Thursday, November 20, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Thursday, November 20, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Thre4 _ U' black enrollment declines; County decides to subsidize a less other minority enrollment p expensive ambulance company By KEN PARSIGIAN the citizen's time at last night's I ity of service wasn't quest -I ATTENTION ALL SKIERS! No Affinity Groups or Clubs to Joint snoUmIaEssaLaspenC FLG VIA UNITED AIRLINES CHARTER FLIGHT ioned (Continued from Page 1) a certain. race and that runs through the entire campus." "There has to be a program wherein they (blacks) can con- tinue to participate and present their cultural background to the University," Garland said. However Opportunity Program Director George Goodman points to other causes for the reduction in black enrollment and the weak responses to recruitment efforts. He cited factors such as a decline in financial aid, the deteriorating national economy, a growing question about the relevance of higher education and a bleak job situation. WILSON, MEANWHILE, attri- buted the University's success in boosting overall minority en- rollment to broad efforts under- taken since the 1970 BAM strike such as: increasing the number of minorities on the recruitment staff from pne to five; establish- ing adjunct offices; carrying out massive 1 e t t e r writing cam- paigns to minorities in Detroit and Grand Rapids; and inviting many high school seniors to visit the campus and ,talk with coun- selors. However, many minority offi- cials and students are skeptical of the University's efforts. Allen, a member of GEO's Fair Practice Committee said, "I don't believe there is any co- ordinated effort at all to recruit minority students. They shroud t (recruitment) in the jargon of the administration. All I hear is talk." ALLEN SAID he wants to see more direct involvement of mi- nority students in recruitment. Chicano advocate Leno Men- diolan says the Chicano enroll- ment has increased, not through attempts by the University, but Franco dies following long struggle for life (Continued from Page 1) Spaniards dead and became a testing ground for World War II in Europe. Death for the 5-foot 4-inch Franco, a cold and cal- culating man who led a spartan life, came at another critical juncture for Spain. NEIGHBORING Portugal was in throes of its first experiments with democracy after nearly half a century of dictatorship, and Spain too was heading into un- charted political waters. The government was taking steps to pull out of Spanish Sahara, Western Europe was stll bitter over the execution of five young terrorists by Franco's right- wing regime, and leftist guer- rillas and Basque separatists were poised for more violence. Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon, 37, Franco's handpicked heir who was made temporary chief of state Oct. 30 as the stricken Franco showed no signs of re- covery and who will become Span's first king in 44 years, has indicated he will be open to orderly political change. He will take the name King Juan Car- los I. Franco's condition had stead- ily worsened yesterday and doc- tors said they were only giving "necessary and essential treat- ment that does not produce phy- sical suffering." VISITORS to the La Paz Hos- pital where the general has lain for the past two weeks, left last night looking deeply upset. Some Cabinet ministers were crying. A crowd, which numbered about 1,000 at one point, gath- ered outside the La Paz Hos- pital during the evening to wait news of the general's condition. But the streets were almost empty when Franco's death was announced, and most Spaniards would not hear the news until they woke later in the morning. Order Your Subscription IToday only through recruitment efforts of his own office and by Chicano students already enrolled who persuade others to apply. Mendiolan says he wants to see the University expand its program of remedial courses, to aid those students who've been deprived the necessary back- ground because of discrimina- tion. "THE UNIVERSITY is piggy- backing a discriminating so- ciety," he added. T h e University's admission criteria have also been a target of criticism. While administrators such as Wilson and Goodman adhere to the notion that the University must remain "selective," many minority representatives de- mand new criteria, which will examine an applicant's back- ground and take past discrimina- tion into account. THE UNIVERSITY, according to Wilson, uses a "probability of success standard" for minori- ties and Allen says he feels the University must reexamine its admission and success stand- ards, and correlate them with the actual success rate of all students. Despite such criticism, Good- man claims the University has "taken gigantic steps" in its re- cruitment efforts. He said there are individual colleges and departments doing "a fantastic job to integrate the curriculum to the new kind of student here." OTHER DEPARTMENTS have done "very little," Goodman said, "but we are trying to work with them." "We're never going to solve the criticsm. Until we reach the ten per cent, people have a right to criticize. I'm critical and I'm on the staff of the Uni- versity, but I'm out working in the field trying to get a change." Allen called for public scru- tiny of the recruitment pro- grams. "THE UNIVERSITY has an obligation to serve the people of the state of Michigan and it should be doing just that," he said. He added that the University must strive to create a faculty, staff and student body repre- sentative ofsthe racial and sex- ual composition of society. t l .i .I l , l Despite citizen testimony praising the quality and effic- iency of the Ann Arbor-based Fontana - Taylor Ambulance Company, the county's present subsidized service, the Washte- naw County Board of Commis- sioners voted 13 to 1 last night to subsidize the Jackson-based Horne - Vinson Ambulance Company for the next two years. The decision was a purely; monetary one as Horne-Vincent promised to provide 24-hour county-wide ambulance service for a $270,000 subsidy over the next two years. Although this is up from the $220,000 paid Fontana-Taylor for the past two years, it is less than one-third the $850,000 that Fontana-Tay- lor said it would need to provide the county with top-flight serv- ice. "WE CAN'T go any lower' than thgt and still maintain the quality of service we have provided," said John Fontana, co-founder of Fontana - Taylor. Janet Buta, who spoke during meeting, said that she has rid- den with Fontana - Taylor on four occasions and found their service to be 'fantastic.' "Please don't be pennywise and pound foolish," she urged the Board. "This is a matter of! life and death." Chelsea resident, Paul Fite, also spoke out in favor of Fon- tana - Taylor. "I guess I've used their (Fontana - Taylor's) service as much as anyone in this county, and I've found it to be excellent. Four times their para-medics have saved my life." He added, "Don't trade life for dollars." Although both companies have seven well-equipped ambu- lances, the similarity stops there. According to state re- cords, Fontana-Taylor has 34 certified paramedics, who have completed nearly 300 hours of advanced training, and 25 li- censed ambulance attendants. The records credit Horne-Vin- son with only 15 licensed attend- ants and no paramedics. FONTANA - TAYLOR'S qual- but Horne-Vinson had its sup- porters too. One physician said- Horne-Vinson has "not only done an excellent job, but have. always expressed an interest to improve both their facilities and their personnel." After the meeting, FontanaI did not seem worried. "They, can't possibly do the job for that amount," he said. "They will go belly-up in June or July, and then maybe the commis- sioners will realize what a mis- take they have made tonight." SHORT or LONG HAIRSTYLES TO PLEASE DASCOLA STYLISTS ARBORLAND--971 -9975 MAPLE VILLAGE-761 -2733 E. LIBERTY-668-9329 E. UNIVERSITY-662-0354 DEC. 16-23 SKI TOUR INCLUDES Round-trip, Detroit-Grand Junction iet transportation: Gd. Jct.-Snowmass charter bus transfers; deluxe lodoinq seven nights - STONEBRIDGE INN or WILDWOODfINN; three "Get-Acquainted" parties; tips and taxes; fully escorted; lift tickets are optional; meals not included. 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