Arkansas - , first state to test Steachers LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Despite protests by more than 3,000 teachers that closed some schools last month, Arkansas becomes the first state in the nation Saturday to make its teachers prove their competence in basic skills. Teachers who fail the 100-question exam will have as many as four chan- ces to take it again; however, any teacher who has not passed the exam :by June 1, 1987, cannot be recertified to teach in the state. Teachers are required to pass the National Teacher y Examination before they can be hired. STATE Education Department Director Tommy Venters said his department is prepared to administer basic skills tests to 27,600 teachers at 276 sites. Some teachers, including the president of the 17,500-member Arkansas Education Association, say the exam is humiliating and are talking of a boycott. One major concern of op- t ponents is that the test will strip classrooms of black teachers, since more blacks than whites failed in a field test of the exam. The AEA has not encouraged a .boycott but has promised to support teachers disciplined for skipping, has' sponsored three mass protests against the exam this year and is paying for a lawsuit against the test. The American Vederation of Teachers and the National Education Association, the two major teachers' nions, have long opposed the concept of recertification exams for teachers, arguing that no other professionals are required to undergo such testing. Three-term Gov. Bill Clinton per- ; 'suaded the Legislature to pass the testing law and a $150 million sales tax increase in a 1983 special session on education reform. The test requires no knowledge of higher mathematics, no extraordinary vocabulary skills or any ability to write beyond that required of an elementary school teacher, according to Dr. James -Popham, president of IOX Assessment Associates of Culver City, Calif., which won a million dollar state contract to develop the test. The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 22, 1985 - Page 3 Council candidate urges rape prevention at 'U' Dally rnoto by DAN HABIB On duck pond A group of music school students relax by the music school duck pond on the second day of Spring. 'U'office considers rape center, escorts By BARBARA LOECHER, City council should raise the issue ofI rape prevention with the University's4 administration, said Democratic city council candidate Dave DeVarti.I "City council does not control University policy but members of city council can raise issues to Universityj officials," he told an audience of about eight people last night during a speechI at South Quad's Ambatana Lounge. DEVARTI criticized Henry Johnson, University vice president for student services, saying that he had failed toI implement a campus rape preventioni program. "Ouir two rivials, MSU and OSU haveI rape awareness programs," DeVarti said. DeVarti also criticized his Republican opponent, Larry Hahn (R-1 Fourth Ward). He said that Hahn chaired the city committee which in-t stituted a policy limiting the number of voters deputy registrars can register.I Ann Arbor woman found dead. in car By THOMAS HRACH An 83-year-old Ann Arbor woman was found unconscious in her automobile at the Thayer Street parking structure Wednesday evening. She was pronoun- ced dead at 8:55 p.m. at University Hospitals after efforts to revive her failed. Leo Heatley, campus security direc- tor, identified the woman as Ruth Beach of Ann Arbor. He blamed heart failure as the cause of her death. Steve Hause, a hospital spokesman, said that an autopsy has not been or- dered. He would not confirm the cause of death. According to Heatley, the woman was found by a parking attendent shortly af- ter 8 p.m. He said the woman's parking stub showed that she entered the struc- ture at 7:45 p.m. The woman was apparently planning on~h attending the National Symphony Orchestra concert at Hill Auditorium, Heatley said. Help give the advantage. Support the SMarch of Dimes BIRTH DEFCTS FOUNAION SRESEARCH A . V-ea- Send $2 for mcatalog of over 16,000topics to h Thay assist your research ef ds e forts. For info., call oll- fre 1.0.21-5745(inIlI Hlnois call 312.9220300). - Authors Reearch, Am 600ON. L 407S. Dearborn, Chicago.ILy 005 While DeVarti admitted that there is no limit to the number of registrats who can register voters, he said that the new restrictions will "frustrate the Democratic process." COMMENTING on the city council's 5-5 tie in the decision against the recommendation that the city's plen- sion board divest from South Africa, DeVarti said that if he had voted in- stead of Hahn, the proposal would have carried. "Pension officials want to divest," DeVarti said, "But they want city council support." DeVarti also attacked outgoing Republican Mayor Louis Belcher, saying that he had a "vested interest" in an apartment building that was con- verted into office space. Because of this, he said Belcher has a preference for business rather than residential use of city property,. "WHEN A commercial development project comes along and asks for a sub- Zeta Tau Alpha Presents (Continued from Page 1) comments he made in a January edition of Metropolitan Detroit magazine. Johnson was reported as saying that the University covers up the number of sidy from the city, the city should say, 'Help us find a way to develop low-cost housing, include that in your project.'" DeVarti also addressed the arms race. He urged city voters to voice their opposition to nuclear proliferation. State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Ar- bor), who appeared with DeVarti, agreed. "In Michigan,,more money is spent on defense than on education," Bullard said. DeVarti added that the city would be able to solve its problems if it had access to tax dollars now funding defense. "The slogan, 'Think globally, act locally' is applicable here,' " Bullard said. Democratic mayoral candidate Ed Pierce was on hand briefly, he left before DeVarti spoke. HAPPENI NGS- Highlight Don't miss the 29th Annual Friars Concert by the University's own Men's Glee CLub! The show begins tonight at 8 in the Rackham Auditorium. Films MED - Gone With the Wind, 8p.m., MLB 3. C2 - North by Northwest, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. CG - Liquid Sky,,7 & 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Building. Alt Act - Return of the Secaucus 7, 7 & 9 p.m., MLB 4. .Performances U of M Gospel Choir - Musical, 8 p.m., Second Baptist Church of Ann Ar- bor. Performance Network - Four by Beckett, plays, 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington Street. Ark - RFD Boys, 8p.m., 637 S. Main Street. Eclipse Jazz - The Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand Septet, 8 p.m., Men- delssohn Theater. School of Music - Scott Taube, horn, 6 p.m.; Mark Uranker, piano, 8 p.m.,, Recital Hall, School of Music; Concert Band & Chamber Winds, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Speakers Engineering - Umesh Mishra, 10 a.m., room 2072, East Engineering Building; C. Mueller, "Operational Safety Reliability Programs for Nuclear Power Plants," 3:45 p.m., White Auditorium, Cooley Building. Graduate School of Business Administration - Prof. John Birge; "Heuristic Algorithms for Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling," 2 p.m., room 76, Business Administration Building. Affirmative Action - Charles Whitten, "Sickle Cell Anemia ahd the Black Agenda," 9:30 a.m., Whitney Auditorium, School of Education. Astronomy - Philip Hughes, "Relativity Exposed," 8:00 p.m., Aud. B, Angell.- Guild House - Ruth Carey, noon, 802 Monroe. School of Natural Resources - Robert Buckman, "Forestry in Developing Countries: A New Emphasis," 3 p.m., room 1040, Dana Building. Exper/Math and Cognitive Sciences - David Rumelhart, "On Learning the Past Tense of English Verbs," 3 p.m., room 102, Perrry Building. Meetings Chinese Students Christian fellowship'- 7:30 p.m., Memorial Christian Church, corner of Hill and Tappan Streets> Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Study - 7:30 p.m., basement, University Refor- med Church, 1001 E. Huron Road. Korean Christian Fellowship - 9 p.m., Campus Chapel. Union Counseling Services - Dissertation support group, 8:30 a.m., room 3100, Union Counseling Services. International Students Fellowship - 7 p.m., call 994-4669 for ride. Miscellaneous Bridge Club - 7:30 p.m., Michigan League. Eclipse Jazz - Dollar Brand Workshop, 4 p.m., Trotter House. Residential College - German Day awards ceremony, 1 p.m., RC Auditorium, East Quad. Women's Tennis - Michigan vs Western Michigan University, 2:30 p.m., Track and Tennis Building. rapes on campus because it doesn't want to discourage students from at- tending. Johnson said that while he hadn't looked into the group's recommen- dations in detail, he supports them "generically." Jennifer Faigel, a member of MSA's women's issues committee, praised the draft, saying that it was more concrete than a similar report released last mon- th by the Sexual Harassment Task For- ce's student relation subcommittee. The committee's recommendations encompassed many of thesame measures but in less detail. These in- cluded: a rape crisis center, expansion of night owl, better lighting, and more educational programs on sexual harassment. She added, however, that "there was still a long way to go" in formulating specific recommendations for the University's executive officers. ACCORDING to Faigel and Anne Ryan, chairperson of the MSA's women's issues committee, Roselle Wilson, who is heading Johnson's ad- visory group, provided them a copy of the draft last Friday and invited their input. Faigel.said she and Ryan will submit the MSA committee's own recommen- dations to Wilson next week. Wilson was not available for com- ment. The three others on the advisory committee refused to speak about the draft. The group recommends the Univer- sity establish a central location on campus to deal with these services. "The general duties expected of this office," the draft says, "are 24-hour crisis assistance and intervention, campus-wide personal safety educational programs, coordination and pukilication of University and community safety programs and ser- vices, and coordination of an escort service." 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