2 - Friday, December 1, 2006 MONDAY: Ten Spot TUESDAY: Arbor Anecdotes WEDNESDAY: University Jobs THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Explained Before Birth of the Black Action Movement Group went on strike to increase diversity at the 'U' The University still struggles with maintaining diversity, but not the way it did 35 years ago. In 1970, students and faculty were willing to go on strike until the University administration addressed the lack of diversity. Leading that effort was a group called the Black Action Move- ment, which formed to advocate a more welcoming environment for minority students. BAM asked the administration to increase minority enrollment, increase financial aid to incoming minority students and establish a Black Student Center to foster community among black students. They hoped 10 percent of the student body would be black by 1973. They also complained that black students were still officially designated as "negro" - which, by 1970, had become an offensive term to many black students and faculty members. In February 1970, BAM sub- mitted a list of 12 demands to then-University President Rob- ben Fleming, student government organizations and the University Board of Regents. The regents denied most of their requests, although they promised to increase black enrollment to 7 percent. At that time, black enrollment was under 5 percent. It remained below 5 percent until the late 1980s, whenthen-University Pres- ident James Duderstadt started his Michigan Mandate initiative. A month later, members of BAM -bothstudentsandfaculty-went on strike. They said they wouldn't go to class until the administra- tion reconsidered their demands. Many students participated in the strike, disrupting classes for more than a week. Picketers block a campus street during the Black Action Move- ment's student and faculty strike in March of 1970. CRIME NOTES Christmas tree stolen from'U' parking lot WHERE: Parking Lot NC- 51, 2600 Glazier Way WHEN: Wednesday at about 1:15 p.m. WHAT: A white fir tree was stolen from a Uni- versity parking lot, the Department of Public Safety reported. The tree appeared to have been cut down with an axe. $400 bicycle stolen over Thanksgiving WHERE: School of Public Health II, 109 South Obser- vatory St. CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Fleming and the group started negotiations a couple days afterthe strike began. By the end of March, BAM and the administration had reached an agreement that satis- fied all of BAM's demands. The strike ended a few days later. Many members of the Universi- ty community criticized President Fleming for giving in to the strike, calling him soft and indecisive. Faculty members were split on the issue. Some worried that the agreementwithBAMwouldsiphon funds from academic departments and lower admissions standards in order to increase minority enroll- ment. Others were angry that the administration had not asked for their input before deciding. EMILYBARTON - information for this article was gathered from documents in the Bentley Historical Library. - t RET NSY0 'HUL KNOW TOY On this day in 1955, black civil-rights activist Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Her act of civil disobe- dience led to a 381-day boycott of the bus system in Mont- gomery, Ala. Accordingto Baton Rouge television station WAFB, LSU is headed to the Rose Bowl. They would play either Michigan or USC, depending on the outcome of USC's game on Saturday. FOR MORE, SEE OUR SPORTS BLDG, "THE GAME" Starting this week, the World Chess Federation is testing professional chess players for perfor- mance- enhancing drugs after each match. The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 413E. 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Subscriptionsmust be prepaid.The MichiganDaily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press. WHEN: Wednesday at about 4:00 p.m. WHAT: A $400 bike was sto- len over Thanksgiving break, DPS reported. The bike's owner left it locked to a bike rack next to the School of Public Health building. When the owner returned, but returned from break to find the bike lock broken and lying on the ground. Office invaded, nothing taken WHERE: West Hall, 550 East University Ave. WHEN: Wednesday at about 8:45 a.m. WHAT: An office was broken into overnight, DPS reported. A University staff member found the window broken, with shards of glass and a hammer lying on the floor inside. Noth- ing was stolen. 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