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City says 'U' should pay more for police
By MARY CHRIS JAKLEVIC for the budget and administrative the University's Board of Regents. services," said James Brinkerhoff, THE UNIVERSITY pays for seven
During deliberations over the city services. "I have difficulty imagining the University vice president and chief officers to patrol the Main and North
budget last week, some city officials Gerald Jernigan (R-Fourth Ward) regents doing a better job than we do financial officer. Campuses every day, but the on-
said the half million dollars the said he favors a University police for- in terms of handling police actions," But Brinkerhoff added that the campus and off-campus duties often
University pays for police protection ce. Currently, security officers patrol said Kathy Edgren (D-Fifth Ward). University has been disappointed in overlap, said Sgt. Terry.
is not enough, and one councilmember campus unarmed. BUT JERNIGAN said he thought cases where city detectives were too
recommended that the University JERNIGAN SAID this would allow the regents would be "quite capable of busy to handle a campus case, though The University is billed for 280
form its own police force. University more city officers to patrol the down- controlling its own officers." the University pays for 80 hours of
President Harold Shapiro and other town area. "People keep talking Jernigan said that a University detective work per week. He did not hours per week to pay the patrolmen,
university officials refused to com- about the fear of crime. It seems we police force would, for example, citespecific examples. detective work. The University also
ment. could alleviate some of that (fear) by alleviate the conflict between the Un- University administrators and city pays a percentage of the officers'
City councilmember Doris Preston adding more officers in the city," he iversity and the city over how to han- couincilmembers may discuss the fringe benefits and administrative
(D-Fifth Ward) said the University said. die demonstrations. relationship between the police and costs needed to run the department.
gets more than it pays for. Several councilmembers rejected A top University administrator said the University at a breakfast meeting
A CITY administrator agreed: "I the idea saying they did not trust the the University has been with city ser- in late July.
don't think (for handling fire or University to control its own police vices overall. The city council anticipates about The University is billed additionally
crime) we are being adequately fun- force. They expressed concern that "IF WE DIDN'T think we one-half million dollars of the police for extra police support, such as foot-
ded (by the University)," said Donald such an arrangement would take con- were getting (adequate police department's $9 million budget next ball games, commencement exer-
Mason, assistant city administrator trol away from the city and give it to protection) we would terminate the year will come from the University. cises, or protest demonstrations.
(Continued from Page .2) Since the Hands Across America
Though it's unclear how many Un- chain did not go through Michigan,
C h a inaiversity students joined hands in the about 40,000 people state-wide
Hands Across America chain Sunday, traveled to Northern Ohio to take part
about 1,000 Ann Arbor residents took in the effort to fight hunger and
acr Coss .part, siad Peter Giangreco, an LSA homelessness.
4senior and one of the local organizers BUT KIM TACK, an LSA senior who
of the event. traveled to Bowling Green, Ohio said
m a y ra l e Giangreco said it was difficult to "it seemed like there were a lot of
determine how many of the bus and people wearing blue and gold."
car loads of Ann Arbor-ites who left "It was a very moving experience. I
Chrysler Arena and the Michigan cried," Tack said. "The mood was
Union Sunday morning were univer- very American, very patriotic." The
$ sity students. line sang "We are the World," "Han-
ds Across America," and "America breaks further along the route.
the Beautiful," she said. Despite the breaks, Giangreco said
Tack said she and her friends went "we were extremely happy. The turn-
because they felt "It was a big event out exceded our expectations." He
that we didn't want to miss...It was a said an accurate tally of the money
neat thing to be a part of." raised was not available yet. The
WHILE organizers said up to 7 exact figure won't be known for a few
million people participated, probably weeks, he said.
raising close to the $50 million they ACCORDING TO GIANGRECO, 50
hoped for, there were breaks in the percent of the money raised will go to
link along some parts of the route. fund existing projects to aid the
Tack said "as far as you could see in hungry and homeless. Most os the
either direction, it (the line) wasn't remainder will go towards projects
broken," but she heard there were battling the root of the problem'.
Blue Ribbon panel proposes new course program
(Continued fromPage 1) somebody really wanted to move on WHILE Meiland stressed that the MEILAND said of the plan, "there's
said he would like to see the program it, it could be done." $50,000 figure for a single course was a lot of room for flexibiltiy and
begin with10to15courses. Vice-president for academic affairs merely an estimate and that the negotiation."
Eagle advocated a different ap- James Duderstadt said he had read commission did not come up with cost Eagle added that while commission
proach, however, saying "it's clear the commission's report and estimates, he said the cost could be members had agreed on the major
that (the SKILL system) is not going described it as "super". Of the SKILL met by compensating departments goals of their proposals, moet dif-
to just appear." Eagle suggested set- program, he said, "there is a very for releasing a professor's tiem to ferences of opinion centeredon minor
ting up one or two courses on a trial real possibiltiy these courses should develop and teach the project. details and implementation. Eagle
basis. He estimated that one course and would be offered." Duderstadt The SKILL program would also stressed that the commission had
would cost $50,000. If that course said he will meet with Blue Ribbon probably be managed from outside no policy-making power.
received a postitive response from the Commission members within the next existing department. Eagle said the If a plan for implementing the
faculty and student body, the Univer- two weeks to discuss the report. SKILL courses would be different SKILL program is not quickly ap-
sity could attempt to obtain grants for Eagle said that if the SKILL plan, or enough so that any existing course proved by the Administration, said
the rest of the program from gover- just a trial course, is supported by the would have to be rethought to be con- Eagle, the proposal would likely be
nmental agencies or private foun- administration, the first course could verted into a SKILL course. Meiland referred to the faculty for discussion.
dations. be in place by Fall Tern, 1987. First a said the SKILL courses would not A summary of the commissiona
EAGLE SAID there was enough board would be set up to solicit replace existing courses and depar- report was presented at a faculty
flexibility in the University budget to proposals for courses and then to tmetns would need to replace meeting in April but the actual report
come up with $50,000 if a highly- evaluate them. professors devoting their time to the will not be released n rthe faculty until
placed administrator supports the Eagle said that proposals could be SKILL program. The credit hours later this summer orearly fall.
project. selected by the end of Fall Term 1986 generated by a SKILL course wouldONE proposal of the Blue Ribbon
Robert Sauve, assistant to the vice- at the earliest and then, if all went be credited todepartments. proposal that has already been acted
president for acadmeic affairs con- well, winter and spring-summer ter- This has led to concerns that their on concerned limiting the number of
firmed "$50,000 is big bucks but it's ms of 1987 could be devoted to size will be reduced. Eagle said, "'you courses in departments that would
not necessairly an obstacle. If preparing the curriculum. hope that in thelong run things will fulfill distribution requirements.
!belance -out pretty well. There would : Eagle said the change was suggested
be some gains and losses in the short because "not all courses should
run but no drastic changes in depar- satisfy distribution requirements.
tment size" Certain ones are more appropriate
than others."
Since drawing the line between the
appropriate and inappropriate cour-
ses is difficult, the LSA Curriculum
Committee, of which Meiland is also a
member, asked all departments to
limit the number of courses they of-
fered for distribution credit, Mailand
said six departments have already
submitted changes in distribution
status that have been approveds by
the Curriculum Committee and the
college executive committee. These
departments are: Biology,
Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy,
Psychology and Communications.
Robert Wallin, director of the
Checkpoint Counseling Program said
most of the changes in the science
classes were for upper level courses
and therefore meaningless for
distribution. Wallis said the two
changes most likely to affect un-
dergraduates are the excluding of
Communications 100, Public
SPeaking, and Psychology 370,
Psychology and Religion. These cour-
ses are listed as "excluded" in the
Bulletin for 1986-87 although students
who elected the courses for Fall, 1986,
for distribution can use them to fulfill
their distribution plan.
Eagle compared distribution
changes to "closing loopholes." He
said that the majority of students
won't be affected since there is just a
"small percentage who go for what't
the easiest." Meland said the rest of
the departments are expected to
submit revisions in the future.
The final change in curriculum
proposed by the Blue Ribbon Com-
mission concerns departmental con-
centration requirements. It has not yet
been acted upon. Eagle speculated
that some concentrations have not
been altered for several decades.
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