._ For books, not people See Editorial, Page 4 tie' Ninety-three Years of Editorial Freedom !ilailg Blechy Today will feature a high in the mid- dle 50s. A chance of showers will also be in the air. Vol. XCIII, No. 54 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, November 10, 1982 Ten Cents Ten Pages 'U', nuclear reactor fnds may be cut By BILL SPINDLE As part of the University's continuing attempts to save money, North Campus' nuclear reactor may be forced to rate with a budget cut of $100,000 over the next few years. A committee set up to review the project recommended that University support for the Phoenix Nuclear Reactor Project by put during the next three years by $100,000. "A FINAL decision on the reduction will not be made until the project's director completes a plan on how the unit would handle the cuts, said Robert Sauve, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs. The review of the reactor-not directly a result of the ad- ministration's five-year plan-is a part-of an "all out effort" be the University to examine every school, college, and program i ways to reduce support from the general fund, the Univer- 's main treasury, Sauve said. The proposed cut or $100,000 is nearly one quarter of the sup- port the project receives from the general fund. The project's total budget is $800,000., TO MAKE up for some of the loss in funds, the review commit- tee recommended the project attempt to increase revenue from private groups that pay to use the reactor. Such groups include power companies that need to train employees for nuclear power plants. Similar facilities raise money by renting time out to commer- cial'and industrial firms, said engineering Dean James *derstadt. T See UNIVERSITY, Page 6 'U officers to discuss research firm By JIM SPARKS Research ideas may come closer to being marketable products, as University ad- ministrators and deans discuss today the possibility of forming a Michigan Research Corporation. The proposed MRC would be a private corporation that would attempt to develop and market the ideas of the University's researchers. SO FAR, formation of the MRC has been slow, with the University faculty putting off approval or disapproval of the matter because of a lack of information. Faculty members said the plan seemed too unclear t to vote on. The plan for the corporation has been con- troversial, and many questions regarding profit and academics have been raised. Because of this controversy, some faculty- members were taken by surprise at today's administrative meeting. University President Harold Shapiro, however, said today's meeting of ad- ministrators and deans will only be a discussion of the MRC, and a decision on the corporation won't come for some time. ENGINEERING Prof. Thomas Senior, a member of the Research Policies Commit- tee of the faculty senate, said the MRC is on the committee's agenda, but hasn't been dealt with yet because they thought "it was on the back burner." The faculty senate put off a decision on the MRC in June, waiting for a more detailed proposal from the corporation's planners, Engineering Prof. Walton Hancock and Larry Crockett, of the Institute for Science and Technology. Monday, Ronald Bishop, chairman of the faculty senate, said he would schedule the December meeting of the faculty senate for a date before the December Regents' meeting so the faculty can vote on the proposal. IN MAY, LSA Dean Peter Steiner - who will be present at today's meeting - and the LSA Executive Committee strongly rejec- ted a proposal for establishing the MRC, a See UNIVERSITY, Page 6 Doily Photo by DOUG McMAHON The University's Phoenix Nuclear Reactor, located on North Campus, faces a possible $100,000 budget cut. Enrollm By ROB FRANK Black student leaders are reacting with frustration and resignation to *esterday's announcement that black ehrollment at the University has con- tinued to slide this year. 'The statistics, obtained by the Daily Monday, are the most recent indication that the University is falling farther from meeting the goal of 10 percent black enrollment it set in 1970. Black enrollment this year fell to 4.7 percent, down from 4.9 percent last year. IN CONTRAST to the early 1970s, however, when students reacted ent drop angrily to the University's inability to meet that goal, black leaders yesterday said they were not surprised by the news and don't expect to see any significant gains in the near future. "It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel," said Michael Sudarkasa, a member of the Black Student Union, of the falling enrollment. "I could have predicted this (year's) fall, and I ex- pect to see another fall next year." "If you're doing badly (in black enrollment), it's easy to do worse," said Patrick Mason, a minority peer advisor in West Quad. "There's not going to be any change soon. And unless frustrates blacks there's a major change in attitude,. there's not going to be a change for1 another 10 or 15 years."1 MASON, A fourth-year graduate student, said he is not convinced by the University's promises that it is trying to meet its 1970 goal. "Anybody can be committed when it's easy," he said. "You show your commitment when the times are tough by what you put your dollars into. And the University is not putting its dollars into the problems of black students." Stephon Johnson, Michigan Student Assembly vice president, said, however, he would not be satisfied even if the University were able to bring black enrollment up to the elusive 10 percent goal. "I'd like to see the maximum number of black students possible," he said. "I think the Univer- sity should have a number propor- tionate to the number (of blacks who live) in the state of Michigan." Top University administrators said Monday they, too, were frustrated with their inability to attract more blacks to the University and to keep them here once their arrive. Both President Harold Shapiro and Billy Frye, Vice See BLACKS, Page 6 Study sees few jobs for grads By PERRY CLARK Special to the Daily LANSING- If you're planning to graduate next spring, it may be harder to find a job than you had an- ticipated, according to a study scheduled to be released Monday. "The class of 1983 is probably going to have as dif- Ticult a time as any class in the last decade," said Michigan State University placement Services Direc- tor John Shingleton, who co-authored the study with assistant director Patrick Scheetz. "The large majority will find jobs, but it will be tougher," Shingleton said. SOME FIELDS will be harder to break into than others. Students with technical degrees, such as engineering, computer science, and accounting will do well, although not as well as in past years, Shingleton noted. One or two job offers will be the norm, instead of the three or four offers such students used to receive. Students from the social sciences, education, and communication arts will find the job market ex- ceedingly tight. Finding a job in these fields will be much harder than finding jobs in technical fields. Salaries for beginning level positions will average only one percent to three percent higher than last year, Shingleton said. Because of inflation, this ac- tually represents a decrease in real dollars. Many employers are actually lowering their starting salaries this year, he said. "EMPLOYERS only pay what they have to pay," Shingleton said. Students with engineering or accoun- ting degrees can expect salary offers as high as $27,000, while those with liberal arts degrees will frequently be paid half that amount or less. The reasons for the bleak outlook are threefold. The primary problem, Shingleton said, is the struggling economy. Second, because of the recession, most employers are oriented to lean budgets and that means cutting, not adding personnel. The third problem is the American higher education system, Shingleton said. American colleges and universities grant over one million bac- calaureate degrees each year, but the economy doesn't generate enough jobs to employ that number of graduates. College and university graduates often experience a period of unemployment or underem- See STUDY, Page 2 LeadersDaily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Leaders' Adm. Hyman Rickover (left), the "father of the nuclear navy," and Univer- sity President Harold Shapiro sit before more than 1,000 people gathered to hear Rickover's speech yesterday at Rackham Lecture Hall. See story, Page 3. Student residences not secure, po lice say By SHARON SILBAR Students living in Ann Arbor have a real in- security problem. Their residences may not be safe from intruders, and the law doesn't require them to be. In one isolated area alone, bounded by South University, South Forest, Wells, and East Univer- sity, there have been over 30 break-ins since July, according to Ann Arbor Police Detective Jerry Wright, of the Crime Prevention Bureau. "This is a real problem," he said. THE ANN Arbor Tenants Union has noticed that students are getting more concerned about the safety of their homes. Laurie Russman, an AATU worker, said she has seen an increase since last year in the number of complaints, primarily from women, that they just don't feel safe where they live. "When I notice a pattern, three to four calls a week, this indicates a larger problem," she said. Most of the locks on campus-area houses and apartments are not specifically designed to make the residence more safe, according to Wright. "Most are meant for privacy, not for security," he said. * This situation, however, is perfectly legal. "To this day, we really don't have a (housing) security, code," said William Yadlosky, Ann Arbor Superin- tendent of Housing. Window locks are not required, and door locks that can be opened with a credit card are completely up-to-code, he said. WITHIN THE next six weeks, however, the Ann Arbor City Council will be considering an ordinance designed to "make every rental unit in this com- munity secure from all but the most trained burglars (or rapists) around," said Lowell Peterson (D-First Ward), who said he will be introducing the bill. The ordinance would call for mandatory one-inch deadbolt locks, with long screws on the throw plate (the part which receives the bolt), on all outside doors of rental units, Peterson said. Window pins, which prevent a window from being opened from the outside, and peepholes would also be required by the ordinance, he said. This ordinance would be "like a cheap insurance policy" for both landlord and tenant, said Paul Teich, of Student Legal Services. Peterson agreed, calling the ordinance "pretty logical due to its low cost and high effectiveness." ANN ARBOR landlord David Copi questioned the need for window locks, though he agreed that the ordinance's other provisions would be useful. Copi, who said his units are secure, would "advise studen- ts to become more security conscious. That is more valuable than a regular one-inch deadbolt." Madison, Wis., where the University of Wisconsin is located, recently passed a similar ordinance, Wright said. Madison has seen a 47 percent reduc- tion in crime since its passing, Wright said. See UNPROTECTED, Page 6 .;<*.'";: : . .: '.' : r '*:t i:.}:......*.* *;**. . . . 'The guy c any wind kick any He just locks.' didn't smash lows, didn't doors broke in. bad -A student burglary victim -TO DAY Bo does late night TV IGHTLINE WENT a little maize and blue Monday night. The ABC news show, for its three- part. series covering controversies in college sports, broadcast a live interview with Wolverine coach Bo Schembechler from the Michigan practice field. Bo skirted most of Nightline moderator Ted Koppel's Let the penguins alone T HE BRITISH army is taking six million penguins under its proverbial wing in the Falkland Islands. The flightless birds, who live along the shores of the South Atlantic islands, have their own army officer serving as a personal bodyguard. Major John Charteris of the Royal Scots Regiment said his Falkland duties include "making sure the penguins are not disturbed." British forces retook the islands from Argentine invaders who surrendered last June after a 74-day undeclared war. The troops were the rarest and largest of the berth. species-get a three-mile Bogie ruffles feathers B OGART LANDED in the slammer after bad-mouthing a police officer. The outspoken parrot from Memphis, Tenn. was turned over to the animal shelter while his owner, 34-year-old Ronald Mills was booked. on drunken driving charges. Patrolman Dave Boyce said he stopped Mills on suspicion of drunken driving last Monday, only to hear insulting remarks coming from the car's front seat. Boyce said he warned Mills to watch his language, but the discrimination" against students. Also on this date in history: " 1943-The Pan-Hellenic Assembly and the Women's War Council proposed a "lights out at 11:30" policy to "help University women to maintain good health, conserve fuel, lighten the load on electrical circuits and save light bulbs." * 1962-The Department of Speech and the Michigan Union presented a debate between Oxford University (England) and the University of Michigan. The topic was "Should radio and TV broadcasting be removed from commercial ownership." " 1970-Chairmen of several University denartments I