For Daily subscriptions, phone 764-0558 FRESHMAN SUPPLEMENT See inside Y LIE46 4bp 743 a t ty MEDIOCRE High-64 Low-43 See Today for details VA1. LXXXV, No. 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, September 5, 1974 Free Issue Si xty Pages IFYOU SEE r&S HAPPEN CALL 1DY Hello out there Just as inevitable as autumn leaves, it all begins again this week. As thousands of students from literally all over the world pour into Ann Arbor to start classes tomorrow, The Daily's taut young staff is back in action. To welcome you back to ' The Grind, we're easing the pain by offering this and the next two issues free of charge. And while we're blowing our own horn, you might be interested to know that we regularly carry a combination of campus, local and national news, reviews, arts, opinion, and advertising all for only a dime an issue, which is cheaper than any of our competition. Whadda deal! If you want to subscribe to The Daily, call us at 764-0558 between 9 and 5 or come and see us at 420 Maynard - second floor. Now here's the deal of the century: The historic back issues from the "Nixon Quits!" week are on sale here at the incredible price of three for a quarter, or 20 for a buck. Just stop by the circulation desk. Let's face it: it may be a while before another president resigns. A note for our regular subscribers: the first delivered issue of The Daily is Tuesday morn- ing, with the prior issues free and available on campus. Big changes Over the summer, a number of major changes ave occurred in the University's power structure, topped by former literary college (LSA) Dean Frank Rhodes' taking over as vice president for icademic affairs on July 1. The powerful VP seat vas vacated last spring by Allan Smith, who is returning to teaching. Richard Kennedy has sup- plemented his ombudsman role as secretary to the University by replacing Fedele Fauri as vice pres- ident for state relations. Alfred Sussman, former- ly an associate dean and botany department chair- man, will take over Rackham's deanship from Donald Stokes, who accepted a position at Prince- ton last spring. Most recently, 'William "Billy" Frye, a former zoology professor, was named acting LSA dean. Happenings.. . . ..are sparse today, but no matter. If you haven't registered yet, the lines will be pouring through Waterman Gym from 8 a.m. to noon, and again from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Drop-Add is the same ; ime, at the same place . . . and if you aren't al- ready oriented enough, the Grad Library is pre- ;enting its own orientation program tonight at 7 p.m. in Lecture Room 2 of the MLB. Speaking of happenings, if you want to publicize your group's meeting, picnic, concert, or play, come on in or give us a call (764-0552) before 4 p.m. the day before the event. State of the cosmos It may be near the end of the baseball season, but that isn't stopping the "Big Diamond" from being September's major astronomical wonder. So says venerated University astronomer Hazel "Doc" Losh in her latest preview of cosmic hap- penings. In other big news, says Doc, fall will officially begin at 5:59 a.m. Sept. 23 as the sun crosses the equator. The Big Diamond will form in the northest corner of the night sky, featuring stars from the constellations Pegasus and Andro- meda. On the inside ..'. Today's Daily is the fattest you'll see all year: It's the annual frosh supplement, chock full of Information for new students. Included: General Yews-facts and features from the summer; Stu- dent Life-from the dull dorms to the fanatic frats; Sports-the ever-omnipotent Wolverines in all forms; Community-an enlightened look at the "Dope Capital of the Midwest" from politics to poetry; Culture-you name it, it's here; and Aca- Prices soar!'U'no By STEPHEN SELBST The campus is no haven from inflation: just about the only student cost that hasn't gone up in Ann Arbor this year is the price of getting busted. Marijuana use or possession still gets a cheap $5 fine. Otherwise, it's going to be a rough year. Tuition, dormitory fees, off-campus rents and book costs will all put a substantially bigger dent in your budget this year than last. Mari- juana dealers are even predicting a higher cost for getting high. THE REGENTS voted in July to raise tuition nearly six per cent over last year's level. Earlier they had ordered a six per cent rollback of last fall's controversial 24 per cent fee boost, but the new hike effectively restores the 24 per cent increase over two years. Housing c Tuition, rents, dope al exception AN INFORMAL survey of city landlords con- firmed Crocker's figures, with managers at Trony Uand Maize and Blue reporting hikes of four to six per cent. A spokesperson for Wilson-White Co. said the firm's rent increases averaged 10 predictable request per cent. aging eight per cent. $1298 to $1402; sin- Textbooks also felt the trend. A clerk at arenowat$0Ulrich's Books, when asked to describe the gen- eral public trend, said, "Well, it's bad news," Regents the hike but would not give precise figures. maintenance costs, any expansion of The University Cellar reported price hikes on virtually all new text editions. For in-state underclasspeople - frosh and sophomores-that means a jump from $380 to $400 per semester. Resident juniors and seniors who last year paid $423 will now be assessed $450 a term. The six per cent figure spells even bigger trouble for out-of-state students. First and second year fees will climb to $1300 per term form $1220; juniors and seniors will pay $1400 instead of $1316. THE UNIVERSITY - the city's number one landlord-is also making it tougher on dorm residents. The Regents last April granted Housing Director John Feldkamp's for a fee hike-this one averk Double rooms will rise from gles that cost $1448 last year While Feldkamp told the would cover rising food and the result will not include dormitory services. Off-campus dwellers will deal. Off-Campus Housing S Crocker estimated virtually e the campus has had a rent 5 to 10 per cent. get an equally bad Supervisor N o r m a very apartment near increase averaging MARIJUANA, perhaps the city's most reknown commodity, may be another victim of the supply- demand game. An ounce of the weed that sold for $12 last year is now reportedly going for $14 or $15. f fice puts homeless freshmen in Bell Tower Hotel By CHERYL PILATE Nearly 50 freshmen are revel- ing this week in the comfort of air-conditioned accommodations equipped with color TVs, pri- vate baths, and maid service- courtesy of the University Hous- ing Office. For the fourth year in a row, incoming students waiting for dormitory vacancies will spend the first few weeks of the fall term in the Bell Tower Hotel. BECAUSE the housing office incorrectly assumed the no- show rate would be 2.5 per cent, 96 freshmen are without per- manent living quarters. Those who are not waiting it out at the Bell Tower are spending their nights in Bursley Hall's linen closets or in the rooms of their Resident Advisors. Although University Housing Director John Felkamp vehe- mently denies he "oversold" the number of available spaces, he admits he miscalculated the projected number of residence hall vacancies. "It's a great puzzle to me," Feldkamnp sighed.t "There was nothing new in the application rate this year-I'm not quite sure why this happened." . APPARENTLY the housing crunch is affecting only male frosh-there are still a num- ber of vacancies for women scattered throughout the resi- dence halls. Because dormitory living is not as popular among female students, Feldkamp believes that the housing problem can be alleviated next year by con- verting several women's halls into all-male corridors. "We had to convert 150 spaces this year-and that was painful. But we may haye to Jo it again," Feldkamp said. "The other solution I foresee is plac- ing a restriction on the number of returning students so we can accommodate the freshmen." FOR THE moment, however, the Bell Tower residents are enjoying their life of luxury. "Most of them think it's pret- ty keen that they have maid service and color TVs," a clerk at the hotel commented.. The students are paying the same rate charged to regular dormitory residents - with the housing office picking up the difference. FELDKAMP, however, denies that the University is on the losing end of the deal. "If anything, you could accuse us of making money," he said. "Housing these students on); costs us an extra $5,000-but then, we are assured of filling dormitory vacancies." The hotel rates, which are discounted as a favor to the University, are $9 a day for a single and $14 a day for a dou- ble. This is costing the Univer- sity an extra $5.28 a day and $8.02 a day respectively. "THIS IS a great deal for the money-and it sure beats Alice Lloyd," a freshman from St. Louis remarked. Attempting to make the Bell Tower accommodations as much akin to dormitory life as pos- sible, the housing office has also assignednthe incoming students a resident advisor. "I'm serving as a liason per- son between the students and the housing office," said Bill Winkel, former building director See UNIVERSITY, Page 4 Back to The Grind Like thousands of other young people who de scended on Ann Arbor this week, three stu- dents make the familiar trek from the tailga te to the elevator at West Quad. The real bur- len, however, was yet to come as classes be gin tomorrow. Counci move forces Blues and JF iva i JazFestvalt o Tfind new home, Daily photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI FRESHMAN PHIL STOTZ gets a helping hand from Bill Winkel, the University's ad hoc "resident advisor" for 50 freshmen who are spending the next few weeks in the Bell Tower Hotel thanks to overflow enrollment in the dormi- tories. The hotel accommodations include color TV and maid service, and the University is picking up the tab. By GORDON ATCHESON Despite the best efforts of thei city's conservative politicians, the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival will go on as planned this year-but not in Ann Arbor. The three-day concert series will instead be held "in exile", as its sponsors say, at St. Clair College's Griffin Hollow Am- phitheatre in Windsor, Ontario. AFTER CITY Council banned Youth center.. may lose license the festival from Ann Arbor last July by refusing to authorize a site for the event, it appeared the concert was dead. But a short time later, St. Clair College offered its facili- ties, and the promoters, Rain- bow MultiMedia Corp., went ahead and booked an all-star line-up over the past month. Among the artists appearing at the festival-which is sched- uled for tomorrow through Sun- day-are James Brown, Luther Allison, Hound Dog Taylor, and Junior Walker. COUNCIL Republicans oppos- ed this year's event because of problems at the 1973 concert including improper clean-up and a supposed increase in drug trafficking. "Last year's blues and jazz festival has tarnished the city's image," Mayor James Stephen- son declared in urging the the cultural worth of the event." Last year's festival drew over 60,000 people to Otis Spann Memorial Field and "was a totally positive experience," ac- cording to Andrews,palthough he admitted clean-up procedures were inadequate. This year the promoters had offered to post a $5,000 bond to guarantee the concert site would be left in a clean, undamaged condition, but the council Re- publicans found this safeguard unacceptable. IN FORMAT, the 1974 blues and jazz festival will be much like its predecessor with five separate shows-one each night, and afternoon performances on Saturday and Sunday. The evening shows will run 7:00-12:00 p.m, and the after- noon concerts from noon to 5:30 p.m. The Griffin Hollow Amphi- By GORDON ATCHESON A local private psychiatric facility, under investigation by state and federal agencies for months, may be denied licens- ing to continue its controversial and allegedly harmful methods of treatment. The sta~te's Dehnartment of center would be forced to close down. A decision on licensing is expected within a week. During the past year, the Uni- versity Center was denied the right to operate as a psychia- tric hospital after a panel of ex- perts from the state Depart- ment of Mental Health found Center, has denied all charges made by the state and federal investigators. The two-month Senate probe revealed apparent malprac- tices including substandard care, physical abuse of "un- ruly" patients, questionable billing procedures, and traffick- CHAMPUS funding constitut- ed a major portion of the cen- ter's income - $3 million over five years - until it was dis- continued on August 26. Despite that loss of revenue, Kambly has said the center will stay open. The much-maligned psychia- tric technionues used by Kambly