Daily Photo by LISA KLAUSNER MICHIGAN ABORTION RIGHTS Action League (MARAL) President Lorraine Beebe offered her opinions on right-to-lifers last night at the Washtenaw County chapter of MARAL meeting. Abortion rights face three threats, says ex-senator The Michigan Daily--Tuesday, July 10, 1979-Page 3 'U' Regents discuss possible presidents By JULIE ENGEBRECHT when Regent David Laro (R-Flint) The University Board of Regents met remarked in late March "I would an- privately last night to discuss can- ticipate that by no later than July a didates for the University presidency. selection would be made." Shortly after the meeting opened in Smith has said he agreed to remain public, the Regents voted to continue interim president until the Regents find the meeting in executive session, which a successor. is allowed under the Open Meetings IN EARLY JUNE, one student com- Act. mittee member said the list was then THE REGENTS earlier refused to down to "about 15 or 20" candidates. comment on the purpose of the Search groups have submitted their meeting, although its announced intent final lists to the Regents, according to was to discuss "potential and prelim- another student. nary candidates" for the University Guidelines for the search indicated president post. that eight or fewer candidates would be Advisory search committee mem- interviewed for the presidency. None of bers from faculty, student, and alumni those involved in the search has been groups have said a new president willing to say publicly whether inter- "probably" will be named sometime views are taking place. this month, possibly within the next two weeks. Committee members say they "hope" and "expect" that the 10th permanent University president will be named-soon. The search teams also say they are "anxious" to see the end of the search process, which began shortly af- hi ter former University President Rob- ben Fleming announced last September g e he would leave the job. FLEMING IS currently president of casting in Washington. Law Prof. Allan By ADRIENNE LYONS Smith has held the post of interim The University could face severe University president since January. financial problems, if a joint state Regents and advisory committee House-Senate conference committee in members have refused to disclose Lansing today chooses to cut back details of the search, including names earlier recommendations on state ap- of candidates, fearing that public propriations to higher education in- knowledge of the names of contenders stitutions, a University official said for the post would alter their interest in yesterday. the job. University Vice-president for Several Regents and search commit- Academic Affairs Harold Shapiro said tee members have said they fear any he did not know what the committee's public discussion would impair the final decision would be, butif it was lower search. Regents frequently point to the than either the Senate or the House's Michigan State University (MSU) recommendations, the University "will presidential search, where information be facing serious problems." leaks to the press caused several can- THE SENATE and the House didates to drop their names from con- recommended the state increase tention. The controversial MSU search University appropriations to ap- lasted 18 months, ending in early June proximately $15 million more than last when Texas Technological University's year. Gov. William Milliken suggested president Cecil Mackey accepted the an increase of $11.1 million in January. MSU post. The Senate recommended a figure of THE REGENTS also have refused to $682,207,400 for total higher education set a deadline for announcing a new appropriations, while the House president, saying they don't want it to recommended $686,267,300. However, look as though they've failed if a legislative leaders in both the House president isn't named by a specific and the Senate have set a target figure date. of $652,637,000, a cutback of $30 million The last public speculation on the from the Senate and House figures, ac- selection date for a new president was See STATE, Page 6 By BETH PERSKY re-interpret The president of a group supporting The Huma the right to abortions last night outlined that a fetus three threats to that right, at a meeting time of conc of the Washtenaw County chapter of the ban abortio Michigan Abortion Rights Action the amendm League (MARAL). Michigan lei "On the basis of a legislative update, State fund there are three areas we have to wat- Medicaid pr ch," MARAL president and former contention b state senator Lorraine Beebe told the and Gov. Wi nearly 30 people at the meeting. She Medicaid f said a Human Life Amendment, a bill rests in the banning Medicaid funding for abor- Services Co tions, and a petition for a constitutional Sen. Edwar convention could threaten the right to The bill's have an abortion. Fredricks (I FOURTEEN STATES have called for move to dis. the constitutional convention, Beebe mittee by a c said, and, she added, "it's been THOSE W speculated if we had to vote on the Bill "abuse and of Rights now, it wouldn't pass." A con- Beebe. "We stitutional convention would allow for See tod Search for disabled artists The Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living has secured space to participate in the art fair, July 25- 28, and now is looking for disabled artists who want to display and sell their work. The deadline is July 20. Call Pat DuFort at 971-0277 by July 18 if you want to submit your artistic ventures. * Women catch up A recent government study found that in the college graduating class of 1982, men outnumber women by just 3,718. Fifty-two per cent of college students under 22 are women, the study also repor- ted. The fastest growing group of students in higher education is older women, who account for the surge of female students in the last ten years. In 1968, 4.5 million of the total 7.5 million college population were men. The total number of students who enrolled in 3,173 colleges in the nation in Fall 1978 was 11,391,950. Andrew Pepin, director of the ing the U.S. Constitution. an Life Amendment asserts is a human being from the eption, and therefore would n. Beebe said she expects tent to be introduced in the gislature. ing of abortions through the ogram has been a source of etween the state legislature iliam Milliken. A bill to ban unding of abortions now Senate Health and Social mmittee, headed by state rd Pierce (D-Ann Arbor). sponsor, state Sen. Ed R-Holland), recently lost a charge the bill from com- lose margin. 'HO oppose legal abortion distort facts," asserted e've thought we've been ABORTION, Page 6 survey, predicted that next year women will out- number men. Piercing question State Rep. John Kelsey (D-Warren) questioned whether it's legit for state Sen. Edward Pierce (D- Ann Arbor) to vote on Laetrile legislation when, in fact, Pierce is a medical doctor. Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley yesterday announced his decision that Pierce was not guilty of conflict of in- terest. Pierce is the chairman of the Senate Health and Social Services Committee. "I don't think he even knew (the question was raised)," said an aide to Pierce yesterday. Oh, the art of politics. Bir Zeit U to re-open Bir Zeit University near Jerusalem, which has been closed since May 3, will be allowed to re-open, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported yester- day. The Chronicle stated that military officials told the university it could open again if it took respon- sibility for the actions of students while they are on campus. Israeliefficials.have considered Bir Zeit a center for Palestinian activity. The university's 1,100 students will return a month early to make up for the time missed because of the closure. Happenings ... ... the Red Cross will be accepting blood donors from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. in G Towsley Center. A spokeswoman said that while the Red Cross needs 115 pints daily, only half that amount has recently been collected. . . at 8 p.m., tenor Rob Morisi will perform in the School of Music recital hall ... FILMS: Media Resouces Center-Com- muters; Job Discrimination: Doing Something About It; Who Remembers Mama? Program begins at 7:30 p.m., Aud. 3, MLB ... Ann Arbor Film Co- op-Up The River, 7 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. On the outside It appears as if most of the rain will be gone, and skies will be partly cloudy today. The high tem- perature will hover around 83, the low near 600. Umbrellas not required, but suggested.