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…THE COSTS OF BRIARWOOD See Editorial Page Y 4 OF43au ~~E~aiti SLICK y ligh--35 Low,-28 Freezing rain turning to snow by evening Vol. LXXXI, No. 122 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Ten Cents BGSprogram: From'inferiority'to accep EDITOR'S NOTE: In winter, 1969, Brown was referring to the con- Currently, o v e r 1,000 students sented earlier this month to the bit as academically qualified as gram is only second rate - an es- h...…

…I Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesdov. Fehrtinrv 7 1 971 'e ;.e w H MCIA AL * GZ-)uu yf r 4v, 7r y /J,1 IT.JJi 1 ..1 music I The By A.R. KEILER The program that Isaa played in his recital Sun ernoon in Hill Auditoriu varied and challenging,a Stern was equal to all oft sical and technical dema played the Mozart Sonat (flat) K.454, the Ensco 3 ta, the G Major Son P a By MICHAEL ROBERT The Ann Arbor Drama val may have establish' campus...…

…I page three T4C £iet~iigan NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-05 5- EMU presents Gordon Lightfoot BOWEN FIELDHOUSE, YPSILANTI, MICH. MARCH 12-8:30 P.M. Tuesday, February 23, 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three In Delta twisters kill 82, Tickets: $4, $3, $2 MAIL ORDERS NOW BEING ACCEPTED Send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Office of Student Activities McKenny Union E.M.U. Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 MAIL ORDERS END MA...…

…q e mItrtigau Du4 Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Frishmani: Voice of the Pentagon? 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1971 NIGHT EDITOR: CARLA RAPOPORT The costs of Briarwood CITY COUNCIL...…

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…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 23, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 23. 1971 NEW DEGREE PROGRAM f ree BGS: From obscui -.Daily-Andy Sacks GROUP of student sit-in at the LSA Bldg. in January, 1969 to protest University language and dis- ibution requirements. In the wake of such protests, the Bachelor in General Studies degree was es- blished.f rity to basis of all communication and knowledge." Mathematics Prof. Wilfrid...…

…23, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven 23, ~971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Is This Your Problem? " Starter " Plugs * Valves * Rings " Brakes " Etc., etc. We Will Solve It at SPORTSCAR SERVICE 4705 WASHTENAW-434-0110 Parts and Repair Work for all Foreign Cars Study in Guadalajara, Mexico T he Guadalajara S um m er School, a fully accredited Uni- versity of Arizona program, will offer, July 5 to August 14, art, folklore, geography, histo...…

…ht'; THE MICHIGAN DAILY T-etc-Ari- in-710 I 9 .___ -_--- - - ---- I utesuy, I-ebruary Z3, 1I*I1 1_ 'M' ICERS LATEST VICTIM Irish tradition continues By BILL ALTERMAN If America is the promised land, then South Bend, Indiana is the promised city. Whatever the Fighting Irish attempt they invariably succeed at, be it foot- ball, basketball and their latest endeavor, hockey. On the gridiron, the Irish have long had a winning tradition, gr...…

…tuesday, February 23, 1971 Iager By AL SHACKELFORD The Michigan Wolverines, sit- ting all alone atop the Big Ten with an 8-0 record, will face their sternest test of the season ~ght when they battle third- place Indiana at Bloomington. Both teams put winning streaks on the line tonight: Michigan has now won its last nine, Indiana its last four. The teams rank 1-2 in Big Ten offense, with the edge to Michigan at 89.1 to 87. -iichigan blew Minne...…

…F, ge Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 23. 197# PageTenTHE ICHGAN AIL Tu.sd. February.., 21194 T .. I PRESS SIX DEMANDS: Protesters sit-in at LSA Bldg. (Continued from Page 1) It was unclear whether the jani- of a single University function- tors were disrupted last night. the efforts of the LSA B 1 d g . The sit-in, which began at noon janitors to clean the building. yesterday, is a continuation-of a There was a brief scuffl...…

…T-groups: Leadership issue By TONY SCHWARTZ Second of a two-part series The "human potential" movement is still young and it is struggling to define itself. There is an open controversy be- tween critics and advocates over the legiti- macy of T-groups, as well as a sense of ambivalence among movement leaders over the unresolved questions. The qualifications of leaders, the func- tions of group members in relation to each other and the degree...…

…Poge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 1971 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 1971w } -. A trip with Serrano Ecology and Poetry By DAVE FRIEDO Juan Serrano casually walked on stage Friday night at Pease Auditorium on the E a s t e r n Michigan campus and delighted the audience with two hours of superb flamenco guitar playing. Wearing a white turtle-neck sweater and tuxedo, Serrano sat down, smiled to the audie...…

…I r..U EVERYBODY AND HIS BROTHERS ARE MAKING FILMS THESE DAYS WINNERS OF -Orson Welles 8mm FILM FESTIVAL 1971 page th ree ig#r ir4 tg ti Balimptly NEWS PHONE: 764-055 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 Sunday, February 21, 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three Last night-8:00 p.m. R.C. AUDITORIUM EAST QUAD 75c Turk, Jo, Begubois, and Beets are going CINEMA II "THE BIRTHDAY PARTY" with ROBERT SHAW The film version of the Harold Pinter play Sunda...…

…special feature the Sunday doily by imark di ien A Number 44 Night Editor: Larry Lempert Sunday, February 21, 1971 TERRY BERNAY AND THE ARGUS Undercover narc: Get It began last September without at- tracting much attention. There was little reason to suspect the newcomer at first. His manner was certainly dif- ferent - they say now they should have recognized he didn't belong - but there was nothing conspicuous to give Terry away...…

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…Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 1971 U I m= m mmmm=-=mm == -m m - The Honorable Phil Hart .U.S. Senate1 * Washington, D.C. 20510 1 Dear Senator Hart: 1 We have read a lot lately about I I how something called "technol- I : ogy" has gotten out of hand and 1 ought to be stopped before horrible 1 things happen to us. This is rather 1 * childish, but a lot of people seem t to take it seriously. I 1 Sure, we've got to clean up...…

…Sunday, February 21, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Sunday, February 21, 197~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page .Seve& CAMPAIGN ISSUE? I I Controversy on Hoover grows UNIVERSITY By WILLIAM W. TURNER EDITOR'S NOTE: The author, a writer for Reporters News Service, was an FBI agent for ten years. A few weeks ago the California Democratic State Central Com- mittee passed a resolution calling for the dismissal of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, ci...…

…Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, Februc3ryfi 21, 19714 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 197T~ Thinclads dominate field events but fall to Spartans, 7212 - 6712 Sluggis By SANDI GENIS The Michigan State Jinx con- tinued to haunt the Wolverine trackmen for the second straight week as the thinclads, coming off a rather disappointing perform- ance in the Michigan State Relays last weekend, were upset in a dual meet by...…

…Sunday, February 21, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine rd , Fbur 1 91TEMCIA AL rr n n r rP rrerine r Mighty Michigan manhandles By ELLIOT LEGOW Michigan's basketball team ,'de winning look easy yes- terday as it stormed.over Min- nesota 108-90 f or its eighth straight Big Ten victory. The Wolverines had little difficulty in dumping the Go- SUNDAY SPORTS NIGHT EDITORS: Randy Phillips and Bill Alterman phers for the second time in #nf...…

…Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 1971 Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 21, 19'~ LETTUCE BOYCOTT: AAFFW pickets local Krogers Regent's decision on recruiting receives wi despread criticism TFs protest proposal by Smith (Continued from Page meeting for continued ment of the OSS policy. 1) enforce- "By vetoing the oSS policy,"! By JANET FREY he said, "the Regents are trying All four Krogers stores in the Ann...…

…T-groups: Realizing one's EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is the first of a two-part series on the "human potential movement" at the University. Today the philosophy of T- groups will be discussed followed tomorrow by an examination of the controversies surrounding such efforts.' By TONY SCHWARTZ i Maligned and extolled, called both a panacea and a nightmare, the "human potential movement" at the University- variously titled sensitivit...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 20, 1971% Pcg w TEMCIGNDIYSaudy FburR2,171 Bach By BARBARA WURMAN and JANET FREY Have you felt a need lately for any of "the three necessities of life: FOOD, SEX, and CLAS- SICAL MUSIC?" Are you re- gressed? Misanthropic? .-.. Friend, it sounds like you're ripe for the Bach Club-the place to meet interesting people. "The Bach Club is an infor- mal, weekly gathering of classi- cal music-lovers...…

…. % V. ..VA '.V,'"; '"."r }',"VV. .y.rw n n" rr" ".rt{;vi .:v :: ART EXHIBIT AT RIVE GAUCHE 1024 HILL ST. by U of M students FEB. 19-24 Open 8 p.m.-12 p.m. daily .= .s,:.:,.: ...,:.; ";i: i a I ?s. :.. ; t i:% ." , j ;$:": I r%%'r 'r''i >'r:Sv'v: iG:S:: i page three im4c , ir ri ttn 43 a4O NEWS PHONE: 764-0552 Rl SI NESS PHONE: 764-0554 Saturday, February 20, 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three news briefs By The Associated Press . ...…

… Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1971 NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE CHUDWIN Opening the door to violence VIOLENCE returned to the University of Michigan yesterday, prec...…

…Saturday, February 20, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five _zi - " -- For Direct Classified Service, Phone 764-0 Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1557 FOR RENT FOR RENT HILL STREET-one bedroom furnished LARGE ONE bedroom for couple. 5/16- apartment, March 1-August 31, $170. 8/26. 668-7626 6-7 p.m. CE CaUl 709-3230. 00042 --.--- _a___7_-323_ - 4LARGE ROOM for male behind South FEMALE needed immediately for 1 bed- Quad. With refrigera...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 20, 1971 * -Daily-Terry McCarthy Brady guns from outside BIG TEN BATTLE Grapplers size up MSU By PETER BLACK RESPECT. This will be, in the opinion of Coach Bay, the determining fac- tor in the meet against Michi- gan State, which starts today right after the basketball game at Crisler Arena. "Weshave the talent and the enthusiasm to do it, but if we enter the match with either an overestimation or u...…

…Pnn" I PVon THE MICHIGAN DAILY ." ge svenI ucky By TERRI FOUCHEY Michigan's 1i0th varsity hockey game did not fit into the long win- ning Wolverine tradition establish- ed in all fields of competition, in- stead it fit into the pattern this year's icers seem unable to break from. Again, for the majority of the game the Wolverines carried the play, but they were unable t over- come the luck of Notre Dame's Irish as they fell 4-2 last nigh...…

…it THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 20, 1971 w It THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 20, 1971 ~ LSA BLDG. Protesters plan Monday sit-in Daily Official Bulletin i (Continued from Page 1) I in advance were allowed into the , special pass to go inside had open- he group was part of a larger building to attend the meeting. ed. ip of over 300 that had been Scuffles between the crowd and As demonstrators tried to form lent at Thursd...…

…REGENTS' REPLY ON JUDICIARY See Editorial Page Y L iflirCiA ~1Iaitij TROPICAL High--43 Low--33 Continuedshowers, windy and warmer Vol. LXXXI, No. 1 19 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, February 19, 1971 Ten Cents Ten Pages Alb, PARIS PEACE TALKS: N. U.s. 7es tets blast 300 hear debate; today war role By The Associated Press North Vietnam charged yesterday that the United States had invaded Laos and was threatening to invade North Vie...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 19, 1971 t THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 19, 1971 ~ theatre A play in, all times By GARY HUMMEL Director William Tate of the University Players has given John Whiting's The Devils an abstract, uncertain ambiance, a blend of sombre, austere Gothic tones and graded illumination which flickers like a votive can- dle. Although based on the actual dementia of the French town of Loudun in the early...…

…Ann Arbor 8mm Film Festival TONIGHT and SATURDAY NIGHT in R.C. Audi- toriunat 8:00 p.m. Tickets are 75c and Lovie says he's gonna grow his beard back if all the kids don't come. Cheer your local favorites and hiss at the Bos- ton flicks, but remember no noisemakers in the first lpage three P £ it43n out iy NEWS PHONE: 764.0554 BUSINESS PHONE: 764-0554 Friday, February 19, 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan Page Three ti.. three rows, and R.C. Au...…

…(14 f K4*Igan Bt an Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Dailvyexpress the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. Friday moring Censorship: Heavy hand on the college press by daniel zwerdiing IDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1971 NIGHT EDITOR: LYNN WEINER Reg...…

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…4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 19, 1971 THIIHGNDIYFidy eray1,17 S. AID PROGRAM: American firm to build new tiger cages' on Con Son island By DON LUCE the construction. Skilled prison ispatch News Service International labor will be paid 200 piasters (721 AIGON - Construction of cents) per week and unskilled la-1 -e new blocks of isolation cells bor will receive 150 piasters (55 scheduled to begin this month cents) a week. There is...…

…Friday, February 19, 1971 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven DEMETRIG'S INTRODUCES: TRIBESMEN EVACUI ATED KABOB 1121 s. university:daily 10am-3am Laotiai BAN SON, Laos 0P) - Some patients in the thatch-roof hos- pital were soldiers wounded in fighting on the southwest edge of the Plain of Jars. Their wives and children - and hordes of flies - swarmed around them. Field packs lay by their cots and their carbines and M16 rifles leaned against ...…

…Page Eight 'THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 19, 1971 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY 4 s mm mm m - -m mm mm m mmm amm am m.---rn--r------ rniinin mm . ANO H EFor faous r r r r r r; r r r r r aI I OPEN 24 HOURS Breakfast served " I 510, E. Liberty r r " r r I a 15c off on Coney Islands with this coupon a St *r 'I ..........ninin. imm.. n... in.............................ninin inmin I the student body: FLARES by Levi Farah Wright g Ta...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Wings climb batter up from -Daily-Denny Gainer PAUL GAMSBY (9) moves the puck behind the North Dakota goal with the assistance of Wolverine defenseman Punch Cartier (3) in a game earlier this year. Michigan meets the Irish of Notre Dame this weekend in a pair of games. By The Associated Press DETROIT-Gordie Howe scored the 850th goal of his National" Hockey League career as the...…

…Page Ton THE MICHIGAN DAIL'Y' Friday, February 19, 1971 9 Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, Februory 19, 1971 DISRU1ION SET TODAY: Regents, 300 hear debate on -~CC - - 0 - 1 Increase in fragging' incidents threatens unpopular officers Subscribe To (Contiued from Pge 1) nor which dos not maintain an affirmative aci ion program to as- sure equal employment opportun- ity." Knauss also said that the OSS, policy "is not a denial of facil-...…

…CHILD CARE CENTER FOR 'U See Editorial Page Y L gutl~~a :43 i1]y FROSTY High--3l Low-18 Cloudy, cold. chance of freezing rain Vol. LXXXI, No. 118 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, February 18, 1971 Ten Cents ew demaIns revive long-standing'i EDITOR'S NOTE The fonowing At a meeting which followed last in Sept., 1969, and the takeover of tions which operate in countries used Krtoana ysfrwas written by Roe Wednesday's mass march to pro- North Ha...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 1971 A THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 1971 ~ Dance Company: A study of bodies in motion By DIANE ELLIOT Over the years Alvin Ailey has mold- ed a company in the dance world. His own choreography often t a k e s the form of what might be called "jazz ballet," although this t e r m doesn't adequately describe the special mix of modern dance. balletic movement, and primitive rhythems...…

… I momimm "OPERATION MADBALL" with JACK LEMON ERNIE KOVACS Friday, Feb. 19 2 showings 7 & 9P.M. Room 100-Law School Cheap Flicks-50c Fill in ticket information: place, price, day, time for Program III Feb. 17 & 19-8 p.m. Dawson Aud--Adrian College $1.25 (50 min. S & W of AA) john whiting House WASHINGTON (P) - The House may be on the verge of halting government money for development of a supersonic trans- port after a decade of support for...…

… tI fdBiwu Baily Eighty years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan 420 Maynord St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1971 NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE CHUDWIN Child-care center for the 'U' To0Q PA PW0 KTLO LL0A ABOUT IT- 50R)G 8C ,IJ 1 5 T...…

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…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 1971 SIX DEMANDS PRESENTED Alpha Delta P1 etPOPEN HOUSE Sunday, February 21 1-3 P.M. Protesters or call 769-0738 722,S. Forest it] In Concert J ua Senarra Flamenco Guitarist (Continued from Page 1) presence of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at the University. The critics say the aim of ROTC--to train college students for appointments as officers in the armed forces after they gra...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven PaWe Seven Six demands have an old history (Continued from Page 6 Recruiting New Left activitists at colleges around the country have been demanding the limitation or elimination of on-campus recruit- ing for several years now, A't the University, various r a d i c a 1 groups have sponsored at least three significant drives thus far to restrict the access of the gov- ernment corporations from the Univers...…

…it THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 1971 t THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 197 I A You Are Invited to Attend Funeral Services for THE WHORE AND THE BIT PLAYER A Play by TOM EYEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY EVE; FEB. 19, 20 10:30 P.M. at Canterbury House NEW CHAUTAUQUA IS BACK YOU'RE INVITED TOAN ALBERT TERRACE OPEN HOUSE Thursday, February 18, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Come and see what carefree apt. living is really like. Albert Terrace Apt...…

…Thursday, February 18, 197 1 THE NI CHIGAN DAILY Page Nine Thursday, February 18, 1971 THE MtCHIGAN DAILY Paci _Nin Bucks By The Associated Press I MADISON - The Milwaukee Bucks, led by Lew Alcindor's 41 points, scored their eighth straight National Basketball Association ,*ctory last night with a 119-114 conquest of the Philadelphia 76ers. Alcindor and Gregg Smith help- ed the Bucks pull away for the triumph after the 76ers had dead- lo...…

…e Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 18, 1971 RECRUITING: Regent forum today DAILY.OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 1) they will refuse to make certain changes in their draft. Today's hearing on the recruit- ment policy, to be attended by sev- eral student and faculty groups, will be the first airing of the ques- tion before the Regents who, ac- I cording to Regent Gertrude Hueb- ner, "haven't talkedeabout it." Housing pact .....…

…CONTROLLING RECRUITING See Editorial Page Yl r e Lwa &UIM& TORRID High--45 Lom---31 Mostly cloudy, chance of rain Vol. LXXXI, No. 117 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, February 17, 1971 Ten Cents Eight Pages THIRD DAY: Us.S NJ/ bombs tietnam Regents alter parts ofI judiciary plan; SAIGON P-American fighter-bombers attacked surface to air missile sites 150 miles south of Hanoi yesterday in the deepest penetration of North Vietnamese...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, February 17, 1971 w THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, February 17, 197 ~ records I lton John By RICHARD LEHFELDT Elton John: TUMBLEWEED NNNECTION (UNI Stereo " can Smages rowee, now who could that be that Matthew Brady photo- ,ph, looking as funky as can Isn't that British pop singer songwriter Elton John, and lyricist, talented hippy Ber- Taupin? Well . . . it seems t Elton John has taken a rat do you call t...…