Wednesday, May 24, 1995 - The Michigan Daily -3 Court rules on race- based aid By Patience Atkin D~aily News Editor Students denied access to code talks, meetings In a Supreme Court decision an-o nounced Monday, the justices upheld a rulinBy Deborah 0. Weinstein Antieau said the meeting was one of a cdally based Banneker scholarships are Daily Stall Reporter series of regula staff meetings, but would constitutional. A UMeting deMMribd dby Judicial Advi- not comment about refusing to allow stu- AttogsoeUivriysfM serMar Lou Antieau as a "staff meeting" dents to attend the meeting in her office. lo hto discuss the Universitys code of non- "The regents toldMaureen (Hatford) land officials fear the' reerusin nonth rtilin r on o theruer i o U is ity - ,.d. .. academic conduct, became a bigger issue she was to draft a code and said to her she ruling an other universities, the University gg of Mictigan will most likely tot feet any on Monday as several students were de- was to get input from student leaders, in- strong effects from the decision.' nied access to the talks- cluding Flint and Anne Marie," Antieau "I wont tss ireyo th at itwil toave no Michigan Student Assembly President said. "It is her responsibility to write a imm dat tf sect on the University." said Flint Wainess, MSA Students' Rights code, their responsibility to find input. She Vic Pre'ident for University Relations Commission chair Anne Marie Ellison had hired a group to start the process." Walter Hzrrison. and recent graduate Vince Keenan were Wainess and Hartford will be meeting Althoughthe University des notp excluded from the discussion, today to discuss the relationship between lyoea sho nesips opr "We were shut out of an advisory meet- MSA and Hartford in creating a new code. e dised Ban n scholarships '-' ing. I see a problenowito it Wainess said. Hartford was out of town and not e disputed Banneker scholarship An April decision by the Board of present at Monday's meeting. Harrisont said the ruling might have de- Regents ordered Vice President for Stu- "Let's work together," Wainess said, ayed effectsd her g gtaeddent Affairs Maureen A. Hartford to re- "but let's do it so that all the voices of the "On the im ediate front, teffree ae n write the Statement of Students Rights and campus community can be heard. Open ' .t , Responsibilities with student input. meetings, open meetings. intermediate front, many peopt may ex- "(It) was a meeting that solely con- "Can they legally close these (meet- pt chate ot schol si y x sisted of individuals that are charged to ings)?" Wainess asked. "Probably. Does it have to watch what hapehans." p We ' ' work on a new code. It was not a regular violate everything a university should stand Harrison also cited a concern civi meeting of division of student affairs," for and regents stand for? Absolutely." ghts advocates may have with te ruling. Wainess said. "Clearly, (they) were talk- MSA concluded discussion on the Th' long-te effects might quite no . ing about code-related policy." code with an agreement to create a group ticeable if you think this signals the Su- Members of the meeting included Uni- to study various aspects of the code. preme Court retreating from its affire- ..versity graduate Jack Bernard and Emory Ellison made a similar statement at an live action standpoint." SARA STILLMANO/aiy University student Maggie Kinnear who MSA meeting two weeks ago. "To write a The oiginaloing was handeddow B aste were hired by the Division of Student Af- new code needs to be open and highly pub- the Fourth Circuit Court, which encon- Mike D of the Beastie Boys performed Thursday night in front of a sold out fairs, Wainess said. Bernard is also the au- lic as possible. Writing behind students pases Mryland, Vir ginia, West Virginia, crowd at Cobo Hall In Detroits thor of a pro-code piece published in Con- backs does not appeal to me. I will work on and Nor and South Crolina The ruling sider, a weekly campus publication. this in the fall when it is open and public." does not immediately affect any institution -Dail vbire serrices one SBy RoniehCU to work to improve state relations By Ronnie Glassberg "When you're trying to be the best University's Lansing lobbying office. "I guess the modem number changed and Baker will1 not return By Patience Atkin oily News Editor Despite initial statements that he would fight to return to the University, Jake Baker's attorney David Cahill an- nounced last Tuesday that Baker will not seek reinstatement to the University. "He is no longer a student and he is not seeking reinstatement," Cahill said yester- day. "He decided not to seek reinstate- ment because he was in jail for a month before his release. There was no way he *ould make up the work." There is no love lost on Baker's part. "He does not feel that he was treated very well by the University," Cahill said. Vice President for University Rela- tions Walter Harrison supports the University's behavior. "I think the Univer- sity acted responsibly in this matter. I hope Mr. Baker is happy wherever he chooses to attend school." Cahill added he cannot say for certain hether Baker will seek to return to the ' lniversity. "For the summer and the fall, he's made other plans," he said. Cahill said Baker is attending an un- disclosed school in Ohio. Daily Editor In Chief After last week's Senate Assembly meeting where state lawmakers criticized the "arrogance" of the University, the assembly's executive branch on Monday pledged to work with the administration to improve relations with Lansing. The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs discussed several op- tions for lobbying the state Legislature with Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison and Cynthia Wilbanks, who takes office as associate vice president for University relations on June 12. and you say you're the best, (the percep- tion of arrogance is) something you have to deal with often," said SACUA chair George Brewer. "(Harrison) has been very supportive of the faculty. He's al- ways been nonarrogant and helpful to the faculty." Harrison said the perceived arro- gance of the University is a problem that needs to be handled. "I think the implica- tion was more of an institutional one, and that's something we really do need to work on," he said. Brewer criticized the size of the think it's too limited, and it's not nearly as good as MSU's," he said. Wilbanks, however, said the University's problems were not limited to its lobbying efforts. "Michigan State perhaps this year saw some opportunities that they took advantage of," she said. SACUA recommended providing the state lawmakers with a list of Univer- sity experts who they can contact and having faculty members testify in Lan- sing. "(State Rep. Mary Schroer) was ac- cessing our computer network, and I she didn't know how to access it.," said SACUA member Robert Smith. Wilbanks said such information should be easily accessible for the legis- lators. "From the legislators' view, there is an information need, but in an easily usable form," she said. News and Information Services, which reports to Harrison, already pro- vides a list of experts to the media. 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