The Michigan Daily-Saturday, June 17, 1978-Page 3 Regents blast private college aid universities. $600 per student. Kennedy said the state more financial pressure than they have By RENE BECKER The Regents decided "to go on record has granted $500 per student this year felt in a long time, are now competing 'he Regents unanimously passed a opposing Public Act 105 of 1978" with a to private Michigan colleges and for money from private sources olution yesterday expressing op- resolution proposed by Paul Brown (D- universities. previously reserved for private schools. T res position to state legislation approved in April which grants up to $600 in public funds to private, non-profit colleges and Petoskey), on the second day of their monthly meeting in the Administration Building. THE RESOLUTION states that "steadily decreasing" state ap- propriations to public universities and colleges have forced student tuition fees to increase. It also states that current levels of financial aid are insuf- ficient "to service the needs of students at public institutions." According to Richard Kennedy, vice president for state relations, Public Act 105 of 1978 would provide non-profit, private colleges and universities with lump sum per student, determined an- nually by the state legislature, based on the amount of aid granted per student to public universities. The act states the amount given to private institutions should not exceed REGENT Brown said it is "inap- propriate" for the state to aid private college scholarship funds when "public colleges and universities have been un- derfunded by state appropriations for several years . . . (and) with the prospect of some sort of tax limitation being passed in Michigan this fall." University President Robben Fleming said those who favor Act 105, which Gov. William Milliken approved at the beginning of April, are worried about the financial stability of the private schools. Fleming said he sym- pathizes with private institutions since they are caught in the same financial squeeze that is troubling state univer- sities like this one. Fleming explained that one of the reasons for money shortages at private colleges is that public schools, under KENNEDY told the Regents that about $22 million in state funds now go to private colleges and universities in Michigan. He said when the program is fully underway an additional $6 million will go to those institutions. Regent Gerald Dunn (D-Livonia) said he thought the act would mean less money for the University. It will "just narrow the pot," he said. In a more pleasant matter concer- ning funding, the Regents formally ac- cepted gifts totalling $1,661,312 received by the University during April of this year. The bulk of the gifts came from foundations such as Ford and Andrew Mellon. BECAUSE THE University's state appropriation has not yet been decided for the new fiscal year, the Regents See REGENTS, Page 5 Bracy ruled ineligible for Senate primary LANSING (UPI)-Ann Arbor law professor Warren Bracy says he will appeal directly to the Supreme Court a ruling by the Board of State Canvassers that would keep him out of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary. And, on another election matter, a preliminary can- vass showed yesterday that Oakland County Sheriff Johannes Spreen did not gather enough nominating signatures to enter him in the Democratic primary for governor. ELECTIONS DIRECTOR Bernard Apol told the board that a preliminary check determined that Spreen collected 17,565 nominating signatures, which would put him about 200 short of the number he needs to qualify for the Democratic gubernatorial primary. The board, acting on advice from Attorney General Frank Kelley, said Bracy did not have enough nominating signatures to qualify him for the ballot. The four-member panel, on a unaminous vote, said Democrats must have 17,764 valid signature to enter the primary. today- Take a break Enjoy today's Daily-it will be the last one you'll see for a while. We're taking a break between spring and summer half-terms and will resume publication June 28. Holed up No need to worry about your battered hubcaps anymore-at least in one part of Ann Arbor. The city will finally begin today to patch the perilous stretch of State St. between Eisenhower Parkway and Stimpson on the way to Briarwood. City of- ficials are urging motorists to avoid this section of State St. until the work finishes June 23. Construc- tion workers from Cunningham-Gooding of Ypsilan- ti will carve the potholes smooth, whisk away any concrete crumbs, and then set in an asphalt filling in the holes. Happenings... ... go on as usual during our break in publication. Today's events begin at 11 with a special storytime for kids at the Ecology Center, 417f Detroit Street ... the weekly West Park poetry' series begins its summer run with readings by local poets from 2-5 at, appropriately enough, West Park ... at 8 you can catch a Chinese Kung Fu film in one of the Union conference rooms ... the Huron Valley Corvette Club will hold a car show at Ar- borland all day to raise money for Spina Bidifa . . . Sunday happenings are limited to a BRACY HAD COLLECTED 3,077 signatures and argued that under a strict interpretation of state elec- tion law, that was enough. He said he would appeal the board's decision to the Supreme Court Monday. The law says that in order to qualify for the ballot, a primary candidate for the U.S. Senate must collect signatures equal to at least 1 per cent of the votes received by his party's secretary of state candidate in the most recent November election. At least 100 signatures must be collected from each of 20 or more counties. BUT IN THE last general election, 1976, there was no election for secretary of state. Bracy argued that he must present signatures totaling 1 per cent of the vote received by the last Democrat running in a Michigan election. That was Mark Stuart df Marshall, who lost in a special election last month to fill a vacant state House seat in Jackson and Calhoun counties. Bracy told the board his candidacy should be cer- tified because he collected the 100 signatures from each of 20 counties, and that total exceeded one per cent of the 1,770 votes Marshall received. KELLEY, HOWEVER, said that in setting the signature requirement, the legislature meant to refer not simply to the last November election, but to the last November election at which a secretary of state was chosen. He said the board should go by what the legislature meant, rather than what it actually said. Bracy said the attorney general's opinion was "clearly erroneous." "YOU WOULDN'T pass my class in statutory inter- pretation if you turned that in to me," he said. "This opinion ... was drafted and designed merely to uphold something that anyone trained in the law would see was wrong." If he is successful in court, Bracy's challenge could inadvertently salvage the candidacy of a would-be See BRACY, Page 11 reminder that the Ann Arbor Public Library will be closed on Sundays throughout the summer. Other library hours remain unchanged ... on MONDAY, students who will paricipate in the August 20 com- mencement can begin ordering caps and gowns at University Cellar. Announcements can be ordered between 9 and 3 Mondays through Fridays at the concession stand counter in the first floor lobby of the Union. . . other happenings are plentiful for early-risers. Learn all about "database: Distribution, Systems, Models, Reorganization" at 8:30 at the Crysler Center ... or get the scoop on "Infrared Technology: Fundamentals and Systems Applications" also at 8:30. . . the Extension Ser- vice holds its first higher education seminar at 8:30 at the Briarwood Hilton. The topic will be "Leader- ship Skills for Educational Reform Efforts" ... the National Congress of the Guild of Carilloners offers a noon concert by Margo Halsted of the University of California. At 7, the University of Kansas' Albert Gerken will perform ..: the Washtenaw County Council of Veterans holds a meeting at 8 at the Man- chester American Legion Post, corner of Duncan and Adrian streets ... wind up the long day by at- tending or participating in the weekly jazz jam session at the University Club from 9:30 until the wee hour of 1. See you June 28. This prize is no prize Instructor's at Georgia's Berry College are likely to say "Thanks, but no thanks" if they're offered the school's "Faculty Staff member of the Year" award. The award appears to be jinxed. All but one of the last six winners, selected by the student body, has been demoted, fired or quit. "It's a doomsday award, I think," said Dr. Joyce Jackson of the education psychology department. "We're all going e to campaign for the students not to vote for us," she said. Of the last six recipients, only the campus chaplain, who won the award in 1974, has retained his position, but that just could be a testimony to his connection beyond the student body. Going for a ride Even people accustomed to the usual horsing around in the Illinois state capital were a bit sur- prised the other day when a man rode a horse into the Capitol rotunda. As startled onlookers gawked, the animal hammed it up, performed stunts and bowing before the crowds. The next step was a trip up the elevator to the second floor. There horse and rider encountered Gov "Big Jim" Thompson. Hiz- zoner climbed aboard the horse, rode it around the floor and even fed it an apple, prompting one Democratic lawmaker to crack that by riding the horse, Republican Thompson was finally giving his party some direction. On the outside .. . If April showers bring May flowers, then what good does rain do in June?, Regardless of what the calendar says, we're in for another wet day today wth scattered afternoon showers. The rest of the day will be breezy and partly sunny with a high in the 80s. Sunday will be cooler and clearing with a high around the800 mark.