N r Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom P Litw :4Iait1v SLUSHY Snow showers today with a high in the mid to upper 30s. 0 Vol. XCI, No. 136 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 19, 1981 Ten Cents Teri Pages Regen By BETH ALLEN Concerned members of the Universi inunity are preparing to battle the pe 0 problem of declining black enrollment University Regents take a look at the minority enrollment report today. The report shows that black enrolln been falling since 1976 with a record dec fall of 5.6 percent - the lowest figure s report was first compiled in 1972. ADMINISTRATORS SPECULATE t declining enrollment is caused by severa - many of which, they say, the Universit little to remedy. Many black campus leaders, however, University must place a higher prir recruiting and retaining minority studen they worry that educationally disadv Minority recruiting plans vary ithn 'U' By JULIE HINDS A survey of the various schools and colleges at the University reveals wide disparities in the size and scope of minority recruitment programs. The programs range from the exten- sive effort in the College of Engineering, involving hundreds of high school students in pre-college training programs, to the virtual ab- sence of minority recruitment in the School of Natural Resources, which cites both lack of funding and low ap- peal to minority students as problems. EACH OF THE University's 17 schools and colleges plans its minority recruitment efforts independently, with no'.central authority coordinating all programs. The lack of coordination has frustrated some officials. "Everyone is doinig their own thing* (on recruitment). There ought to be a way, though, for everyone to know what that thing is," said Prof. Murray Jackson, head of the School of Education's Office of Minority Affairs. The school that has been doing its own tling with recruitment most exten- sively is the College of Engineering. With a combination of University funds, federal grants and support from Ford Motor Co., the college accomodates roughly 800 minority high school students from 15 schools. THE COLLEGE HAS two high school programs - the Detroit Area Pre- College Engineering Program and the Engineering Industrial Support Progam in the Washtenaw County area. The programs offer Saturday academic enrichment classes and summer sessions on campus for minority students in grades 7-12. Because the college has diversified the funding sources for these programs, possible University budget cuts aren't that much of a threat, according to Derrick Scott, director of the Washtenaw County program. He ad- ded, however, that the college is worried about funds from the auto companies, considering their financial shape. Another strong recruitment program is found in the College of Pharmacy. The college, which admits students at the junior level, has some $48,000 in federal funding for a two-week summer seminar, in which pre-pharmacy students are tutored in biology and O chemistry. Ten students participated last summer and expansion of the program is planned for this year. THE SCHOOL OF Music also offers a two-week summer minority recruit- inent program that provides 25 minority high school students with free See MINORITY, Page 2 ts get grim minorit news students will be hard hit by the current budget- choose to go to schools closer to home. * Visits to Detroit area high schools three ti mes cutting fervor. Assistant Director of the Undergraduate Ad- missions Office Lance Erikson said that his office would like to bring more prospective minority students to see the campus, but that the budget will not allow for it. AND ASSISTANT ADMISSIONS Director Dave Robinson said that while the University's many programs are "somewhat successful," the University is fighting more than the problem of contacting prospective students. "The pool of students we're looking for is dwin- dling, and the competition is fierce," Robinson said. Robinson also blamed the state's poor economy for the University's declining black enrollment. When finances are tight, he said, students often TO COMPENSATE FOR the less-than-perfect recruiting environment, the University has beefed up its recruiting, support, and retention services for minority students in the past decade, and has made a particularly strong push in the past three years. Although most schools and colleges on campus have their own recruiting programs, the Un- dergraduate Admissions Office is the primary recruiting source for most undergraduate programs, especially those in LSA. Erickson said the admissions office does most of its minority recruiting through the following programs: " Campus visitation programs, designed to bring minority students into Ann Arbor to familiarize them with the campus; yearly; * Financial aid workshops and counseling available through the University's Adjunct Ad- missions Office in Detroit; * The Minority Call-Out program, in which currently enrolled minority students call students who have been admitted to answer questions about the University; and, * Each One Reach One, which uses current minority students to contact high school students who might be interested in coming to the Univer-: sity. GETTING ADMITTED IS just one of the barriers a minority student faces. Once on cam- pus, problems can multiply rapidly. See REGENTS, Page 7 Rushingout or a GSL? Is it a good idea to file a Guaranteed Student loon opp plication right away and try to beat the Reagan cutbacks? Or could rushing out now actually jeopardize your chances' for a loan? Find out what legislators on Capitol Hill and financial aid counselors here on campus have to say in tomorrow's Daily. State Senate OKs compromise bal-lot LANSING (UPI) - The Senate ap- proved by a narrow margin yesterday a compromise tax reform proposal backed by Governor William Milliken and legislative leaders that would slash property levies but raise the sales tax. A decision was pending on whether the so-called "Tisch III" measure also should go on a proposed May 19 special election ballot. The House has voted that it should not. TWENTY-SIX votes, or two-thirds of the Senate, were required. The compromise proposal - ap- proved 27-8 - now returns to the House for action on Senate amendments. Lawmakers face a midnight deadline tonight for mustering the two-thirds" votes required to place any tax plan on the ballot for needed voter approval. But Senate alterations - aided by a proposal rare tie-breaking vote cast by Lt. promise measure. Governor James Brickley - could for- Tisch, the author o ce the plan into a joint legislative con- plans, looked on as ference committee. agreed to let the Sen AS APPROVED BY the Senate, the plan, which would cut p Milliken plan allowed a maximum about 33 percent over $1,800 in combined property and city in- later visited the Senat come tax relief - up from a House ap- for the measure. proved $1,400. The compromise pla An angry Senate Democratic Leader Milliken and legislative William Faust of Westland chastized the House Tuesday nig Brickley, saying '.I wish you would table margin, but was consult your governor on what you ex- Senate committee. The pect us to do with this bill." tie it to the Tisch pla The Senate Finance Committee voted 67-36 yesterday a earlier approved the Milliken- the more radical plan. legislative proposal on a 6-1 vote and The plan cuts prope also approved the Tisch plan 5-2. percent up to a maxi ATthoughs'iievwanrted to keep the'more raises the sales tak by radical plan off the Senate floor, they points and cuts local i apparently changed their minds in a bid half. It is expected to pr to win more support for the com- in government revenue of two previous the committee ate vote on his roperty taxes by two years. He e floor to lobby n worked out by e leaders passed ght on a comfor- altered by the House refused to an Tuesday and gainst taking up rty taxes by 50 mum of $1,400, 1.5 percentage ncome taxes in roduce a net loss of $225 million. :RT TISCH, sponsor of Tisch III tax cut proposal, waits outside gan Senate chambers yesterday as Senators approved a compromise elief proposal to appear on the May 19 ballot. The proposal slashes rty and income taxes in half, and raises the sales tax by 1.5 percentage S -- a Budget cuts to-gagr WU O~Mcomme ntators By JANET RAE Budget cuts have pulled the plug on radio station WUOM's "critic/commentators" program. The last of the five-minute general interest broadcasts on FM 91.7 will be aired Saturday, April 4. The program, which features segments aired throughout the broadcast day, provided a forum for commentary by 17 area specialists in a variety of fields. ACCORDING TO DIRECTOR of Broadcasting Hazen Schumacher, most of the critic commen- tators are faculty members providing background information in areas ranging from law and business to African and Asian studies. Although some of the commentators, who are paid $30 a spot, offered to volunteer their services, Schumacher said station policy does not allow for such an arrangement. signing off." "It's a beneficial program," he added. "But I don't feel as if I know enough about other fiscal programs at the University to say anything about setting priority." "Their line-up has been just marvelous," Schumacher said of the commentators. But he ex- plained that, in the face of other reductions, "we felt that this should go first." STATION PERSONNEL hope to continue using the commentators' expertise occasionally for news broadcasts and analysis. "We've gotten awfully used to having these experts around," Associate Producer for Broadcasting Bob Whit- man said. "Some of them are known all over the world." Besides facing cuts in its $350,000 University general fund budget, "we have discovered there will be cuts in federal funds ... a recision of funds that were already appropriated," Schumacher explained. According to Schumacher, as much as 25 per- cent may be cut from the $110,000 the station presently receives from the federal government. In addition to federal and University dollars, WUOM is operating on a record $150,000 in listener contributions received during a recent fund- raising drive. Faculty members who are involved in1 program include professors Frank Beaver films, Allen Whiting on China, Ali Mazrui Africa, and Ross Wilhelm on business. the on on JIM LOUDON, A freelance astronomy specialist who produced a monthly space update through the program, will have one of the final, broadcasts on April 4. After 27 consecutive repor- ts, he said he feels "a little like Walter Cronkite Daily Photo by JOHN HAGEN .Mud-slinging beauties? Referee "Peaches & Cream" signals a reversal for grappler "A Taste of Honey" over opponent "Misty Blue." These-women are part of a nine-member mud-wrestling group, "The Chicago Knockers." The touring feminine wrestlers demonstrated their talents at Second Chance Tuesday night. Gas lTODAY laborers, and pinky rings OMOSEXUALS AND construction workers are the best, although people who wear diamond pinky rings run a close second. And other great tippers include those who rely on tips themselves for a living. Bartender Magazine surveyed 250 bartenders on the day before St. Patrick's Day and compiled its annaul list of potential good and bad tippers. "Guys who work in gay bars always make a lot of money," says publisher fay i nlan . An o a 4 ,Inr.nrc arc tho wnrc . t r .nnr.c UnI memorandum really bugged a few public officials. As chief lobbyist for the powerful District Council 37, Adler issued a statement declaring the union's opposition to a recent bill designed to make the ladybug the official state insect of New York. "District Council 37 represents 110,000 workers, over 60 percent of whom are women ... it is because of this that we must object to the use of the obsolete and sexist term 'lady' in describing the state bug," the memo states. Adler's statement explained that the union had nothing against the Ceratomegilla fuscilabris itself, but "cannot endorse the proposed legislation unless the appellation ladv hwu' is changed to 'woman bug' as a sign of honor and to mail them all early. The devoted grandmother who lives in Pembroke Pines, Fla., has been mailing this year's quota of cards and letters in the past two weeks. She plans to get them all mailed before the postage rates go up and hopes others will join her protest. "We're suffering increases on all sides-taxes, food, maintenance, everything," she said. This increase "was the final straw," she added. E Impatient patient When two ambulance attendants from Lake Stevens, Washington went to load their patient into the back of the ambulance they noticed the vehicle was missing. That was _. -' Immoral salvation Salvation is in sight for those who cringe at the thought of the Moral Majority. The Immoral Minority was formed on March 7, 1981, and is dedicated to "life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness, with no moral limitations," according to the first newsletter. The new organization-whose motto is "Lust is a must"-is actively seeking new members. The none-too-scrupulous promoters charge $5 for an official membership kit, which includes an immoral minority bumper sticker, a certificate of the immoral minority gospel (suitable for framing), and two buttons with the I a I xI