The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 16, 1993-3 Faculty survey shows favorable rating for vice provost's office N Review of administrative office is first in a series to be conducted by members of Senate Assembly By JAMES CHO DAILY STAFF REPORTER "The Office of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs serves an essential role in the Univer- sity community ... we recommend that this office be continued," read the faculty evalua- tion, presented at yesterday's Senate Assem- bly meeting. Mathematics Prof. Peter Hinman, a mem- ber of the faculty subcommittee charged with evaluating the office, presented the report. The committee was instructed by the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) in April to assess the focus, rel- evance and efficacy of the office. "I believe in faculty reviews of adminis- trative positions," said John D'Arms, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of Rackham. "I'm well disposed to this activity and how the faculty reviewers thought the office was going." The vice provost largely serves the Uni- versity as a representative of the provost's office. This includes attending fundraisers andcoming totherescueduring crises, Hinman said. Hinman added that the evaluation was difficult due to the absence of any written job description for the office. The report stated that many members of the University community were unaware of the existence of this position. "The office serves in an important advi- sory capacity to the provost," the report said. The committee recommended that the central administration compensate Rackham forcosts incurred by the office and provide D'Arms with a discretionary account. Currently, the office has no staff and all expenses related to the office are absorbed by Rackham. This review of the vice provost's office is the first in a series of evaluations by faculty members of administrative offices. The next office slated for evaluation is the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. SACUA Chair Henry Griffin said, "With 1,300 staff members, this office is a very major part of the University. I'm particularly interested in determining the relations be- tween student affairs and academic issues." The decision by the Senate Assembly to evaluate administrative offices began earlier this year in an attempt to stimulate communi- cation between faculty and administrators. Griffin added, "Faculty learns more about the office and provides feedback. We become aware of the structure of the office and the people in the structure, and this is beneficial to everyone." Tour, vigil illustrate homeless problem # 0 Homeless Action Committee puts emphasis on issue of affordable, low- Income housing By WILL MATTHEWS DAILY STAFF REPORTER It was cold last night. Ungloved hands became rigid and numb. In the context of the homeless vigil held on the Diag, the symbolism is inevitable. The vigil commenced with a walk- ing tour of downtown Ann Arbor con- ducted by several members of the Homeless Action Committee (HAC). The tour illbstrated the intercon- nections of city government and local business, and their role in the probem of homelessness. * Throughout the vigil and tour, the issue ofaffordable, low-income hous- ing waspredominant. The tour showed how the creation of retail and office complexes, as well as the revitaliza- tion of such areas as Kerrytown, re- sulted in the leveling of large areas of such housing. Among other examples of gentrification, guides pointed outhow abakeryanda 14-unitboardinghouse were demolished to make way for office and retail space. "I think the real theme ofthe walk- ing tour is kind of the title of the guide (that accompanied the tour), which is 'Whose Downtown Is It?"' explained HAC member Corey Dolgon. "The question we want to ask ourselves is Duderstadt tells plans for third century at 'U' By JAMES CHO DAILY STAFF REPORTER Cyberspace University - a uni- versity that spans the world as a ro- bust information network linking to- gether students, faculty, graduates and knowledge resources. This was one of the ideas Univer- sity President James Duderstadt pre- sented at yesterday's Senate Assem- bly meeting during his hour-long talk on "Vision 2017: The Third Cen- tury." Change and leadership were the buzz words that echoed throughout his presentation, which focused on the status of the University in the 21st century, to the faculty government. "The greatest challenge is change, but the greatest opportunities lie in leadership," Duderstadt said. One aspect of change at the Uni- versity has been increased diversity. "The Michigan Mandate has been the farst of these efforts," he said. In a press conference this after- noon, the University will release a report summarizing the impact of the Michigan Mandate on the University community. Duderstadt boasted that the Uni- versity has a minority student enroll- ment of 23 percent, and added that the minority faculty has increased 60 per- cent in the past five years. "Our goal is to provide education of the highest quality to the broadest segment of society," Duderstadt said. "Our latest initiative is to address the role of women at the University," he added. Later, Duderstadt outlined the changes to the physical structure of the University, most noticeably on central campus. He said it had been decades sinc4 the last major renovation on central campus. "Next year, we will hav4 $500 million worth of construction activity on central campus." Despite all the progress the Uni} versity is making, Duderstadt rex minded the faculty members of post sible financial woes. "State support is less than 40 per: cent of the general fund and accounts for less than 12 percent of our operat- ing budget," he said, adding that the University continues to face furthey funding cuts by the state. Because the pace of change is sq great, Duderstadt warned, "We can- not stand still. Laissez-faire is not the Michigan style." He added, "To lead, you need to have some vision as to where you want to go. ... The vision for the University is to make Michigan the leading university in America. That's some combination of quality, size breadth and diversity and innovation,' he said. Henry Griffin, chair of the Senate; Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), the executive branch of the Senate Assembly, agreed with Duderstadt's emphasis on change. "It was ahelpful presentation. The- issue of change was an appropriate underlying theme," he said. Griffin added that SACUA would have to go over the details of those changes as they occur. Volunteers spoon hot soup to an attendee of the homeless vigil on the Diag last night. what are our priorities and whose interests are being served. What we try to point out is that city government is in league with business and devel- opers, sometimes in a kind of sinister way. Dolgon added: "But most of the time it's in an ideological way that sees economic growth as a savior for the community, and when you realize that the whole philosophy of economic growth is flawed - that 'trickle down' doesn't work - then you realize that the whole way they're framing their decision-mak- ing through the paradigm of eco- nomic growth is responsible for these kind of problems." Dolgon said when people are con- vinced that economics need not be handled this way, they also learn that problems such as poverty and homelessness are neither natural nor necessary. A series of speakers from commu- nity organizations, including a city governmentemployee, spoke after the tour. Michael Appel, development spe- cialist for Avalon Housing, a non- profit group that rents homes to low- income families and individuals, em- phasized affordable housing as fun- damental to the problems of homelessness and the cycle of pov- erty. He related Avalon's goals: "We try to provide affordable housing for a community's lowest-income people," he said. "We do that by own- ing it, managing it, keeping the prices low using subsidized money and non- profit ownership. ... Costs are being covered but no profit is being made." Attendance at the vigil was slim, though curious strollers and passersby often stopped, stayed and became in- volved. A sign on the Diag read, "End the Indifference." The undivided atten- tion of the crowd attested to the idea that awareness of and interest in homelessness is the first step towards fulfilling that slogan. Bosnian editor describes horror of current events New TV station may air student news, soap operas, game shows By SCOT WOODS DAILY STAFF REPORTER Nineteen months of violence in Bosnia-Herzegovina has not killed the optimism of Kemal Kurspahic. The editor in chiefof0slobodenje, Sarajevo's daily newspaper, held an informalquestion-and-answersession last night in the Osterman Common Room in the Rackham Building. Sev- eral University groups sponsored the meeting to provide a forum for first- hand education on events in Bosnia. Kurspahic spoke about current conditions in the city, forecasting thousands of deaths in the coming winter. He said temperatures have already fallen below freezing several times. He said Sarajevo may be "a city condemned to die." He also called the United Nations' negotiations for peace a "blackmail" of Bosnian citizens. "What is called a peace process regarding Bosnia is found to be a practical blackmail on the part of the international community to legalize crimes committed in thatcountry," he said. He said at least 90 percent of the 150,000 to 200,000 dead in Bosnia were unarmed civilians, calling it ter- ror, not war. "For war, you need two armies confronting each other," he said. "In Bosnia's case, you didn't have two armies on the day which it was at- tacked. Bosnia didn'thaveany army." ButKurspahic stated several times that he did not blame all Serbs for Serbian violence. "I don't accept the concept of collective responsibility," he said. Kurspahic said Bosnia can be saved if the international community acts now. He said the United States should bomb Serbian artillery posi- tions around Sarajevo. Most of the 60 people at the infor- mal event had connections to Bosnia and supported Kurspahic's positions. Several said they have relatives in- side the city of Sarajevo. "I thought (Kurspahic) did a very good job of presenting a very objec- tive view of what's going on," said Engineering doctoral student Damir Juric, who attended the discussion. Juric, who has relatives in Sarajevo, said it is important to get as much information as possible about Bosnia. "What you hear on the news is sort of a distortion. When you hear bits and pieces it's very easy to distort the news." Naza Tanovic Miller, who also attended last night, was born in Sarajevo. She and her husband, a vis- iting professor at the University, are hosting Kurspahic in Ann Arbor. "I think that the American public ... should not support the ethnic divi- sion of Bosnia," she said. History Prof. Sabine McCormack, one of the event's organizers, agreed with Kurspahic that the United States should use air strikes against Serbian positions to bring peace. "In Bosnia, there is a functioning political society there," she said. "I think that's a big difference with Somalia." By KATIE HUTCHINS DAILY STAFF REPORTER Next semester, students will be able to turn on the TV and see fellow University students reporting news, displaying talents and maybe even acting outsoap operas orhosting game shows. This is the result of anew club that makes it possible for students to have their own station. The idea came from Kinesiology sophomore Dan Schwab, who brought the concept here when he transferred from Franklin and Marshall College. "I came here wanting to be in- volved in the same type of club," he said. Learning that the University has no such opportunity, Schwab said he "took the initiative and started one on my own." Dan Kier, a Communication lec- turer, is serving as faculty adviser for the project. The station, called WOLV-short for Wolverine - will hopefully be taping and airing shows by February, Schwab said. The next step is to hold workshops to introduce club mem- bersto the community access channel studio and show them how to use the equipment, he added. The club is currently planning sev, eral shows and taking ideas for new ones. "The more ideas that people I work with can come with the better... The more, the merrier," Schwab said. Ideas include a news show, a vari- ety show, a sitcom, a soap opera and a sports show, he said. Sixty people showed up at the first mass meeting last Wednesday. "Any- body can join and we emphasize that they do notneed experience," Schwab said. The next mass meeting will take place next Monday at 6 p.m. in the Frieze Building. Scott Doyne, a first-year Kinesi- ology student, is assisting Schwab in the project. "I was really excited.... It sounds like a lot of fun and maybe good experience," he said. Student groups Q Adult Daughters of Alcoholics and other Trauma, meeting, Michigan Union, Room 3200, 7:30 p.m. U Arab-American Students As- sociation, Arabic conversation hour, Arabic House, Oxford, 7 p.m. U Christian Science Organiza- tion, weekly, meeting, Michi- gan League, checkroom at front desk, 7 p.m. U Gospel Chorale Rehearsal, School of Music, North Cam- pus, Room 2027, 7 p.m. U Hellenic Students Association, general meeting, Michigan Union, Room 2209, 8 p.m. o Indian American Students As- sociation, board meeting, Michigan Union, Room 4202, 9 p.m. and the Environment, Rackhan Amphitheater, 7 p.m. U Blood Battle, sponsored by Al- pha Phi Omega, Michigan Union, Pendleton Room, 1-6:30 p.m. U Brown Bag Lunch Series, spon- sored by the Center for Chinese Studies, Forms of the Distance, speaker: Bei Dao, Lane Hall, Commons Room, 12 noon. U Disigualdas y Pobreza en Puerto Rico, sponsored by the Puerto Rican Association, MLB, Room 2011, 6:30 p.m. U Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start, LS&A TA training program, 2553 LS&A Build- ing, 3-5 p.m. U Emotional Dimension in Learning and Teaching About Diversity, LS&A Training Pro- gram, Michigan League, Placement, Michigan Union, Room 1209, 6-8 p.m. Q International Forum, Tuesday lunch, Prospects and Problems for Peace Accord Between Is- rael and Palestinians, speaker: Elizabeth Barlow, International Center, Room 9, 12 noon. U Issues Facing the Native American Women, sponsored by the Office Of Multicultural Initiatives, Michigan Union, Anderson Room, 7-9 p.m. U Summer Job and Internship Search, sponsored by Career Planning and Placement, 3200 Student Activities Building, 4:10-5 p.m. U Was there and Alternative to Stalinism in the Soviet Union?, sponsored by the Workers League, Michigan League, Room D, 6:30 p.m. Jr":1 U I - i [ ~Ewc c 90m "Studs c 0 TPl'JLOwUqe 24 IiouAttentdflobbq * Game Woml I. I m