The Michigan Daily-Thursday, April 16, 1981-Page 3 ........... :. :.. ... ....... .:. :{...i.f .r.. ... . r..... .". .. . : : ... .........n..:"v:n....... ...'4................... . .. . . ...x...................... Jr.. ..... ... F T ... ..f. ...,.. ..{...... ... .n:. . ....:... ..........." . . . . . . ....r :........ .. .... ... -...-...:........... ...... ...n.k............................:................... .... . . ........:}Yj.}:... . Shuttle 'readies for flight to Florida From UPI and AP EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-The space shuttle Columbia, at rest in the desert sun after its successful first flight, sat with its nose in a giant hoist yesterday as technicians scurried over the craft, preparing it for a piggyback return to Florida. Ground crews examined the ship's 31,000 heat- resistant tiles, cleansed its fuel lines, and made other preparations, including placement of the 100-foot- high hoist, shaped like an inverted "U." THE MATE-DEMATE Device is used to hoist the more than 80-ton spaceship aboard a Boeing 747 for its ride back to Cape Canaveral. Spokesman Don Bane said the team was making a close check of the heat-resistant tiles, some of which came off during launch. A preliminary inspection Tuesday showed no more had been dislodged during flight or re-entry, however. It is expected to be ready for launch again in late September, marking the first time a spaceship has flown more than once in orbit. The 104-ton Columbia is designed to make 100 trips up and back. Although the mission went unexpectedly well, there were a host of minor problems as occur on virtually every space flight. Among those that engineers will be looking at are: *The apparent failure of two heaters on one of three turbines which powered the Columbia's 'hydraulic system pumps. *An apparent leaking valve in the cabin's air breathing system. 'Trouble with a recorder designed to record valuable engineering measurements. 'An annoying problem keeping the right air tem- perature in the cabin. 'Some possibly erroneous instrument readings. Unlike previous Apollo missions when it took days to get the crewmen back to their homes, the Colum- bia's pilots were back home in Houston only hours af- ter rolling to a stop in a California desert. State officials to set up embassy in Hollywood LANSING (UPI)-With Gov. William Milliken's recent trip to Hollywood as inspiration, state lawmakers approved $200,000 yesterday for a Michigan em- bassy in Tinsel Town. Lawmakers had not specifically designated that the money be used for a Hollywood office in the original legislation. But Milliken took a highly- publicized trip to California last week, met various stars, and returned with promises that up to five films will be made in Michigan. THE MEASURE gives the Depar- tment of Commerce $200,000 to setup a west coast office, with $45,000 of the money to be used for the salary of a "movie scout" who will secure film projects. But House Republican Leader William Bryant of Grosse Pointe Far- ms said the money will be "well-spent" if the Hollywood office brings film- makers to Michigan. Not all lawmakers were singing "Hooray for Hollywood," however. "I wasn't aware the governor's effort in going to Hollywood was going to cost us $200,000" said Senator John Welborn (R-Kalamazoo). "How many autoworkers is that going to put to work?" tud inds students unworldly From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - Most college students are so absorbed by getting a job they do not know enough about world affairs to score more than 50 per- cent on a test, a federally funded study said yesterday. Less than 15 percent of the more than 3,000 students surveyed randomly at 185 *colleges and universities last winter and spring answered two-thirds of the 101 questions about world events and history correctly, the study said. More than one-third indicated they couldn't care less about international smatters. As to specific questions, the lowest scorers were education majors future teachers. SENIORS ANSWERED only 50 per- cent of the questions correctly, fresh-. men 41 percent, and two-year college students 40 percent. Two-thirds of the seniors were stum- ped by a multiple-choice question on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations. Less than 30 percent knew OPEC includes countries outside the Middle East. Although almost 90 percent had studied a foreign language, only one in three felt they could use it to order a simple meal or seek directions, and only one in12 could understand a native speaker. STEVEN MULLER, president of Johns Hopkins University, said the report documents "a nearly catastrophic ignorance on the part of the American people." The Educational Testing Service and the Council on Learning, a nonprofit research group, carried out the study with grants of $500,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Department of Education and $130,000 from the Exxon Education Foundation. Winton Manning, senior vice president of ETS, said the students' an- swers to the questions and question- naires on their personal views showed them to be poorly informed and "relatively naive . . . about the trac- tibility of issues such as energy, population, food supply, and human rights." IN ITS REPORT, ETS stated, "The lack of knowledge of international af- fairs ... appears related to the general lack of interest in other nations and world issues among these students." More than one-third of the students indicated they weren't interested in foreign relations, and one senior in five and one freshman in four said they rarely read foreign news. Less than one senior in 10 scored about 67 percent. No one got more than 84 of the 101 questions right. History majors. scored highest, getting 59.3 questions correct. "Surprisingly, foreign language majors were slightly below the average," ETS said. The lowest scorers were future teachers - education majors - who averaged 39.8 answers correct. Math (54.1) and engineering (53.3) majors were ahead of those majoring in social sciences (52.8). HAPPENINGS- FILMS AAFC - Best Boy, 7, 10:20 p.m., Northern Lights, 8:45 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. Cinema Guild - Shampoo, 7, 10:20 p.m., Cactus Flower, 8:45 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Mediatrics - Equus, 7 p.m., How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck,. Hot Pepper, 9:45 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. A-V Services - Bottle Babies, Diet for a Small Planet, 12:05 p.m., SPH II Aud. Risque words banned from license plates LANSING (UPI) - "Sex" will be strictly banned from Michigan license plates in 1983. So in all likelihood will "bra," ''dam," 'fag,' nd" kexd" Reintroduction of word-making vowels on passenger plates has turned Secretary of State. Richard Austin's aides into censors as they scramble to ensure Michigan doesn't issue any x- rated license plates in 1983. VOWELS WERE dropped from passenger plates in 1970 when the state went from ,a two-letter, four-number combination to three letters and three numbers. But with 7.2 million being issued now, the state is running out of consonant combinations. Making matters more difficult is the fact certain letters can- not be used for other reasons - "Os" and "Qs" look too much alike while "I" is too much like "1." "To avoid any offensive three letter works, slang, ethnic, religious, racial or sexual slurs, double meanings or ob- scene words or sounds, the department is scrutinizing, all possible com- binations of three letter words," a statement from Austin's office reassured yesterday. SPEAKERS Health Psychology - Oliver Cameron, "Discrimination of Blood Glucose Levels in Normal andDiabetic Humans," noon,]Director's Conf. Room A-154 VA Med. Ctr., 2215 Fuller Rd.. Museum of Anthro. - Sylvia Chappell, "Stone Axe Exchange in Neolithic Britain: All You Ever Wanted to Know and Probably a Lot You Didn't," noon, 2009 Museums. Vision/Hearing - Steve Scherer, "Regeneration of the Trochlear Nerve in Goldfish and Formation of Ectopic Muscle Cells," 12:15 p.m., 2005 MHRI. ISMRRD - Media Exchange videotape,, Julius Cohen, "The Family: A Neglected Element in Prevention," 3 p.m., 130 S. First Street, Rm. 109. Chemistry - Richard Zimmerman, "Spectroscopy of Some Tetrahedrally Coordinated d° Transition Metal Compounds," 4 p.m., 1200 Chem. CREES/Slavic Lang. - Vladimir Voinovich, "The Writer and Freedom," 4 p.m., MLB1. ECB - Emily Golson, "Writing Essay Exams," 4 p.m., 2003 Angell. Math. - Arthur Jaffe, Useful Math. Coll., 4 p.m., 3201 Angell. Washtenaw County Coordinating Council - Bernice Stovall, An Over- view of Child Sexual Abuse," noon, Juvenile Court Assembly Room. English - Ira Shor, "Teaching For Critical Consciousness," 10 a.m., 2 p.m., workshop, W. Conf. Room, Rackham. Center for Japanese Studies - Soichiro Nagashima, "How Japanese have Adapted and Absorbed American Cultures and Technologies," noon, Lane- Hall Commons Room. Research Club - Prof. Carl Gans, "Electromyography - A Way to Tell How Animals do Things," 8 p.m., W. Conf. Room, Rackham. MEETINGS Botticelli Game Players - Noon, Dominick's. Society of Christian Engineers - Banquet, David Cole, noon, Michigan League. Med. Ctr. Bible Study -12:30,p.m., F2230 Mott Library. American Chem. Society - Student/Faculty tea, 5 p.m., 3003 Chem. International Night - Egypt, 5 p.m., League Cafeteria. Campus Weight Watchers - 5:30 p.m., League Project Room. SWE -6:30p.m., 229W. Engin. Inter-Varsity Christian Fell. - 7 p.m., League, Union. Psychology - Committee on Undergraduate Studies, 4 p.m., K 108, 580 Union Drive. PERFORMANCES Women's Glee Club - Spring Concert, 8 p.m., Mendelssohn Theatre. Guild House - Poetry Readings: Ed Engle, Ruth Rockwell, Enrique Gomez, 7:30 p.m., 802 Monroe. UAC - Sunday Funnies, 8 p.m., Union Ballroom. Canterbury Loft - "Alterations", 8p.m., State St. Blind Pig - Steve Newhouse, 8 p.m. PTP - "Catsplay," 8p.m., Power Center. MISCELLANEOUS East Quad - Dance Invitational, 9 p.m., East Quad. Bimbo's - Pizza-eating contest, noon. - Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - slide show, 3:30 p.m., White Ad. Cooley Bldg., North Campus. Students try their hand at 'self-defense' Do a Tree a Favor: Recycle Your Daily FINANCIAL AID Fall 1981 and Winter 1982 APPLICATION DEADLINE is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1981 Applications must be submitted to the Office of Financial Aid* 2011 S.A.B. and Family Financial Statements must be mailed to ACT by that day. ' Hours: 8:15.12:15, 1:30-4:00 SPARTACUS YOUTH LEAGUE FORUM presents SMASH H-BLOCK! BRITISH TROOPS OUT OF IRELAND NOW! Speaker: ALAN GILCHRIST, Central Committee, Spartacist League /Britain Founding Member, Workers Socialist League (1975-1978); Birmingham Branch Chairman; West Midlands Area Commit- tee; Convenor of WSL National Student Fraction; Socialist Press Editorial Board. THURSDAY, APRIL 16 7:30 p.m. MICHIGAN UNION CONFERENCE ROOM 5 RESIDENT DIRECTOR/TEACHING FELLOWSHIP POSITION AVAILABLE FOR 1981-82 in the PILOT PROGRAM/ALICE LLOYD HALL Responsibilities Include: -Coordinate the administration of the Pilot Academic Program. -Screen course proposals. -Share responsibility for teacher-training. -Actively encourage educational experimentation. Salaries: 1. Administrative Salary $1,754 per year for 30 hours per week. Apartment plus board. 2. Teaching Salaray .25 GSTA fraction-$1399 per semester for 10-12 hours or .40 GSTA fraction-$2261 per semester for 16-19 hours, if selected to teach a large section of English Composition. Compensation quoted is for 1980-81. Compensation for 1981- 82 may be revised. For more information, call Dr. David Schoem, Pilot Director, 100 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, Mli(313) 764-7521. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April17 A NON-DISCRIMINATORY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (Continued from Page 1) hearing when Joseph Yokich appeared in court to pick up documents for his roommate, defendant David Kleinkopf. When objections were raised concer- ning whether Yokich could receive the documents, Rose stepped in momen- tarily as acting lawyer, filing a "general appearance" request that allowed him to withdraw his represen- tation from the case at any time. Rose said the problem arose from an unclear legal definition stating "a non- lawyer can't represent another person, but just accepting a piece of paper for another person is neither allowed nor prohibited." Test cases involving tenant self- defense prior to the kit's development have received good response, Rose said. DAVID AND LISA Mitchell-Yelin defended themselves in an eviction case five years ago after their landlady tried to evict them for complaining about their apartment. The Mitchell-Yelins went to court with an SLS representative, but decided to defend themselves upon discovering the landlady was appearing without a defense. The decision was made "at the last minute" after about a five minute briefing with the SLS lawyer, the couple said. "WE WERE nervous at first," David Mitchell-Yelin said, "but it was in- dlady did not comply with the requests for reparations. The Mitchell-Yelins said "talking directly to the jury" helped them win the case. Some lawyers may be resentful of the tenant kit because it may reduce business, Rose said. He predicts use of the kit will spread statewide. "There are thousands of people in Detroit who don't have lawyers at all," he said. "If this works in Ann Arbor, it may work in Detroit. It may make a dif- ference in the quality of housing for tenants." 01 0 IleI 4 "*C is preserved on M ~n. The Michigan Daily 420 Maynard Street A ND Graduate Library -.99990mk teresting. The jury got to hear our stories without all the legal jargon." The Mitchell-Yelins were awarded all easepoReplace their rent placed in escrow by the court ot9 yq and the jury put in a clause requiring w ith ano $125 to be paid to the couple if the lan-0 statns w it A-- ---- El Style, 0 Authentic Michigan colors I JeClasses Now Forming For Name 20 LSAT 0 Full size embossed plate, I ame includes chrome frame, I Addres your front plate M Go Blue plate! --- -------- ---- A 0 Style B ;s 1 To submit items for the Happenings Column, send Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann, them in care of; Arbor, MI., 48109. ii