4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 27, 1985 Shapiro reaffirms SDI stance By KERY MURAKAMI In response to numerous inquiries from faculty members, University President Harold Shapiro has released a statement reaffirming the regents' decision last week to support professors doing research related to the Strategic Defense Initiative. The statement, which was released Wednesday, is an attempt to clarify that a resolution approved at last Friday's regents meeting did not mean the University supports the controversial 'Star Wars' plan endor- sed by the Reagan administration. THE REGENTS' resolution should not be read as committing the Univer- sity regarding which particular type of research individual faculty should pursue, but rather as an explicit reaf- firmation of existing guidelines con- cerning research at the University of Michigan," Shapiro said in the statement. "We continue to believe that we meet our responsibilities to society most fully by remaining an intellec- tually open community," the statement read. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor) sponsor of the regents' resolution, said at the Friday meeting he felt the resolution was necessary to prevent professors who do SDI research from being harassed. Ingrid Kock, MSA's military researcher and one of the students who protested the resolution at Friday's meeting, has said she believes the resolution represents an "institutional endorsement" of the 'Star Wars' plan. Shapiro was unavailable for com- ment yesterday, but Susan Lipschutz, assistant to the president, said Shapiro decided to restate the University's stance after receiving many questions from faculty both for and against SDI research. Two University professors have already received $255,000 in 'Star Wars' research grants. Four ad- ditional proposals totalling nearly $6 million have also been filed by University professors. Min orities criticize 'U' enroilme (Continued from Page 1) He stressed the importance of unity among the various minority groups on campus in approaching the ad- ministration. "When one minority group advances," he said, "all minority groups advance." Chen was particularly disturbed at what he perceives as the University's failure to rank efforts to attract Asian American students with other minority groups. He believes such ef- Correction The Office of Housing surveyed freshmen during the 1983-84 academic year about their attitudes toward college life. The results of the study showed that, among other things, the freshmen found Couzens to be the worst residence hall in which to study because of noise level. The results were released last January. A story in yesterday's Daily incorrectly stated that the survey was conducted last year. forts are given a low priority because the Asian American population isn't underrepresented on campus. "IT ANGERED me . . . These people aren't being recruited, they're being left out," Chen said. "(Greater numbers of Asian students) doesn't represent to me that we're not a minority," echoed Dean Goto, another member of the Asian American Association. In addition to discussing ways to beef up recruitment of minorities, students at the forum voiced concern about racism on campus. "When I was a freshman, I had a lot of problems dealing with racism," said Aubrey Scott, a sophomore member of the Black Student Union. "I think there's a huge com- munication gap with students about what they can do (about racism)". "THE PEOPLE in power don't recognize that it's a problem," Chen agreed. Racism exists on campus in forms ranging from grafitti to racist com- ments by professors, several studen- ts noted. One of the reasons the environment at the University is poor, Norris said, is the lack of coordination among minority support services. Norris said that because the support services aren't centralized, many nt eforts students didn't know about the ser- vices available to them on campus. He added that the quality of coun- seling in the services should be im- proved. "It's not that we don't have enough services," he said. "We want quality and not quantity. Right now, we don't have quality." LSA contemplates nunor concentrations FRIDAY AFTERNOON FIRESIDE - at CANTERBURY HOUSE 218 N. DIVISION (at Catherine) (Continued from Page 1) major-minor system on a trail basis. HELEN CRAFTON, another com- mittee member who is director of Academic Action and an economics lecturer, said she was uncertain about the need to stiffen concentration requirements. But Crafton said she is opposed to offering students both majors and minors, another alter- native discussed at Wednesday's meeting. "I have a lot of questions on the ad- ministrative side," she said. Nissen added that the change would cause "unnecessary paperwork and it doesn't benefit the student much." This past summer the committee sent out letters to each department asking for professors' views on swit- ching to a system of majors and minors. Less than half responded, Cr- afton said, with the most interest coming from foreign language depar- tments. IT IS precisely such departments as foreign languages that attract double concentrators. Denni Chamberlain, a fifth year LSA senior, added a concen- tration in French to his concentration in economics last year. "I thought it would be better - more job-related than just a French major," said the student, who hopes to work in a multinational corporation after graduation. "With French I could double my marketability. It would open me up to two job markets - English and Fren- ch speaking." ALTHOUGH Nissen feels that some departments within LSA should strengthen their concentration requirements, he said students who double concentrate shouldn't be criticized. "I think students generally believe that if they can finish two concen- trations it may make them more marketable or increase their chances of acceptance to graduate school. I encourage that." But Crafton said, "I don't believe a double concentration does as much for a student as he thinks." Students who choose the double option may be "sacrificing the breadth of their education," she added. "I'm not sure it's a better education if you have two concentrations. What is a student giving up to do that con- centration?" Although the curriculum committee spent almost an hour discussing the issue, members took no action on the matter and none is slated for their Oct.1 meeting. IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Ghandi's party loses election AMRITSAR, India - Moderate Sikhs scored a landslide victory over Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress Party in Punjab state elections, officials said yesterday. The victory enables the Akali Dal party to form its own state government for the first time in its history. The state Election Committee announced that the Akali Dal had won at least 59 of the 115 state assembly seats, enough to form the first popularly elected government here after two years of federal rule. Akali Dal candidates were also leading in 13 other assembly races as counting continued from Wednesday's election, the most heavily guarded state voting in Indian history. Gandhi's Congress party won at least 23 seats and was expected to pick up more as the counting continued. But with the Akali sweep, Congress' final tally was bound to be far lower than the 63 seats it won in the 1980 election. Other seats in the new assembly went to independents or candidates from minor parties. But Sikh militants, who failed to organize a major election boycott, rejected the outcome and announced plans to organize statewide demon-' strations against the new Sikh-led government. Mexico rebuilds from 'quake MEXICO CITY - President Miguel de la Madrid vowed yesterday to speed the rebuilding of earthquake-ravaged Mexico City as a group of survivors blasted the government for ignoring shoddy construction at a housing complex where 1,000 people died. The official death toll from the earthquakes that struck the capital Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 stood at 4.596,but a United Press International sur- vey found at least 56 more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings Wednesday. The search for survivors continued yesterday, but rescue workers noting most people can survive for only a week without food and water, held out little hope that many more people could still be alive after being buried for eight days. Elementary and secondary schools in the metropolitan region of 18 million people remain closed until Monday, and the sale of alcoholic beverages was also banned until then. U.S. and SS veterans reunite BAD WINDSHEIM, West Germany - A group of Waffen SS veterans arrived yesterday for a reunion with U.S. veterans, who planned to attend the ceremony despite criticism that the meeting would be an insult to vic- tims of the Nazis. Several dozen former members of the 6th Gebirgsdivision Nord, or Alpine Division, gathered with their families in Bad Windsheim, a small town in the Bavarian mountains about 40 miles west of Nuremberg. About 50 Americans, veterans of the U.S. 70th Infantry Division who are on a European tour with their families, arrived in West Germany earlier in the week and were expected to begin arriving in Bad Win- dsheim yesterday night for today's scheduled rally and wreath-laying ceremony. The two groups have met at least five times since the closing days of World War II, when they fought each other in bitter engagements in the Saarland and Baden-Wuerttmberg regions of southern Germany. Medicare cuts harm elderly WASHINGTON - Thousands of sick, elderly Americans have been kicked out of hospitals too soon or given bad medical treatment because of a Medicare cost-cutting program, a congressional study said yester- day. Senators said they were-disturbed by it and vowed to correct and fine - tune the so-called Prospective Payment System, which began two years ago. Sen. John Heinz, (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, said the study by the panel's staff indicates "seriously ill Medicare patients are being denied admission to hospitals or catapulted out of hospital doors prematurely..." The study also said many patients are not informed of their right to ap- peal hospital decisions. It said "A number of other very serious quality.of care issues are not being addressed at all." The cost-containment policy has created for doctors "a dilemma of medical ethics vs. profitable practice," said Heinz at a hearing to discuss the report. The program's intentions are "to rein in inflation and unnecessary spending without sacrificing the quality of care available to Medicare beneficiaries," said Sen. John Glenn, (D-Ohio). Gunmen nab two in Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon - Gunmen kidnapped two British women yesterday in mostly Moslem West Beirut, forcing them into a car near the American University of Beirut and speeding off, witnesses said. The women were among the first Western women kidnapped in the Lebanese capital. A female French diplomat was kidnapped last spring, but was released after several days in captivity. Suspected Shiite Moslem kidnappers who claim to be holding six missing American men warned last week that if their demands for the release of 17 Shiites jailed in Kuwait are not met, they would either kill their hostages or kidnap more Americans. Although a motive for the kidnapping yesterday was not immediately clear, it appeared possible the gunmen could have mistaken the British women for Americans. 0 I September 27, 1985 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Faculty Guest: PROF. BERT G. HORNBACK Department of English Join us for light refreshments and converstaion HILLEL'S JEWISH LEARNING CENTER FALL SEMESTER 14 COURSES TO CHOOSE FROM * 4 Levels of Hebrew Language*" Yiddish * Israeli Folk Dancing " Social History of Zionism * Israeli Folk Singing " History of the Bible And much more... 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