Journalism left without home in comm. dept. By RONNIE GLASSBERG Daily Staff Reporter In a sweeping overhaul of the University's troubled communication department, the College of LSA will remove all film, video and journalism coursework from its fifth- largest department - renaming it the de- partment of communication studies. The move has left undergraduate jour- nalism without a home -- LSA has decided it no longer wants the discipline - and its future remains up in the air. "I think the end result is that those kind of courses that once existed in the old speech- communication department will be re-in- vented and journalism will hopefully be- come its own department," said communica- tion Prof. Frank Beaver. Under the changes, all film and video courses will be transferred to LSA's Pro- gram in Film and Video Studies. Coursework in journalism will be removed from LSA. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. has established a Universitywide committee to determine its future. Communication department chair John Chamberlin, head of the faculty committee charged with determining the department's future, presented the committee's report to communication faculty Friday. A day ear- lier, the LSA Dean Edie N. Goldenberg and the Executive Committee endorsed the rec- ommendations. "I think the recommendations will sharpen the focus of the department and allow it to focus its energies more closely on a single mission," Chamberlin said in an interview. "It will equip students to understand the processes of mass communication in society." The new concentration will focus on mass communication theory - with students study- ing the cultural, political and social areas of communication. Along with the removal of journalism and film-video courses, the department will no longer offer courses narrowly professional in focus, such as corporate communication and writing advertising copy, and will no longer offer courses in public speaking. The doctoral program in mass communi- cation, now an interdepartmental program, also depa j cati( 1ion men new tion shakeup eventually will be shifted to the new artment. Juniors and seniors majoring in communi- on will be able to complete the concentra- under the present guidelines. The depart- t will encourage sophomores to follow the concentration, but they will have the op- of meeting present requirements. - See COMM, Page 14 * For students interested in learning more about the changes, a meeting will be held today in MLB Auditorium 4 at 5 p.m. w *4 an ti One hundred four years of editorial freedom 4 "°"'d'""' " , . , ..:r a s >. ,ti- . _~.: , ;:> K- -Day 199 5 Some skip lectures to sleep, study, By AMY KLEIN Daily Staff Reporter As some students marched and others attended lectures, many stu- dents took the day off, while the Uni- versity sponsored more than 30 pub- lic lectures, discussions and panels yesterday. Between catching up on sleep and completing homework as- signments, many treated MLK Day s an extra Sunday. "I spent the day catching up on the homework that I didn't get to this weekend," said Daniel Dixon, a first- year Engineering student. "I think there are definitely people that wanted it off to observe the day, but I looked forward to having it to do work." Scott Fohey, an Engineering junior, also chose to concentrate on homework. "I think I'm just lazy. I did my *omework today and I guess I just didn't really seek anything out so I didn't end up going," Fohey said. Others took the long weekend to leave campus and visit home. First- year Nursing student Stacey Fahrner visited her parents in Pinckney, Mich. this weekend. "I chose to go home. I took this day as part of a three-day weekend," amner said. Many students simply stayed in bed, spending the day sleeping. LSA sopho- more Erin Ross was unaware that events were planned for the holiday. "Nothing was announced in my classes, but I don't think I would have gone anyways," Ross said. "I think it's bad that I'm not going, but to tell you the truth I'd rather sleep." Some students, however, chose to *ecognize the holiday by attending University events. LSA sophomore Susan Podolsky attended the "Con- flict & Community" lecture, featur- ing bell hooks as speaker. "I think this is definitely one of the more serious holidays and there is a problem if a lot of people don't recog- nize it," Podolsky said. March, activism mark observance Students rally for More than 500 students, including representatives of the Black Student Union, marched from South University to the steps of the Graduate Library for Martin Luther King Day yesterday. They called on University President James J. Duderstadt to turn the Michigan Mandate into action. Ex-NAACP director renewed 'U' action By SPENCER DICKINSON Daily Staff Reporter Thirty-two years after Martin Luther King led a march on Washing- ton, marches across the country com- memorated the day of King's birth. Yesterday's MLK Unity March served as a centerpiece to the University's 8th Annual MLK Day Symposium, which also included a lecture by former NAACP Director Benjamin J. Hooks and a panel dis- cussion on the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. The march began on South Uni- versity Avenue where members of the Black Student Union led a group of 500 toward the Michigan Union chanting slogans like "Black power," "no justice, no peace" and "Fight the Power." Students, faculty and staff of all ages and races were joined by a diverse group of locals. Pausing in front of University President James J. Duderstadt's South University Avenue residence, the group listened to David Jones and Stephen Kinnison, both LSA juniors and BSU officers. The two read BSU's "Open Chal-. lenge to James Duderstadt," which asked Duderstadt to turn commitments articulated in the Michigan Mandate into action. They then attached it to the president's front door in an action reminiscent of Martin Luther, the 17th-century religious leader. The group then proceeded to the Diag for what was intended to be a peaceful series of speeches on the See MLK DAY, Page 2 gives By ZACHAR Daily Staf Although the audier constantly changing, Be sage remains the same forward in its struggle much work remains. The former executi tional Association for Colored People - th largest civil rights org the Martin Luther Kin dress yesterday. More tended the speech at H As long as people racial justice, Hooks sai( "dream is alive and we Hooks began his ad message of hope X M. RAIMI King's last speech. On the rainy, windy night of f Reporter Aug. 3. 1968, King spoke before 1,500 people nce and auditorium are at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn. Hooks njamin L. Hooks' mes- said King spoke about threats to his life. : America has moved "Dr. King reminded us there would be diffi- for racial justice, but cult and dark days ahead to prepare us for the struggle," Hooks said. ve director of the Na- The day after the speech, King was assassi- the Advancement of nated. "I am convinced that you may kill the le world's oldest and dreamer but you cannot kill the dream," Hooks anization - delivered said. g Day Jr. keynote ad- than 400 people at- ill Auditorium. are willing to fight for d, Martin Luther King's dress with a story about "Dr. King was indeed a prophet," Hooks con- tinued, and listed many problems in the nation today. Among those he cited were the fight to impose sanctions on apartheid-ridden South Af- rica, assaults on affirmative action, hate groups on campus, Black men killing each other and the See HOOKS, Page 2 MAHK R-HIEUMAN/Daily Former NAACP director Benjamin Hooks addresses a crowd of more than 400 at Hill Auditorium yesterday. INSIDE See inside for the Daily's complete coverage of mLK Day events: Former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm told a crowd yesterday that activism is dead. Page 3 Panelists discuss the placement of landfills and air pollution in predominantly minority areas. Page 3 Social researchers debate the lasting effects of the civil rights movement. Page 3 The celebration by King's family is marred by a feud between the family and the federal government' over his shrine. Page 7 Former Detroit mayoral candidate Sharon Mc~hail criticizes media portrayals of Black men._Page 7 ARTS 8 Browns recall court battle over right to attend public schools By TRACEY ROGERS For the Daily You may have seen her in your history textbook. In the photo, a young African American girl walks a dirt road, crossing the railroad tracks on her way to the Black school. Linda Brown found herself at the center of a battle over civil rights, children's education and the dubious doctrine of "separate but equal." Yesterday, she spoke at the Mod- ern Languages Building on the ef- fects of the Brown vs. Board of Edu- cation court decision, as part of the University's MLK Day Symposium. Forty years later, Linda Brown within public schools nationwide. The case began after the Black citizens of Topeka decided to take a stand, Thompson said. These citizens worked with the NAACP to try to gain equal access to public schools. Thirteen Black families attempted to enroll their children in a white school, and then reported the district's response. By February 1951, the case was on its way to federal court. "Throughout the next three years, we lived in the calm of the hurricane's eye, facing out at the storm,"she said. The case was appealed to the Su- preme Court in 1953. Marshall argued that a segregated education leads to Daniel Holliman, a member of the University's Center for Afro-American and African Studies, speaks at "The Legacy *f Student Activism at the University" panel discussion yesterday afternoon. Panel calls for revival of activism By TALI KRAVITZ Black' Action Movements and the ber of BAM III "The administration j