SHAPIRO See editorial page E Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom 1E3 ai1 GROOVY See Today for details Vol. XC, No. 158 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, April 18, 1980 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages Students scramble for in-state residency status By JULIE SELBST Obtaining in-state residency status can mean a difference of almost $10,000 in tuition for an undergraduate, even more for students seeking graduate and professional degrees. It can also mean a long,.and occasionally tedious, process of proving intent to remain in the state after graduation. Though the rules governing residency status are fairly stringent across the state - they are essentially the same at all major universities in Michigan - University students seem to be the most demanding of approval of such status. This is primarily because the University's out-of-state enrollment is close to 22 per cent, compared to an 11 per cent rate at Michigan State University, its 'closest competitor in the state for non-resident enrollment. THERE DON'T seem to be any hard and fast rules outlining residency. According to Ernest Zimmerman, Assistant to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs, rather intangible claims, such as desire to become a permanent state resident, help the Office of the Registrar to determine whether the student's request for such classification is justified. "You have to demonstrate you have in effect abandoned any former domicile, that you have established a plan to stay in the state of Michigan beyond the time that you are a student," Zimmerman said. Michigan State University Assistant Registrar Scott McMillan agreed the regulations for obtaining residency were tough. But he conceded the guidelines leave a lot of grey areas. "THERE IS quite a bit of subjectivity in it (the application process)," he said. "I don't mean you weigh things differently from one person to the other. But what you're looking for is a construct of evidence. This situation is very complex all the way across." Documents such as driver's licenses, voter registrations, leases, automobile registrations, and birth and marriage licenses can be useful as supporting evidence in a student's claim for residency. However, an in-state residency decision cannot stand on such information alone. Other facts and claims considered useful, but not conclusive. in determining in-state residency include: *continuous presence during periods when not enrolled as a student; " reliance upon state sources for financial support; " domicile in Michigan of family or persons legally responsible for student; " ownership of a home; " admission to a licensed practicing profession; " long-term military commitments; " commitments to further education in the state indicating an intent to stay permanently; and " acceptance of an offer of permanent employment. Of paramount importance is the student's ability to establish and support with documented evidence that he or she has remained in the state not simply for a year, but for See OUT-OF-STATE, Page 8 Regents OK 3-year .MSA fee increase By SARA ANSPACH The University Regents yesterday approved a gradual hike in the man- datory Michigan Student Assembly fee assessment from the present rate of 2.92 per student per term to $4.25 in the 1982-83 school year. In last week's MSA election, 4,300 University students voted by a two-to- one margin to approve the fee hike. Final approval by the Regents was needed before the fee hike could become official. The 3-year jump in the fee assessment. is subject to an annual review in April of each of the years covered. This means MSA can depend upon the increased revenues when making long-range plans, but the Regents can still prohibit each year's fee hike if they find MSA unaccountable for its funds in the previous year. A MOTION WHICH would have required the assembly to seek the Board's approval each year before the assessment could be raised was defeated by a narrow 4-3 margin. Students will be assessed $3.50 per term next year, $3.90 in the 1981-82 *school year, and $4.25 in the 1982-83 school year. Almost all money raised by assessment increases each year will support Student Legal Services (SLS), an MSA-sponsored program which provides free legal counsel to Univer- sity students. The additional money will afford minor raises in the salaries of the five full time attorneys whose salaries are currently well below their market value. REGENT DEANE BAKER (R-Ann See REGENTS, page 3 Carter says Iran to face new sanctions End of the line Daily Photo by DAVID HARRIS LSA Sophomore Mary Anne Girbach fills out a course /instructor evaluation Wednesday at CRISP. The evaluation project is sponsored by MSA. See story, Page 3. Faling enrollments to have.Mild From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - President Carter announced yesterday he is imposing new economic sanctions against Iran in an effort to force the Tehran gover- nment to free its American hostages and warned that "the only next step available" if economic pressures fail appears to be military action. Taking military action against Iran, he said, "is the prerogative and right of the United States" if peaceful efforts fail to resolve the hostage crisis. THE NEW sanctions include a ban on American travelto Iran, financial tran- sactions with Iran by anyone in the United States, and the payment of reparations to families of the American hostages, using Iranian government assets frozen in U.S. banks and their overseas subsidiaries. Several other-countries also took ac- tion yesterday. In Europe: * Portugal imposed a total trade em- bargo on Iran - the strongest step yet by an American ally to press for the release of the 50 American hostages; " In Strasbourg, France, the European parliament called on its nine- member countries to break diplomatic relations with Tehran and take "all necessary and possible measures" until the hostages are freed. The resolution from center-right. parties demanded Iran quickly set adate for the liberation of the hostages; and, " In Copenhagen, visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi hinted that Iraq, which appears to be on the brink of war with Iran, would not object to an American naval blockade of Iran's ports in the PersianGulf. Earlier yesterday, Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dismissed the American sanctions as an "empty drum," and President Abolhassan See CARTER, Page 3 mnayfund Women Studies By KEVIN TOTTIS The LSA Executive Committee ten- tatively agreed last night to allocate funds that would enable the Women's Studies Program to hire two half-time faculty members, according to LSA Dean Billy Frye. Frye, however, emphasized that these plans were not definite. "We believe that we can allocate sufficient funds in the college that will support recruitment of some faculty mem- bers," he said. Frye added an exact dollar amount allocation could not be given, because faculty salaries vary greatly depending on qualifications and experience. See LSA, Page 2 effect on '1 Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series of articles concer- ning educational issues that will confront the University in the 1980s. Several University authorities on higher education provided the Daily with their insights on the issues of teaching and research, declining enrollments, and the value of a liberal arts education. By LORENZO BENET officials predict as 15 per cent at many higher education institutions nationwide in the coming decade, but this trend will have little ef- fect on the University, according to several University officials. This opinion coincides with a study published in the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this year. The report said major research universities and highly selective liberal arts colleges will be least vulnerable to the trend. Economics Prof. Harvey Brazer, the chairman for the Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty, said that since the number of applications' the University currently receives far exceeds the number of students thatn can be admitted to most of the Univer- sity's schools and colleges, declining enrollments will have little effect. "THERE WILL always be an excess of applications for law, medical, and other professional schools," noted Brazer, "but the College of LSA may have to trade off its admissions stan- dards if it wishes to maintain its enrollment." e See DECLINING, Page 8 First in a three-part series Enrollments will decline by as much A2 housing plagued by violations By NICK KATSARELAS Fifth in a seven-part series If you rent an apartment or house in Ann Arbor, the chances are good that your home violtes city housing codes and has not been inspected as often as required. In addition, you probably pay rents well above the average rent paid in most other sections of the nation. This is the assessment of many people in the city inspection depar- tment, the Ann Arbor Tenants Union (AATU), and Student Legal Services. These and other organizations are con- cerned with housing conditions, in a city which historically has been plagued by poor rental housing and strained landlord-tenant relations. Housing . Inspection Supervisor William Yadlosky says housing con- ditions in the city have improved over the years. He credits this to the ef- ficiency of his department, which has been able to conduct more inspections this year than in years past, and also cites rent strikes against some landlor- ds several years ago. "The Tenants Union and Legal Aid (rent) strikes scared some of these property owners half to death," he said. "ANN ARBOR has one of the best en- forced housing codes in the country," Yadlosky adds proudly. But his statement is tempered by an unpublished report from the Office of Student Legal Services, which states that "Ann Arbor housing is extremely poor." The report points to a recent study done by the Center for National Housing Law Reform, in which 90 per cent of Ann Arbor tenants questioned in the survey said their dwellings had some type of housing code violation. Yadlosky stated with some restraint, that less than half of all buildings satisfy the housing code when they are inspected. Dave Cahill, AATA legal counsel and board member, said the housing situation "has improved dramatically" over the past several years, but he and other Tenants Union members still maintain that the quality of housing in Ann Arbor is bad. The Tenants Union and the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) are considering a possible rent strike against one of the' large rental agencies in the city to publicize poor housing conditions, but as yet, have not formally agreed on who the target should be. YADLOSKY'S DUTIES include en- suring that all of the city's 23,000 rental units comply with the housing code. Using the 32-page inspection code as its guide, Yadlosky's team of five inspec- tors troops out to houses and apartmen- ts every day to check for code violations. Yadlosky admits his department's task is difficult with only five inspec- tors. However, he is confident that by the end of 1980 all housing units in the city can be inspected every two years, as required by the code. Currently, in- spections occur about once every two- and-one-half years. The inspection chief speaks proudly of his department's increase in ef- ficiency since he took over the reigns two years ago. Yadlosky figures show that the number of inspections have more.than doubled over the past seven months, as compared to the same period in the previous year. A Daily reporter accompanied Pete Peterson, a seven-year veteran of the housing inspection bureau, on a recent See CITY, Page 9 Renting in A2: 'A8 Home sweet home? Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM RUBBISH LIES in front of a house on Catherine Street after the inspec- tion department ordered it removed from the attic. The house was cited for more than 40 housing code violations. i i -- I automobile speeding away from a parking lot outside her window. Suddenly, the storm window outside her office was struck by an unidentified object. She notified campus security personnel of the incident. Soon after the AAPD and Secret Service became involved. After a search of the area, the officials concluded that the "missile" must have been a small stone kicked up by the departing auto. "Everybody just wanted to be cautious," sighed University Safety Director Walt Stevens. E I Tn'a n'na Ah W ' .r . - needed hardware part was brought in by taxi, and IBM workers soon made the repairs. Students inconvenienced by the breakdown were given priority time permits. And so it goes . . . Thrills and drills Reacting to a Gallup poll which revealed that 50 per cent of college students thought the oil industry should be nationalized, Oklahoma Christian College began raising money to build Enterorise. U.S.A.. a sort of Disneyland for from Phillips Petroleum Co., Edward Gaylor, the president of the Oklahoma Publishing Co., and Leonard Firestone, director of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., among others. Stafford said the goal of the project is to improve people's understanding. "If you become doctrinaire or attempt to propagandize, you turn people off," he added. Q On the inside The snorts nape feature naoetinn-andannsweser sinn Faipp-- j r 99 -I1 I 'C