KRUGERRANDS See editorial page E LIE ti ABUSE See Today for details Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom Vol XC, No. 154 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, April 13, 1980 Ten Cents Eight Pages plus Supplement How can the 'U' maintain quality in hard times? By BETH ROSENBERG a smaller non-academic staff as well as scaled- although the University has proposed guidelines board reductions because they "don't take a lot Last In a four-part series down equipment purchases. for discontinuance of academic programs. of thinking. Program elimination, decreasing enrollment, Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs Assessment of programs, according to Univer- Sweeping cuts, he said, lead to mediocrity. "It - a general decline in the quality of education Alfred Sussman said the University must be sity guidelines, includes quality of faculty, value penalizes the best programs (which) suffer are often mentioned by members of the Univer- imaginative toward change while maintaining and character of the program, and performance disproportionately," Herrmann said. w T sity community as likely results of proposed fiscal solidity. of students. Costs, overall mission 'of the VERTICAL REDUCTIONS, after examining state and federal budget cuts. "We have a responsibility to be prudent about program, and whether it is offered elsewhere in the programs in-depth, are preferred, but those "An erosion toward mediocrity" is what some the budget and responsible to people of the the state are other considerations. cuts are more difficult to make, he said.Be are calling the effects of the University's propor- state," he said. ONE OF many academic units struggling to "Few programs in the University are soB* tionally decreasing level of state support caused ALTERATIONS IN porm and courses, adjust is the Medical School which is trying to isolated that they can be looked at and pulledFa ngentms by the state's worsening financial condition. Sussman said, are determined by individual revamp its budget-planning system to cope with out," Herrmann explained. "Most are multi- FUNDING CUTS can cause faculty positions schools and colleges and then transferred into proposed cutbacks, according to Dr. Thomas dimensional and hard to cut. vacated by retirements or resignations to action at the departmental level. Each depar- Herrmann, associate dean of the school. Over the last five years, Herrmann said, core remain unfilled. Smaller budgets can also mean tment must plan how it will cut programs, He said the school is trying to avoid across-the- funding to the Medical School has not been See ACADEMIC, Page 8 Olympic delegates affirm boycott Liberian president k ed in From The Associated Press Liberian President William Tolbert, e of America's best friends in Africa, s shot to death and his government toppled yesterday in a military coup, according to reports from the country. Radio Monrovia and Western diplomats said Tolbert, president of the Organization of African Unity, and a bodyguard were slain during an early morning raid on the presidential man- sion in the capital of Monrovia, Tolbert was 66. THE WEST African nation's new *der, identified as Samuel Doe, a Liberian soldier, said in a radio broad- cast that he had overthrown Tolbert's, government because of its "rampant corruption and continuous failure" to cope with the nation's problems. Doe reportedly carried out the coup with the help of juniorofficers and the backing of army generals. Liberian diplomats- based in Western Europe calledl Doe a "complete unknown." Lit- e was known about his new gover- ent's political leanings. In Washington, the State Department said all 5,100 Americans in Liberia were believed safe and that the United States would continue normal diplomatic relations with Liberia once the new government established itself. Some athletes question authority From AP and UPI COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Bowing to pressure from President Carter, the U.S. Olympic Committee's House of Delegates voted yesterday to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow because of the Soviet military in- tervention in Afghanistan. The delegates voted by a 2-1 margin to keep U.S. athletes at home unless Carter advises the USOC on or before May 20 that the international situation has changed and the United States could send a team. THE VOTE WAS 1,604 in favor of the resolution and 797 against, with two abstentions. In Washington, White House press secretary Jody Powell said Carter welcomes "the strong vote." But, in his written statement, Powell said, "The President has Authorized me to say that this advice (to boycott the Games) will not change by May 20 or at any time thereafter. For all practical purposes, therefore, the House of Delegates vote mans the United States will not send a team to Moscow." IF THE UNITED States did wish to send a team, it would have to accept the invitation from the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee before May 24.. When Carter originally called for the boycott on Jan. 20 he gave the Soviets one month to get their troops out of Afghanistan. After that deadline passed, he said he could not envision the United States sending a team to Moscow even if the Soviets were to pull out before the deadline for accepting the invitation. The administration had stepped up its pro-boycott cam- paign over the past week. On Thursday, Carter threatened legal action if necessary to prevent American athletes from participating in Moscow. And some financial supporters of the USOC said they would not give money they had pledged if the committee did not support the boycott. LEGAL ACTION' ALSO has been threatened by some American athletes, who contend neither the USOC nor the administration has the right to prevent them from com- peting. 'It was uncertain what effect the athletes' action might have on the boycott decision. The resolution approved by the House of Delegates read in part: "Since the president advised the USOC that in light of international events the national security of the country is threatened, the USOC has decided not to send a team. "If the president advises the USOC on or before May 20 that international events have become compatible with the See U.S., Page 3 Daily Photo by PETER SERLING Pow wow honors Native American culture Native Americans, dressed in traditional costumes, performed dances and chants as a part of the third annual Ann Arbor Pow Wow held at Huron High School. See story, Page 3. western allies warn Iran they will follow U.S. lead Dog owners parade pets in obedience championship By SUE INGLIS "My dog is so 'socialized" I could walk into a cocktail party and he would get along with everybody," said Mary Lou Or- tzeg. The Chicagoan and her dog are one of more than 150 teams competing in the Gaines 1980 Central Regional Dog Obedience Championship in Ann Arbor this weekend. The event has drawn owner and dogs from as far away as Min- nesota and Florida. Emily MacLean, co-chairwoman of the competition, said the annual show, which took two years to produce, is being held for the first time in Michigan. ACCORDING TO Jerry Bibergall, an engineer from Glendale Heights, Illinois, who is showing his Doberman Pinscher in the Novice Division, "You're really seeing the cream of the crop." Only top-scoring American and Canadian dog-handling teams are eligible to compete in the obedience trial at the University Track and Tennis Building yesterday and today. More than thirty-four different breeds of dogs are entered in the competition which includes See DOG, Page 8 From AP and UPI America's Western allies and Japan reportedly warned Iran yesterday they " ill follow American policy on Iran" ess the 50 hostages in Tehran are released within a certain time period. President Carter said he has fixed a "specific date" by which time he ex- pects the Europeans to take fresh ac- tion against Iran if the hostage crisis is not settled. CARTER SAID in an interview with television correspondents from Britain, France, West Germany and Italy that "ve don't have much time left" in ich to consider new moves against Iran, including the possible use of force. He did not mention the date he had given the European allies. Carter said he is asking the allies to impose sanctions and "join us in strong diplomatic moves" against Iran if the hostages are not released. The United States cut off exports to Iran and broke diplomatic relations last week. Meanwhile, in another effort to punish Tehran, the administration an- nounced yesterday a new visa policy that could force tens of thousands of Iranians to leave the United States over the next several months. IRANIANS IN America will no longer receive extensions of temporary visas, nor will they be allowed to become permanent residents, except for "com- pelling humanitarian reasons," said David Crosland, acting commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. West Germany, France and Japan ordered their ambassadors in Tehran to 'We will not shirk our responsibility.' -West Germany's foreign minister return home for consultations. A West German government spokesper3on said the other ambassadors also were retur- ning to their capitals for consultations. The others were from Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain, Ireland, and Denmark. FOREIGN MINISTER Hans-Dietrich /Genscher told a gathering in Duesseldorf that West Germany con- siders the American hostages "our close friends . . . Therefore we will act as friends and partners. As soon as the German ambassador and his colleagues have reported their talks with the Iranian president, we will come to a decision whether and which steps are necessary. We will not shirk our responsibility." Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, in his strongest public statement yet in support of the U.S. position in the crisis said good relations with the United States were more important than oil from Iran - which provides 10 per cent of Japan's oil needs. Daily rnhoto by r I ETE RLI A PROUD DOG owner shows off her pet's talent at this year's Dog Obedi- ence Championship held at the University Track and Tennis Building. E of murder, her innocent sister must also face the con- sequences. The World's Worst Film Festival is scheduled to play April 15-20 at the Beacon Theatre on Manhattan's upper west side. The films, which are specially selected for the festival, "must include horrible directing, scriptwriting, acting, and sets. It has to be badly conceived and executed," explained Lauren Drewery, one of the event's promoters. Any hint of competency, even if accidental, eliminates the film from consideration, she added. One of the highlights of the cineastes' extravaganza is undoub- cludes vending machines, tables, and chairs. To get there from the Diag entrance, turn right down the hall past the stairs. The former student lounge on the third floor has sin- ce been renovated into quiet study spaces for smokers. O Don't bother A $44 check, a state income tax refund, apparently wasn't even worth stealing. A Lincoln, Neb., man had renorted his check stolen. On Friday. he got his check back, the administration's economic policies. But the President added, that the world's economic problems "are the fault of no particular person. I don't think it's constructive in a time of economic challenge or difficulty or crisis to try to throw rocks at one another and to find some scapegoat on whom to blame this extremely complicated circumstance." And then, he continued, "I would like to get the credit for the greatness of our nation as well." On the inside r- .I I