Page 4-Sunday, September 30, 1979-The Michigan Daily LOOKING BACK: THE WEEK IN REVIEW Michigamua violates Title After 78 peaceful years-in which the organization was one of the most prestigious in the Univer- sity-Michigamua's future suddenly became rocky when the Department of Health, Education and Welfare last week found the University in violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Code for providing "substantial" assistance to that society. Michigamua, established in 1901, is an all-male secret society that has met regularly each month on the top floor of the Michigan Union tower to hold meetings with an American Indian format. It has done so since 1932, when the lease to the room was donated to Michigamua by University football legend Fielding Yost. HEW's decision came in response to a suit filed three years ago by two ex- University students which alleged Michigamua members received preferential treatment from the University witlfout being a properly recognized student organization. Under Title IX, the University cannot provide significant assistance to student groups which discriminate on the basis of sex. IT IS STILL unclear, however, what the next course of action is since HEW gave no. outline for an appropriate remedy. An attorney for the University General Counsel's office said the school IX may ask the secret society to find a new place to meet, or could tell the federal government that its accusations are inaccurate. Michigamua members contend the organization is more of a social society than an honorary one since they par- ticipate in many social functions together. HEW, however, ruled that it's clear Michigamua is more of an honorary society "whose purpose are to encourage superior scholar- ship and leadership achievement in education of other extracurricular ac- tivities." According to the government, the University has assisted Michigamua by leasing the room in the Union, and providing other benefits in the past. 'U' Hospital University administrators were smiling Tuesday as at least half thebat- tle to replace the aging University Hospital was won. After nine months of haggling, much of it between the administration and the Detroit-based hospital planning of- ficials, the state Department of Public Health approved the University's plan to cOnstruct a new hospital estimated to cost $210 million, but allowed to swell to - -....--- ... --... - U... .. ......,. ...- Michigan Department of Health Director Maurice Reizen (right) this week announced the approval of a $210 million plan to replace University Hospital. Allan Smith (far left) is the acting University president. Della Goodwin (middle) is president of the Comprehensive Health Planning Council of Southeast Michigan, which monitors health care costs by reviewing hospital plans. considers itself on a par with private research and educational facilities such as those at Harvard, Stanford, or Prin- ceton. Chem. building One University project that's been on the back burner for several years is a new chemistry building, ex- pected to be built, eventually on the vacant patch of land near the current chemistry building. After an emotional battle pitting ad- ministrators against local history buffs, the University demolished the 83-year- old Waterman-Barbour gymnasium which once occupied the plot near the chemistry building, in an economical move, because they said it cost too much to rennovate the gym. But that was two and one-half years ago, and there are little signs of life for a new chemistry building. Before ad- ministrators can even think of planning the new building, they must seek ap- proval and submit feasibility plans to the state, much the same as the process leading up to the new hospital. Meanwhile, conditions in the current chemistry building are less than ideal. A poor ventilation system in the labs cannot replace fumes with fresh air quickly enough to meet safety standar- ds, and the chemistry department chairman has estimated that the con- ditions may shorten the average chemist working in the building by 10 years. The Week-In-Review was written by Editor-in-Chief Susan Warner and Co- Editorial Director Michael A rkush. $241 million without further review by the department. BUT THE WORST is yet to come for University officials who although they expect $20 to $30 million in private hospital contributions now must eke out anywhere from $40 to $80 million for the project through the sale of State Building Authority Bonds. Any additional bond revenue, however; will only be authorized after a major University lobbying effort, since there is only $400 million available from the bond sales, and the hospital project has already been allocated one quarter of that. The rest is to be divided bet- ween 20 or'30 state building projects, including schools, colleges, and prisons, which also have been promised funds. And it can be expected that the supporters of these projects in the legislature, and among voters, will relinquish money to the hospital with great hesitancy. Construction of the new hospital is scheduled to begin next summer and is slated for completion in 1985. Although a $241 million price tag has been ap- proved by the state, University officials have promised to tighten their belts and keep the project to a mere $210 million. Generally, however, observers ex- pect the project to go above even the $241 million, but even if it does, the University, somehow, someway, will ge t the money. TO THE UNIVERSITY, however, this is more than a hospital. For years, the dismal facilities at University Hospital have hindered research effor- ts, and have endangered the possibility of private, as well as government research grants. And the conflict between the Univer- sity and the state that has erupted in the last nine months, and probably will con- tinue until the hospital is paid for, is another example of the University's unique status as a state institution that France plays key role in gie £erdigan aFrQ Nnety Years of Edirorial Freedom for mer African colonies V61. LXXXX, No.22 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Michigan' Y STALLING and dallying and-s B bickering and politicking up until H the last moment possible, the state tY legislature may have succeeded in t robbing the people of Michigan of their t vote in the presidential primary. As it f looks now, this state's delegates to the c national conventions will be chosen not h by the people but by the same r politicians who took away the state's t primary, meeting in their infamous P smoke-filled rooms making under-the- table deals and bargains.ngnw When the democratic national com- t mittee's new rules made Michigan's d open presidential primary illegal, the national party gave the state legislators two options - they could H close the primary, forcing citizens ton declare a party affiliation before u voting, or they could abolish the v primary altogether, and select h delegates to the convention in the closed-door caucus system. e Clearly, neith'er option was b desireable. The primary gives citizens r a say in the selection of the party v nominees, and so-called "cross-over" b voting is the most democratic way to a allow any citizen to vote for any can- didate of his or her choosing. In a v democratic election, voters should not t be forced to reveal their party af- I filiation or to stick with a party b 0 y a primary. pecification in the voting booth. However, the national democratic par- y put their own political interest before he people's right to vote freely, and he national party ruled that primaries or democratic delegates had to be closed. The alternative option - laving no primary at all - was even more irresponsible and undemocratic han having the restrictive, closed primary. So the fate of our state's primary went to the legislature, where our elec- ed representatives delayed and dallied until the Senate's vote last week for the limited closed primary. But that vote still has to go to the state House, and the deadline set by the national commitee is Monday, so unless that deadline is extended - which is doubtful - Michigan may have lost her primary. The legislators' delay could be ex- cused if during the interim they had been contesting the national party's right to close our primary. But they were,only twiddling their thumbs, biding their time, and our primary, away. Now if Michigan loses her primary, which appears to be the likely ending to this debacle, the citizens can thank their elected representatives for rob- bing them of their rights. PARIS-The overthrow of Jean Bedel Bokassa as the emperor of the Central African Empire un- derscores the pivotal role France continues to play in her former African colonies. Bokassa was ousted, while visiting Libya, in a bloodless coup in which France played an active role. SHER PARTICIPATION brought quick denunciations from all points of the. French political spectrum-not for inter- fering in the affairs of an in- dependent nation,rbut for not having done so sooner. That President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and his government should work with a dissident fac- tion within the CentralAfrican Empire and help plan and execute the downfall of a head of state it had supported for nearly 14 years does not appear to have shocked the people here. What did shock Frenchmen, both on the left and on the right, was the tardiness with which their government moved to end what it called "acts contrary to the rights of man," referring to the recent, brutal killings in the empire's capital of Bangui. AN OFFICIAL statement on the Sept. 20 coup that brought former President David Dacko back to power and restored the old Central African Republic, said the French government decided to take action after the first reports of violence reached Paris in January. But the statement said France had been waiting for thecappeal to come from within the country. In the two decades since Fran- ce divested itself of its vast African empire, it has continued to play the role of father protec- tor, maintaining troops in and around the continent to back up pro-Western regimes and ensure the security of thousands of French civilians. It also has poured billions of aid into the Francophons countries, many of which are sources of vital raw materials. THE INITIAL 700 French troops, sent into the Central African Empire to support Dacko were drawn from a 1,500-man French force maintaining order in the strife torn nation of Chad, at the request of the Chadian government. Others were brought in from a smaller force in Libreville, Gagon. French military authorities say France has about 3,000 troops stationed in the East African nation of Djibouti, on the sen- sitive horn of Africa, 1,500 in By Jeffrey Ulbrich press demand of the government concerned. THAT WAS the case last year when Giscard d'Estaing ordered 600 Foreign Legion paratroopers into Zaire to help fend off an in- vasion of its southern. Shaba Province by Katangan exiles living in neighboring Angola. Though French forces are now mainly used to keep the peace in the Chadian capital of N'D- jamena, they previously were used to help fight Moslem rebels in the north'of the nation. They also were active in Mauritania, helping train that desert nation's armed forces to fight Polisario guerrillas seeking independence in the former Spanish Sahara. AT A MEETING with African leaders last year in Paris, some of the African chiefs of state asked France to set up a per- manent multinational force to protect moderate Africana coun- tries against what they called a Soviet plan to "destablize" them through invasion, intrigue and subversion. That idea, however, was shelved for further study and has not been resurrected publicly. Some African leaders felt it could be a dangerous precedent. France's political and cultural links to Africa, established during a century of colonization, remain enormous, even after 20 years of independence. IN 1977, the last year for which complete figures are available, France poured $548.3 million in aid into FrancophoneAfrican countries and conducted more than $15 billion in trade. Among France's ties with these countries is a monetary arrangement called the Franc Zone, in which local currencies are linked with the French franc at a fixed rate. There also is comprehensive assistance in the form of budget support, foreign aid, technical assistance and subsidies on commodity exports. More than 284,000 French citizens live in Africa. "In this world where there are large powers and small powers, the weak must not feel aban- doned by their friends," Giscard d'Estaing has said in describing his African policy. "Because if they are abandoned by their friends, they will believe in nothing and could go astray. "I think that for France it is a traditional responsibility to assure the security of these who are in a situation of unjust weakness .." Jeffrey Ulbrich wrote this news analysis for the Asso- ciated Press. / r: r/. .- 11 / / r' w . . _ ..._ f ?° :.