G 1 4v 4F be Mtcbtg l Ilti Ninety-four years of editorialfreedom Ann Arbor, Michigan-- Friday, August 10, 1984 Vol. XCIV, No. 35-S Copyright 1984 Fifteen Cents Me acco is c final scho 'A unde mer com incr with "T conc dire cam An Uni Merit-based scholarship debate intensifies By ANDREW ERIKSEN stemmed from a survey that examined how admitted erit-based financial aid is becoming a hot issue, 'Some universities are freshmen choose their college. Gramlich said they rding to University officials. The cost of college survey showed more academically talented students ontinuing to rise, leaving schools with shrinking sitting dead in the water. would have chosen the University if they had been ncial resources and smaller pools of talented high - Rep. William Ford given more aid. olgdThe survey showed that money does matter to olgraduates.stdnswealotefatrareqlai recently completed University report on sGramicwhen all other factors are equal, said ergraduate financial aid recommended that One reason merit scholarships are awarded is to it-based aid be increased significantly. The merit-based scholarships because students consider attract academically talented students to the mittee said the amount of awards should be other factors like the college's atmosphere and the University. According to Don Perigo, a member of eased and the awards should be made renewable faculty of the college. the commission that studied undergraduate aid, high academic achievement. Although the two reports appear to contradict each top-notch faculty want to teach top-notch students. [HERE REALLY are philosophical differences other, University officials stressed that the report on EVERY institution is an academic community that erning financial aid," said Charles Rickard, undergraduate aid has a good deal of research to tries to develop itself, said William Turner, Director ctor of admissions at the University's Flint back up its findings, of Admissions at Michigan State University. Many pus. ACCORDING TO economics Prof. Edward institutions do that by recruiting students with certain onther report on financial aid done hy the Gramlich, chairman of the committee, the talents, be it athletics, music, or academics, he said. versity's Center for the Study of Higher rcmndtinntSncrease merit-basedrid Education said colleges may be wasting money on Mock tornado tests county rescue crews l LV 111%,1 V"OV 111G11 NQa9GU Q1U By ERIC MATTSON Special to the Daily SCIO TWP. - Rescue teams from several communities, the American Red Cross, and Huron Valley Ambulance were able to triage and transport nearly 100 "victims" of a tornado yesterday. But not really. THE MOCK disaster exercise was part of a plan to update the way county agencies deal with major disasters, according to Dan Harsh, director of emergency management for Washtenaw County. About 90 volunteers were recruited to be the victims, and some of them played their role to the hilt - they screamed, moaned, and pointed to their gory (plastic) wounds. Dianne Brown, a volunteer at St. Joseph's Hospital, cried plaintively for her "husband," one of several plastic dummies used to simulate the dead and dying. "Somebody come help Harry!" she screamed as she nursed a ghastly "compound fracture" on her arm. ANOTHER man wandered about aimlessly calling for his children until he was restrained by medical personnel. As representatives from Huron Valley Ambulance, the American Red Cross, the Ann Arbor Fire Department, and other area fire departments arrived on the .scene, patients were labeled in order of severity of injury. The medical personnel on the scene determined how badly people were hurt by checking tags showing the patients' vital signs and looking at the plastic injuries. Once the severity of injury was determined, victims were carried by stretcher to a staging area, where they would have been picked up by ambulances if it had been an actual emergency. BUT DUE to a lack of resources, patients were taken to area hospitals by bus. Thirteen of the patients were taken to University Hospital, where they were met at the loading dock entrance by doctors, nurses, and clerks. The hospital personnel were ready with stretchers, wheelchairs, and a chart showing which parts of the vast medical comlex would house the different patients in an actual disaster. BUT THE staged atmosphere of the situation didn't always work out for the best. At one point, a nurse asked a man if he was a patient, and when he replied See TORNADO, Page 5 * * e ma aR EBECCA KNIGH T/Daily' Michaelmania Fans line up outside the Pontiac Silverdome yesterday to buy tickets for the upcoming Jacksons' Victory Tour concert. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. yesterday, but some fans were in line by 7 a.m. to ensure they would get good seats. Jensen win baffles By THOMAS HRACH In her first venture into the political arena, University senior Gretchen Morris learned that voters are unpredictable and even an energetic campaign and solid endorsements don't always ensure victory. After losing Tuesday's Republican primary to perennial candidate Paul Jensen, Morris blamed lack of funds and lack of foresight as the reasons she lost her bid for the nomination E t '64 to the 53rd District State House seat. JENSEN, WHO had no campaign organization and no political endorsements, shocked local Republicans with his stunning upset. Officals of the Washtenaw County Republican Party will meet within the next two weeks to decide whethey they will endorse Jensen as the Republican candidate for the State House. opponent, party Morris had secured endorsements from Mayor Louis Belcher and Congressman Carl Pursell, but she stil lfell victim to Jensen by an unofficial total of 91 votes, losing by 1,671 to 1,580. Because Jensen had unsuccessfully run for office in the past, Morris attributed the vote to Jensen's name recognition. "We did the best we could do within the time and money restraints," said Morris. "We should have sent letters to all the prospective absentee voters, but our lack of funds really hurt us." RAE WEAVER, executive director of the Washtenaw Republican Party, "didn't understand the vote either" and said that the- party now has two options. The party can either support Jensen financially as the endorsed candidate, or simply run no endorsed candidate, thereby conceding Nov- ember's election to incumbent Democrat Perry Bullard. See GOP, Page 7 Inside: * It is time for the Hoover Dam to enter the business world. See Opinion, Page 6. " Local bands hit the record scene. See Arts, Page 9. " A former Michigan diver takes homea bronze medal. See Sports, Page 16. Outside: Sunny to partly sunny with a bit less humidity and a high in the 80s.