The Michigan Daily-Saturday, June 16, 1979-Page 3 Michigan Union to celebrate.75th birthday Locals clash on abortio Task force to recommend student oriented changes By PATRICIA HAGEN Four subcommittees of the task force Even at 75 years old, it's not too late have made recommendations for Evn hat e aprogramming, food service, and to change. physical aspects, to revamp the The Michigan Union will be 75 0on building and revive student interest. Wednesday and extensive renovations The report, which will be released are planned for the red-brick building within the next few weeks, will include on State St. plans for a snack bar or grill, a As the Union quietly notes its birth- renovation of current dining areas, and day-a celebration is scheduled for the modifications in the use of some rooms, fall-the report of a six-member task Johnson said. force assessing the Union is almost NINETY-ONE Union hotel rooms will complete, according to Vice-President be remodeled into dormitory space for for Student Services Henry Johnson. 127 gradaute students and for students THE UNIVERSITY Board of Regents over 21 in August. This change was ap- last January voted to transfer control of proved by the Regents in January the Union from an independent Board because of a critical need for campus of Directors to the Office of Student housing. Services. This move was lauded by Edward Parker, class of 1904, students who had lobbied to convince dreamed of a "student union"-a place the Regents and administrators that for studenta to gathr on campus. Parkr the Union should be developed as more others on campus . Psrke of a "student center.'' and others an campus were disturbed Some students have said the Union by the intolerance and competitiveness Ss tuenta thae sid ather nio between fraternity members and "in- has not offered the social atmosphere dependents." By establishing a central or programming they desire. meeting place with a club-like at- mosphere, Parker and his cohorts hoped to foster friendship and nfl gn ~ cooperation between the two factions. With the help of students and alumni, enough money was raised to convert it is discussed. This reinforcement the home of the late Judge Cooley on leads young women to believe if they State St. at S. University Ave. into the are sexually active, they are not "nice Michigan Union in 1907. By 1917 enough girls" anymore, Carroll said. contributions-almost $1 million-had According to Leonard, in 1973 the See UNION, Page 13 Supreme Court decided abortions were a woman's right and states could not in- terfere with that right during the first B i-d-' ski trimester of a pregnancy - that is, the 1P ' 115 first 12 weeks of pregnancy. During the second trimester - the third through seventh month of SLO rl ro m pregnancy - Leonard said the Supreme Court rulhd that states can (i th impose restrictions on abortions, as et r e long as the restrictions protect the mother's health. In Missouri, for in- By TIM YAGLE stance, Leonard said a minor needs parental consent for an abortion. One-hundred-sixteen stolen bird LEONARD SAID Planned Paren- skins from the University's Exhibit thood charges $175 for first trimester Museum were returned yesterday, af- abortions. In the second trimester, ter Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in- abortion prices range between $400 and vestigators recovered them, according $800, and must be done at a hospital, not to Museum officials. a clinic, such as the one at Planned The rare skins, believed to have been Parenthood. "The federal government stolen during a rash of thefts which decided in 1976 not to fund abortions," began two years ago, were delivered to Leonard said, adding that 'the gover- the museum for identification yester- day. Robert Storer, professor of See COMMUNITY, Page8 Zoology and the museum's curator of See 116, Page 4% By ADRIENNE LYONS The issue is clear for many people: Pro-choice or pro-right-to-life. The abortion issue is one of the most ex- plosive, emotional, and controversial issues now facing community leaders. No one is certain of the number of welfare-funded abortions currently provided in Washtenaw County. Chair- woman of the Ann Arbor chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Julie Carroll said this is "in- dicative of how little concern (exists for the issue)." ELLEN LEONARD of the Washtenaw County League for Planned Parenthood estimated only 14 per cent of Planned Parenthood's patients paid for abortions through Medicaid in 1978. Robert Rice, former co-chairman of Lifespan in Washtenaw County, estimated that 5,000 abortions occur each year in Washtenaw County alone. "The increase in the number of abor- tions performed nation-wide is due to propaganda (which tells women that having abortions) is all they can do," Rice said. toa Rice said women must realize they have other alternatives to abortions. "It's a matter of education and what kind of help society is willing to give pregnant women." ACCORDING TO Rice, abortions used to be "an act of desperation. Now it's done for convenience. The (reason for the) attempt to cut welfare abor- tions is to stop taxpayers from paying, for an action considered immoral," Rice said. But Carroll said Medicaid-funded abortion cutbacks will lead to "an in- crease in women attempting self- abortion and the number of children on welfare. If a woman is already on welfare," Carroll explained, "having a child on welfare, too, won't help." Carroll attributed the reasons for legalized abortions to the "failure of the birth control system" and ignorance on the part of teenagers. "The highest bir- th rate is in women under the age of 18," she said. CARROLL EXPLAINED that many teen-age women refuse to talk about birth control, because the fact that they are sexually active is reinforced when A u revoir The Daily you are holding is the last issue until June 27. Enjoy finals and/or vacation. Ensian arrives The Student Publications Building at 420 Maynard is swamped with newly-arrived copies of the 1979 Michiganensian. Pidk up a yearbook for a mere 12 smackers at the business office on the second floor. Historical perspectives During yesterday's long and winding discussion about the proposedalumni center at the University Board of Regents meeting, Board members talked about how the building would fit in with its neigh- boring structures, the Modern Languages Building (MLB). "The more expensive architectural solution would be to tear down Modern Languages," quipped Regent Thomas Roach (D-Grosse Pointe). MLB opened in 1972. The Regents joked about MLB being an historical monument, until Regent Gerald Dunn (D-Lansing) topped the conversation. "So is this motion," he said, and the Board finally approved the alumni center proposal. Happenings .. . ... begin today with an Ann Arbor American Youth Hostel potluck picnic at Delhi Park. Festivities start at 1 p.m., and if you need a ride, meet at the Ann Arbor Public Library parking lot at noon ... FILMS: Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Coming Home, 7 p.m., 9:15 p.m., Aud. 3, MLB ... Cinema Guild-Dr. Strangelove, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Old A and D Aud.... Cinema Il-Hard Times, 7:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall ... SUNDAY, wake up early and attend Brunch on the Terrace, at 10:45 a.m. and again at 12:45 p.m., sponsored by the Valentine Gallery, at the Campus Inn Street Scien- ce. Call 769-2200 or 769-2282 for information . . . at 2 p.m., the Department of Astronomy will hold the first of four open houses at the Peach Mountain Ob- servatory, which is located at 10280 N. Territorial Rd... Films: Cinema II-Jean Vigo night, L'Atalante, 7:30 p.m., Zero Conduct, 9:30 p.m., both in Aud. A, Angell Hall . . . Cinema Guild-Mizoguchi's Ugetsu, 8 p.m., Old A and D Aud. On the outside Today will boil. The high temperature will be a scorching 90, reminscent of that unseasonably hot week last month. The low will be a balmy 66.