CSJ VALID VEHICLE FOR STUDENT POWER See Editorial Page YI 4 4br .Aitr4tgan :41Iit# CHEERY High-50 Low-33 Increasing cloudiness; little chance of rain 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