2 -The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, June 29, 1994 FUNDING Continued from page 1 likely that this year's tuition increase will be lower than it has been previ- ously, Baker said. "The increase is still below the rate of inflation, but it's still good news," she said. With the new budget, the state will contribute only 37 percent of the gen- eral fund monies. In addition to the general fund in- creases, the state earmarked funds for building maintenance. The $6.4 mil- lion increase was not anticipated by the University administration. Although the funds came as a sur- prise, students will still pay the normal $50 building maintenance fee with their tuition in the fall. However, Whitaker said the extra funds will mean that the administration will not ask for an in- crease in that fee this year. "Those funds will help ease the (budgetary) pressure, at least for this year. They will help with the cost of maintaining buildings, and we do have a lot of old buildings on this campus," Baker said. "This one-time fund will allow us to do majorbuilding repairs," Kennedy said. Replacing windows, repairing el- evators, and putting new roofson class- room buildings are possible ways the maintenance funds will be used, Kennedy said. "The repairs will be scattered all over. We'll use it to fix the kind of things nobody thinks about until they stop working," said Whitaker, citing infrastructure repairs, such as heating and cooling units as examples. "These will be repairs somewhere between painting the walls and major construction. Projects that cost around 3, 4 or $500,000," Kennedy said. 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Sheldon praised Kennedy's handling of city is- sues, which have occasionally been marred by conflict. "He has just always had a real fine sense of what Ann Arbor is, and he couldpromote itin avery gentie way," Sheldon said. "I don't think his style could be duplicated - his style and vision of whatourrelations should be." WhileKennedy'slow-keystyleand easygoing humor have endeared him to many, his tenure in office has not been without controversy. In 1987, Kennedy was amember of acommittee studying racist jokes aired on the campus radio station WJJX. He and a fellow member of the committee demanded that the disk jockeys who broadcasted the jokes be forced to pub- licly apologize, perform community service, and be placed on probation. Some observers-including the presi- dent of the Michigan Student Assem- bly - interpreted the committee's de- mands as the final step in the imple- mentation of a code of non-academic conduct. Kennedy denied this. Despite Kennedy's public dis- avowal of acode connection, the move has been regarded in hindsight as a crucial development in the develop- ment of today's Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, better known as the code. Kennedy also came under fire that year for claiming that a state legislative 'He'll leave some big shoes to fill.' - James J. Duderstadt University president hearing on racial incidents may dis- courage Black students from applying to the University. "My concern has to do with the impact of further negative publicity on the recruiting effort," he said at the time. Someobserversgreeted Kennedy's remarks with scorn.Kathleen Beauvais, a graduate student, wrote in a letter to the editor that she was "shocked and dismayed" at Kennedy's comments. She said thehearings were necessary to combat racism, a goal more important than short-term recruitment. Kennedy has also weathered an- nual battles with the state Legislattf over appropriations to the Universi . His skill in dealing with lawmakers to cut the best deal for the University has earned him accolades from colleagues. Indeed, state appropriations to the Uni- versity skyrocketed from $76 million in 1970-71 to $274rmillion in 1992-93. In 1970, Kennedy was director of state and community relations, a position upgraded in 1974 to vice president. He has served since 1970 as sec tary of the University, acting as a liai- son between the central administration and Board of Regents. In that capacity, Kennedy's signature has appeared on more than 227,000 diplomas - aUni- versity record. Kennedy reminisces on his career with a characteristic streak of irony. "I've watched the University grow for a very long time. I've been i pressed with the resilience of the in - tution to overcome and carry on, de- spite our best efforts to the contrary," Kennedy said with a twinkle in his eye. 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