Lottery losers win
The Michigan Daily-Friday, February 23, 1979-Page 9
Proposed donation causes
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By MARK PARRENT
When the dormitory reapplication
lotteries were held Wednesday night
there were many losers.
The special lotteries were held for the
losers of previous dorm lotteries who
were without rooms for next year.
HOWEVER, Peter Schoch, Univer-
sity Housing official, said yesterday he
expects all of the lottery losers to be
able to secure some sort of University
housing"- if they follow the "proper"
procedures.
Since the lotteries begari in 1974, all
initial lottery losers that followed
through on the reapplication process
have received a University housing
lease, Schoch said.
Most of the dormitories are currently
filled beyond capacity, with many
rooms converted to accommodate more
students than originally intended. Since
a predetermined number of -dorm
kpaces must be reserved for incoming
freshpersons who are guaranteed dorm
accommodation - the- number of
spaces available to returning students
is limited.
OVER THE past several years a
larger majority of students have reap-
plied for dorm housing, necessitating a
lottery to determine priority.
However, Schoch said it aappeared
fewer students reapplied for housing in
this year's lottery.
"You've got a lot of jokers in the halls
who put in a (reapplication) card just to
see if they could win," said Schoch. He
said these applicants distort t':t rue
demand for the housing.
When lease signing begins March 12,
many of these lottery winners will
decline to sign a lease, according to
Schoch, meaning more spaces will
become available for lottery losers.
Students who sign a lease in one dorm
but desire to live in another may be
placed on individual dorm waiting lists
beginning March 19.
FOR THOSE who do not move far
enough up in the priority list of their
dorm to actually sign a lease, a new lot-
tery will be held at the Housing Office
among people who apply by April 3.
Students who desire University housing
but were not involved in previous lot-
teries may also apply for the April
drawing.
Christopher Young, who finished last
in the West Quad lottery, said he was
disappointed at the red tape that awaits
him.
"I talked to ( West' Quad Building
Director) Leon West and he said there's
a pretty good chance of me getting back
in," said Young.
Young was number 285 in competition
for 220 openings.
West said over the years, West Quad
has been able to accommodate all
residents desiring to return, provided
that they have followed the proper
procedures.
By JOHN GOYER
The Markley Hall council voted down
last night a proposed amendment to its
house constitution that would require a
two-thirds majority vote to approve of
all ties with outside organizations.
The measure vas defeated 15 to 6.
THE PURPOSE of the amendment
was to provide a procedure to deal with
contributions, and outside groups. The
proposed measure was in response to
last week's Markley council decision to
give $50 to the Detroit Edison
Shareholders Initiative. The group,
comprised mostly of students, wants
Detroit Edison to stop construction of
its Fermi II nuclear power plant in
Monroe, Mich.
Ray Piechocki, dorm resident who
wrote the amendment, called for the
council to approve the measure in order
"to show the University at large that we
at Markley council can come up with
something logical..
PIECHOCKI SAID before last night's
meeting that the amendment defines
political groups as "people who have
certain values and who want to institute
them authoritatively."
Piechocki said he did not want the
money back from the Shareholders
Initiative, but "if it (a similar request
for funding) arises again, it should go
through a more ordered process."'
Two petitions were circulated in
Markley earlier this week. Both ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the coun-
cil's decision to give money to the anti-
nuclear energy group, and one petition.
asked council to "refrain from endor-
sing political groups in the future."
BY NOON yesterday, 63 residents of
Scott House had signed the petition, out
of some 70 who were approached, ac-
cording to Doug McElroy, Markley
councilmember and author of the
petition.
"I don't think the councjl is there to
make a stand on controversial issues,"
said McElroy. He said political groups
should go to students individually for
contributions.
"We (the representatives) had no
chance to find out how they (the studen-
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ashamed that I didn't say anything last
week." He said he thought other coun-
cilmembers would have had "more
sense than to vote on something that
controversial, having had only one side
presented to them."
HOWEVER, Markley Hall President
Dan Lettvin said Wednesday he was not
concerned about the amendment and
petitions.
"I think that for any student gover-
nment to run effectively, a certain
amount of responsibility must, be
placed on the students representing
their houses," Lettvin said.
"It was made clear at the beginning
of the year that Markley council had a
lot of money to spend, and it was up to
the students 'to let us know how they
wanted to spend it."
The Alice Lloyd Hall house council
voted earlier this week not to donate $50
to the Shareholders Initiative.
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agents often use disguises while trying
to obtain information.
"You're better off not saying
anything," said Kessler. "It's not a
good idea to lie to'the FBI. In fact, it's
illegal. But, it's okay for the FBI to lie
to you."
Reno discussed the use of grand
juries by the FBI in trying to get infor-
mation. The FBI often uses the grand
jury as an information gathering sour-
ce, she said. She warned that even
small bits of information might lead to
a grand jury investigation.
"YOU HAVE to tell them," she said.
"You're deprived of your rights not to
speak before a grand jury. You don't
have a right to have a lawyer in the
room objecting to what's going on."
Reno said this tactic has been used
against women, blacks, and gay
movements in the recent past.
A movie, The Intelligence Network,
was also shown to give students an idea
of hows intelligence agencies work
against political activity.
The discussion was prompted by in-
vestigations of students on campus by
FBI agents last month.
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