4 Page 2 -TheMichigan Daily- Sunday, November 13, 1983 'Art school cuts don't dim prof's love of teaching INBRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports Congress approves spending bill WASHINGTON - Congress, acting to make sure government operations continue uninterrupted, yesterday approved emergency spending legislation that congressional leaders say is assured of winning President Reagan's signature. The Senate, with virtually no discussion, passed the measure of a voice vote and sent it to the White House. Earlier, the House voted 173-136 in favor of the compromise stopgap bill worked out by congressional negotiators during day-long bargaining on Friday. To get Reagan's approval, the conferees whittled down additional education and social spending sought by House Democrats to about 10 per- cent of the nearly $1 billion initially sought. Passage of the measure and the president's signature, expected tomorrow when he returns from a trip to the Far East, means that departments and agencies covered by the bill - including the White House - will be carrying on business as usual at the start of the week. Former congressman says U.S. soldiers still captive in Vietnam By TRACEY MILLER Prof. Phil Davis thinks the budget cuts inflicted on the art school over the last few months prove that University administrators don't understand how an artist must be trained. But the photography expert isn't going to let something like that dim his enthusiasm for the job. DAVIS, A FIXTURE at the Univer- ,PROFILE sity since 1948, has been teaching photography since 1951, when such courses were brand new to the expan- ding campus. Since then, he has earned a reputation for being one of the most accessible professors at the University. "Students that have come and taken art classes from (LSA) have told me that I'm the only professor they have ever spoken to," Davis said. "The whole atmosphere of this school -is very. crelaxed and very informal." Davis, who is also respected for being one of the more laid-back instructors on campus, said the school's informality is an integral part of the artistic teaching process. "THE RATIO between teacher and student is about one to 10, which may look wasteful on paper," he said. "But if (administrators) were appreciative of how the classes must be run, it wouldn't look this way to them." Davis can remember a time when the University nurtured the school, then classified as a small department, until it grew beyond the School of Architec- ture and Design into an autonomous college in its own right. A native of Spokane, Wash., Davis originally was hired to teach basic design and drawing. For the last 15 years, he has taught only photography. IN DAVIS'S early years at the University, the fledgling art "school" was based in Lorch Hall, a building now renowned for being the home of CRISP. "The darkroom was in the tower at the top of Lorch," he recalled. "It was 156 steps from the ground to the darkroom- with no elevator." The department expanded gradually until it outgrew Lorch Hall and was moved into its own facilities on North Campus in 1974. DAVIS' REPUTATION has grown with the school. Students may try for several terms in a row to get into one of his photography courses. The interrupted flow of students into Davis' office is testimony to his popularity. Many come to ask his ad- vice on projects they are working on, but equally as many drop by just to talk about photography. "Sometimes I spend hours in his of- fice asking him questions just about his technique," said art school senior Vicki Veenstra. DAVIS' LOVE for his work makes him a stand-out among University in- structors, his students say. "He seems to enjoy teaching, which is rather unique," said Terry Sisson, another art school senior. "It's really genuine and that's him." Not only students praise Davis, however. Art School Dean George Bayliss considers him to be one of the top photography teachers in the coun- try and says Davis brings the school a great deal of fame. POETRY READING WITH POLLY CASTOR AND SHELTON JOHNSON Reading From Their works MONDAY, NOV. 14 8 P.M. at GUILD HOUSE 802 MONROE WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - A former congressman claims the Pentagon and State Department have "concealed the truth from at least two presidents" about U.S. servicemen still being held captive in Southeast Asia. "Beyond a shadow of a doubt, U.S. military personnel are being held alive, against their will, in communist prisons in Southeast Asia," Bill Hendon told the Asheville Citizen on Friday. "A number of U.S. prisoners of war have been seen and reported alive in communist prisons in Vietnam within the last 12 months." Hendon cited classified documents to which he had access as a consultant to the Pentagon as the source of his information. But he said he has stopped trying to determine the fates of some 2,500 servicemen missing in action because of what he termed 'a cover-up and inaction by "career bureaucrats." President Carter in 1978 reclassified the 2,494 men listed as "missing in ac- tion" to "killed in action" based on a Defense Department recommendation. Hendon said Carter would not have done so had he been told the truth. Doily Photo by BRIAN MASCK 1 i Photography Prof. Phil Davis usually has an office full of students - he's known for being one of the University's most accessible instructors. DAVIS' SUCCESS is not limited to the classroom. He has published three books; The' University in 1967, Photography in 1972, and Beyond the Zone System in 1981. He currently is working on a book on sensitometry, which deals with the technical aspects of optics and lenses. "Not only is his photography book the most famous of its kind," Bayliss said, "but his new book is going to be tran- slated into other languages." In addition, a series of photographs Davis took of Dexter is in the per- manent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. DAVIS HOLDS what can be descir- bed as a progressive view of the fun- ction of the art school. "The thrust ofouraprogram is to try and heighten visual perception of things," he said. "We are more in- terested in the activity of photography and process rather than the results. The students really must enjoy doing the real work of photography to truly enjoy the picture taking." Davis discovered his love for photography at the age of 12. "I became interested in processing very early on," he said. "You have to be exact in the technical aspects in order to do well in this art." Davis says one-to-one contact bet- ween professor and student helps nur- ture the development of technical skills, a relationship he thinks Univer- sity budget planners don't comprehend. "The regents and administration just don't view art as a discipline," he said. "They seem to want everything to be taught the same as (it is) in LSA, with large lecture halls and no personal in- teractions. Here there is a constant give and take situation between in- structor and student." ice notes. Bicyclist injured A bicyclist was injuried when he was struck by a car late Friday night at the intersection of Packard and Arch. Am- bulance attendants who arrived at the scene originally thought the bicyclist, a man in his early twenties, was dying from a broken neck. But the man, who is not a University student, was not as seriously injured as first believed and was released from University hospital yesterday. Police said that neither the Ann Arbor woman driving the car nor the bicyclist was intoxicated at the time of the accident. SHOP NOW FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT WON'T BE DUPLICATED GiantP St. Selection R aF M Arafat's backers demand policing of c ease-fire agreement TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Yasser Arafat yesterday demanded guarantees for the safety of his fighters and civilians before he could leave Tripoli, Which has been besieged for more than a week by Syrian-backed PLO mutineers. At least 1,000 people have been reported slain in the tank and artillery at- tacks on Palestinian refugee camps where Arafat's men held out. The loyalists retreated to the Baddawi camp outside Tripoli after one camp fell last week. "I came because my people were facing direct danger," the Palestine Liberation Organization chief told a news conference. "It is my duty to be beside them, so I cannot leave without giving full guarantees and, assuran- ces." Arafat set up his headquarters in Tripoli Sept. 16. Asked if he would leave with such assurances, Arafat replied: "That is un- der discussion." A senior aide to the PLO chief, who asked not to be identified, said Arafat was demanding Arab League observers to monitor the truce, lifting of the siege of Tripoli and withdrawal of Syrian and Libyan forces from northern Lebanon. Greyhound buses to roll again PHOENIX, Ariz. - Greyhound buses idled by a two-week strike are being prepared to roll again Thursday, offering discount fares to passengers for riding with drivers who agree to accept a wage cut or with newly-hired replacements. The company placed ads in today's newspapers across the ,country n- nouncing when and where service would resume on' its most 'heavily itf avelled rdutes. Union officials had no immediate reaction to the ads. However, they vowed strikers would ignore a noon amnesty deadline Greyhound had set for tomorrow. Greyhound officials wouldn't discuss the ads, but had said limited service in the heaviest traffic areas would be available by mid-week, the'date set by the company when 12,500 members of the Amagamted Transit Union walked out Nov. 3. Attorney sees contradictions in husband's testimony in Foat trial GRETNA, La. - Attorneys for Ginny Foat pointed to contradictions yesterday between a 1977 confesion by John Sidote and his courtoom testimony in the current murder trail of the California feminist leader. Defense attorney Robert Glass fought to have admitted as evidence the notes of the Albany, N.Y., police officer who took a confession from Sidote in 1977, saying they would bring to light the contradictions. Judge Robert Burns declined to admit the document. Foat, 42, former president of the California chapter of the National Organization for Women, is accused of beating to death Argentine businessman Moises Chayo with a tire iron during a 1965 robbery. Sidote, her ex-husband, implicated her in the murder in 1977. In an attempt to shatter Sidote's credibility as the prosecution's key wit- ness in the case, Glass pointed out that the Nevada jail inmate in 1977 ac- cused Foat of being the only one to beat Chayo in 1965. During testimony, Friday, however, Sidote admitted he also had hit the Argentine. P Mubigan BMWl Sunday, November 13, 1983 Vol. XCIV-No. 59 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $15.50 September through April (2 semesters); $19.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day mornings. Subscription rates: $8 in Ann Arbor; $10 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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