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… 1971 Hundreds of people yesterday wandered around East Quad, cite of World's Fair 1971, observing exhibits and watching variety acts by 22 foreign student clubs. Fair-goers admire an exhibition of Arab…

… because we haven't tried," says President Robben Fleming. At least some black students, how- admissions: 'U s truggles ever, believe that the University is not doing all it can. "There's too much…

… buckpassing and excuses," says Andre Hunt, a member of Student Government Council. "That real big effort, that all-out drive to find black students just hasn't arrived." University officials say they have…

… Re- gents were concerned what the effect would be on standards if the Uni- versity had to lower entrance stand- ards substantially to get 10 per cent."u Of 32,940 students who answered a racial survey…

… last fall, 1,546 students on campus identified themselves as blacks, 165 as chicanos and 71 as American Indians. This represents an increase of 1.5 per cent over the estimated 3.5 per cent blacks on…

… part of students to complete the survey. I would guess there are about 300 new blacks," Fenstemacher says. While the increase was relatively small, University officials were pleas- ed with it because…

…- versity recruiting efforts will begin yielding results next fall. To reach the 10 per cent goal the University plans to admit at least 450 black freshmen, 150 black trans- fer students and 300 black…

… graduate students next year and every year thereafter.- Yet last spring, of the 8,382 black high school graduates in the state, about 4,089 planned to enroll in a university or community college. Of these…

… students, only 1,252 were in the top quarter of their class, one usual criterion for admission to the University. "Quite obviously the University must compete successfully against other colleges and…

… universities in the state for a very high percentage of the very best students if the Uni- versity is to achieve its enrollment goal," Spurr says. He explains that to insure, for example, 300 black freshmen for…

… American ground forces employed. Student reaction was generally +ITJ one of amusement. wo Faur Tr and ran around. It was black i ' Fa rpmo "People ran in circles. screamed drnaon.I a lc ed out for only two…

…. things got thrown around, but that East Quad, booths and displays of Ukraine, India, the Philippines, was about it." aroundtsut that Latin America the Arab countries. forignstuent shw te cltual…

… thusiastically by the crowds of by the Foreign Students Board about five minutes." neop'e streaming in throughout (FSB) and is largely the product The best comment however came the day. "Is this ever extensive; of…

… efforts of foreign students with from a sophomore in S o u t h it goes through the whole build- assistance by two Americans with uad: "I slept through it." . in- !" exclaimed one anthropology( University…

… the survival of 1 Also, Wilhelmy said, a numbei the government in Cambodia." k of foreign students were sleeping Briefly discussing the Middle overnight because of theft prob- East crisis Rogers…

… ther Fair i .-. past years, but is now appears that in the Union. but "the Michigan a Middle East peace settlement, this year foreign students are Union transformed last year's saying that at least their…

… sponsored by UAC, but that foreign students received none o'- the profits. Wilhelmy said the recently formed FSB would "use this year'sI profits to set up a foreign student' emergency fund". She explained…

… that foreign students cannot ob- tain scholarships for spring terir at the University from their home countries and can never obtainI scholarships, loans, or work study grants from the U.S. government…