietnam be ended immediately. -BRIAN SPEARS District Court's order to racially balance Manatee County's junior high and ele- mentary schools. After learning of the obstruction of his order, Federal District Court Judge Ben Krentzman ordered Kirk to appear before him on Tuesday to show cause why he should not be held in con- tempt of court. But, on Tuesday, Governor Kirk did not show up in the federal court. Then, Thursday, Kirk boldly re-su- spended the school officials who had been reinstated by the judge. When federal marshalls attempted to. arrest Kirk's aides, they were prevented from doing so by the county sheriff and six of his deputies who said they were acting under Kirk's orders. ,UCH blatant defiance of the law sure- ly deserves some comment by the Presi- dent. Yet aside from some ambiguous statement issued Monday by the presi- dential press secretary, nothing much has been said, much less done. In times past Presidents have also met defiance from state governors. Republican President Ei- senhower used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas and Democratic President Kennedy used troops in Mississippi. It is time, that the federal government did something to resolve this crisis. Presi- dent Nixon has stressed court enforce- ment in his approach to desegregation. This is a situation where he should live up to his words. The law must be en- forced equally, even against those of one's own political persuasion. -MICHAEL SCHNECK Student Living Quarters:,A disappointment alexa canady 0 IN A SMALL ROOM behind Dis- count Copy Service is a per- son sitting behind a desk. This person is your first contact with what is called the Student Living Quarters. an organization which reputedly helps students locate housing for the Fall. The opening conversation is very encouraging, but from there it is all downhill. The first thing you realize - when the receipt is being written out - is that the $25 fee that is advertised applies only if you are looking for a 1 or 2-man apart- ment, for anything else, you pay $10 per person, $30 in our case. Nevertheless, confident that you will surely find your dream apart- ment - or at least a liveable one - from their "complete" listing, you pay the additional cost with little reluctance. After paying my money, I re- ceived a list of approximately a dozen apartment buildings that fit my specifications - 3-man apartment in an old house. Un- fortunately, t h e helpful person behind the desk failed to 1 i st which apartment in the buildings were available. IN SPITE OF THIS slight ob- stacle, we were able to locate the apartments - oh w h a t apart- ments. The first apartment visited, had one bedroom with a double bed. It's not that we don't like one another, but three people in one bed is a little too much. The second apartment was a slight improvement, it'' had bunk beds, unfortunately there wasn't room for a third bed. The array of apartments that followed is unbelievable. Not only were the apartments smaller than anything we had found on our own, but the people living in them almost unanimously recommended fight t h a t under no circumstances should we rent from their real- tors. The apartment we will always remember is the one that had holes in the door. HAVING EXHAUSTED the list- ed apartments, we returned to the small office to get some. m o r e listings, but all they had 1 e f t were modern apartments. We knew we didn't want any of those, but for $30 we deserved more, so we made them write the list out and call each apartment to make sure they were available. That afternoon we decided we wanted our $15 back - the mqney they guarantee you if you don't take one of the listed apartments. Unfortunately, when we return- ed to the office to request our partial refund, the reception was somewhat less than friendly. Not only was our integrity impugned, but we learned that unlike most businesses, the Student Living Quarters only writes checks on Fridays. Nevertheless determined to get, our refund, we left vowing to re- turn on Friday. THE RETURN VISIT struck the final blow. First, the man be- hind the desk refused to believe that we couldn't find a place to live from the listings we had been given. In response to a descrip- tion of some of those apartments, he responded, "I never told you these were decent apartments." He then went on to describe how horrible the housing situa- tion is in Ann Arbor. Granted it is bad, but there is no reason that we should 'have to pay $30 for a listing of apartments that are all -worse t h a n the apartment we found on our own. Undaunted, he asked if we had a copy of their new directory of available apartments whicf would only cost us another $5. Somehow, we couldn't get interested. All this time, we kept asking for our $15 back. About this time, a guy came in demanding all his money back be- cause he couldn't find any of the four apartments on his list ac- ceptable. The man behind t h e desk responded saying "As a busi- ness man, I say, how can I pos- sibly give him his money back," and he didn't. All in all. it took over 45 min- utes to get our partial refund. When finally he held the signed check in his hand, he made his last plea saying "I'm really sorry, we made you go through this to get your money back, but we're in this to make money." He couldn't have been any sor- rier than we were that we got in- to it at all. q Crisis in Ulster: A for civil rig hts By JONATHAN MILLER Daily Guest Writer LAST WEEK, as the crisis in Ulster became increasingly more dangerous, the commander of the British Army ordered his troops to "shoot to kill" rioters with molotov cocktails. Although no-one will admit it, the order seems to indicate a growing concern for the situation in Ulster by tloe British govern- ment - already embarrassed at home and abroad by the near civil war. The historical background of the present crisis is complex. In short, the country of Ireland was a colony of Britain until 1926 when the Irish Republican Army forced the British government to ._r-rrt irAnrnn7® n fn G -rahYr olic domination which led to the disunification of the nation. WHILE EIRE became a sepe- rate nation, Ulster was given a special status. They were :llcwed limited home rule by a locally elected parliament, the Stormont, while at the same time they con- tinued to send representatives to the British parliament at West- minster. Ulster thus had de facto con- trol over domestic policy, but the responsibility for foreign relations and defense lay with the British Government. Under the term of the act es- tablishing Ulster, Britain was un- der an obligation to assume re- sponsibility where the govern- ment of Ulster was unable to do so. Utilizing their numerical domi- nation, they secured a position of economic, political and 'social domination. One of the consequences of this domination was the "gerryman- dering" of the electoral bounda- ries which left the Catholics with- out representation in either the Stormont or on the local govern- ment level. This effect allowed the Catholics to be excluded from high income jobs from the police and the civil service. The living conditions of the Catholic in Ulster began to ap- proximate the conditions of Black America. Clustered in ghetto's, with bad schools, low housing standards and no representation, the Cath- olics became increasingly militant THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, afraid to intervene, was finally forced to do so after a company of B-Specials, attacked a civil rights march.r Britain was stunned by the films to come out of Ireland showing the callous brutality of the Ulster police. A month later, the Catholics succeeded in electing a Catholic to the British parliament. Bernadette Devlin took her seat on her twenty-second birthday, and proceeded to shatter all par- liamentary conventions by making. her first speech on the same day. She spoke for two hours and when she sat .down she received a standing ovation from the pub- lic gallaries. Wilson was disturbed. Here was e ___- u - a .,ful - ."#i a rnth The B-Specials were disarmed and the army moved to protect the Catholics.. A new prime minister, Sir James Chichester Clark was selected, but he had as little credibility with the Catholics as O'Neil. In the meantime, under the eye of the British government, the slow process of granting the Cath- olics civil rights was started. It was at this time that the economic interests that dominated Ulster moved in. AWARE THAT THE liberation of the Catholics would destroy the low income labor pool that Ulster boasted, the business interests, American and British lured to' Ulster by the promise from the government that wages and over- heads were low, began to move to the Catholics struggle for civil rights and economic equality con- tinues. IT IS HARD to indict the Brit- ish Army for their handling of the crisis, which would have de- veloped into a civil war without their intervention, but the real culprit is, without any doubt, the British government, which has continually absolved ,itself from any responsibility for the Cath- olics of Ulster. The administration of Harold Wilson has a record of benign of any and all human rights prin- ciples. Their willingness to intervene with troops in tiny Anguilla to prevent the residents of that is- land from becoming independent and the hesitation of the govern- 'I , ;;: : ::....r,...