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THE
Michigan Daily
Edited and managed by Students at the
University of Michigan
Friday, May 24, 1974
News Phone: 764-0552
Feed teachers, not. buses
SEVERAL YEARS ago there was a case before the Su-
preme Court concerning whether public schools should
be funded by states on a per-pupil basis, or should con-
tinue to be funded by the communities they serve. With
local funding, schools in rich communities get more money
per pupil than schools in poor communities.
One day while this cae was pending, possibly when
the justices had retired to their chambers to mull the
situation over, a friend and I retired to the cafeteria of
our well-financed public hith school in Brookline, Massa-
chusetts, to throw around some of our own thoughts on
the proceedings.
"I'd like to see," said my friend, "the expressions
on the faces of 'liberals' like Teacher X and Administra-
tor Y if the Supreme Court decided to spend wealthy, su-
burban Brookline's money on school in South Boston."
Most of the students in my high school who paid any
attention to the Supreme Court favored a cut in the
schools budeet for a good cause. Some of them also felt
that several teachers considered to be liberals would
show their true conservative colors, if a ruling came
down in favor of state funding, by fighting the ruling.
I4QUAL SCHOLF UNDS for every pupil in Massachusetts
would have meant that schools in afluent communi-
ties such as Brookline would have to stop buying new
videotape cameras for their audio visual departments,
would have to go a few more years without buying new
football outfits, and would not be able to maintain
well-equipped chemistry labs.
Equal funds for every pupil in Masachusetts would
also have meant that school kids in poor urban centers
could have had more decent education.
The ruling came down against state funding.
Last week, an antibusing proposal was barely defeated
in the Senate. Desegregation through busing is the com-
promise measure of the day for improving inadequate
schooling.
Desegregation is fine, but for some reason it's the
black students who do most of the bus riding.
Busing would not be enough, even if it were carried
out fairly. Equitably distribution of educational funds
among American public school pupils would be desirable.
Being born into a relatively poor community should not
destine a child to an inadequate education.
-STEPHEN HERSH
Letters to the Daily
friendship
To The Daily:
TIE U.S.-China People's
Friendship Association of Ann
Arbor was foundedsinApril 1974
for the sole purpose of 'en-
couraging and broadening the
ties of friendship between t h e
American and Chinese peoples.
We saw the 22 years U.S. block-
ade had prevented the full ex-
change of news and culture be-
tween the two peoples and had
left a huge information gap. To
fill that gap we are working to
spread knowledge of the signifi-
cant achievements of the Chin-
ese people in all spheres of life.
We have seen the People's
Republic of China's gain its long-
overdue rightful place in the
United Nations and look for-
ward to the time when the U.S.
government recognizes the Peo-
ple's Republic of China as the
sole legal government of China.
This is a necesary step to
normalization of relations be-
tween the two countries. We be-
lieve that normal relations be-
tween the two countries will fur-
ther cultural and educational ex-
changes and also lessens the
danger of international war.
WE BELIEVE all countries.
regardless of their social sys-
tems, should conduct their rela-
tions on the basis of the follow-
ing five principles: 1) Mutual
respect for sovereignty and ter-
ritorial integrity; 2) Mutual non-
aggression; 3) Non-interference
in each other's internal affairs;
4) Equality and mutual benefit
in trade;yand 5) Peaceful co-
existence.
Our first functiondwill consist
of two Felix Green documentary
films on "Revolutionary Chang-
es in the Chinese Education Sys-
tem" and "Medicine in China."
Also, there will be a workshop
on "Daily Life in China" led
by Stu Dowty, a Detroit factory
worker and author. The meeting
will be held Friday, May 24 at
8 p.m. in the Henderson Rm. of
the Michigan League.
-S. W. Lee
May 22
men's groups
ro The. Daily:
The male response to femin-
ism, among those who accept
its legitimacy, usually began
with an expression of support
and private denial of guilt.
Eventually, due to the force of
the movement, we were pushed
to a confrontation on a personal
level with our roles as oppres-
sors and custodians of oppres-
sion.
But if there was a flaw in this
development, it was that, in the
appressor/oppressed dichotomy,
It tend6d to reinforce our self-
image as - lucky for us , un-
appressed. That, of course, is
is bulls .. t.
Thanks in a large part to the
example women have set in re-
jecting traditional roles men
have finally begun to question
their own roles as men, along
with the doubts and alienation
attendant to those roles.
And there are lots of ques-
tions: What is this "man" I'm
supposed to be, and why am
I supposed to be him? Why do I
have to act "together" when
I'm not? Why can't I cry? Why
am I hounded by goals? Why
don't I quite feel good about
going out with other men? Why
tan't I touch other men? Why
am I scared of gayness? Why
don't I do anything about my
loneliness? Why do I feel threat-
ened by the warmth and affirm-
ation of my wife/woman friend
draws from her CR experience?
Why don't my politics reach in-
to my personal relations? Why
do my discussions of "personal"
issues become so abstract? Why
are my relationships with other
men so competitive, so' devoid
of real intimacy, so restricted
to specified sphere of maleness
(the bar, the gym, the job),
why am I uncomfortable with
small children? Why, after all,
should my being a man keep
me from anything?
THESE ARE important ques-
tions, questions we must deal
with if we are truly serious
about growing into complete hu-
man beings. Unfortunately,
many of on are struggling with
them alone, feeling our exper-
ience is unshared. It is not, and
the doubts about ourselves and
our roles as men cannot be re-
solved'singly: we must pene-
trate and combat our oppressian
collectively.
One important medium for
this struggle, thanks agait to
the example of the women's,
movement,. is the consci(ousress
-raising group. Our group, which
has been gathering weekly once
September, has been an import-
ant part of each of our lves,
sometimes the focus of change,
sometimes peripheral, bu con-
sistently a touchstone to new
levels of awareness.
We began as eight men mostly
unknown to each other, growng
over the months, through si-
lence, turbulence, anxiety and
the energy of its release, to an
intimacy and shared warmth
that makes us feel good at the
sight of eachtother. Webhave
persistently, thotugh probably
sporadically, dealt with diffi-
cult issues:gayness (thalf of us
are gay), touching, masturba-
tion, vanity, friendship, family,
sexuality.
We have employed a range of
exercises, some usef:il, some
not. We have felt exhilarated.
We have felt vacant. We have
supported each other through
bad times. But most o all, we
have penetrated the traditional
male role enough to relate to
each other openly and construc-
tively. And we are by no means
finished.
THE POSITIVE ,xperience of
our group has led is to begin
organizing more of them; we
are convinced that many men
feel the need for a CR exper-
ience, but haven't knavn where
to turn.
Though there are a few men's
groups scattered through t b e
community, organizatian and
communication have been prac-
tically nonexistent; there has
been no consistent forum f o r
men'a issues. Our fantasy is eo
change all that. Most issues are
pertinent to all men; .-a o me
are more relevant ro a parti-
cular male experience: married,
divorced, single, gay, straight.
Regardless of where y o u
might place yourself a men's
CR group is potentially a posi-
live force in your life, For in-
formation call Brian or Ken at
665-3268.
-The Church Street Men's
Collective
He ain't marching any more
rJHE PROS AND cons of impeachment may be a legitimate topic
of discussion for most of the president's constituents - but
not so for members of the armed forces.
Jim Kirchoff, a .Marine private from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
stationed at Iwakuni, Japan circulated a petition calling for the
impeachment of the president, For this effort, Kirchoff was
shipped back to the United States and received an unsuitability
discharge for "dissident political 'activity.'
The action against Kirchoff is in line with orders issued by
General Lang, commander of the First Marine Wing at Iwakuni,
making it illegal to "originate, sign or distribute newspapers, leaf-
lets, petitions or similar written material without prior command
approval."
Copyright Pacte News Sersce,194
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