14e £friian Da4 Eighty-two years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan A stand on the Star-Spangled Banner 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1973 Rate hike justified UTP UP, AND AWAY! seems to be the University's latest theme song con- cerning tuition and dorm rates. Though one is tempted to start screaming about these hikes, they do appear justified. An unfortunate fact of life is that the cost of university services, like the cost of everything else, is constantly rising. Nix- on, in recently removing price freezes made this even more so. In a report submitted to .John Feld- kamp, director of University Housing, by his associate director Claude Orr, pro- jected payroll increases and other serv- ice hikes were presented which apparent- ly explain the necessity of raising dorm rates by as much as $100 in some cases. For instance, Orr's study anticipates an increase of up to five and a half percent for dining room employees within the following year. Wages for custodian la- bor personnel are expected 'to increase by approximately 12.7 percent. Besides labor costs, food costs are also higher than before, as anyone who shops for food surely knows. The University expects an increase of 5.75 percent in food costs. Furthermore, the consumption of elec- trical energy seems to have increased, which besides causing a fuel shortage has consequently caused costs to rise., In his report, Orr estimates that "the overall utility cost will increase six per- cent" and he notes that telephone costs may increase as much as ten percent. The situation is unfortunate for all in- volved. No one really wants to pay more for material goods, and yet no one wants to lose money either. It is a vicious circle which the University is unable to stop, and really shouldn't be expected to stop. Which is not to say that the Univer- sity is not attempting to cut operating costs. Feldcamp and Orr have composed Editoal Staff SARA FITZGERALD Editor PAT BAUER ........Associate Managing Editor LINDSAY CHANEY................Editorial Director MARK DILLEN................ .. .Magazine Editor I4NDA DREEBEN. Associate Manging Editor TAMMY JACOBS ... .............. Managing Editor ARTHUR LERNER...::........... Editorial Director ROBERT SCHREINER Editorial Director GLORIA JANE SMITH.................Arts Editor PAUL TRAVIS .... . Associate Managing Editor ED SUROVELL ....................Books Editor ARTS STAFF: Herb Bowie, Rich Glatzer. Donald Sosi. NIGHT EDITORS: Robert Barin. Jan Benedetti. Di- ane Levick, Jim O'Brien, Chris Parks, Charles Stein, Ted Stein. COPY EDITORS: Meryl Gordon, Debra Thal. EDITORIAL NIGHT EDITORS: Fred Shell Martin Stern.{ DAY EDITORS: Dave Burhenn, Jim Kentch, Marilyn Riley, Judy Ruskin, Eric Schoch, Sue Stephen- son, Ralph Vartabedian, Becky Warner. TELEGRAPH/ASSOCIATE NIGHT EDITORS: Prakash Aswani, Gordon Atcheson, Laura Berman, Penny Blank, Dan Blugerman, Bob Burakoff, Beth Eg- nater, Ted Evanoff, Cindy Hill, Debbie Knox, Zachary Schiller, Marcia Zoslaw. SALES: Dave Burleson, Bob Fischer, Karen Laakko, Ray Nurmt, Alexandra Paul, Ricki Rusting, Mike Treblin, Debbie Whiting. STAFF WRITERS: Howard Brick Lorin Labardee, Ka- thy Ricke, Eugene Robinson, Linda Rosenthal, David Stoll, Terri Terrell. a list of four possibilities for achieving this effect, which though rejected at the present due to potential faults, may end up being consolidated by the University in the forseeable future. FIRST, THEY suggested that the dorms eliminate weekend feeding. By merely providing meals Monday through Friday, approximately $75 per student could be saved, Feldkamp and Orr re- ported. However, at the same time, this might have disastrous effects on occu- pancy besides resulting in layoffs of service employees. The second suggestion, to consolidate weekend feeding, would require West Quad residents to eat at South Quad, Mosher-Jordan at Stockwell, etc. and would save about $15 per student. How- ever, they also admitted that it might alter the occupancy of the affected halls whilealso causing layoffs of service em- ployees. Thirdly, Feldkamp and Orr suggested that the dorms reduce their reserve pro- grams. This would be counter to all pre- vious rate study recommendations and while it might save $25-75, it could very easily decrease student satisfaction and adversely affect occupancy. Their fourth recommendation was to eliminate the security system and save about $10 per student. However, the cre- ation of a security force had strong resi- dent support and its elimination might reduce occupancy if eliminated. This entire affair boils down to the fact that no one scapegoat can be singled out. Our current rate of inflation is a sad fact of life that must be faced up to, whether one likes it or not. Hope- fully such rate increases will not consti- tute a set pattern for the future. -SUE STEPHENSON The last winner A S WE GO TO press tonight, battles are still being fought in Vietnam- supposedly for the last time. Rare is the battle when no one is hurt-when no one dies. Cynical as it sounds, It is still a safe bet to say that some young man will receive the dubious and unwanted distinction of being the last one to die in the war that nobody wanted. It is ironic that during a period of hoop-la about lotteries, the draft lot- tery was the only one no one wanted to win, for to win was to ultimately lose, one way or another. Superficially it sounds callous to say, but: May he (whoever "he" be) be the last "winner." Forever. -L.R. TIodIay's staff: News: Debbie Allen, Gordon Atcheson, Angela Balk, Ted Evanoff, Sara Fitz- gerald, Debbie Good, Marilyn Riley, Paul Travis Editorial Page: Bill Heenan, Linda Rosen- thal, Martin Stern Arts Page: Sara Rimer, Jeff Sorenson Photo Technician: Tom Gottlieb By JAMES WECHSLER IN A TIME when cynicism, inertia a n d cowardice often seem to dominate poli- tical life, it is inspiring to have a re- minder that an outrageous affront can still evoke instant boldness and plain speech among elected officials. Such reassurance has come in the quick, red-blooded response of at least 20 New York City Council members and many oth- ers to the announcement that "The Star- Spangled Banner" would not be played at the Olympic Invitation track meet to be held next month at Madison S q u a r e Garden. There appears to be little real d o u b t that this decision was prompted by the contretemps over the failure of black ath- letes to rise when the anthem was played recently at the Knights of Columbus meet in the Nassau Coliseum. Eyewitnesses re- ported that many in the crowd reacted with almost violent fury, and the offenders were barred from their (relay) race. The next day the front page of The Times gave appropriate prominence to the extra- ordinarily ill-timed action of the sponsors of the local, Olympic competition. But those who believe that "anything goes" in this permissive age were to learn better swiftly. So vast was the ensuing storm that, within 24 hours, the decision had to be reversed. IN A SENSE it may be unfair to single out some who spoke up courageously and unequivocally; others whose press releases were unpublished may be unjustly suspect- ed of craven silence and indifference. Nev- ertheless, it is hard to refrain from citing some of the representative pronouncements that reflect both the political valor and depth of conviction of their authors. Thus Sen. James Buckley (R-C, N.Y.), who might have evaded the issue by citing the pressure of Senate business, sent a tele- gram to the meet's promoters saying: "Your arbitrary decision to dismiss the na- tional anthem runs counter to the feelings of millions of sports fans in the New York. capitlation, a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign W ors had warned that the event would be boycotted by his members. Some may persuasively contend that the proposed legislation does not go far enough. It will be pointed out, for example, that one reason why the playing of the anthem has been abandoned at some athletic festivals is that too many in the audience do not joinin the singing. The emotion stirred by this con- troversy, however, may well stimulate mov- es to make vocal participation by the aud- ience and the athletes no less obligatory than orchestral (or canned) rendition of the music. It may also call attention to the incongru- ity that theaters, concert halls and other cultural assemblages ignore the example of the sporting world and abstain from any recognition of the anthem. This is clearly the time to deal with that oversight. (At least something comparable to the British tradition in which many audiences stand and proclaim 'God Save the Queen' before the curtain rises might be considered, al- though 'God Save President Nixon' might be deemed an infelicitious double-entendre in the present political climate. Recital of the Pledge of Allegiance might be a wor- thy compromise.) IF I HAVE seemed to address myself at some length to this issue, it is because I have so often devoted this space to un- generous, even carping disparagement of public officialdom. Perhaps too many times I have decried what seemed to me a pre- vailing unresponsiveness to the condition of slum-dwellers and other social ills. Let it not be said that I failed to take adequate note of the spontaneous way in which so many of our civic leaders, distaining poli- tical risk, have risen to this challenge to the anthem. James Wechsler is the editorial page edi- for of the New York. Post. Copyright 1973, New York Post Corporation. vi 4. Y ,w I Should respect for the National Anthem be mandatory? City area. These fans deserve as much consideration as a small group of disgrunt- led athletes whose rude and uncivil be- havior during the playing of our national anthem in other events has so obviously influenced you." Perhaps especially memorable, however, were the voices emanating from the City Council - a body sometimes charged with indolence and timidity on great issues. Thus Council majority leader Thomas Cuite of Brooklyn announced he was join- ing 19 of his colleagues in promptly back- ing a bill that would make it illegal to "commence any sporting event open to the public, and for which admission is charged, without first playing the national anthem, either by live musicians or by mechanical reoroductions." Queens Councilman and Democratic coun- ty chairman Matthew Troy, in an unusual gesture of interborough solidarity, warmly declared his support for the measure. While expressing appreciation that constitutional questions might be raised about enforce- ment of such a statute in privately-owned arenas, he added: "Let's try it. I basically think it is a disgrace that we have to go mandating the playing of the national an- them. We should be proud to play it." IN SIMILAR VEIN Councilman Theodore Silverman of Brooklyn said the hour had come "for all the people to remember that we are all Americans - the wishes of a handful of athletes have evidently taken precedence over the rights of New York- ers to hear the national anthem." Before the Olympic group annotinced its rr r irr r m r i Letters To The Daily: REGARDING TERRY Martin's, article on Mediatrics in Wednes- day's Daily, I feel it has become necessary to clarify just why UAC decided to enter the movie busi- ness, to show movies such as My Fair Lady this week and Andro- meda Strain next week, and to charge only 75c. The answer is part of my inter- pretation of UAC's function in the university community. UAC was set up to provide an atmosphere outside the purely academic one, which is necessary for a well- rounded student body life. Each year UAC receives funds to bring activities that the students can participate in and enjoy. Some of our more successful ventures are the Daystar concert series, the Future Worlds lecture series, and in the area of theatre, Soph Show, Musket, and a new group, Michmi- mers, which is doing Play It Again, Sam in early February. The goals of all these are the same: to use student-funded money in a non-profit way to meet the desires of students. One area UAC has ignored in the past was films. We kept out of films because we felt it was ade- quately covered by other groups. Unfortunately, the Orson Welles Society came along two years ago, and not only made personal profit using University facilities but also gave Ann Arbor a bad name among national film distributors. I HAVE no grudge against any other film group. My only concern is that groups wanting to run movies on University facilities, paying the same rental costs as other University organizations (UAC included), should not do so for personal profit. If such a group wants to make a killing it can buy a theatre and show movies as a private enterprise, not a Uni- versity group. SFriends or Newsreel are making a personal profit on University fa- cilities. UAC Mediatrics would like to stop this practice. Any money we make will be poured back into the student interest through UAC. We are already looking into con- tinuous free movies during finals. Students should have a choice. Hopefully I have made the right choices in choosing office hits. If I am wrong, being a member of a non-profit student organization, I am open to criticism. I would ap- preciate any comments, favorable or unfavorable. I know I speak for all UAC of- ficers in our desire to make UAC above all responsive to the stu- dents. -Mark Lo Patin Jan. 26 Oppressed people To The Daily: THE OPPRESSIVE policies of the Soviet Union toward certain re- ligious and national groups is well known. Baptists and Jews, among others, have been denied the basic rights ernntd them h the Sniet UAC entertain more than they have. There is legislation pending in Congress, (the Jackson Amend- ment in the Senate and the Vank Bill in the House) which w o u d deny most-favored-nation (MFN) status to any country with such emigration policies. The MFN sta- tus provides for tariff reductions and trade incentives. A GROUP of students on campus have organized to co-ordinate and encourage support for these pieces of legislation. It is vital that the U.S. refuse to reward countries that deny its citizens the funda- mental right to emigrate. Student support in these efforts is desper- ately needed if we are to achieve our goal. We hope that gtudents will sign the petition we have in the fishbowl for the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, and write their con- gressperson to let them know of student support for the bill. -Gerry Gorelick Harriet Breitbart Jan. 2S Abandoned petst To The Daily: HAVE YOU ever abindoned your pet thinking some soft-hearted oer- son wo"ld find and care for it or "not bothered" to search for your pet when it strayed. If so, this letter is for you. We have only lived here a year but, briefly, as the story goes ... . an ad appeared in the paper that a young crippled, orange male cat named "Ivan" had become 1 o s t. The owners were contacted and told where Ivan could be found. They never came for him and three years later, Ivan has never left. Being crippled, he is vulnerable to other cats' attacks and has been beat-up almost daily. He has lost all his bottom teeth and can't use his mouth for defense or to find food. His tail is crushed and he sports many other reminders of three years of neglect. Two weeks ago Ivan's entire nent expla neck was torn open from his chin your ani to his chest. The wound is t w o ing to m inches wide and the muscles are animals gone, leaving his organs exposed. And to His pelt was ripped from his body abandon but still attached. He holds this has prop hanging pelt in his mouth when he turned to walks to keep it from dragging "Ivans" on the ground. Since he is terribly homes. frightened of people and can't be-.D caught and helped, we have beenJ leaving food out for him (as we have for the past year) laced with antibiotics. Maybe Ivan will be strong enough to make it. Maybe To TheI he will die of infection. Regardless, A REC his past three years of misery and page di suffering could have been avoided thoigh it had his owners shown responsibil- satire. I ity and humaneness. . money b and $484 SO, TO YOU who have abandon- good ho ed an animal in the past, (or have and ther the potential of abandoning one) dogs. Ma stop and think of Ivan. most mi ned mal and what is happen- any abandoned or strayed right now. o you who would never your pet; make sure he per I.D. so he can be re- o you if he strays. Not all come from negligent David and Lynda Rende Jan. 24 Not amused Daily: CENT blurb on your front d not at all amuse me, seemed to be intended as t concerned a dog le f t by a spinster from bonds, a year did not assure a me for the unfortunate pet, ,as turned over to a pound e cruelly killed by other ay I say that you have a splaced sense of humor? AI .r He is not an exception but an -Edward Weber example of what could happen to Jan: 25 TH Ilil WA'KEI' JOU RNA T.M ,; ;i) righbts reserved - Pub,, iu.,-Hal Syndcate f ff -~ iM AWL q _ ,. .: