Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom Alittga 1 Iai1Q Again? Mostly cloudy today with snow showers likely. Temperatures in the middle teens. Vol. XCIV-No. 89 Vol. Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 18, 1984 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages Officaa combat roach problem in dorms By ERIC: MATTSON "This is a constant warfare," said building service director Philip White of his encounter with the tiny but per- sistant opponents. "We don't have anywhere near the amount of staff to simply react to the problem." The Marines may be bogged down in Lebanon, the Soviets may have walked out of nuclear arms talks, the world may rest on the brink of nuclear disaster. But White's - and many dor- mitory residents' - problem is cockroaches. "WE THINK it's pretty disgusting," said South Quad resident Alex Diana rather bluntly. Diana found far too many of the resilient little foes visiting him at night, he said, so he reported the problem to the dormitory front desk. "They came in and sprayed big time the other day," he said. The problem persisted, though. Diana is not alone. Sophomore An- drew Vansickle, also a South Quad resident, reported his cockroach problem and was given several traps to get rid of the pests. But the traps "haven't been cat- ching any cockroaches," he said. HE RECALLED sitting in his room watching one cockroach walk right across the sticky trap, only to continue about its business once on the other side. "It slowed him down, but it didn't stop him," said Vansickle. Back to the drawing board. See COCKROACHES, Page 5 Governor to caR, St ;THFIR INVASION BEFORE ZT'S 7bo LATE for tij By KAREN TENSA Gov. James Blanchard is expected to propose in tonight's State of the state address that state-supported colleges and universities freeze tuition in ex- change for increased state ap- propriations. If Blanchard's proposal is adopted, it may cause increases in out- of-state and graduate tuition, while freezing in-state undergraduate tuition, a top University official said yesterday. According to Tom Scott, a spokesman for Blanchard, the proposal is to grant a 10 percent increase in state aid to colleges which freeze tuition, and only a 7 percent increase for colleges that hike their student fees.; JAMES Brinkerhoff, University vice president and chief financial officer, said the proposal is a way of offering "incentives" to colleges because there is "no legal method of controlling tuition levels." Brinkerhoff said it is possible that the tuition for out-of-state and :graduate students would increase, while in-state undergraduate tuition would remain the same. "If the freezing is limited to in-state undergraduates as' is rumored, 3 per- cent would be adquate to set aside a tuition hike for that group," Brinkerhoff said. "But that's just a guess," he added. "The key will be the amount of state support," said University President Harold Shapiro. "If what is being recommended will keep tuition low, we are, as any educator would be, in support of the proposal. "BUT AT the current time, I'm aition treating this all as rumors," Shapiro. said Traditionally the state legislature approves the governor's recommen- dations for state appropriations, said Robert Sauve, assistant to the vice pr- esident for academic affairs and a key budget planner, but in the past three years that "fell apart and the Univer- sity received far less than was proposed." Sauve said that the University's budget had been through "somewhat of a crisis" during the last five years, due partially to the lack of state support because of the state's economic problems. "OVER THE last decade, fifteen years, higher education has been See STATE, Page 5 freeze Bill to limit cable TV con tract at state U's xkpd,-t, on AOOLCA. IPIIIFATF LY, This sign was one of many posted in South Quad warning residents the lookout for cockroaches. Other dorms are experiencing problems with the insect. tolm) N By PAUL HELGREN A state senator said yesterday he will introduce legislation aimed at preven- ting public universities from selling television rights for sporting events to cable television companies. John Kelly (D-Detroit) said the proposed legislation would reduce aid to state universities by the amount gained in any cable deal. The Univer- sity received $169 million from the state this year, according to Kelly. Kelly's legislation is a direct respon- se to the athletic department's sale of basketball and football television rights to Sports View Co., a pay-per-view cable company. "I'M CONCERNED about (Athletic Director) Don Canham and how he runs his athletic department," Kelly said yesterday in a phone interview. "I'm concerned about the autonomy he has running it. At some point he has to be advised that he's not running an en- trepreneurial enterprise. "(The athletic department) is slowly moving toward monopolization status. You'll see one-by-one, department-by- department isolation of viewing. It's better to put your foot down now.' Kelly said he favors placing athletic departments at state schools under the control of the respective university administrations. Michigan's athletic department controls its own budget,' approximately $12 million for 1983-84. TWELVE OF the Michigan basket- ball team's 26 contests will be televised on Sports View this year. An apparent agreement with WKBD-TV (channel 50) was dropped in. favor of the cable deal. Last November the Ohio State football game was sold to the cable company, which is based in Nashville, Tenn. The University is the only state school with a pay-TV contract: Canham could not be reached yester- See BILL, Page 7 to be on similar 'U' dormitory lottery expands By ANDREW ERIKSEN Returning dorm residents will have pn easier time getting a space in their old residence halls next fall, University housing officials announced yesterday. The number of leases available to returning students already in student housing will increase by eight percent, said John Finn, associate housing director. LAST YEAR only 42 percent of the applicants who wanted to live in residence halls again got spaces, but }this year the housing division plans to accept 50 percent of the applicants, Finn said. For example, 128 people were on a waiting list to get into West Quat last year after the limit for returning students was reached. Under the new plan, 65 more people, would have secured places. I'm very satisfied, andI think (the Resid- ence Hall Association) is satisfied.' - Matt Burley RHA member The increased number of available leases stemmed from a proposal earlier this fall that would have made it easier for a student to get into a different dorm. Under housing rules, if students want to move from their old residence halls, they must wait until after the an- nual lottery to see if there are enough spaces left. First priority is given to students who wish to return to the same dorm. ALTHOUGH THAT proposal by a housing office committee was defeated, Residence Hall Association (RHA) member Matt Burley, who served on the committee, said he was happy that housing increased the ceiling. "I'm very satisfied, and I think RHA is satisfied," Burley said. Burley said he believes by raising the limit on the number of returning students, the chance to switch to another dorm will be better. "The whole reason for the proposal was to accomodate students who wanted to move to another hall," he said. Finn said he wants to protect the people living within the residence hall as well as giving more chances to people outside the dorms, including in- coming freshpersons. He doesn't want students to worry that they must com- pete against others from all of the dor- ms to get their places back. "We're trying to do a little of both," he added. Keeping a limit on the amount of returning students also ensures a diversified community within the residence hall, said Jo Rumsey; assistant director of Housing Infor- mation. "We don't want returning students all congregated into one specific residence hall," Rumsey added. "^::".:: nv: vv:::........v.:::_............ .........:.........:..........:...................-......-...........................s;i:4":4vr:L:i: i:i: :-i:; ii:iivij:"i::"i::~:":"i:3 "::"i:::';*:: :: :. . . . . . ..~:::v'i t^::"i :Nit^::-i:O . :^:::":~vi":::i il ::" :.. "'" v":%"-:?:{i!ii"i:i s{{i~ii"L:.{:%i%::i :":::":" v:i.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:is::::C:":"{4~i:ii:::i:J:?i ":"i{i:ii4:{'~j U'J faculty group says it. opposes budget cut procedures, By SHARON SILBAR An organization of University professors yesterday denounced the University administration, saying that ad- ministrators avoided faculty input when they decided to deliver major cuts to three schools last summer. Although the formal statement came five months after the last of the three schools' budgets were cut, it is one of the strongest stands a group of faculty members has taken against administrators. It was passed unanimously at a meeting of the University's chapter of the American Association of University Professors. LONG AND detailed budget reviews of the Schools of Art Education, and Natural Resources were conducted last year, which resulted in major cutbacks for all three schools. Throughout these budget reviews the faculty, as a group, remained fairly quiet. Yesterday's statement was one of the first broad denouncements by a notable faculty group of how the budget reviews were conducted. "In the schools and colleges under review, the customary roles of the faculty and the executive committee (of each. school) have, in effect, been set aside," the statement said. "We find this attack on faculty governance most deplorable and ask the admnistration to quickly restore at least the standard of faculty government maintained over many years at the University 'it continued. Richard Bailey, an English professor and member of the faculty's top governing committee, the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said there was a "suspen- sion of the rules of faculty governance" during the reviews. "(PROVOST Billy) Frye alleged to have said that if people were unwilling to abide, he'd go to the regents to suspend the rules," Bailey said. Bailey, however, said that professors had considerable ad- visory input, even if they did not carry a lot of voting power in the review process. William Birdsall, the AAUP chapter president, said the statement was part of a long-term plan to achieve "a greater role of the faculty and faculty governance in the bud- See AAUP, Page 2 Onl euge AP Photo World Champion figure skater Rosalynn Sumners of Seattle gets some guiding instruction on her figures during a practice session yesterday for the National Figure Skating Championships. Sumners, a two time defending champion, is heavily favored to win the skating competiton held in Salt Lake City, Utah this year. ..,......::~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :v.:.... . . ,...::...:.::.... _. :. :-. ii...... ........,..................... ...........................................................,........................................ TODAY- Not faking MAN IN Millsboro, Del., who was found propped up in bed and whose family believed was possessed by a spirit had actually been dead about three years, according to the state medical examiner. The body of William "Willie" P.J: White, 82, was found in his home Dec. 29 by state nolie whn had hen asked hv a niehhor tn check on Almost the real thing STUDENTS PLANNING to graduate in August won't have a commencement ceremony of their own, but University officials are trying to compensate by letting them tag along with students getting out of school in April. Although the August graduates will still have to spend another four mon- ths on campus after spring commencement, if they submit diploma applications to the LSA counselling office by Mar- ch 29. their names will annear on the nroeram inut like the city's finest intend to keep their claim to that nickname. Stymied by protests that earlier attempts to set weight limits and physical fitness guidelines were arbitrary or discriminatory, the department has decided to award bonus points on civil service exams to officers who pass a yearly fitness test. Lt. Walter Doyle, an.aide to the chief of personnel, explained this week that a good showing on the physical fitness test will mean a little something extra on exam scores for promotion to sergeant through captain. And all it takes is a little agilitv as in the following exer- tell the outcome of the study, it had to learn the unfavorable outcome from a Daily news-leak. Also on this date in history: * 1917-The University forensics team suffered two crushing defeats at the hands of Northwestern University and The University of Chicago. " 1933-The University lifted a dance ban on Feb. 10 for all fraternities. Originally, the University feared that fraternity parties might draw students away from the J- hop, also scheduled for that night. 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