6 Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom : ' Sir igan l~a ig YA HOO Sunny today with a won- derful high in the upper 60s. ...._ n . -. Lah W Vol. XCIl No. 155 C~opyright 142, The ichigan DiJly~ Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, April 15, 1982 1f Ten Cents Ten Pages _ Admissions: A By ANDREW CHAPMAN Copyright12, The Michigan Daily When Bo Schembechier feels strongly enough about getting a recruit with marginal grades into the University, he pounds on the desk of the University admissions director. According to the director, Cliff Sjogren, foot- ball coach Schembechler will say 'Damn it, I want those kids admitted.' And I'll say, 'Damn it, I can't admit them.' And this goes on. "SCHEMBECHLER wants the best football team in the country and I want the best ad- missions office in the country. I think both of us are approaching our jobs in a professional, defensible way," Sjogren continued. "It just can't all fit into place. I can't have the best academic students and have the best athletes. There have to be some com- promises." Sometimes Schembechier gets his way - and sometimes he doesn't. The result is a foot- ball, hockey, basketball, or baseball team, that Athletics and Academics game ol currently a junior at the University, was ad- mitted in 1979 with a University-recalculated high school grade point average of 1.7 (on a 4.0 scale) and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores of 200 on the verbal portion and 270 on the math test, according to University records. Scores on the standardized aptitude tests, taken by high school students across the coun- try, range from 200 to 800. Generally, minimum scores for acceptance to the University are 530 on the verbal section and 600 on the math section, according to admissions officials. The University admissions office recalculates the GPA of all applicants, discar- ding the "cake" courses, and giving more weight to the "serious" ones. NCAA RULES state that a student athlete must have an original 2.0 GPA in high school, or that student becomes ineligible for collegiate participation. Other athletes had the following recalculated GPAs and SATswhen they were admitted to the University: " A football player, admitted in 1981; 2.8 GPA; 200 verbal, 240 math. " A football player, also admitted in 1981: 2.1 GPA; 230 verbal, 340 math. " A basketball player, admitted in 1981:. 2.2 GPA; 220 verbal, 360 math. " A football player, admitted in 1978: 2.0 GPA: 340 verbal, 350 math. * A basketball player, admitted in 1978: 2.4 GPA; 340 verbal, 290 math. " A football player, admitted in 1981: 2.4 GPAi 330 verbal, 370 math. " A basketball player, admitted in 1978: 2.1 GPA, 340 verbal, 320 math. SCHEMBECHLER and other athletic depar- tment officials defend the admission of these students, saying that- the University is obligated as a public institution to provide op- portunities for young people from all backgrounds. Says Athletic Director Don Canham: ".This school is pledged to help educate the black, un- derprivileged kid. I don't think we're doing enough" See ADMISSIONS, Page 2 compromises V 7 -' has at least some student athletes with very low grades. FOR EXAMPLE, one football player, Protest set rfor Regents mee today By LOU FINTOR and JANET RAE Student leaders yesterday said they expect more than 200 protesters to jam today's Regents meeting ,td oppose administration proposals for the University's redirection. The Regents are scheduled to vote on a student health service fee increase, a second series of bonds to finance the Replacement Hospital Project, and a new operating budget for the Univer- sity Hospital during today's meeting in the Fleming Administration Building. THE TIME allotted for public com- ments during the meeting has been ex- tended by 3 minutes to accommodate an unusually high volume of requests to,. speakto the Regents, according to student leaders. The requests were solicited by flyers posted throughout the University as part of a protest by several student groups calling themselves "The April 15 Coalition." The Coalition plans to stage a demonstration in the Regents Plaza at 3 p.r. today. Public comments will be heard for an hour and a half beginning at 3:30 p.m. According to student leader Jamie Moeller, the students are protesting to "voice concern and discontent about the entire re-direction of the University and all the-sub-issues that stem from It." The Regents' regular agenda today includes consideration of a $2 increase in next year's student health service fee. The fee hike is "well below medical care delivery and cost increases," ac- cording to Vice President for Student Services Henry Johnson. If it is ap- proved, students would contribute $49 each term to subsidize the service. The proposed increase has come un- der attack from various student leaders concerned with what they call a lack of student participation in determining the necessity of a hike. Health Service administrators main- tain that a formal student advisory group, the Student Health Advisory Committee, is responsible for advising Health Service administrators on all mnatters. The group was included in budget discussions, they said. Former committee members, however, said that thegroup has been "ineffective" in actively participating in policymaking, and that member- ship and retention have been declining for some time. The- Regents also will be asked today to approve bond anticipation notes totalling about $45 million to finance the University's Replacement Hospital Project. Among the hikes planned for discussion today as part of next year's University Hospital budget are room rate increases averaging $38 per day,. and a 5 percent pay raise for hospital See REGENTS, Page 3 Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Grade-schooler David Edwards mans the controls of the Michigan Flyers Club's Cessna among the Diag sunworshipers yesterday. Fears of Bursley assaults grow Cuts hurt PIRGIM, 1- By SCOTT STUCKAL Bursley dorm residents are worried about rumors of assaults outside their door, but University and Housing Security officials say the rumors haven't reached the attention of authorities who can investigate them. A notice posted March 31 in Bursley bathrooms warns of "various incidents of women residents being attacked and harassed near Bursley." The notice, written by Pablo Cuevas-Cummings, a resident director at Bursley, says that University Security and the Ann Arbor Police "have been alerted and urged to increase surveillance" in and around the dorm. But David Foulke, director of Housing Security, said he knows nothing about the rumored assaults. "I'm not'sure if the attacks did occur," Foulke said. "But we need to be notified about them if they have occurred." Bursley Building Director Caroline Gould said that she has heard about two harassment incidents just outside of Bursley, but that neither were assaults. "Bursley doesn't show a need for ad- ditional security," she said., "From what I've heard lately it (security) has been real bad," said resident Denise Lindstrom, an LSA freshperson. Resident Assistant Gina Aranki said she agrees that Bursley security is undermanned and "needs to be beefed up." But rumors are the main problem, according to Aranki. "There have been rumors back and forth, but that's all they've been-rumors," she said. "When rumors come up we need to know whether or not it's happened," Aranki said. "I think we need to get the facts straight immediately." Resident Director Cuevas-Cummings said "several incidents" caused him to write the notice about the problem, but he would not discuss those incidents in detail. He also said he had requested more security for the area outside Bur= sley and it had been granted. "Normally, I would hear about it (the security problem) from the building director," Housing Security Director Foulke said. He denied hearing of any additional security requests. Walt Stevens, director of University Security, also said he has not heard of the alleged assaults. "If we had a problem," Stevens said, "we would do something." new coorwf By FANNIE WEINSTEIN Lack of funds and low levels of public awareness are the two biggest problems plaguing the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan, accor- ding to Wendy Rampson, recently named campus coordinator for the University's PIRGIM chapter. "You hate to boil it down to one issue, but you can't operate on just good inten- tions," Rampson said. FEDERAL budget cuts have forced PIRGIMs across the , country to eliminate many paid staff positions, she -said. "Our presence at the state level has been weakened by federal cuts in the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) . . . A lot of our :staff was paid by those funds. "The (PIRGIM) people in Lansing are not getting any money coming in," tnator say Rampson said. However, she noted, the newly formed chapters at Wayne State and Eastern Michigan universities may help ease the financial problem. Rampson said PIRGIM may also benefit from what she considers a coun- ter-movement to the Reagan ad- ministration. She said the emergence of the "new right" has generated new in- terest in consumer rights groups. "THE PEOPLE in PIRGIM have been running on enthusiasm of the '60s and '70s and now some new life has been injected," she said. PIRGIM will celebrate its 10th anniversary next fall. Rampson, 23, graduated from the University last December with a bachelor's degree in urban studies. Although until now she has never worked directly with PIRGIM, she in- See PIRGIM, Page 3 __ - --- t Reagan asks for funds to increase production of nuclear arms WASHINGTON (AP)- In a quiet move shadowed by the growing movement for a nuclear arms freeze, President Reagan has asked Congress for an ad- ditional $400 million to accelerate production through 1983. Reagan's request for more money to build atomic bombs \vent to Congress at the very time Senate and House members were focusing on resolutions calling for either a gradual arms reduction or an immediate freeze by the United States and the Soviet Union. THE PRESIDENT'S March 29 request drew vir- tually no notice at the time. In recent days, however, administration officials pointed to the proposed spending increase as one of the factors driving the budget deficit higher than the administration had estimated in February. Reagan is seeking $97.4 million more for bomb production in fiscal 1982, which ends in September; an additional $310.9 million for 1983, and an additional $1 billion for 1983-87. Reagan's latest request comes on top of a $1 billion budget increase for nuclear warhead production already approved by Congress for 1982 and a further $800 million increase Reagan is seeking for 1983. Un- der Reagan's proposal, total spending would climb from $3.65 billion in 1981 to $5.8 billion next year. THE LATEST request for more money was triggered by a recent presidential signing of a "stockpile memorandum" calling for an accelerated program of warhead development. One administration official, who did not want his name used, said Reagan had to ask Congress to in- crease spending because he signed the memorandum after, Feb. 8, when he sent his proposed budget for 1983 to Congress. See REAGAN, Page 2 TODAY The ultimate in preppy OME PEOPLE hire bodyguards. Others carry guns. Carl Mann has a three-foot long 'gator guard- ian. Police learned of Mann's alligator bodyguard after Detective George Adymy and Officer Mark Stambach sawahim throw a bag into his car. "We asked him .. nwhi li ... sA r.4.4.n innant ma am ni ia Lk it around by its tail, that's illegal." Police Commissioner James Cunningham said it appears there's no law against an alligator bodyguard. He added: "If there's no law again- st it, there should be. I'd hate to run up against that thing on the street." o Poor Brooke Just when the future was looking bright for teen-age moviestar Brooke Shields, People Magazine had to go and hold their annual "people pole." Shield's was picked by the politician with 21 percent. Ted Kennedy, last year's least trusted politician, turned it around this year and finished as the second most trusted. El It just happened Yesterday, at approximately 2:05, the disaster alarm sounded. No, it wasn't a martian invasion, nor a warning of- after Detective George Adymy and Officer Mark Disaster Preparedness, said city technicians were repairing a disabled siren and when thev hit the code buttn being held for twelve hours, they were released. Also on this date in history: * 1944 - Lt. Edwin Rackham, of Ann Arbor, was awarded seven decorations - the air medal and six clusters. He was a Ninth U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. Rackham attended the Literary College from 1939 to 1941. - 1961 - The state senate voted down an increased ap- propriation for colleges. It would have added 2.5 million to the total state appropriation. The University would have received $750,000 if it had been passed. " 1977 - The Regents voted 6-1 to eliminate the Depar- I E i