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Vest "did not understand the racist
implications of the actions and that
he seemed to defend the engineering
students as opposed to defending the
rights of Black students on campus."
Nadasen said that one action that
Vest could have is to set up meet-
ings with the societies and UCAR
and FSACC.
"Dean Vest did his best to resolve
the matter with all three groups. He
gave the societies more structure,"
said Robert Khami, Society of Au-
tomotive Engineers president and
engineering junior.
Vest said that "I still believe I
have dealt with the issue fairly to all
parties. From the incident has spread
a lot of positive involvement of the
organizations. While I think that
things didn't look as symbolically as
strong as some might have liked, the
substance that flowed from that
incident las been quite positive."
Besides dealing with minority is-
sues, the provost's duties also in-
volve chairing the committee on
budget administration which includes
negotiating with the Graduate Em-
ployee Organization.
A subject of controversy during
recent GEO negotiations was LSA's
ten-term rule, which limits funding
for teaching assistants to ten terms.
Vest said he supports the ten-term
rule because it is economical for the
University in the long run.
"If doctoral students finish their
work in a more timely fashion, then
over a long period of time you are
able to support and educate more
students."
GEO president Don Demetriades
said the ten-term rule, "will hurt
graduate students who are not finan-
cially independent since it limits
funding from LSA to five years." He
said the rule will diminish the qual-
ity of teaching by forcing graduate
students to put their own work
above their teaching.
The ten-term rule could hit
women and minority graduate stu-
dents the hardest since they are more
likely to have limited funding, said
Demetriades.
"There is evidence that some
graduate students have left the Uni-
versity since their funding was lim-
ited by the ten-term rule," he said.
"It is not obvious to me that
there is any validity to that [the ar-
gument against the ten-term rule],"
said Vest. "I'm speaking as someone
who was a teaching assistant almost
every term I was a graduate student
here. I think that our TA's are first
and foremost graduate students. I
think that making timely progress
toward their degrees should not really
get in the way of their performance
as teachers."
But Vest's business dealing are
not limited to recent GEO labor dis-
putes.
While Vest was Dean of Engi-
neering, he worked with Business
School Dean Gilbert Whitaker to
obtain the $3.5 million that Ford
Corporation donated to the School of
Engineering and Business School to
set up a chair in product
manufacturing along with other fel-
lowships and scholarships.
Asked if academia can still be
critical of corporations that donate
large amounts of money to the Uni-
versity,Vest said: "The corporations
we deal with have a real deep under-
standing of the role of the University
in society." He added, "I have never
felt in any sense I was in a position
where my ability to do objective
analysis was compromised."
Concerning the military, Vest
said, "its been my observation that
the Department of Defense puts
fewer restrictions and understands the
importance of dissemination of re-
search results probably better than
most other sponsors."
Arlin Wasserman, a military re-
search investigator for the Michigan
Student Assembly, disagrees. "Just
this past December, the Department
of Defense entered into a classified
research project with the University.
Obviously the information gained
from this research will not be seen
for a long time if ever by people not
connected with the military, " said
Wasserman.
"The University has to be very
watchful in getting into financial ar-
rangements with the Department of
Defense and corporations and then
being forced to limit areas of re-
search."
While some disagree with Vest's
approaches, others are satisfied.
"He was very responsive to stu-
dent concerns and he did his best to
try and address them," said senior
Brian Rashap, president of the Engi-
neering Council.
Rashap cited Vest's appointment
of an additional student to the engi-
neering dean search committee as an
example of his responsiveness to
student concerns.
Some faculty and administrators
are also pleased with the appoint-
ment of Vest as University provost.
Elaine Harden, assistant to the
engineering dean for college relations
and a personal friend of Vest said:
"Provost Vest has the exacting mind
of the engineer and the heart of the
humanist. His strengths include his
sharp attention to details and facts.
He has a real talent for focusing on
discrepancies and errors and setting
them straight. He demands the same
level of perfection from his col-
leagues as well as he does for him-
self."
University President James Dud-
erstadt said he and Vest are effective
as leading University administrators
because "[we] are quite different both
in the focus of our scholarship and
teaching and in our personalities. I
believe we balance each other very
well as a team."
Vest involvement with the Uni-
versity began in 1963 when he at-
tended graduate school. He was a
teaching assistant at the University
for three years and received his Ph.D.
in mechanical engineering four years
later.
He became an associate professor
at the University in 1972 and has
risen through the ranks, serving as
Dean of Engineering for three years
prior to his Provost appointment.
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Geology in the Rockies
INBRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
Detroit ash called hazardous
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Ash produced by the new Detroit
incinerator is hazarous, state Natural Resources Director David Hales
says.
Hales released yesterday results of toxicity tests on 24 samples of
incinerator ash stored at the facility, which wre collected by Department
of Natural Resources officials on Feb. 17.
He said test results included 5.814 milligrams per liter of lead above
the state and federal regulatory limit of 5 milligrams, and 1.079
milligrams per liter of cadmium above the limit of 1 miligram.
Hales said further tests would be run to confirm the finding.
If the second tests matched the first, he said, the ash could be disposed
of only in a licensed hazardous waste facility or treated to make it non-
hazardous.
Rapist's sentence outrages town
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - A judge's decision to give a rapist a
lenient sentence because he didn't want to prevent him from becoming a
police officer has provoked outrage in this quiet Upper Peninsula
community.
Two weeks ago, Visiting Alper County Circuit Judge Charles Stark
set aside his original verdict in the rape case and instead convicted David
Caballero under a youthful offenders act for attacking a fellow college
student.
The move spared Caballero jail time. He was ordered to spend three
years on probation and pay $975 in court costs and $200 compensation to
the victim. If he complies with the terms, his record will be expunged.
His court file has been suppressed.
Stark said he took the action partly because Caballero, 21, of Dearborn
Heights is a criminal justice major and the conviction would have
prevented him from achieving his goal of becoming a police officer.
Gov. pushes education bill
LANSING - Gov. James Blanchard is pressing the Legislature to
pass a a school quality package before a new finance proposal, but a Sen-
ate Republican disagrees with that strategy.
Blanchard issued a statement yesterday declaring that "quality is job
one" in education reform and urging passage of legislation to improve
schools before consideration of a new school finance plan.
His statement came on the eve of the Senate Finance Committee
opening discussion of a House-based measure to boost the sales tax to 6
percent from 4 percent to provide about $508 million in extra money for
schools. The measure would also cut school property taxes about 37 per-
cent for homeowners and 22 percent for businesses.
In response Sen. Dan DeGrow R-Port Huron called Blanchard's de-
mands "ill-advised, impractical and impossible."
State Sen. Sederburg withdraws
candiacy for Ferris St presidency
LANSING - State Senator William Sederburg withdrew yesterday as
a candidate for the presidency of Ferris State University, averting a
possible early partisan fight over control of the Senate.
The East Lansing Republican said it was Attorney General Frank
Kelley's opinion that the Michigan Constitution bars him from accepting
such a spot in the middle of his four-year senate term.
Sederburg said Kelley's opinion is a "legitimate interpretation," but
called for a constitutional change to permit lawmakers to take
appointments during their term.
Sederburg was to have been the first of five candidates to be
interviewed by the Ferris State Board of Control for the presidency of the
Big Rapids school. Bill Taylor, a spokesperson for the institution, said
the other interviews will be concluded by March 20.
EXTRAS
Rats flourish in merry old England
LONDON - Wintertime, and the living is easy in the kingdom of
Rattus norvedicus, the common brown rat which has become
uncommonly numerous around Britain.
Complaints about rats are up as much as 70 percent in parts of
London, which has had just a touch of slush during a very mild winter.
Similar increases have been reported in Bristol, Manchester and other
large cities.
"I've never, never known such a year," said Stuart Slater, chief
environmental services officer of Baberon District council northeast of
London. "I haven't had a Saturday off since the end of November."
Norman foster, health officer for the Mid-suffolk Council, said he
received 1,323 rat complaints last winter. This year he had matched that
total by late December, before winter had officially begun.
Rentokil, one of Britain's largest exterminators, had doubled its sales
of poisons this winter.
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Summer 1989
(July 2-August 18)
Earn EIGHT HOURS of University credit for studying Introductory Geology in the Rocky Mountains, including:
.eYellowstone National Park " Grand Tetons " Dinosaur National Monument
e Craters of the Moon " Flaming Gorge
SE'ITING
This ideal "outdoor classroom" offers some of the most scenic and interesting geology in the entire Rocky Mountain region. Mountain
uplifts and deep erosion have exposed a variety of Earth structures and rocks of diverse age and origin. The effects of alpine glaciation,
landslides, stream erosion, and a host of other geological phenomena provide an unmatched introduction to geology. The geological
history of the Teton, Gros Ventre, and Wind River mountain ranges is fully recorded in a sequence of fossiliferous rocks which in
many cases can be interpreted in terms of processes still at work today.
LOCATION
The University of Michigan field course is taught at Camp Davis, a permanent facility built by the University in 1929. Camp Davis is
about 20 miles south of Jackson, Wyoming, near the junction of the Overthrust Belt, the Snake River Plain, the Wind River Range, and
the Green River Basin; the Tetons lie to the north, the Gros Ventre Range to the east, and the Basin and Range Province to the west.
It is simply an excellent place to learn about geology. The camp is located on the Hoback River near its junction with the Snake River;
the trout shing is great.
CAMP
The field camp was constructed by The University of Michigan in order to provide a teaching facility in the Rocky Mountains. Camp
Davis living quarters consist of rustic cabins with wood-burning stoves and running water. Showers and laundry facilities are shared
by students; meals are served mess-hall style in a large dining room. Camp facilities include classrooms, a first-aid station, a large
recreation hall, a softball diamond, and a volleyball court. Other facilities are available in Jackson; transportation to town is provided
twice a week.
COURSE CONTENT
Geological Sciences 116 is an in-depth course covering all aspects of geology. The thrust of this course is to teach students about minerals
and rocks in a variety of settings. Approximately two weeks of the course are spent on trips to other parts of Wyoming as well as Nevada,
Colorado, Montana, Idaho, and Utah. You will examine minerals, rocks, and fossils in their natural settings. Although lectures are a
part of the course, most of your tinre will be spent in the field where instruction is often on an individual basis.
FACULTY
The Camp Davis teaching staff consists of faculty from the Department of Geological Sciences at The University of Michigan and
visiting faculty from other universities. The course is typically staffed by three faculty members and two graduate teaching assistants.
CREDIT
Geological Sciences 116 carries EIGHT (8) credit hours and is equivalent to a two-term sequence of introductory geology. It largely
satisfies the natural science distribution requirement in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
PREREQUISITES
No prerequisites. High school seniors and university students are encouraged to apply. Entering freshpersons could arrive on campus
in the fall term with 8 hours of science credit out of the way by studying rocks and minerals in the mountains of the West.
SCHEDULE
Geological Sciences 116 runs for 6 weeks. The dates for the 1989 summer course will be from July 2, when the caravan leaves Ann
Arbor, until August 18, the day that the caravan returns to Ann Arbor.
COSTS
Tuition rates have not yet been established for the 1989-90 academic year. Based on the 1988 summer session, total costs, including
lodging, meals, tuition, health fee, and transportation to and from Camp Davis, will be $1,650 for Michigan residents and $1,840 for
all nonresidents. All class-related equipment and field vehicles connected with the course are supplied by The University of Michigan.
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