I Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 24, 1985 Engin. Hum. transfers (Continued from Page 1) lose that individual approach," he said. With budget cuts and lost staffers, the nature of the course changed," Loomis said, as "discussion and direc- t instruction in writing became difficult or impossible."* "WE WERE THE victims of programatic changes which we didn't share in making,"he said. Loomis also said that he "wouldn't have voted for" eliminating his depar- tment, and called.it "said that others have seen fit to close out what we've. done." Assistant Dean Leland Quackenbush called the huge sections "deplorable," but Vest prefers to look to the future. "WE'VE MADE a decision, taken a direction, and it's time to look to the future," he said. Engineering students had mixed feelings about moving over to LSA. Freshman Paul Brabandt thinks the decision is "definitely better for us," since he can't understand the "use of putting out engineers who can't com- pete in the liberal arts world." GILLIGAN agrees with the move, saying "we should be able to survive in the LSA environment," while freshman Terry Young believes that we'd com- pete really well with LSA students." Freshman John Potbury, however, thinks that "engineering is a totally dif- ferent area.'' I don't think it's right," he said. "We don't have to learn to write as effec- tively as LSA students." "I'M GLAD it's not me" said Alexan- der, referring to the incoming freshmen who will take LSA English composition next fall. "Generally, engineers aren't real aesthetic types," he said, predicting that his fellow engineers would have trouble competing in LSA. Professor Loomis disagreed, basing his answer on 31 years of University experience. "I THINK that LSA's lucky to be get- ting our students. 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Dean Quackenbush said that the competition factor "was our concern, and was the reason for the establish- ment of the Humanities department in the first place." BUT HE added, "our students have. the same kinds of skills as LSA studen- ts, so the English Board Writing Test and their performances in English 125 will be revealing." LSA students interviewed unanimously approved of having engineers in their English classes. "I think it's great," said sophomore Marci Watson. "My engineering next- door neighbor said she feels like she doesn't speak English anymore. Maybe this will get them out of their nerdy state." KEVIN KELSH, a freshman, agreed that "engineering students should have to take English in LSA because we have to compete with them in math and science." "It wouldn't be unfair at all," he said. "There are many good writers in Engineering." If other top-rated Engineering.. Colleges are any indication, the University's engineers should fare well against LSA competition. 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"I think it should work at Michigan, because it is a good chance for the engineers to interact with people who have different interests." The University of Illinois at Cham- paign-Urbana employs a compromise system in which its engineers take English in the regular LAS college (Literature, Arts, and Sciences) but many are placed in special sections reserved for engineerings students. ILLINOIS students are still "en- couraged" to take the special sections, but those who don't-about 30% of the freshman class-"have no trouble," according to Robert Bokenkamp, an Assistant Dean of English. The University's College of LSA ap- pears to be having some trouble dealing with next fall's influx of engineers. Prof. William Ingram, the director of English Composition said, "we're opening up additional sections, for which funding is being made available, but there is a problem of logistics-ad- ditional classroom ,space and office space for TA's. Although Ingram said that "it's not a crisis in any sense," Al Stewart of the Office of Scheduling, who Ingram said is handling the space problem, "didn't know where the places for extra classrooms would be." "It's a big puzzle that has to be worked out," Stewart said, but added that he hoped to use the same rooms that engineersing humanities classes have used in the past. Bland Laverette, an Administrative Manager for Space in the office of LSA AssociateaDean for Curriculum James Cather, agreed that "it may be a problem." I'm not sure just when we'll have a solution," he said, "but I can assure you that we will have a place for students to take their classes." as secretary of the Treasury WASHINGTON-The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously yesterday to recommend confirmation of James Baker III as Treasury secretary after hearing Baker say the administration believes simplifying the tax code is as important as attacking federal budget deficits. Baker, however, stressed repeatedly that the tax plan unveiled by the current Treasury secretary, Donald Regan, was only a "starting point" and could be substantially modified before the administration sends it to Congress. Baker, President Reagan's chief of staff for four years, is swapping jobs with Regan. Baker's nomination won easy approval from the panel following a 2 -hour hearing in which Baker was relaxed and often engaged in friendly banter with his Senate interrogators. He easily handled a wide range of questions ranging from specific provisions of the tax code to efforts to halt drug smuggling by the U.S. Customs Service. His nomination is expected to be taken up by the full Senate next week and Finance Committee Chairman Robert Packwood predicted quick approval. Baker, credited as the key strategist responsible for the president's first- term legislative victories, told the senators that the administration hopes 1985 will be a replay of 1981, when the administration "found the resources" to get a major tax bill and spending cuts through Congress at the same time. Navy attack bomber missing AGAMA, Guam-Strong winds and rough seas hampered a search ;yes- terday for a Navy VA-3B transport plane with nine people aboard that vanished from radar screens and was believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was reported overdue and missing at 1 p.m. local time after it disappeared from the Guam Air Traffic Control radar about 125 miles north of Guam, a Pentagon spokesman said. That would place the plane somewhere near the island of Saipaw, a U.S. overseas territory, when it disappeared and some 45 mintues flying time from Guam. Authorities believe the plane crashed somewhere in at sea. The missing aircraft was identified by the Pentagon as a thin-engine VA- 3B, a modified version of the Navy's A-3 Sky Warrior attack bomber. Four Navy aircraft, the Air Force planes, and a-Coast Guard C-130 laun- ched a search for the plane but the day long effort was fruitless and theplanes were recalled when darkness fell, Coast Guard officials said. Anti-aboriionists target Packwood WASHINGTON-Anti-abortion activists labeled Sen. Robert Packwood R-Ore., "Senator Death" yesterday and made him their primary-and perhaps only-political target for the 1986 elections. "He, more than any other politician, is directly responsible for killing some 18 million preborn children," said Rick Woodrow, executive director of the Life Amendment Political Action Committee, at a news conference. "This isn't the first time I've been singled out by a group that disagrees with my strong opinion that a woman has a right to make her own decision on abortion," he said. "If these people think they can scare me by extremist threats and by their desire to force their point of view on everyone, they are very wrong," he said. Woodrow also called on the government to drop charges against 28 anti- abortion demonstrators arrested at the Supreme Court During Tuesday's massive rally which saw some 14,500 demonstrators march on Congress and the Supreme Court demanding a constitutional amendment banning all abortions. Courts indict Marcos' trusted aide in slaying of Aquino MANILA, Philippines-Armed Forces Chief Gen. Fabian Ver, a trusted aide and relative of President Ferdinand Marcos, was indicted yesterday with 25 others for the 1983 slaying of popular opposition leader Benigno Aquino. Ver, 64, Metropolitian Police Commander Maj. Gen. Prosper Olivas and six soldiers were named as accessories for allegedly covering up the assassination. "I expected it," Ver, a distant cousin to Marcos, said on a telephone inter- view. "I'm prepared for it, like a good soldier." Aquino was shot to death at Manila airport Aug. 21, 1983, as he stepped off a jetliner on his return from three years of self-exile in the United States. Discovery to launch today CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)-The Florida deep freeze that grounded space shuttle Discovery for 24 hours ends, and crew ready the ship and its intriguing secret cargo for launch at an unannounced time today. As the daytime temperature climbed into the 50s, a small band of protesters stood outside the Kennedy Space Center gates with signs reading "Weaponizing outer space is irresponsible," and "Keep the heavens un- defiled." On the oceanside launch tower, plumbers replaced leaking nozzles and burst valves in the firefighting equipment. If everything continues to go well, Discovery will be launched on its secret mission between 1:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. today with a crew of five, all military men. 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