The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 4, 1977-Page 7 Fleming attacks funding (Continued from Page 1) "Perhaps more than anything else," added Fleming, "changing social priorities have simply shifted monies away from higher education into other areas." Fleming pointed to two problems caused by the state's present formula funding apparatus. "A FAIR formula which takes into account the essential elements is likely to be more costly than the state is prepared to fund," said Fleming. "The residual level of underfunding for the Ann Arbor campus this year was 14 per cent." "The other problem with formula funding, from our point of view, is that it is enormously difficult to gain recognition for what it is that makes a university like the University of Michigan great. There is a blind faith that somehow the University will main- tain its place in the firmament of the world's great universities by some kind of little-understood magic. There is no magic in the stature of the University of Michigan. Quality in universities, like quality in anything else, is costly." Fleming listed several goals that could achieve a higher rate of revenue flowing into the University. Human rights talks open in Belgrade FLEMING said he wanted to do a bet- ter job of educating the people of the state about how the University is fun- ded and "intensify and expand our ef- forts at private fundraising." Fleming said that because of "urgent financial needs" the administration is considering the possiblility of another major University-wide capital cam- paign. A similar campaign in 1966 raised $55 million. The President pointed to statistics that show a projected rapid decline in incoming freshpeople over the next.17 years. He said the Ann Arbor campus could absorb the enrollment loss with only minor cuts in the faculty. OF THE ANTI-WAR years, Fleng said, "To deromanticize the past decade is not to deny its accomplish- ments. The change in public attitudes toward women and minorities and the increased accessibility to them of both the universities and career opp r- tunities must certainly be counted, on the distinctly plus side. "But the fact remains that many of the mindless activities of that period have not only hurt higher education badly in terms of public support, but have also tarred education's image." Daily Photo by BRAD BENJAMIN' Before President Fleming entered the League to deliver his State of the University address, he was greeted outside by -'picketing Graduate Employes Organization (GEO) members. The picketers were protesting because the University has failed to recognize them as the sole bargaining authority for graduate employesat the University. Opponents of gas deregulation call off long Senate filibuster W.(Continued from Page 1)-AI rf-" Pt BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - The United States and the Soviet Union sit down with 33 other nations today to review the 1975 Helsinki accords. The two superpowers seem anxious to avoid a clash over human rights, but Russian dissidents are pressing the issue. The conference was convened to check how the signatory nations have complied with the agreement reached in Helsinki, Finland, on European security and cooperation. The accords recognized post-World War II boundaries in Europe, thus tacitly accepting Soviet influence in the East. In exchange, Western countries obtained provisions they view as promises of greater civil liberties-in the East bloc. THE REVIEW meeting is opening amid some signs of improving U.S.- Soviet relations. The two countries appear to be making progress toward a new strategic arms limitation treaty and have taken a joint stand in urging resumption of the Geneva Middle East peace conference. "Many things seem rather to be coming together," said a European diplomat. "Linkage with the Bel- grade conference is not necessarily direct but all the things are related. Soviet-American relations are the centerpiece of detente." The chief U.S. delegate, former U.N. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, said on arrival here he will not seek a confrontation with Moscow. But he promises to report that the Soviet Union's record of compliance with Helsinki'shuman rights provisions shows limited advances and some retrogressions. THE SOVIETS also appear eager to avoid fireworks. In Moscow, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Monday the Kremlin wants the conference "to be a coistructive dis- cussion, not a hostile polemic . . . a boxing ring." But the leading spokesman for Soviet dissidents, Andrei Sakharov, said in an open message to Belgrade delegates that the Soviets are violat- ing human rights as a "test" of the West's "firmness and consistency." "Is the West ready to defend these high and vitally important prin- ciples?" he asked in the statement issued in Moscow. He called on delegates to demand the release of Soviet political prisoners. According to the National Science Foundation, the University ranks first amongstate-supported universities in the nation in terms'of full-time scien- tists and engineers employed (3,041), and first among all universities in women scientists and engineers (732). Jackson said the Carter administra- hon does not oppose the compromise ef- Fort even though the White House now is looking toward a House-Senate con- - ference committee to restore the Pres- ident's original plan, which already has passed the House. THE ADMINISTRATION'S decision to send Mondale to the Senate to try to break the impasse disheartened the fili- busterers, who previously had boasted of White House support for their tactics. "Without support of the administra- tion, it doesn't seem to make sense," Metzenbaum said. And Abourezk agreed, saying, "it would have been a matter of a 'relatively short time before it would have ended, anyway." Earlier, Abourezk had accused Presi- dent Carter of betraying those who favored the administration plan. "We have had the rug pulled out from under us by the President of the United States," he said. Gays blast court - ruling (Continued from Page 1) "Homosexuality is still a crime" in many areas of the country, she said. Wright echoed Toy's statement that the decision "can be a breakthrough" since it gives a clear statement for the first time in years. A spokesperson for the Gay Com- munity Service who asked to remain anonymous said "there have always been, are now, and will continue to be gay teachers, ranging from good to bad." But, the spokesperson said, "sexual orientation is unrelated to teaching performance." Margot Morrow, director of Pilot Program who has been organizing a Bourse in human rights at Alice Lloyd, said: - "As a feminist and a person in- terested in human rights, I find the 'decision very distressing." "I NEVER THOUGHT Jimmy Carter would lie," Abourezk said. At Byrd's request, Mondale ruled out of order more than 30 of the filibust- erers' more than 200 remaining amend- ments, one by one, until cries of outrage from senators of both parties stopped the process. With Abourezk shouting, "This is a steamroller, a steamroller," Mondale ignored all other senators seeking rec- ognition as Byrd began going through the stack of amendments. SENATORS clamored for recogni- tion, but Mondale continued to recog- nize only Byrd. Sen. William Hathaway (D-Maine) unsuccessfully moved for the Senate to adjourn, but Mondale ig- nored that motion, too. When other senators finally managed to get the floor in the chaotic-session, member after member condemned the tactics as unorthodox and damaging to the Senate's reputation as a delibera- tive body. Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine) ac- cused Byrd of "changing the rules in tha mirifila of thA aamn " \Pn the miaLe o the ngame. en r. a Sarbanes (D-Md.) said Byrd was trying "to establish a dictatorship in the Sen- ate," Sen. Gary Hart, (D-Colo.) said Byrd and Mondale had engaged in "an outrageous act." But Byrd, his voice breaking with emotion, his hands quivering, told the Senate: "I've not abused leadership, I'm trying to keep senators from abusing the Senate." SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP)--What price chivalry? Ten bucks, no less. That at any rate is what a man tried to charge a young woman for the use of his fire extinguisher on her blazing vehicle here recently, the Fire Depart- ment reports. Just as the man was persuaded to assist her from simple neighborliness city firemen arrived and put out the fire-free. 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