The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 31, 1990 - Page 3 } Asian civil rights discussed t by Matt Adler Charles Pei Wang, the Vice Chairperson of the United States Civil Rights Commission, said yes- terday that Asian Americans have 1 faced many of the same problems as other racial minorities but their struggles have not been given the a same consideration. Wang spoke about Asian Ameri- can civil rights at the Law School's Hutchins Hall yesterday. Asian immigrants "were sojourn- ers. We came to ease the labor short- age...to help with railroads, mines and farms. As soon as we hit the SDepression, the door started to close," Wang said. "That's when the discriminatory behavior became so blatant." Wang said that until the recent : increase in Asian immigration, the problems of Asian American civil rights were not an issue in American e society.. sInhis assessment of the current state of civil rights for Asian Ameri- cans, Wang used an analogy of "a tale of two cities." He said Asian Americans are perceived as being an r advantaged group in society, but in reality suffer from the same prob- lems that other racial minorities i face. He said people are deceived by the t fact that the Asian community has * the highest average family income. r They ignore the fact that an unusu- ally large number of Asians live be- -1lw the poverty line. Wang also talked about current crises in the Asian American com- " 'munity such as the conflict between Blacks and Koreans in New York City. A group of Black New Yorkers re boycotting a Korean grocery Atore in Brooklyn over an alleged in- cident of racial harassment by one of the store's workers. Ed Sim, Co-President of the Asian American Law Students Asso- k iation, which sponsored the speech, said that Wang had been chosen to 4 speak because of the situation in 'New York. 1I _ First-year law student Tim Williams found Wang's speech en- rlightening. 4 "All people of color should band V.together...When a Black man is ' threatened, Asian Americans and all ,people of color should feel threat- ened," Williams said. Assembly allocation maintains procedures Appeal procedure to be emphasized to groups by Christine Kloostra Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly will continue allocating funds to student organizations using the pro- cedures outlined in MSA's Compiled Code. Debate has surrounded funding procedures for several weeks. Last week, Budget Priorities Committee (BPC) Chair Charles Dudley an- nounced he was cancelling the re- mainder of the committee's hearings and leaving it to the whole assembly to determine allocations. It was determined by MSA's steering committee, however, that Dudley did not have that authority, and that the budget process will re- main as it is. "Any given person doesn't have the power to change those proce- dures," MSA President Jennifer Van Valey said. The controversy began at MSA's Oct. 23 meeting, when members of Recycle U-M addressed the assembly during constituents' time to request an increase in their allocation. Recy- cle U-M originally requested $3,734 and was allocated $200. The assem- bly increased this allocation to $320. Dudley contended the members of Recycle U-M were out of order in addressing the assembly and should have been directed to follow the ap- peals procedure outlined in MSA's Compiled Code. "This raping of the Compiled Code, like a rapist in the night, is totally out of order and out of line," he said, after the meeting. Van Valey said the appeals proce- dure would be emphasized to student organizations and they would be en- couraged to follow it if they disagree with their allocation. 'This raping of the Compiled Code, like a rapist in the night, is totally out of order and out of line' - Charles Dudley BPC Chair The Compiled Code explains that "organizations may appeal an MSA allocation on the basis of a violation of procedure by the BPC or the As- sembly or because pertinent informa- tion was not considered..." The appeal must be brought be- fore Steering Committee within a week after the funding was approved. She said, however, that student groups would be allowed to address the assembly if they chose, and MSA could continue to make ad- justments to BPC recommendations. "There are times when the as- sembly wants to make changes," she said, adding that to prohibit student groups from addressing the assembly "goes against everything I believe in." Dudley said he still reserves the option not to have BPC hearings. "I'm seriously considering that at this time," he said. All student groups requesting funding are given a hearing with the BPC to define what the allocation will be used for. Van Valey said Dudley could not cancel the hearings, and if he does so the Assembly could remove him as BPC chair. Dudley continued to express his displeasure with the allocations by introducing a resolution at last night's meeting to rescind the alloca- tions made last week. "We owe more to this campus than to play games with our proce- dures," Dudley said. The resolution, which failed, was met by opposition by several as- sembly members. MICHELLE GUY/Daiiy Skateboarding Community High School student Dion Pittman skateboards outside the Union yesterday afternoon. 'U, by Gil Renb recycling program to reject telephone books erg The University's Plant, Grounds and Waste Management Department has announced its recycling program will no longer collect telephone books and student and faculty direc- tories. Phone books, which are anath- ema to people in the recycling indus- try for several reasons, are printed on very low-quality paper for which there is not much demand. "So much paper is being recy- cled... that there's a glut in the mar- ket," said Jenny Cotner, the Recy- cling Education Assistant at Waste Management. "If you take a trip to any broker you're going to see bales and bales and bales of paper waiting for a buyer., With so much paper waiting to be processed, there is little reason to accept phone books, Cotner said. Telephone books are also very troublesome to deal with because of their binding, she said. The covers cannot be recycled with the rest of the phone book. Also, the glue used for the hot melt binding is consid- ered a contaminant which should not be present in a bale of paper to be recycled. The amount of work required to purge the phone books of these im- purities is not worth it, Cotner said. Phone books will only be ac- cepted if people are willing to re- move the covers and glue binding themselves, Cotner said. Once shorn of their covers they should be put in a recycling receptacle for newspapers only. The decision to stop collecting phone books was political as well as practical. The University brings its recyclable items to a private, non- profit organization called Recycle Ann Arbor, which is under contract to the city but only has a "handshake agreement" with the University, said Buck Marks, the University's Recy- cling Coordinator. Marks said last year Recycle Ann Arbor accepted telephone books from the University but not from the city, which resulted in a "political fallout" and "negative public relations." The University is currently nego- tiating a waste disposal and recycling contract with the city, Marks said, and "We didn't want to create the po- litical fallout again this year when we're in the middle of contract nego- tiations." 'U, by Bruce considers possible move of Psych dept., SAPAC Fox Those involved with the University's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC) and the Psychology de- partment may be forced to leave their present offices if the University fol- lows through on a task force rec- ommendation to convert West Quad's Winchell Hall to residence space. The conversion would add 250 spaces to residence hall housing. SAPAC moved into its new Winchell office space this summer. Julie Steiner, coordinator of SAPAC, said, "We were told there was a chance they would move us" when SAPAC occupied its new of- fices. Yet Steiner said, "I don't think they're going to move us" because the University will likely be slow to act upon the recommendation. Albert Cain, chair of the Psychology department, said "the department has been prepared to move for years (and has been) await- ing the move to East Engineering." It has been a long-standing University plan to move the Psychology department from West Quad, where it has been put on a "temporary" basis for over a decade. "We (the Psychology department) have been waiting for a new building (from the University) for something over 3 decades, and waiting for East Engineering quarters for about 10 years," said Cain. Cain said he was not pleased by the present situation of the depart- ment being "scattered about 14 buildings around campus." He de- scribed the West Quad offices as "depressing, with a number of prob- lems." Provost Gilbert Whitaker, how- ever, said the conversion will proba- bly not take place, but it is "a sug- gestion for future housing prob- lems." Associate Professor of Urban Planning Kate Warner was a member of the task force initiated by the Provost. If the Psychology depart- ment is moved, Warner said she is not sure if the conversion to resi- dence hall space will take place be- cause many different groups want to be considered for the space besides the housing department. ,, THE LIST I What's happening in Ann Arbor today Corrections The Daily misprinted information in an article yesterday about the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. The center has received budget increases in the last four years. Health & Fitness ] Veetings EQ/RC Social Group for Les- bians, Bisexuals and Gay Men, weekly meeting. Call 763- 4186 (days) or 763-2788 (nights) for location. 9-11:00. Revolutionary Workers League, weekly Public Marxist Study. East Quad, 52 Greene, 6:30-8. La Parlotte (The French Con- versation Club), weekly meet- ing. MLB 4th Floor Commons, 4- 6:00. )UM Students of Objectivism, ,business meeting and current events discussion. Dominick's restaurant, 8:00. Islam in Focus, meeting of Mus- lim Students Association. Union Rm. 1809, noon-1:00. Speakers "Technology and the Envi- ronment," seminar; William Kuhn and Marc Ross, speakers. 1005 Dow Bldg., 3:30-5. "The Capitalist West meets the Socialist East," Prof. Ge- orge Cameron, speaker. Lane Hall Commons Rm., noon. "Visiting Writers Series Pre- sents Mary Ruefle," reading from her work. Rackham Amphithe- atre, 4:00. "Some recent developments and open questions in robust control theory," Dr. Dennis Bernstein, speaker. EECS 1200, 4- 5:00. Furthermore Safewalk functions 8-1:30 Sunday- Thursday, 8-11:30 Friday-Saturday. Call 936-1000 or stop by 102 UGLi. Northwalk functions 8-1:30 Sun- day-Thursday, 8-12:00 Friday-Satur- day. Call 763-WALK or stop by 2333 Bursley. ECB Peer Writing Tutors avali- ble to help with your papers Sunday- Thursday, Angell/Haven Computing Center, 7-11:00. The Yawp, a publication of student writing, is soliciting submissions of poetry, short stories and art. Submit by Dec. 1 at 7611 Haven. U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Club, weekly practice. Call 994- 3620 for info. CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 8:30-9:30. Central American Beans & Rice Dinner, weekly dinner. Guild House, 802 Monroe- St., 6:00. School of Music's Annual Halloween Concert. Hill Aud., 9:00. Are You Considering Professional School? .. is looking for future leaders in Public Affairs. We offer a 2-year Master's program in Public Policy, with concentrations offered in: eCriminal Justice * Energy & Environmental Policy *Government & Business * Health Policy * Housing & Community Development * Human Services, Labor & Education * International Affairs & Security * International Development * International Trade & Finance * Press & Politics eScience & Technology * Transportation " Urban Economic Development Interested? 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