'U' cuts forensic tea By JEFFREY MILLER In a community accustomed to the pomp and pageantry of Big Ten foot- ball, the University's forensics team has maintained a quiet, modestly suc- cessful existence. But the recent merger between the Speech and Journalism departments could change all that. IN PAST YEARS the team's $3,000 annual budget was provided by the old Speech Department, but when the departments merged July 1, that budget was cut out. As a result, the team may be in its last season. Some 25 students participate in forensics, which includes debate and individual events such as extem- poraneous, persuasive, and dramatic speaking. In the past, the forensics budget was used to pay for traveling expenses and entrance fees to regional and national tournaments. The first signs that the team might have difficulties getting funds didn't appear until this fall as the team began preparations for the upcoming debate season. "OUR MAJOR concern was - do we have enough money to even start? We wanted to get started so that we could be as competitive as other schools," said team member Don Baty. On October 4 team members got a definite answer concerning their finan- cial status. In a stormy meeting, Professor Peter Clarke, chairman of the new Communications Department, informed the team that no money had been allocated for forensics. "What hurt us the most is that nobody was notified. We were told after the fact, with no chance for appeal," said Bill Bubniak, the sole member of last year's team to qualify for the national forensics tournament. BATY EXPRESSED similar sen- timents: "It took until October 4 for somebody to tell us, but we assume the decision was made long before." Clarke, however, denies this, saying that the issue of the forensics team never came up in discussions of the executive committee. That committee, he said, was c larger instructic "It's reallyt continued. " tracurricular ac of curricular a less adequate deserve to be. T are equipment When the depar than it feels it tivities commar extracurricular AT THE Octo cited three reas denied the team 20-25 students relatively large requested $6,00 people involve Communicatio department h provide for conc Clarke noted, request, if appr the largest depa from the curren The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 20, 1979-Page 3 n fundin oncerned with "much current accounts budget is set aside for onal issues. miscellaneous expenditures. quite simple," Clarke According to Clarke, "We've had a Debate is an ex- policy in Journalism that where there ctivity. There are a lot are important extracurricular ac- ctivities which are far tivities, or groups that have ly funded than they professional contributions to make, we 'he most starved areas try to find money to afford transpor- and current accounts. tation." In keeping with that policy, rtment has less money Clarke said he told the committee he needs, curricular ac- would try to find some money for them nd more attention than from small accounts within the depar- tment. )ber 4 meeting, Clarke TEAM MEMBERS said they ons why the committee received $900 from the department, but funds: First, only some they weren't particularly enthusiastic. would benefit from a "We feel it was an attempt to appease expenditure.-The team us, to show that the Communications 0. Second, few of the Department had done something for the d in forensics were team," Bubniak said. ns majors, and the Professor William Colburn, faculty ad an obligation to moderator of the team, sympathized entrators first. Finally, with Clarke: "What Peter Clarke is the team's budget doing is absolutely the right thing. But oved, would be one of it's unfortunate that the University .rtmental expenditures, doesn't recognize that some things are it accounts budget. The for the good of all; they cannot be "departmentalized or categorized. ' Without money, the team has not been able to attend any tournaments this year. Although the prospects for active competition are gloomy, team t' members continue to meet every few weeks. In general, however, the team's focus has shifted to raising money. COLBURN HAS been trying to get additional funds, and team members have appealed to MSA for financial support. Last year, MSA gave the team $400, and this year it provided them an office in the League, after they lost their previous office at the beginning of fall term. Clarke said he believes that foren- ick. sics, like other University organiza- tions, must find external sources for funds, since neither the Communica- tiorns Department nor the University is likely to provide financial support in view of the tight financial situation. e ts s For the students, however, the issue is more than money. "We need support from the Univer- 'rof. Donald Meyer, the sity. We need people in authority saying strator, is in Stanford that forensics is viable, that it is impor- for the experiment's tant. Without that support, it will still be -1980 start. mediocre," Baty said. t-L ~H" A Thanksgiving celebrator named Ray, Overindulged, and it prompted him to say "I'll just run to Health Service," But he then turned nervous, 'Cause the Fletcher doors were all locked for the day. Health Service will be closed Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23. We will resume our regular hours on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 8 a.m.-12 noon. The Emergency Clinic will also reopen on Saturday from noon until 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. For Service information during the holiday weekend call: 764-8320 HEALTH SERVICE 207 FLETCHER STREET JUST WHAT NO ClASSES THE NOBOOKS DOCTOR NO EXAMS ORDERED! I BE SURE TO HAVE A THE HUGE MAGNET is hauled across an overpass by a specially-equipped tru University profs involved in Iiii 4 giant electromagnet By WARREN HEILBRONNER That 107 ton electromagnet traveling across the U.S. on Interstate*80 is part of a high energy physics project that will involve seven University faculty researchers. .,Being trucked at 25 miles-per-hour from Chicago to Palo Alto, California, the magnet has attracted national at- tention because it is one of the heaviest loads to be transported on a major U.S. freeway. PREVIOUSLY USED in bubble- chamber experiments conducted at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois, the magnet is being moved, at a cost of about $250,000, to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. "The physics we are interested in can only be done at Stanford," said Associate Professor of Physics Rudolph Thun. "We have a variety of national labs 'for doing high energy physics, and each lab specializes in its own particular particle acceleration," Thun explained. "We're not moving the magnet just for the sake of moving it." The 18-foot diameter magnet became available when the lab near Chicago was shut down this year, according to Thun. THIS SERIES of experiments in- volves colliding negatively, charged electrons and positively charged elec- tron-like particles, called positrons. "When those two annihilate, that becomes a very clean source for producing new matter," Thun said. The large size of 'the magnet is necessary, according to Thun, because "having a large magnet allows you to measure the energy tracks with greater precision." "The particular strength of our ex- periment is precision," said Thun. "There are other detectors that will be out there on this machine, looking at the same sort of physics with less precision, that have smaller magnets." MICHIGAN, ALONG with Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, and the Argonne Lab are working together on the project, said Thun. "These experiments are large," he said. "They're a big collaboration, so what happens is that all these groups share building different parts of the detector. The magnet is just one aspect of it." Along with Thun, Physics Professors J.W. Chapman and Carl Akerlof, research assistant Andrew Seidle, post- doctoral fellows David Nitz and Neville Harnew, and graduate student Dave Rubin are all part of the Michigan rpernl team. Physics P group's admini: now, preparing anticipated mid (s ii'r THUN SAID the magnet has encoun- tered some problems on its trip. Last week, "It was stuck in Laramie, Wyoming because the roads were iced up ... I don't know where it is right now." . He said the magnet should arrive on the West Coast sometime next week "if it doesn't slip off a mountain or something." Despite the financial troubles, team members are still optimistic. Baty summed up the optimism of the team members, saying, "I still want to stick with it. I'm looking to next year." Colburn, however, spelled out the team's future more bluntly: "If the University doesn't make a commitment to debate, it will die." .4- Me ,as as lag " i s k 11 Smith optimistic in final address to 'U' Senate -1 11 f4 FILMS Ann Arbor Film Co-op-A Perfect Couple, 7, 9 p.m., Aud. A Angell. Cinema II-Meshes of the Afternoon, 7, 9 p.m., MLB 3. Cinema Guild-The Jazz Singer, 7 p.m.; Singing in the Rain, 9:05 p.m., Old Arch. Aud. PERFORMANCES Eastern Michigan University-Faculty Woodwind Quintet Concert, 8 p.m., Pease Aud., EMU. Musical Society-Snytagma Musicum, 8:30 p.m., Rackham Aud. EMU Lab Theater Series-"Home Free!," 7, 9 p.m., Laboratory Theater, Room 107, Quirk Building, EMU. SPEAKERS U-M Office of Ethics and Religion-Nuclear Energy Forum: Is Nuclear Power Safe? Economical? Necessary?, four speakers, 8 p.m., Social Hall, First Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw. Undergraduate Political Science Association-Prof. Milt Heumann, "On Law Schools," brown bag, noon, 4004 Angell Hall. U-M Population Studies Center and the Center of Population Planning, Dr. E.G.P. Haran, "Research Findings on the Integration of Family Plan- ning and Health Services in Modjokerto, Indonesia," 4 p.m., 1225 South University. Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies-Arand Krishna, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, "Aspects of Indian Painting," 11 a.m., 203 Tappan. Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Judith Prewitt, "Medical Decision Making Devices: Status of the First Generation," 8 p.m., East Lectue Room, fourth floor, Rackham. Center for Chinese Studies-Alexander Kilim, Moscow, "Chinese Studies in'Ue Soviet Union," noon, Lane Hall Commons. Center for Resarch on Econ. Dev.-Jean-Claude Vatin, "Edification de la Nation Alerienne," 12:10 p.m., Grad. Conf. Room, third floor, Old Arch. Bldg.-o Great Lakes Marine Water Center-Jurgen Jacobs, Univ. of Munchen, "The Influence of Selective Predation by Fish on the Co-existance of Com- peting Planktonic Species," 3:30 p.m., White Aud., Cooley Bldg. lin'ndineerin Prno -.Judith Prewitt. "Natural Intelligence AD- By ALISON HIRSCHEL In his farewell address to the Univer- sity Faculty Senate yesterday, Interim President Allan Smith praised the University, and urged individual units on campus to tighten their belts and reallocate funds to high priority items. The University Senate, composed of all professors, was attended by only a small number of faculty members at the semi-annual meeting. In fact, many professors walked out of the preceding Senate Assembly meeting before the University Senate session was about to begin. IN INTRODUCING Smith, dental Professor Richard Corpron, chairman of the Senate, thanked Smith for his continuing "time, energy and wisdom." "With you as interim president," he said, "I think the University, has moved forward . .. We appreciate what you have done for the University." The Senate broke into lengthy applause. The major portion of Smith's speech was devoted to the fiscal problems facing the University. "Inflation has already ravaged our budget," he said. As he has repeatedly done in the past, Smith encouraged individual units to "face that question (the budget) squarely," and decide where their priorities lie. "If salaries are that priority, then reallocation must be done to achieve a higher salary program." Smith said he did not want to end on a somber note, and instead spoke op- timistically in his final comments. "We havea dynamic president and a dedicated Board of Regents . .. We have faculty widely recognized for its quality. And we have a selective, quality student body brimming with the vigor of youth," he said. ALSO AT THE meeting, Athletic Director Donald Canham made his an- nual report to the Senate, a tradition he neglected last year. Canham stressed the Athletic Department receives no money from the University. general fund to support its activities, and must rely on the money it earns from dif- ferent athletic functions. Nevertheless, Canham asserted, "We treat non-revenue sports the same way we treat our revenue sports." He also said theadepartment sponsored 11 male and 11 female sports. Canham insists, despite frequent criticism of the football ticket distribution procedures, "We do everything we can ... to take care of the students first. We never, ever turn down a student." - SOUP and SALAD' at t 688Ou I'r Distinctive Tattersall The neat tattersall check has been part of the campus picture for many years. A small but closely stated pattern that adds the perfect touch to your wardrobe. Button down collar in navy/black and red/black on white ground. 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