Page 4-Tuesday, August 11, 1981-The Michigan Daily New dean of LSA braces for more cuts 4 (Continued from PageD) budget-cut decisions through the in- dividual departments' executive com- mittees, Steiner said. Additional plans for budget reduc- tions are still in the early stages, he said. IN AN INTERVIEW last month, University President Harold Shapiro said that, although more retrenchment is necessary for the University, cut- backs will not have to be made as rapidly as they were this past year. "I think we're over the hump in the sense of large, extremely rapid reallocations (cuts)," Shapiro said. "We are not over the hump in the sense that there are more adjustments ahead, of us (in the next five years) than behind us. But I hope that these ad- justments will not have to be accom- plished in such a rapid time frame. "Because of last year's state budget," Shapiro explained, the University had to move extremely rapidly to cut back, and "you never do as well if you move rapidly as you-do if you have time for a more thoughtful approach." THERE MUST BE cutbacks in non- academic support areas-areas such as the Extension Service, the Botanical Gardens, Michigan Media-Shapiro said. "It probably will be true that the non-academic areas will have more than their share of adjustments," he said. "Perhaps, therefore, the academic areas will be shielded somewhat." "I don't think what we have (at the University) is perfect," Shapiro con- tinued. "I don't think that the strength in the various academic departments is uniformly of the same quality. We have some extremely excellent cademic departments and we have some depar- Steiner ... decisions hard but not impossible tments that are not yet extremely ex- cellent. Thus, I think that some judgment is called for (in deciding where to make cuts)," he said. SPECIFICALLY, Shapiro explained, the - University has been trying to strengthen its programs in the natural sciences within LSA "because we felt on the whole that we needed strengthening in some of those areas." Increases arealso planned for finan- cial aid programs. "I expect tuition to continue to increase (with inflation)," Dean Steiner said. "The amount of financial assistance will need to in- crease accordingly." The dean is currently seeking out- side, private sources for scholarship assistance and, he said, he hopes to soon announce some new programs available to students with financial need. In Brief Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports French arrive home from Iran PARIS-Fifty-seven French citizens flew home from Iran yesterday, leaving behind about 60 others also ordered out of the country by the French. government because of worsening relations between Paris and Tehran. France gave a subdued welcome to the citizens who arrived at Orly Air- port last night aboard an Iran Air flight from Tehran, where they had been denied permission to leave for five days. French officials greeted the evacuees, who made no comments, apparen- tly following a government request to remain quiet until the remaining French nationals return home. President Francois Mitterrand last Wednesday told the 144 French nationals living in Iran to return home "temporarily" because of demon- strations in Tehran over the French government's refusal to extradite for- mer Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, who escaped to Paris July 29. "We were absolutely not treated Ike the American hostages," said one passenger on the Iran Air plane that landed in Paris after a brief refueling stop in Frankfurt, West Germany. The flight from Tehran left 80 minutes late because of technical reasons. Environmentalists clash with Soviet gunship LOS ANGELES-An expedition of environmentalists hoping to confront a Russianwhaling ship in the Bering Sea was chased back into American waters Sunday night by a Soviet gunship and armed helicopter. The Sea Shepherd, an old cod trawler carrying 29 anti-whaling environ- mentalists from five countries, was retreating at full speed, the ship's American contacts said in Los Angeles. The environmentalists said a helicopter emblazoned with a red star cir- cled over the Sea Shepherd as it sailed in Russian waters off the coast of Siberia and dropped red flares onto the bow of the ship, which is on a bold expedition to stop. Soviets from catching California grey whales. Reagan reassures governors ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.-The Regan administration moved yesterday to assure the nation's governors Washington will help adjust to problems caused by round one of federal budget cuts, and is ready to consult them on round two. The administration sought to cement the partnership formed with the governors on the budget cuts by pledging to set up a "fast track" to help cut red tape on a wide range of social, agricultural, transportation and commer- ce programs. Reagan sent Health and Human Resources Secretary Richard Schweiker and a half-dozen undersecretaries from several departments to carry the olive branch to the governors' summer meeting. Vice President George Bush will address the closing session today. Fires scorch western states Forest fires raced unchecked across 80,000 acres of timber and brushland in five Western states yesterday, chasing hundreds of people from their homes and sending at least 35 buildings up in smoke. Some 2,000 firefighters were battling the blazes in hot, dry weather that sent temperatures soaring into the 100s in Oregon and California. Effatic gale-force winds and record heat helped fuel the flames that pushed across parts of California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho and Utah. Northern California was worst hit, with fires flaring up i a half dozen locations. Near Lakeport in Lake County, an 18,000-acre blaze seared a 13- mile football shaped path to the outskirts of the vacation community, where as army of 700 state forestry firefighters and local help turned it back in an all-night battle. Europe reacts to U.S. neutron decision BONN, West Germany-President Reagan's surprise decision to manufacture neutron weapons split Western Europe yesterday. West Germany's ruling party took a stand against allowing the weapon on German soil, but the opposition party applauded the U.S. decision. The British government expressed "understanding" for the Reagan move, while its chief opposition denounced it. And the Dutch leadership chided Washington for not consulting its allies abut the issue well in advance. , In the Dutch capital of The Hague, about 30 young protesters demon- strated for an hour outside the U.S. embassy, carrying placards reading, "Stop the Neutron Bomb, Stop the Nuclear Arms Race." A brief protest was held outside the U.S. Embassy in London. He declined to be drawn into depicting a situation in which the warhead would be used, or whether th United States would be the first to fire it. But he repeatedly emphasized its deterrence as opposed to its combat value. The Soviet Union warned Europeans they could be the first victims of nuclear war and said even a limited nuclear conflict would annihilate entire nations. A Preparatory Course L.S.A.T. This Eastern Michigan University course is beginning August 25, 1981 in McKenny Union. Meeting for six weeks, every Tuesday and Thursday eve- ning from 6:30-9:00 p:m., ending October 1,1981. 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