.. p. v 4F 4 i' 4 -4 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, June 18, 1970 Thursday, June 18, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY High school students: Awareness grows By ANITA WETTERSTROEM Summer is a time to shed routine and get outdoors. And judging from the num- bers congregating near Nichols Arcade it is time for high school students to get out of school and into the streets. With finals over and books sold, some 3900 Ann Arbor high school students have been released from the confines of the classroom-free to meld into the city job corps, or, as is too often the case. to join the city's unemployed. Jobless high school students are a growing concern to city and school ad- ministrators who know well the part idle- ness plays in disruptions such as last summer's South University incidents. Of new interest and concern to community leaders, is what they term students' "new- ly found sense of self-awareness" which makes them eager to participate in street demonstrations- political or otherwise. Some believe this new "awareness," coupled with a surplus of leisure time. could make for a long hot summer. "The scarcity of jobs is a crucial prob- lem for students," says John Hubley, of- ficer of community service, "especially if they are putting themselves through school." The efforts of both Huron and Pioneer high schools' employment pro- grams, coordinated with the Model Cities program and the Chamber of Commerce, have met with little success. "It's a lesson in futility," says Al Gall- up, assistant principal of Huron High. Not all high school students are jobless, however. Some have found jobs with the University or with their parents. And others have created jobs at home like caring for the lawn and housekeeping. But for the ones who have been unable to or are uninterested in finding jobs, there is little community leaders can do but worry and speculate over the ever- shifting mood of young people. Both school and student}leaders sense a change in the mood of high school stu- dents over the past year. Gallup sees the change as a result of maturing and at- tributes much of it to the student killings at Kent State. Recent events have moved students to make a sober evaluation of their involve- ment in street activities such as protest demonstrations, Gallup asserts. "Protest is less of a carnival now," he says. "It's no longer a matter of juit fun and excitement." Gallup maintains, however, that as a result of Kent State students are more willing to try and effect change within the system. Dr. Charles Eastwood, director of stu- dent affairs at Pioneer High also rec- ognizes a change in attitudes, much of which he attributes to the school them- selves. "Senior high schools have worked to get students to examine themselves and issues and to make intellectual commit- ments, he says. Eastwood, who is considered by one city administrator to have "the best rela- tion with senior high students of any member of Ann Arbor's administration Get A CTI,,ON with Daily ClassifiedsE ; Linebacker turn, ~ -k-, 2.~ -Daily-Greg MacDonald Will it happen this year? team," feels the schools have been de- ficient in channeling students' !ommit- ments. "After students make intellectual com- mitments, they need to make these stronger than just talking about it," he says. "The question schools must ask now is what they cap provide as outlets. "Students have created their own out- lets and it i§ disturbing to some,"'-hesays. 'But students joining University people (in protests) is not an insult to schools. They're involved in things in society and they're just going about acting on them. Pete Levine, president of the Student Council at Huron High senses a different type of student awareness which he says is radicalizing students. "The student realizes he doesn't have rights he deserves in school," Levine says. "He is subject to illegal searches by police in the streets.- He doesn't have equal job opportunities and he is told he can't con- gregate in groups larger than three or he can be arrested." Because of these feelings. of injustice, some students are bitter, and, according to Levine, moderates are becoming rad- icals and radicals are talking of taking over South U. and perhaps blowing up schools. Douglas Wanty, a graduate of Huron who will be a freshman at the University in the fall, holds an opposing viewpoint. Wanty thinks students are becoming less radical-"not more conservative," he says, "maybe more rational." Wanty believes the school environment has had a good deal to do with this trans- position. "Last year high schools were on split session," he explains. "This year we were in our own -new school and school meant more to students. Students were working with teachers and getting more personal attention. "Toward the end of last year," Wanty adds, "it seemed every third person wore a White Panther button. This year, you don't see five in a day. Part of the reason behind this, how- ever may be that radicals frequently drop out of school. One such dropout is Fuzzy Backus, a member of the White Panthers. Backus analyzes students' mood as a mixture of rebelliousness and a simple desire to "be free. "What high school kids want is to do everything they shouldn't do," he says. "They want to go to rallies, love each other than smoke dope. "A lot of them just want to get out into the streets and hangout with the street people." Backus doesn't anticipate a repeat of the South U. incidents but contends that the possibility of such spontaneous hap- pening is ever present. "Kids don't want violence," Backus says. "They just want to be free. But then the pigs come in and cause ziots." 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But Thailand could still get the planes if the U.S. aid program to that country were taken out of the defense budget, where it was put several years ago and restored to the Military Assistance Program. Such change would switch it from the juris- diction of the Armed Services Committee, which has generally supported administration policies in Southeast Asia, to the Foreign Relations group, considerably more hostile. Most of the senators who voted against Thur- mond's amendment are those who have supported the move to restrict U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile yesterday the Senate Armed Ser- vices Committee approved an expansion of the Safeguard antimissile defense system but called for a slowdown on further development. It voted to deny funds for four bases the Nix- on administratio laidI, a geedeg o, efnden samendment to Thailand against a possible Red Chinese nuclear attack. The committee cut about $1 billion from the $20.2-billion requested by the Pentagon for pro- curement and research and development in the year starting July 1. The House approved approx- imately the same amount as the request. The key test was a 12 to 6 vote against an amendment by Sen. Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) that would have stopped any ABM expansion be- yond the two bases approved last year on a 50-50 tie Senate vote. The committee then voted 11 to 6 for a move by Sen. Howard W. Cannon (D-Nev.) to chop out the four area defense sites. The committee thus approved a full new Safe- guard site at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and the initial funds for a fourth site at Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. in addition to continuation and expansion of the two initial sites - Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Mont. In other action, the committee approved a proposal by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash), to authorize President Nixon to sell' $325 million worth of U.S. planes to Israel; knocked out funds for a third nuclear attack carrier; cut in half a $100-million request for the B1 advanced bomber - formerly the Advanced Manned Strategic Air- craft; and approved the full $544 million request for the C5 supertransport. All four of the Safeguard sites approved by the committee are so-called hard point sites, designed to protect U.S. offensive Minuteman intercontin- ental balistic missiles. AT LEAST 12z I. I OFF (MANY AT EVEN GREATER REDUCTIONS) ON ALL N EW AND USED BOOK (Except "Mass Market" Paperbacks) 0 I Is a 'S -Associated Press From 'bang' to 'zap' The newest in police equipment may be a non-lethal dart to replace policemen's pistols. The dart, displayed by John Minarik of West Mifflin, Pa., was developed at Carnegie-Mellon Univer- sity in Pittsburgh by a group of mechanical engineers. 211 S. 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