Ex prof questions tenure denial Editor's note: Every year, dozens of assistant and associate professors face an important question: Has their scholarly work been good enough to warrant a permanent assignment as a University professor? Only about half of the aspirants are granted the cherished tenure. Many of the rejected professors have impressive credentials that could make a casual observer won- der why these scholars would be denied promotions. But competition in the academic arena is fierce, especially at an institution like the University. Most of the professors who are denied tenure leave silently, and seek employment elsewhere. The en- tire tenure selection procedure is characteristically quiet. Those who grant tenure and affected professors generally do, not make revealing public comments. Occasionally, however, a par- ticular case sheds light on the mysterious tenure procedure. Students who believe a professor should have been awarded tenure may stage protests and demand in- vestigations, or the professor may publicly challenge the wisdom or propriety of the decision. The case of Clement Henry, a former associate professor of political science, is unusual because of the number of people either directly involved in, or close to, the decision-making who have been willing to discuss the reasons Henry was denied tenure. Together, their comments provide a revealing look into the tenure procedure. * * * By LORENZO BENET Clement Henry, a former associate professor of political science, suspects he was denied tenure last March by the LSA executive committee because of his personal political beliefs and his area of specialization. Many of his colleagues believe his suspicions may be well-founded. TWO MEMBERS of the executive committee, in a rare break in the silen- ce usually surrounding such decisions, say the committee refused to promote him because his latest book was not of a high enough quality. Commmittee members say his per- sonal beliefs were never at issue in the tenure deliberations. Henry, who sought a promotion from a non-tenured associate professorship to a full professorship, is only the second faculty membr in the history of the political science department to be denied tenure after receiving a unanimous recommendation for promotion by the department's faculty members, according to Sam Elder- sfeld, a professor of political science. HE WAS INITIALLY denied tenure by the committee in February, 1978. Unlike many faculty members who are denied promotion once, Henry, with the full support of his department, received a second review from the committee last year. Henry, Eldersfeld, History Prof. Dick Mitchell, and former Director of the Center for Near-Eastern and North African Studies William Schorger have hypothesized that Henry was denied tenure because he specializes in an area (Near-Eastern and North African See FORMER, Page 9 Henry ... suspects political considerations. Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom \: ' Litigan 1§UIIQ NIPPY NIGHT Mostly sunny today, with a high near 60. Tonight will bring clear skies with a low in the upper 30s. Vol. XCI, No. 20 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, September 26, 1980 Ten Cents Fou teen Pcgoe Iraq takes Vital port; 4-day war escalates From UPI and AP BAGDAD, Iraq - Iraq said it caputred Iran's vital oil port city of Khorramshahr yesterday and claimed the victory, the most significant of the four-day-old war, had transformed the city into the "graveyard of the Per- sians." As the fighting escalated, with Iraqi and Iranian warplanes bombing each other's oil installations in relentless at- tacks, thousands of fore gns fled the war zone. An Iraqi vice premier said Iraq had achieved its objectives and would end the war if Iran agreed to cer- tain conditions. Irai Defense Minister Adnan Khairallah,, speaking in Beirut, Lebanon, said his country's goals were: redefinition of part of the Iran-Iraq border; protection of the Arabic- speaking minority in southern Iran; and the return to Arab sovereignty of the islands of Abu Mousa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, which were seized by the Iranians in 1971. IRAQI TANKS and troops also knifed further into Iran and claimed to control 100 square miles of Iranian tertitory. Meanwhile, the United States and its European allies held discussions on the formation of an allied naval force to protect the 24-mile-wide Strait of Hor- See IRAQ, Page 5 Senator wants panel review of Wathletic By JULIE ENGEBRECHT A state legislator said yesterday he'd like to see the :University athletic department use its "generous" funds tc help a troubled state and has asked to see the athletic depar- tment's financial records. State Sen. Bill Huffman (D-Madison Heights), chairmar of the Senate higher education appropriation subcommittee, said his panel would not approve certain University building k projects until the legislatue got a look at the athletic depar- y tment's books. Huffman and University President Harold Shapiro both said they don't expect the appropriations committee to have trouble securing the records. THE PROBLEM, AS Huffman sees it, is that the athletic department is making money, while the rest of the Univer sity "is broke." The state, which is financially obligated to the University, is also "broke,"lHuffman said. "It's a time of crisis. We can't meet the payroll and we'd like for some of our good friends.. . to help us out," Huffman said. "Normally I wouldn't do this." Huffman said his committee has seen "roughed-out sket- ches" of the athletic department's money. He said he is cer- tain "they've (the athletic department) got a lot of money." "DEPENDING ON what side of the street you're from in APPhoto Ann Arbor, you either eat at the worst restaurant or the best r smallrestaurant," Huffman said, comparing the finances of the aq, has academic portion of the University to those of the inter collegiate athletic department. TWO IRANIAN WOMEN stand guard at a bunker that protects thei village in the province of Ilam. The province, which borders with Ira been the scene of fierce fighting. The most recent financial statements show a balance of almost $3.8 million in the department's current fund. Huffman doesn't envision Athletic Director Don Canharn handing Shapiro a check to hire a few new professors. "I DON'T THINK it's a question of sharing," Shapiro said. It's more a question of the state having an opinion on the University's internal financial affairs, he said. Though the athletic department is part of the Univer- sity and ultimately controlled by the Regents, it is financially autonomous. The department can spend the money it ear- ns-primarily through ticket sales-without University ad- ministrators looking over its shoulder. The University, in turn, is not obligated to share its revenues with the athletic department. University officials seem happy within the current system, which is different from that at most other colleges and universities around the country. Huffman's suggestion challenges the athletic depar- tment's financial autonomy. ONE OF THE projects Huffman has threatened to hold back approval on is a $1.6 million athletic field house. Con- struction on the field house is almost complete, however, and is scheduled to be finished in late November. Shapiro said Huffman has been very supportive. He said he doesn't believe the legislator will undermine projects im- portant to the University. Another of the threatened projects is the plan for a replacement hospital. If Huffman gets the financial records he wants next week, See SENATOR, Page 7 Reagan rejects debate. OWASHINGTON (AP)-Roald Y, . Reagan last night rejected a League of Women Voters' proposal for two more presidential debates, the first a one-on- one encounter with President Carter and the last a three-way confrontation including independent John B. Ander- son. 3The president earlier had accepted the proposal to, meet Reagan during the week of Oct. 12 and then appear again with both Reagan and Anderson the - week of Oct. 26. But Reagan threw cold water on the league's program, whose sponsorship he formerly had embraced while chastising the president for not ap- pearing in the initial debate last sun- REEN O'MALLEY day. Only Reagan and Anderson par- audit dispute. ticipated then. See REAGAN, Page 9 Agencies ignore city Both sides threaten court action audit order By ELAINE RIDEOUT A dispute over whether .federally funded CDBG public service agencies should submit to a city-ordered audit of agency profits may be headed for court action. The funding of two local agencies, the Model Cities Health Center and Model Cities Legal Services, was suspended Sept. 5, when they refused to cooperate with a full audit of their financial records, and thus constituted a "serious breach of contract between the city and those agencies," City Administrator Terry Sprenkel said yesterday. SPRENKEL SAID AN audit became necessary when the city learned from IRS reports that the health center had failed to report to the city half of its in- come earned over a four year period. As a result, he explained, the center's operating expenses were less than the' funding provided by the city-leaving the organization with a net surplus of at least $275,000. "Those funds should have been used to reduce the city payments to that agency or to expand the services ren- dered by other eligible agencies," Sprenkel said. IN A CITY report outlining the audit dispute, the health center was accused of: " Failing to report, and misrepresen- ting the amount of, its income. " Using city funds to generate a sub- stantial surplus. " Failing to "match" city payments as required by 1977, '78 and '79 contrac- ts. " Seeking funds when it apparently did not need such funds. * Failing to cooperate with auditors as required by a council resolution and agency contract. Sprenkel suggested that if the agen- cies continue their refusal to divulge financial resources, the city will seek circuit court action for an "accoun- ting." ALBERT WHEELER, volunteer con- sultant for the health center, said the city report is "full of distortions" and hinted he is planning to file suit against the city. "That's a damn lie," he said of the $275,000 surplus figure. "According to my calculations, that figure is off by at least $100,000.," Wheeler, a University professor of microbiology and" former Ann Arbor mayor, said the surplus money has been invested in money market cer- tificates or deposited in a bank account. HE LABELED a report statement that "none of the income generated from fees of investments appears to have been used for program purposes to serve low and moderate income clients" a "flagrant" lie. "We have never had one complaint launched against us in that respect," he said. Wheeler contends the city has no See CDBG, Page 8 Daily Photo by MAU CITY ADMINISTRATOR Terry Sprenkel explains CDBGa TODAY-- State of the University U NIVERSITY PRESIDENT Harold Shapiro will deliver his State of the University address in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6. Distinguished faculty awards will .be presented during the program. In ad- Instead, his plan was to skirt the state's scalping laws by "giving" away his $48 Masters Golf Tournament ticket with the candy. Unfortunately for Risner, the proposed customer-an undercover police officer-was more in- terested in the scheme than the candy. While the judge probably looked at the offer as a "sweet" gesture, he nonetheless delivered a guilty verdict d c . PINTmnw n t. A High roller Sometimes you win, and sometimes you. . . WIN. Wed- nesday night at Binion's Horseshoe Club in Las Vegas, an unidentified gambler won, and won big. He entered the casino, after being assured by club president Jack Binion that no bet is too big, and laid down two suitcases on the crap table: one loaded with $770,000 and one empty. He plunked his entire bet down on the "don't pass" line. The woman who was rolling the dice threw a six, which became the "point," then rolled a nine, and on the third roll, came panied by cold cider, and finish with a mouth-watering dessert of apple pie and turnovers. Sound scrumptious? Good, because the Agriculture Department predicts a record apple crop for this year, and the wonderful red ones will be showing up en masse at local markets in the coming weeks. And for you non-vegetarians, it should come as good news that pork production is on the upswing, and prices should be lower in this area. So enjoy lots of pork in Oc- tober. With what you ask? Easy: Applesauce. n rI i II