The Michigan Daily-- Friday, November 4, 1983 -Page 3.-- Computer links high tech ,firms to state universities. By TRACEY MILLER A new computer reference system linking five state universities will give Michigan's high technology and in- dustrial firms a direct line into the minds of top researchers. Small and medium sized businesses throughout the state will be able to tap into the system - which includes The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Western Michigan University, and Michigan Technological University - and receive research and marketing information, said Larry Crockett, a program director at the University's Institute of Science and tecnnology. THE STATE government also will join the system to provide businesses with information on the state's economy. "Businesses will be able to call their nearest university for information, and someone will be able to find it out based on computer resources . . . Businesses that deal with high technology and industrial topics need to know what kind of research is going on in the university and in the gover- nment," Crockett said. The system is geared to give smaller businesses the oppor- tunity to check the economic feasibility of their own ideas, and to help them adapt university research ideas into-- products, Crockett said. "LARGE COMPANIES already have connections in universities," he said. "But small and medium sized com-, panies don't. This system would be their connection." With this connection, business and state government of- ficials hope the companies will be able to apply the univer sities' basic research to marketable ideas. A national Science Foundation study found that 54 percent of all patents between 1963 and 1970 came from universities,' said Tom Scott, a spokesman in Gov. James Blanchard's of- fice. MANY UNIVERSITY researchers, however, never. examine the practical uses of their patented research, Scottw said. The computer network would help bridge the gap bet- ween scientist and business, he said. "Universities develop., their ideas and patent them, but these businesses could find.- out how to turn them into products," he said. The computer network also will refer businesses to con- sultants or professors who are familiar with new develop- ments in industry. 0Daily Photo by RENEE FREIERr Sunny memories Two Ann Arbor residents stroll through the Arboretum earlier this week. The couple caught some sunshine before rain soaked the campus later in the week. L-- HAPPENI'NGS- Highlight The Reader's Theatre Guild will present "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters. The show begins at 8 p.m. in the Residential College Auditorium. Films Cinema Guild - The Graduate, 7 & 9p.m., Lorch. Cinema II- Casablanca, 7 & 9 p.m., Angell Aud. A. AAFC - Macbeth, 7 p.m., Throne of Blood, 9:30 p.m., Nat. Sci. Aud. Mediatrics - The Verdict, 7 & 9:15 p.m., MLB 3. Alternative Action - Lianna, 7 & 9:30 p.m., MLB 4. Performances School of Music - Piano recital, Deborah Kucharsky, 6 p.m., Recital Hall; Chamber Winds & Wind Ensemble, Larry Rachleff & H. Robert Reynolds, conductors, 8 p.m., Hill; clarinet recital, William Derek Grasty, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; cello recital, Karen Krummel, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Ark - Claudia Schmidt, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., 1421 Hill. Performance Network - "The Forest" by Alexander Ostrovsky, 8 p.m., 408 Washington. Dance Department - "Similar contrasts: A Dance Concert," by Lori Davis and Jeanette Leabu, 8 p.m., dance building, studio A. Theater and Drama - "Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner" by David Wood, 10:15a.m., Mendelssohn Theater. PTP - "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, 8 p.m., Power Center. Second Chance - Toby Redd. Speakers Psychiatric Nursing Dept.=- Grayce Sills, "The UncertainFuture"9:15. a.m.; Lucy Howard on community mental health, 10:45 a.m.;Third Annual Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Ann Arbor Inn. Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Seminar - James Gannett, Boeing, "New Developments in Airborne Precision Navigation in Relation to the Air Traffic Control System," 3:30 p.m., 107 Aerospace Engineering Bldg. Nuclear Engineering - Jerry Koupal, Bechtel Power Corporation, "Three Mile Island Update," 3:45 p.m., White Aud., Cooley Bldg. Anthro Colloquim - C. Loring brace, "Recent Reductions in Human Tooth Size," 4p.m., 2053 LSA. South and Southeast Asian Studies - Brown bag lecture, Wang Gungwu, "Education the Chinese in Southeast Asia," noon, Lane Hall Commons. Netherlands American University League - Bert Schierbeek, "The Return of Bert Schierbeek,"8 p.m., International Center. Museum of Art - Jacqueline Baas, "The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France: 1850-1900," 8p.m., Hale Aud., Business Administration School. Dickens Fellowship - Prof. Martha Vicinus, "Dickens & Popular Culture," 3 p.m., Rm. 126, E. Quad. Meetings Korean Christian Fellowship Bible Study - 9 p.m., Campus Chapel. Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class - 7:30 p.m., University Reformed Church. Duplicate Bridge Club - open game, 7:15 p.m., Mich. League. Tae Kwon Do Club - practice, 5 p.m., CCRB Martial Arts rm. Chinese Students Christian Fellowship - Fellowship & Bible study, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan. Miscellaneous Armenian Students' Cultural Association - Dance, Armenian & American music, 8 p.m., Knights of Coluihbus Hall, 1915 Jackson Rd. - Folk Dance Club - International folk dancing, 8 p.m., 3rd floor dance studio, State & William. Museum of Art - Art Break, Dorothy Farhat, 12:10 p.m. Hockey - Michigan vs. New Hampshire, 7:30 p.m., Yost Ice Arena. Michigan Gay Undergrads - Trip to Chicago through Sun.. Nov. 6. School of Art - exhibit, Albert Weber, "Works in Progress," Opening reception, 7 p.m., Slusser Gallery. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 'U' pushes Nigeria to pay student tuition debts (Continued from page 1) students hve said there are currentl student who asked not to b e named4 actually have the money and to minimize the amount of grief on the part of the student," she said. BENNER SAID that her office determines which sponsors are "high risk" by studying University student accounts, national trends, and checking with other universities. The National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA), of which the Universitv is a member suggested in policy, said Krumm. The policy has been left up to in- dividual colleges, he said, and "to the best of my knowledge" none have adop- ted such a policy, he said. The University does, however, have a policy against enrolling students who have not paid tuition for two terms, Krumm said. SOURCES close to the Nigerian seven who will reach the two-term limit in December. According to University policy, they would not be allowed to enroll for winter term unless their sponsors pay up. Several Nigerian students on campus have declined to comment on the situation, fearing they would make matters ' worse for themselves. One , VA*.I thWflt.%AWL {.V UC 11***RU, " said that Rackham's policy is too' drastic. "It's unfortunate because having to pay beforehand will definitely discourage students." The student said he knows several students who have switched to other schools which do not have the pre- payment requirement. ., I August that "No new students be ad- - mitted from countries whose students have failed to receive regular transfer of currencies for the payment of . .. fees." 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