The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, May5, 1982-Pa9e 5
Faculty delays
on military
research policy
By BARRY WITT - which relies primarily on the
Finding themselves either to far reserachers involved to avoid contracts
apart in their opinions or generally that clearly would lead to destructive
uninformed on the issues, members of purposes - remain the same. Presen-
the faculty Senate Assembly have post- tly, approval from a department chair-
poned until September a decision on person, dean, or director, and the vice
how to review research projects spon- presidcent for research's office is
sored by the Pentagon. required before a research proposal
At their April 19 meeting, the faculty can be submitted.
passed a resolutin to extend the Univer- In recent months, however, many
sity's classified research policy _ members of the University community
which prohibits projects that would have charged that the present review
lead to the destruction of human life - mechanism is inadequate, as ad-
to include all research. Research ad- ministrators either ignore or choose not
ministrators had said that such a prac- to investigate potential military ap-
tice was being followed already, regar- plications of University research.
dless of the technicalities of the "THE PRESENT system can put the
guidelines. department chairmen and deans under
THE TOUGHER question of how to untenable situations with their
review unclassified projects for their faculty," said Assembly member
potential destructive capacities, Donald Rucknagel, professor of human
however, brought about some hot genetics. Several critics of defense
debate but no resolution, research have pointed out that ad-
The faculty's Research Policies ministrators may be reluctant to deny
Committee, chaired by Raymond their faculty members research money.
Kahn, professor of anatomy, recom- Another Assembly member, National
mended that the current review system See FACULTY, Page 15
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'Anot her miracle'
Jack Eagle, who plays Brother Dominick in the popular advertising series
by Xerox, was in Ann Arbor Monday to speak at a communication and
business skills seminar sponsored by Xerox and the University's Career
Planning and Placement office. The seminar continues through today.
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