____ __ -i Dorms try harder to expand student services EUROPE I9 ROUND TRIP BOEING 707 JET 0 $50 deposit reserves seat 0 1 2 departure dotes " a wide variety of flights and travel services STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL 1231 South University-769-6871 a non-profit student cooperative By CAROL HILDEBRAND Hackneyed jokes about dormitory food have been a staple of college humor for generations. But, despite all the snide remarks, the giant dorms keep filled up as students keep coming back for more. A special discussion series on as- trology or the friendly housemother may be partly responsible for the dorms continued popularity. "We are, like Avis, trying harder," says Miss Helen Tanner, assistant di- rector of education planning for the housing office. "We make a real effort to give students the kind of things that will help them succeed." Instead of taking the attitude that "we should do the kids a favor," Miss Tanner believes in providing dorm res- idents with the services they want. Miss Charlene Coady, assistant di- rector of staff training, notes that $690,000 is spent annually from state funds for counseling to "make the en- vironment better for students." In ad- dition, sixty cents a term from each student's room and board fee goes to an educational fund. The counseling fund pays for house mothers, resident directors, resident advisors, tutors and dorm libraries. And while the 400 people in counseling positions are responsible for certain administrative functions, their specific obligation is "to advise and counsel individual residents." Miss Tanner notes the great im- portance of personal attention for freshmen who choose dorm life to speed their socialization into university life. On the academic side, tutors some- times can make the difference for a harried freshmen between surviving the academic maelstrom and getting pulled out with the tide. Any house wanting a tutor simply tells the housing office what kind they need. The housing office advertises this opening, and a house staff selec- tion committee interviews those who apply and then chooses its tutor. The dorm tutorial program has snowballed from one tutor in winter 1966 to 17 tutors this term. Miss Tanner notes that across the academic spectrum, from English to engineering, students are taking ad- vantage of the available tutorial serv- ices more than ever before. "Before. kids had a hang-up about going to a tutor." she says. "Now they beat a path to their doors." In-dorm classes are another recent innovation. There are only seven such classes this term, but 22 are planned for the winter. Anyone may organize or offer an in-dorm class if the de- partment involved agrees to accredit it. Some of these classes are now taught by tutors. The dorm educational fund, assessed at 60 cents a term per student, amounts, for example, to a total of $800 each term for Markley and $622 for South Quad. The money is gen- erally divided among the individual houses if there is no special education committee in the dorm. The Black America film series, rented from CBS, has been the biggest educational expenditure so far this year. Last year's projects varied from hiring teaching fellows for pre-exam reviews to paying for bus trips to the Detroit Institute of Art. NOW! of Reaular Prices c-im Dial 5-6290 Miss Tanner is anxious to change attitudes about education programs in the dorms. "It needn't be boring," she proclaims. One boy, she recalls, was very inter- ested in roadside plants. He was de- lighted to find a "Roadside Plant" speaker listed in her office's Pro- gram Hand book of speakers and topics. Since the boy couldn't interest any- one else in invited the speaker to the dorm for dinner, relates Miss Tanner, he simply invited the man himself. The two reportedly had a good talk. This year, notes Miss Tanner, some fr shman and sophomore academic ad- visors have been assigned to the hous- ing units, as part of the continual effort to get better services for under- classmen in the dorms. a oaa° oaTONIGHT O0 at 8PM o BARBRA OMAR 0 STREISAND SHARIF o o0000 People who see "Funny Girl' are the luckiest people m the world.' VV CHARLES EVERS Mayor, Fayette, Miss. "I don't care how much the black power boys scream, I don't care how much the Ku Klux Klan screams, we can't get along without each other. There's no point in anybody fooling themselves. We in Mississippi, whites and Negro, are going to have to work out our own problems together." Does this attitude mix with Mississippi politics? Find out for yourself. This Sun., Oct. 1 2 P.M. at Hill Aud. - the n ews tday by The Associated Press and College Press Service Q iri i ttn Tickets $1.25 On sale at Union, League. Fishbowl and Door I WnR n P2F R F 1 MON., No .3 T,,NOV.81 VV* 4 VWWW IKWILR AUDRA LNDL Y I 4 JAMES WHITMORE CATHERINE BURNS . .v ... THE SOVIET UNION launched an unmanned satellite yes- terday, while two Soviet manned craft conducted a space rende- zvous. Initial information indicated that the new satellite, called Inter- cosmos-l, was not connected with the mission of the three manned Soviet space capsules. Tass, the Soviet press agency, indicated the unmanned satellite was a co-operative venture with the other Warsaw Pact nations. Tass said the satellite was intended for studies of solar radiations and their influence on the structure of the upper atmosphere of the earth. Two of the Soviet manned craft, Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8, carried out a rendezvous yesterday but did not dock. Meanwhile the Soyuz 6 made visual observations and tested navigation systems. The seven-man space flight has been reported to be part of a pro- gram to build the world's first orbiting space station. THE SENATE passed yesterday a two-year, $4.78 billion ex- tension of the antipoverty program. The final passage came after the Senate adopted a Republican amendment to cut the total which had been recommended by the Senate Labor Committee by $292 million. Another amendment which was adopted by a 45-40 vote, gave governors a veto over legal service programs funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, but a sec- ond amendment gave the President the power to override such vetoes. As it cleared the Senate, the bill would authorize over $2 billion to finance OEO activities for the current fiscal year, which was ap- proximately the amount endorsed by the Administration. This is about $100 million more than was spent for these programs in the preceding year. CZECH PARTY LEADER Gustav Husak declared yesterday his regime would adhere to a moderate course. Speaking to party workers, Husak said that Czechoslovakia would return "neither to the bureaucratism of Novotny nor to the anarchy of Dubcek." Husak was replying to critics who fear that the end of liberal pol- icies launched by ousted reformer Alexander Dubcek will mean a re- turn to the oppressive regime of Dubcek's predecessor, Antonin Nov- otny. A GENERAL MOTORS VICE-PRESIDENT denied yester- day that auto service and repair costs are generally excessive. Testifying before a Senate antitrust subcommittee which has been investigating the high cost of auto service and repair, Mack Worden rejected proposals that mechanics be licensed. He called it a "marginal assurance of performance" and said it would do little or nothing to eliminate the estimated one-third of all auto repairs; that are done badly or not at all. Worden also responded to charges by safety experts that carsj are constructed too delicately to withstand the minor collisions which account for well-over three-fourths of all insurance claims. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES yesterday passed a bill which would provide annual pay raises for federal employees. The bill, which would also provide an additional pay raise this month for postal workers, now goes to the Senate. President Nixon strongly condemned, the bill before the House vote, saying it would cost an additional $4.3 billion annually, and i would undercut his fight against inflation. t 16-..LoP-I6 second froimt page Wednesday, October 15, 1969 NIGHT EDITOR: DANIEL ZWERDL ING Page Three TEAU . EVAN HUNTER MV Ri 1140 Boston prepares f or the bigay Welfare demonstrators rally at Boston army base to emphasize their demands for a rechanneling of national wealth away from the military and toward satisfying the needs of the poor. The demon- stration was billed as preparation for today's national protest against American involvement in Vietnam. CONTINUE HEARINGS: Judge upholds Collins' arrest 'Nixon to ask easier "pot' laws Admniustration Fproposal would reduce penalties WASHINGTON VP) - The Nixon administration has drafted an al- ternative proposal for marijuana possession penalties that would be "far less harsh" than its ori- ginal plan, Congress wvas t o 1 d yesterday. Without disclosing details, a De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare official indicated the proposed penalties for possession of marijuana would be non-man- ditory - meaning judges would be free to impose lesser penalties or none at all. But while disclosing this, a wit- ness before the Select House Com- mittee on Crime stressed that marijuana use has both recog- nized and potential dangers and that its possession should not be freed of all criminal penalties. Dr. Sidney Cohen, director of the National Institute of Mental Health's drug abuse division, said countries in which marjuana has been used 5,000 years report "pro- longed use seems to lead to apa- thy, loss of motivation and in some instances emotional disturb- ances." Cohen said NIMH plans to study whether those findings are valid, but he said there already a r e "known hazards" of marijuana use. Cohen said however that the administration's original penalty proposal is "excessively harsh" and would impose a punishment on the marijuana possessor that can be more damaging to him and I society than his use of the drug. The earlier legislation proposed by Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell July 15 would class marijuana with heroin and other "hard" drugs for which possession could draw a two to ten year prison term, a maximum $20,000 fine or both. The alternative proposal with nonmandatory penalties w a s drafted at the request of a Sen- ate committee, said Theodore El- lenbogen, assistant HEW general counsel for legislation. Ellenbogen refused to character- ize it as a change of position. He said the administration made clear from the start it was "open minded" on penalties. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michigan News phone: 764-0552. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mail. Summer Session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. Subscrip- tion rates: $3.00 by carrier, $3.00 by mail. P'x n : "nsi L! a i"'a s ewfhse e v F3 Frwiff/Zaftl4 ;,"Im4r1T L saa r_.svmmcn } 4iv#erwnvvrr rw+ Desigedhby JO MIELZINER DIr, ,b MACLACSEY Washtenaw C o u n t y Circuit Judge John W. Conlin yesterday denied a defense motion to quash the arrest warrant issued against accused murderer John Collins. Conlin also denied a motion to suppress certain evidence intro- duced by the prosecution which led to Collins' arraignment last August for the murder of Eastern Michigan University coed Karen Beineman. The defense has maintained that Collins was arrested "solely for the purpose of obtaining fin- gerprints.," However, at yesterday's pre- trial hearing - the fourth since Collins' arraignment - C o n li n ruled that the arrest procedure was based on reasonable grounds that Collins had committed a felony. In denying the motion to sup- press evidence, Conlin upheld the legality of the search warrants 1969-70t THE 1969-70 EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PLAYERS SERIES a tuneful delight PAINT YOUR WAGON Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and Nov. 5-8 amercia's most searching drama DEATH OF A SALESMAN December 10-14 brecht's multi-media anti-war explosion MOTHER COURAGE March 5-8 sauciest comedy of a saucy age THE COUNTRY WIFE May 20-24 BUSINESS SLOWED Summer hangover on South U used by police to obtain the evi- dence. The defense has charged the warrants were faulty because they were not specific in reference to the evidence which the police ex- pected to find. Both rulings were issued after two witnesses were called to tes-1 tify by Asst. County Prosecutor Booker T. Williams. State Police Capt. Walter W. Stevens testified that the arrest was made after blood and human hair, which matched samples taken from Miss Beineman's body, were found at the home of Col- lins' uncle. Collins reportedly had sole ac- cess to the housedduring the time of Miss Beineman's death. Conlin scheduled another pre- trial hearing for next Wednesday to consider several additional de- fense motions which have not been disclosed. Cops veto pop Lest PARIS (P -.Paris police have vetoed a proposed four-day pop festival involving 60 bands, 200,- 000 bottles of soda - for starters - and audiences of perhaps 100,- 000. Festival organizer J e a n' Georgakarakos then set out by road for Belgium, hoping to stage his show at Tournai. By JOAN MORROW "Just look at it," says an angry barber, pointing to some long-haired students, "it's turn- ing into a skid row, just lik e Michigan Avenue. Respectable people won't come down here any more." The 'South University' inci- dents of last summer have left their mark on the merchants who own stores on the now-le- gendary street. And stores that depend mainly on the patron- age of local townspeople have been affected most severely. Most managers interviewed agreed there has been a very noticeable decrease in the num- ber of townspeople who h a v e been patronizing their stores since the "riot". At the Pipe and Tobacconist shop, Alfred Schwind claims his business has dropped over 50 per cent. Schwind voiced dis- gust over the summer's disorder and said he now wants to move out. Some store-owners note that more townspeople than before call first to ask if particular items are in stock before ven- turing down the infamous street. The manager of Barnard's Campus Casuals says many of her own friends are apprehen- sive about coming onto South University, fearful that trouble may break out again at any time. But she added her personal view that there is nothing to fear these days. Mrs. Barnard says she has noticed a difference in students who come into her shop. She maintains they are better dmessed and more friendly than they have been in the last three years.dPreviously, said M r s Barnard, students wouldn't talk to her employes and were "a lit- tle dirtier looking." "I think kids are up to here with all this monkey business," she added. Shops that cater to students have experienced few adverse effects. Clothing stores such as Came- let Bros. and The Village Store have been unaffected. Discount Records has noted a slight drop in classical sales, but otherwise business is thriving. The manager of one dry cleaning business reports that, besides a few inconveniences this summer - "wondering if you'll have a store to open up the next morning," - there has been no decrease in his busi- ness. Students, it seems, a r e still getting their clother clean- ed. 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