Page 6-Saturday, November 18, 1978-The Michigan Daily Regents reject initial BLEAK DAYS AHEAD FOR STATE AND NATION: action on (Continued from Page 1) criticism for it. I have no question that the students in those dormitories are strongly opposed to this. "I've resolved it in my own mind by saying we ought to do it," Fleming con- tinued. "It's unpopular with the generation that's here now, but we can't say it's going to be unpopular with' future generations." BROWN AGREED with one of the reasons for the plan, noting food con-' solidation would be one of the few places where the University can save money. But he added that "there aren't many places where we can save the smallness of the University. "I just don't feel that to save the one per cent (per student) is enough to of-" fset the loss of community that is created byhaving smaller dining rooms," Brown said. The validity of the report submitted to the Regents by Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff and Vice-President for Student Services Henry Johnson was questioned by Laro. "I'M A LITTLE bit uneasy with the figures. I have to say you could almost end up with a forecast depending on where you want to stand," Laro said. "I don't feel these are reliable figures." Due to $667,000 worth of renovation The state of California has the highest and lowest points in the conterminous 48 states - both of them within 85 miles of each other. Mount Whitney is 14,494 feet high and Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level. lining hall which is slated for dormitory kitchens should the consolidated meal plan not be instituted, it would not be feasible to consider the plan again for at least 15 years, according to University Housing Director Robert Hughes. In other action during yesterday's meeting, consideration of a new University contract with the Public In- terest Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) was delayed until the December meeting because Baker,who could not attend the Meeting, had previously requested the decision be delayed. BUT BECAUSE some action was necessary prior to student registration, which takes place before the next meeting, the Regents agreed to extend the present arrangement for one term. The contract states that PIRGIM must retain the support of one third of the student body in order to receive a "check-off" position on student verification forms. The contract in consideration for next year calls for support by only 22.5 per cent of the students. The Regents also reviewed a report presented by Brinkerhoff on methods of relieving the student housing shortage, saying the most plausible solution would be to relocate several offices in West Quad into East Engineering, and use the vacated rooms as student quar- ters. 'U' economics predict By MARTHA RETALLICK University economists Saul Hymans and Harold Shapiro say both the state and national economies are headed for a slump next year. Hymans and Shapiro yesterday predicted slower growth for the Michigan economy during the final session of the University's 26th annual Conference on the Economic Outlook. Their forecast was based on the fin- dings of the Economics Department's Research Seminar on Quantitative Economics, which they co-direct. Shapiro noted the state economy has made a strong recovery from the 1974- 75 recession. However, this recovery has slackened in recent months, he ad- ded. FOR NEXT YEAR, Shapiro predic- ted a "sharp increase" in the state unemployment rate. The current jobless figure stands at 6.9 per cent and will climb to eight per cent next year, according to the forecast. Hardest hit will be durable goods manufacturing,' particularly the auto industry, and con- struction. The slowdown inthese two industries will occur largely because of the Federal Reserve Board's recently adopted tight monetary policy, Shapiro said. Through interest rate hikes, the Federal Reserve Board hopes to com- bat inflation and make the sagging U.S. dollar a more attractive investment to .foreigners. Lately the value of the dollar has gone up in foreign money markets, but the effect of tighter money on inflation remains to be seen, Hymans said. IN THE MEANTIME, states such as Michigan which are dependent on the auto industry will fel the pinch of higher interest rates. Since many people borrow money to buy cars, higher in- terest rates translate into higher prices, which keep buyers awayfrom dealers' showrooms. The expected state jobless rate of eight per cent will be almost one and a half percentage points higher than the Peru has a Pacific coastline of 1,410 miles and is 800 miles wide at its ex- treme. Its 496,222-square-mile area is comparable to the combined size of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. expected national figure of 6.7 per cent! This is because when Michigan's economy slows down, "we slow down a little more than the U.S. economy," Shapiro said. The state inflation rate, as measured by the Detroit Consumer Price Index (CPI), will also climb next year. Currently, this figure stands at 7.4 per cent. In 2979, the CPI will rise to 8.2 per cent, giving no relief to the state's in- flation-weary consumers. 79 slump HOWEVER, Shajro said he is con- fidekf the governrent will ease its restrictive economy policy by mid- 1979, since he believ's the dollar's ex- change rate will have improved by then. This easing of govetment economic policy should providea boost to the state economy by late next year, he said. The state's auto ad construction industries would be helpd by the easier monetary policy, Shapir added. State judges ignore invitation By JEFFREY WOLFF With Wire Service Reports Of the 173 Michigan circuit and federal-court judges invited to tour the overcrowded Huron Valley State Womens' Prison in Ypsilanti yesterday, not one showed up. The tour was sponsored by the "Lifeliners" group, part of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), which has been working for the past seven years with women incarcerated for life. Report shows decline in black enrollment TONITE ONLY! Cinema1 1 presents fhe Ann Arbor Premiereof DUELLIST Set'in Europe in the Napoleonic period, this film, adapted from Joseph Conrad's The Duel, is about a cavalry officer's sudden flare-up of rage over a trifling imagined insult by another officer which grows into a private war. Starring Harvey Keitel (Taxi Driver, Blue Collar) and Keith Carridine (Nashville, Pretty Baby). The sensudI lush photography is the most impressive since Barry Lyndon. At 7:00 & 9:00 Angell Hall Aud. "A" $1.50 SUN: THE HARDER THEY COME (Continued from Page 1) Variations in the two sets of figures are also caused by the definition of "student" used in each compilation. The self-identified list is compiled and sent to various offices serving minority students, enabling them to contact and inform their constituency. Final Performance Tonight! People are -"-. areLiving. There. A Play by Athol Fugard University Socase ProduCtionsb Nov. 15 -_18. 8p.m. Trueblood Cheat re Tickets $ 2.00 at P.T.P. Office in The Michigan League 764-0450 This production has been selected for entry in: AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL X1, presented by The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts Alliance For Arts Education produced by American Theatre Assoc. sponsored by the Amoco Co. VISTA is coming alive again. How about coming alive with us? Here's your chance to do something for America. We need all kinds of VISTA volunteers. All kinds of skills. People eighteen or eighty, we don't care. High-income or low income. We don't care as long as you come. Come to VISTA' for the most important experi- ence of your life. VISTA needs you. VISTA is coming alive again. Call toll free: 800-424-8580. VITA This list includes all active students on campus, whether they are full or part- time students. The official University report, on the other hand, includes only full-time students. SENTIMENT AMONG black leaders on campus is that the- enrollment among black students is down. Latta, the only black on City Council, said, "It's absolutely true that the black enrollment is going down. It has been for the last three years." Richard Garland, the black represen- tative in the office of Minority Student Services, said he can sense a decline in the enrollment by walking around the campus. Garland also said that not as many blacks have come in for coun- seling. "There used to be a very large num- ber who would come into this office to see me, but not very many are coming in here anymore," he asserted. GARLAND'S FEELINGS were echoed by Steve Lewis, the contact per- son for black fraternity Phi Beta Sigma. "The population is going down," Lewis said. "I would be surprised if there were even 2,000 blacks on campus now." There has been a decline in the num- ber of black activites at Trotter House, according to Beulah Sanders, the house director. "Besides the drop in programs, I have detected a decrease. in the black population, and an increase in Hispanics and Asian Americans." If, when released, the official figures do reflect a slight increase in the black enrollment, the percentage of increasee will still not be sufficient to fulfill the University's 1970 commitment to the black community here. IN THAT YEAR, during the Black Action Movement (BAM) strike on campus, the University promised to in- crease the black enrollment to 10 per cent of the total student population. However, between 1970 and this year, the black percentage of the population has never been above 7.2 per cent, and declined to 6.6 per cent last year. University Vice-President' for Academic Affairs Harold Shaprio thinks the goal will be reached. "I think we can reach the 10 per cent goal," he said. "We have to get as many qualified minority students as possible to come to the University." He added that "this is not a problem that can be solved in a year or two. It's a gradual process. We've done a lot of things ,to help, including expanding the counseling services of the Opportunity Program and of the Coalition for the Use of Learning Skills program, and starting a new recruitment program." to visit ail LAUNA WAKENHUT, AAUW chair- woman, said, "We were nt so naive that we expected full respone, but cer- tainly we did not anticipate btal rejec- tion, either." Wakenhut explained the eent was planned because "We feel, ascitizens, that if they (the judges) are gang to be sending people here, they ougit to- at least know what's going on -r des not go on here."a Wackenhut said she has sat in on many trials, and heard judges siggest all sorts of rehabilitative prograns in which the convict-to-be shoulc par- ticipate. Her reaction, she says, i that "It, would be funny,.if it weret so tragic, that while the judge is talkixg of all these programs, we know that they're just not going to happen." Wakenhut attributes this discrepaicy between the judges' rhetoric ind reality to "benign neglect" in sane cases, while for others, "It's sinply that they just do not know." The bur, she said, would have shown the judges "what was available, program-wise" "I'm sure .there were some legitimate excuses," Wakenhut said of the judges' no-show, "but some probably went deer hunting, too." The $10.5 million prison, completed 16 months ago, was designed to gold 390 women previously incarcerated at the Detroit House of Corrections, but it already has a population of 399. The irony of the matter, according to Wakenhut, is that while "the crime rate for women nationwide and statewide has been dropping steadily since 1975, incarceration and sentencing s in- creasing dramatically, and more o for women than for men." Wakenhut said a report put o4t in August by State Corrections Director Perry Johnson stated that if the present rate of incarceration continues, 'We would need a new facility the size of Huron Valley every three years." LSA-SG office hopefuls stump (Continued from Page 1) creative faculties students have." But reactions to the three referenda which appear on Monday and Tuesday's ballot brought out far less unanimity among the prospective council members: TWO BALLOT questions are non- binding opinion samples of LSA student opinion. One asks if the student body feels experiential learning (Projects Outreach and Community and inter- nships) should be continued as an ac- credited field of study, while the other seeks student input on the subject of a hike in the fee each student pays to LSA-SG, from the current 50 cents to one dollar. The candidates gave unanimous sup- port to the continuation of the experien- tial learning projects now under the scrutiny of the LSA Curriculum Com- mittee, but were more divided on the fee hike question. SOC candidate Sally Eibert, Bullshit Party member Aaron Landy and In- dependent Don Solomon all opposed the fee increase. Eibert said she thought existing funds could be found to support various programs, while Landy saw the need for more efficient use of the The Ann Arbor Film ooperetwe presents at MLB 3 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18 THE SERPENT'S EGG (Ingmar Bergman, 1978) 7 & 9-MLB 3 In his second English-language film, Bergman widens the focus of his tighter psychological works to view a whole society gone mad-Munich in the 30's, rotating from anti-Semitism. David Carradine is Abel Rosenberg, a Jewish- American circus artist-turned-alcoholic who unders*ands what is happening; uncomprehending Manuela (LIV ULLMAN) supports k.im by singing in a garish cabaret to a few cheerless climax, from which Bergman, yet with the visually intricate symbols only he can create. With HEINZ BENNETT. Monday: I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE & BODY SNATCHER dollars LSA-SG currently receives'as an important concern. The Student House Party slate of Thomas Bohlmann and Corando Carrizales supported the fee increase because the benefits to the LSA student body as a whole outweighed the fity cent per term increase each student would be assessed. Bohlmann and Carrizales are one of two presidential slates entered in the race. Current council members Bob Stechuk and Katherine Friedman (PAC) are also seeking the top LSA-SG slots. THE THIRD ballot question would revamp LSA-SG members' ° term lengths from the current staggered full and half-year terms to full-year terms for all fifteen council seats, president and vice-president. The amendment would change LSA-SG elections from twice-yearly contests to a single November election. Bullshit Party candidate Doug Stein- berg strongly opposed an election change. Steinberg said the savings the student government would garner by running only one election would not be spent wisely. Young Socialists member Stan Hills also rejected the twice-a-year election scheme because "The student body changes every semester." Hills, felt frequent elections would mirror the changing needs of the students. INDEPENDENT Lew Loss felt, however, that it is the "semi-annual elections (which) disrupt the flow of continuity" in LSA-SG. Yearly Novem- ber elections were supported by most independents, including author Dan Solomon, as well as US, SHP and PAC. r DIVINE in 1971 PINK FLAMINGOS The infamous cut-classic of the American underground. John Waters' tour-de-forte is probably one of the most vile and repungant films to be shown on a national scale. This most disgusting of films ever made stars Divine, who competes for the title "Filthiest Person in the World," and, of course, wins. A must-see film if there ever was one. SUN: DARK STAR CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT 7:00, 8:30 & 10:00 OLD ARCH. AUD. $1.50 Mediatrics Presents: ALFRED HITCHCOCK NIGHT MURDER (1930). One of the rare whodunits from the master of suspense, mIncn I s-n cks itckriecnkalrnedv in command of his stvle. "It was an interestina