r i ' JYO SEE NE B A FtEN CALL NLY Smith plays hookey We don't have the foggiest notion why were're given a whole weekend to get ready for the second day of classes, but it seems at least one smart member of the University community sees no use in the practice. Allan Smith, the University law professor who is serving as our interim president until a replacement for Robben Fleming can be found, appears sympathetic to a move within the faculty to rearrange the schedule and maybe allow us to come to school on a reasonable Monday or Tuesday. Smith, according to his secretary, won't be back in his office until Monday. He went out to see the Rose Bowl, and then to visit relatives in Oakland. Maybe he had to recover from the Pasadena experience. NEW INTEGRATION COMMITTEE FORMED: A2schools to study The Michigan Daily-Saturday, January 6, 1979-Page 3 By JULIE ENGEBRECHT For the second time in 15 years, the Ann Arbor Board of Education has established a committee to study options for reducing racial imbalance in the school district and increasing educational opportunities for students. This time, new state guidelines may force the district to come up with a more substantial plan. The school district was ordered to desegregate by the Michigan Department of Education after six elementary schools were found to be in violation of state racial guidelines. No building's enrollment may vary more than 15 per cent - up or down - from the percentage for that racial category in that district. THE DISTRICT was given until December to submit a plan to comply with the state guidelines which were created last summer. The six schools named by the state are Northwest, Mack, and Bryant, which have a "racially identifiable" black population, and Freewood, Lakewood, and Newport, which were found to be "racially identifiable" in favor of white students. September enrollment figures for the city's elementary schools show 74.3 per cent of the students are white and 17 per cent are black. Last year, Northside had the highest black student enrollment with 50.2 per cent, and Freeman the highest white population with 96.7. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT for Administrative Services Robert Moseley said the Ahn Arbor Board has held seminars concerning desegregation and has heard experts speak on the subject. A Citizens Advisory Committee on Racial Balance and Educational Opportunities was created by the board to study options and make a recommendation to the board, which will make the final decision on which plans if any, it will use. The board approved committee membership at a meeting Dec. 13, and also approved hiring a consultant to work with the committee until it is organized and has defined goals. At a meeting scheduled for Jan. 10, the board will consider hiring of non-local consultants to study the system's segregation problems. "I THINK THE community is handling it well, and the board is taking an intellectual approach by involving community members," Moseley said. "The committee is large, but it's not unmanageable, and when steps toward desegregation are taken, the more people involved, the less traumatic it will be." The reason earlier committees never accomplished desegregation, Moseley said, is that no clear definition of a desegregated school was ever given, and now that state guidelines have been established, the move shoule be easier, he said. Before last summer state desegregation guidelines were unspecific and voluntary. Moseley said yesterday desegregation led committees into real problems, but added that without state guidelines, the board would have been studying student performance in minority schools. Test scores were lower in schools with a high minority population and the board wanted to study this, he said. ace bias ACCORDING TO MOSELEY, the use of boundary adjustments does not seem feasible. But if the committeedoes recommend this method of racial balancing,, Moseley said, he doesn't see how the balancing could be achieved without busing some students. Half of the city's elementary school students are currently riding buses. The committee also plans to deal with the problem of segregation within classrooms in the city high schools. although the schools themselves are not segregated by the state's mandated numbers. Committee members were chosen from applications, which were screened by a committee of the board. The committee of the board also defined ground rules for the citizens committee, including a 20 per cent minority representation. MOSELEY SAID the committee will elect officers, and will probably divide into subcommittees to handle individual issues. The two major divisions of study will be correcting racial imbalance and studying the impact of segregation on learning in schools. The committee, which is comprised of 60 community members will probably be meeting shortly after the Jan. 10 board meeting. The committee includes one parent representative from every district school, as well as two from the six segregated schools; two student representatives, one each from Pioneer and Huron High Schools; five citizens-at-large; several organizational representatives; three teachers; two school administrators; Moseley; and Robert Potts; assistant superintendent for community relations. HEBRON COLONY ts BOONE, N.C. (AP) - In a day when alcoholism is regarded as a disease, there is a 30-year-old treatment center which operates on the premise that an + alcoholic is a plain old sinner. The Colony, started in 1947 by the Rev. E. Archer Dillard with a icked. Dyer minimum of cash and a maximum of atudents." hope, takes its name, Hebron, from a ate could be biblical reference:dthe Old Testament tt just the Jews found peace and hope at Hebron e submitted after wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. , 11 S t (T-- n 4 JZU eHy e,~ Perils of parking Remember in the '50s when the thing to do on a date was take your honey to Lover's Lane and'close the convertible top but you left the motor running? Well, with two already dead and two close calls near Ann Arbor already this winter, a University Hospital physician is warning young people to remember the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning when parked in cars with the engine on during the cold months ahead. Dr. John Weg, head of Pulmonary Disease Division, noted that one young woman was saved only through treatment by a University diving machine specialist in a high pressure chamber normally reserved for "bends" patients. "Carbon monoxide poisoning is very subtle," he said. "You cannot depend on a warning. The person simply drifts off into unconsciousness without even feeling sleepy." He warned young people not to depend on a sound car exhaust system-, "The best insurance," he said, "is not to park with the motor running." Fighting the English comp. blues Do you dread English 125? The Pilot Program in Alice Lloyd Hall has openings in its interesting, topical sections of English composition 125. Pilot Program courses are offered to all students in LSA, although overrides are needed for some courses, so if you're trying to put together that perfect schedule you might want to check out some other Pilot Program offerings. Those unique three credit Pilot seminars such as "legal 'issues", "Energy and Appropriate Technology", American Art; and Literature", and Contemporary Theater." And the Pilot Program also offe.rs a variety of one credit mini courses with titles like "Imaginative Thinking: The Development of Paradigms"; or "The Jewish Family in Crisis." For more information call 764-1180 or 764-7521 or stop by Alice Lloyd Hall at 100 Observatory. The final blow It seems like nothing has gone right lately for Woody Hayes, they volatile former Ohio State football chief who was finallyF ousted from his post afterr punching a Clemson player during last week's Gator Bowl. In his heyday, the folks in the Columbus state capitol just loved Woody. Apparently, that's no longer the case. When Ohio State Senator Thomas Van Meter introduced a proposal in the recently-convened Ohio legislature to honor the ex-coach for his 28 years at the helm of the Buckeyes, he was blocked by the leadership. "It's very unusual to have a resolution of commendation turned back," he commented. It just goes to show you-if it's not one thing,.it's the Haes other. Happenings FILMS Alternative Film Series - The Front, Nat. Sci. Aud., 7 and 9 p.m. Cinema II - Shampoo, Angell Hall, Aud. A, 7 and 9 p.m. Ann Arbor Film Coop - East of Eden, MLB Aud. 3, 7 p.m. only; Rebel Without a Cause, MLB Aud. 3, 9 p.m. only. PERFORMANCES All Mozart Saturday Dessert Concert - Chamber Orchestra Society, 8:30 p.m., Vandenberg Room, Mich. League. Call 996-0066 for tickets. DEMONSTRATIONS Youth Against War and Fascism - march against U.S. involvement in Iran noon, Detroit's Grand Circus park, ending at Federal Bldg., call 662-3511 for rides from Ann Arbor. EVENTS Hockey - Michigan vs. Minnesota, Yost Ice Arena, 7:30 p.m. Rkeirthall - Men'sfnwmcfrnm Minhinn an anrI a fnp nff ('-iclcr EMU presidential selection pi students, faculty against Rege- By ADRIENNE LYONS Governor Milliken's announcement that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) President James Brickley would be his running mate for lieutenant governor kicked off a major conflict between the students and faculty and the Board of Regents over EMU 's presidential selection process. With Brickley leaving for Lansing, EMU, like the University of Michigan is searching for a new president. At both schools, the students are demanding more input in the selection process from the Regents, who have the ultimate decision power. However, the major difference lies in the fact that the faculty at EMU is siding with the students, while here, the faculty and students have been on opposite sides of the fence. "WE HAVEN'T been pleased" by the Regent's actions, said Prof. George Perkins, temporary head of the newly- formed Faculty Council. "We asked the Regents for more involvement in the process." EMU students and faculty did win a small victory when the Regents postponed appointing a new university president at a December 20 meeting, so that students and faculty coul interview the final candidates. "The Regents took a major step in the right direction" by allowing an interview to be held, Perkins conceded, "but it was not enough of a step." Students and faculty had complained when EMU Regents cancelled an interview session that had been scheduled for them with the six originial candidates. These complaints ";t":%::x;;=;z:';'s>:3:>:s }':E ::s >:::f: ::::<>::r:r>:::::ยข:: prompted the Regents' agreement to that he (Dyer) was hand-p allow the students and faculty to meet was nominated by some ex- with those candidates and any new Robb added that a candid possibilities they might come up with. nominated by anyone n RICHARD ROBB, chairman of the Board of Regents, said the 'interview with the original sixhcandidates was cancelled after the hopefuls' names were published in the campus newspaper, The Eastern Echo. The Regents had tried to keep the names confidential so that candidates' present jobs would not be jeopardized, Robb said. After the names were printed, two candidates were disqualified following questioning by the Regents. Later, three more candidates withdrew from the race. Two of the withdrawals were conditional, however. John Porter, state superintendent of public instruction, said he withdrew until staff was given more input, and Robert Leestamper, president of. Southeast Missouri State University, said he withdrew because he would be unable to assume the post until June. Leestamper said that if the Regents would wait until then, he would run. ROBB SAID the interview was cancelled since it seemed illogical to interview only three candidates. A date for the student and staff participation interview has not yet been set. According to Judy Keenen, president of EMU's student body, the Regents had set up an ad hoc committee to discuss criteria for a new president. The students participated in that committee. "It was our understanding from these meetings that students would have more input," Keenan said. Students had also complained that the selection process had been preplanned since Regent Timothy Dyer, who was on the committee that drew up the guidelines to select a president, had been nominated for the EMU presidency. Critics had also complained that Dyer did not have the qualifications for the job - teaching and administrative experience in an institution for higher learning. Dyer, superintendent of the Wayne- Westland schools, said he withdrew from the race due to student and faculty pressure. Robb claimed "It is not true Regents. No Regents hav( names for nominations. "A Triumph ... A privilege to review..."--The New York Times. "A novel of amazing richness, wisdom and sensuousness..."-Harper's. "Elegant... Everyone should read this book!"-The Los Angeles Times. From coast to coast the critics applauded "Song of Solomon." They named it Best Novel of the Year. Readers loved it too. As a hardcover, it was a Full Book-of-the-Month Club Selection and a nationwide bestseller Now it's a bestselling Signet paperback. "Song of Solomon' covers four generations of an American black family It is an extraordinary epic of love and life. $2.50 A SIGNET PAPERBACK BESTSELLER THE CRITICS IETHEIR VOICES' IN PRAISE OF SONG OF Daily Official Bulletin Saturday, January 6.197k SUMMER PLACEMENT :1200 SAil 763-4117 Los Alamos Labs, New Mexico. Openings for seniors, grads, in analytical, inorganic, computer science, environ. science, econ., etc. Further details available. Department of Interior. Openings for Park Technician and Park Aid jobs on Isle Royal. Apply through Jan. 15. Appls. and further details available. Brookhaven National Labs. New York. Openings in the fields of biology, chemistry, engineer., math, medicine, etc. Students who have completed their junior year and on up. Deadline for applying Jan. 31. Details available. Oak Ridge National Lab., Tennessee. Summer Research Internship for students in math, environmental, physical and social sciences. Apps. deadline Jan. 15. Ceday Pointe Live Show audition: Ann Arbor, Feb. 8. School of Music. Your big chance at show biz. Openings for performers, musicians, technicians. Hurry. Final notice on the summer Federal Civil Service Exam-deadline is Jan. 12to apply. Prof. McClendon visits Libya Prof. E. J. McClendon of the Uni- versity's School of Education was in Libya, North Africa, Dec. 15 to Jan. 3 to serve as a consultant on that country's national program in health education, the University announced. WOMEN'S STUDIES ANNOUNCES COURSES IN WOMEN'S STUDIES STILL OPEN: DIV CRS SEC TITLE SPACES LEFT 497 340 001 *Creative Writing on Women's Themes 11 497 340 002 *Women's Health Care 20 497 350 001 *Women and the Community 12 497 360 001 *Psychology of Women 7 (*prerequisite is W.S. 240)