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(continuedfromPage 2) researchers from Japan and the parents take their child's academic also angry at being questioned about U. Council agrees on
Ford indicated he is not in favor of United States, including two Univer- performance very seriously. alleged inaccuracies in his job ap-
how the U.S. is going about stopping sity faculty members. The importance of academic per- plication. procedures
communism in Central America. "I Keiko Kashiwagi, a researcher formance and the tough competition Brown wrote that he worked for
am a strong supporter of the from Tokyo, said drastic changes in for good jobs produce in the mothers a Mayor Ed Pierce and could serve as a The University Council reached
Kissinger Report," Ford said. The Japanese society have helped cause tendency to worry too much about liason between MSA and the mayor's some basic decisions last Wednesday
Kissinger Report invites U.S. "child-rearing neurosis" among how their children are performing in office, according to MSA vice on how to deal with students charged
economic aid to stop communism but Japanese mothers. She said the comparison with other children, president Mickey Feusse. with breaking University rules of non-
not military aid. neurosis shows up as increased Kojima said. This can force mothers But Josephson learned from Pierce academic conduct.
In addition to working with Ford in anxiety in young mothers, not to take child-rearing so seriously that that Brown was never given per- The nine-member panel charged
Washington D.C., Grassmuck knows because of lack of love for their they can't enjoy it, he said. mission to use the mayor's name. with coming up with a code agreed
Ford from campus activities. He children, but because of increased Kojima said one of the more drastic "Pierce was pretty upset," Josephson that action wouldie taken on the local
chaired the dedication of the Ford pressures on mothers as they raise results of child-rearing neurosis is told the newly-elected assembly. level-hy the uilding director in a
library on north campus and is the their children. suicide/infanticide, in which the The question of his application plus dormitory, for example-unless the
secretary of the Gerald R. Ford The husband's role in the family is a mother kills herself and the child. an incident last week-when Brown incident is serious enough to seek a
Foundation, which organizes con- factor which may cause the neurosis, There have been 140,000 such cases in was stopped by University security as suspension or expulsion.
ferences and activities in the Ford Kashiwagi said. Japanese men often Japan in the last 20 years, he said. he took books out of the Pendleton In the more serious cases, a Univer-
Library and the Ford Museum in use a stereotyped form of praise for -Christy Riedel Room-caused Josephson and Feusse sily-wide panel would hear the case.
Grand Rapids. -Laura Bischoff their wives, saying that they depend A to remove Brown from the list which The council did not discuss how the
on their wives completely fordchild- MS A researcher allows access to MSA's officesafter panel would work.
Japanese discuss rearing. This places pressure on the uits usiness hours. After some discussion, the council
children mother, rather than giving herqthe sFeusse said Brown was unaware decided not to writeup elahorate rules
psychological support she needs from Stuart Brown, the Michigan Student that he wasn't allowed to remove the of hehavior. Council chairman Lee
Japanese families may be paying a her husband, Kashiwagi said. Assembly's military researcher, quit hooks and still claims that his ap uWinkelman, a recent University
high price for the country's in- One of the most pronounced early this month because of "personal plication was accurate. "He's angry graduate, said he was concerned that
dustrialization, a panel of Japanese pressures on mothers in Japan is the reasons." t d t " h stud woulnt realize a i
child development experts said in a high competition for the nation's best Brown was unavailable for com- an apology, including Pierce," said would warrant suspension unless it
roundtable discussion with their industrial jobs, said Hideo Kojima, ment, but MSA President Paul Feusse.swasboutlinga
American counterparts. another Japanese researcher. Josephson told a sparsely attended MSA also voted to egin looking for Ieo wouldn't me kicked out," said
The discussion, held two weeks ago, He said that since children in Japan MSA meeting that Brown became up- a new researcher, who will monitor steo wouldnge m ee o shi
concluded a two-day conference at the must pass tests to get into top set after learning that he would not military research contracts on cam- Winkelman. "I wouldn't see how the
Institute of Social Research between colleges, which lead to the best jobs geta key to MSA's offices. Brown was pus. -Kery Murakami See Page 13
Tanning beats studying for spring-summer fun
'Continued from Page 1) quality in the abbreviated spring and And Wellington acknowledged that reasons for pursuing summer studies, dissolve," she says.
does not present much of a problem. summer terms. "the students do look out the window a "I like Ann Arbor and going to class is The summer months are a time to
"I'm more or less living and "SOME STUFF gets dropped bit more than they do in winter." a good excuse to stay here," says LSA explore Ann Arbor, to experience
breathing organic chemistry for because we must cover the basics, the Students have diverse reasons for sophomore Karen Tubbs. She says she What there is not time for during the
seven weeks," says LSA junior Cindy concepts," says John Carrao, taking spring and summer classes. is using her spare time to work more regular year, and to do everything
Lynch. "The tests are like every two economics teaching assistant. "But a Andy Montague, an LSA senior, has hours at the MUG. without the bother of lines or crowds,
weeks. You don't have a chance to fall lot of what is dropped is most in- taken classes year round for three Longwell theorizes about why Ann students say. Montague, a veteran of
behind." teresting and most releveant to ap- years because he is on the swim team Arbor is so special during the sum- Ann Arbor summers, describes the
LYNCH DOES complain about the plication." and likes to take light course loads mer. "In the spring people really sentiments of many others.
short break between winter and Allison Wellington, also an during swim season. Jan Longwell, an want to get to know each other, so "You get to feel that you're really a
spring sessions. Spring classes star- economics teaching assistant, LSA senior, is here fulfilling where normally people would be part of Ann Arbor - not just a
ted less than a week after students believes more material than usual is prerequisite requirements for classes inhibited about getting to know each student. When the rest of the students
took their last winter term finals. "Af- covered during spring term. She ex- she's taking in the fall. other, in the spring they aren't. The come back in the fall you almost
ter two terms you're really pooped," plains that because classes meet less Not everyone has such scholarly usual distinctions between groups resent them," he says.
says Lynch. frequently but for longer sessions in
Deb Biggs, a reference librarian at the spring, less time is wasted in
the UGLi, observes that students are review at the beginning of each class
not completely burned out. "They meeting. M oonignt M adness
seem just as dedicated to what they're The instructors agree that the ex-
doing as they do during the rest of the tended length - mostly two-hour
year," she says. sessions - are wearing on both the Spring Clea r n ce
Some students and faculty mem- students and their teachers. "My
bers, however, questioned the course throat gets a little dry," says Carrao.
Minority status examinedof
continued tromcagee1) secondary schools can play an impor- 2
his office has been working with mid- tant role in meeting the enrollment
dle schools, high schools, and com- goals. The program in Scholarly
munity colleges with high minority Research for Urban/Minority High
enrollments to increase the number of School Students, which is directed by
minorities at the University. chemistry Prof. Billy Joe Evans, is Men's & Womens Clothing,
The admissions office sr esn e program that recognizes Camping and Bicycle Gear
information and sends represen- academic talent and, acquaints a
tatives to schools, exposing the students with the University.
students to the University's oppor- The program gives high school
tunities, he said. Of the 700 high students in grades nine through 11 Sleeping Bags, Tents,
gh who don't have written indications of
schoos in Michigan, representatives success - such as high grade Gore-Tex, Frane Packs,
visit 400 of them at least once a yer, averages or SAT scores - the oppor-
Erikson said. tunity to prove their academic abilityb h
Erickson aso described a special by bringing them into the University Rugby Shirts
University program which brings to work on science projects.
high school freshmen, sophomores, "We see quantum leaps in their per- O N S A LE
and seniors to the University to better formance and their aspirations and
acquaint them with the institution's expectations of themselves," Evans
atmosphere andresources. said. He pointed out, however, that
Although the admissions office has although these students apply and get OPEN 'TIL MIDNIGHT
no specific programs to recruit accepted by colleges, the colleges fail
women and handicapped students, to ask how they can best serve these
Erickson said tha the Office of Ad- students.
missions does encourage these ROBERT Holmes, assistant vice
students to identify themselves on ap- president of academic affairs, said
plication forms and to consider non- the availability of financial aid isI-
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COLLABORATIVE programs betminority enrollment to create a diver-
ween the University and primary and se studentbody.