2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 1995 BUDGET Continued from page 1 "Anotherpotential problem is how do you manage the conflict between doing anything to raise revenue and some sort of academic standard?" Jackson said that without the spe- cific plans for implementation, it is difficult to foresee the possible prob- lems. Nursing Dean Ada Sue Hinshaw said she is not certain how the change will impact her school. "We all know that in cases where organizational changes of this magni- tude are made that 'the devil is in the detail,"' Hinshaw said. "We will no doubt encounter unforeseen areas of difficulty, but may also uncover ad- vantages." The new budgeting process, known commonly as responsibility- centered management, will be dubbed Value-Centered Management (VCM) at the University. Under the present budgeting sys- tem, the central administration col- lects all funds - including tuition, state appropriations and indirect costs recovered from federal grants - and allocates them to the various Univer- sity units. An annual across-the-board increase is provided to the individual units, which last year amounted to 2.5 percent. "Right now, for example, a de- partment that increases or decreases its enrollment will not see any effect of that in their budget. There is no revenue feedback," said Associate Provost Robert Holbrook. "That is one of the key changes that would be in VCM." In VCM, the individual schools and colleges will receive funds from tuition and indirect costs recovered from federal grants. Under this sys- tem, the units will pay facility and central administration expenses. This change will place more responsibility in the hands of the University's deans. Tuition funds will be distributed based on what courses students take in addition to the school or college the student is enrolled in, Holbrook said. To deter units from admitting more non-residents to increase their own revenues, funds generated from tu- ition will be averaged throughout the University between non-residents and residents. "What we are proposing calls for is an averaging of tuition at the undergraduate level so it will make no difference to an individual unit," Holbrook said. But thecentral administration will not lose influence in the new process. By setting the amount of state appro- priations each unit will receive, the central administration will have a greater influence. In VCM, the pro- vost will determine the state appro- priations allocated to each unit. "It leaves the provost free to focus on things that don't fund themselves," Holbrook said. "The allocation will be focused on encouraging those things that can't take care of them- selves." The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives is now taking applications for Student Program Hosts positions for the King/Chavez/Parks College Day Spring Visitation Program Afroii'bEadine is J ay 20, 1.... Student Program Hosts' responsibilities include supervising and developing work schedules for teams of student leaders who will work with students from middle schools visiting the University during KCP College Day Spring Visitation Program. Applications and job descriptions can be obtained at The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives 1042 Fleming Building, first floor. For additional information contact Felton Rogers at 936-1055 Holbrook mentioned interdiscipli- nary and other programs that do not support themselves financially, but add to the University's reputation, as areas that could receive additional support. Under both systems, funds are first collected by the central administra- tion. But in VCM, units will receive their funding directly from tuition, while under the old system the central administration allocated funds. In a written outline of the changes, Provost and Executive Vice Presi- dent for Academic Affairs Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. outlined some of the various concerns. Whitaker mentioned the possibil- ity that units could create low-qual- ity, large-enrollment courses to gen- erate revenues at the expense of higher-quality programs in otherunits; the possibility that units would limit enrollment of their students in other schools or colleges to maximize their own revenues or that units would not allow faculty to participate in inter- disciplinary activities because they will be unable to generate revenues for their own units. "It is both tempting and true to say that we have these same dangers in many aspects of our current systems of budgeting," Whitaker wrote. "Fur- thermore, we can say that we recog- nize these dangers and act to prevent them from occurring or at least from occurring with great frequency." CHECHNYA Continued from page 1. raising questions about who is con- trolling the battle in the small, south- ern region. Reports from the ground suggested a buildup of Russian forces in the last 24 hours. Similarly, it was impossible to find out early Tuesday whether the Chechen side would go along with the Russian proposal, which included some conditions that the rebels in the past had rejected, such as laying down their arms while Russian forces were still on Chechen territory. Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev whose whereabouts have been unknown for some time, ap- peared last night on local television in a military uniform, but because of technical difficulties there was no sound to accompany the picture, As- sociated Press reported from Grozny. Chechnya, a Muslim region on Russia's southern rim, unilaterally declared its independence in 1991 shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After ignoring the situation for threeyears, Russiaon Dec. 11 sent in troops to end what it said was a threat to the integrity of the nation. Thousands of people have been killed and wounded since then, and as many as 350,000 civilians have been forced to flee as refugees. Earlier, there were reports from Grozny that the Chechen side was proposing a truce in the fighting to allow both sides to collect their war dead and injured, but had received no positive reaction from the Russians. The government apparently be- gan considering the idea after a tele- phone conversation yesterday be- tween Chernomyrdin and Russian human rights commissioner Sergei Kovalyov, who has spent most of the four-week war in Grozny monitoring events and trying to persuade the gov- ernment to halt its assault. Kovalyov had met with Yeltsin last week to try to persuade him to allow a truce, but the human rights activist re- ported afterward that Yeltsin had said it was "too early" for such a move. Since then criticism of the gov- ernment has mounted, both domesti- MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily LSA first-year student Mel Myers rows for the crew team's row-a-thon yesterday in Angell Hall. The fundraiser runs 24 hours a day until next week. SAM Continued from page 1 nity -other problems included park- ing and sanitation violations and serv- ing alcohol to minors. "They're not very good neigh- bors," Savageau said. "Quite a few neighbors have filed complaints against them, I'm not the only one. I'm not unique. "If they think they were closed because of an unsubstantiated com- plaints from a faculty member, then they've been deluded." SAM members said they were told by their national chapter that Hart- ford gave the national an ultimatum: close the University's SAM chapter or the University would. "We suggested to the national that there were major problems with this fraternity and that they needed to take major action to fix them," Hartford said. "We've been in contact with their national every time there has been a major problem." Interfraternity Council (IFC) rules mandate that if a national closes a house, it may restart at a later date. Now, members of the fraternity claim they were abandoned by their national chapter for yielding to pres- sure from the University. "The nationals backed out because hopefully they'd get restarted in a few years," Stein said. Some members also feel slighted by the University. They claim they were not contacted about the prob- lem. "The University deprived us of our due process and our nationals were forced into closing us down," Finestone asserted. "We've been re- fused meeting after meeting (with Uni- versity and IFC officials)." Hartford said she has had numer- ous meetings with past officers of the fraternity, but none last term. "They had one session where we (Student Affairs) were called down to city hall," Hartford said. Many members said they were shocked at the timing of the news and had not previously been contacted by either the University or their nation- als. However, many said they were not surprised that the charter had been revoked after years of complaints. "It's unfair that we never had a chance to defend ourselves," said SAM member and LSA sophomore David Levi. "I don't think this came as a sur- prise for the men," Hartford said. Stein and others claimed their only violations have been noise-related, and although they had been on proba- tion in the past, they were not on probation last fall. Hartford said the house was on 4 reduced probation, lightened from more severe probationary terms in the past. "They sort of continued to get in trouble when they were in trouble," Hartford said. Levi asserted that the house ful- filled all terms of its probation, in- cluding housing a live-in adviser. SAM members said they were not reprimanded last semester. "Except for our noise violations, which are unconstitutional in itself," Finestone asserted. Citations are commonly issued to fraternities, and are punishable by only a monetary fine. Stein said only one violation was issued to the house this fall. "Their troubles run deeper than an occasional noise violation," Savagea* said. Hartford said the fraternity has been plagued with problems for the past three years. "It's just been a problem, we think, with location," Stein said. "There is absolutely no benefit for fraternities in a residential area." SAM members said they will live the remainder of the term in their current house, and many will try to live together next year also. "It doesn't affect our friendships - we'll still be friends," Levi said. ROWING FOR A GOOD CAUSE # PICKUS Continued from page 1 hugs and tears. As a promise to his father, Matt performed at the Holiday Bowl. Before his death, Matt's father had insisted that he still perform in the Holiday Bowl no matter what happened to him. "I wouldn't have missed it and my dad wouldn't have wanted me to miss it," Matt said. "I have done perfor- mances with a fever of 102 degrees, and I wasn't going to miss my performance, and my dad wouldn't have let me." Matt performed not only for his father but for the band as well. "That was the job I had to do. It was the job the band picked for me to do. I had to perform that night." Matt received his undergraduate education in Natural Resources from the University. He is a graduate student in the School of Public Health and will earn his degree later this year. Matt turns 25 on Thursday. A memorial service was held yesterday for his father at Temple Beth Emeth in Ann Arbor. Drum Major Matt Pickus poses with his late father Pete during band season. The senior Pickus worked at the University throughout his son's seven years of study. 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