Page 2--Wednesday, December 2, 1981-The Michigan Daily Kentucky's black college fights to survive FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - When the federal government ordered Kentucky to develop a plan to desegregate its public colleges, did it want to turn Kentucky State University, the state's only traditionally black school, into a two-year com-. munity college? A decision this week on the school's status by Ken- tucky's Council on Higher Education could lead to a legal battle between the state on one side and civil rights groups and the federal government on the other. The central issue is what to do with Kentucky State, a small, 2,300 enrollment, four-year school where a majority of its full-time, day students are black. SEVERAL PROPOSALS have been made since January when the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights ordered the state to develop a plan to fully desegregate its public university system. All phases of the plan have been submitted to the OCR except the portion dealing with Kentucky State. The Council on Higher Education, which oversees Kentucky's university and college system, meets tomorrow to consider a recommendation from a special committee formed to study the problem of Kentucky State. THAT COMMITTEE, by 3-2 vote, has recom- mended that Kentucky State be turned into a two- year community college within the University of Kentucky system. Proponents believe a community college would attract more white students by offering evening classes and part-time curriculum. Such a move would be a radical departure from what other Southern states have done in response to similar desegregation ordes. Most have spent millions of dollars on improving the traditionally black schools in order to attract white students. "Kentucky is the only state even considering closing a black school," said Galen Martin, executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. AND SUPPORTERS of Kentucky State say a community college was not what the federal gover- nment had in mind when it directed Kentucky to "enhance" the university. "If anybody considers the downgrading of a university to a community college as an enhan- cement, then their dictionary definition of enhan- cement is different from mine," said Louisville at- torney Raymond Burse, the only black member of the higher education council. Some members of the black community have even stronger words for the proposal. The Rev. K. L. Moore of Frankfort called it "unfair, ungodly and not right" to close KSU. "THIS IS A RACIAL issue, no matter how some council members perceive it," said Martin. "We will not sit in silence and let it be closed," said Moore. Supporters of Kentucky State, including students, plan a rally tomorrow outside the building where the coun'cil will meet and have started a letter writing campaign to members of the council. Student to redesign business school lounge By LISA SPECTOR When the members of the University's business school student council need something done, they turn to the most logical source - other students. The council hired Nancy Caplan, a junior in the art school's department of interior design, to draw the plans for renovation of the business school's student lounge. BUSINESS SCHOOL Student Council President Charlie Rothstein initiated the idea of hiring a student to redesign the lounge. It seems "appropriate," he said, that a lounge that is run by and for students should be redesigned by a student. "Just as it is a good experience for students to run the lounge, it is a good experience for her (Caplan) to redesign it," Rothstein said. The project will be financed solely by lounge profits and the student council fund, he said. CAPLAN WORKED as an apprentice to a designer this past summer, but this is the first job she will do by herself. Although the ideas for redesigning the lounge are her own, Caplan will con- fer with her professors on the project. And the plans must be approved by the University's interior design office to ensure that certain building codes are met. The lounge was given to the business school by the Regents in 1973 to allow students a chance to run their own business. The lounge was supposed to be a place where students could eat, relax and study together. ROTHSTEIN, however said "the lounge is not conducive to people coming in and relaxing. I am em- barassed by the state of the lounge." Several business students agreed, saying the lounge is drab, out-of-date, and not relaxing. "It's drab and hackneyed down there," said first year B.B.A student Jim Narens. "I came here as an undergrad and didn't even know it was here, it was so tacky," said second year M.B.A. student Clarence Oliver. CAPLAN SAID she plans to combine the idea of a restaurant with a warm environment to provide a place for group study, case discussion and group presentation. Caplan hopes to improve the customer-flow area and make segregated areas for eating and studying. She is also considering closing off the service counter from the background work area. New furniture is a top priority for the new image, Caplan said. She said she also hopes to get rid of wasted space and the current temporary nature of the lounge. CAPLAN emphasized that the lounge must be durable. "The main con- sideration," she said, "is that it will look good in five years." Rothstein said he is not certain how much the renovations will cost, but af- ter plans have been drawn and the cost is assessed he will present the plan to both the student council and the dean for approval The move to redesign the business school lounge is part of a series of other improvements initiated by the student council in its efforts to become actively involved in the administration's cam- paign to make the business school one of the top three in the country. "We want to do our part to help out the business school," Rothstein said. ' Other activities in which the council is involved include student-faculty cocktail parties; revival of the student newspaper, The Monroe Street Journal, and a counseling day for students to help each other choose classes before registration "The business school can be a hard place to cope. It is a great place to learn," Rothstein said. "I want to show the rest of the University that it is a great place to go to school." IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Blizzard belts Midwest A corn belt blizzard driving blinding snow across the Midwest with 50-mph winds yesterday crippled cities and closed highways, stranding hundreds of travelers and shutting down schools. At least three people were killed as a "very dangerous" winter storm surged through parts of Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota at blizzard force, flinging snow up to 14 inches deep and building 4-foot drifts. Highways were strewn with jackknifed trucks. Many motorists abandoned their cars and sought refuge in motels, farm houses and emergency shelters. In some areas, even the snowplows were halted by the blowing snow. Polish firefighting cadets refuse to end sit-in WARSAW, Poland- A thousand Polish riot police surrounded a firefighters' school in northern Warsaw yesterday as a crowd of about 7,000 people cheered young officer cadets refusing to end a sit-in. The crowd threw food and cigarettes and shouted encouragement to the 320 cadets, who celebrated evening Mass in the school, their voices echoing out into the streets. Solidarity union "workers guards" paced a small lane separating the police and the crowd, which snapped up leaflets handed out by the unionists and halted 16 passing streetcars. One streetcar was converted into a temporary union post for Solidarity members who said they would remain overnight. The official news agency PAP referred to the "former" firefighting school in reporting that 60 of the 320 protesting cadets had left the protest. Courts rule college housing free from regulations LANSING- The Michigan Court of Appeals, ruling in a dispute between Northern Michigan University and Marquette County, held yesterday that college housing is exempt from state construction code regulations. The ruling reversed a Marquette County Circuit Court judge who ruled universities must comply with the law because it does not specifically exem- pt them. The roughly two-year-old controversy involved about 100 units of married student housing which have since been completed under a stay ordered by the appeals court and now are occupied. Stockman wants to end low-income housing subsidies WASHINGTON- Budget director David Stockman wants to end federal subsidies for low-income housing construction by next fall as part of a new blitz of spending cuts that has left housing officials in shock, sources said yesterday. Stockman also is proposing to phase out the government's chief urban aid programs, a move that brought heated criticism yesterday from city of- ficials. "He (Stockman) is talking about major changes in the direction of this department that we just can't accept," said one official of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Informed sources in and out of government said Stockman wants to eliminate all new spending after 1983 for Community Development Block Grants and Urban Development Action Grants. The two programs, which this year aided about 2,850 communities in every part of the country, start- ed out with a $4.2 billion budget for 1982 that may be jeopardized by a new round of cuts. THE STATE OF AMERICAN JEWRY A Lecture by: ISMAR SCHORSCH, Provost, Jewish Theological Seminary 8 PM-WED., DECEMBER 2 at HILLEL 1429 Hill Sponsored by: The program in Judaic Studies and B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SOCIETY of DECEMBER 9 THROUGH 12,1981 FOR TICKET INFORMATION LYDIA MENDELSSOHN THEATER CALL 761-7855 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Business school growing despite financial crunch (Continued from Page 1) economic times," Whitaker said, but "I think we'll be able to do it (raise the money) within a couple of years. "PRIVATE support is a long tradition at Michigan and will become an important part of Michigan's sup- port in the =future," he continued. Whitaker said administrators will be trying to get the money "anywhere they ABORTION CARE " No Age Limit " Completely Confidential " local Anesthesia " Tranquilizers " Birth Control-VD * Board Certified M.D.'s " Blue Cross/'Medicaid " Immediate Appts. 526-3600 (Near Eastland) can, legitimately." Anneke Overseth, director of development and head of the new fund raising committee, said acquiring fun- ds is "detective work." She must weed through a network of interconnecting pieces of information about people with an interest in the University.- Then, she said, the trick is to "cultivate them." Overseth visits potential donors, talks with them, informs them of the school's needs, and attempts to deter- mine their interests. "IF YOU'VE done everything else right, asking for money is the last and easiest step," she said. Business History Prof. David Lewis said he believes the business school has the faculty, administrators and resour- ces to achieve the rather high goals it sets for itself. Lewis said the new drive has helped to boost the morale of the faculty. "The Dean wants each one of us to be the best in our field," he said, adding that the faculty is producing more published works and is increasing the quality of its teaching under the dean's leadership. "One likes to be a part of an organization that is moving ahead," Lewis said. Vol. XCII, No.68 Wednesday, December 2, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 49109. Sub- scription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. 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