Across Circle Drive: Cook Hall, Agriculture Hall, Administration Building. Drawing by Bob Brent. ~Michigan State University VOL. 4, NO.1 SEPTEMBER 21, 1972 Continued efforts are pledged despite'no' vote on EOP changes 23 signs on WKAR - TV, channel. 23, is (whew) on the air. Scheduled f~r its first broadcast on Sept. 10, the station just made it at 11 :55 p.m. Robert Page, station manager for the new fun - time UHF station, said that things were going so well that the target date was set ahead to Sept. 8. "Then we had transmission line problems, 3Jld it was touch and go," he said. But the station fmally went on the air ' on Sept. 10. tD cDntinue ·expansiDn The University administration has pledged .of effDrts in behalf .of WDmen and minDrities .on campus despite a BDard .of Trustees vDte (last Friday) blocking reDrganizatiDn .of the Office .of Equal 0ppDrtunity Programs. RD bert Perrin, vice president fDr University relatiDns, said the these University's responsibilities areas were '~t.oo important tD permit the setback tD hinder affirmative acti.on programs already underway. in " It is unfDrtunate that the B.oard acti.on has tempDrarily slDwed .our mDmentum," Perrin said. "HDwever, the University cDmmitment remains as strDng as ever." The trustees, by a 4 - 4 vote, defeated an administratiDn propDsal tD create a $18 lllillion budget hike requested for next year A rec.ommended .operating budget .of $143,505,449 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, was approved by the BDard .of Trustees last Friday (Sept. 15). The prop.osed budget represents an the .of $18,347,804 .over increase current fiscal year. f.or Included in the rec.ommended am.ount the is $123,481,200 University's general fund, an increase .of $16,356,200; an Agricultural ' Experiment Stati.on budget .of $8,809,171, an increase .of $904,795;. .and a CDDperative Extensi.on Service budget .of $11 ,215,078, an increase .of $1,086,609. The requests include a 10 percent salary increase fDr all empl.oyee group~; $3,608,500 fDr instructiDnal prDgram imprDvement and devel.opment; and an inflati.onary factDr .of 4 percent in the CDSt .of supplies, services, and equipment. GDV. Milliken's recent statement that he will request the State Legislature tD approve establishment .of a new law the is reflected in schDDl at MSU prDp.osed budget by a request f.or $877,400 tD begin develDpment , .of the new cDllege. AlsD included in the budget are libraries, University increases f.or research, student aid and services, and maintenance .of the physical plant. 'The general fund budget request assumes that MSU will CDntinue the same fee structure currently in effect. Department .of Human RelatiDns, which wDuld include an Office .of WDmen's PrDgrams and an Office .of MinDrity Programs. AlsD tD be established wDuld be a WDJI.len'S Advisory CDuncil and a MinDrity Advis.ory CDuncil. SuppDrting the plan ' were Trustees Patricia Carrigan, DDn Stevens, Blanche Martin and Kenneth Th.ompsDn. Warren Huff, Frank Hartman, Frank Merriman and Clair White cast "nD'.' vDtes. The administratiDn prDp.osal was nDt necessarily dead despite the tie v.ote. President WhartDn tDld the trustees that whether Dr nDt the new department was created, the University w.ould have tD expand its equal .opportunity staff simply increased federal t.o meet affirmative actiDn requirements. He said the majDr advantage .of the t.o provide reDrganizati.on wDuld be fDcal p.oints the initiati.on, cDnsideratiDn, reference and redress .of a wide range .of female and min.ority cDncerns amDng students, faculty and staff. .on campus for "The advisDry cDuncils w.ould have a majDr functiDn, as well," WhartDn said, "bDth in helping tD guide the new department and in providing impDrtant interactiDn with the university .officers, and admin'istrati.on." M.ost .of the B.oard's discussiDn Friday centered .on the Office .of WDmen's Pr.ograms t.o which the 10 - member WDmen's Advis.ory C.ouncil wDuld be attached. Mrs. Carrigan raised a number .of questiDns ab.out it related t.o w.omen, and she emphasized the need f.or b.oth immediate and l.ong - term evaluatiDn .of the structure. the prop.osal as . "My supp.ort is .on the cDnditi.on that it . is cl.osely and carefully m.onitDred," she said. But she added that any cDncerns abDut the effectiveness .of the human relatiDns deplutment wDuld be best met "while we're m.oving ahead (with it), nDt while we're standing still." that "I supp.ort what YDu're trying tD dD," but he said he didn't agree with the pr.opDsal fDr "an unusual superstructure tD meet the need." t.old WhartDn Hartman Merriman expressed reservatiDns abDut the increased CDStS inv.olved in adding m.ore staff, and he said he wanted mDre infDrmati.on describing the prop.osed new p.ositi.ons. The l.ongest statement came fr.om that the prop.osed Huff, . who said (Continued on page 4) Council meeting dates listed Meeting schedules have been set for the Academic Council, Faculty Steering Committee and Academic Senate. The Academic Council will meet at 3:15 p.m., Con Con Room, Center for International Programs, on Oct. 3, Oct. 31, Nov. 28, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, March 6, Aprif 3, May 1 and May 29. The steering committee holds its ineetings at 3 p.m. in Room 443A Administration Building. The schedule is Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 20, Jan. 2, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 26, April 23, May 7 and May 21. There will be two meetings - Nov. 8 and May 16 - of the Academic Senate. The Senate meets at 3 p.rn in BI06 Wens Hall. Page 2, Sept. 21,1972 ~Cience note~ Heredity, environment issue heats anew Thomas Jefferson wrote it into the. Declaration of Independence: "All men are influences are very strong. created equal." An old topic for philosophers, the question of whether everyone is born equal has again come under scientific study. Now it has caused a new stir among scientists. A group of 50 researchers - including three MSU psychologists, four Nobel Laureates, and the controversial Arthur R. Jensen of the University of California, Berkeley - signed a resolution printed in the July issue of American Psychologist. . I That resolution states, in part: •• 1. We have investigated much evidence concerning the possible role of inheritance in human abilities and behaviors, and we believe such hereditary (Letters) Enrollment limits 'disturbing' To the editor: increasing In the last two years there has been an tendency for various University units to limit enrollments by one means or another. This practice disturbs me by the procedures used and by .the reasons given for the curtailment. Generally it is stated that a reduced number of employment opportunities is the reason for limiting enrollment in a disc'ipline. I would counter If I were a student who was denied that enrollment, reasoning with the statement, ··There is always room at the top and I plan on being up there, so why exclude me by the rationale of the numbers game?" Students SHOULD be counseled about job opportunities, but not to give them a chance seems to me contrary to the theory of equal opportunity. My own discipline' certainly has some if we employment problems, but suddenly had 10 times more undergraduates I think it is incumbent to accept them, and, by upon us counseling, discourage' those students who may not filid " employment at graduation. I f these the University admits students I don't think we can, in good conscience, slam any doors. in their faces. Roger Hoopingarner Professor of entomology (Q)gressionsJ THREE YEARS AGO: An eight· day work stoppage by the 1,500 campus members ofI.ocal1585 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) ended less than a week before the opening of the 1969 fall teon. MSU officials had decided to delay the opening of the teIIll unless a contract was negotiated. TWO YEARS AGO: At its ' September meeting, the Board of Trustees approved establishment of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and appointed as its dean Myron S. Magen, who had been chief administrative officer of the Michigan College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pontiac. The board also okayed an interim procedure for hearing grievances brought by.any faculty member charged with "willful withholding of se~ces for which he is employed." . ONE YEAR AGO: Buoyed by a ruling from the Cost ' of Living Council that apparently gives Michigan's public universities pennission to grant salary increases retroactive to July 1, the Board of Trustees scheduled a special sessiori to consider faculty and staff wage actions. The federal wage· price freeze went into effect before MS{fs state appropriations were made, thus leaving faculty and staff without raises. . • From the files of the News-Bulletin Evening College features variety Skills to occupy both the mind and the body will be taught in courses offered by the Evening College this fall. The 56 evening courses range from a study of the Great Films of Fellini, in which eight of the Italian diiector's works will be viewed and discussed, to Care of the Family Pet, a course the pet owner intended to give knowledge of the care of the dog and cat. Persons wishing to learn to swim or to dIive will find courses tailored for them. Those with an artistic flair or an interest in crafts will find an Introduction to Painting, Art with Children and Off-Loom Weaving among the offermgs. Registration is underway in the main lobby of Kellogg Center~ Information on the courses may be obtained by contacting the Evening College office, 19 Kellogg Center, telephone 355-4562. MSU Ncws -Bullctin Editor: Gene Riet/ors Associate editor: Sandra Dalklz Associate editor: Patricia Grauer Editorial offices: Rooms 323 and 324, Linton Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823. Phone: 355-2285. Published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Information Services. Second-class postage paid at East Lansing, Mich. 48823. "2. We wish strongly to encourage research into the biological hereditary bases of behavior, as a major complement to the environmental efforts at explanation. ··3. We strongly defend the right, and emphasize the scholarly duty, of the teacher to discuss hereditary influenres on behavior, in appropriate settings and with responsible scholarship. "4. We deplore the evasion of hereditary reasoning in current textbooks, and "I can't help but read the evidence that both factors, heredity and environment, are important." -Lawrence O'Kelly the failure to give responsible weight to heredity in disciplines such as sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, educational ' psychology, psychological measurement, and many others. . "5. We call upon liberal academics - upon facu1ty senates, upon professional and learned societies, upon the American Association of University Professors, upon the American Civil Liberties Union, upon the University Centers for Rational Alternatives, upon presidents and boards of trustees, upon departments of SCience, and upon the editors of scholarly journals - to insist upon the openness of social science to the well • grounded claims of biobehavioral reasoning, and to protect vigilantly any' qualified faculty members who responsibly teach, research, or publish concerning such reasoning .... " The group does not advocate any single set of research results or conclusions, but it asks that Tesearch on both sides:of the heredity· environment controversy be studied in an atmosphere of the test form and rat cage rather than the protest Sign and sit-in. . The resolution's signers say tha{to 'emphasize:the influence of heredity on behavior "has required considerable .co~l!Iage, for it has brought psychologists and other scientists under extreme perforiafaitd 'professional abuse." Such researchers are the victims of pfejudice, much like noted "victims" in the past: "Ga~e,o in orthodox Italy; I?~~n.in Victorian J:':ngland; Einstein in Hitler's Germany; and Mendelian biologists in Stalin's Soviet Union." ~. * ' . 01: · ONE SIGNER OF the resolution - along with MSU psychologists Robert H. Davis and M. RQ.y Delmy - is Lawrence I. O'Kelly, chairman of the University's psychology department. "Since we publiShed that statement, I've gotten a tremendous amount of mail from sources I wouldn't spit on - really bigoted groups," O'Kelly says. "And I've even gotten a lot of criticism from groups t hat I whole· heartedly support." One letter, froin an institute O'KeUy says he never heard of, labeled (he signers as "e~tists" and "treasonists," because at least according to some, anyone who ques~ons the truth of the Constitution is guilty of treason. in a recent CBS television · (Supreme Court Justice William O. D~)Uglas, mterview, said that the Constitution was based on what men knew at the time it was written. In some cases,he said, we now know differently.) * * * STANDS 'ON EQUALITY run deeply in various nations of the world. There are, for example, two fairly distinct extremes. "If you remember the Nazis and fascist groups, they had a really phony genetic biology," O'Kelly says; ·~hey were nativists. They felt that a man is what his blood is, which.is a crude way of Saying that there is ,no deteoniner of behavior except heredity. And on the other side is co:mmunism ,- the most radical rejection of the genetic argument. L • ·1'he U. S_ tends more, ·toward the left than.1:he right: Man is what his experience makes him." O'Kelly says that .. as a scientist, I can't help but 'Iead the evidence that both factors, heredity and environment, are important. Ifs .important to know what the genetic factors are so that you can get the right environment." He adds that behavioral genetics provides "abundant evidence on all animal levels that there are hereditary factors in behavior." ButO'Kelly maintains, ·