The Michigan Daily-Monday, October 19, 1987- Page 5 I VP Felton resigns, Passembly to fill post (Continued from Page 1) No one on the assembly will speculate on a replacement for Felton, but all agree that the job is a difficult one to fill. "The vice president's job is really tough," said LSA representative Ed Kraus. "I'm not interested in it," he added. LSA representative David New- blatt concurred. "It will be difficult to find somebody with (Felton's) talent," he said. Felton's resignation came when the issue of funding the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan may be drawing to a close. Assembly members, and Felton, say the PIRGIM battle did not play a role in her decision to leave. "The PIRGIM stuff had nothing to do with (Felton's decision), honestly," said MSA Commun- ications Committee co-chair Debbie p Weisman. "PIRGIM was not a factor - only to the extent that PIRGIM has been a big part of MSA," said Kraus. Newblatt pointed out two of Felton's strong points as a vice president: "First, she's very organized and a hard worker. She took care of the nuts and bolts that people take for granted. "She also has an amazing amount of enthusiam - she gets everyone excited about what they're doing," he said. Assembly President Ken Weine praised Felton for her dedication to the assembly. "Becca's contributed endles hours for three-and-a-half years of her life to MSA. It's difficult to see her leave, but I completely understand the need for her to move on," he said. Newblatt echoed Weine's senti- ments. "It is a real loss to the assembly," he said. Regents approve plans for realignment of IST BY MELISSA RAMSDELL The University's Board of Regents voted Thursday to restructure the Institute for Science and Technology. Vice President for Research Linda Wilson said her office is in already in the process of moving the institute's eight units to various schools and colleges and into her office. The institute still officially exists under the directorship of Ronald Olsen, assistant vice president for research. "I think the decision is sensible as long as it represents a starting point rather than an ending point. The main needs continue to exist but can be better addressed through a different structure," said Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). One reason for realigning IST is because it focused on technology and science fields rather than all areas of research. The new plan, Wilson said, will have two areas of concentration: an office of interdisciplinary research and an office handling the economic and industrial aspects of research. RESTRUCTURING the institute will create a more effective link between sponsors outside of the University and the University's research resources, as well as foster greater cooperation and organization among different fields of research, Wilson said. "What we proposed with regard to units in IST is a first step. We anticipate recurring need to adjust organizational structure as knowledge, people, needs, and resources change," Wilson said. In the past, the institute served as the University's leading research center for the "hard sciences" like chemistry, physics and engineering. It also housed interdisciplinary research and various units like the University's Transportation Institue which did not fit well into any paritcular school or college. In addition, the institute provided industrial companies with easy access to the University's research resources. But due to a changing academic climate at the University, a committee was appointed two years ago to assess whether IST was appropriate or in need of change - the regents' decision to change the institute's organization reflects the findings of the commitee that a more efficient system was needed. "THIS IS a plan for response to changes in the University's research environment...it is part of the overall direction that I am pursuing to enhance the environment for research at the University," Wilson said while addressing the University's Senate Assembly last month. Power said that in the past, the University's academic resources have been ineffectively marketed to the public, making it difficult to summon the kinds of service activity needed from a public university. "As a regent, I'm convinced that Vice President Wilson and others intend now to address those needs," Power said. The institute was created in 1959 during the Sputnik era when the United States wanted to win the technology race with the USSR. "There was a great spasm to do something- President Kennedy said 'I willsend a man to the moon,' and by God he did! " said Power, who covered the institute's formation for The Daily 28 years ago. Daily Photo by GRACE TSAI For sale Liz Brown, a student at Eastern Michigan University, displays gag-gifts she purchased for Halloween at Sam's Jams in Royal Oak. Baker wants PIRGIM finane1s investigated (Continued from Page 1) Regent Paul Brown (D-Petoskey) agreed, saying "I don't think we have looked into any other student group's funds." But Baker said that MSA mem- bers were "crying out for attention to this matter," citing an Ann Arbor News report that PIRGIM conducted a deceptive campaign for student funding last spring. "I don't think student government is capable of looking at this issue independently," Baker said. He said the group's large canvassing revenue exceeds the MSA's annual budget, rendering the student government in- capable of exercising financial con- trol. Although the environmental lob- bying group earned $600,000 can- vassing last year, last spring's "Save PIRGIM" campaign stressed that the group would leave campus unless a refundable student fee system was approved. PIRGIM board members said the campaign was not misleading be- cause canvassing revenue is separate from the operation of the campus group. "PIRGIM as a statewide organ- ization would continue," said Gary Kalman, the group's executive dir- ector. "But I don't think citizens want canvassing to go to student programs. The cost of programs here must come out of student funds." MSA members were divided in their reactions to Baker's request. 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