The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 17, 1987- Page 3 Hispanics address lagging enrollment By DAVID WEBSTER Representatives of the Uni- versity's Hispanic community cal- led for the University to "publicly commit itself to achieving a minimum of five percent overall Hispanic enrollment." Representing the University's spanic community, six members of The Council of Hispanics for Higher Education (CHHE) met with University President Harold Shapiro on Wednesday to discuss their proposed plan of action. The plan includes eight objectives aimed at increasing Hispanic enrollment, iepfesentation, and financial aid on canipus. Hispanic enrollment at the University is now at 2.1 percent. This figure is below both the state hlispanic population level of 2.4 percent and the national level of 8.7 percent. CHHE is seeking a 5 percent "weighted average" of in- state and out-of-state Hispanic populations. 4 Currently, there are only 621 is anic students enrolled at the University, including 358 under- graduates. If CHHE's goal of five percent Hispanic enrollment is achieved, it would raise the undergraduate Hispanic enrollment to more than 1,000 students. One problem CHHE has en- countered in addressing the under- Irepresentation of Hispanics is that University statistics on Hispanic enrollment include both Hispanics who are U.S. citizens and non- citizen Hispanics. The statistics are based on the federal government's definition of Hispanic, which includes persons of Spanish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American origin who are of Spanish descent. These statistics need to be segregated to more accurately reflect the number of U. S.-born Hispanics at the University, according to Hector Garza, chair of the University of Michigan Hispanic Alumni Council. "The enrollment figures (for Hispanic students) are inflated in Ithe fact that these statistics include non-U. S. Hispanics who have had a very different experience than U. S. Hispanics," Garza said. Shapiro has agreed to meet again with the members of CHHE by the end of next week to further discuss their objectives. At a meeting on Wednesday, CHHE decided that they will take a strong stance at the next meeting and demand that certain objectives be met by the end of the current term. Asian students rally for justice By EUGENE PAK Students rallied on the Diag yesterday in support of an up- coming civil rights trial against the killers of Vincent Chin, a Chinese- American murdered in 1982. More than 150 students, mainly Asian-Americans, carried signs proclaiming, "Right a Civil Wrong" and the last words Chin spoke before his death - "It isn't fair," to protest the controversial court proceedings against his murderers. On June 19, 1982 in Highland Park, Michigan, Chin and three friends went to a club for Chin's bachelor party. Outside the club, Ronald Eben, a Chrysler auto director, and his stepson Michael Nitz, beat him with a baseball bat. Chin died four days later. Ebens and Nitz confessed to killing Chin and Judge Charles Kaufman sentenced them to three years' probation and a $3780 fine. Asian community members for- med the American Citizens for Justice (ACJ) in response to the trial, and demanded a reversal of the decision, but Kaufman refused. ACJ later brought about a retrial of Ebens and Nitz, where Ebens was sentenced to 25 years in prison for violating Chin's civil rights and Nitz wasn't charged. Ebens appealed the decision and won. But due to public protest, he will be re-tried April 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio. "How the hell can you put $3000 price tag on Vincent Chin's life?" John Yamamoto, a second year law student, asked. Yamamoto urged Asian students to become involved in fighting this and other incidents of racism. "It's time for Asian-Americans to stop being so self-conscious and inhi- bited... my message to you is to get off your ass and participate." Art Teshma, vice-president for ACJ, urged students to sign up for ACJ-sponsored rides to Cincinnati to attend the court hearing. "We see students as keys to the future and without your partic- ipation and commitment, our pro- gram would be in vain and we don't want that to happen," Teshma said. University of Michigan Asian Student Coalition (UMASC) Pre- sident Ray Lin said that the Reagan Administration recently produced a report that said that incidents of anti-Asian violence have increased in the United States. "If they see there's a problem, then it must be pretty bad," Lin said. Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Protest LSA juniors Kaie Nelson and Max Mons lead a Students Against Religious intolerance rally yesterday in front of the Student Publications building, in protest of the Daily's "God is Dead" editorial. Students will not be sanctioned By CALEB SOUTHWORTH The Dean of the College of Engineering will not impose sanctions on the students involved in the "Road Rally II," in which boards from the Diag shanty were removed as part of a scavenger hunt. Instead, the school will solicit student input in response to accusations of racism. According to Elain Harden, assistant to engineering Dean Charles Vest, his initial response to the hunt item was "outrage." But the College of Engineering will take no disciplinary action against individual students or student groups. The event was held by the Mechanical Engineering Societies Committee last Saturday. Harden said that student leaders within the school have met with Vest and will be proposing methods to educate engineering students in racial awareness. "We cannot simply issue a mandate or take disciplinary action from out office," Harden said. "The mandate must come from the students in order to have a long term solution and raise awareness of racism." Paul Puzinauskas, president of the Society of Automotive Engineers and a Rackham graduate student, said that his group did not officially sponsor the activity, nor does it belong to MESC. Some of his members did participate as individuals, he said. "I personally did not understand the implication," Puzinauskas said. "I am sure that there was no malicious intent. People simply did not think." The United Coalition Against Racism is planning to press charges against students who removed the shanty's boards. UCAR steering committee member Barbara Ransby said, "I believe part of what administration has to do is show that there are consequences for racism." Ed Balashack, an MESC member and organizer of the scavenger hunt, said, "I am concerned that people would think we were out to produce a racist event. Items on the list were chosen by their availability." COURT NOTES Sentencing Former University student Jae Kim was convicted of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct yesterday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. Kim was sentenced yesterday to 30 days in jail and two years probation for the charges, stemming from incidents in Mary Markley Residence Hall where Kim molested two women. Fifteenth District Court Judge Pieter Thomassen also sentenced Kim to two concurrent 30-day jail sentences on the remaining charges of assault and battery and improper use of license plates. Pieter ruled that the two sentences should be served concurrently with the first. Kim was also ordered to pay between $500-$600 in court costs. by Steve Blonder 'U' alumnus NEW YORK (AP) - University alumnus and former Daily editor Daniel Biddle won a 1987 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting yest - erday. Biddle currently works at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and won the award along with H.G. Bissinger and Fredrick Tulsky of The Inquirer for their, series "Disorder in the Court," involving scandals in the Philadel - phia court system. The stories led to federal and state investigations. The Philadephia Inquirer won a total of three Pulitzer Prizes for journalism yesterday. 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