It l~ll1 Ut CopynghtCb1990 Vol. Cl, No. 68 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, December 11, 1990 it. i,,iga ai 'U' selects new Student Servici y Gwen Shaffer Daily Staff Reporter Eunice Royster Harper, assistant to the University Vice President for Academic Affairs and assistant to the Dean of the College of LSA, will be recommended this month to take the position Vice President for Student Services. es VP Eunice Royster Harper University Provost Gilbert Whitaker will make the recommenda- tion to the University's Board of Regents at its December meeting. If approved, Royster Harper will take office Jan. 1. The position opened when Henry Johnson, who was serving as Vice President to Student Services, ac- cepted a position as Vice President of Community Relations. "She enjoys a great deal of sup- port from the University commu- nity," said Mary Ann Swain, interim vice president for student services. Swain sat on the selection commit- tee which chose Royster Harper. While working as assistant to the Dean of LSA Edie Goldenberg, Royster Harper's duties included in- terviewing students and advising Goldenberg on decisions. She has also served on the Committee on the Undergraduate Experience, Golden- berg said. "I think she is a wonderful choice for the job. She has a strong sense of standards and values, which I think is essential," Goldenberg said. Royster Harper said she plans on making improvements in communi- cation between students and the ad- ministation her number one priority. After the student protests of deputi- zation, several administrators, in- cluding Swain, admitted to a break down in communication between. students and the administration. "I have spent all my life working with students. I plan on opening up lines and stabilizing communication so students have an opportunity early on to participate in decisions," she said. Royster Harper said she wanted to reach out to students. "The student services organiza- tion is about service to and for the student. We plan on redoubling our effort to reach out to students and bring them in," she said. Royster Harper came to the Uni- versity in 1978, and has since filled many positions. These posts include serving as an academic counselor, assistant director and director of the Opportunity Program, and, director of academic services and programs for the Comprehensive Studies Pro- gram. Swain said she felt Royster Harper was the best choice for the appointment because she met all of the committee's criteria. "We looked for someone with the. ability to bring some creative ideas about student life, excellent interper- sonal skills, and administrative expe- rience. (Royster Harper) is very See APPOINTEE, Page 2 Provost plans budget group by Bethany Robertson Daily Staff Reporter In response to a $12.6 million cut in higher education funding, the University has formed a committee to examine which areas of the University will face cost reductions. University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Gilbert Whitaker announced the for- mation of the Provost's Advisory Committee on Excellence in an Era of Revenue Constraints (PACE) at a Faculty Senate Assembly meeting yesterday. The state legislature passed the cuts last Wednesday in an end-of-the- session attempt to diminish a state deficit estimated to be as large as $1.3 billion. The cuts will result in a $2.47 million loss in revenue for the University's approximately $600 million general fund. "I will ask PACE to assist me in setting priorities and recommending processes for reducing our expendi- tures, if necessary, to bring them into line with our revenue, streams..." Whitaker said. Whitaker said the ten members of the committee, composed of faculty, staff and students, will be announced by next Monday. Incoming Director of the Institute of Public Policy Studies Edward Gramlich will chair the group. Gramlich said one cost-cutting area PACE will examine is simpli- fying workloads. "There's just a lot of paperwork that goes on at the University and the question is: Is all of that neces- sary?" Gramlich said. Whitaker did not discuss any spe- cific University cuts, but said stu- dents can expect a tuition increase. "(Tuition) will continue to go up," he said, adding mid-year tuition rises are unlikely unless "the state hits us really hard" in upcoming funding cuts. Tuition is the largest revenue source for the University's general fund. Whitaker also said staff and fac- ulty cuts are "inevitable." Whitaker and other administrators said they were pleased higher educa- tion cuts were not as severe as other state program cuts. They expressed certainty that more cuts will occur early next year when Gov.-elect John Engler takes office. See COMMITTEE, Page 2 Cram Second-year law student Hans Schreier sits in the Law Quad surrounded by many books and papers to cram for his exams yesterday afternoon. Angell Hall computing site suffers system error by Purvi Shah Daily Staff Reporter Angell Hall Computing Center operated at less than full capacity for more than two hours yesterday. At 4:45 p.m. a system error oc- curred at the computing site. The center monitor waited for two hours to avoid further problems, then re- booted the system. Students - in the midst of the term-paper season - were unable to start Microsoft Word or other pro- grams on the computer server. Users already on the system did not incur any problems. They were still able to save their work as long as they did not quit the program. If the user quit the program, it was impossible to get back onto the system. Jim Sullivan, Senior Computing System Specialist, who is responsi- ble for the Macintosh networks on campus, said, "The server did not crash, as such. What happened was that new people could not get on." An Angell Hall worker, who would not give his name, said, "The server wouldn't allow anyone to open any programs. Once in a while the whole darn thing will crash." The cause of the system error is not known. Sullivan added, "Basically what it was, was a glitch. We've had servers out there for a couple of years now. There are peri- odic problems. There is a problem, but we're not altogether certain (of the cause.)" The continual use of the facilities at Angell Hall may have attributed to the system error, said Sullivan. "The Angell Hall Macs are one big network, so there are well over 200 machines sending out packets of information," said Sullivan. "There is a very large volume of traffic. The volume of traffic could certainly be one of the problems. There's a con- stant flow of information going back and forth between the machine and the server." The server has crashed before. The system error yesterday was more serious than usual. In the past, a system error message would ap- pear, but once the user attempted to start the program again, the problem would disappear. Hostages return; Bush, Cheney lash out at Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush Administration yesterday cautioned against counting Iraq's re- lease of foreign hostages as a step away from the brink of war. In a speech clearly aimed at limit- ing Saddam Hussein's publicity gains from the hostage release, De- fense Secretary Dick Cheney called the Iraqi president "the world's all- time hostage taker" and said the mil- itary threat is growing. Despite its decision to free the thousands of foreign captives, the Baghdad government made its most bellicose statement in weeks on Kuwait, saying it would "not com- promise one iota" in its claim to the emirate it seized on Aug. 2. President Bush, speaking at a cer- emony proclaiming Monday as Hu- man Rights Day, lashed out at Sad- dam for inhumane treatment of the Kuwaitis and their nation. "The eyewitness accounts that I would soon ask Congress for $12 billion to $20 billion to help pay the costs of Operation Desert Shield. The extra money is needed to pay for the estimated 200,000 reinforce- ments that President Bush ordered to the gulf on Nov. 8, a move Bush said would give the United States an offensive military option against Iraq. tory." Some weekend reports had said Iraq had redrawn its border with Kuwait in possible preparation for a partial pullout. "In these past few days as he has released hostages he simultaneously continued to build up his deploy- ments in Kuwait, to enhance his for- tifications and to add additional forces to the region," Cheney told a defense industry conference. In spelling out the administra- tion's reasons for committing Amer- ican troops to the gulf and threaten- ing to use them against Iraq, Cheney put special emphasis on the global economic interests at stake. "There is no nay-saying the fact that one of the major concerns we have is the very real possibility that should Saddam Hussein succeed in his aggression, should he be allowed The request would meet most ex- penses of the gulf operation for the current budget year, but the extra money would not cover the cost of a war with Iraq, officials indicated. The latest show of Iraqi defiance