Page 2-Saturday, August 11, 1979-The Michigan Doily REFUSES CONDITIONS ON GIFTS 'U'says foreign funds accepted with caution ...., i terest in thestudy of Islam. "That's a very sincere attitude that comes in all sorts, shapes, and sizes," he said. THE UAE PLACED no conditions on acceptance of the money, Windfuhr stressed. He said his department had conducted an international search at over 150 institutions to find a scholar to fill the assistant professorship. The University made the final choice of who would occupy the position, he said, and the UAE had no influence on the decision. He said that apart from a written agreement that the funds would be used for Islamic studies, the UAE had no control over how the money would be used. "The Near East is such a controver- sial area these days, I think we bend over backwards to make clear that those gifts do not have any inap- propriate strings attached," LSA Dean Billy Frye said Wednesday. FRYE SAID that a proposed gift from a foreign government is reviewed by the LSA executive council and the department which would receive the money. In addition, he said, the Univer- sity president would have to- approve any funding from a foreign gover- nment. Foreign funding is most likely to be used to support visiting faculty, to fund student fellowships, to make library purchases, or to establish an en- dowment for a department, Frye said. He said the appointment of a professor had the greatest potential for racial or political bias. FRYE AND others said the Univer- sity is careful in dealing with foreign governments because of the lessons learned at other institutions, notably the University of Southern California at Los Angeles (USC). In October 1978, it was disclosed that a proposed Center f9r Arab and Islamic Studies at USC was to be funded by a group of U.S.-based multi-national cor- porations, which conducted billions of dollars in business in Saudi Arabia. Critics charged that the contract bet- ween the corporations and USC failed to specify which party would have control over research conducted at the center. The USC Board of Regents cancelled the contract in June after it was also disclosed that the would-be director of the center was a former official of the Arabian American Oil Co., with close ties to Saudi officials. Church Worship Services r~nnr~~r~n~r~~nrnnnrr~rr~r~~nrnnn~r~n~r~r#n STUDENTS Join us for Sunday School and Worship PACKARD ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH Packard & Stone School Road Sunday School-9:45 a.m. Worship-11:00 a.m. For transportation-call 662-6253. * * * FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 120 S. State St. (Corner of State and Huron) Ministers: Dr. Donald B. Strobe Rev. Fred B. Maitland Dr. Gerald IR. Parker Education Director: Rose McLean Intern: Carol Bennington Worship Schedule: 8:30 a.m.-Holy Commuinion in the Chapel. 10:00 a.m.-Morning Worship in the Sanctuary. 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When foreign students apply to the University, they must compete for ad- mission with American students, in ad- dition to fulfilling an English language requirement. "If an individual country or univer- sity tried to be totally proscriptive in their selection of an individual to come here, we would not agree to that," Davis said. SHE SAID THE University is "safeguarding its commitment" to af- firmative action and political neutrality through this position. As an illustration of how sensitive University faculty and administrators are to the issue, one source who refused to be identified said he had been asked casually once by a foreign professor if he would help the professor's home university find American scholars willing to teach in his country. The source refused diplomatically by putting the matter off indefinitely. He said the professor's query was a request for a favor from him in- dividually, which had nothing to do with the University or the money that the University received from that professor's government. BUT THE source staunchly refused to be identified, saying that he would not want the incident to be miscon- strued and endanger the foreign fun- ding. He stressed the academic nature of the program, and the overwhelming need to increase understanding bet- ween the U.S. and foreign countries. But, he said, "We would reject anything (money) that carries with it any pressure or conditions." "THAT GOES ON all the time," Davis commented. She said the Univer- sity regards such requests from foreign professors as a matter between the in- dividuals concerned and the foreign country. "That's not anything we get into asa University," she said. Davis said the heyday for Middle Eastern countries approaching the University was about three or four years ago. She said the University was "pretty firm" in stating it would accept no gifts with conditions. THE MICHIGAN DAILY (USPS 344-900) Volume LXXXIX, No. 64-S Saturday, August 11, 1979 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morn- ings during the University year at 420 Manard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 4819. Subscription rates: $12 Septem- ber through April (2 semesters) $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer ses- sion published Tuesday.through Satur- day mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POST- MASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, "WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?" Psalms 2:1 and Acts 4:25 GOD'S BUSINESS! GOD'S WORDS!is there anything that should claim our attention more? The soul created in the image of God Almighty, and which, after a short span of life in the flesh will be called forth from the dust to live eternally in the Spirit World! I think the first recorded words of Christ after His baptism by John: "MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GODI" Matthew and Luke 4:4. King David, the man after God's heart, stayed at home one time when his army was out fighting. We are not told that he was sick, but we are told he was laying on his bed. He got up and saw a beautiful woman taking a bath ina nearby house. He was King, he had great power, and he sent for her. She became pregnant. Her husband was a soldier, one of David's great soldiers and he was away fighting in the war. David so arranged things that it appeared he was killed in legitimate warfare. God's love for David did not cause Him to fail to faithfully and terribly deal with him: "Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house: because thou hest 'despised Me,' --." "And The Lord STRUCK the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick, - - And it came to pass on the seventh day the child died." -2nd Samuel, chapters 11, 12. His son Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar. Absalom, her brother, killed Amnonl Later on Absalom usurped his father's throne and drove him out, etc., etc. Yet David was a "man after God's heart" - a man after God's heart in the way he repented and accepted the severe judgment of God, reminding one of the words of Job: "Yea, though He slay toe, yet will I trust Him!" King Hezekisah was sick unto death. Isaiah the Prophet came unto him and said: "Thus saith-The Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live!" The King turned his face to the wall and began to pray, and cry, and complain, and tell God why he thought he ought to have a longer time to live. God heard his cry, and granted him 15 years more time to live. Three years later his son Manasseh was born, who succeeded him as King. "But (Manasseh) did that which was evil in the sight of The Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel." - 2nd Chronicles 33:2. - - Therefore thus saith The Lord.God of Israel, Behold, l am br- inging such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of It, both his ears shall tingle. -- it Is a fearful, a terrible thing to disregard the command of God! P.O. BOX 405 DECATUR, GEORGIA 30034