INTERVIEWS,,WITH K NAUSS AND .NEWELL See Editorial Page YI L 131w iOr :1IatiM DRIPPY High--73 Low--52 Colder, partly cloudy Chance of Showers Vol. LXXXI, No. 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, September 15, 1970 Ten Cents Knaass andtrengthening the vp's V By DAVE CHUDWIN became more convinced there was While Knauss anticipates prob- finding a black assistant vice pres- Feldkamp, however, denies that housing. She says the problem is werei Daily News Analysis something I could contribute." lems in his new role, his appoint- ident "who would be involved in he has any plans of resigning and lack of University or federal funds Mrs Folowing more than t w o But as Knauss candidly admits, ment does appear to have solved all operations of the office." says he is looking forward to to pay for it. cerne years of controversyv over t h e and as Mrs. Newell knows f r o m the problem which was a major Knauss wants, in addition, the working with Knauss.,"There's a Knauss, however, is not ready to werea appointment of a University vice long experience, a vice president cause of the two year delay in ap- University to take a more active lot of work to be done in hous- take a position on what the next with; president for student services, for student services cannot please -pointing anyone to the post. For role in non-academic counseling, ing and I'd like to do it," Feld- step in housing should be. "It's Knau Law Prof.' Robert Knauss today the Regents, the other executive Knauss, in accordance with the especially in the areas of mental kamp said. basically a student decision what rules takes over the post from acting officers, and the students all at demands of students. has prom- health and drug abuse. He also In many ways, however, it ap- type of housing students want," he dents vice president Barbara Newell. once over a long period of time. ised that the new student-dom- will encourage greater contact be- pears as though Knauss will not says. Con Although Knauss agrees w i t h ' "I think there is a very real inated policy board in ;the OSS tween OSS and the schools and greatly change the policies which He indicates heis seriously con- ciplin many of the policies and attitudes problem of conflict between the "will be setting policy within the colleges. have been pursued by Mrs. Newell sidering the establishment of a comm of his predecessor, he is expect- vice president as a representative Office of Student Services." Eventually Knauss promises a for the last two years. separate student-faculty policy ing o ed to be a stronger figure in the of students and the vice president Knauss, however, reserves the significant reorganization of OSS Concerning housing, for exam- board to give him advice on the port.I administratiorr than Mrs. Newell. as an employe of the Regents," right to give his personal opin- and reassignment of functions, pe, both Knauss and Mrs. Newell housing question. bates, During Mrs. Newell's two-year explains Mrs. Newell who will re- ion's on matters outside the juris- "I suppose that in certain in- admit that the University has a Knauss can also be expected to catec tenure President Fleming in many turn to her former position as diction of OSS to Fleming and stances the personnel there may responsibility to see that students continue Mrs. Newell's strong sup- "I t ways served as his own vice pres- assistant to the President. the other executive officers. not be in a position to fulfill the are well-housed. Mrs. Newell port of cooperative enterprises goes, ident for student services, making Aware of this problem, Knauss And Knauss' opinions will c'e r- new functions, so there will have denies there is a housing short- such as the University store and would many of the important policy de- has realistically offered to resign tainly have a significant effect on to be changes in personnel," he age. "I think there is a shortage bookstore and the'Student Credit any o cisions affecting students, anytime he loses the confidence of the future of OSS. explains. of the type of housing students Union, now. At this point Knauss, who at any of these groups. His first priority, Knauss says, There has been speculation wish; there's not an absolute Both Knauss and Mrs. Newell point, - 39 will be the youngest vice presi- "If I am asked to resign by any is to get the OSS policy board among student leaders that t h e shortage," she says. are known to be unhappy about year- dent,. appears confident that he of my constituencies - the Re- going. The board, when complete, Housing Office and its director The University, Mrs. Newell ex- the Regents Interim Disciplinary dentj will be able to handle the job gents, the President, or the (stu- will have five student members John Feldkamp might be the first plains, has taken steps to expand Policy enacted last April. "M y in th reasonably well. "As I learned dent) policy board - I will re- and four faculty members. area that would be affected by married student housing and the feeling about the rules them- one o: more about the job," he says, "I sign," he says. Another of his primary goals is any reorganization. next priority is single s t u d en t selves is that I'm not sure they Eight Pages ojee? necessary," Knauss explains. . Newell was most c o n- d at the time that the rules adopted without consultation students and faculty. Like ss, she does not regard the as "repressive" as some stu- have charged. ceining an eventual d i s- ary policy, Knauss refuses to ent until a committee work- n the matter submits its re- During Senate Assembly de- however, he was an advo- of an all-student judiciary. hink as far as effectiveness an all-student judiciary probably be as effective as thei' kind of mix," he says "Whether or not at t hi s compared with a year or a and-a-half ago, an all stu- judiciary is acceptable with- e community is,'I suppose, f the top issues." See KNAUSS, Page 8 CONFERENCE BAN Fleming bacing down on ay Lib By MARTIN HIRSCHMAN - Editor President Robben Fleming is preparing to back down on < his controversial five-month old ban on the use of University facilities for a midwest conference on homosexuality spon- sored by Gay Liberation Front, reliable sources report. Some ind ica tion of the new policy is expected within a::ยข:>