Athletes might save physical education By BILL SPINDLE Buried somewhere in the midst of three large schools facing damaging budget cuts is a tiny department that just may be saved because of its close ties to a mighty University institution. The department is physical education and the institution is athletics. A REVIEW committee recently recommen- ded the physical education department be cut by 50 percent just like the rest of the School of Education. That recommendation is awaiting approval by several other University bodies before it will be finalized. But some officials say the panel's proposal will be rejected because it would damage the University's major athletic teams. "Physical education will survive intact because it is a repository for athletes," said Dave Robinson, an assistant admissions direc- tor. "They (administrators) will keep an entry port (for athletes) because it would be devastating for athletics if they didn't ... we certainly aren't going to do anything to hurt our ability to attract athletes regardless of academic ability." The physical education department enrolled 20 of 24 freshmen football players in 1981. Last year about 11 of 25 freshman players entered the department, admissions director Cliff Sjogren said. THE PANEL recommended that the depar- tment cut its leisure studies and teacher training programs, which some say hold the majority of athletes. The kinesiology or exer- cise science program should be preserved by moving it out of the School of Education, the panel said. Both the department chairman Dee Edington, and the athletic department's head academic counselor, George Hoey, said no records are kept of what programs athletes in physical education take. Critics, of the department say that its low admissions standards provide a "back door" into The University for athletes who otherwise would not be eligible for admission. Other officials defend the department, saying that the high percentage of athletes enrolled merely reflects the natural interest athletes have in physical education. It is com- parable to a band member's affinity for the music school, they say. REGARDLESS of the reason for the high number of athletes enrolled Robinson said that cleats and basketballs may influence the fate of the department as much as teaching and research. The University is not willing to risk losing the alumni donations, student recruiting, and national visibility which a good athletic program provides for the University, he said. Education Prof. W. Robert Dixon said the University's desire for a strong football and basketball team could influence how much the department gets cut. "IF YOU WIPE out physical education programs and you don't leave provisions for these athletes, you can't compete in the con- ference," Dixon said. "I don't think that (the University) wants to get out of the Big 10." Charles Lehman, another education professor, said that athletics are important enough that "the University will find some haven for students in the athletic department." At this point in the education school review, however, no assessment has been made as to what effects cuts to the physical education department would have on athletic teams, said Billy Frye, vice president for academic affairs and provost. ACCORDING to Mary Ann Swain, chair woman of the Budget Priorities Committee, Frye instructed the panel which reviewed the school not to examine physical education's ties to the athletic department. Swain's committee plans to examine how the proposedcuts would effect athletics, Frye said. If the athletic department does oppose cuts to See BUDGET, Page 3 Bilious Ninety- Three Years Rain this morning diminishing to Of scattered showers by afternoon. High should stay around the upper Editorial Freedom 40s. Vol. XCIII, No. 145 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Sunday, April 3, 1983 Ten Cents Eight Pages F Sa Residential A Co llege budget cut° $36,00 By DAN GRANTHAM Residential College students can ex- pact fewer courses to be offered this fall as the result of a $36,000 cut in the college's budget. b Among the budget reduction's vic- tims were the dance and field studies programs, which were entirelyx eliminated, a number of social science courses, and several professors.' THE BUDGET cut forced the college to place higher priority on certain areas within the college, said John Mer- sereau, the college's director. "The first consideration was whether or not the activity was central to our programs. There were some courses - which have always had a home here, Demonstrators lie down in George Square in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday Nuclear Disarmament as part of its Easter Peace Protest. Gromyko rejects Reagan' * arms reduction plan Thousands hold die-ms SE in Europe FRANKFURT, West Germany - Tens of thousan- ds of peace protesters staged "die-ins," blocked U.S. military bases, handed tulips to riot police and screamed anti-nuclear slogans yesterday ,during Easter weekend demonstrations in Western Europe. In Glasgow; Scotland, 4,000 protesters converged in the main square and collapsed in feigned death to the wail of sirens and bagpipes, simulating the effects of an" atomic war. "IT IS A symbolic action, and it makes the point very well that ultimately, there is no defense against a nuclear attack," said Tony Nec, a 25-year-old Scot- tish protester from the Edinburgh suburb of Bilston. The protesters were demonstrating against North Atlantic Treaty Organizations plans to deploy 572 U.S.-made Pershing II and cruise nuclear missiles in Western Europe starting later this year if the Soviet Union does not dismantle hundreds of multiwarhead See PROTESTORS, Page 3 APPhoto in a "Mass Die-In" organized by the Scottish Campaign for From AP and UPI MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Andrei 'If the Gromyko delivered a stinging rejection America yesterday of President Reagan's plan for breaking the stalemate over arms then ther reductions, labeling his offer "unaccep- table on all counts" and warning that it widens the gulf between East and West. Giving the, Kremlin's first official -response to the U.S. plan during a medium range ro televised, two-hour news conference Asia. Gromyko charged that Reagan made Gromyko warn( the missile reduction offer to obstruct against pressuring the medium-range weapons talks in to an agreement Geneva while preparing to deploy new the Kremlin wo nuclear missiles in Europe. ticipation in the GROMYKO said that "apparently, deploy even more the American administration does not ahead with plans t want an improvement in relations with missiles in Eurol the Soviet Union. year. "It wants the Soviet Union to come "If the position forward with drastic concessions to the America remains detriment of its security interests. This nounced, then the will not happen." agreement," the The 74-year-old foreign minister response to a qu outlined a three-point rebuttal of opening 66-minute Reagan's proposal, unveiled Tuesday, mament and foreil which calls for NATO to reduce the GROMYKO wai number of medium-range nuclear missiles are de missiles it plans to deploy in Western "There can be n Europe in exchange for the disman- anyone's mind, ti tlement of a fixed number of similar will take the apprc Soviet missiles. enough materi REAGAN MADE the interim possibilities, proposal after the Soviet Union rejected Gromyko said his earlier "zero option" plan to cancel posal, like the deployment of all the 572 NATO Per- British andFrencl shing II and cruise missiles in exchange well as NATO nu for the dismantlement of 600 Soviet based in Europe. TODAY- On to the nationals W EARING RED LONG johns, a pink tutu and carving up a dead carp to the classical strains of Tchaikovsky, a Drake University football player earned the title of "The Most Stupid Person in the Midwest" at a contest held in Davenport, position of the United States of remains such, as it was announced, re is no chance of an agreement.' -Gromyko ckets in Europe and ed the United States g the Soviets to come at Geneva, and said uld reconsider par- talks and possibly rockets if NATO goes o station 572 new U.S. pe starting late this of the United States of such, as it was an- re is not chance of an minister declared, in uestion following -his discourse on disar- gn policy issues. rned that if new U.S. eployed in Europe, o doubt, no doubt in that the Soviet Union opriate steps. We have ials, the mental to do this.'' Reagan's interim pro- zero option, ignores ,h nuclear arsenals as uclear-armed aircraft Moscow says those forces must be included in estimating NATO strength. But the United States insisted yester- day that President Reagan's latest proposal on limiting medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe remains viable, despite Gromyko's rejection of the plan's key elements. "There's a history here of things being rejected at one moment and ultimately being accepted," said a senior U.S. of- ficial. "What they regard as unaccep- table today, they may not regard as unacceptable tomorrow." Yet, the United States was "disap- pointed at this unconstructive initial Soviet reaction," the officials said at a State Department briefing. Gromyko contended Reagan's latest proposal wuld give NATO a two-and-a- half to-one advantage in medium-range nuclear warheads over the Soviet Union. But he gave no figures to back his assertion. The State Department said this assertion "does not square with the fac- ts." It said that the Soviet Union now has 1,300 nuclear warheads on its SS-20 and older SS-4 and SS-5 missiles and that the United States has none. Students get Ups on job By JODY BECKER Journalist Frank Viviano urged students attending the Alternative Career Fair in East Quad yesterday to respect their convictions when the time comes to find a job after graduation. "Maintain and pursue your convic- tions," Viviano said. "Don't abandon them." VIVIANO, ONE of several featured speakers at the annual workshop, is editor of the San Francisco-based Pacific News Service, which distribut- es "alternative" articles to newspapers throughout the nation. Exploring careers within the alter- native sector, or "what used to be con- sidered the underground," should be an integral part of a student's job hunt, Viviano said. But he also told students that the rewards would probably not be monetary. "DON'T EXPECT to get rich. Don't expect it for a minute," he said. He recommended that anyone seeking work - alternative or main- stream - should establish themselves in a field of expertise and develop a strong base of experience in that area. He recommended internships as an ex- cellent starting point. Ann Arbor News reporter Bonnie See FAIR, Page 2 Daiy rPhoto by JEFF SCHLRIER( Journalist Frank Viviano yesterday urged students to pursue their convic- tions after graduation. Viviano was one of several featured speakers at an Alternative Career Fair on East Quad. ploit the unemployment situation in the midwest and amount to nothing more than a "human cock fight." Crawford delighted the crowd as he pirouetted across the stage in red and white high-top sneakers, carrying his dead carp and carving scales into the audience. He said he had looked all day to find his "co-partner" in the skit. In second ,place was a duet billed as the Doctors of Impending Doom who gave a rendition of "Silvis, Silvis" to the melody of "New York, New York." Third was Roger Myers of Fulton, Ill., who attached two strings to his nose and offered a unique musical version of "Dueling Nostrils." awhile," so I went over and sat down on the bench." By the time LaSalle, 35, got a 25-minute meeting with the Big Man himself, 475 days later, the Big Man had changed from Jerry Brown to George Deukmejian. "He was extremely cordial and friendly," LaSalle said after meeting Deuk- mejian. LaSalle said he spent weekdays outside the gover- nor's office and nights in his car. He took showers in a local office building and obtained expense money by selling most of his baseball card collection. Neither he nor the gover- nor's office would elaborate on what was said about the ri43a nee _ South African holdings. The University held over $8000,000 in stock in one of the companies. Also on this date in history: " 1926 - Women were granted access to the under-used Union swimming pool for three mornings and one evening per week. " 1933 - Washtenaw County voters overwhelmingly ap- proved repeal of Prohibition, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. " 1965 - LSA faculty opened discussions on a proposal to II I i