4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Sunday, January 20, 1985 SNR will be smaller and better after cu (Continued from Page 1) build the reputation of their school." OLSON, WHO was the school's dean from 1974-75 said he also has been con- tacted and interviewed by other univer- sities but he hasn't left the University because he doesn't want to leave teaching and his specialty - remote sensing - behind. "It's my belief that were I to leave, the program would disapper," Olson said. "If I let it die, I would sort of see one of my creations die," he said. Olson said he and many faculty members see the restructuring of the school as a challenge. "ONE OF the reasons many of our faculty members have stayed is to cap- ture the excitement of what we're trying to do," Olson said. BUT THE plan is risky, "The plan has a high risk in terms of succeeding because there are no models which can be copied," Polakowski said. "If it succeeds, it can be unique and in no doubt replicated to some degree." One of the biggest changes in the future of SNR is the plan to phase out freshmen and sophomores in the school. Instead of being a four-year program requiring 120 hours of credit, it will eventually become a two-year, upper-level program, open to juniors and seniors from other parts of the University and transfer students from other schools. SCHOOLofficials say they don't know when they will stop admitting freshmen but John Bassett, associate dean for academic programs, says it won't be for at least two years. They say their plan calls for leveling off the school's enrollment at about 500 after the transition period and they are undertaking a high-powered public relations campaign to attract students and tell the rest of the academic com- munity that the SNR is still alive. Just knowing that the school is still operating isn't enough for some studen- ts. According to school administrators, many qualified students turn away from the University because they can- not afford tuition costs and can get more attractive financial aid packages elsewhere. THE NEW curriculum plan places more emphasis on graduate programs than undergraduate. Undergraduate students are being groomed for professional degrees, and the courses in which they enroll are geared toward environmental problem-solving rather than specific job preparations. THE FOCUS on problem-solving will make natural resources graduates more marketable, school officials say. "We think it will be (better) because in the long run students are going to get more skills - problem-solving and communication," said Sandra Gregerman, a counselor in the school. "Certainly when students leave school and are in the work world ... the balance of the tasks in that job is to help solve environmental problems," said Linda Sorbo, the school's academic programs coordinator. THIS YEAR, new curriculum requirements were put in place for freshpersons. Previously, the school of- fered two undergraduate degrees, a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resour- ces (BSNR), and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BSF). After selecting one of those concentrations, students could choose between a number of biophysical or socio-behavioral concen- trations such as wildlife or fisheries. The school now offers only the BSNR degree, but students still have a choice between the socio-behavioral or biophysical concentrations. Graduate students can choose bet- ween three concentrations: management, planning, and policy; resource ecology; or resource in- stitutions and human behavior. The shift here is also toward environmental problem-solving, faculty members say. Requirements for the masters program will be increased next year from 30 to 40 credit hours. UNDERGRADUATES are also facing more stringent course requirements and admissions standar- ds. Freshmen admitted into the school this year are required to take one year of chemistry and one semester of calculus. Previously students needed only one semester of chemistry and an algebra class. Accordng to Bassett, the new curriculum is causing some students to leave the school. He said he expects about half of the school's new 71 or 72 freshmen to transfer out because of the stricter requirements. "I FULLY expect half will transfer," he said "It's the people that really don't want to be here in the first place. . . I don't think they're really committed because they transfer out because we're making them take harder stuff." According to Bassett, some of the students applied to SNR in order to get into the University through the "back door" because admissions standards were not as high. Now, however, admissions standards in SNR are tougher. Students still need a grade point average of at least 3.0, Bassett said. Occassionaly, promising students below the standards are ad- mitted, he added, but the school is clamping down on those. "OUR curriculum is a bit different now and we want to make sure our students who are coming in now can do well," Sorbo said. "Students are indeed having dif- ficulty meeting the new standards," Bassett said. "We started getting some bad vibes (about the tougher classes) around midterms," he said, adding that more than just one or two students were .. . 4,A' ts, dean says from the University, the school has been actively soliciting private gifts from alumni and other interested people. Five years ago, the school managed to pull in $14,000 in individual gifts from alumni, according to Tanya Bernard, the school's new development officer. During the '83-84 school year, the school received $44,000 in private gifts. This year, Bernard says her goal is to secure $60,000 more in private gifts and for 1986, her goal is $50,000. HER CAMPAIGN is part of the school's fundraising program called The Hewlett Challenge. The Hewlett foundation will match every dollar of the $110,000 expected to be collected. These contributions will be used for financial aid programs, recruitment programs, research programs, and im- proving the teaching and training programs in environmental problem- solving. Bernard said her office wil be able to Daily Photo by DAN HABIB James Crowfoot, natural resources school dean, says his school will be bet- ter after being cut by 25 percent than it was before the University instituted its five-year plan. having problems with the new courses he calls "building block" classes. "WE REALLY honestly thought we were doing them a favor by getting them on track," Bassett said. "It's a tougher undergraduate program. We have faith our students can overcome it because we're getting students who can hack it." In order to help offset the budget cut raise the money. "I think there's a loyalty which is pretty direct," Bernard said. "I think we've got that kind of support out there," she said. "The alumni understand the need for having a school." "Now we're going to become ex- cellent or go down the tubes trying," Bassett said. IN BRIEF M Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports New pact may end Yale strike .NEW HAVEN, Conn.-Yale University and white-collar worker yesterday reached a tentative agreement that they hope will end the 10 week-old strike that bitterly divided the Ivy League school. Students were jubilant at the prospect of an end to the labor dispute that shut down dining halls, forced classes off campus and curtailed library: hours during the fall semester. University Director of Information Walter Littell would not reveal details, of the settlement, which was reached in the 91st negotiating session at 5:3 a.m., following around-the-clock talks under the threat of a renewed strike Jan. 26. The proposal will go before union members for a ratification vote Tuesday. The 2,600 members of Local 34 of the Federation of University Em- ployees-most of them women in technical and clerical jobs-went on strike Sept. 26, charging Yale with economically discriminating against women and minorities. Navy to axe six F-14 fighters WASHINGTON - A reduction in the Pentagon's fiscal 1986 budget. already approved by President Reagan will force the Navy to chop its pur- chase of F-14 fighters by 25 percent, according to a high-ranking official. Instead of proceeding with a plan to acquire 24 of the front-line jets during the year starting next Oct. 1, Navy Secretary John Lehman and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger have decided to submit a budget that calls for. the purchase of 18 of the aircraft, even though the change will ultimately prove more expensive, said the source. The cut, to be formally unveiled when the president's budget is submitted to Congress on Feb. 4, will save about "one-third of a billion dollars in fiscal 1986, but it will drive up the unit cost by $3 million per plane and in the long term, end up costing more for the taxpayer," said the source, who agreed to discuss the matter only if not identified. New Caledonia remains split despite Mitterrand's meetings NOUMEA, New Caledonia-French President Francois Mitterrand yesterday wound up a whirlwind visit to this troubled French territory in the South Pacific and predicted the dispute over independence would be resolved within months. 40,000 anti-independence protesters turned out to jeer Mitterand, defying a state of emergency ban on political meetings of more than five people. Independence leader Yeiwene Yeiwene, said his group's meeting with Mit- terrand had been friendly, and that the French president backed indepen- dence. Yeiwene is a senior official of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, which claims to represent almost all of the native Melanesian population, who are known as Kanaks. "The president recognizes com- pletely the right of the Kanak people to have independence," he said. Leaders of the anti-independence movement, which represents most of the European, Polynesian and Asian settlers, said after their meeting with Mit- terrand that France must continue its 131-year rule. Gandhi aide resigns, post I NEW DELHI, India-A top aide to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi resigned4 after the arrest of his personal secretary in connection with an alleged spy ring, government sources said yesterday. Four more suspected spies were detained, bringing the number of arrests to 11, they said. Press reports and government sources said the arrests were part of the biggest crackdown on espionage since India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947. Among those charged under India's Official Secrets Act were three men working in the prime minister's office, an employee in President Zail Singh's press relations department, and five Defense Ministry officials, said the: senior government sources, who spoke on condition they not be identified. Two businessmen were also taken into custody and interrogated in New Delhi by Indian intelligence officials, said the sources. The new sources said some of the arrested officials had the rank of deputy secretary and under secretary, including one they identified as T. N. Kher, a personal secretary of Gandhi's closest aide, P.C. Alexander. Peking plane crash kills 38 PEKING - A Soviet-built domestic airliner crashed while landing at Jinan airport in Eastern china, federal aviation authorities said yesterday. Thirty- eight people, including two Americans, died in the crash. The twin-engine turboprop Antonov 24 was en route from Shanghai to: Peking when it crashed late Friday afternoon, officials said. It had stopped in Nanjing prior to flying to Jinan, capital of the east coast province of Shan- dong, about 220 miles, southeast of Peking. Officials gave no explanation for the crash, or for the delay in reporting it. A Jinan Dolice officer said in a telephone interview that the weather was: cloudy at the time of the crash._ Three people survived the crash, officials said. They were seriously in- jured and under treatment at a hospital, China's official Xinhua news agen- cy reported. The names of the American victims were not immediately released. But U.S. Embassy spokesman Tony Sariti said the two Americans were businessmen, according to preliminary identification by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. 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Washington parties through Inauguration Weekend (Continued from Page 1) the capitol, while 12,000 elite of the inaugural crowd went to Washington's Convention Center to join Reagan in a gala staged by dozens of stars, many of them friends from his acting days in Hollywood. Frank Sinatra led the entertainment that included Pearl Bailey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Beach Boys, Ray Charles, Crystal Gayle, Charlton Heston, Rich Little, Dean Martin, Wayne Newton, Tony Randall, Lou Rawls, Don Rickles, Tom Selleck, Dona Summer, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. T, Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Wagner. Despite the pomp and glitter, Reagan's inaugural committee tried to scale down the four-day extravaganza, which they said would cost only $12.5 million compared to $16 million for the first inaugural four years ago. The costs are paid for with private funds. The Center for Russian and East European Studies Presents: THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND SOCIALISM A Lecture Presented by PROFESSOR ROBERT DANIELS JAN. 21, 1985, MONDAY, 4:00 P.M. RACKHAM EAST CONFERENCE ROOM. ONJOSTENSGOwD COLLEGEkRNGS. . , Anniversary sparks rallies (Continued from Page 1) Supreme Court following Tuesday's march. Yesterday, anti-abortion protests were held in Atlanta, Pensacola, Fla., St. Louis, Mo., Augusta, Ge., Concord, N.H. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Reagan has proclaimed today "San- ctity of Human Life" day, and hundreds of churches nationwide plan to mark the day with sermons, vigils and special observances. Protests also are planned in scores of cities nationwide. Curt Young, executive director of the Christian Action Council, an evangelical anti-abortion group, said the movement is "most grateful to President Reagan for his second term of leadership in the struggle to end abortion." Volunteers from the National Organization for Women have been maintaining an around-the-clock vigil at 20 selected abortion clinics in an ef- fort to prevent bombings of the facilities. NOW was holding vigils at the family planning institute in Tempe, Ariz., where it was reported "fairlycalm," and in Tidewater, Va., which was the scene of an arsonist's attack in 1983 and a pipe bomb last year. Quebec party officials split (Continued from Page 1) weakening of the Quebec people it- self." The next provincial election must be called by April 1986. Laurin, speaking to the convention before the walkout, said Levesque's proposal amounted not just to putting the "option" of Quebec independence aside, "but putting it to death." The stormy exit of the hard-liners recalled a walkout led by Levesque himself in 1967 from a Liberal Party convention after his proposals for Quebec sovereignty were turned down. Leveque, who then quit as a Cabinet minister in the Liberal provincial government, founded the Parti Quebecois the following year. He has been premier since his party's surprise election victory in 1976, but his party now trails far behind the Liberals in public opinion polls. There also have been questions raised about Levesque's health, and a recent poll found 47 percent of Quebecers thought is was time for the 62-year-old premier to leave public life. Correction Gov. James Blanchard's proposed budget reportedly includes an $80 million increase for higher education. An article in Friday's Daily incorrectly stated the increase was $800 million. FREEEUNIVERSITY Winter, '85 courses begin January 20th, run five weeks. 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