Endless war See Editorial, Page 4. ibE Ninety-three Years of Editorial Freedom IE~aIIQ Grey skies Increasing cloudiness with a good chance of rain as night falls. High in the upper 60's, with an overnight low in the 40's. VoI. XCIII, No. 35 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, October 19, 1982 Ten Cents Ten Pages Overberger: .'U'will not undermine human ities By NEIL CHASE Despite the increasing interest in research and high technology, the University's commitment to the humanities and the arts "has in no way been compromised," the vice president for research told faculty members yesterday. Speaking before the Senate Assembly, the faculty's gover- ning board, Vice President for Research tCharles Over- berger said the production of great intellects still has priority ove the need to make money through research. OVERBERGER, however, said the controversial areas of obotics and molecular genetics are "rapidly developing Wfields that the University must pursue if it is to remain a great research institution." These new areas of interest represent "our responsibility and opportunity to help the state and ourselves," he added. While maintaining 'that the administration would always remain committed to -the humanities and the arts, Over- berger said the lack of money for research in those fields has put the University in a bind. "Federal agencies are trying to pass off the cost of doing research to the universities. That's fine if you have a state legislature that helps you meet these costs, but we don't." "SEVERAL YEARS ago, when funds were readily *available from sponsors, research opportunities were relatively unlimited," he said. Now, with shrinking research funds available, Overberger said he must often say 'no" to those seeking research funds from University coffers. Overberger also touched on the subject of defense resear- ch, and whether the University's so-called "classified" or secret research was sufficiently monitored. "The role of the University in conducting research is under appropriate scrutiny," he said. Overberger, citing recent criticism of the large amount of money private corporations are pouring into college and *university research, said "the entity that makes the money in these situations is the company that puts up the money. Intellectually, the University makes money." En gin. may ax humanities AP Photo Where's the mark? Thousands of runners get set for the start of a 20 kilometer race beginning under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. The review proess Isthere aright way By NEIL CHASE For Martha Friedman, the recent budget crisis of higher education began in 1971, when the University of Illinois laid off 100 members of its Urbana campus facility. Friedman, a professor at Illinois and former president of the American Association of Univer sity professors, brought-her experience with cuts to a campus forum last night, asking, "How should higher education respond to the funding crisis?" Straying quickly from its national focus, th See UNIVERSITY, Page: By BILL SPINDLE Tight budgeting at the University caught up to the College of Engineering this year. The college is considering closing its humanities department and having engineering students fulfill their humanities requirements by taking LSA courses. DUE TO , "serious financial pressures" facing the college, Dean James Duderstadt told faculty last week that a committee will be set up to examine ways the college can save money by transferring the department into LSA. The humanities department was chosen for possible cuts because it was considered the least important of any department in the college, and was a department that could be transferred to an already existing part of the Univer- - sity, said Charles Vest, associate dean s for academic planning in the college.We are imbedded in a University with a world class literature, science, and arts e programs," Vest said. "The serious under-funding of our programs have made it increasingly difficult to justify a program that is taught in another part of the Univer- sity," said Duderstadt. "We can no longer continue to justify maintaining the equality of this program at the ex- pense of other programs," Duderstadt said. Some faculty in the department,; however, feel that if engineering students are forced to take LSA cour- ses, which are usually larger and taught by a teaching assistant instead of professors, they will lose the advan- tages the humanities department of- fers. Some professors Ain the department were also concerned about whether tenured faculty would be successfully relocated in other parts of the Univer- sity. 58 draft protesters arrested i WASHINGTON (UPI)- Police arrested 58 draft e rotesters in front of Selective Service System eadquarters yesterday, carrying many away on stretchers when they refused to walk to police vans. According to police, about 200 demonstrators mar- ched to draft headquarters as employees arrived for work. They were met by police who had blocked the street in front of the building. The demonstrators were members of a group called the October 18 Resistance Campaign, which threatened to close the building to protest draft registration requirements for young men reaching their 18th birthdays. 0 ONE GROUP of demonstrators formed a circle and 'We're not going to shut the Selective Service down, we're going to make it obsolete.' -Draft protest demonstrators sang softly. "We're not going to shut the Selective Service down, we're going to make it obsolete." A young woman said, "We're going to prove that love is stronger than war." Asked how long they intended to stand in front of the building, another woman said, "Until our voices get tired." Another woman added, "For the rest of our lives." According to Selective Service figures, some 500,000 young men have failed to register. ELEVEN MEN have been indicted for failing to register, a felony punishable by a fine of up to $10.000 and five years in prison. Asked whether the protesters prevented any em- ployees from entering the building, Joan Lamb replied, "None at all." She said organizers held a permit for 1,000 to 2,000 demonstrators and had told police ahead of time they wanted to have 200 to 300 people arrested. Duderstadt ..."serious pressures" face college ONE OF THE jobs of the committee reviewing tlhe department, however, is to ' make a good faith effort" to relocate staff members if the depar- tment is cut. The promise of a good effort, however, has not been enough to prevent concern among the faculty., "I'm obviously, concerned about a good faith effort being made if they decide that the department should be abolished, said humanities Prof. Dwight Stevenson. "I'm particularily concerned about three non-tenured faculty whose work and research has been excellent. If they are lost it will be a great loss to the University." The humanities department is broken into three sections: literature; technology and science; and rhetoric, which teaches students writing skills related to engineering. The review committee will be set up to examine the possibility of moving the See ENGIN., Page 5 ------ ----- Suicide prevention: Should the By BARBARA MISLE On Sept. 26, University sophomore Alisa Principe ended her life. She packed up all her belongings in her single room at Stockwell *Residence Hall, left a note, and then over- d1osed. A resident adviser found Principe's body three days later. THE AFTERMATH of the unexpected suicide has been extremely difficult for the staff and residents of Stockwell, according to Kathy Beauvais, director of the hill area dor- ms. When a suicide occurs, she explained, people feel guilty and look for someone to blame. Of- ten that blame lands unfairly on resident ad- visers and directors, she said, because they are the only link between the University's coun- seling services and the depressed or suicidal student. The building staff is trained to pick up on symptomatic behavior, Beauvais explained, but "you can't prevent a conscious choice on nother person's part." ANOTHER problem, she said, is that it is of- ten difficult to tell whether the problems a student is coping with are from normal stress or from something more serious. "What signs let you know is different in every case," said Kim Eaton, a resident director at the University's Oxford Housing. "It's nearly impossible to differentiate suicidal symptoms from other expressions. It's hard to know-what to expect. "An RA is not a policewoman," she said. "They are also students and have other things to do." UNIVERSITY administrators say they are aware of the school's high-pressured environ- ment, and there are a number of services available to help students cope with that stress. The problem, according to several RAs, is that the services aren't publicized enough. "It's a problem getting people to use the counseling services," said an East Quad RA who asked not to be named. "There needs to be more emphasis saying it's okay to go to coun- seling." The RA suggested that the University might send its service listings directly to students, rather than only to building staff. "A lot of students see a stigma attached to counseling;" said a South Quad RA who also asked not to be named, "if they knew it was common to have problems they'd be more likely to seek out help. "AS MUCH of an ideal RA someone would like to be, you might not see every person on the hall," she said. "It would be better to make each individual aware of counseling-it would make it more effective." University officials, however, say they don't think more publicity can have a direct effect on suicide prevention. "An individual because of his or her in- dividual personality isn't responsive to that in- formation-giving," said Henry Johnson, vice president for student services. "People find ways to deal with stress and don't expect the system to be a solution to their concerns," he said. "DATA SAYS if a person decides to commit suicide there is nothing anyone can do to University prevent the attempt," Johnson said. "Behaviors may indicate that an individual is experiencing stress, but you can't act on every indication-one symptom doesn't make you 'sick,' it's a syndrome." Johnson said the University doesn't expect RAs to be "suicide preventors or psychiatrists junior-grade," but to serve as monitors for behavior that is "out of the normative." "Their (RAs) job is related to giving infor- mation, advice and being supportive in nor- mative concerns," he said, "and 90 percent of what they encounter is normative behavior." THE UNIVERSITY may have no actual ex- pectations of RAs, but there is an "implied ex- pectation," according to Judy Howe, ad- ministrative RD at Markley. "As individuals, RAs feel a sense of respon- sibility (to a student) and are in a bad position when someone won't go to counseling," she said. Howe said the University should encourage faculty and academic counselors to make See SUICIDE, Page 2 do more? Where to go far help University Counseling Services (8 O.M.-a P.. ) , . . . . .....764-8312 On weekends or after 5 pm. 76-GUIDE Psychiatric Emergency Service, 't' Hospital ... ..... . 996-4747 Counseling Center ......... . 764-9466 Health Service .......... ....763-5265 Ann Arbor Community Mental Health Center ............ ... 761-9834 F TODAY Goosing Gorsuch CONSERVATIONIST playing the part of the Environmental Protection Agency administrator Anne Gorsuch marched to the altar in a mock ceremony to exchange marriage vows with "Phil T. Pollutor." The Greenpeace organization staged the mock wedding Wednesday at the Seattle Trade Center while Gorsuch was inside speaking to the local Rotary Club. The bride, played by Kathy Ray, carried a bouquet of black roses, while the groom, played by Wally Rosa, had money Texas tea T HE PRESIDENT of a Houston-based telecommunica- tions company gave his employees a reward for being "good, loyal people." He brought them to Las Vegas for a Texas-style party. Texas International Airlines had offered a chartered jet for a trip anywhere in the United States or Mexico as part of an auction for a Houston public TV station. Robert Resnick, 39, made the highest bid-$8,300. With pilots and stewardesses dressed in party hats, the plane headed for Las Vegas Saturday where Resnick reser- ved five suites at the Flamingo Hilton and bought drinks says she doesn't expect to do it overnight. Gayle Elkin, 50, predicts it will be at least April 1983 before the organization she has founded for the task will raise enough money to meet its goal. "In two months, we can have this economy turned around," said Elkins, whose dining room serves as national headquarters for FOCUS '83, a group with about 1,300 members in six states. Her husband, Ralph, 55, an in- surance claims adjuster, serves on the organization's board of directors. Mrs. Elkin has written President Reagan, Gov. John Brown Jr. and the chief executives of scores of corporations. She has even asked musicians to give benefit performances for the cause. One country singer, Mary " 1972-Ann Arbor's American Massage Parlor was back in business after a police raid 3 days earlier. A sticker on the front door announced that the parlor was now registered with the Fraternal Order of Police. " 1957-A Wolverine drive in the fourth quarter broke a tie game as Michigan beat Northwestern 34-14. " 1920-A preliminary registration count revealed that 8,137 students were attending Michigan, nearly half of which were in LSA.E ..: