Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom Lit Wan IiQ Iffy The skies will get cloudier as the day wears on, and there's a chance of rain this afternoon. High around 66. Vol. XCIV - No. 30 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, October 11, 1983 Fifteen Cents Ten Pages Shapiro pushes $160 million findraising drive Firings, resigatons alarm 'U' blacks By SHARON SILBAR University President Harold Shapiro outlined the third and final phase of the administration's plan to cut the University's size but retain its quality, at his annual State of the University address last night. Speaking to an audience of almost 200 faculty and staff members in Rackham Auditorium, Shapiro proudly announced the University's upcoming drive to raise $160 million in five years from private sources. "WE ARE focused on two primary-and complimen- tary-goals: to increase our en- dowment for faculty support and student financial aid, and to fund select new construction projects," Shapiro said. According to figures released this week, the campaign will try to raise $40 million for endowed professor- ships, research and teaching positions, and junior faculty appoin- tments; $30 million for student scholarships and fellowships; $10 million for libraries and special research and teaching projects; and $80 million for construction and renovation projects. The construction projects will in- clude work on a new chemistry building; the Replacement Hospital Project; the business school, music school, and Tappan Hall additions; new engineering facilities; and the W. K. Kellogg Eye Center. FORMER President Gerald Ford, who will be on campus Friday to formally launch the campaign, will serve as honorary chairman to the first University-wide fundraising drive in 20 years. General Motors Chairman Roger . See SHAPIRO, Page 7 Daily Photo by SCOTT ZOLTON University President Harold Shapiro introduces a $160 million fundraising campaign at his annual State of the University address last night. Japanese classes - By JENNIFER STANLEY The huge job market opening up for students familiar with Japanese culture and a phenomenon called "Shogun shock" has nearly tripled enrollment levels in Japanese language courses at the University since the late 1970s. Not only are students with a primary interest in the Far East taking Japanese these days, but also students majoring in fields ranging from "aerospace engineering to anthropology" are packing Japanese i classes, according to Prof. Shunichi Kato, one of only two faculty members teaching the language. "TEN YEARS AGO, almost all students of Japanese were either Japanese literature, linguistics, or history majors," Kato said. "Now, the students- are more career oriented." First-year enrollment in Japanese classes generally ranged from 40 to 45 students throughout the '70s, but this fall, 111 students have enrolled, Kato said. The huge jump has created serious overcrowding, according to Prof. Susumu Nagara, the other professor of Japanese. "It is criminal to teach 30 students in a foreign language course," Nagara said. "We have had the same number of teachers since the 70s." Language classes triple enrollment The biggest increase in students came just after the television mini-series "Shogun" aired three years ago. After "Shogun," said Charlie Fox, a teaching assistant in the department, "People suddenly felt that Japanese was something that would be good to learn. THE CONTINUED interest in the language since then largely is due to the economic oppurtunities that "knowing the language affords, according to students taking the class. Simply stated, "Japanese is useful for getting jobs in business and with higher salaries," according to one student, who asked to remain anonymous. Steve Burke, a teaching assistant who works at the Center for Asian Studies, said that "students are get- ting more pragmatic. High school students who come bi gger to the Center are usually interested in combining Japanese with economics." The job market has opened in recent years because the nature of business between Japan and the United States has changed so quickly. The relationship bet- ween the two countries has gone from "simplistic to very complex," said Nagara, "the U.S. used to sup- ply Japan with raw materials, and Japan would return products which were usually considered in- ferior. They were found in five and ten stores." Today, however, "American companies are moving into Japan," he said. "This recognition of the capability of Japan must influence the interest in Japanes studies." Gunter Dufey, the chairman of the international business department in the business school said he would recommend that a student take Japanese "at the undergrad level, definitely." But he cautioned that students must make "a commitment (to the language) if they want to do it right." He also said that an understanding of the culture and the language can be very useful in a career, "but people are hired because of their degree from (the University) and not because of Japanese." By GEORGEA KOVANIS The firings or resignations, of three black administrators from the Univer- sity's Office of Community Services has struck a note of alarm among the cam- pus black community. Thomas Moorehead, director of the office, which runs several University minority programs, resigned earlier this month after being suspended from his post in early September, according to officials in the University ad- ministration. MOOREHEAD'S RESIGNATION follows that of Valerie Glenn, a student services associate. And John Powell, the former assistant director in the of- fice, was fired in May. Sources close to the community ser- vices office say the actions on Moorehead and Glenn came soon after a University audit of the department's books, which allegedly showed discrepencies in the 'management of funds. Neither Moorehead nor Glenn could be reached for comment. HENRY JOHNSON, vice president for student services, confirmed the suspensions and resignations yester- day, but would not say if they involved any audit. . "The.point is that (Moorehead) has resigned, so it's kind of a moot point what the reasons were," he said. Before his dismissal, Powell had been serving as the acting head of Trotter House, the University's minority student center. He returned to the community services office in April, af- ter Trotter House was closed to undergo renovations during the summer. BLACK faculty .members, noting the secrecy that has surrounded the preceedings, yesterday expressed con- cern over the loss of several black ad- ministrators at the same time. "When three black administrators leave the University, there's a cause for concern, said Niara Sudarkasa, a professor of anthropology and Afro- American studies. Added Bunyan Bryant, the lone black professor in the School of Natural Resources, "I'm definitely concerned about black administrators and studen- ts and faculty on campus." The details of these cases have been "a pretty hush, hush thing," he said, with few people being privileged to the infor- mation. Earlier this year, two officials of the University's Major Events Office were dismissed after a University audit of that organization's books. Ann Arbor police investigated the incident, but did not charge either of the officials. Both Major Events and the Office of. Community Services are administered by Vice PresidentJohnson. Council approves funds for homeless shelter By TRACEY MILLER Ann Arbor City Council last night unanimously approved a resolution to provide $25,000 for emergency housing for the city's indigent community. The money will go toward renovation and operation of a temporary six-month shelter. The resolution was presented by Councilmember Richard Deem (R- 2nd Ward), who served on the Mayor's Committee for Emergency Shelter. BEFORE THE VOTE, several coun- cilmembers expressed concern that the committee had not presented sufficient data on the number of homeless that the shelter would serve. But Councilmem- ber Larry Hunter (D-1st Ward), who chaired the committee on the homeless, responded that the group had examined information from St. Andrews See COUNCIL, Page 6 SACUA investigates 'U' proxy policy By THOMAS MILLER The University's top faculty commit- tee has taken an interest in the issue of how the University exercises its proxy voting rights as a corporate investor. The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) yesterday asked that its financial affairs sub- committee evaluate the University's policy on voting on shareholder resolutions in the dozens of companies in which the University invests. THE UNIVERSITY presently votes. solely with management-against shareholder resolutions-without evaluating the individual merits of each issue. The practice was criticized in a recent column in the Daily, but yester- day's meeting was the first public discussion of the issue. English Prof. Richard Bailey, a member of SACUA, suggested that the group evaluate the policy because of. dissatisfaction among the faculty with the present practice. "There are faculty members who believe that the University ought to adopt a more ac- tivist stand," he said after the meeting. Bailey said that although the issue had been addressed briefly by Univer- sity President Harold Shapiro in a closed meeting with SACUA members, the issue was not being given a high priority by the administration. "AT THE MOMENT, we're just collecting information, trying to find out what the University policy is," Bailey said. Among the resolutions that the University voted against this year were proposals to nuclear weapons producers to discontinue work on the MX missile and a proposal to one com- pany asking it to disclose statistics on its affirmative action employment programs. SACUA Chairman Herbert Hildebrandt said that among the questions that need to be addressed is "should there be a committee at the University to advise the University on these votes?" President Shapiro has acknowledged in the past that the University of Michigan is the only university or college in the country with a substantial investment portfolio that lacks any mechanism to deal with proxy votes. The market value of University in- vestments is nearing $200 million. Professor of Internal Medicine See PROXY, Page 3 AP Photo Muddle Paul VanRaalte gets caught as he churns his way through a 300-foot-long strip of mud during the Mud Run near Allegan Sunday. More than 100 drivers with various vehicles participated in the contest at the Gilson "Mud Farm." TODAY Ford returns FORMER U.S. President and University alumnus Gerald Ford returns to campus on Friday to kick-off the University's $160 million fundraiser, The Campaign for Michigan. Ford was named honorary chairman of the five- year campaign which will raise money for new buildings, facilities, endowments, and special faculty chairs -and on roir ~vrihrnno~r +~. im n -n or mit pened to be in the neighborhood?" Consider a cave. For $400,000, Wilderville, Ore. real estate agent Edward Johnson said Wednesday you could live in a seven room cavern in Marble Mountain, complete with stalacitites and stalagmites. Ideal Basic Industries of Denver is selling the cave, which was discovered during excavation at a limestone quarry that once supplied a concrete firm, John- son said. One 75-foot tunnel opens into at least six rooms, some 30 feet high and a snug 20 foot passage gives access a large chamber. Outside lies a spread of agriculture and meadowland - "very pretty," he added. Ideal Basic In- dusteriedecided t oel thenrnenrtv after the markt rr ficials in Jacksonville, Fla., very little has been coming up roses lately. "Jacksonville is not alone when it comes to odors, but it is probably the city in the state with the most types of smells," said Steve Smallwood, chief of air qualtiy management for the state Department of Environmental Regulation. Last year, the city received 622 air-pollution complaints and 418 were related to odors, said Wayne Tutt, an engineer with Jacksonville's Bio-Environmental Ser- vices Division. What's making the stink? The local paper industry and spinoff firms release a variety of sulfurous smells, Tutt said. There's also a large organic chemical plant. And a sewage treatment facility has had its Organization for binding arbitration to settle their contract dispute. Also on this date: " 1970 - The engineering college rejected a request to prohibit Dow Chemical Co. from recruiting on campus. " 1966 - The University released figures showing that out-of-state enrollment had risen by 3.3 percent, the first in- crease in seven years. " 1947 - A Daily survey showed that students were outraged over a University ban on drinking at campus social functons. I i I