6 Page 2-Wednesday, November 3, 1982-The Michigan Daily Industrial revolution will displace workeN By JACQUELINE LEWIS A new industrial revolution is taking hold in this country and as a result, three million jobs will disappear, ac- cording to one of the leaders of the Ann Arbor-based Minority Technology Council.1 Computer Aid Design and Computer Aid Manufacturing (CADCAM), as well+ as robotics will be the focus of the coming revolution, according to council co-founder Larry Crockett, and the majority of the lost jobs will come from minority workers unless action is taken now. CREATION of the council came on the heels of a robotics conference spon- sored by a committee in the Univer- sity's Institute of Science and Technology, Crockett said, and of the 400 firms who attended, no minority firms were represented. The lack of representation and the coming revolution prompted the formation of the council, Crockett said. The goal of the council, comprised of educators and minority businessmen, is "to make minority entrepreneurs aware of high technology," said Marion Krzyzowski, a member of the council. "We're not aware of any other effort like this in the country," Krzyzowski said. SINCE ITS first meeting last March, the council has' grown to include five minority , businesses: O'Niel Associates, Charles S. Davis and Associates, Electronics Services Technology, Computer Time Sharing, and Lewis Metal Stamping. Last Spring Larry Leatherwood, director of Minority Business Enterprise in the state Department of Commerce, was named council chairperson. INDIVIDUAL THEA TRSs 5th Ava t lib uery 761-9700 THE "STORY OF O" CONTINUES IN THE ORIENTI WED.-1:10, 3:00, 4:50, 6:40, 8:30, 10:20 THUR: 6:40, 8:30 The Council sponsored a series of work- shops October 11 during the Minority Business Week program at Cobo Hall in Detroit. In line with the theme of the program, "The Role of Minorities in High Technology," council member Leo McAfee, an electrical and com- puter engineering professor at the University held a workshop on education. C-S George Lee spoke on robotics.Falasha Erwin, a University alumnus, spoke on technology education. Michigan alumnus Dave Tarver, of Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, also made a presentation on small business opportunities. The council's aim for Minority Business Week last month said Crockett, was "To change people's education, catch people while they're young and tell minorities they have to shift gears." The coming years, accor- ding to Crockett, will include more robotics and CADCAM. "Computers will design and a robot will manufac- ture" most products. MEMBERS OF the council say they hope to expand the organization beyond the Ann Arbor-Detroit area. The coun- cil also hopes to incorporate and have a minority technologist in the governor's office. "Minority businesses have to make some changes or they'll get lost in the shuffle," said Crockett. The council was initiated by IST technology committee members Marion Krzynowski, Derrick Scott, and Anne Montario, professors Alfred Ed- wards, School of Business Ad- ministration, and McAfee; Crockett; and representatives from Eastern Michigan University, Western Michigan University, and Shaw College. Police notes., Woman raped on E. "U" A 20-year-old woman was raped early Monday morning after being dragged into an alley of of E. University near East Quad dormitory. The woman reportedly was walking alone on the 600 block of E. University, by Taco Bell restaurant, when she was attacked at about 2:30 a.m. Monday. Police said yesterday that the woman was confronted by a man who forced her into a nearby alley and raped her. Police described the woman's assailant as a black male in his mid-30s, about 5'10", wearing a cream-colored spor- tcoat and shirt. 401114av-1 Doily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Stop down A gravel truck ran into a telephone pole at Catherine and Ingalls streets yesterday, causing a blow-up in a circuit box. Electricity in the area was out for about an hour and the above traffic light at State and Washington streets fell. 'U' scholars compile 12th-century dictionary By KIM KALINOWSKI Tucked away in a building on S. University, a team of researchers is working on a 50-year-old project that isn't expected to be completed until 1990. Compiling a Middle English Dic- tionary is an enormous task. The dic- tionary, fashioned after the Oxford English dictionary, will present the English vocabulary as it was used during 1100 through 1500. ENGLISH scholars say the dic- tionary is the only literary work of its kind. "The MED will give a historical picture of the use of a word," said English Prof. Robert Lewis, who will take charge of the project next year when Prof. Sherman Kuhn retires. The MED, contains a list of citations for each word, including the earliest and latest date of use. A citation is a listing of various spellings and meanings of a word. Lewis said the first date given for a word in the MED "is only a kind of rough gauge to its first occurence," because the word was undoubtedly spoken for a time before it was recor- ded. "We try to give a citation for every 25 years," he added. THE DICTIONARY'S entries vary in length from a few lines for a rare word to 24 columns for the verb ben ("to be"). Currently, 18 people are working on the MED, four of whom are professors. Work on the MED began at the Univer- sity in 1930. Since the MED is published in volumes, some letters are already released, while others are still being processed. The MED staff is now editing the letter "S" and publishing