T-groups: Realizing one's EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is the first of a two-part series on the "human potential movement" at the University. Today the philosophy of T- groups will be discussed followed tomorrow by an examination of the controversies surrounding such efforts.' By TONY SCHWARTZ i Maligned and extolled, called both a panacea and a nightmare, the "human potential movement" at the University- variously titled sensitivity training, T- groups or encounter groups-seems to fit neither of these extremes. Despite the controversy, the movement a has flowered, both in size and scope, since the inception of the first Project Outreach T-group in 1965. The specific aims of the human poten- tial movement vary according to leader and group. Psychology and sociology Prof. Ronald Lippitt, one of the origina- 4tors of the T-group notion, believes there is a growing desire to escape deperson- alization and to "find a basis for personal identity and meaning - and one of the means to this search is finding intimate relations with a few others." Bart Grossman, one of the coordina- tors of Project Outreach T-groups, puts it, "We want to offer anX opportunity to experience one's self in a different way, to help people find the potential in them- selves to change." Although he is skeptical about the value of groups, psychology Prof. How- ard Wolowitz attributes the rapid growth of the movement to "a general recogni- tion and growing awareness of the right of the individual to be happy in a way that is more immediate, morepersonal and more interpersonal." He points out that, despite the fact that much of this generation has attained material security, many people have not found resulting happiness and fullfil- ment. People search for alternatives, he says, and "the quality of human rela- tionships count more." The methods for working toward de- sired goals vary as much as the types of groups. There are hundreds of "exer- cises" employed in T-groups, either when they appear to fit an individual's spe- cific needs or when a leader views them as potentially beneficial to a group. Although the majority of the groups at the University appear to be unstructured in this sense, the following exercises are among those more popular and more prevalent among groups around the country: -Blind leading. A blindfolded person is taken on an extended walk by another person. They are often given the oppor- tunity to feel a variety of objects which they are used to experiencing only vis- ually. The purposes of the wa about a physical awarene roundings, to make one: able in a dependent rolea the trust between the tw -Breaking in. A tight c by members of a groupa is left outside the circle, w to try to force his way in is used for people who feel or alienated by the rest of The struggle to join th lieved to be a release, an ful completion of the tas "outcast" new initiative part of the group emotion physically. -Falling. This exercise tions. In the first, one pe the middle of a circle co rest of the group. He close potential lk are to bring falls back, allowing the group to main- ss of one's sur- tain his balance as he is passed around more comfort- the circle. and 'to increase The second variation involves only two o people. people. One stands behind the other and ircle is formed is expected to fall backwards, without and one person looking, until he is caught. ith instructions Both exercises are designed to test the n. The exercise degree of trust between people, and ul- 1 removed from timately to build, it up where it is l%' - f the group. ing. e group is be- Of the T-groups now in operation at the nd the success- University, the largest, most well-known k can give the and most carefully supervised are those to become a in Project Outreach (Psychology 483). ally as well as A wide variety of other T-groups are offered, however, including a choice of has two varia- four in the Free University this semes- ter: "Experiments in Human Warmth", arson stands in "Perspectives", Sensitivity Groups" and amposed of the "Advanced Encounter Groups". es his eyes and See ENCOUNTER, Page 2 Prof. Lippitt Bart Grossman OPENING THE DOOR TO VIOLENCE See Editorial Page YI e 111k rigau ~E~ait& MONSOON High-43 Low--33 Windy, showers, chance of thundershowers Vol. LXXXI, No. 120 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, February 20, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Pnaes :F y ., -.y, , . , e.y , Q Police, demonstrators skirmish; n policy Regents Turn down ~ OSS plan By GERI SPRUNG The Regents at their month- ly meeting yesterday rejected the current recruiting policy of the Office of Student Serv- ices (OSS) Placement Office which bars any "profit cor- poration operating where dis- crimination is 1 e g a11y en- forced" such as South Africa from recruiting in its office. alter recruiti -Daily-Andy Sacks A UNIVERSITY fire marshall, Russell Downing, grapples with a youth on the first floor of the Administration Bldg. yesterday during a rush to enter when a side door was momentarily opened. A group of students was attempting to get into the Regents public session to present a list of demands. Judi pl an objections eXpresse to Regents By HESTER PULLING Objections to the proposed Uni- versity judicial system were voic- ed yesterday as members of the Faculty Reform Coalition and a law school professor spoke at a Regents open hearing. No formal action was taken at 4he hearing and the Regents have tentatively scheduled another dis- cussion session next month with the committee which drafted the Judiciary plan. The faculty members in the Coalition - a faculty group of over 200 attempting to increase Oaculty influence in University de- cision-making - criticized four areas of the proposed judiciary. Law Prof. L. Hart Wright ex- pressed strong disagreement with one aspect of the plan but gen- erally supported the rest of the udicial plan. Earlier in the week, the Regents released a revised draft of the proposed judiciary which suggest- ed several major alterations in the plan. The judiciary committee, which met on Tuesday to review the re- ,Aental draft, voiced sharp objec-' on at that time to some of the Regents revisions and proposed several alternatives to the changes. In yesterday's hearing the Re- form Coalition agreed to support a key element of the proposed ju- diciary - use of a randomly se- mted student jury - but voiced arp opposition to the section of the plan requiring the jury to determine guilt or innocence and punishment by a unanimous The judiciary committee p r o-I posed two alternative plans for; the composition of the presiding panel, each to run a trial periodI of one-half year.E The presiding panel make up favored by faculty members of the judiciary committee wouldl consist of a judge selected from! outside the University community flanked by two associate judges,; one student and one faculty mem- ber. For the second half of the trial1 period, the committee suggestedI use of a plan favored by student groups - the use of two stu-1 dents and one faculty member as$ associate judges in trials of stu- dents, and two faculty members' and one student in trials of faculty members.; See OBJECTIONS, Page 8 In its place, the Regents adopted a University-wide policy which only excludes corporations from using< the various campus placement services to recruit persons for em- ployment in countries which san-edy y tion legal ys discrimination. The Regents decision came after an open hearing Thursday wheressergsA the merits of extending the 0hr policy to the various other place- ment servicesgon campus were de- bated. The new policy states: "No placement services shall be made -Daily-Denny Gainer available to any organization or DEMONSTRATORS crowd outside the Administration Bldg. yesterday seeking admission to the month- individual that discriminates in ly public session of the Regents. Two people were arrested following a skirmish with Ann Arbor police recruitment or employment against officers who were posted at the door to prevent the crowd from entering. any person because of race, color , creed, sex, religion, or national origin.t bCOMgMUNn-IST OFFENSIVE: "Neither shall any placement! service be made available for the purpose of recruitment for employ- "AI C ment i any country where dis -1/ crimination a enforce o a oe inaos the basis of race, color, creed, sex, religion or national origin." The Regents further directedykhTd President Robben Fleming, in con- mat ry positon. cout slainwtitththdenanplc-ment service directors, to: -Provide for the effective im-SnORhatmiapiNts etaseriareari plementation and enforcement of SIO I)-Cmuittop ot itaeemltr ul-trzdznnrhato h thepolcy n al Uivesit plce-yesterday enveloped a South Viet- u hc h ..cmadsi ah teplcinalUiestplc-namese artillery base and attacked!u wicThe U..aomantsidaah action erupted with went services; and anifnrIoiin was menacing the 9,000 man Amer-conratkigNthVeams -Provide information that can anifnrpoiinIconetakngNthVtams be obtained by all University place- These were the first major bat- ican task force that serves as rear striking at South Vietnamese po- ment services and prospective em- tles in the 12-day-old Laotian in- guard for the South Vietnamese sitions on both sides of Route 9. ployes on the extent to which em- vasion, aimed at cutting the Ho invading troops. Saigon headquarters said the at- ployers using their facilities oper- Chi Minh trail, which routes Com- The Stratafortress b o m b e r s tack on an infantry position south ate in nations which legally dis- munist supplies and military equip- dropped nearly 200 tons of bombs of Route 9 was driven back and 17 criminate. ment throughout Indochina. on the North Vietnamese positions North Vietnamese were slain. It See REGENTS, Page 8 Meanwhile U.S. B-52's bombed a several miles south of the demili-|reported three defenders wounded. Field reports said the stiffest fighting was north of the high- NEW COUNTY AIRPORT |way, where government rangers defending an artillery base suffer- ed heavy casualties. Two arrested during protests at Ad Bldg. By TAMMY JACOBS and JONATHAN MILLER The University was hit yesterday by a day-long series of demonstrations following a violent confrontation between the Ann Arbor Police and people demanding entrance to the Regents monthly public meeting. The police, called to the Administration Bldg. by Uni- versity officials, arrested two of a small group of demon- strators attempting to force their way into the locked Ad- ninistration Bldg. Angered by the arrests, a group of about 200 people later marched through campus and occupied the LSA Bldg. for several hours to discuss possible future actions. Although the group left the LSA Bldg. by 6 p.m. last night, members pledged to - return at noon Mounday tto hold a continuation of the aa ytt i es demonstration.A ires The group decided to organize for Monday's gathering over the dn weekend and voted to make it reMnore n clear that the meeting would con- stitute a sit-in, but that partici- pants at that time would decide her he disruptions started at 11 a.m., when students found them- selves locked out of the Admin- The A&P grocery on E. Huron istration Bldg. where they had yesterday laid off nine employes planned to present demands to as a boycott attacking the super- the Regents. I market's dress regulations con- During the ensuing demonstra- tinued for the sixth day, a boycott tion, the two students were ar- organizer reported. rested. An additional employe, Mike At a 2 p.m. rally to protest the Palid, was fired Thursday, al- arrests, demonstrators decided to legedly for picketing the s t o r e occupy the LSA Bldg., and, once during his work break. there, decided to march through Mtore Manager Warren Hart- campus, ending at the engineer- man last night refused to com- ing college's placement offices, ment on the situation. where they staged a demonstra- The boycott, marked by picket- tion against a Lincoln Laborator- in otsdethestore. is in pro- ies recruiter. test of the firing last Friday of Lincoln Labs, based at the Mas- three employes whose hair w a s sachusetts Institute of Technology, longer than that permited by is involved in military research. company dress regulations. After the march, demonstrators Boycott organizer Art Wight- returned again to the LSA Bldg. man claimed that the nine were The demonstration began when laid off because the boycott's ef- a group of about 50 persons met fect left the A&P unable to pay in front of the Administration its entire staff. Wightman esti- Bldg. for a scheduled disruption mated that the picketers had dis- of the Regent's meeting in order to present the Regents with six suaded "about half" of yester- demands. day's prospective customers from See PROTESTERS, Page 8 entering the A&P. It (- Tycr FT'T @ N N Wi LIOW I By SARA FITZGERALD A major expansion of University-owned Willow Run Airport by 1980-85 to accom- modate cargo and private flights from Metropolitan Airport has been proposed by the Wayne County Road Commission. The commission, which operates Metro, has recommended a $100 million expan- sion of Willow Run in order to build two new runways, 12,000 and 10,000 feet long, to acc:mmodate intercontinental freight un expansion sought cause the "saturation point" is rapidly be- ing approached at Metro. Metro is currently operating at about 85 per cent capacity, with 360,000 takeoffs and landings per year, according to the Air Transport Association. The University has owned Willow Run since 1947, maintaining airline and research facilities there. However, the expansion, slated for the east side of the airport, may force the re- .e-of enf ..A.f li T.iv1.i.- -a land priced at $5.4 million would be under- taken if justified by "airfield demand, economic feasibility, and operational ca- pacity." The airport was operated by the Airlines Terminal Corporation until 1966, when the University took over management of the facility as well. At that time, most passenger airplanes moved to Metro, with Willow Run handling air cargo-crriei~s and airplanes from sev- 0- flr"C a hn lcfe ,onl 7 rn, O r Informed U .S. sources in the Ijjta l 11 northern zone said the base, six ,miles inside Laos and astride a branch of the Ho Chi Minh trail, j was under attack by one North I Vietnamese regiment while a second regiment was believed mov- ing in to join the battle. mg storceattoe.icopt State officials have announced U.S. sources said no helicopters a new appropriations cut for entered the artillery base yestei- the University totaling $176,000 day because of "intense anti-air- - the second budget slash order-j craft fire."dL ed by Lansing during the current Since the drive into Laos began,' fiscal year. 12 U.S. helicopters have been shot However, University officials down and destroyed. Seven more Hywevcr,,Uniresiy a ffeciesi have been lost on the Vietnamese say the cut, forced by a decline in state revenue, is less than they uns again committee along with the presi- dents of other state universities and colleges and asked for a re- duction in the proposed cut in funding educational institutions. The $176,000 reduction repre- sents approximately three-fourths of one per cent of the funds not already spent for the remainder cuts '