Shapiro
looks at
housing
proposal
iy ELIZABETH ATKINS.
UJniversity President Harold
Shapiro received a proposal for a
cdmprehensive study of Ann Arbor
hAsing last Thursday, but no
ecisions have been made on how
th study will be conducted.
"A study is necessary, but we are
not, sure exactly how we will
proceed," said University Vice Pres-
ideiit for Student Services Henry
Johnson, who proposed the study to
Shapiro. Johnson said organization
of the study should begin "within
the ,next couple weeks."
.Shapiro was unavailable for
conment.
Robert Hughes, director of
University housing, presented the
study to Johnson in February in
response to Ann Arbor's severe
housing crunch. Hughes said the
study is in part designed to put
pressure on the University to build
msore student housing. He said he
hoped the study would begin this
{spring and be completed by the end
of 1987.
Ed Salowitz, a University hous-
ing researcher and housing program
director, has recommended that the
study's commission include Univ-
ersity staff and faculty, city officials
and residents, and University stud-
:e'nts.
The study will be the first such
stu'dy since 1965, when an 11-
:member commission studied Ann
Arbor housing and made proposals
such as building more student hous-
ing, including 400 family housing
units on North campus.
The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 9, 1987- Page 3
Four regents
address house
subcommittee
By STEPHEN GREGORY
Special to The Daily
LANSING - Four University
regents addressed the final hearing
of the state House Subcommittee
on Higher Education yesterday,
encouraging the legislature to spend
more money on education rather
than support Gov. James Blanc-
hard's proposed tax rollback.
Blanchard has proposed taxes be
cut from 4.6 percent to 4.4 percent.
The regents also urged the com-
mittee to continue its efforts to
make a University education more
affordable and to make the Univ-
ersity more competitive with other
institutions.
ADMINISTRATORS from
each of the 15 public institutions,
including regents Paul Brown,
Thomas Roach, Nellie Varner, and
James Waters, attended the two
hour hearing the committee called
to listen to the institutions' budget
concerns.
Roach (D-Saline) said Michigan
residents support strong education
programs and will probably favor
increasing funding for education
beyond receiving the "relatively few
dollars" a rollback would provide.
"I have spoken out and I per-
sonally will continue to speak out
for the use of those funds in
support of education," Roach said.
WATERS (D-Muskegon) said
besides aiding education, these
funds could also be funneled into
programs 'like the prison system
and the public health system.
"I think most citizens who are
fully informed would be willing to
sacrifice these few dollars to sup-
port quality education. You simply
cannot have excellent institutions
without paying for them," said
Varner (D-Detroit).
Brown (D-Petoskey) said a
strong education system is
beneficial not only to state residentsi
but the state's economy as well. "I
don't feel the tax rollback is
appropriate. There are severe
problems in many, many areas and
that money is badly needed," Brown
said.
He said the funds could be used
to strengthen the elementary and
secondary education system. "I
don't think those problems will
ever be solved until they change the
means of financing a K through 12
education," Brown said, adding that
financing public schools through
millages is not working now and
never will.
Roach reassured the committee
that the board is upholding its
obligations as governors of the
University and asked the committee
to uphold its obligation to provide
needed financial support. "Our
mutual progress hasbeen strong
and steady. Let's not quit now,"
Roach said.
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MSA requests student input
(Continued from Page 1)
LSA freshman Brett Miner said
he didn't respond to the survey, but
thinks it could be effective. "I
wouldn't mind filling it out, but I
don't care enough to really make a
point of doing it," Miner said. "It's
a good way to establish contact, but
I don't know if the student response
will be that good."
Several students said the essay
format made the survey less ap-
pealing. "Most people aren't going
to take the time to fill it out," said
LSA sophomore Rich Warren. "It
should be formatted in an easier
way, such as multiple choice, so
people not already interested in
MSA would be more likely to ans-
wer."
Although Warren intends to
return the survey, he doesn't think
that most people will. Most stud-
ents who returned the survey pred-
icted that the response level will be
low, due to the essay questions and
general student apathy.
Court supports affirmative action
U U
(Continued from Page 1)
Nordby feels the ruling will
reinforce the legality of University
affirmative action goals. Many
employers, including the
University, have been wary of
establishing voluntary affirmative
action programs for fear of reverse
discrimination suits.
"We always try to operate our
program in a legal fashion ... we
have been aware of advice from
(legal) counsel." She added that,
"The law is unfolding and we don't
want to be involved in anything
discriminatory."
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Wha5'shappening in Ann-Abor today
__Campus Cinema Germanic Languages and Lit -
~ erature, 4:10 p.m., Rackham West
tConference Room.
TehevWe18) ed 7:30hae John Campbell- "Japanese
erhoe0 p n. ML 4) ed :3 Political Parties in Eleven
The history of a German student Elections,"' The Center for Japanese
~orginization which bravely de - Studis, noon, Lane Hall,
;nounced Nazism during the war. Common Roo"m.h d
%iants Of Jazz, MTF, 7:00 & Refftey ige- a"Myths a.n.,
9:00 p.m., Mich. Relte nNcrga"73 ~.
Louis Armstrong and others are Michigan Union, Anderson Room.
featured in this compilation of pe - ,Richard Alexander- "Evol ,~
'formance clips. - to fteHmnPyh,
-Electra Glide In Blue (James Evolution and Human Behavior
Gurc,1973), C2, DBL/7:00 Program, 3:30 p.m., 2053 LS&A
p.m., Aud A. JBlg. aawy-"motig
SA pint-sized motorcycle cop JuinFrwy-"mohn
'(Robert Blake) fights police cor - in Adaptive Estimation, Dept of
Prformance (Dnlasd Cammell Hall.
,& Nicolas Roeg,' 1970), C2,
*DBL/9:00 p.m., Aud A. utem r
A gangster on the lam (James Fox) t
takes refuge in the manor of a de -
cadent rock star (Mick Jagger) who Rugby Football Club- 8
lets him hang around for kicks. p.m., The Coliseum, Corner of
The Go-Masters (Junya Sato, Hill and Fifth, (996-4529).
- 1982), AAFC, 7:00 & 9:30 p.m., Rally Against Racism in the
Nat Sci. Dorms- Palmer Field.
The most popular Asian film of all American Pictures DIs cus -
ti.Japaneese and Mandarin with ston Group- 6:30 p.m., 1407
Word Is Out (Mariposa Film
Group, 1978), PIRGIM, 7:00 & eetig
9:30 p.m., Aud D.R
Interviews of 26 people, who's
onfy common trait is that they are Society of Women Engineers
all homosexuals, provide an inter - -a 6:30, 1213 E. Engiering
-esting and moving look at the Soviet Refusnicks - 8 p.m.,
experiences of gay people i this Michigan League, Room C.h
country over the past 50 years or External Relations Coi -
.m mittee -7 p.m., 3909 Michigan
Union.
U of M Voice of Reason --
6 p.m., Michigan Union, 4th
Performances FloorLobby.
Hebrew Speaking Club - 4
0 p . p.m., 3050 Frieze Bldg.
The U of M-Flnt Chamber U of M Sailing Team - 6:30
Singers- Arts at Mid Day, p.m., 311 West Engineering.o
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Pendelton Room.
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7:30 pm
The Abstract as Anxious
Will to Power
Donald Kuspit, Depts. of Art History
and Philosophy, State University of
New York at Stony Brook
8:30 pm
Response
Thomas Crow, Dept. of the
History of Art
Open discussion
9:30 pm Vandenberg Room,
Michigan League
Gala Party
featuring the Olivia Street Stompers
Conference participants, speakers,
respondents, performers, supporters
and members of all audiences are
invited to the Party on this final
weekend of the series.
11 Saturday
9:00 am
The Abstraction of a Lady
Mary Anne Doane, Semiotics Pro-
gram, Brown University (See April 6 &
8 for showings of 'LA Signora di
Tutti.')
10:00 pm
Praxis Interruptus:
Feminism and
Postmodernism
Laura Kipnis, Video Artist,
Michigan Society of Fellows
11:00 pm
Responses
Ruth Behar, Anthropologist,
Michigan Society of Fellows, Robert
Berkhofer, Dept. of History, Herbert
Eagle,-Dept. of Slavic Languages and
Residential College
Open Discussion
with Profs. Doane and Kipnis
12:00 noon Rackham Assembly Hall
Buffet lunch
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