The Mih~S M~igan Dal 1917a 1w3dia i vx1 UE!ERI NFey-evenymr feiora re Regents OK Vol. XCVI - No. 9S Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, July 17, 1987J Regents to vote on tuition hike today maste By MARTHA SEVETSON The University's Board of Re- gents yesterday approved a Central Campus Planning Study which will initiate changes in the University's appearance well into the 21st centu- ry. The study, an update of a project initiated in 1963, pinpoints 24 cam- pus locations which can be improved both structurally and aesthetically in the next few decades. According to Carl Johnson of Johnson, Johnson & Roy, a consulting firm hired to develop the plans, "Our concern is to continue the sensitivity in architecture and quality landscaping on campus." The open-ended plan, which may be changed or expanded by the board, does not specify construction pro- jects or landscaping but emphasizes continuity within the campus. As the need arises for facilities in the future, University administrators can select one of the sites and submit a proposal to develop the area. "It's particularly important any time we have a construction project By MARTHA SEVETSON The University's Board of Re- gents will vote today on whether to approve a tuition hike for next year which could reach 10 percent. Uni- versity officials feel the increase will compensate for an unexpectedly low state budget allocation. Although the University received the highest portion of state funds - $239.9 million - it received only a 5.6 percent increase in funding, which fell below the 6.0 percent in- crease the University expected. It was also the smallest budget increase among Michigan public schools. At last month's regents meeting, Provost and Vice President for Aca- demic Affairs James Duderstadt es- timated the tuition increase at eight percent. But Duderstadt said yester- day that there is a "strong possibili- ty" that the tuition hike will be steeper because of the low state See TUITION, Page 11 ... restricts student funding Fee hike? U Health Service requests increase r plan to associate it with the central plan to maintain the continuity of cam- pus," said Chief Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff. In 1963, the original plan targeted five campus districts adjacent to the Diag. In each of four successfully developed districts, parking lots were removed and roads werehblocked off o construct plazas with fountains and artwork, such as the Regents Plaza. Each district now houses one large parking structure from which visitors can walk to central campus. The plan, entitled "pedestrianiza- tion," emphasizes walking to all areas of campus and downplays the use of internal roads, such as N. Ingalls or Monro Street. The board praised the 24-year facelift and overwhelmingly encour- aged future development including more plazas, overhead walkways be- tween buildings, and possibly more undergraduate housing. "It's an excellent way to give an identity to parts of campus," John- See PLANS, Page 2 Nation's capital follo ws hearings By HAMPTON DELLINGER Special to the Daily WASHINGTON, D.C. - Since Lt. Colonel Oliver North began tes- tifying before the Iran-contra select committees almost two weeks ago, the nation's capitol has become ob- sessed with the affair. In the subway, the streets, Congressional offices, and bars, everyone is talking about how "Ollie's" testimony will affect the hearings. University students spending the summer as Congressional interns are no different. They have seen Oliver North become virtually a national hero from an up-close perspective. LSA senior Jason Korn who is working for Congressional Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts), maintains that he is more involved than other Americans with the hear- ings because of his proximity to them. "In Middle America, when the TV goes off, the hearings go off. Here the hearings stay with us all day. Even at the bar people talk about Ollie North and what went wrong," he said. For LSA junior Jill Borin - an See 'U', Page 11 * By LISA POLLAK Students will pay $67 per term for the use of the University Health Service next year if the University's Board of Regents votes today to ap- prove a 5.9 percent increase - the third highest in the last seven years. UHS Director Caesar Briefer said that "a proposed merit program to raise University salaries by 5 per- cent" as well as improvements in UHS staffing necessitate the in- crease. The improvements include a new requirement that all new clinical staffers have board certification - what Briefer called "basically an at- tempt to meet the increasing de- mands and competition in which we, as health care service, find our- selves." Board certified physicians can claim higher salaries than others, Briefer said. Last year 17,000 students ac- counted for 60,000 UHS clinic vis- its, although all students had to pay a $63.25 fee per term. While most regents would not speculate about today's vote, Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) opposed the increase, which would require students to pay an additional $3.75 a term. He said health service is "a service that could be provided at lower cost for students." By paying a health service fee as part of their tuition each term, stu- dents are entitled to unlimited health care at UHS for no additional fee, Briefer said, except for some sight correction procedures, scaled fees for psychiatry, and prescriptions. Ever since the state legislature stopped earmarking funds for health services at state universities seven years ago, students have "prepaid" the UHS cost. "(The state legisla- ture) saw that the services provided at various universities was so differ- ent that there was no way to achieve compatibility in handing out funds," said Richard Kennedy, vice president for government relations. The increase in prepaid funds would account for most, but not all, of UHS' total 1987-88 budget in- crease of 7.8 percent. The 1.9 per- cent difference will be made up with UHS profits from those health ser- vices that require extra fees, said Vice President for Student Services Henry Johnson, who submitted the budget report. "The fee is based on whether or See INCREASE, Page 5 Art tare viyrmr yav IiU- Ypsilanti resident Chris Black, the production manager at Adriennes T- shirts, makes shirts for next week's Art Fair. The annual four-day event, which starts on Wednesday, expects to attract over 400,000 people. See story, Page 3.