. I Eighty-three years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Residents plagued by dorm crime 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mi. 48104 News Phone: 764-0552 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1974 Student input: Au uphill fight THE CURRENT DEBATE between the student - faculty Housing Policy Committee (HPC) and the University Housing Office over a proposed dorm rate increase has reignited the long- smoldering controversy over the role of students in administrative policy-mak- ing. The Housing Office has cited the ris- ing cost of dorm maintenance and serv- ices in proposing an eight per cent, or $100, rate increase for 1974-75. HPC stands opposed to rate increases. They strongly advocate cutbacks on low- priority funding (such as the SAB building or professional dormitory main- tenance), as a better way to combat ris- ing costs. As the student voice on housing policy matters, HPC has been entrusted with the proper and effective representation of student interests in university policy- making. Section 7.05.1 of the Regents by-, laws states: ""Student participation in University decision-making' is important to the quality of student life at the Uni- versity, and shall be encouraged. The Vice-President for student Services shall assist students in providing effective mechanisms for such student participa- tion". ARE UNIVERSITY administrators will- ing to acknowledge the importance of "effective mechanisms for student participation" only when they find it expedient to their own rigid stratagems? Why has Student Services Vice-Presi- dent Henry Johnson, in rejecting HPC's proposed alternatives to dorm rate in- creases, labelled HPC as "merely an ad- visory body? As long as the administrative hier- archy chooses to regard HPC and other student policy boards in such a subser- vient light, the policy-making input guaranteed the student in the Regential bylaws will be threatened. The student community has made great efforts to assure themselves a meaningful voice in non-academic policy matters. As the strength of past achieve- ments continues to wilt before the pres- ent administration, the need for reaf- firming the student's right to determine bis or her own destiny can no longer be ignored. Now is the time to reopen the issue o1 student jurisdiction in policy matters by serving notice to University adminis- trators that their isolationist stance in this area will not be idly tolerated. By PATRICIA TEPPER ple com SOUTH QUAD Building Director, wanderii Ken Moon: "Security is only Akho as good as residents make it." Markley many la West Quad Building Director, there ha Leon West: "99 per cent of your robberie own security is your own respon- points o sibility." ledge, w Mosher-Jordan Building Direc- ing with tor, Sharon Gensler: "Housing can it's happ only do so much. The rest has to mg us a be the students' responsibility." LeonI Markley Building Director, Le- basically roy Williams: "This system would be very be as efficient as any with 100 pression per cent cooperation." problem No, these building directors are it's my not speaking from the same script. have th Despite the enormous differences had." among the dorms that they repre- Kenne- sent, their security experiences ple who have been remarkably similar. be awar South Quad's security problems rip-offs seem to have been among he most serious: two attempted rapes, SHAR( three or four peeping Toms, one even str major forcible entry, and several buying o petty thefts. like this Director Moon comments: "W're could be not the best; we're not the worst. Each( Statistically we're in the middle. security. We installed a second set of lozk- least one ed doors to cut down on heavy each one traffic at night and accessibility p.m., atr to living areas. Our biggest prab- a system lem is with residents blocking open one way doors or indiscriminately opening after the them for people whether or not sher-Jor they're residents." brief acc the staff LEROY WILLIAMS of Markley out the cites the same problem as the other sti greatest security difficulty. "Our an Oper biggest security problem is mali.> er at th ious destruction of property; and can labe that, he said, is caused by "peo- gister th Election ing in off the street and ng through the building." gh petty theft occurs at , there have not been as arcenies as last year, and ave not been any armed s. One reason, Williams ut, is that "to my know- ve don't have anyone deal- drugs in this building. if pening, it hasn't been caus- ny trouble."' West of West Quad savs y the same thing: I may naive, but it's my im- that we don't have drug s we had in the past, and impression that we don't e drug dealers we once th Moon warns that "Peo- traffic in drugs ought to e that they're accessible to and strong arm activity." DN GENSLER'S warning is ronger: "It's stupid to be or selling in in atmosphere S. . .Innocent bystanders e hurt." dorm has its own style of All the buildings have at e guard in the evening, and e locks all entrances by 10 the latest. Every dorni hs n of reminding residents, in or another, about looking eir own security. In Mo- dan, theft victims w r i t e :counts of the incidents, and distributes copies through- building as a warning to udents. The form also has ation Identification engrav- he desk so that residents el their valuables and re- em with the city. "The only way to increase the efficiency of build- ing security would be to lock all entrances and post an armed guard at each one to check identi- f ication; but,;.. "The students don't want an armed camp." 1,Y.K;;"?: :'",{:{:{'"::":{+:":{;$;Kr$?."::}';?"i{f.;;?; 1{.}{}::;:":t;?%w: g iv'ya,}e;}. ".m:}"..5::.;.:;;:pv.. ?:?:? t:'.:"4.: ,.ri{iv"..:. ::X{. }:« "v,} nr::4v"$4::A:v""... .%+v.?{"v:t Y"7:>;Fp:.:i+a:S{+ $R"? "rf: The security guards themselves elicit nothing but prais2 from build- ing directors. Leon West com- ments: "Our security men are con- scientious, but they carry no wea- pons, they have no arrest pmver ' "Their main emphasis is on be- ing visible and on mo."mg through the building as rapidly as possible," Kenneth Moon adds. "Lack of imp -s nalty may he. one reason we'v,. e:>:.aped some of these problems." Kenneth Moon of South Quad acknowledges: "Physically wO have problem s. In a big dorm where there's impersonality, t'3 impos- sible to know everyone . . . liigh rises have problems." He says, however, "Residents need to have an overall consciousness of strng-: ACCORDING to all four build- ing directors interviewed, the only way to increase the efficiency of building security would be to lock all entrances and past an armed guard at each one to check iden- tification; but as Sliaron Gensler puts it, "The sr',ents don't wa' t an armed camp.' Security problems seem to follow a definite pattern relatel to dorm size and atmosphe-e. Mosher-.ord- an, the smallest of Eh: dorms sur- veyed, has had the fewest cr-me problems, with only one majir theft and a fex minor thefts in this year's rec)r1. Director Gens- ler says that becaise the darm has only 500 reident3, 'studenti re- cognize strange '. They definiiely know who's otn tue hall, nd they recognize fazes in th- dorm " West Quad's dire+. , to feels that ers. They should be aware of what's going on in the area. If someone is wandering down the hall checking doors and sticking his head into open . rooms, residents should call security. At the very least they should approacn him and- let him know they're aware of his presence." THE BURDEN of securit -clear- ly rests upon residents. Each building director has con- crete suggestions . for increasing students' security, and their advice is nearly the same: First, do not prop open a locked door or let any strangers in after the outside doors have been lock- ed. One person can subvert secur- ity for an entire building. Second, lock the door when you leave the room, whether it is for thirty seconds or for thirty days. Third, do not bring valuables to school and leave them in the dorm. They only invite theft. Fourth, do not automatically say "Come in" to anyone who knocks. The result is sometimes extreme- ly unpleasant, if not dangerous. Fifth, be aware of what is going on around you. Even if you can- not tell a resident from a non-resi- dent, you can often tell if some- one is acting rather suspicitously. No one is asking you to apprehend or even challenge anyone. Just let an RA, RD, or security guard know that somthing unusul is oc- curring. If the people involved are innocent, then an unfortunate, per- haps even tragic incident will have been avoided. No one has anything to lose by calling security, b u t everyone stands to lose a lot by doing nothing. LEON WEST attributes W e s t Quad's success to the fact that "Students are extraordinarily con- scious of security. They lock doors far mnore than they used :to. Of course, it restricts their freedom of movement." Good security precautions are bound to restrict freedom of move- ment to somee. etent. It seemis ,a small price to pay, however, for personal safety, not only from theft, which is common, but also from rape or armed robbery. Asked if he had anything more to add, West replied, "Only th it I wish it weren't happening." So do we. Patricia Tepper is a staff writer for The Daily. little final vote, "I just pity those with good ideas but no money.'' The First Amendment does not grant the right to buy elections. IN THE INTEREST of fair com- ment, the council Repubjicans did agree to some progressive alteia- tions in the bill between the first and second reading votes. A change, moving up the dates for prior disclosure of campaign statements to between the tenth to seventh day before an election was agreed to. However, in the main the ord- inance must be considered less than reform law reform TF's charge U with racism ONE OF THE demands approved at last weeks mass meeting of GEO- OTF (Graduate Employes Organization- Organization of Teaching Fellows) calls for "an end to discrimination" and the establishment of a quota system in the hiring of blacks and other minorities as teaching fellows. An amendment was passed substitut- ing the word "quota" for "goal" after discussion of the university's history of tokenism and repeated failure to meet previous "goals" in hiring, admissions and recruitment. A committee, appointed by OTF to re- search discriminatory p ra ct ic e s in in teaching fellow appointments,, was only able to confirm appointments of 11 blacks and one Chicano out of a total TODAY'S STAFF: News: Dan Biddle, Dan Blugerman, Della DiPietro, Mike Duweck, Jeff Sorenson, Becky Warner Editorial Page: Brian Colgan, Paul Has- kins, Marnie Heyn, Cindy Hll, A I a n Kettler number of 1,600 TF's. The committee reported consistent lack of cooperation on the part of the university in making its statistics avail- . able. Officials at the university told an OTF representative that no records are kept which even estimate the number of mi-' norities hired as teaching fellows and claimed that no report is given to Af- firmative Action. SUBSEQUENTLY OTF representatives were forced to compile their own statistics. Although not yet complete, the OTF survey provides strong evidence of discrimination, and is the basis for the organization's accusation of racist hir- ing practices on :the- part of the univer- sity. Given the University's laxity in insti- tuting reforms after charges of' racism from other groups, a quota seems neces- sary to force the university in a post- tive direction. The GEO-OTF has set a deadline for the completion of bargaining over this demand and its long list of other griev- ances for midnight February 17 and states that without satisfaction a strike vote will be taken on February 18th and 19th. -OSCAR HEARN Daily Guest Writer gate political spin-off, voter disen- chantment with the Republican cause, just might . . . perhaps, af- fect Republican electoral chances at the local level this spring. The skydarkens with a note of foreboding as storm clouds move in from the east on the obscure bleak October day, but the may- or's political cerebral juices con- tinue to bubble. THEN, nerve sparking synapse in a lightening-like reaction of grey matter, an idea is conceived. To allay the fears of those ever so temperamental voters and bring good Republicans back into t h e foil, why not propose passing Ann Arbor's very own .. . ELECTION REFORM LAW. Of course, this election law does not necessarily have to regulate anything to accomplish its purpose, that of placating the voters. It merely has to be mentioned in the newspapers. And that, once upon a time right here in the "Big Apple of the Mid- west," is exactly what happened. Ann Arbor's finalized Election Control Ordinance contains no lim- itations on the total amount that can be spent in an election cam- paign or the amount an individual voter can contribute. At most it merely requires detailed disclos- ure of campaign finances prior to an election. AS SUCH the ordinance is little stricter than existing state or fed- eral lection laws, and much le3ss so than federal bills currently be- ing considered. Striking a white knight-like pose against the possibility of corrup- tion in local elections, the mayor first announced his proposal for the bill at a City Council meeting on October 29. - An initial draft of the proposed bill was then prepared with the help of City Attorney Edwin Pear and was voted on on January 7. Ordinances must formally be ap- proved twice by council before becoming law. The initial bill required candid- ates or their campaign treasurers to file detailed campaign finance statements between the fifth and second day prior to a city election, and flatly prohibited contributions from businesses and corporations, and contained penalties for viota.- ors as well. THE FINANCIAL statements re- quired must list the name and ad- dress of every contributor, t h e amount contributed, and must re- cord and provide receipts for all campaign expenditures over $23. The premier version of the ball also did contain a limitation on individual campaign contributions - a ceiling of $100 per candidate from each voter. However, t h a t provision was actually dropped i.1 the process or "revision' that took place between first and second reading votes. The final vote was held 1 a s t Monday, when the current inefec- tual version of an election "con- trol" ordinance was voted in by council Republicans in the usual 7-4 tally. An alternative ordinance propos- al by council Oamo :rats that would have effectively plugged many of the loopholes in the current lawv was ignored. Limitations on contriyution amounts and on campaign spend- ing are iinperativ if an election control law is to have any mean- ing. A difference in the amount of finnces available to opposing candidates in a closely contested race (which is not uncommon to Ann Arbor politics) can mean a crucial edge for one of the can- didates in terms of publicity. WHEN THIS occurs, the result is not an expression of the will of the people but of the buying pow- er of money. A ceiling on individual contrihu- tion amounts is desirable in that it provides for some limitation on "First of all it should be remembered that this ordinance is not a response to any local corrup- tion that is to be eliminated due to excess money in political campaigns.... The single purpose of this ordinance is to reinforce public confidence in the local political. process."~ .; 4;y,"v"}:::?h t .y: { " ;" ;:..,"~ v .:N.t:. :{ ; r,...}.::: {:"....".. r d":: "r:" :.r::" :"iI"::? .yr;r'{y":il1,. ' ":-..r :Cd v'v .''"ri-". i::.: :i:".r{ .:{?: :y :, {:'$x:}Zi:n ? s 'r~.:""}.+: Arts Page: Ken Fink, Sara Zernow Photo Technician: Ken Fink Rimer, Doug MAKE YOUR OW EDITOR IAL' CARTOON! N-1 " CITOUT * FOLD AROUND A CUP By JACK KROST THE SETTING IS early evening sometime last October, a n d our illustrious Mayor James Step- henson is putting aside the awe- some responsibility of the Ann Ar- bor mayorship at the close of ano- ther gueling day of administrative burdens. He stands, regarding the west- side Ann Arbor skyline at sunset through the third floor City Hall windows (in the direction of city Republicans), as he ponders t h e state of the local political scene. 1973, to understate it a bit, has not exactly been a good year for Republicans generally. And as our honorable mayor so astutely observes, that ugly Water- .S. By NANCY STEIN PANAMA CITY: N HIS RECENT whirlwind visit to Panama, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pledged that the United States was now in favor of "restoring Panama's territorial sovereignty" over the C a n a 1 Zone, the 530 square-mile U.S. controlled strip of land bordering the canal. Observers here note, however, that Kissinger carefilly skirted the issue of continued U.S. military presence in the Zone. United States military activities in the Zone, which have been stepped- up under the Nixon Administra- tion, are likely to be the major stumbling block in ongoing U.S.- Panama negotiations. A high gov- ernment official who accompanied Kissinger to Panama commented that it is "quite possible" that agreement on the new plan to re- write the 1903 treaty, which gave the United States permanent sov- ereignty over the canal, will hinge on whether the United States is willing to cease its large-s : a 1 e Canal Zone-based counterinsurgen- cy program. ALTHOUGH THE United St.ltes the total amount spent, although not as effectively as a formal spending ceiling. Mayor Stephenson has argued that the First Amendment guaran- tees of freedom of exp ession, which implies the right to dawhat one wants with one's earnings, ap- plies to campaign contributions. He added that "the worth of any idea is determined by whether or not it is good enough to motivate peorle to put money into it." But as council member Jerry DeGrieck (HRP-First Ward) suc- cinctly put it on the night of the army schools threaten Panama adequate. Perhaps Mayor Stephenson re- vealed his true intentions- in a re- mark last Monday to demean the importance of the bill. "First of all," he said, "it should be remembered that this ordin- ance - is not a response to any local corruption that is to be ediu- inated due to excess money in political campaigns . . . The single purpose of this ordinance is to re- inforce public confidence Li the local political process." I f'r r nel and police have graduated from the U.S.-run Army School of the Americas (ARSA) and the Inter- American Air Force Acaderny. Many of these counterinsurgency school graduates have isen to top positions in their governmens. As of October, 1973, more than 170 graduates of ARSA were heads of governments, cabinet min+.>ters, commanding generals or directors of intelligence in their nations. The current head of Chile's military junta, as well as the new director of intelligence, are graduates (if ARSA. Documents recently made avail- able to the North American Con- gress on Latin America describe the activities of ARSA. According to the documents, the major pur- pose of the program is to train se- lect Latin Americans to carry out counter-operations and interroga- tion techniques. AS A RESULT of the recent rash of kidnappings of prominent offic- ials in various Latin nation,, new courses have been added on "ur- ban guerrilla warfare," and soph- isticated "criminal investigation techniques." Classroom exercises range from the selection of labor (SOUTHCOM), under whose juris- diction these schools fall, was ori- ginally created to defend the Pan- ama Canal itself, but through the years its function has expanded to include the defense of American interests in all of Latin America. The administrative apparatus of SOUTHCOM itself is slated to be deactivated next year but pro- grams now under its control will continue. REMAINING will be 1,100 Green Berets stationed at Fort Gulick in the Zone, who travel throughout Latin America providing intensive training programs for troops Irom nations friendly to the U.S. They also carry out covert onerations, including participation in the cap- ture of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. There is even a model Vietnam- ese village in the Canal Zone which has served as a realistic traiinng site for Indochina-bound Green Berts and continues in use today for refresher training purposes. These various facets of SOUTH- COM'S program have directly or indirectly allow the U.S. to inte - vene in the internal affairs of Lat- in American nations. Because of training since it took power in 1968, wants these programs ended too. Kissinger's recent day-long visit was marked by protests, an indication that relations between the U.S. and Panama have now de- teriorated to the lowest point since major anti-American riots rocked the country in January, 1964 The Kissinger trip was an at- tempt to do some qutick f e n c e mending between the two govern- ments. But as one more skeptical member of the U.S. Congress puts it, "the final sav-so on any new agreement rests with us 'the Con- gress). Probably the nta rity of us hope the negotiitions will drag on until there is a more l ro-Amer- ican regime in powe-" Panamanian officiols fear, Mnw- ever, that the U S. will