Nit-fury itoanl Ninety-four years of editorial freedom Vol. XCIV, No. 24-S Copyright 984 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Sunday, July 15, 1984 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages Tuition freeze approved Tuition hikes- Ann Arbor Campus Out-of-staters face gt:m 7% education cost rise By ANDREW ERIKSEN The University regents Friday ap- proved a freeze in the tuition level for undergraduate students who are state residents. Contrasting sharply with the in-state figure which does not even increase along with the 4 percent inflation from the past year - the regents also ap- proved a 7 percent hike for out-of-state undergraduates and for all Rackham graduate students. THE TUITION freeze will result in the University running a budget deficit of $1.4 million. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) was the lone dissentor in a 7-1 vote and said the regents had an obligation not to operate the University on a budget deficit. "IT'S CLEARLY in our best interest to cooperate with the State," said Regent Robert Nederlander (D- Detroit). Nederlander was referring to a request from ,Gov. James Blanchard, that all state colleges and universities which froze in-state tuition levels would receive in exchange a 10 percent in- crease in state aid. The state legislature vetoed this plan, but still applied political pressure to keep costs of college low. Baker amended the proposal, raising undergraduates tuition two percent. The motion was not seconded and the original motion was passed. THE UNIVERSITY'S executive of- ficers recommended the tuition freeze in appreciation for the state's increase in funding. The state legislature has See GRADUATE, Page 4 Candidates, delegates gear up for convention From AP and UPI SAN FRANCISCO - Walter Mondale moved yesterday to iron out any last-minute Democratic national Convention wrinkles while the 5,255 delegates and alternates seemed as interested in partying as politics. Sen. Gary Hart met with his convention whips to* . determine the best way to graciously lose the For an insiders look at the pre- convention activities around San Francisco, see page 3. The only floor fight of the convention is likely to be over the Democratic platform, see page 14., nomination, and position himself to run again in 1988. Jesse Jackson flew to San Francisco to start presenting his case on several key issues he wants changed in the party platform. Jackson scheduled an early evening "Rainbow Coalition" rally at a downtown square. Both Hart and Jackson have refused to drop out of the race and will make major speeches at the con- vention even though Mondale is comfortably over the 1,967 delegates needed for a first-ballot victory. But Mondale has more to contend with than Hart and Jackson to make the convention run smoothly. Yesterday, in a move toward more control of the Democratic party, Mondale ousted party chairman Charles Manatt. Party sources have said former Budget Director Bert Lance is his likely successor. Lance would strengthen the Mondale campaign in the South where it is weak. The former Carter ad- ministration budget director also has been the key player in trying to make peace between Mondale and Jesse Jackson in the campaign. Robert Beckel, Mondale's campaign manager, said Mondale would meet with Lance in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., to discuss his role in the Democratic National Committee. Mondale and vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro were in Lake Tahoe for the weekend,. suspending their strategy sessions long enough to greet runners carrying the Olympic torch across California. Only 48 hours on the ticket, Ferraro confessed, "I'm not used to having Secret Service in the house. I heard them walking around the house all night long." Two hundred miles from Lake Tahoe, the band in- side the Moscone Center practiced songs and workmen hoisted the red, white and blue standards that mark where each state's delegation resides on the convention floor. Advocates of gay rights put finishing touches on banners and made final arrangements for a march to the site of the Democratic Naitonal Convention today that leaders in the homosexual community predicted would attract 100,000 people. Gay rights leaders said they were prepared for the See DEMOS, Page"? Associated Press Two and a half-year-old Kate Higginis and her brother Sam seem to be unimpressed by Democratic presidential and vice presidential hopefuls Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro yesterday in Lake Tahoe, Calif. Inside: * Just when you thought it was safe to turn to the comic pages, Doonesbury is due back after an 18- month absence. See Page 3. *'Prostitution ought to be legalized. See Opinion, Page 6. " The Olympic Village opened for athletes in Los Angeles. See Sports, Page 16. Outside: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a high near 90.