1% 'U' researcher says youth alcohol-related accidents decreased Black English repol since iegf By BARRY WITT Special to the Daily DETROIT-The number of alcohol-related automobile acciden- ts involving 18-to-20-year olds decreased between 17 and 30 percent since the legal drinking age was raised to 21 in 1979, according to researchers from the University's Highway Safety Research Institute. In a speech presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, researcher Alexan- der Wagenaar said his analysis of. state police reports showed there were approximately-1,650 fewer ac- cidents in 1979 than were expected based on 1970's trends. WAGENAAR SAID his study con- sidered all crashes, rather than just fatal accidents because there are too few deaths related to 18- to 20-year- old intoxicated drivers annually to be statistically significant. Richard Douglass, Wagenaar's supervisor in the project, added that, based on previous studies, one "can assume that because alcohol- related crashes tend to involve more injuries, injuries of all sorts decrease" as the number of such ac- cidents decrease. The researchers were reluctant to comment on whether this new in- formation will affect the.vote on Proposal B, a question on the November ballot to lower the drinking age to 19. In an opening statement, Douglass said, "We (the ii age up researchers) do not consider our- selves to be involved in this on a political basis at all." "THE EFFECT on policy will depend on the importance that the public places on accidents when considering the issue," Wagenaar said. "From a public health perspec- tive, (the higher drinking age) is in the public interest," Douglass ad-- ded. Kenneth Eaton, administrator for the Office of Substance Abuse Ser- vices and supporter of Proposal B, said in an interview Friday that the question of accidents must be balan- ced with other arguments on the drinking age. One consideration is that alcohol-related accidents ac- count for only two percent of all crashes in the 18- to 20-year-old age group, according to a statement by Secretary of State Richard Austin, another Proposal B supporter. Scientifically, this study can only be applied to Michigan because the sample came exclusively from this state, according to Wagenaar. However, he said.his report can be applied to most similar northern in- dustrial states. "Every state should do its own study because of different populations,"Douglass added. After other states finish current studies, which are expected within one year, an overall generalization relating the drinking age and driving habits can be made, he said. By PAM KRAMER Now that the final evaluation of the King Elementary School teacher training program in Black English has been filed, some people concerned with the problem of racial language barriers hope the issue won't be forgotten. The children who were plaintiffs in the controversial Black English case showed, progress in school that met the expectations of the court-ordered plan, and the teachers gave the project favorable evaluations in the recently released report. But the problem surrounding Black English and education has not gone away, according to Ruth Zweifler, director of the Student Advocacy Center. "I THINK THE program should be expanded, and (the school district) should get on with it," said the director of the center which provided legal aid for the plaintiffs in the Black English case. The suit filed against the Ann Arbor Board of Education in 1977 alleged that black students at King were not treated equally in school because of a language barrier. "The children are still not faring well in the schools," Zweifler said. "And there are other children at King, and others throughout the district that need that kind of extra attention." THE REPORT evaluated the five- session in-service program for King School teachers ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Joiner. "The plan (including the report) covered only the plaintiffs, which makes it impossible to determine how effective the in-service has been," said University English Prof. Richard Bailey, an expert witness for the children in the trial. "If it has been a class action suit, and they had used available data from other children in school, the results would be more conclusive," he said. "NOTHING FURTHER has been discussed (about extension of the plan) at King," said Rachel Schreiber, prin- cipal at King. "We are pleased that the consultants felt the project accomplished something," she said. "And we are pleased with the progress the students have made." The King project was handled "in the most minimal" manner possible, ac- cording to Zweifler. BAILEY CONCURRED, but pointed out that the program, including the report, complied with the court order, which it was designed to do. Zwifler said there is a contradiction in the evaluation, and quoted a passage that said, "it appears that the in- service program contributed to teacher 100 RESUMES $24 Professionally composed, edited and offset printed. Free sample cover letter, telephone orders available, fast service, VISA & MC. CAREER PERSONNEL 1-557-8480 effectivenessi -expanded gen understanding relative to the vernacular E read in school. "I believe J was the ge recognition ofk on the part o largely respo der," she said teachers) sa already there. BAILEY A] biguities in the existing know cluding how to these teachers teaching neonl The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 22, 1980-Page. t considered . in that it reinforced and Another problem Bailey says he see nerally existing teacher in the report is that the descriptions 4f and teaching strategies the children are couched in very issues surrounding black positive language, in which :nglish and learning to achievements are listed in length. " Similar reports prepared before the oiner said publicly that it suit concentrated on their failures, he neral denial, of any said. black vernacular English ANNIE BLAIR, the mother of two f the teachers that was children who were plaintiffs in the case, nsible for the court or- said,* "It's hard for me to say how far . But in the report (the my kids have progressed since we first id the knowledge was got involved in the law suit. "From the little bit I saw (of the LSO pointed out am- report) in the newspaper, I can't really passage. "It talks about say anything," she added. "Before thp ledge of everything, in- law suit we were going to conferences teach reading. Of course and the teachers would say the kids know a good deal about were doing fine, but then we would get e to read," he said. See EFFECTS, Page 9 . HAPPENINGS FILMS Cinema Guild-Top Hat (Sandrich), 7,9 p.m., Lorch Hall Aud. Nat. Resources-Energy and Morality (Wlfe), 7:30 p.m., Rackham Am- ph., discussion with filmmaker following. Zeta Beta Tau & UAC-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 7:30 p.m., Union Ballroom. Tickets available at the Fishbowl and at the door. Max Kade Haus (Oxford)-Die Nibelunger, 8 p.m., Conf. Room. MEETINGS Cooley Lectures-"Deregulating Adolescence," 4 p.m.,Hutchins Hall. LSA Student Gov't.-Meeting, 6:15 p.m., 3909 Union. PIRGIM-Project Community, Gary Claxton, Carol McCab, 7 p.m., 1439 Mason Hall. Int. Folk Dance Cub-Adv. teaching and dancing, 8-11 p.m., Union, University Residence Hall Council--Meeting, 9 p.m., 3909 Union. Extension Service-Workshop, "Proposal Writing in Process," through Oct. 24, call 763-4321. Stilyagi Air Corps-Meeting, 8 p.m., Union Conf. Rooms. PERFORMANCES Office of Major Events-Linda Ronstadt, 8 p.m., Crisler Arena. School of Music-Clarinet students' recital, 8p.m., Recital Hall. School of Music-Organ Conference XX, Tong-Soon Chang, 8 p.m., Hill Aud. Theatre & Drama-Spring Awakening, 8 p.m., Power Center. SPEAKERS CAAS-Raleigh Morgan, Jr., "Creole and Language Policy in the French West Indies," noon, 246 Lorch Hall. International Ctr.-Bag lunch lecture and slides, Will Weber, "Trucking in Nepak," noon, International Ctr. Comparative Literature-Jose Harari, "Pedagogical Fictions: Rousseau/Defoe," 2:10.p.m., Rackham E. Lecture Room. CRLT-Sem., W. J. McKeachie, "Testing," 3:10-5 p.m., 2417 Mason Hall. Computing Ctr.-John Sanguinetti, "Pascal Programming Language (Pt. 2)," 3:30p.m., 3082 Nat. Sci. Computing Ctr.-Forrest Hartman, "The Ontel Terminal," 3:30-5 p.m., B120MLB. Business-Jack Ericksen, "Public Policy Issues in the Modern Cor- poration," 4 p.m., Bus. School Hale Aud. Chemistry-Colloquiem, Wan-Li Liu, "Cation-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Craft Co- and Terpolymerization," "Photoinitiated Cation-Catalyzed. . 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. Chemistry-Seminar, Gregory Wendel, "Collisional Activation Mass Spectrometry," 4 p.m., 1200 Chem. CREES-Vasily Aksenov, "Contemporary Russian Literature: Crossing the Border," 4-6 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Industrial and Operations Engineering-Seminar, James Martin, "Recent Work on Hospital Information Systems," 4 p.m., 229 W. Engineering. MARC-Flowers Braswell, "Architectural Portraiture and Chauzer's Hall of Fame," 4 p.m., 1402 Mason. Nuclear Engineering-Seminar, Felippe Beaklini, "Fourier Synthesis Solution of Neutron Diffusion Equation," 4p.m., Cooley Bldg., Baer Room. Eckankar-Book discussion, Paul Twitchell, "Letters to Gail," 7:30 p.m., 302 E. Liberty. Russian House (Vanderberg Co-op)-V. V. Shevoroshkin, "Standard and Colloquial Russian,"8 p.m., 623 Oxford Rd. Libertarian League-Kay Augustin, "Feminism: A Moveient Whose Time has Come... Or Gone?," 7:30 p.m., Union, Conf. Room 4. Wilson-Wahr House-Lec., Detroit Councilwoman Marian Mahaffey, "Presidential Candidates' Views on Women," noon, Wilson-Wahr House, 126 N. Division. Finance Club-Jack Ericksen, Manager of public policy issues analysis from Action Life Ins., "Public Policy and the Modern Corp.," 4 p.m., Business School, Hale Aud., refreshments. MISCELLANEOUS ARK-Hoot Night, open mike, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill. Reading & Learning Skills SCtr.-Speed reading, study skills, academic writing classes, 8 a.m.-4: 30 p.m., register at 764-9481. SWE-Pre-interview Program, Chevron, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 270 W. Engineering. Extension Service-workshop, "Proposal Writing in Process," through Oct. 24, call 763-4321. HRD-Program, "PLanning and Organizing Your Work," 15 p.m., reg. at 764-7410. 9 WHAT A DAY. I''3 00 t ,4- After 15 interviews with various com- panies, I finally found MITRE. And after 15 interviews I definitely knew what I was look- ing for when I saw it. I had to have breathing room. A place that would turn me loose and let me work on different kinds of projects. On the other hand, I had to know I'd be able to turn to other people for advice and backup. And I definitely wanted a steady growth situation. With the MITRE peoplef knew right away I'd found it all. At any given time, they have some 75 or so funded, significant programs involving several hundred separate projects and tasks. And because they're Techniical Ad- visors to the Air Force's Electronic Systems Division in Command, Control and Com- munications (C3), they design and develop some of the world's most advanced informa- tion systems. Still, MITRE handles every assignment as if it were the only one. Because they have to come up with the right solution every time. Openings exist in: COMPUTER SYSTEMS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE COMMUNICATIONS RADAR SYSTEMS See your Placement Office to set up an on-campus interview, or send your resume directly to Jerome P. McKinnon, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA 01730. U.S. Citizen- ship or resident alien registration required. MITRE will be at University of Michigan on October 29, 1980 .