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Vol. LXXX, No. 48 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, October 29, 1969 Ten Cents
Eight Pages
ROOM WITHOUT BOARD:
IHA asks new
dorm contract
By HESTER PULLING
Separate room and board contracts for residents of Uni-
versity housing, may be tried at West Quadrangle next fall
on an experimental basis, Inter-House Assembly president
Jack Myers said last night.
Approval of the program on a tentative basis is all but
official, Myers said. Only the 1970-71 Residence Halls Rate
Committee, which Myers calls the "main hurdle," really
stands in the way.
Presently all students wishing to live in residence halls
Fleming talks to
legislators on war,
writes to President
EMU trial
switchied
I.)y dean
Student Court to
By TIM1 BR INDYBERRY
YPSILANTI-A special Eastern
MVichigan University administra-
tion tribunal created to try four
'taff members of "The Second
'cming," a radical Ypsilanti, stu-
dent newspaper, reversed itself
'esterday and granted the stu-
tents permission to- take their,
'ourse to the EMU Student Court
-the usual procedure.
The tribunal, composed of Dean
)f Students Thomas Aceto and two
)f his assistants, had originally
ranned to bypass the Student
ourt and try the editors of the,
x per at the hearing yesterday.
The four students have been
,harged with "continued viola-
tion" of an EMU regent's rule pro-
hibiting sale and distribution of
material on campus without of-
ficial permission.
The students, including editor
of the controversial paper Frank
Michels, agreed to appear before
the Student Court Saturday.
Aceto, had originally said the
hearing would be open to the pub-
lic and the press. However, at the
beginning of yesterday's meeting,
Aceto defined "open" to include
the defendants, few witnesses,
and a representative from the of-
ficially recognized EMU student
paper.
Michels demanded the hearing
be held in a larger room and that
it be opened to all the press. Ap-
proximately 60 people waited out-
side the hearing.
After the decision by the tribun-
ii to allow the case to go before
he student court. Aceto talked
vith a number of students and
-epresentatives outside the admin-
stration building.
"Philosophically, I support any
leans of expression, including the
nderground press," Aceto said.
He argued however, that the is-
ie before the Student Court would
inter around the alleged violation
; the students of the rule against
iauthorized distribution.
"The question is not whether
.e rule is just or unjust, but
:iether it was violated," he said.
Michels said the staff of "The
cond Coming' would continue to
tblish and to distribute its papers
the EMU campus.
are obligated to pay for both
room and board in one pack-
age. With the approval of the
Rate Committee and the
backing of the Director of
University Housing John Feld-
kamp who said he "supports
widening the housing options
open to students - one of
which is a separate room and
board contracts."
Feldkamp will take the pro-
posal, along with others made by
the Rate Committee,tto the Board
of Governors and the Advisory
Committee on Housing for their
approval. If approved, Acting Vice
President for Student Affairs
Barbara Newell and the adminis-
tration's executive officers will
make the final recommendation
to the Regents. Myers "sees no
constituent group which will op-
pose the passage of the proposal."
Feldkamp said West Quad was
chosen because "expensive reno-
vation may have to come in the
near" future unless the number
of students eating there is re-
duced.
Myers said the' proposal should
attract more people to West Quad,
which currently, "isn't the most
popular dorm."
Myers said that separate con-
tracts would present a new option
in university housing" and sees
no "catastrophic financial impli-
cations." Feldkamp said the quel-
ling of "traditional complaints,
about dormitory food" another
pleasant facet of the proposal.
IHA recommended yesterday
that the Board of Governors of
Resident Halls "immediately au-
thorize the Mosher Jordan switch"
which involves the second floor of
the dorm having rooms with al-
ternating sexes. "The Board is
authorized by the Regents to make
decisions," Myers said. All thirty-
eight students on the floor are in
unanimous favor of the new living'
arrangement Myers says.
tI ^Associated Press
Yuoslas (idouu ((fter gn S -
A Yugoslavian tank clears away rubble, including a dead Volkswagon, from a street in Banja Luka
yesterday as the city began to dig itself out of the rubble caused by two days of severe earthquakes.
A spokesman said nearly every building in the city was destroyed or heavily damaged by the
tremors. The death count is still growing and a large number of persons remain missing.
WASTE DISPOSAL BILL:
Senate sub-com-m-ittee
holds Detroit
By PAT MAHONEY
special To The Daily
DETROIT - A University pro-
fessor and representative of Mich-
igan labor and industry testified
here yesterday before the Senate
Public Works subcommittee on
Air and Water Pollution about
the problems of disposing solid
wastes.
Sen. Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo)
presided over the field hearing.
Eagleton was the only member of
the subcommittee, which is head-
ed by Sen. Edmund Muskie tD-
Maine>, to attend.
Prof. Robert M.. Brown of the
Public Health School spoke on be-
half of the National Sanitation
Foundation, of which he is chair-
man.
Chartered in 1944, the founda-
tion has its headquarters in Ann
Arbor and works to achieve en-
vironmental quality.
Brown said man's approach to
environmental pollution problems
"has been characterized by frag-
mentation." Local government, he
said, normally assumes responsi-
bility for residential wastes while
schools, hospitals, industry "and
other institutions very frequently
have to fend for themselves in
disposing their solid wastes."
Brown explained that recent
activities of the foundation relate
to a bill introduced recently by
Junior Year A)road program
i)rngs praise from participants
tearing
Muskie. His bill, the Resource
Recovery Act, would authorize the
Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare to make grants to
any state, city or intergovern-
mental agency for the construc-
tion of solid waste disposal facili-
ties. Up to now Congress has pro-
vided only for demonstration pro-
jects.
The bill would require the HEW
secretary to report on methods of
reducing the amount of solid
wvast e.
A recent HEW survey shows
that Americans will soon discard
3.5 billion tons of solid wastes
annually. The annual cost of
handling and disposing of these
wastes, which include 4 million
tons of plastics, 48 million tons
of cans, and 30 million tons of
paper, will amount to $4.5 billion.
At the request of New York City
Mayor John V. Lindsay the foun-
dation undertook a study of the
use of paper bags and plastics for
the collection and disposal of gar-
bage and other wastes.
Tom Gable, a resident lecturer
in the School of Public Helath,
said last night that the founda-
tion st.udy recommended that the
section of the New York City code
requiring metal cans be changed
to permit plastic and paper con-
tainers. The study also said the
city should provide plastic and
paper bags for citizens according
to Gable.
Detroit Mayor Jerome P. Cava-
nagh appeared briefly at the
hearing. He said he generally
supported Muskie's bill but ob-
jected to a provision that limited
the federal government's contri-
bution to a municipal waste dis-
posal facility to 25 per cent of
the cost.
By CAROL HILDEBRAND
University President Rob-
ben Fleming went to Wash-
ington last week, fulfilling his
pledge of Oct. 15 that he
would seek to present the
anti-war mood of the campus
to Michigan's representatives
in Congress and to the Presi-
dent.
Fleming met last Thursday with
ten members of the state's con-
gressional delegation to discuss
the problems of the war and re-
lated issues. The hour-long meet-
ing, attended by members of both
parties, was arranged by Re-
publican Rep. Marvin Esch.
In an announcement released
yesterday, Fleming also said he
has sent a letter to President Nix-
on expressing his and the cam-
pus' opposition to the war as
expressed on Oct. 15. It was that
letter he discussed with the con-
gressmen.
"I suggested to them that the
question I heard debated was not
whether to withdraw, but how,"
Fleming ex lained. "Neither mili-
tary or political victory seemed
to be of overriding importance as
compared with a re-ordering of
national priorities."
He also told the congressmen
that the academic community's
widespread opposition to the war
is "not simply emotional, n o r
does it occur because of ignor-
ance."
Rep. Esch, contacted in Wash-
ington last night, said it was a
"very helpful first meeting. It
opens dialogue between campus
and Congress." He said they had
a thorough discussion on the "gen-
eral ran-e of problems of our end-
ing the wa.'
He would not go into more de-
tail. however, noting that the
meeting was private.
A Democrat, who did not attend
the meeting Rep. Martha Griffiths,
said she had heard that Fleming's
talk was a re-affirmation of the
beliefs expressed in the speech he
gave Sept. 19 at the teach-in.
Fleming's action in speaking to
the state s- representatives and
writing to the President followed
his pledge earlier this semester
to do what he could on behalf of
the campus to express its feeling
about the wear.
"I don't have any illusion about
my ability to have an impact on
events in Washington," he said
during the Oct. 15 Moratorium. "I
will do something. I'm- not sure
what, as yet," he said then. "If
there are some general proposi-
tions we agree on, I'll do my best
to represent them."
Fleming had appeared earlier,
Sept. 19, at a teach-in arranged
by about 40 professors.
Speaking on a platform with
Rennie Davis, a founder of Stu-
dents for a Democratic Society,
Fleming vowed to "express to my
colleagues who are presidents of
other academic institutions my
concern about the war, and my
hope that their campuses, like
ours, will find a vehicle through
which faculty and students may
bear witness to their convictions."
By VALERIE KUEIIN
Why does a student leave Ann
Arbor to spend his junior year
abroad?:
"I suppose if you asked 20 stu-
dents why they wanted to join the
program. you'd get 20 different
answers," said Roberta Lawrence
of the University Office for Study
Abroad.
Whatever the reasons, most stu-
dents who participate in the Jun-
ior Year Abroad program come
back enthusiastic about its merits.
"It's important to get out of
your city, state, and country to
achieve a mature pespective of
things,' says Claire Anderson, '70,
who spent a year in France. "No
one should stay in his secure
cubicle. Go and get an outlook on
le world.''
h[Ds, Radical Caucus
>ick new officers
Ellen Evans, '70, who spent her
year abroad in Frieburg, Germany.
says she enjoyed watching how
Germans reacted to world events
"There was so much excitement
about the moon-landing in Frie-
burg," she recalls, "it made me
realize that they considered it
more than a United States con-
quest in space, it was a world
achievement."
The stated objective of the study
abroad program is to give students
a chance to derive a full measure
of educational and cultural experi-
ence in a totally different environ-
ment. Students can learn to ad-
just to and cope with new situ-
ations while also broadening their
academic background.
Besides the obvious academic
and cultural benefits, there is a
definite financial advantage stu-
dents say. Where else, they ask
can you gt a room for $14 a
month, a meal for 30 cents, and
live for' a year' on what it would .
cost to live here for a semester?
The France and Germany study
abroad programs began in 1962
and 1964 respectively and since,
then have been sponsored jointly
by the University, Wayne State
University, Michigan State Uni-
versity, and University of Wiscon-
sin.
A limit of 25 students from the
University and 25 from the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin participate
each year in the Junior Year in
France program. The quota is 15
students each for the University.
MSU. and Wayne for the Ger-
many program.
To be selected for the Iprogram,
a student must possess a fourth
semester proficiency in French or
German. an over-all minimum 3.0
grade point.
hill skiing was invented. (The
Feldberg in the Black Forest.) Al-
so, there are beer-automats on
every highway."
Commenting on the more serious
goals of the program, Fabian says,
'Students learn how to look at
their own country by living out of
it. Your impression of Germany
isn't changed by your year abroad
as much as is your impression of
America. This is the greatest value
of the program-a new and dif-
ferent focus on life here."
Students abroad for a year often
find themselves questioned severe-
ly about American foreign policy,
and have lively discussions with
Europeans about world politics.
Roland Erhardt, '70. tells of the
See JUNIOR, Page 8
rrHI EVES, INTRUDERS
-Associated Press
Homecomxing'69
Some of the 1,788 U.S. Marines who returned Monday from
Vietnam duty hung a peace symbol from the side of the attack
transport Bexar, as it docked in San Diego,
STUDENT TEACHING ISSUE:
Cohen responds
to city teachersa
By JIM NEUBACHER
Education School Dean Wilbur Cohen has told the Ann
Arbor Education Association that members of his school are
willing to "commit ourselves to discussing in good faith"
the AAEA's complaints over the local student teacher pro-
gram.
Cohen's letter was sent in response to the Ann Arbor
teachers' association's criticisms of the working operation of
the student teacher program now run by the education
school and the Ann Arbor Board of Education.
The AAEA sent Cohen a two-page proposal Friday ask-
ing "immediate implementation" of two joint committees on
student teaching, one handling elementary level and one
secondary level student teach-
in
Cohen's letter will be presented
to the AAEA formally today at
their 4 p.m. meeting at Pioneer
High School, when the entire
wo blem dicused
om I teacher training program will be
Cohen was out of town and
Thievery isn't the only signi- unavailable for comment yester-
ficant dorm problem. Vandal- day.
ism is another major headache. AAEA president David R. Har-
In West Quad, three pianos rell said he was "very pleased to
have been irreparably destroyed get the letter" but added that he
in the last 18 months. And those did not know if it would prove
red exit signs that your friends' satisfactory to the teachers.
roommate collects can cost He declined to comment on it
staggering amounts - as much futher, saying, "I've seen it brief-
as $700 in one dorm in a single ly, but haven't had a chance to
year. read it over thoroughly."
Vending machines are con- "I expect to review this in de-
stantly being destroyed by irate tail before tomorrow's meeting,"
customers. People kick, pound, he added.
hammer, and pry in usually fu- The teachers have threatened to
tile attempts to get their money terminate their participation in
back or their merchandise de- r the program if they find the Uni-
livered. versity's response unsatisfactory.
All these costs get back to the Although the. AAEA is not for-
4zirpnc . ntrii.,malls invotlved with the nrogi'am-
'U' dorms face so
"We must show that the name
)emocrats" can be a positive
ing; it can be done." With that
ntiment, voiced by newly elected
'esident Howard Heidemann, '71.
id unanimously endorsed by the
4b members, the Young Demo-
ats began their plans for action
r the coming year.
Citing ineffective organizing as
me of the club's chief weaknesses,
eideman said, "The club is not
'mocratic enough-the member-
tip has been remiss, and the exe-
itive board has been remiss in
'tting them involved''
He suggested that a stronger
mmnittee system be formed.
State Central Comnnittee were
also elected.
Radical Caucus also met last
night and elected a new execu-
tive board consisting of Joe
Goldenson, chairman, Mark Hoy,
Art Lerner, Miriam Siefer, and Al
Kortesoia. The group approved
plans for an internal education
program and voted to devote the;
next meeting to a discussion of
student organization and student
power. It was decided by the
group not to run any Radical
Caucus candidates in the Novem-
ber Student Government Coun-
cil election.
By JOHN WISS
Remember the money t h a t
disappeared from the wallet on
your dorm room desk that you
figured your roommate took?
Or did you see those four big
guys carrying that upright
piano out of your house lounge
but you figured that it must be
all right because no one would
be that audacious?
Thefts such 'as these, a n d
many more, are not uncommon
in the University's dormitory
system. They have resulted in
such losses as $215 in furniture
from West Quad alone in the
last three weeks. Almost every-
thing from a love seat in a
Part of the problem lies
with students' casual attitudes
toward the dormitories.
After a student has lived on
a floor for a while, he. tends to
leave his doors open all the time,
even when he's sleeping, Robert
Hughes of the University hous-
ing office says.
In the last few years, Hughes
says, gangs from the Ann Ar-
bor-Ypsilanti area have roam-
ed dormitory halls, especially in
South and West Quads.
"They are well-organized and
know what they're looking for
and the easiest way of getting
it," Hughes says. "It has been
extremely hard to catch, let
ecurty
of the "man in trouble" c a n
walk in, take what he wants and
disappear quickly.
Half the time, though, Hugh-
es notes, they can just walk up
and down the halls looking for
empty rooms with open doors. A
quick rush in to grab some-
thing of value, and the owner
is out of luck.
"Stereos, albums, and wal-
lets are the most typical tar-
gets because they are easy to
resell, or because they have im-
mediate value, such as wallets,"
says Hughes.
Betsy Barbour and a few
other women's dorms have had
groups of small kids wander