Inside: IC OFF '84 The complete guide to Michigan football FREE ISSUE FREE ISSUE Ninety-fire years of Editorial Freedom Vol. XVC, No. 2 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, September 7, 1984 Sixteen Pages I A 1 1 / 1 i Ex-student wins suit against'U By LAURIE DELATER academic record prior to the exam was classes. He took a year's leave of ab- with wire reports sufficient grounds for dismissing him sence, but earned low marks in second- A former Inteflex student won a from the program and that the Inteflex year classes when he returned. When major court battle against the Univer- Promotion and Review Board gave him he failed the medical board exam, sity yesterday when an appeals court fair warning before expelling him. Ewing was dropped from the program. ruled the medical school violated the But the appeals court ruled Ewing's Ewing appealed to the medical school student's constitutional and contractual due process rights were violated when twice, saying if he were allowed to rights by expelling him after he failed a the medical school broke its precedent retake the exam, he would pass and medical board examination in 1981. of granting retests. could then continue in the program. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals WRITING FOR the three-judge . The promotion and review board decided the University acted in an "ar- panel, Judge Damon Keith said: "The refused Ewing's request and the U.S. bitrary and capricious" manner by evidence plainly demonstrates that the District Court of Appeals in Ann Arbor denying former student Scott Ewing the University treated Ewing in an ar- upheld the University's position in a chance to retake the board exam and bitrary and capricious manner by not ruling in March 1983. ordered he be allowed to do so. allowing him a second opportunity." EWING, now living in Coronado, EWING FILED suit because he is the The court also said Ewing's dismissal California, could not be reached for first Inteflex student to be denied a constituted a breach of contract with comment. His lawyer, Michael Con- second try at passing the National the University. way, said "we are pleased with the Medical Examiners test. Medical Keith said there was "an implied un- result." students must pass the first part of the derstanding that a student shall not be "The evidence showed that (Ewing) exam in order to continue with clinical arbitrarily dismissed from his univer- had been factored out for treatment studies. In the past, students have been sity." that other students hadn't got," Con- allowed to retake the test up to four EWING ENTERED the Inteflex way said: He would not say whether times, according to a court opinion filed program in the fall of 1975, but was Ewing planned to reapply to the In- by the University. placed on an irregular program when teflex program. Attorneys for the University, he withdrew from one course and ear- hoever-arsiued that urinu'spoor ned low marks in other first-year See COURT, Page 9 Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON Flanked by University alumnus and California Assemblyman Tom Hayden, Ted Mondale explains the importance of student voters yesterday in the Union. Mondsales son campagns 'to arouse student support liuwuvGlp algucu Vll"L Lvrtllg o Fvvl ua.a a av f a aav aaa ..,..... ... .. -. -- By SEAN JACKSON Asking college students to actively. support the newly-united Democratic Party, Ted Mondale, the son of ;rzsidential candidat'- Walter Mondale, criticized President Ronald Reagan's conservative stands in visits to Eastern Michigan University and the Michigan Union yesterday. "The Democratic Party is now united like never before," he said in similar speeches before 100 people at EMU's McKenney Union and 200 in the Michigan Union's Kuenzel Room, where he cited his father's support from former candidates Sen. Gary Hart, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and John Anderson, the 1980 independent presidential hopeful. LABELLING Reagan as the "leader of the radical right," Mondale criticized the president for straying from the mainstream of the Republican Party by not supporting the Equal Rights Amendment, not meeting with Soviet leaders, allowing the environ- ment to deteriorate, cutting funds for education, and "trashing" the Civil Rights Commission. He repeatedly brought up the issue of the federal deficit, saying that his' father will release today the details of a plan to reduce the deficit by two-thirds in his first term as president. If Reagan is reelected, he said, "by 1989 one half of our tax dollars will go to pay interest on the debt." The candidate's son, a 26-year-old who will graduate from the University of Minnesota as soon as he turns in one last paper, received enthusiastic ap- plause from the Michigan Union audience when he said his father would "bring the Pentagon waste under con- see MONDALE, Page 2 CRISP lines ~ leave students in limbo By DAVID JACOBS 1w s Lansing captures regent nomination in lan dslide The line started near the south end of the basement to Angell Hall. It went down the hall, around the corn- er, doubled back on itself several times in the main hall of the basement, wrapped around yet another corner, then stretched toward the fishbowl. Sound like a ride at Cedar Point? No, just CRISP on the first day of drop/add. "IN TEN years I have never seen so many students show up for drop/add on the first day of classes," said Tom Karunas, the University's assistant registrar and head of CRISP. He estimated that by 8 a.m. yester- day, and throughout the rest of the See CRISP, Page 9 I By ERIC MATTSON Amidst charges of personal vendetta and conflicts of interest, Eastern Michigan University professor Mar- jorie Lansing squelched University of Michigan Regent Gerald Dunn's bid for a third term on the board. at last mon- th's state Democratic convention. Dunn (D-Garden City) blamed his loss on the United Autoworkers union, which carried a great deal of weight among delegates at the convention and chose to endorse Lansing. SUPPORTERS OF Dunn have said the UAW's endorsement of Lansing and Dunn's subsequent loss had more to do with personal grudges than with his record as a regent. Dunn, who works as a lobbyist for 11 school districts in western Wayne coun- ty, lobbied against a plan which would have required individual school dAstric- ts to increase spending on breakfast and lunch programs-a plan the UAW supported. Dunn said his opposition to the program is what sunk him with state labor leaders. UAW leader Frank Garrison, who strongly supported the program, was at the heart of Lansing's support, Dunn said. "THE REAL reason behind Mr. Garrison's viewpoint is to silence anyone who has an opposing point of view," Dunn said. Garrison could not be reached for comment. But Paul Massaron, another UAW leader, denied that labor's sup- port of Lansing had anything to do with Dunn's opposition to the program. He said that the UAW rejected Dunn See CONTROVERSY, Page 3 Daily Photo by DOUG McMAHON The lines at CRISP grew long and hot yesterday as computer probl"ems and a large number of students clogged the system. Freshmen boast better brains By SEAN JACKSON The University has attracted a breed of more academically talented freshmen this year - a class the University's Direc- tor of Undergraduate Admissions Cliff Sjogren says he is sure will be successful. "This is a highpowered class. The professors are going to expect more, but we are absolutely convinced they can suc- ceed, as long as they are not distracted," he said. ACCORDING to statistics recently released from the ad- missions office, average SAT scores rose 20 points this year from 1170 to 1190, and 65 percent of the entering class ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, up from 58 percent last year. Sjogren attributes the higher rankings to an expanded recruitment program started in 1979 to institute a more per- sonal approach. "We want to dispel the myth that we are a big cold place," he said. "WE ARE DOING what all good institutions are doing, recruiting students," Sjogren added. "Our faculty wants the best students out there." See FROSH, Page 3 Dunn ... blames loss on UAW TODAY I Wake up. OES THE THOUGHT of having that irritating D alarm clock ring you out of bed each morning turn your stomach? Is that radio alarm just a little too impersonal to launch you into the day Sandee Overmars, a 39-year-old University graduate and Ann Arbor resident, has the solution. For $12 each month - a special student rate Overmars will ds to start their day off right. To do that she will employ the "Word of the Day," an upbeat utterance intended to. make even the dreariest days brighter. "There will be a different word every day," said Overmars, "So in ad- dition to being a way to get up, it will be a positive way to start the day, an uplifting service." Today's word is "Triumphant," and as it will every day, the daily word will be incorporated into a sentence which subscribers to the service can then incorporate into their day. For example, "I will rise triumphant over every challenge," said Overmars. So far she said she hasn't had any takers, but her advertising campaign - including fliers and classified ads - hasn't fully hit the street yet. Always looking on the bright side of life, Overmars thought of the idea several weeks ago as a way to make extra money af- ter leaving a previous job doing phone surveys for Dominoes Pizza. And although she's making the calls Price of education BROWN MACKIE College in Salina Kansas guaranteed its graduates jobs in the real world - and is now facing its first student attempting to cash in. The student has asked for a refund of $7,495 - the cost of tuition - because he was unable to find a job within four months after graduation. He is the first student in the year since the university offered the refunds who has requested his money back. The guarantee covers only tuition, not the cost of books or housing. School officials, however, accep- ted the request stoically. "We went into this with our eyes open," said Earl Edwards, the dean of instruction. "We felt that refunds would be inevitable, but we continue in our philosophy tht if education is going to be accountable, this is certainly one way to make it happen." Fever" will fuel sales of its new Tiger Bread and Tiger Buns. The bread and buns, baked by a Saginaw-area bakery, are slipped into orange-and-black striped wrappers with a tiger's picture, and sold by Bonnie Bakers Inc. of Fer- ndale. "It's Tiger Fever," said spokeswoman Marcia Ross. "This is a funny town. You're a Tiger fan whether they win or lose." Tiger bread and buns - there's actually no connection with the team - began hitting store shelves last week, and are being sold around the state, Ross said. Even if the baseball Tigers slump, the bread and buns will stay in the running,.she said. "I don't think that's going to change the fever here in Detroit." On the inside ... i I i