,YOU SE E NEWSHA EN Call.AW False alarm Rampant apathy is nothing new on campus these days but it seems even the threat of fire will not bring a response from some students. When a fire alarm went off in the Graduate Library Monday evening no one moved. Hard core academics kept their noses stuck in their books attempting to block out the offending noise. With neither the smell of smoke nor the sight of flames present it appeared that no one felt danger to be eminent. The buzzer ceased after five minutes and was followed by an announcement intended to pacify a nervous student. The announcement itself, however, was a little off-beat. In- stead of assuring students that no fire was present the announcement said "please ignore the alarm; it was the result of a fault in our equipment. Happy Birthday Israel FUN AND GAMES ON THE DIAG Parents rally for 'U' c By MARION HALBERG They wore signs saying, "Ohio State provides Day Care ... Why don't we?" and "Invest in Children, not South Africa," but most of the children at yesterday's child care rally on the Diag were more interested in the fun and games provided in celebration of the Year of the Child. The Child Care Coalition (CCA) spon- sored the rally because members said they feel child care is becoming an im- portant campus issue. There are more than 1,500 children whose parents at- tend the University-and two University affiliated child care centers that care for only about 50 of these children. ONE OF THESE two University-af- filiated centers, the Child Care Action Center (CCAC(, located in the School of Education, will close in the next few months because of fire code violations. Protesters at yesterday's rally called for the University to provide space for the CCAC to relocate, and to provide other child care centers. Marti Bombyk, a University graduate student, said, "Without child care the University discriminates against older students. Some studies show that with the shrinking birth rate of young people, the University will have to rely more and more on non- traditional students." University administrators have said child care is not a University rogram and compared to other University needs, child care is a low priority. Ad- ministrators also say that they just don't have space available. CAROLYNE DAVIS, associate vice president for academic affairs said, "We're not denying them (child care) but it can't compete with academic needs . . . We've got to maintain academic programs before getting into other areas." told them. They've gone fro to saying we won't throw y would help us out in searchi place, but they didn't say v would mean giving us a va us a space." BUT CHILD CARE sup the issue goes beyond just fi space for CCAC and sh dressed by the entire comm 'Children art ,inrisibl>. Faculty and ministrators don't know, and we think it's portant that people know how many child higan Daily-Wednesday, April 11, 1979-Page 3 bid care im indefinite Comparing the University to other ou out. They Big Ten schools that provide extensivq ing for a new child care programs for their students; whether that Axelrod demanded, "Why is the an or finding University of Michigan so far behind ird day care?" pporters say AFTER AXELROD spoke, a mime inding a new performed for the children, mgny f ould be ad- whom clutched balloons and woie nunity. After signs. Many of the children were frn Ann Arbor day care centers who w e told they were going on a field try. ad- Other parents brought their children who attend Ann Arbor schools which im. are in recess this week for sprg vacation. More than 100 persons att - iren ded, including many University studa. ts. Kathleen Smiley, member of Oe CCA urged the crowd to "write to Vie- Presidents Shapiro and Johnson and 0- On terim University President Allan Smih and tell them how you feel." The somewhat unusual presence'f children laughing and playing on tie gic tricks for grass in the Diag was part of the CC s 1, child care strategy, according to Smils. sor with the "Children are invisible, she saw. }r wethe "Faculty, and administrators dot o and gave know and we think it's importai ft dcon-people know how many children are has 9,000 here." ix who need Coordinators of the rally hope it wfll ,000 slots (in demonstrate to the University a/neOd Sof childrenfor child care support. When asked od for them. where she will go when the CCAC quality day closes, four-year-old Meagan Clancy, whose mother attends the University, said "I go to my grandma's." K art> here.' f -Kathleen SmileY, Child Cart Coaliti Bombyk said, "It is my understan- ding that Vice-President Shapiro is a delegate to the International Year of the Child and he is part of the executive planning that calls child care a low priority!" In the past week, however, the University's stance on child care may have become more supportive. Mike McGrath, of the CCAC said, "The last letter from (Vice-President for Student Services Henry) Johnson said we wouldn't get notice to leave until we a magician performed mag the children, Pearl Axelro advocate and Project Advi City University Day Care P a short speech to the paren cerned adults present. "Washtenaw County children under the age of s day care. There are about 4 the Ann Arbor area). Lots are in places that aren't goc It's really hard to find care.", Developer eyes Riverside Plaza as new convention center site Winter-like weather hampered the festivities but the guests didn't seem to mind. Students gathered in the Diag yesterday for a birthday party, in celebration of Israel's 31st year of independence. Colorful balloons dotted the air as students joined in song and dance to celebrate the event. Take ten Draft Director Gen. Lewis Hershey said on April 11, 1969, that con- scientious objection might be the way out as a grounds for avoiding military service. ie predicted in Lansing the Supreme Court might review a federal judge's ruling that objection to military service may not require formal religious belief, since that would constitute state intervention in religious freedom. "If you declare (the religious requirement) unconstitutional, then you have no law. I may get scolded a great deal, but I think that if you take this out of the law, you don't give anyone the right of a conscientious scruple," Hershey said. Happenings FILMS Students Concerned About Suicide-College Can Be Killing, 7:30 p.m., Mosher-Jordan. Cinema II-Black Orpheus, 7 & 9 p.m., Aud. 3, MLB. Ann Arbor Film Co-op-LaNotte, 7 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Illumination, 9 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. PERFORMANCES Pendleton Center-John Armstrong, classical guitar, noon, Union. PTP-"The River Niger" by Walker, 8 p.m., Power Center. U. Symphony Orchestra-Gustav Meier, conductor, 8 p.m., Hill Aud. U. Music Society-Jazz and Blues soprano Eileen Farrell, 8:30 p.m., Hill Aud. Turkish Students Assoc. and Dept. of Near Eastern Studies-"The Chanting Dervishes of Istanbul", 8 p.m., Trueblood Theater. SPEAKERS College of Engineering-Leslie Olsen, Humanities, "Computer- Assisted Instruction in Writing", 4 p.m., Room 1047, E. Eng. Ann Arbor Advocates for Safe Alternative in Childbirth-Dr. Mark Hildebrant, "Newborn Care", 7:30 p.m., Wesley Foundation Lounge, 602 E. Huron. Pendleton Center/Ethics, Religion-"Talking About What Matters: Conversations with Local Ministers and Rabbis", 4 p.m., Pendleton Center, Union. Humanities 410-Timothy Carey, actor, "The Fanatical Cult of TWGS", 4 p.m., Aud. A, Angell.. Hopwood Award Ceremony-Joan Didion, "Making Up Stories", 4 p.m., Rackham Lecture Hall. MISCELLANEOUS Chabad House- Jewish Seder, 7 p.m., 715 Hill St. Commission for Women-Meeting, noon, 2549 LSA Building. Housing Div. and Student Gov't. Task Forces-Meeting for student representation in residence halls, 7 p.m.,Mosher-Jordan. Dollars and sense Most students find it necessary to budget a minimum of $50 a term to cover the cost of required textbooks. The purchase of used books and the Union book exchange can cut down on expenses but it is hard to escape the University Cellar each term without a huge dent in your wallet. It seems that students at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri, are not in the same institution. Students books rent for $10 a term and they get the $10 back when they return the books after completion of their courses. According to the Muleskinner, the student newspaper, a new policy that would allow teachers to require the purchase of paperbacks as long as the combined cost does not exceed $7.50. Students on the whole are very upset with this proposal. They feel, says the Muleskinner, that the,.University should provide them with all learning materials and this extra cost is an im- position. After a short trip to Ann Arbor and Ulrich's, they might change their minds. A weighty program While many college students are learning how to come out ahead in life, a group of 55 students at the University of Maine at Orono last semester learned how to lose-weight. A 1976 graduate of the school in By ELEONORA DI LISCIA Riverside Plaza, an area of about 32 acres at the north end of Main Street is being considered as a future site for a conference center. The proposal, however, has encoun- tered objections from area residents which are being voiced in part at plan- ning commission hearings. ACCORDING TO the developer, Richard Berger, the proposal would benefit downtown merchants by attrac- ting extra business and aiding their competition with Briarwood. "With our conference as an anchor, hopefully the corridor would change," Berger said. The surrounding area is primarily industrial, he explained. "The land values would go significantly higher and the taxes would go significantly higher which would cause those industrial owners to look elsewhere to place their plants - that would create a corridor of new' river frontage that could be redeveloped into housing and other important types of development which would assist down- town with its economic impact," Berger said. DIRECTOR OF the Ann Arbor Con- ference and Visitor's bureau, Richard Lotz said he supported the concept that more rooms were needed since Ann Ar- bor is not capable of boarding a con- ference of over 400. This in turn would support local merchants, Lotz said. Berger must first receive approval from the planning commission and then City Council to go through with his project. Although according to Berger, the land presently has no significant vegetation, just a lot of brush and wild type of vegetation, area residents in- dicated that they would prefer to see the area turned into an open space park along the lines of Geddes and Gallup Parks, instead of a convention center. ACCORDING TO one resident, the site was originally a broad wetland but was filled in and then used as a dum- ping site. Currently, there are a few large trees, scrub brush, wetland and an excellent water fowl and wildlife shelter. There are about 80 neighbors that have indicated that they are opposed to the development by participating in neighborhood meetings, accoding to resident Marge Phillips. These residen- ts have started a Northside Neigh- borhood Association "to express our feelings and get a cohesiveness here for action and to see that the project is taking in our feelings and concerns," Phillips said. Neighborhood concerns are for visual ,and ecological impact of the proposal. Phillips said they were concerned about the use of salt on the parking lots in win- ter and its polluting the river. ANOTHER WORRY expressed by the neighborhood coalitions is how sewage will be disposed of and how much the river can absorb. "He's (Berger) talking about a 30 story building which is totally inap- propriate to this part of the riverbed," Phillips said. Another fact is that the only other ac- cess to the area besides Main Street, would be neighborhood streets and this could cause a traffic build-up. Before further action is taken, Phillips said the neighborhood wants "a thorough investigation into all impacts on the river, ecology, traffic and parking." IN RESPONSE to resident pressure, Berger has called in consultants to con- duct surveys on environmental impact, pollution, traffic, and water run-off. The next step is waiting for an- nexation of two acres of the land which belongs to another township and may take one to two months. One area resident indicated that there was a definite possibility of a legal challenge "if we see it going through, under the Michigan Environ- mental Protection Act." THE RIVER NIGER By Joseph A.Walker Featuring MEL WINKLER. Guest Actor-in-,Residence Wed. April 11- Sat. April 14 8PM. Sun. April 152PM Power Center Professional Theatre Program The University of Michigan-Guest Artist Series Tickets at PT.R Box Office in the Michigan League 313/764-0450 & through all Hudson's Ticket Outlets Parental Guidance Suggested 12 & Under Not Admitted -1 Marcel Camus' 1959 BLACK ORPHEUS The Rio Carnival is the modern setting for a version of the Orpheus legend-the musician who must capture his beloved from Death. 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Daily Official Bulletin WEDNESDAY, APRIL11, 1979 Daily Calendar: Hopwood Room: Coffee hour to meet Joan Didion, 10:30-12:00; Announcement of Hopwood Awards 1979 and lecture "Making UIp Stories," 4 p.m. Statistics: Persi Diaconis, Bell Laboratories and Stanord-U., "Exchangeability and Sufficiency," 451 Mason, 4 p.m. Humanities: Timothy Carey, actor, "The Fanatical Cult of TWGS," Aud. A, Angell, 4 p.m. Ind./Oper. Engr.: Roger Wissinger Baylor, "Using Models to Solve Problems: The Functions of Visual Mental Imagery," 229 W. Eng., 4 p.m. Physics/Astronomy: G. W. Ford, "Albert Ein- stein," 2038 Randall, 4p.m. General Notices: CEW will sponsor another "Job Search" series beginning on Tuesday, May 8. The group will meet for four consecutive Tuesdays, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. At the Center, 328 Thompson Street. Series is designed for women who are in the process of looking for a job and will emphasize job- search techniques such as resume writing, inter-' viewing, and information-gathering. Registration is required. Call the Center at 763- 1353.