Rule alters
By JOYCE FRIEDEN
University students who garner
scholarships or other forms of assistan-
ce from community organizations
shouldn't be surprised if they receive
notification from the University that
their financial aid packages have been
"altered"-occasionally in a very
unexpected manner.
Marty, a sophomore who hails from a
suburb of Detroit, is one student who
found out the hard way. He applied for'
financial aid before the beginning of his
freshman year, and was slated to
receive it in the form of a National
Direct Student Loan and a University
grant. Later, Marty learned his local
Rotary Club had awarded' him a
scholarshipof several hundred dollars.
"THE PROBLEM started when th
Rotary Club sent the money directly t
the University (instead of giving it t
me)," he recalled. "When I went to th
University in September, I got th
money back from the financial aid of
fice, and I thought everything was fine.
"But then," Marty continued, "I got
notice a few months later saying th
University was going to deduct th
amount of the scholarship from th
amount they were originally going t
give me in the University grant.
"I wanted, instead, to subtract th
amount of the scholarship from the loaf
so I wouldn't have to pay it back," h
said wistfully. "Instead, all I ended ul
doing was subsidizing the state."
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scholarships
AT LEAST ONE member of the Jim Zimmerman said Marty's case in-
e Rotary Club was displeased with the volves a principle of "equity
o way the matter was handled. "They packaging" employed by the office.
o (the scholarship committee) were "We try to equalize the amount of
e disappointed that the recipient in this assistance each student receives, so a
e case did not receive the benefit the less wealthy student doesn't have to
f- Rotary set up," according to Dan Irwin, work any more or take out any more
former chairman of the club's scholar- loan money than a wealthier student,"
a ship committee. "As we were informed, he said.
e all the scholarship was doing was "By including all outside grants in
e reducing the amount of money the figuring a student's aid need," Zim-
e student was getting from the Univer- merman explained, "we can give our
o sity." grant money out to more students and
Irwin added the committee usually reduce everyone's loan and work bur-
e sends scholarship money directly to the den by a little bit." He added although
n college involved "to make sure that the Marty did not directly benefit by having
e money will go toward the student's the scholarship money deducted from
p education."
Associate Director of Financial Aid See FINANCIAL, Page 7
Pentagon
I
research up,
but not at
University
By KEVIN TOTTIS
Department of Defense-sponsored research has grown
considerably on campuses across the nation in recent years, but
the University has not been a party to that increase.
The majority of military research conducted at most univer-
sities is basic or "pure"-research of a particular subject not
directly related to weapons. For example, the Navy may spon-
sor basic research in underwater acoustics to apply its results to
submarine development.
PRACTICALLY NONE OF the research is classified or
secret.
According to a recent article in The New York Times, defen-
se support for academic science has increased nationally by 70
per cent in three years, yet figures supplied by the University
indicate that Pentagon-sponsored research here has remained
fairly constant, or has declined, since 1977.
According to Dennis Cebulski, assistant to the director of the
University's division of Research Development and Ad-
ministration, 4.9 per cent, or approximately $3.7 nillion, of the
research conducted at the University in 1977 was sponsored by
the Pentagon. In 1978, the Pentagon still sponsored 4.9 per cent,
or $4.1 million. In 1979, the figure fell to 3.7 per cent, or $3.7
million.
THESE FIGURES CONTRAST sharply with those of 1962,
when 38.9 per cent, or $12 million, of the research conducted at
the University was sponsored by the Defense Department. In
1968, while only 29.7 per cent of the total research on campus
was sponsored by the military, the dollar value reached its high
water mark of $17.7 million.
Anti-war sentiment during the Vietnam era, however, drove
Department of Defense-sponsored research away from college
campuses. In 1974, only six years later, a meager 5.9 per cent, or
$3.6 million, of the University total research budget was sub-
sidized by the Pentagon.
During the war years, the University's connections with the
Willow Run Laboratories came under fire because the labs had
a large Army contract to work with battlefield surveillance. In
1973, the University divested in Willow Run, University Vice-
President for Research Charles Overberger said.
THE MANSFIELD AMENDMENT, which forbade the
Defense Department from sponsoring research not directly
related to military functions, also detered the Pentagon from
dealing with universities. But according to University Director
of Research Development and Administration James Lesch,
See PENTAGON, Page 10
Doily Photo by JIM KRUZ
Sidewalk surgery
The sidewalk in front of Bivouac's and Bacchus Gardens on S. State St. is currently under
repair but will be back together in no time.
Hot issue for state, 'U'groups
By BONNIE JURAN
Sexual harassment, an offense so neglected it
had no official name until a few years ago, has
received considerable attention recently from
many individuals and groups in Michigan.
The offense is defined as the unsolicited, non-
reciprocal physical or verbal conduct or com-
munication which is demeaning, abusive, or
otherwise inappropriate to employment or
educational relationships, according to Sylvia
Gomez, state department of labor's office of
women and work staff member.
GOMEZ ADDED SEXUAL harassment can also
be the threat or implication that lack of sub-
mission to social or sexual intercourse or contact
will adversely affect a person's opportunity for
employment, education, membership, or compen-
sation.
House Bill 4407, which was passed by the state
House of Representatives in April and is expected
to reach the Senate for debate in the next few
weeks, is the "first bill to deal specifically with
sexual harassment," according to JoEtta
Colquitt, administrative assistant to the bill's co-
sponsor, state Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins (D-
Detroit).
According to Colquitt, victims of sexual
harassment are presently able to press charges
through the Michigan Civil Rights Commission or
the circuit courts. She added, however, if House
Bill 4407 is ratified, the victim's attorney will be
able to "use the bill as law" in presenting lis or
her case.
IF PASSED, THE bill will amend Public Act 453
of 1976 which is mainly concerned with civil rights
and sex discrimination, Colquitt said.
According to Sue Kaufman, program assistant for
women's concerns in the University's affirmative
See STATE, Page 7