The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, December 6, 1988 - Page 3
Sociology dept. may be
restructured
BY SCOTT LAHDE
In a move to focus the Univer-
sity's sociology concentration, stu-
dents and faculty have formed com-
mittees to examine ways of improv-
ing the increasingly popular LSA
department.
Students and faculty have formed
undergraduate and graduate com-
mittees to discuss improvements
because they feel the department and
the concentration currently lacks
structure.
Ideas for improvements are al-
ready coming. In an effort to better
accommodate the growing number
of students who want to major in
sociology, sociology concentrators
or prospective concentrators may be
able to choose between six new sub-
concentrations as early as next fall.
Other key improvement con-
siderations on the undergraduate
committee's agenda include:
-encouraging more guest speakers
to visit the University,
-possible changes in distribution
credit hours,
-linking sociology concentrators
with graduate students for
.combination research projects,
-offering more upper-level honors
courses, and
-improved counseling.
Committee considers six
new sub-concentrations
The proposed concentrations are:
social changes; social equality;
business and society; social service;
law, criminology and society; and
medicine, health and aging.
"They would give a good
foundation for those going into law
or medicine," said Donaldo Lacera,
LSA senior and committee member.
"It will lend to students' aspira-
tions."
The committee wants to expand
the number of upper-level classes
within the sub-concentrations to
accommodate students.
They would like to provide one
100-level and one 200-level class in
each sub-concentration. The rest of
the courses would be upper-class
courses devoted to that particular
area.
Guidance counselors, one for
each sub-concentration, would be-
come mentors for the students, Lac-
era said.
The committee will also address
the problem of the department offer-
ing some required sociology courses
only when particular professors are
available.
The group will attempt to
"identify key courses and make them
more available to students on a
regular basis," said Sociology prof.
Howard Kimeldorf, a committee
member.
Although the proposed changes
have received no opposition, com-
mittee members feel it may be too
early to anticipate these changes.
"The faculty has not approved
anything" said Mark Chesler, pro-
fessor of sociology and committee
chair. "It's a conversation, not a
plan."
Any proposal which is agreed
upon by the committee must be ap-
proved by the Sociology department.
Only early discussion has taken
place; the proposal is not expected to
be implemented until Fall,1989, or
Winter, 1990, at the very earliest.
The committees have met a few
times and will meet again in about a
week or two.
Murray: welfare
causes
de
BY FRAN OBEID
Communities, not the federal government,
should be responsible for the social welfare of
their citizens, said author Charles Murray
yesterday during a speech at the University to
promote his new book, In Pursuit of Happi-
ness and Good Government.
"The dependent variable we're trying to
maximize is happiness," said Murray to a
crowd of about 100 at a speech given at
Rackham Amphitheater. "(The government)
administering welfare strips people of their
dignity."
Murray, who calls himself a "classic lib-
eral" although many characterize him as the
most conservative advocate of welfare
reform, thinks private agencies would serve
the needy better than public institutions.
When questioned if philanthropic
organizations were undependable,
inequitable, and inefficient, Murray said that
"private agencies are more efficient and have
more intimate knowledge of the needs (of a
welfare recipient)."
Murray's book examines self-respect in
relation to government policies. "The woman
who lost her job and whose husband ran
away, is different in regard to self-respect
from the woman who has never worked. The
welfare policy is wrong to treat every recipi-
ent the same."
Social programs, said Murray, "take
away" functions from the community.
"The government is taking away the satis-
faction members of a community receive
r
pendency,
from helping other members - there is a
great mass of people in society that need to'
fill time doing important things."
Historically, communities have taken the
responsibility upon themselves to look after
the children in the community and prepare
them for future employment. "Society did this
because of necessity. Society won't let them
(children) starve."
But when the government takes the re-
sponsibility of social welfare away from the
community, those in need of welfare become
"objects of social policies," said Murray. "We
give them (recipients) prescriptions that are
unacceptable for ourselves."
Murray also authored Losing Ground, in
which he voices pessimism about the effec-
tiveness of government intervention in fight-
ing poverty.
"We tried to do more for the poor and
produced more poor instead. We tried to
remove the barriers to escape from poverty
and inadvertently built a trap," Murray states
in the book.
Welfare, he says, provides an incentive for
people to depend on its programs, rather than
to actively seek employment or further
education. Murray believes the government's
role should be primarily limited to military
defense.
"Losing Ground gave the Reagan
administration justification to cut social pro-
grams," said Rackham graduate student Laura
Dresser who attended the speech.
DAVID LUBLINER/Doily
Ho! Ho! Ho!
LSA Junior Darryl Simmons raises money for the United Negro
outfit in honor of the season.
College Fund. Simmons was dressed in his Christmas
THE
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Council OKs annexation near N. Campus
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Speakers
"Research in Black Communi-
ties: Ethical and Methodologi-
cal Issues" - Prof. Cecilia
Dawkins, School of Nursing, Seminar
Rm. 234 W. Engineering Bldg., 4-
5:30 pm.
"Algorithms and Performance
Measures for Signal Subspace
Detection and Direction Esti-
mation by Narrowband and
Wideband Sensor Arrays" -
Prof. Mostafa Kaveh, 1200 EECS,
4:30 pm. A reception wiil take place
at 4pm in the Atrium.
"Palestinian Intefadah and its
Implications for Middle East
Peace" - Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Lughod,
Palestine National Council and Poli
Sci Prof. at Northwestern, Rackham
Amphitheatre, 7:30 pm. A reception
will follow.
"Multi-National Corporations
and Third World Development"
- Wilfred Okafor, International Cen-
ter, 12 noon. Buffet lunch available:
$1 students/$1.50 other.
Technology and Women's Per-
spective - Daryl Hafter (EMU),
Carol Haddad (ITI), 1005 Dow, 3:30-5
pm.
"Women in Guatemala" - Eme-
rina Mendoza, 234 West Engineering,
7 pm.
"Introductory Lecture on
Steiner's Thoughts" - E. Katz,
1923 Geddes, 8 pm.
"Evidence of Civil Rights
Concerns in Now-Aristocratic
Monuments of the Latter Han"
- Art History Prof. Martin Powers,
Lane Hall Commons, 12, noon.
Brown Bag Lunch.
"Solid State Microelectro-
chemical Devices: Electro
Chemistry and Polymer Elec-
torlytes" - Dr. Dan Tatham. MIT,
1300 Chem. Bldg., 4 pm.
Kujichagulia/Self-Determina-
tion - Discusssion, East Quad,
Abeng Lounge, 8 pm.
"Control of Epidermal Func-
tion" - C. Marcelo, Chrysler Cen-
ter, 7:30 pm.
"Which Is the Real Cytotoxic
Event, Toward an Understand-
nizing Committee - 3100
Michigan Union, 8 pm.
Women's Action for Nuclear
Disarmament - 2209 Michigan
Union, 7-8:30 pm.
Shotokan Karate Club of
Michigan - CCRB Martial Arts
Rm., 7-8:30 pm.
United Asian Organizations
(UAO) - Trotter House, 4 pm.
Undergraduate English Associ-
ation/YAWP Magazine - Fourth
Floor Michigan Union, 7 pm.
American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Student Branch - 107 Aerospace,
7 pm.
Rainforest Action Movement
- 1520 Dana, 7 pm.
U of M Fencing Team - Prac-
tice, Coliseum, 7-10 pm. Last week
of practices for the term.
The Student Book Exchange -
New Student Organization, Pond
Rooms, Michigan Union, 7 pm.
U of M Archery Club - Coli-
seum, 7-10 pm. Call 764-4084.
TARDAA - 296 Dennison, 8 pm.
Furthermore
Masculinity, Violence, Homo-
phobia and Militarism - Two-
hour workshop by Richard Cleaver,
Guild House, 7:30 pm.
Islamic Coffee Hour - 1003
EECS, 12:30-1:30 pm.
Painting and Printmaking Ex-
hibits - Ellen Laier, Liz Patek,
Curt Wallin, December 5-14, Art
Lounge, Michigan Union. Free of
Charge.
Job Search Issues for Students
with Disabilities - Career Plan-
ning and Placement Center, 7-8:30
pm.
Performances
University Choir Presents
Honegger's "King David"-
Jerry Blackstone, conductor, Hill
Aud., 8 pm.
"Romeo and Juliet" - Hilberry
Theatre (WSU), 11 am.
Sonata in b minor - Kazimierz
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BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
The Ann Arbor City Council
unanimously approved a resolution
last night to annex more than 65
acres of Ann Arbor Township land,
which may become the site of a fu-
ture multi-family housing or a light
manufacturing development project.
Though the annexation of the
land - near Plymouth and Nixon
Roads - must be approved by the
state, councilmembers said approval
was a virtual given.
Although the Traverwood devel-
opment project is not a certainty, the
annexation provides an important
step toward approval of the long-
contested project. Before the devel-
opment can take place, the council
must change the land's zoning,
which is now zoned as a trailer park.
"We did not necessarily approve
rezoning of the land," said Coun-
cilmember Terry Martin (R-Second
Ward). "That is my interpretation of
what we approved." Martin's ward
will contain the annexed land.
A zoning change will not appear
on the agenda until 1989, at the ear-
liest. At this time, council will de-
termine whether to approve a devel-
opment project.
Martin indicated she was unsure
of how she would vote on the zoning
issue.
Councilmember Larry Hunter (D-
First Ward) also said his mind was
not made up. "The ducks aren't in a
row, and there will be many factors
to consider in the next few weeks,"
he said.
Some confusion arose among
councilmembers regarding a pre-an-
nexation agreement, which essen-
tially limits the uses of the land. "I
think we've done the best job we
could to arrive at something that's
reasonable," Hunter said.
Council
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willing to sacrifice to pay for the
non-productive element of our soci-
ety," she said.
The council also approved an or-
dinance last night which raises the
fine for drivers parked in handi-
capped parking spaces from $50 to
$75.
Hunter indicated at the meeting
he had decided against running for
Ann Arbor Mayor, citing the need to
spend time on his janitorial service
business.
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