0kr igau BIaii4 Seventy-Five Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXX VI, No. 1 -ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1965 I I Says Apartments To Be Completed Stl Builder Points To New Methods, Hey1*Sill Inidicates 'U' Towers To Be Ready unueerne oos * * * * * Top Vce-Presiden t By DAVID DUBOFF The 300 University students with leases at a controversial new apartment building will be able to move in on time for the fall semes- ter, according to the owner, Robert Weaver, despite previous reports that the building would not be finished on time. Although there have been setbacks from steel workers strikes and bad weather, all 18 floors will be ready for full occupancy by Aug. 21, Weaver said. Many architectural experts at the University have disputed Weav- er's claim in the past that the building will be completed on schedule, PET ER OSTAFIN To Look into By NEAL BRUSS Climaxing a study of intensive land usage in Ann Arbor, the City Council passed a formal resolu- tion to receive the final report of the Joint Committee on Central Business District High-Rise De- Svelopments and Parking. The vote came' at the Council's reg~Uar Monday session, July 19. It made legal action suggested in the study possible. In an attempt to forewarn and educate land owners and develop- ers of possible legislation resulting Sfrom the report, the Council also passed an ordinance forbidding city officials to issue building per. mits for any structures over 18 sto3'ies, except with approval of Counil ouni .Further Study The ordinance, entailing the committee's suggested ceiling for high rises, was passed with the understandling that further study of the report would yield more Scomprehensive legislation. To this end, a special meeting of Council was slated for August 2, sider th e first daft of odinances prepared by the City Attorney. As- pects of the report not covered in the then current ordinance would be included. The Jopient Comittee comnposed versity, Ann Arbor Council, Cham- Sber of Commerce, and related or- gnizations, was org azd iOc demand in relation to Ann Ar- bor's responsibilities," according to Peter Ostafin, committee secre- tary and assistant to the vice- Spresident for student affairs. Major proposals presented in the report published by Johnson, Johnson, and Roy, an Ann Arbor landscape developing firm, dealt with availability of parking space, reclassification of lots and zones in the prime campus fringe area, wall setback for upper stories of high rise structures, a.nd open b areas as premiums for increasing btWeaver explained that they are not familiar with his "critical path" method o'f construction'. Prefabrication Weaver explained that this method uses as much prefabricat- ed construction material as possi- ble and the progress of the work is worked out on computers. Hoe fadedthat the method is monly used in large cities, where the* construction of high buildings is commonplace. The owner of the largest apart- ment house in Ann Arbor, with a capacity of 800 occupants, com- mented that many people are not familiar with the method in this city because most of the build- ing projects are toQ small to jus&- tify its use. - When it appeared several months ago that the apartment house, located at the corner of South University and Forest Ave., might not be completed on time', Weaver indicated that he would be willing to have his men work 24 hours a day. Striking local steel workers in early May held construction up several weeks. Federal mediators were called in to handle the dis- pute. Second Factor The second factor in the set- back in construction was that the American Bridge Co., a-L:h is con- structing the inner steel frames for the building, was put two months behind because of bad weather. Mrs. Norma F. Kraker, supervis- or of off-campus housing in the Office of Student Affairs, said in May that "the 300 students who have signed leases are taking quite a chance by signing." Concern has been expressed by the University as to where the stu- dents will live if the construction is not finished by the end of Au- On Berkteley Has Great Support;- 'U' Takes No Action By KENNETH WINTER The U~niversity's upper admin- istration was jolted this summer as one of its most popular and active vice-presidents received a bid to head the University of Cali- fornia's troubled Berkeley campus. Vice-President for Academic Af- fairs Roger W. Heyns, already acknowledged to be a key Uni- versity leader and often mention- ed as its next President, was of- fered the Berkeley chancellorship Newsd-Jf the offer touched off an unusually vigorous movement among faculty members, among whom Heyns is highly respected, to keep him at the University. The administration and Regents, how- ever, made no counter-offers aim- ed at retaining him. Up to Heyns This left the choice up to Heyns: to take the top position on the Berkeley campus, or to stick with what is generally con- sidered the second slot at the Uni- versity. As of July 23, when this edition went to press, Heyns has not announced his decision-and reportedly is still undecided- News of the California offer first came from two conservative members of the California board of regents, which governs all nine of the campuses which make up I the University of California-. That university has been in a state of crisis since last winter, when student demonstrations vir- tually brought the Berkeley cam- pus to a standstill. The Berkeley chancellor at the time, Edward Strong, was blamed for incompetent handling of the events and was replaced by Mar- tin Meyerson, then dean of Berke- ley's college of environmental de- sign. Unacceptable Meyerson, however, was unac- ceptable to the conservative mem- bers of the board of regents, and never got beyond the title of "act- ing chancellor." Heyns is report- edly the first candidate t0 be ac- ceptable to all iactions in the By BRUCE WASSERSTEIN The Office of Student Affairs wvas reorganized this summer to facilitate a deeper expertise and to make the non-academic as- pects of education a greater in- fluence at the executive admini- strative level according to Vice President for Student Affairs Richard Cutler. Basically, the restructuring will eliminate the role of the vice president* for student affairs as a dean of students, he said, trans- By H ARLAN HATCHER Prewideui/ of the Univrsit y SEXTEND a cordial welcome to the students who are be- ginning new programs of study at the University of Michigan. Mday 1 remind our freshmen that since they are spending four or more years at the University, they proceed immediately to lay their a c a d e min c foundation soundly that th1ey explore all aspects of the University, curric- ular and extracurricular; and that they take the long look at what they expect from life be- fore deciding how the Univer- sity can best help them reach their goals. BLaT \\'ISII'S for success and happiness in your life and work at the University of Mich- forming him, in practice. to man among equals at vice presi dential level." A dean of students' function according to Cutler, normally i to directly supervise the inne workings of an all the division of a student affairs office. Bogged Down Cutler said that a vice presi dent performing a dean of stu dents role gets bogged down b; the details and can not ade quately fulfill his role as an ex ecutive officer of the University "The ultimate purpose of th reorganization is to allow the vic president more opportunity t represent the student interest t the Regents and the President, Cutler remarked. Cutler said that the realiza tion that the non-academic sid of a student's college experiene is. as important as the academi side is the philosophy underlyin the restructuring. He remarked that by givin the GSA--which is basically con cerned with the non -academi aspects of a student's educatio: -more influence on the execu tive level, this side of campu life can be better reflected i: executive "decisions. Reed Report Cutler commented that the re structuring was in 1ine with th recommendations of the Reed re port which advocated the over hauling of the OSA during th period when it was headed b James A. Lewis. Under the old system, Cutle said the vice president for stu dent affairs functioned as "dean of students" even thoug he did not have this as an off i cial title. He termed sum & structure a: "anachronistic thcon cept'" an dents" function performed by stu dent affairs vice-presidents in th past could better be performed b specialists. 1, s5 r s5 - e e e a In contrast to the new role Cut- ler hopes for his office, a "dean of students" type of GSA relies more on the authority of other executive offices, he said. "The question is whether you want one or two vice presidents with some other deans, or sev- eral vice presidents of equal status,' he remarked. Executive Leaders Cutler said the restructuring would transform the vice presi- dent for student affairs from a "line office officer" to a "true executive leader." For example, Cutler said that he would be participating more actively in such matters as the location, financing, construction and operation of residence halls and other student facilities., While recognizing the need to retain fiscal integrity, there is al- so the need for someone to rep- resent the student interest on these projects Cutler explained. In order to implement his plan to have specialists in each field taking over the duties of the presdent Cutler has reorganized his office into nine major sub- divisions. -Daly-Thomas R. Copi AFTER ONE OF last year's Regents' meetings, Regent Allan Sorenson, right, conferred with Vice- President for Academic Affairs Roger Heyns, left. Heyns has since been offered the chancellorship of the Berkeley campus of the University of California. NONA CA DEMIC EMPHA SIZED: Fund Lack, Costs Bamed or Rises Ferency Blasts Regents for Action; Romney Defends 'U' as Aiitoniomous By JOHN MEREDITH This summer the Regents raised both residence hail fees and tuition rates in a move that will add $118-$150 to the average freshman's bill for his first year at the University. A $50 per year residence hall fee hike was unanimously passed by the Regents in June, making this the second straight year that residence hall charges have been increased during the summer, This action was quickly followed by ap- proval of the tuition hike at a special Regents meeting July 9. The vote on tuition was 5-2, with Regents Carl Brablec and Irene Murphy dissenting. Regent Allan Sorenson was absent from the meeting. Several University administrators had dropped unofficial hints about the possibility of fee increases which were pub- lished in the Daily as early as March; however, no formal announcemnents had b e e n miade before the two Regents meetings. Executive Vice-President Marvin Niehuss said that an additional $250,000 has been set aside for student financial aid to enable needy students to pay the higher fees. Rationale for Hikes Presenting a rationale for the rate hike, administrators cited rising costs in the residence hail system as the reason for the $50 increase. According to John Feld- kamp, assistant to the vice-presi- dent for student affairs, approx- imately 80 per cent of the Increase is needed to finance pay raises for both counseling and non-academic staff. The other 20 per cent, he said, will be divided between wage hikes for student employees and the increasing costs of foods and sc± vices. The tuition increase was at- tributed to a shortage of funds from the Legislature. President Harlan Hatcher pointed out that the University was allotted only $51.2 million of a $55.7 million 196,5-66 appropriations request. He said this shortage, in combination with the backlog of needs which have accumulated since 1957- when Michigan's financial crisis resulted in the first of several con- secutive low appropriations-made eaising tuition a necessity. Others disagreed, however. On See HIKE, Page 3 REGENT CARL BRABLEC A new campus bookstore offer- ing from 10 to 15 pier cent dis- counts on most textbooks will open in Ann Arbor this fall, a stu- dent-faculty group announced this summer. The store will remain open less than three weeks according to present plans-from Aug. 26 to Sept. 14; It will be located at 1319 S. University. Prof. Fred C. Shure of the en- gineering school and Vita Sha- piro, '68, are heading the student- faculty group running the store. gust, politics-ridden California system'. On Time The offer spurred faculty lead- However, at a summer Regents ,ers here to call for Regental action meeting Vice-President for Stu- aimed at keeping Heyns here. The dent Affairs Richard L. Cutler in- Senate Advisory Committee on dicaf~ed that he felt the building University Affairs (SACUA), the would be completed on time. facultys most active representa- Junior as well as senior women tive group. met in an unprecedent- will be able to live in the apart- ed summer session to draft a reso- ment building after it approved Ilution, as did some of the Univer- by the University, which will not |sity's most powerful deans. be until it is completed. This is No one, however, was sure quite the first time that junior women what to do. A key question was havetbeen al'owed to live in apart- Hent possbility of briecom ing Te ground floor of the build- dent Harlan .Hatcher retires in ing, which houses commercial en- ,1967), but it was generally con- terprises.. will not be finished by ceded that no promise-formal or Aug. 21. 'See ITEYNS, Page 3 Breakey Overrules Keley 14rn~ Iw m r Cheaper Prices In past years many student and faculty-run stores hav attempted By ROBERT MOORE pricesvhere. All have thus far The question of who has jurisdiction over civil rights matters,fald the state or the city, was answered-and argued-this summer, as a The bookstore will offer the text- circuit judge here ruled directly against the state attorney general's books for nearly 55 courses, most- expressed opinion about the controversial Ann Arbor Fair Housing ly the large introductory courses. FUN, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION: Try Out The Daily-Opportunity Ordinance. d Circuit Court Judge James Breakey on June 18 overrode Attorney -General Frank Kelley's opinion and declared the city's ordinance e l~onstitutional. y Kelley had previously said that power in matters concerning civil rights in housing is lodged in the state's Civil Rights Commission. Fair housing was not a local con- cern, Kelley said However, Breakey, in his opin- ion said, "the mere fact that the SKnOCks pisa foencigadtnl requirements. As long as there is thre a~., soud lke rairoa noconflict between the two, then heels-or like water going down a bTrhe only dference between the e block behind the Administration city ordinance and the state sta- tute, Breakey explained, "is that,. printed, the ordinance goes further in its has $200,000 in annual revenues, prohibitions." existing in complete financial-and ,The difference concerned the iversity. case of Ann Arbor vs. Hubble. .s an estimated readership of 25,000, The lawsuit, begun oergradyear and is one of two morning apsinstudent, Bunyan Bryant, who claims to have been denied an -it is composed of about 70 students, apartment in the Parkhurst-Ar- trainee, diverse. interestine. harkina han~14 Anavtmpnte manned hv If the store succeeds during the ona mchu l1arger scale fr th e sec- ond term, adding more facilities for advanced courses and perhaps offering art supplies. With success this fall, Schure explained, book publishers would be willing to ste boos "o on-o store would not have to make a down payment on book shipments ;hus, th books wuldh e a id making payment easier. The pub- lishers would also accept back all unsold books. Freshmen coming to summer orientation will be given the op- portunity to leave orders with the bookstore and pick the books up in the fall Schure explained. Two Factors The faculty-student group's hope for success this fall depends upon two factors. First, the group is hoping that quantity sales in a short time will cut costs. In ad- iition, it hopes that an improved Six days a week, at about train going uphill on greased w giant drain-spreads around th Bldg. It is the Michigan Daily being The Daily is a business-it $17,000 in student payrolls, all editorial-independence of the Ur The Daily is a service-it ha the latest deadline in the state, ~ Michigan. The Daily is a student group- finnm wtwilv pditnr to wor'dless