University reaff irs 'S.African ivestment policy By FANNIE WEINSTEN Rather than 4comply with legislation requiring state colleges to divest from companies operating in racially- segregated South Africa, the University yesterday reaffirmed its plans to con- tinue to simply ask these companies to abandon discriminatory practices. 'Our first objective is to get change,'' University Chief °Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff told the faculty Senate Assembly. "Many (people) do not realize that we don't invest in com- panies because of their South African activities ," he said. MANY UNIVERSITY administrators have questioned the constitutionality of the law, which the state recently passed, and suggest the University just ignore it. kBrinkerhoff, who said the main issue it the University's autonomy, argued the University has met its social responsibility. M "There has been contact with organizations (which operate in South Africa) constantly," he said. For example, Brinkerhoff cited Black and Decker, which he said has been ":tooling up" to make changes in its employment policies. B THE SENATE'S Financial Affairs Committee is working on a resolution 4n the issue which may be presented at next month's senate meeting, accor- ding to the committee's chairman, usiness Prof. Thomas Gies. In addition to looking at the issue of caisbcueo herSuhArcn Pirates sack cable The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, January 18, 1983-Page 3 T. V. profits By NEIL CHASE With wire reports Cable television operators in Michigan estimate that theft of their signals costs them - and the cities to which they pay franchise fees - millions of dollars every year. Throughout the state, they are cracking down and threatening cable pirates with prosecution. "Anybody can steal the service," said Ben Hooks, vice president of Daniels and Associates, the parent company of Ann Arbor Cablevision. No estimates are available for Ann Arbor, but in Lansing, officials of Continental Cablevision estimate up to 15 percent of the homes in their area are stealing services at an estimated cost of $1.5 million. CABLE PIRACY IS prohibited by state and local laws, and operators are conducting street surveys of their cities to find the people who are not paying for the service. The audit requires employees to check each home in the service area for evidence of a cable hookup. If a person is connected but has not subscribed, Hooks said, the company will either start billing for the service or remove the equipment. If a person refuses to comply or reconnects the service after- wards, he said, the case may be prosecuted.. "We'd rather have a paying subscriber," Hooks said. In June, 1982, Ann Arbor Cablevision ran adver- tisements in the Daily and the Ann Arbor News of- fering amnesty to illegal subscribers who turned themselves in. About -a dozen people admitted stealing the signal and became subscribers during a 10-day grace period, said a Cablevision official at the time. The advertisement threatened future pirates with prosecution, but City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw said only one of the cases the company has brought to him was strong enough to prosecute. The charges in that case were dropped, but Laidlaw said the law is strong enough that it should be possible to successfully prosecute the pirates in the future. "It requires a little digging to find out who made the connections," he said. 'U' social sciences programs rank in top five Brinkerhofff ... S. African activities don't pre- vent investments. divestment from a broad geographic perspective, the committee will examine the responsibility the Univer- sity has to its investors, Gies said. Following the Senate Assembly meeting, University President Harold Shapiro addressed the entire Univer- sity Senate on "Openness in the Univer- sity Community." SHAPIRO, focusing mainly on research, said the University must tread carefully in its relations with out- side investment agencies. "This can be a difficult and troublesome area," he said. Shapiro said that, although both the *University and outside investors can profit tremendously by working together, these relationships have "the potential of changing the nature or un- dermining the quality of the University community." The introduction of an outside in- terest can bring about both a conflict of interest and a conflict of commitment, he said. "In most matters, a balanced and flexible approach is probably most desirable." (Continued from Page1) ' faculty salaries," said John Kingdon, chairman of the political science depar- tment. David Hollinger, assistant chairman of the history department, said that salaries are "going to be a real problem unless the state and the University can come up with a way to deal with it." Hollinger, whose department ranked first in the number of published articles and fourth in faculty quality expressed relief at the good ratings. "Had we gone down, we would have felt a little funny . . . It's a time when administrators are unusually sensitive to indications of academic quality," he said. THE ASSESSMENTS of faculty quality were made by surveying 5,000 professors and asking them to rate the faculty of different schools. That method has been criticized as creating a popularity contest, which is one of the reasons this year's survey expanded the criteria on which each school is judged. According to Associate Chairman Richard Porter of the economics depar- tment, the ratings are still based on "hearsay" and do not give an accurate measure of the department's quality. "The way you'll lift your ratings is to hire two abstract math theorists, but they can't teach, and they'll probably leave soon," Porter said. THE ECONOMICS department ranked 13th in faculty quality, a fact Porter attributes largely to the loss of several key faculty members in the last few years. "We're thin on superstars, but we have an awful lot of hard-working economists, and we could be ranked in the second half-dozen," Porter said. Although most professors felt the rankings were basically accurate, they said differences in the top four or five departments are slight. CONRAD KOTTAK, the chairman of the anthropology department's graduate program, which ranked third in faculty quality said, "One could make an argument that we're number one in the country in terms of overall strength." The anthropology department also placed first in the number of articles published. Kottak said he felt his depar- tment should have placed second in faculty quality, ahead of the University of Chicago. In a time of spiralling tuition costs, a school's standing in these rankings may have a significant effect on the type of graduate students it attracts, professors said. "AS GRADUATE students decide where to go to school, they take account of these ratings," said political science chairman John Kingdon. The task of retaining their depar- tment's cutting edge in the face of possible budget cuts is a nagging con- cern for department heads. "I think if one had any sense at all, we would be worried about it, particularly in Michigan," said Bill Stebbins, chairman of the psychology depar- tment's graduate program. Psychology ranked fourth in faculty quality and third in publication. The sociology department also had a strong showing, ranking third in faculty quality and third in publication. The faculty of the geography depar- tment - which was eliminated last year due to budget pressures and an- alleged lack of quality - was ranked' 13th nationally. HAPPENINGS Highlight Pigs With Wings returns to the Half-Way Inn at East Quad tonight to per- form their "cabaret Voltaire-style." programs. Performers will include rock bands, classical quintets, poetry readings and small dance ensembles. The free program begins at 10 p.m. Films AAFC - The Marquise of 0, 7 p.m.; Perceval, 8:45 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Performances School of Music - Rebecca Happel, piano'recital, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Union Arts - Israeli music and dance by Donna Rosenblatt and Shoshi Reingold, 12:10 p.m., Pendleton Rm., Union. Speakers St. Mary Student Chapel-Charlie Irvin, "Ecumenism Since Vatican II," t7:30 p.m:, lower chapel, 331 Thompson St. Computing Center - Forrest Hartman, "Intro. to IBM 3278 Terminal," 3:30-5 p.m., 176 Sch. of Bus. Ad. Arch. and Urban Planning - Tax Raab, "New Developments in Architec- tural Research: Color, Aging and Related Design Issues," 9 a.m., Chrysler Cntr. Chinese Studies - Slideshow, Shelley Chang, "Returning Home: Reflec- tions on Six Months of Travelling and Teaching in China," noon. Commons Rm., Lane Hall. Chemistry - John Gruber, "Rare Earth Sesquisulfides: Potential Solar Energy Conversion Material," 4 p.m., 1300 Chem. International Center - Henry Johnson, "The International Student in Michigan," noon,;International Cntr. Museum of Art - exhibition, Ann Benner, "The Nude," 12:10 p.m. Psychobiology - David Meyer, Dependencies Between Rapid Speech Perception and Production: Tests of Motor Theories of Speech Perception," 12:30 p.m., 1057 MHRI. Urban Planning-Hermalata Dandekar, "Third World Urban Develop- ment," 11 a.m., 1040 Dana. Meetings Ann Aibor Go Club -7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Ann Arbor Support Group for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee - 7:30 p.m., 308 E. William. Baptist Students Union -7 p.m., 2439 Mason. His House Christian Fellowship - Fellowship and Bible Study, 7:30 p.m., 925 E. Ann St. Racquetball - Mass Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 2230 CCRB. Society of Christian Engineers - Brown Bag Mtg., noon, 315 W. Eng. Union of Students for Israel - Israel Study Group, 7:30 p.m., Hille, 1429 Hill. U-M Public Relations Club - Business Meeting, 4 p.m., 1412 Mason Hall. Miscellaneous Computing Center - Forrest Hartman, Laboratory: Ontel Terminal, 9- 10:30 a.m., Ontel Rm., NUBS; Chalk Talk, CC consulting staff, MTS Files, 12:10 -1 p.m., 1011 NUBS. CEW - Job Hunt Club, noon, 2nd floor of Coamerica Bank, 350 S. Thayer St. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48109. Before a big concert at Hill, A meal at the League fills the bill. Or pre-Power Centre The League you could enter, And dine without missing a trill. The Michinan 2 Lunch 11:30 to 1:15 Dinner 5:00 to 7:15? EM SPECIAL LOW PRICES FOR STUDENTS Send your League Limerick to: Manager. 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