Wednesday, April 16, 1975 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY I U 11 1 'U' dorm rates AMERICA Is Here Brought To You By WRCN Rockin 650 and I WCBN-FM 89.5 stereo PICK ONE UP! EL I: UAC, CONCERT CO-OP presents: .r in Big By JAY LEVIN For the first time in a long while, Michigan's dorm rates will not be the Big Ten's highest next fall. That news, however, fails to sweeten the burden of paying what many believe to be an unreasonable sum for a nor- mal double room-a lofty $1400. "I can see the rates rising in a few years to the point where nobody would want to live in the dorms anymore," remarked Housing Director John Feld- kamp. Two thousand dollars, he said, is a real possibility in the near future. MEANWHILE, several other Big Ten schools will see their rates increase next fall. Ohio State will undergo the sharpest rise when rates there take a 6.5% hike, reaching $1,464 per year. Elsewhere, Purdue's rates will increase 6.4% to $1,297, Indiana, the least expensive, will tack on an extra $50 to its present $1,097 figure and Iowa remains un- changed at $1,218. The other Big1 Ten schools have yet to an- nornce their fall rates. "No school is alike," said Feldkamp, "and we don't go by< other rates." Feldkamp views such price races b e t w e e n schools as "insignificant." UNLIKE most of the Big Ten dorm systems, the University's does not provide linen service, or serve breakfasts. But, claims Feldkamp, the dorm resident here gets more food in two daily meals than others get in three, because ofI the dormitories' liberal re-serve policy. f He adds that the eliminationr of the breakfast menu severalb years ago saves each dorm resi-a Fen; hik topped Michigan family welcomes Les seen Vetnamese child into home By TOM PRESTON -verged at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Sunday Special To The Daily morning. HOLLY, Mich. - After two years of bu- "There were aboat 79 families there with reaucratic hassles and seemingly endless us, and the atmosphere was euphoric," Mr. paper work, Herb and Joyce Beskar have a Beskar commented. "After we'd waited so new daughter. It isn't a typical adoption, long, it was finally going to happen" however, because the child is Vietnamese. When asked why they had adopted a Viet- "We called the adoption agency we'd been namese child, Ms. Beskar said, "There was working through about three weeks ago, when really very little political motivation or guilt it looked like South Vietnam was going to feeling involved. We'd always wanted to fall out of Thieu's hands," said Ms. Beskar. adopt another child." (The Beskars first chld "We knew that something was bound to wias also adopted). happen, so we asked them what the chances were of the girl we'd chosen flying out of HOWEVER, her husband indicated concern Saigon and they told us it would be sometime over "the way the United States government rn May." has handled this thing. "We're beginning to question their motives TO THE surprise of everyone involved, in dealing with Vietnamese orphans so late. things began to move more quickly than had When we started going through adoption pro- been anticipated. The couple was notified cedures about two years ago, the U. S. Thursday, April 3, that eight-month-old Tran couldn't have cared less about refugees or Thai Nga would probably leave Saigon the orphans, and now there's this big, highly pub- next morning. licized operation. The following day, however, the Beskars "if we had had a choice we would have were shocked when they saw a television preferred that our child be adopted by Viet- :, newscast of the tragic accident that struck namese relatives, but there were none," he an American C-5A transport plane carrying added, referring to the fact that many Vietna- 254 orphans out of Saigon. mese object to the baby airlift. "We were horrified," said Ms. Beskar of the crash in which over half the children THE SMILING, new member of the family, were killed. "It was a terrible kind of warn- renamed Lisa Thai Beskar, has obviously ,ainp ing. Fortunately the Holt Agency called us made a good adjustment to her new situa- with an assurance that the baby hadn't been tion, and seems very happy. food and labor." on that plane, that she was due to leave The beaming father commented, "After all Saigon around noon that day. . that trouble, I wouldn't hesitate to do itJ A R E P R T compiled Last TECOUPLE and their adopted child con againItwas definitely worth it." d year by Claude Orr, the late ywrhi associate director of financng, . ...::. .. . ..... ....:... .. prices in dormitory supplies f'or the high dorm fees. Brown U' students protest The report also cited the fact that the University, unlike such schools as Indiana, employs a1" unionized dorm staff who asrdanep-v cutbacks in linassive. str ike higher pay than a non-K1RS unionized staff would. 1 Feldk JESSE COLIN YOUNG and LEO KOTTKE WED., May 21 H I LL AU D., 8 p.m. INFLATION FIGHTER SPECIAL Reserved Seats $5, $4.50, $4, co on sale today UM Box Office, 10:30-5:30 daily ticket info. 763-4553 Sorry, no personal checks Smoking & beverages not permitted in auditorium Tickets will still be available for JACKSON BROWNE and PHOEBE STONE concert this Sat. night. dent about $50 a year. And, he says, when dormitories did offer a morning meal, less than half of their populace took advan- tage of the service. "WE'D be more than happy] to restore linen service," said Feldkamp, but he fears that, for the most part, the services would not be used by a large portion of the students. And the benefits of dorm lv- ing, according to Feldkamn, are, rounded out by a dormitory li- brary service which is "prob- ably the best one of its Kind in; the country." Feldkamp, in part, blames! rising utility costs for recenti hikes in dorm rates. "ForI years," he remarked, there was no increase in utility rates, And all we had to worry about was" I I r I Still a very special game at a very special place. BILLIARDS at the UNION t T S r A plan, outlined in the report, called for the establishment of a large dining facility to serve all the residents of the "hill area" dormitories. The imple- mentation of this common eat- ing area would save each stu- dent an estimated $45. Exessive vandalism was also cited in the retort as a signifi- cant cost factor. 1 By DAVID WHITING Brown University, in Prov dente, Rhode Island, was tor apart yesterday with the fir. day of a massive student strik protesting the Administration plan to drastically cut stude services and fire some 75 fa ulty members over the ne three years. While over half of the 5,2 undergrads voted for the stril only 5 p e r c e n t reported I SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY OF THE SUN r I I I ~~/ I F v - A Capsule Report by the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association - - Pinning down facts about ; Pharmacy Facts Michigan'S generic drug law and hoW it Michigan Pharmacy (MP) is moproud to present this educa- wny save you i8no ey on pwscrlpt:ons. ion program known as Pharmacy Facts. Pharmacy Pharmacists and consumer groups championed this law which : Facts will examine andi ex- was designed to aid you, the consumer. 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