Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom Lit igan 40 1 WINDY Cloudy and cooler today with a high in the mid 40s. Vol. XCI, No. 158 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, April14, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages LSA aculty rejects Sr geography report By SUE INGLIS During what may have been one iof the most turbulent faculty meetings in the history of the -University, the LSA faculty yesterday overwhelmingly rejected an ad hoc com- mittee's recommendation to either eliminate or discontinue portions of the geography department. While not bound by the faculty's 138-80 defeat of the com- mittee recommendation, Acting LSA Dean John Knott and members of the LSA Executive Committee said they will "consider seriously" the vote of the faculty and the remarks made at yesterday's meeting before forwarding their decision on the department to Billy Frye, vice president for academic affairs. If Frye approves the executive commit- tee' rcommendation, it will be forwarded to the Regents for a final decision. "WE WILL HAVE VARIOOS kinds of things to look at, in- cluding the overall budget context," said Knott after the meeting. "We will naturally have to consider what the alter- natives to discontinuance will, be as we try to look to the health of departments of the college, and the prospects for sustaining in an accepting form the department of geography." The review committee report, a result of two-and-a-half months of research by four faculty members, recommended two alternative couses of action, the first of which is to eliminate the entire department. The second alternative is to discontinue the cultural geography area, while retaining the areas which the committee determined to be more central to the discipline. While many faculty members praised the integrity of the See FACULTY, Page 2 'U' budget crunch . Tomorrow's Daily takes a special look at the problems caused by the University's weakened financial stature in this and recent years. The issue includes a wrap-up of the University's budget-cutting efforts this year, an analysis of where those cuts are leading the University, and an examination of how the budget ax is affec- ting individual professors. Student face 19% 16% to tuition hike Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ' JOHN NYSTUEN, CHAIRMAN of the geography department, speaks in defense of his department at last night's LSA faculty meeting. Nystuen noted the lack of comparative data in reports calling for the elimination of part or all of the department. Space shuttle, crew prepare for re-entry From AP and UPI CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After two flawless days in orbit, the shuttle Columbia and its crew yesterday prepared for the searing, dangerous test of a spaceship's ability to survive an winged re-entry and land like an airliner. Questions about the integrity of heat- shielding tiles on Columbia's under- belly added extra tension to the mission's end. The launch and flight have been nothing but smooth sailing. "THE ONLY THING bad is we're going to have to come down," said commander John Young, making a record fifth space flight. During a space-to-White House con- versation, Young told Vice President George Bush that "the spaceship is per- forming beautifully." That was the opinion of everyone connected with the trial flight of an un- conventional spacecraft that had never been tested before in orbit. "I THINK YOUR trip is just going to ignite the excitement and forward thinking for this country," said Bush. "We'll be watching that re-entry and landing with great interest on behalf of the whole country." Despite all the attention, America's first space-freighter pilots were so relaxed they were joking around in an alraost playful manner. For astronauts Young and Robert Crippen, the scheduled 1:28 p.m. EST air plane-style touchdown on the Rogers Dry Lake desert runway at Ed- wards Air Force Base in California will mark the completion of a textbook or- bital flight whose problems were minor and triumphs big. THE RETURN TO earth is second only to launch in risks. No one has ever tried to fly a winged craft out of space, gliding through great S-turns as speeds plummet from 17,500 mph to just over 200, for a wheels-down soft landing. Donald Slayton, one of the original Mercury astronauts-and now manager of the orbital test program, said the See COLUMBIA, Page 7 By BARRY WITT Students face a 16 percent to 19 percent tuition increase next fall, according to a report to be reviewed by the Regents this week. Administrators have been hinting for months that a sizeable tuition increase will be necessary to keep up with higher costs and a tenuous ap- propriation from the state. IN A REPORT scheduled to be hearddby the Regents Thursday afternoon, Vice President for Academic Affairs BilleFryewillpresent recom- mendations for tuition hikes of between 16 percent and 19 percent, which he reports are "the most likely ranges" for this year's inevitable rise in tuition. Frye states in his report that the tuition estimates to be presented this week are only for the Regents' and students' information and the Board is not being asked to take any formal action on an increase. Although the state legislature and governor have recommended an appropriation increase of more than 12 percent this year for the Univeristy, Frye states the proposal "does not at present allay the difficulty in relying too heavily on such a figure in our planning for the coming year." FRYE STRESSES the necessity for the Univer- sity's budget to be maintained at a level adequate enough "to make appropriate adjustments and decisions as program needs and opportunities arise." The Regents probably will be asked to act on a tuition hike in the summer. A 9.8 percent in- crease in housing rates has already been ap- proved. Recommendations for increases in Big Ten in- stitutions outside Michigan range from 8 percent to 15 percent, according to Frye. For Michigan public institutions, tuition will likely rise from 10 percent to 23 percent. Increases for many of the country's top private universities range between 14 percent and 16 per- cent. AT THEIR monthly meeting this Thursday and Friday, the Regents will also be asked to approve a financing plan for renovation of the Michigan Union. The proposal would include assessing a student of fee allocation of $7.65 per term. The Regents approved $1.65 of that assessment in January, 1979. Major work to be done on the Union includes ex- panding University Cellar bookstore space and establishing a "student-oriented food service;" according to the report to be considered by the Regents. Also at this week's meeting the Regents will be asked to approve a 27.8 percent increase in daily room charges for University Hospital. If approved by the Regents, the increase will be separated into two parts-a $45 increase in room charges to take effect July 1 and an additional $25 increase to take effect Nov. 1. Health Service may bike fees 40 percent By BARRY WITT Tuition hikes will not be the only increases in student expenses the University's governing board will consider this week. The Regents will be asked to approve a 40 percent increase in the student health service fee. Vice President for Student Services Henry Johnson will ask the Regents to increase the current $33.50 per term fee to $47. THE HIKE WILL be accompanied by a substan- tial decrease in fees assessed by the Health Ser- vice for specific services, according to Health Service Director Dr. Caesar Briefer. "That's the beauty of it. . . Everything is free," Briefer said yesterday. Many services students now pay for would be of- fered free under the new system, including all See HEALTH, Page 10 'Fair exhibits highlights o high By JAN Last weekend's First A and Tennis Building ex water-conserving toilet silicone breast implants. In addition, there wer astronaut suits, and mo robots that would pick uF of a block of wood, and ti its place. THE FAIR, SPONSOR Based Industry Commit projects intended to munication between the well as to increase comm high technology industry Donald Smith, direct Division of the Institute reference to the tech-ba will begin to crystallize 1 is in fact one of the leadi ficiency." The success of the fair future of the Universi Michigan; according to J of the Institute of Science sify the state's economi future, he said, we can no support the economy. "W technology industries E E. NEIDHARDT industry comes back.. . there have been a lot of changes and there is no way employment will ever be as high. The nnual Technology Fair at the Track damage is done," he said, adding that "unemployment is still hibited such scientific wonders as a climbing rate when based on the auto industry. We need to s, artificial knees and hips, and come up with a different base, which is why we have to diver- sify." e pieces of moon rocks, authentic According to Herold, Ann Arbor offers a favorable climate dels of the Lunar Rover as well as for the development of diversified high technology, despite p a tool, carve a four-leaf clover out its image to the contrary. "Michigan has gotten down on it- he conscientiously return the tool to self. We tend to emphasize the negative and not look at what we do have. We have a lot here," he said. ~ED BY the Ann Arbor Technology- Some of the resources necessary for the growth of high tee, was one of the group's many technology - such as wood, water, and natural gas - are promote cooperation and com- abundant here in Michigan, Herold said. University and local industries, as SMITH BELIVES THAT in addition to the aforementioned iunity awareness of the potential for assets, there is an abundance of highly skilled labor in the in the Ann Arbor area. Ann Arbor community. "The University is our number-one or of the Industrial Development strength, and its leading strength is its students," he said. of Science and Technology, said, in Despite these favorable conditions, there are a few sed committee, "We think the fair barriers that the tech-based committee encounters in its ef- the valid impression that Ann Arbor forts at encouraging the growth of high technology. "One of ng areas for high technology and ef- the things we are missing in Michigan is venture capital (money that is invested in high-risk industries). We have a may be an indicator of the potential fairly conservative financial situation here," Herold claims. ty, Ann Arbor and the state of "Venture capital is a risky business, but it can also mean J. Downs Herold, director of Liaison high profits ... Big money sources (both within and without and Technology. The need to diver- the state) don't think of Michigan as a source of High ic base is essential to Michigan's Technology." longer count on the auto industry to Smith said, however, that he thinks this proble'h has been Vhat got us scared is even if the auto See FAIR, Page 10 Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS A ROBOT PERFORMS a simple task Saturday at the Track and Tennis Building during the First Annual Technology Fair. The fair, sponsored by the AnnArbor Technology-Based Industry Committee, was put on to promote interest in high-technology industires. _ _. '"h"F '' ,. .... .. _ .Y4. ... b. ': k< .< .3b ... .. . .. ..... 5 . R^N 1. FS ,.F... .,.... q. aka . ,. .. ." w , .,.:,," i. YLS ..:. .4 , ... ,..... o.; ... ^.. .b. o .... :: .45 "..n: 2 ..... .. ?f b \ o .. :.""o ""n L ,, ,. , ,. } Q :. y ". >.. . .a.fF. nO". . 5:. .°E. ... 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