The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 6, 1984 -Page A-7 Student fights :to get degree back from 'U' lb/' *, "Gimmea D Gimme an A Gimmean I...L...Y Givethe MICHIGAN DAILY that old college try. CALL 764-0558 to order your subscription By ERIC MATTSON For most students, receiving a degree from the University signals the end of a long, arduous journey. But for W one student it was only the beginning. -In 1980, Wilson Crook had his 1977 Master of Science degree rescinded by the regents after a disciplinary panel decided that he had falsified data in his thesis. CROOK appealed the decision. charging that he had not been afforded his constitutional right of due process. U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor agreed with Crook and ordered the University to return Crook's degree in Geology and Minerology. Prof. Donald Peacor, who initiated the investigation into Crook's thesis, said "there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that virtually everything in his thesis was falsified . .. in my view, the judge made a ridiculous decision." The University is currently appealing Taylor's decision and it could be a year or more before the issue is resolved. SPENDING RESOLUTION of the .matter, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction allowing the University to withhold Crook's diploma. In his thesis, Crook claimed to have discovered a new mineral, "Texasite," which was later found to resemble a synthetic compound missing from a professor's lab. But the issue in court was not whether Crook had fabricated his data; it was 1h whether the University had given Crook due process. JUDGE TAYLOR blasted the University for "the inquisitorial, cir- cus-like free-for-all which constituted (Crook's) 'hearing,' " and said Crook was not given adequate notice of the charges and evidence against him. Further, Diggs said, Crook's lawyer was not allowed to participate meaningfully in the hearing and the regents did not see any evidence-they merely acted upon the recommen- dation of the disciplinary committee. The arbitrary recission of a degree, after a university has supposedly determined with all due deliberation that one has met all of the requirements for that degree, damages the univer- sity's academic integrity as much as, if not more than, the student's fraud in obtaining that degree," Diggs wrote. But University General Counsel Roderick Daane disputed Diggs' decision. "I think she's just flat wrong," he said. Daane said although the University did not afford Crook the due process he would have received in court, the procedure the disciplinary committee followed was entirely fair. Crook's Detroit attorney, George Bushness, said the University's hearing showed a "lack of fair play that would be afforded any individual." As to the allegation that Crook did in- deed fabricate his data, Bushnell refused to comment. "That's just a goddamn dumb question," he said. ANN ARBOR MUSIC MART IS YOUR CAMPUS MUSIC STORE a :-? SONY PRODUCTS Walkman Recorders Radios Headphones Former President Gerald Ford kicks off the University's drive to raise $160 million from alumni and private corporations last October. University leans on alumni to raise funds f 5 o-Al Kelly set to appeal '82 murder conviction By ERIC MATTSON More than three years after the Bur- sley Hall shooting which left two students dead, convicted murderer Leo Kelly is appealing his guilty ver- dict. Kelly was convicted in July 1982 of killing freshman Edward Siwik and Douglas McGreaham, a resident ad- visor, on a sixth floor Bursley hallway where all three were residents. The conviction carried a mandatory sen- tence of life in prison. BUT KELLY'S attorney, Chokwe Lumumba, says his client did not receive a fair trial. According to Lumumba, the all-white jury was racially biased. "In other words, they screwed all the black people," he said. LUMUMBA cited pre-trial publicity as another basis for the Kelly appeal. According to the attorney, his client's trial should have been moved outside Washtenaw County. But the prosecuting attorney Lyn- wood Noah said the proceedings were entirely fair and equitable. "I don't think there was any real prejudice in the jury's mind," he said. If the lower court's decision is rever- sed, the case will be retried. The court has not yet announced when it will ren- der a verdict. By MARLA GOLD When students run out of ready cash they turn to their parents to bail them out. The University is trying a similar approach to raise money which President Harold Shapiro said can't be generated from tuition increases or state aid. "Campaign for Michigan," the of- ficial name of the eighteen month-old drive by the University to raise $160 million for colleges, faculty endowmen- ts, and building projects, is a plea to this institution's 250,000 alumni to donate money or other gifts needed to keep tuition down and the quality of the University high. THE CAMPAIGN kicked off officially on October 14, 1983, after having raised $46 million from individuals and cor- porations. Among the corporations who have donated money or gifts to the Univer- sity include a $5 million donation by the Ford Motor car company, Burroughs, General Motors, Chase-Manhattan Bank, Chrysler, K Mart, and Michigan Bell telephone. The fundraising attempt was initially aimed at regional areas, said Cosovich, who was hired specifically to head the fundraising campaign. "THE UNIVERSITY has to have significant endorsement displayed by local people before going on a nation- wide campaign," he said. In the regent's July report, donations were listed at $62 million, which Cosovich thinks is right on schedule. The campaign is scheduled to end in 1987. He added that the fundraiser is not merely intended to raise revenue, but also to "raise the level of awareness of alumni" so that they will continue to donate funds in the future, long after the formal campaign is over. THE HIGH priority areas for fun- draising include the humanities and the chemistry departments, with a large percentage of the funds going for building renovations throughout the campus, including; " $20 million to update and enlarge the chemistry building; 9 $15 million for additions to the business administration building, in cluding a new library and computer system; * $9.5 million for the Kellog Eye Cen- ter; " and $1.4 million to build a slide library onto Tappan Hall for the Art History Department. So far the business school, Kellogg Eye Center and the Tappan Hall ad- ditions are the closest to reaching their goals. In addition, different colleges in- cluding the art school and the School of Natural Resources, which received major budget cuts as part of the University's five-year plan to trim costs from various parts of the Univer- sity, are "taking advantage of the cam- paign umbrella," Cosovich said by working with it to raise badly needed money. Although the largest gifts to the cam- paign are from major corporations, Cosovich said, "In any effort of this kind, most of the gifts come from in- dividuals. People provide well over one- STEREO REPAIRS Technics and Sony Systems cassette tapes - stereo needles speaker wire - FM antennas ANN ARBOR MUSIC MART MUSIC LESSON I Replacement FREE IHeadphone Pads GUITAR OR DRUMS 5 off introductory lesson ; for walkman type is Free with coupon headphones New Students Only with this coupon expires 9-30-84 expires 9-30-84 336 South State 769-4980 foreign students come to 'U' half of the money." He added that 85 percent of the gifts come from aboutO CIT IZEN five percent of the people. Cosovich, who has previously done similar fundraisers for large private w institutions across the country, said N that "Campaign for Michigan" is the om largest fund raising campaign ever at a En. public institution. s.. Because of his expertise in fun- draising, and the importance of his job, Cosovich is the highest paid vice president, and even makes more than the University president. Although the end of the fundraiser is three years and one hundred million dollars away from its final goal, Cosovi- ch is confident that the goal will be reached. "I think it is within the capability of this institution." (Continued from Page 2) the International Center, which has been doing its best with its limited resources," said Ema Ema, a Nigerian doctoral student in communication. ACCORDING TO Ema, foreign students have tried for months to arrange a meeting with University President Harold Shapiro to discuss the problems foreign students face here on campus. Ema, a member of the Michigan Student Assembly's Foreign Student Advisory Board and the International Center's Foreign Student Council, said that students are pushing for a social orientation program to introduce foreign students to American culture. 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