Ninety- Three Years of Editorial Freedom tic Sir 43UU 1I aI Alternate Cloudy with a chance of rain today; high in the upper 40s. i r ic # Vol. XCIII, No. 150 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, April 9, 1983 Ten Cents Eight Pages 22-hour sit-in ends; demands not met By NEIL CHASE and BILL SPINDLE After sitting in the provost's office for 22 hours to protest the lack of democracy in the University's budget redirection process, 35 students gave up their siege yesterday and walked single-file to their first meal since Thursday afternoon. The students, members. of the Progressive Student Network, staged the sit-in to negotiate changes in the budget review process with Billy Frye, University provost and vice president for academic affairs. ALTHOUGH THE protesters said Thursday they would stay put until cer- tain demands were met, they said yesterday that negotiations with Frye had reached an "impasse" and were no longer productive. The vigil ended just before noon. The group entered the administration building demanding a new, more representative body to set University priorities; no further cuts over 10 per- cent until such a body is established; an end to closed meetings of budget review panels; and a statement on why schools are selected to be cut. Although they were unable to convin- ce Frye to concede in any of the four areas, the students said they were pleased with what had happened. "I FEEL GOOD about it," said natural resources freshman Steve Austin. "It's the first time we got some questions answered. But we came to an impasse.That is why we came out. He (Frye) was not going to negotiate any real changes with us." "I think we accomplished a lot," said LSA senior Tom Marx, leader of the network. "We had a chance to nail (Frye) down and get some answers." Frye returned to his office several times during the sit-in, including one visit around 9 p.m. Thursday night. The students said it was the first time they had been able to have a two-way discussion with the provost and press See SIT-IN, Page 3 , Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Sit-in participants leave the Fleming Administration Building yesterday for their first meal since they began their pro- test Thursday afternoon. MSA results for smaller . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . .. x +. .. ir .. .. ..... .:..... .. ...... :?"};:f..y ... . . . .v . . .... . . . .. T " ,v }t.... ... f.'ry.. .. v p r . ... .. + n.}...........................:} ..4.. , : ..r~. vSv.vv:: .n ...h..r. . n.:::: f.:.... f.. ;}.r:d0" G riffith s r.. n...r."'. ''. .{em p h a siz$~n...{, . : tes e d u ca..t" --3Kp. ~ ."}+ti$ C.: ti n..:. Lt. Governor speaks to crowd atU neon By CHERYL BAACKE this state as we have in the past," she said. No matter what happens to the in- Michigan has the largest pool of dustry and economy of Michigan, skilled labor and management person- education is very important and must nel in the world, Griffiths said, so the be preserved, Lt. Gov. Martha Grif- state should be able to develop fiths, told a small audience at the economic alternatives to the auto in- Michigan Union yesterday. dustry. High technology, molecular "The first resource in the state and in biology, fashion design and food the nation is a trained citizenry," Grif- processing would all be viable areas to fiths said. "We cannot permit (the expand into, she said. University of Michigan) to go down. It Tourism could be encouraged by is the business of the people of this state building or expanding small airports to see that it is maintained," she added. throughout the state and using national "It's stupid to put $90 million in Wall advertising to tell people about Street instead of this University." Michigan's versatility. GRIFFITHS defended Gov. James "WE SHOULD get people into the Blanchard's recent income tax in- state, interested in the state, and to crease as being necessary because the realize they can have fun here," she state had to pay their bills im- said. mediately. "You can't sit around and Griffiths said the state has not plan- say we won't levy a tax. You have to ned its economic future well, a failing pay the bills," she said. which must now be corrected. Griffiths said one of the problems "(Michigan's poor economy is) the with levying a tax in Michigan is that fault of all of us," she said. "Now the the state is so spread out and diver- question is, are we smart enough to get sified. out of it?" "It doesn't feel like a state, and it Griffiths said she is confident that doesn't react like a state," she said. Michigan can turn itself away from "It's hard to realize, 'look, we're all economic ruin. stuck with the same taxes."' "Anything can be done-anything. ONE OF THE main problems with All you have to do is put a little thought, Michigan's economy, she said, stems into it." from state officials belief that one good Griffiths is a graduate of the Univer- year of car sales would put the state sity's law school and a former U.S. economy back on the right track. "It is Congresswoman. She was the first a naive person who believes we're ever woman to serve on the Joint Economic again going to sell as many cars out of Commission. school By LAURIE DELATER After 30 hours of operation, the "speedy" computer system used to tabulate votes in this year's Michigan Student Assembly elections has revealed only the winners in smaller schools. Other candidates and voters have been on hold since the polls closed Wednesday night. Results were to have been announced yesterday evening, but have been held up because of computer difficulties. Winners of the smaller schools as tabulated at press time late last night were Architechure - Jefferson Napier (Ind.); Art - -Paula Bass (IOU); Dental - Sharon Cook (IMPACT); reps in Education - Toni Mendelsohn (IOU); Law - Ned Miltenberg (IOU); Library Science - Kathy Tezla (( Ind.) ; Medicine - Joseph Yaroch (Ind.); Music - Vivian Mon- tgomery (IOU); Nursing - Susan Bowman (ACT); Pharmacy - Katie Lewis (IMPACT); Natural Resour- ceds - Steve Austin (IOU); Social Work - Dan Olshansky (IOU). Contrary to what some people were saying, bugs in the computer program and mismarked ballots were not the cause of the delay, Election Director Bruce Goldman said. He said the problem was instead that the com- puters operating at the University's See COMPUTER, Page 3i Minority woes focus of student- faclyforum Daily Photo by WENDY GOULD Michigan Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths speaks to the Michigan Economic Society at the Union yesterday. ... x tx.. v. ". .}.. .:.. v . v. 4 .t . v:. .. . . . . . . . . .."{".}}:v:::.:. . ..:.}-:'..}:{?4. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .v'"... ...... . .4:vv."'"}::}.........'rr':%:....,n... {'5b ..{.":"v4:+{.....{:i" .. Y .... S. v . . . ... ." 4 4 . .. " . .4. . . r.v . ... ..:..,: ... ... ....'. . Y . .f.:...:. ... ...A ...v ... v .: ... .. . n.. . . .. . .v . :,.:{ :x ." ... . . . :""v .". . .:f:r.:4 ": . v By SHARON SILBAR Why do blacks stay out of sciences and other related fields? Has the University done anything to relieve this problem? Why does the University only recruit from two major Detroit public high schools? Why is there the problem of attrition? What are the various types of financial aid available to minority students? These questions and others which fill the minds of minority and majority students alike on campus will be the focus of discussion at a forum this *af- ternoon to discuss problems minorities face at the University today. THE FORUM, "What's Wrong With The 'U' for You," will include four workshops sponsored by the LSA Student Government. The sessions will be held in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union today. Beginning at 10:00 a.m. the workshops will cover academics, recruitment, attrition, and financial aid. "Student input will make (the forum) successful - getting ideas and complaints exchanged," Elise Sosnow, a member of LSA-SG, said. Forum coordinatpr Jodie Levy said the "University obviously isn't doing all that it can, but they are doing some things. (In the workshops), students can see what the University is doing and give some feedback." ALTHOUGH each of the speakers will give a short presentation, questions and answers featuring student speaker interaction will dominate the day's ac- tivities, Levy said. The guest speakers for the conferen- ce represent a select group. English Prof. Lemuel Johnson is one of the several professors addressing the issue of academics. David Robinson, an assistant director of admissions, will speak on recruitment. Among the speakers on attrition are Opportunity Program Acting Director Eunice Royster; Jeannette Newhouse from the Housing Office; Wilton Barhem, an assistant director of the Coalition for the Use of Learning Skills (CULS); and, J. Frank Yates, a professor in the psychology depar- tment. The final workshop will address the issue of financial aid. Speakers include two financial aid officers and Anne Monterio, a student services associate in the engineering school. Regulations necessary says ex-EPA adnilnistrator By TRACEY MILLER Rapid social changes, not political power plays, have been the catalyst behind expanding environ- mental regulation, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Douglas Costle told the honors convocation for the School of Natural Resources yesterday. "It is fashionable to say big government creates big regulation," he said. "The truth is big society, made so by technological change, has created problems no one could have anticipated." COSTLE SAID regulation is society's protection against the combined effects of population growth, technological change, and the growing use of syn- thetic substances. "The emergence of these ... things heightens the chance that damage to the ecosystems will be irreversible," Costle said. To decrease that likelihood, he said, society has imposed regulations on the use of the environment and the nation's resources. "The truth is, expanded regulation has not been forced by power hungry government, but by an in- terlocking set of events whose cumulative benefits we See EX-EPA, Page 3 .TODAY Title fight T WO CANDIDATES for honorary mayor will give new meaning tomorrow to the phrase "title fight" when they put on the boxing gloves to wrap up their campaigns. Robert Pankonin and Harry Holand, both 56, are both old- timers in the tiny northern Idaho community of Kingston, and both are called "Mayor" .by friends, neighbors, and family. The fight will all be in good fun, out behind Margaret's place, a bar, where it was decided they would The Daily almanac O N THIS DATE in 1936, The Gargoyle was voted outstanding college humor magazine in the nation by the American Association of College Comics. Also on this date in history: * 1942 - The senior class voted overwhelmingly to hold commencement cermonies outdoors on Ferry Field instead of in Yost Ice Arena; " 1946 - University President Alexander Ruthven issued a statement denying charges that a recent hike in tuition for Ensian has arrived T'S HERE, ahead of schedule and ready to be picked up! The 1983 Michigan Ensian, the University's only