Page 4 - The Michigan Doily - Friday, May 13, 1988 'U' raises Black faculnumbers BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE hiring minority faculty a priority The University has hired 12 new because of negative publicity from Black faculty members - more than recent student protests against cam- in any previous year - will pus racism, Morris said. probably hire six more minorities, There is "no doubt that the social and has 12 additional offers under protest in the spring this semester negotiation, according to last has played a major role i n month's Provost's report on the highlighting the extent of underrep- minority affairs agenda. resentation of Blacks on campus," he The names and departments of the said. "Social protest brought the is- new employees, however, will not sue to the forefront of the campus, be released until a later date, said the state of Michigan, and the na- Mary Ann Swain, associate vice tion." president for academic affairs. On April 17, a front-page article Dr. Aldon Morris, associate pro- called "Campus Blacks Feel fessor of sociology and a Black fac- Racism's Nuances" in the New York ulty member, said the University Times focused on the University, as should be commended for its efforts. did a 60-minute PBS Frontline doc- But Morris said far more new mi- umentary aired Tuesday. The docu- norities need to be hired and recruited mentary, Racism 101, depicted what in order to "turn around the degree to Frontline Executive Producer David which U of M's image has been tar- Fanning called, "a disturbing portrait nished." of racism and prejudice among THE UNIVERSITY has made young people." 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Equal Opportunity Employer M/ F Classes Continued from Page 1 Gerson added that the material taught in 401 is the same as that taught during the year. Prof. Peter Smith, who is co- teaching organic chemistry this term, agreed. "The material is identical," he said. "It just comes at you twice as fast because the class lasts half as long." "The material isn't less difficult, it's just that the people are less competitive," said LSA junior Sharyn Daskal. SOME professors say it is diffi- cult to fit in all the material during the shorter term, even though more hours are added. "There is no attempt at making the class easier or harder. The num- ber of problems and chapters as- signed are the same," said accounting Prof. Harold Arnett. But while class hours are the same as in the fal, Arnett added,the finds it difficult to keep up with the material. Lemuel Johnson, a professor of English literature, said he is nor- City loses domestic violence offcer grant BY KRISTINE LALONDE arrest alleged domestic assailants if a The State Appropriations Com- victim is clearly injured, and if they mittee will not renew a federal grant find a weapon and probable cause. for the city's special domestic vio- According to the law, the assault lence detective for next year, despite victim need not decide whether to pleas from the Ann Arbor City press charges immediately after the Council. -crime. Other cities without the The state body designed to mandatory arrest law only require administer federal funds has $1.2 that the police officer use personal million to cover the $2.6 million discretion in determining whether to requested, said Sharon Miles, one of make an arrest. Rep. Perry Bullard's (D-Ann Arbor) Kathy Edgren (D-5th Ward) said assistants. the council has not decided what The special officer is currently in steps to take to replace the federal charge of all domestic violence funding. She said the police depart- cases- assisting the victim, and ment was lucky to get the grant and preparing reports for the local courts. it does not affect the law's imple- The grant amount issued w a s mentation. $26,394 and will end June 30. But Sue McGee of Ann Arbor's WITHOUT a federal grant, the Domestic Violence Project said the police department, City Council, and officer was crucial for implementing City Administrator Godfrey Collins the law. She said only one person must find another way to implement should handle cases so the officer can the city's domestic violence law. The law requires police officers to See Grant, Page 8 mally "ambivalent" about offering classes spring term. S "I'm not sure it allows for the same degree of intense recognition and reflection that one might nor- su rvey mally get during the regular semester," he added. JOHNSON said he compensates Code 1s for the shorter time span by stress- ing general ideas and theories for texts. concern According to the Office of the Registrar, 9,874 students stayed on BY MARGO GILBERT to take spring classes last year. The Michigan Student Assembly Generally, regular term four-credit recently released the results of its classes become three credits in "20 Questions" campus-wide survey spring and summer, and three-credit on students' opinions and awareness classes become two. of University policies and services. "Most courses are taught at re- "The main purpose behind the duced credit, because faculty mem- survey is to find out what students bers find it is too intense to do the are thinking about particular issues whole course in the amount of time and what the level of awareness is given," said Robert Wallin, director around these issues," said Sarah Ri- of LSA Checkpoint counseling ser- ordan, MSA Student Rights Com- vices. mittee chair. LSA Associate Dean for Long The respondents said MSA should Range Planing Jack Meiland said the give highest priority to the code, College Curriculum Committee has racism, tuition, and off-campus discussed evaluating the spring and housing - issues that MSA Presi- summer courses. Meiland added that dent Mike Phillips said are already he would like to see more courses the assembly's greatest concers. that are traditionally hard to get into The majority of respondents op- during the fall and winter terms of- posed an administrative code, Rior- fered for spring and summer. dan said, "so that sends us a signal l ENJOY COMPLETE CURRICULUM SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY'S IN ENGLISH, SPANISH MADRID CAMPUS LIBERAL ARTS, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, HISPANIC STUDIES JULY SESSION INCLUDES; GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISPANIC STUDIES SLU IS AN AA/EDE Apply NOW for SUMMER & FALL! INFORMATION: L 1-800-325-6666 221 N. GRAND BLVD. ST. LOUIS, MO 63103 OR- c/ DE LA VINA, 3 MADRID 28003 In the classroom with more than 700 Spanish students. to keep working against it." Sixty eight percent of the respondents said students should not be punished academically "for non- academic behavior a University ad- ministrator finds out of line." In addition, 22 percent of the stu- dents said they thought financial dif- ficulties would force them to leave the University, and 92 percent fa- vored 24-hour University transporta- tion to and from North Campus. Next fall MSA hopes to mail the survey with University Student Verification Forms in order to reach more students. Students would be able to drop them off at CRISP when they register for classes.