The Michigan Daily - Saturday; May14,1983- Page 3
ERANIAN REQUEST CHALLENGES 'PRIVACYACT'
EMUreleases Ianandata
By MIKE WILKINSON
A recent move by the Algerian government asking
universities nationwide to provide information on
Iranian students has sparked controversy over
whether it is legal to fulfill the request.
The University received the formal request two
weeks ago, but administrators decided that providing
such information violated a federal statute designed
to protect student privacy.
BUT OFFICIALS at Eastern Michigan University
said the request did not violate the so-called Buckley
Amendment and released the names and addresses
of the university's 94 Iranian students this week.
The Algerian government, the diplomatic inter-
mediary between the United States and Iran, asked
for: "A listing of all the Iranian students in your in-
stitution with their major fields of study and their ad-
dresses, particularly, those who will be graduating
soon."
THE INFORMATION "will facilitate the financial
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By MICHAEL WESTON
University students who rely on
Planned Parenthood for birth control
and health care might have to travel
farther for these services next summer.
The clinic has proposed a $1.1 million
move from its decaying facilities on
North Main to a site close to other
medical buildings near Washtenaw, in
between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.
THE MICHIGAN Department of
Health insisted on the move because the
48-year old building is in violation of
health codes.
"The new building would be ,com- Co
pletely up to the Michigan Department
of Health codes," said JoAnn Peterson, Racin
executive director of Planned Paren- be hel
thood.
aid needed for the students' educational expenditures,
their round trip tickets to visit their families and
locations of their future careers," the letter said.
Most universities denied the request, and the
American Council of Education told its 1,500 mem-
bers in a letter that the Buckley Amendment
"specifically bars the release of the information
requested."
What the amendment does allow is the release of
"directory information," which includes a student's
name, address, and telephone number; date and
place of birth; field of study; membership in groups
and teams; height and weight of athletic team mem-
bers; dates of attendance at the university; degrees
and awards received; and the most recent school or
agency the student attended.
UNIVERSITIES that violate the law could lose all
federal aid.
Since nationality is not on the list of information the
university can release, University International Cen-
ter Director Jon Heise said he felt he could not give out
the names of the 91 Iranian students at the Univer-
sity. If the government had given the Univesity a list
of names, Heise said he could have released the in-
formation requested.
But EMU officials have pointed to an exception in
the statute to justify releasing the students' names
and addresses. A section of the Buckley amendment
permits giving out "other" information - such as
nationality - if it will be used "in connection with a
students application for, or receipt of, financial aid."
EMU STUDENTS who want their names deleted from
lists of foreign students to protect their privacy, can
ask the university to do so.
Paul Webb, director of foreign student affairs at
EMU, said he felt that among other things, the infor-
mation would help students get financial aid from
Iran.
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The old building is "Antiquated," she
said, adding that "some parts are
beyond repair."
The present structure is cramped for
space and cannot accomodate the han-
dicapped, Peterson said. The new
building would provide more space and
also expand the clinic's service to areas
outside AnnArbor.
Presently more than 5,000 Ann Arbor
residents use Planned Parenthood each
year.
Planned Parenthood kicked off a
drive this week to raise the $1.1 million
needed for the move.
The clinic has already collected
$520,000 from private donations and
Peterson said she hopes to complete the
drive by September.
Blaze at Saline Ford Plant forces
evacuation of factory and town
By JAYNE HENDEL
Special to the Daily
(SALINE) - Black smoke filled the
sky yesterday as 100-foot flames
spewed from a massive fire at a Ford
Motor Co. plastics plant.
1,100 plant workers and about 1501
Saline residents were evacuated from
the area one hour after the fire began
early Thursday afternoon, said Carol
Bowie, a spokeswoman for the Ford
plant.
THE FIRE ignited 3,500 storage
racks behind the plant which were filled
with highly flammable plastic waste.
Officials evacuated the area fearing
that toxic fumes from the burning
waste would contaminate the air, said
Jim Douglas, chief of the Saline Police
Department.
There were no reports of smoke
inhalation, Douglas said, adding that
the wind carried the smoke away from
the town and the plant.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined yet and no damage was
done to the plant itself, said Bowie.
FIREFIGHTERS and police from
more than four neighboring cities, in-
cluding Ann Arbor, were called in to put
out the blaze.
Fire officials decided to let the
flaming storage racks burn themselves
out since the direction of the wind
pushed the flames away from the plant.
One firefighter was treated at the site
for smoke inhalation and two plant
workers were briefly hospitalized
Thursday.
The plant was back in operation by
late Thursday night. American Red
Cross volunteers provided food for the
evacuated Saline residents at local high
school.