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." The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, June 1 1, 1980-Page 3 Local Scene 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