Woveines annihilate Hoosiers See stories, Page 9 RETROSPECT: THE MONTH IN REVIEW See Page 4 Y lflfriAa ~Iait~k SPIRITED High-75 Low-43 n Windy and cooler, chance of showers Vol. LXXXII, No. 45 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, October 31, 1971 Ten Cents Ten Pages The new politics of homecoming By HESTER PULLING Not too long ago the themes and spirit of University homecomings were depicted by paper mache dinosours ringed with flowers and by mangled football players stretched over mock end zones. Over the past few years, however, this traditional light-hearted attitude has al- tered; and the flag-drapped funeral casket carried by fist-raised war veterans in Fri- day's homecoming parade exemplifies this change. Under the theme of Let's Work Together to Bring the Boys Home Now, this year's homecoming parade sported several anti- war floats as well as one protesting the slaughter of Bengladesh people and selling of U.S. arms to West Pakistan. In addition to an anti-war parade theme, several student organizations were involved in getting a similar theme into the football game's halftime show. Although University officials expressed fears of bad' publicity, Anti-war halftime presented By HOWARD BRICK and MARCIA ZOSLAW It's a rare occasion when 75,500 people, packe into Michigan Stadium to watch a Satuday afternoon football game, will be completely silent for any length of time. Yet, as yesterday's crowd watched a con- tingent of anti-war veterans release 100 black ballloons-each representing 15,000 Asian and American war deaths-to the accompani- ment of taps, Michigan Stadium was silent. The halftime event, an expression of anti- war sentiment, served as a sharp contrast to the happy, light-hearted tones of the pre- ceding portion of the halftime show, in which the band played "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue," including selections from Lawrence Welk and "Jesus Christ Superstar." In tones matching the solemnity of the occasion, the announcer then told the assem- bled spectators-students and alumni to- gether - this year's homecoming theme: "Bring all the troops home now. Let's have a real homecoming this year." "In the words of the student body," he con- tinued, "there cannot be a real homecoming unless a date is set now for the withdrawal from Southeast Asia of all American forces, equipment, and war aid." Having introduced representative groups from Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and Veterans Against the War (VAW), who had lined up along the east side- line, he said, "We ask you now to observe a moment of silence-for those who have died, those who are dying and those who may yet die before this war is ended-as the Michigan Marching Band plays taps." The veterans then released the black bal- loons. University officials had agreed on Monday to permit the anti-war observance during halftime. The decision came after a petition asking that the band march in peace symbol for- mations and that anti-war speakers be allow- ed on the field was presented to the admin- istration. The petition was signed by 1,500 people, including two-thirds of the football team. See ANTI-WAR, Page 10 UAC officers said they received no com- plaints from students or alumni about the parade slogan. According to Phil Cherner, co-chairman of the University Activities Center (UAC) homecoming committee, the shifting focus of homecoming this year is a result of the increased willingness of UAC to respond to the political climate of the campus. "UAC is less reserved now about with- holding its opinion than in previous years," Cherner says. "Traditionally UAC didn't take political stances for fear of alienat- ing people, but this year we are willing to lose a little money to bring a variety of differing opinions to the campus." UAC president Jeff Kaplain adds that over the past few years homecoming has included a larger portion of the University campus, gaining support of dormatories and student groups in addition to the tra- ditional support of sororities and fraterni- ties. "Floats in the parades now reflect a wider segment of campus feeling," Kaplan says, "and the number of protest-type floats are increasing." "If anything, people protested because we weren't militant enough," Cherner said. He added that no administrators tried to get UAC to tone down its parade theme. "In fact," Cherner added, "Vice President for Student Services Robert Knauss and Re- gents Gertrude Huebner (R - Bloomfield Hills) both asked to ride near the pro- testing Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Although UAC received no complaints, The Daily received a letter from chemistry prof. Thomas Dunn arguing that a football game is not the proper place to protest the war. Dunn argued that people come to the stadium for a football game and are in- stead forced to attend a political rally which might be contrary to their beliefs. According to Kaplan, protest-type floats first started appearing two years agc. Daily-Sara Krulwich. VIETNAM VETERANS symbolize their protest of the war in Indochina with a coffin, carried in Friday's homecoming parade. World community, Nixon, hit Senate on foreign aid cut From Wire Service Reports News of the Senate's stand against renew- ing foreign aid brought expressions of criti- cism and disappointment from most of the world community yesterday, while at home, political leaders offered various opinions for the unexpected decisions. Most foreign opinion saw Friday's defeat -which effectively terminated the vast ma- jority of U.S. aid to foreign countries, at least for this session of Congress-as a result of the United States'; recent diplo- matic defeat in the United Nations. After the defeat of the U.S.-backed "Two Chinas" policy with the help of many re- cipients of United States support, President Nixon publicly criticized their behavior. In this light, the Senate's move was seen by many abroad as an attempt to chastise them for aiding a diplomatic defeat for America-despite criticism Nixon himself directed at the Senate soon after their Fri- day vote. The bill, which would have provided $1.3 billion for economic aid and $1.6 billion for military aid until July 1, 1973, is for all pur- poses dead. The Senate tabled a motion to reconsider, thus killing the bill so that no conference committee compromise is possi- ble with the House, which passed a different bill. Revival of the aid program before Con- gress quits for the year seemn especially questionable. Leaders hope to end the ses- sion in late November. An entire new foreign aid bill could be proposed, but it would take a long time to formulate and is considered unlikely to pass. Aid for specific purposes could be at- tached to other measures, but they are also expected to meet stiff resistance. And. most likely, foreign aid could be ex- tended through a continuing resolution- a temporary appropriations measure that is used to keep programs going until their regular money is provided. But the liberal- conservative block wlich defeated the mea- sure is likely to oppose such action. A filibuster against a continuing aid mea- sure would require a two-thirds vote to See WORLD, Page 10 President Nixon -Daily-Terry McCarthy PARTICIPANTS in yesterday's halftime demonstration against the war in Indochina release 100 black balloons, symbolizing 1.5 million victims of the conflict so far. Alumni group: Keeping in touch Prof s confer over tenure, wage policies By TED STEIN "Faculty unwillingness to submit to re- view procedures is a scandal," psychology. and education Prof. Roger Heyns said yes- terday in an address before the American Association of University Professors (AA- UP) University chapter. Heyns was a keynote speaker in the sec- ond of two panel discussions on salary and tenure policies "in the Universities of the Western World." Panels representing Britain, Canada and the United States provided a broad per- spective for consideration of both topics. Heyns criticized tenure while., defend- ing its role in providing faculty members with economic and employment security. "We must remove the total identification of the tenure system with academic free- dom," he said. Heyns pointed out that it is necessary See AAUP, Page 10 By DANIEL JACOBS One out of every 1,000 people in the United States is a Michigan alumnus or alumna. If this statistic sounds impressive, the Michigan Alumni Association (MAA) is cer- tainly trying to do it justice. Established in 1897, the non-profit organization sponsors a wide range of activities in an effort to pro- vide recreation for its members and to main- tain their interest in the University. Defining an alumnus as anyone who has studied for at least one semester at the University, MAA estimates that there are 250,000 alumni at present, over half of whom have graduated since 1951. The association's monthly magazine has a mailing list or around 20,000. There are 160 local alumni clubs, encom- passing "every major urban center" in the nation, according to Robert Forman, '59, executive director of the MAA staff and editor-in-chief of its magazine. While these clubs collect their own dues, they also re- ceive financing from MAA itself, for pro- jects such as reunions and the hiring of guest speakers. Unlike the University's c o n t a c t with alumni, which is directed toward securing alumni gifts in annual fund-raising cam- paigns, MAA sees its role as increasing public awareness of the University. In-state alumni groups, for example, have organized drug conferences and environmental action talks featuring University faculty members. As an added incentive for alumni partici- pation, MAA sponsors regular vacation trips and summer family camps for its members. The trips are advertised at "competitive" prices and usually aspire to some educa- tional value as well; the recent trip to Vienna, for example, included the dean of the University's music school. Camp "Michigania" has been serving alumni families ten weeks every summer for the past ten years. In both the Michigan camp and Camp "Michigania West," in southern California, a staff of faculty is employed and University students are hired to help with recreational activities. While both the vacation trips and summer camps are financially self-suporting, the two recent Rose Bowl trips have actually netted slight profits for MAA, which have been used to finance a student internship program in congressional offices in Washington. MAA also finances 55 class reunions each year, inviting all alumni. Most classes try to hold reunions every five years, but the classes of 15 or more years ago seem to be more enthusiastic about them than the younger classes, according to Forman. Despite the traditional image of alumni groups, Forman claims, "We're not a fund- raising organization." MAA is structurally separate from the University, with its own board of directors, although it does receive some financial aid from the 'U'. However, MAA has asked for a reduction in that aid for this year and hopes eventually to be- come completely self-supporting. I --I Union's new roole examined By TONY SCHWARTZ Although m o s t University students are unaware of it, they form a sizeable percentage of a dying group. Theyare among the dwind- ling group of college students who are without a student un- ion. However, the Michigan Union, dent Robben Fleming's urging, Douglas Osterheld. a professor, at the University of Wisconsin, was called in to study the un- ion's operation. The devastating report which followed called for a major re- vision in the orientation and financial operation of the Union. BEWITCHED Halloween: Happy heyday By ROSE SUE BERSTEIN The witch is on her broomstick riding very fast Ooh-oh, ooh-oh, Halloween at last. As dusk falls tonight, children old and young will trickle out onto the streets of America to collect treats and perform prankish tricks, intended particularly for those who are stingy with the treats. In medieval times the festival was known E as All Hallow's day. It was then a Celtic elebration of summer's end. of the return- i .: