Birth control blunder See editorial, Page 4 Ninety-three Years of Editorial Freedom 43atlu Peaches, cream Partly sunny most of the day, highs in the mid-30s. h SVol. XC1IIINo. 84 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, January 13, 1983 Ten Cents Eight Pages Cut art Ex-student takes 'U' to court for 'unfair' expulsion By CHERYL BAACKE school 10%, panel says Options for larger reauction By BILL SPINDLE and FANNIE WEINSTEIN The art school should receive a budget cut of no more than 15 percent, according to a panel examining the school for budget reductions or elimination, the Daily learned yester- day. The recommendation is less than one half the amount the Unviersity's top budget committee recently suggested be cut from the School of Natural Resources, which, along with the art ' school, is one of three schools being reviewed for possible cutbacks. ART SCHOOL Dean George Bayliss, however, said a cut of even 10 percent would be "punishing" for the school. A former University student. dismissed from the Inteflex program in 1981 is ,suing the University for rein- statement, charging he was expelled unfairly after he failed a national medical board examination. Appearing in U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor yesterday for the third day of the trial, Scott Ewing said he was mistreated when he was denied a second chance to take the National Board of Medical Examiners after failing the test in June 1981. Ewing said he is the first student in the Inteflex program, an accelerated medical curriculum, to be denied that opportunity. ATTORNEYS for the University, however, said that Ewing's poor academic record before the examination is sufficient grounds for dismissal, and that the Inteflex Promotion and Review Board gave him fair warning before dropping him from the program. Ewing said he did not know that if he failed the exam he would not be allowed to register into the program. "All I'm asking for is an opportunity to retake the National board exam," he said. "There's no question that I could pass it." EWING SAID he was not as well prepared as his classmates when he took the exam. He also said he was in- volved in extracurricular activities, ________See STUDENTS, Page 7 Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON School of Art Dean George Bayliss said yesterday a budget reduction of even 10 percent would by "punishing" for the school.% In a report obtained by the Daily, panel recommended the school be by 10 percent, but also outlined possible effects of 15, 25, 50, and percent reductions. the cut the 100 stir open The panel submitted its report to the University's budget Priorities Commit- tee (BPC) earlier this month. the committee currently is reviewing the report and will be meeting with Bayliss on Friday. University officials say they will not release the report for several weeks. BAYLISS SAID he viewed the report's recommendation as less damaging than it could have been, but said he couldn't consider any cut a blessing. "It would be punishing. I can't feel happy about any degree of reduction in the budget," he said. "It would be very hard on the school." Though a cut of 25 percent remains a possibility for the school, both Bayliss and the panel said that reduction would present major problems for the school. Social Work Prof. Jesse Gordon, a See ART, Page 2 9 Ii&rtleci)S ctllre flart~chUj s ear.s Rc tO Note~. Subscription note Prof s note problems with Bartelby By KENT REDDING Student entrepreneur Perry March says he's doing fellow students a big favor through his latest venture. Not everyone in the halls of academia agrees, however; some professors have charged the week- old business with making a travesty of higher education. March's business - Bartleby's Notes, Ltd. - is a dream come true for students who just can't bring themselves to go to class very often. That's what has many professors worried. BARTLEBY'S offers complete lecture notes - organized, typed, and ready to pick up in time for the next lecture - for 23 University courses. All this is done by graduate students - and all done for a price. March maintains the price tag - between $11.50 and $15.50 per term, depending on the number of class meetings_- makesthe notes a steal for studen- 'I think it's a dreadful idea. It would encourage only the most pedantic kind of memorization.' History Prof. James Vann ts. Some professors charge, however, the cost is very high, and can't be measured in dollars and cents. "I think it's a dreadful idea," said history Prof. James Vann. "In humanities (the goal) is to teach you how to think on your feet. It would encourage only the most pedantic kind of memorization." THE POTENTIAL for inaccuracy is an equally unappealing prospect, according to chemistry depar- tment Chairman Thomas Dunn, whose department has banned the service from chemistry courses. "That (professional note taking) has been done before, and it caused a hell of a mess," Dunn said. "It opened up a can of worms that the professors decided they weren't prepared to deal with again." Although March said Bartleby's note-takers strive for accuracy, a notice at the top of each set of notes claiming no responsibility for any errors. MOST OTHER departments are leaving it to the professors to decide whether Bartleby's can operate in their classes, but the biology department has issued a few guidelines just to keep things on the up- and-up Graduate students can't provide the service with notes from couses for which they are teaching assistants, and professors can't require the notes for class. At least 20 professors throughout the University approve of March's brainchild, and have allowed the See STUDENT, Page 7 Nuclear-free Ann Arbor proposed Firm offers relief from term paper nightmares By JERRY ALIOTTA A local anti-nuclear group plans to ask City Council Monday to put a proposal on the April 4 ballot declaring the city a nuclear free zone. Sponsored by the Committee For a Nuclear Free Ann Arbor, the resolution seeks to make Ann Arbor the fourth nuclear free city in the country. THE PROPOSAL states that the city is opposed to the nuclear arms race and to the design, development, production, or deployment of nuclear weapons. It also objects to the transpor- tation of nuclear weapons through Ann Arbor. Like the Nuclear Freeze resolution passed last November, the resolution would not be legally binding. Committee members, however, say they feel it is an important statement. "It (the resolution) will be a commitment stating that we not only don't want our country in- volved in the arms race, but we also don't want our community involved in the arms race," said Justin Schwartz, a member of the group. Councilmember Lowell Peter- son (D-First Ward), who will in- troduce the resolution, said the proposal brings the issue of nuclear disarmament to the local arena. "It gives it (nuclear disar- mament) a more local focus so that people will get the idea that. it is not an abstract issue - something that is just dealt with in Washington," he said. But Councilmember Raphael Ezekiel (D-Third Ward), who also supports the resolution, said he fears the council's Republican majority might defeat the proposal. "If it is put on the ballot - and that is a very big if - the campaigning to pass the resolution will be worthwhile," he said. "I see the proposal as a general campaign against militarism in our society." See ANTI-NUKE, Page 3 By HALLE CZECHOWSKI The term paper, backbone of many University courses, often looms as an insurmountable obstacle before the overworked student. Wouldn't it be easier if the process were as simple as ordering from a book-of-the-month club? Well, according to flyers springing up all over campus, it can be that easy, and the prospect of mail-order term papers has many educators worried. EVEN THOUGH the notices claim the papers are to be used for research purposes only, "something like that is a last minute situation," said Stephan Flores, an English teaching assistant. "They (students) are more likely to plagiarize than use it as a research tool." Plagiarism, however, carries a price tag, according to University regulations. If a professor can prove that a student's work is not original and that the student was aware of it, convic- tion could result in a one-term suspen- sion. "They (students) are really playing with a time bomb there," said LSA Assistant Dean Eugene Nissen. "It (a suspension) could follow them through the rest of their lives." BERKELEY Research, the San Francisco-based company behind the papers, bills itself as "a multi-service writing, research, and editorial agen- cy." Company officials would not comment on the service. Potential suspension aside, many teaching assistants report that using prepared research is "not very effec- tive in terms of learning. You may memorize a few facts, but that's all," said psychology TA Julie Noren. But some students say there may be no alternative. One LSA freshperson who asked to remain anonymous said, "It might be necessary (to buy a paper) in times of great need, but I would only resort to it in times of great need." After paying extravagant sums for a paper - in the early '70s a five-page paper sold for as much as $17.50 - the quality is often disappointing. "In ter- ms of format - I've seen a few (catalog papers) -they're not very well writ- ten," Noren said. Some teaching assistants feel that University students don't need such a service. "I think some people use them as crutches, when they don't need crut- ches," said English TA John Ford. "They are capable of much better work on their own. And they lose the satisfac- tion," he said. Drive to win Michigan's Paul Jokisch (45) drives to the hoop against Minnesota's Roland Brooks in last night's Big Ten contest in Crisler Arena. The Wolverines defeated the Gophers 63-58 to im- prove their conference record to 1-2. See story on Page 8. TODAY Sniffing out recruits T HE AIR FORCE is looking for a few good dogs. The Defense Department's Dog Center at Lack- land Air Force Base in California is hot on the scent of recruits for the canine corps which sniffs out drugs and bombs. Requirements: candidates must beI fn 1 f d~ vAa n.rnls-etsa at., lpaca91 inhps all pis~rh 5fl "Bobo really is quite vicious. His feet are crippled and he has a re-sale value of absolutely zero," said Jean Green- wood, owner of Pets 'n Things in Cudahy, Wisc. "If I were to rob my own store, he's the last thing I would take," she said. Ms. Greenwood thinks the thieves were attracted by the elaborate wrought iron cage Bobo was in. She also speculated that the burglars either did not know what they were taking or had a vendetta against the former owner, who had said Bobo was his favorite pet in the shop. She said the thieves were "either really very smart or really stupid." u about the debt but got no response. Recently he read the county had paid a bill owed for 20 years, so he wrote a four- th letter that reached the desk of County Executive William O'Donnell. "A person's got a little pride," he said later. "I can still see those guys laughing at me as they drove away." O'Donnell and his staff took up a collection to pay the debt, which now totalled $17.95 because of interest and the postage spent. "Well, that's pretty nice," said Marks. "I thought they were going to think I'm a kook of some kind. But I'm not. I'm just trying to collect a debt that's been owed to me for over 40 years." O into a panic that reservists would be unable to finish the term. The Board later called back to let reservists know they were simply trying to get to know their men a little bet- ter; * 1956 - University beauty queen Rosaline Sappington charged the "College Queen of the United States" contest was fixed. Sappington reported awakening one night to hear contest officials discussing who they planned to crown as queen; " 1968 - The Ombudsmen office opened. It was staffed by student members of the LSA Student Steering Committee. I