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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, January 26, 1975
University Values Year
presents
DR. ELIZABETH KUBLER ROSS The cash crunch
Psychiatrist, author of Death and Dying EACH YEAR at about this
time, University administra-
tors raise a litany of gloom and
DEA TH AND DYING: doom after they hear the de-
tails of the governor's proposed
state budget for the coming
E THICA L IMPLICATIONSfiscal year.
Sometimes their protest is
FOP T E UN VERSTY jwell founded, sometimes not.
F R THE U VERSTY But in this year of stagflation,
recession and just plain ter-
rible times, the fears of of-
' Au itorum J:1 0ficials over the University's fi-
nancial foundering are real.
HilAuditorium 3:10 P.. ia. 29 wa learned thswewl
Governor William Milliken, it
was learned this week, will
probably recommend a state
appropriation of just over $100
million for the University-a
tidy sum, but far below the
campus' anticipated b u d g e t
... . _A A ..... needs.
LOOKING
IN REVIEW
accepts that there has to be a
military, I'd be distressed if
there weren't reserve officer,.
They should be trained at the
best and most liberal institu-
tions, of which the University
of Michigan is one."
The LSA faculty is expected
to tangle with those same kinds
of questions at next Monday's
meeting.
Carduner also predicted that
the faculty would call for more
explicit guidelines than outlined
ini the report advocating credit
for ROTC courses. The plan
recommends credit be given
ROTC courses stressinghistory,
management - leadership, a n d
technical non-military skills.
The report specifically does not
suggest that credit be given to
programs which hinge on mili-
tary training.
One Curriculum Committee
member emphasized, "We did
not recommend credit for
courses on how to kill people."
The number of courses which
any student may take for LSA
credit would be limited and sub-
ject to periodic review by the
Curriculum Committee.
-SARA RIMER
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per cent cut first asked by
Milliken in the fall. Milliken,
faced with the recession and
the loss of state sales tax dol-
lars on January 1, decided to
ask for the cuts in order to
balance the state's beleaguered
budget.
In real terms, the four per
cent cut means a good deal to
the 575 students enrolled in the
Pilot Program. Administrators
have said that the innovative
program would be on the lis
of possible expendables if ap-
propriations are shaved four
per cent.
But Pilot won't be the only
victim: high level University
sources said last week that
Rackham may have to absorb
up to an eight per cent br Ige-
cut, with other University de-
partments forced to make more
conservative cutbacks. Faculty
hiring, meanwhile, has been
curtailed.
PUT THE most distinct dan-
ger to the level of education-
al quality at the University is
the possibility that there will be
faculty and staff layoffs.
So far, officials have been
mum or non-committal on the
necessity for layoffs-but the
threat remains. Ironically, the
very groups now involved in
their first contract negotiations
with the University, clerical
employes and graduate teach-
ing assistants, probably face
the greatest menace from per-
sonnel cutbacks.
Milliken will make public hs
budget message on Thur lay.
The state legislature then begins
the long process of hearings,
debate, and compromise before
a final Dudget is hammered into
law.
But those in the Unive s tv
who might expect help from the
legislature should not hold their
collective breaths. With state
welfare rolls ballooning, and
revenue an L-1certainty, legisla
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ROTC credit
THE RESERVE Officer Train-
ing Corp (ROTC) is back on
the literary college (LSA) fac-
ulty floor for debate next Mon-
day with the Executive Com-
mittee's approval last week of a
proposal recommending that
academic credit be reinstated
for some ROTC courses.
While both the LSA Curricu-
lum Committee and the Execu-
tive Committee focused solely
on the academic merit of ROTC
courses in their examinati n,
most obswrverspredict that the
LSA faculty will tackle the
broader political and moral is
sues that sparked hot degate
back in 1970 when the facuLy
voted to eliminate credit.
The Executive Committee pro-
ceedings are usually tightly
guarded, but the ROTC de is.on
was announced because of its
"interest" to the student body,
Academic Affairs Coordinator
John Meeker said last week.
Apparently the proposal swept
through the Executive Commit-
tee because "the plan appeared1
to be so workable," according
to Associate Dean of Curriculum
Jean Carduner.
HlOWEVER, faculty and stu-
dents earlier thrashed out the
broader implications of support-
ing the military on campus at a
long Curriculum Committee.
Responding to Carduner's re-
minder that the committee was
charged only with examining
courses on their academic mer-
it, director for Academic Ac-
tions Eugene Nissen and Zool-
ogy Prof. David Shappirio de-
manded that "the whole issue
be looked at in the college."
While some Curriculum Com-
mittee members blasted pro-
grams that would increase mili-
tary effectiveness, Physics Prof.
Jens Zorn countered, "If one
JEWELL COBB felt the glare
of publicity from events 800
miles away but remained si-
lent as the University moved
to "finalize" its choice.
tors will probalvgive higher
education a shiorter-than-usual
financial shrift.
-DAVID BURHENN
* * *
ROBBEN FLEMING refused
to acknowledge the Regents'
unanimous vote and insisted
that the University's final de-
cision is yet to come.
* * *
Deanship uproar
A STATE of major crisis now
exists at the highest levels
of the University's power struc-
ture. All week long, officials
tried to keep calm exteriors and
limit the alarming realities to
private conversations, but por-
tions of the story leaked. The
Regents, as The Daily learned
eight days ago, had voted to
offer the literary college (LSA)
deanship to Jewel Cobb, but the
administration has backed away
from officially announcing that
decision.
The Regental vote was a
cinch for controversy: the tra-
ditionally conservative board-
now dominated by Democrats-
chose a respected black woman
educator. Cobb's color and sex
were probably enough to draw
silent accusations of "tokenism"
and racist, sexisttslurs.
Coupled with that, the Re-
gents also had to contend with
the popularity of the man they
did not choose - personable,
popular Billy Frye, LSA'3 high-
ly competent acting dean.
On Tuesday night, President
Robben Fleming said the dean-
ship decision was "yet to come '
and simply would not comment
on the decision that had al-
ready taken place. He predicted
a decision would be announced
in "a couple of weeks." He
spoke quietly, but the words
landed on Ann Arbor like a
bomb: the University's presi-
dent, it appeared, was taking a
position that flew in the face of
his acknowledged superiors, the
Regents.
COBB, who is presently dean
of Connecticut College, re-
fused to comment on the Uni-
versity's apparent indecision as
the glare of publicity touched
her in New London.
Frye's supporters came on
like gangbusters, cursing the
board for reaching outside the
University community for lead-
ership in times of financial
trouble, and praising Frye's un-
deniably cool-headed approach
to LSA's tangled business. It
was rumored that some high-
level officials in the college
would resign if the Cobb choice
was, finalized, although some-
one pointed out that any resig-
nations would likely be accepted
with a smile in this time of
tight budgets.
One pro-Frye official warned
snidely that Cobb "had better
be damned good." 1
"It was strictly a Regental
appointment," said another of-
ficial. "They bypassed the ad-
ministration's choice." Other
sources agreed that Fleming
and Rhodes had strongly urged,
the board to approve Frye. j
Another official contended,
"Because the University was
having trouble with affirmative
action, they picked +he ideal
person-a woman who is black.
It's perfect."
FROM educators in Ann Arbor
and elsewhere came equal-
ly resounding support for Cobb,
whose reputation as an admin-
istrator and researcher is im-
peccable.
Acquaintances of Cobb at
Connecticut praised her interest
in spending time with ,cudents
and her work in cancer re-
search. One source said: "She
operates quietly, and is not
BA CK
in normal times, that silence
becomes deafening in times of
near-disaster. From the number
of official statements about the
deanship before Friday-zero,
that is-one could be led to
believe that business is proceed-
ing as usual.
While that was probably the
intended effect, Vice President
for Academic Affairs Fran
Rhodes' statement Friday was
full of subtle crisis- indicators.
The Regents, he said, ha
made only a "ranking" decisio
on the three final deanshit, can-
didates- but The Daily's source
reaffirmed that the board chos
Cobb and Cebb alone.
RHODES gave no details of the
"routine negotiations" h
said were taking place - no
even so much as an admission
that Cobb is the party on the
other side of the negotiating
table. He indirectly blamed
other for creating an atmo-
sphere of "various conflicting
statements and rumors"-with-
out providing enough official
news to fill the information void
now surrounding the deanship
appointment.
He dismissed the lack of offi-
cial statements by describing
negotiating delays as "a normal
part of the appointment pro-
cess." Thus, at the week's end,
the question remained: Why
has the University failed to
properly acknowledge the vote
of its own Regents?
The vice president said a full
announcement would certainly
follow the completion of negotia-
tions. But no one knew when
that would be.
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FRANK RHODES tried to por-
tray the Regents' vote as no
more than a "ranking" of the
three final candidates - sug-
gesting the administration may
yet try to keep Billy Frye in
the deanship.
dramatic, way-out-type admin-
istrator."
The only objection seemed to
be that Jewel Cobb is not Billy
Frye.
If this University grows silent
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