Pollock ousted; Perrin issues statement be emphasized that the action ifiring of By JAMES L. SMITH State News Staff Writer The first official MSU statement regard Affirmative action faces Pollock) in no way represents any of the University's pledge to affirmative lessening action and equal opportunity." ing the firing of the director of women's Pollock was restrained in her comments programs during summer break was issued Tuesday by Robert Perrin, vice president of university and federal relations. slowdown, women fear about her dismissal, citing "philosophical" differences with her bosses as a possible Mary Pollock, office director, was dis missed by Perrin June 13 after refusing an was a deliberate attempt by Perrin offer to resign effective the end of July. professional staff functions assigned to the to "The personnel action taken with respect director of women's programs and the soften the blow of the firing. to Ms. Mary Pollock reflected the judgment results were becoming counter productive." Pollock's dismissal came a little over a Toilette Moser of her supervisors that her conduct of the A few hours before Pollock's firing, month before the July 21 deadline for the U.S. high schools and colleges to meet the acting chairpersoi office of women'r programs was not representatives of various women's groups met with MSU President Edgar L. Harden requirements of Title IX. producing the kind of effective dialogue and to express their concerns over the Pollock Title IX, a provision of the Department of response from the campus community that lasting progress requires," Perrin's pre situation and the University's commitment Health, Education and Welfare, calls for pared statement said. to affirmative action. equal opportunity for men and women in all Perrin's statement came after his initial While Perrin's official statement does not federally funded educational programs. refusal to comment on Pollock's case and in mention any personality clashes between MSU's compliance with Title IX, espe the wake of press reports and mounting himself and the former director, the State cially in the area of women's sports, had News learned that Perrin told Pollockoneof been a major undertaking of the outspoken ler in which it pressure by MSU women's organizations to "I'm a probationary em¬ reinstate the former director. the major reasons for her ouster was that former director. al - medieval," "Her (Pollock's) conduct | ployee and in the first year After acknowledging Pollock's commit ment to the idea of equal opportunity for "we're not getting Persons close to along." the issue said waiting Perrin denied Pollock's very vocal sup poit of Title IX had anything to do with her icularlv distur j of the office of women's I they need not give a women, Perrin said, "her conception of her until the end of spring term, together with firing. r firing." Moser j programs was not produc- j cause,"- Mary Pollock, authority did not agree with the type of the departure of many students and faculty, In his release Perrin said "Finally, it must 1 continued c 1 ing . . — Robert Perrin j U.S. beginning new contact with Angola By BARRY SCHWEID Associated Pre e Writer WASHINGTON -A1' The that the administra . military troops to one of support ican troops on the continent, Z:tit abv.e and I1 W- it her right r..,r ,-fte- adding that the admirtistrati rt "legitimate African defense A!'. E.»v West competition, he said Overall. Vance's approach concilia tury. although he repeavd the administra Nazi march approved 11-»:; s Soilet concern about arms targe quantities of and thousands ..f i uban troops Ma tcked by Cuban troops and supplied with Soviet without posting bond weapons gained <-,,ntroi ,d the former Portugese colon} m a mil war in 1975 against two Western backed factions. Until there is a significant cutback m the AP Wirephoto By Sl'E SHELLENBARGER bond before they are allowed to march Cuban forces, the idea of normal diplomatic Pickets carry Associated Press Writer through Marquette Park, which is near their signs outside State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif, to protest expected cuts in state services ties between Washington and Luanda is resulting from the passage of property-tax slashing Proposition 13. CHICAGO 'APi -- In a ruling that could headquarters. avert a potentially violent confrontation Richard Troy, attorney for the park "way premature." a high level U.S. official between Nazis and Jews in suburban district, said Leighton's ruling was too hasty said earlier in the day at a briefing for State Skokie, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered and came in response to political pressure. Department correspondents. It was not clear immediately whether the The official said there have been a Chicago officials to permit Nazis to march in number of recent exchanges between Vance a city park without posting an insurance city would appeal. SADAT READY TO DISCUSS MIDEAST bond. "It seems that what he iLeighton) really and Angola's foreign minister, adding that •continued on Hi Nazi leader Frank Collin, who sat in the 'continued on page 16) page back of the courtroom during the hearing, refused to say whether the march planned Egypt critical of Israel for Sunday in Skokie would be canceled. He said he wanted to review the judge's order to be sure there was "nothing that could possibly set a precedent that could Guilty verdict CAIRO, Egypt i AP) — President Anwar new Israeli proposals, Sadat said in a limited self-rule under a continued Israeli interfere with our right to speak." Sadat said Tuesday that Israel's "evasive" replies to questions posed by Washington in nationally televised speech. However, he indicated the policy decision military umbrella as a permanent solution. But it promised to negotiate future sover¬ But Collin has said several times in the rendered in a bid to restart Mideast peace talks "left reached Sunday by Prime Minister Mena- eignty over the areas after a five-year past that if his small band of Nazis could inside things up in the air" but "did not cut off all chem Begin's Cabinet did not provide a transition period. march in Marquette Park, the Skokie plans links." "We are ready to discuss directly" any basis for resuming the face-to face talks. Israel, replying to U.S. questions on its "As the Israelis do, they left things up in the air," Sadat said. would be canceled. He has said the Skokie demonstration was Esmail case Hamburger prices are climbing plans for the future of the occupied West He said "it is not the end of the world" if S„ pa*. 5. planned to call attention to his group's Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Israel does not eventually respond posi¬ By PAULCOX inability to rally in Chicago. Strip, restated its refusal to give back the tively to his peace overtures since Egypt State News Staff Writer weather George Leighton Estell audit territories taken in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel said it sees its proposal to grant the would simply shift to a different policy. Meanwhile, in an Italian state television U.S. District Judge ordered the Chicago Park District to drop its was Sami Esmail, an MSU graduate convicted in Tel Aviv June 7, six student, Today w ill be hot and humid, 1.1 million West Bank and Gaza Arabs (continued on page 101 requirement that the Nazis post a $60,000 months after being arrested for suspicion of with cloudy skies and tempera belonging to a terrorist organization. reveals one Esmail was convicted of membership in n the low 80s. Popular Front for the Liberation of Wrist the double An billing slap? Palestine, a terrorist organization outlawed in Israel. He was sentenced June 12 to 15 months in prison. Arrested Dec. 21 as he got off a plane in investigation into charges of double billing by Richard Estell. WKAR general NCAA findings against OSU raise questions Tel Aviv. Esmail said he was in it his ailing and now deceased Israel to vis father. manager, has disclosed one duplicate billing of $25.20. The six months Esmail has already Herman King, director of Academic ser¬ served will be applied to his sentence. By MIKEKLOCKE But the Big Ten has yet to act on the vices, said the duplication will be reim¬ Esmail will be released March 21 after State New* Suff Writer matter. Whether the conference and its State's case, the Big Ten will again bursed and that the University has acted on The National Collegiate Athletic As¬ mirror the NCAA's decision. serving the remaining nine months of his Estell's request to have his managerial du¬ r Wayne Duke do anything sentence. sociation has gently slapped the wrist of i to be seen. When MSU was And that decision by the NCAA was a ties taken away. Ruth Ann Osborn, office supervisor of the the Ohio State football program for curious one, to say the least. Not curious Estell will be kept on at WKAR radio as recruiting violations, but the Buckeyes in that Ohio State was let off the hook, department of electrical engineering and producer-director at a salary of $24,000 a aren't out of the woods yet. but rather curious in the reasoning that systems science at MSU. said she was told year. His salary as general manager was The NCAA recently gave OSU what it was used. by Robert Barr, an associate professor in $29,140. termed a "public reprimand" for charges Oneof the reasons the NCAA gave for the same department, that Esmail was King's investigation and audit was con¬ that included outright violations of merely issuing a public reprimand was being held in the small Massiaha complex ducted because of allegations that Estell NCAA recruiting rules. that it was a case of self-disclosure — in which is outside the wall from the Romula had billed both MSU and federal essence, Ohio State had turned itself in. prison. public Among the violations found at OSU by radio agencies tor travel expenses. The au¬ the NCAA were: players selling compli¬ However, this was not the case. Barr, the U.S. Embassy and Langer are dit covered his travel vouchers for 56 The investigation started as a direct working to get Esmail moved to more hu¬ trips mentary tickets for a profit, police taken between 1972-77. officers transporting alumni groups for result of investigative articles by former mane quarters, Osborn said. placed on probation, the conference in According to King, Estell said the double the purpose of bringing prospects to effect "rubber stamped" the NCAA edict State News sports editor Edward L. Barr described Esmail's cell as being a billing was inadvertant.' Bonders, which first appeared in this 'chicken coop,' Osborn said. campus, coaches offering the use of their by extending the probation from Jan. 18, The MSU Board of Trustees will vote Barr is still in Israel working with cars for players and spending money 1979 through Sept. 1, 1979. publication during August. 1976. Friday to replace Estell as general (continued on page9) Esmail's attorney, Felicia linger, and the manager being given to players. What remains to be seen is if, in Ohio with Steven K. Meuche, who was recom¬ U.S. Embassy on the case, Osborn said. mended for the position by King. 2 Michigan State News, East tonsing, Michigan Wednesday, June 21, 1978 California debates tax cut plans SACRAMENTO. Calif. (AIM market value. In effect, they •onfer that school officials proposed a simi The state aid bill was de¬ - Republicans and Democrats voted to chop their property than half of the layoffs caused lar plan. scribed by the Democratic disagreed early this week on taxes by $7 billion - - more than by Proposition 13 cuts would Outside the Capitol on Mon governor as a transition meas which local services the state half. affect minorities. day. HO pickets chanted: "No ure to ease the first year should rescue from the tax cuts Now, the governor has pro NAACP spokesperson Oliver layoffs, no cuts," and "The rich effects of the initiative. mandated by Proposition 13. posed to rescue local govern¬ Jones said Brown, a Democrat, get richer and the poor lose The governor, who has The Legislature's Demo¬ ments in the first year of the "Risks our continued support" vowed there will be no increase cratic majority favored de¬ cuts by using a $5 billion state if he does not support a Inside. Assembly Speaker in state taxes to offset the loss voting the bulk of Gov. Edmund surplus — $4 billion in aid and November initiative to limit Leo McCarthy of San Fran in property levies, has esti¬ Brown Jr.'s proposed rescue $1 billion in loans. cisco, a Democrat, said he mated available state aid for Red Brigades trial now in jurors' hands program to schools, which lost The Democrats' plan would homeowners. hoped there would he final floor local governments at a maxi¬ more than half of their $5 billion give $2.5 billion to schools, Brown earlier had described Thursday mum of $3 billion next year and property tax base when Propo¬ $1.15 billion to counties, $150 such a proposal as "premature" and As« nblv the has said it may drop to $2.5 TURIN, Italy (AP) — The Red Brigades guarded courtroom, two of the accused, sition 13 was approved on June million to fire and special and refused to support it when plai billion annually after that. trial the terrorists tried to disrupt by Arnaldo Lintrami and Curcio's girlfriend 6. districts and $100 million to kidnapping Aldo Moro went to the jury Nadio Mantovani, read a final statement But Republicans were push cities. Republicans called for no today, with the founder and 14 members for the group, saying the murder of Moro ing to give first priority to police or fire cuts, saying any of the gang facing a v«rdict for the first last month was "the highest expression police and fire department hud layoffs should be spread over Angolans toughen of the tougher and wider offensive by the gets, which they said should be other local programs. time after two failed attempts to try exempt from cuts. Meeting with police and fire them. revolutionary movement against the The leaders. Brown supported their disagreement emerged Assassinations of principals in the case imperialistic regime." as legislative leaders tried to plea that their services should and threots against potential jurors The case was then turned over to the not he cut, but refused to flatly ork •spon the halted the previous trials. The defen¬ eight jurors and two judges who have referendum in which Cali endorse a no layoff plea. dants include Renato Curcio. 36. the former philosophy student who founded Italy's most feared urban guerrilla group. listened to the testimony since March 9. They must decide whether the defen¬ dants are guilty of forming an armed fornians amendment passed aconstitutional limiting annual property taxes to 1 percent of Meanwhile, the Association for the Advance National ment of Colored People told a border defenses From their barred cage in the heavily- band to subvert the state. KINSHASA. Zaire (API - they also fear Zairian Five American technicians Angolan troops have formed a troops. working on the Inga-Shaba Canadian constitution proposal presented Bank plan given defense line along the country's border with Zaire to prevent Zairian forces from making 'hot The Zaire news agency, AZAP, said civilians will need power plant in Kolwezi re- turned Monday with local aides Kolwezi. to assess damage to the facility. pursuit' raids against Angola OTTAWA (AP) - Prime Minister Pierre rights, which would be similar to the U.S. ATLANTA 1AP1 - Vice President Walter F. Mondale based Katangan rebels, West¬ Trudeau presented proposals Tuesday Bill of Rights, with a statement of national announced a $2 billion National Development Bank program today ern military said. Jail health project sources that would provide a constitutiton for aims and language guarantees for to encourage business investment in nearly 12,000 American The sources said Monday Canada, which now operates under the English-speaking and French-speaking communities large and small. several thousand rebels have The "Urbank." the keystone to President Carter's national been making forays across the century-old British North America Act. Canadians. The House of Commons, to which The British North America Act has urban policy, is the last major piece of legislation in the package. Angolan border into Zaire, but Trudeau will submit the proposals, would remain the basic legislative body with the served as the country's fundamental law since 1867. It originally required all Mondale said it "The was to be submitted to Congress Tuesday. development bank is crucial to our joint efforts to bring jobs and private investment to cities, counties and communities." the extent of their activity was not known. expands to 14 states Canadian legislation to be approved by Katangan rebels invaded ST. LOUIS iAPi The American Medical Association prime minister and his cabinet as the Mondale told the annual convention of the U.S. Conference of Zaire's copper-rich Shaba Prov¬ — executive body. Basic changes are announced Monday the expansion to eight more states of a the British Parliament, but Canada Mayors. ince. formerly called Katanga, program designed to improve health care for jail inmates. The suggested for the Senate, and the nullified that provision in 1921, ten years Mondale said 1,800 large communities throughout the country last month and occupied the AM A program now includes 14 states. Supreme Court would be enlarged. before receiving autonomy within the will be eligible for assistance automatically under the program and city of Kolwezi. They were The eight states added are Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Also included are a charter of basic Commonwealth. 10.000 smaller communities will be eligible ' if they meet the test of driven out by French and Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. South Carolina and Texas. need, and work together to create an economic and Belgian parat oopers. More employment The District of Columbia also is included. base large enough to support the bank's projects." than 200 whites and about 600 The joined pilot programs already under The vice president said the administration hopes the program way, announced in blacks were reported killed. December 1975, in Michigan, Georgia. Indiana, will bring at least $16 billion in private investment to decaying A 2.000-person inter-African Maryland, Washington and Wisconsin. communities at a cost of less than $2 billion in federal outlays. peacekeeping force with troops Under the program, state medical societies work with local The Urbank will provide federal incentives in the form of loan from Morocco, Togo, Senegal, jails to see that they provide at least minimum health care for inmates. guarantees, interest rate subsidies and grants to encourage Ivory Coast, and the Central The standards include 82 separate items, such as the need for a businesses to develop in urban areas. African Empire is in Shaba now regular sick call, a physician on call at all times and the availability A key to the program is its inclusion of small as well as to help government soldiers in large of a properly-equipped examining room. cities. the event of another rebel at¬ The AMA's jail project is being funded by a grant from the Law "The bank can serve economic edsof all areas of our country," tack and calm the white com¬ Enforcement Assistance Administration of the U.S. Justice Mondale said. "The bank can serv i big city like Atlanta or a rural munity in the area. Department. Georgia county like Hancock. It i ild serve New York City and it Expatriate whites in the pro¬ The pilot program was the result of a 1972 AMA could serve a pocket of poverty survey "which a city like Houston." vincial capital of Lubumbashi disclosed a shocking lack of attention given to medical care in the fear another rebel attack, but nation's jails." the AMA said. *A£2n9K Jail trustee shot in escape attempt urn** BALTIMORE (AP) — A jail trustee was grabbed the guard's gun. struck him over shot and a guard injured Tuesday when a the head and shot the trustee serving as a prisoner being led to a courthouse lockup custodion. grobbed the guard's gun and opened fire He then vim in an apparent escape attempt, police grabbed the wounded trustee. James C. Williams, and held him L®lSSfc said. hostage * se for a short time before letting him go. But the prisoner could not be found *** after 100 rounds of tear gas were fired Less than one and one-half hours after into a tunnel leading to the basement of the incident started about 3:45 p.m.. Col. the downtown city court building. And no Simon Averra, the police district com¬ ;a«*t prisoners were reported missing. mander, said a headcount showed that to** Police said the unidentified inmate had all nine prisoners who were taken to the MUk just been sentenced and was being taken courthouse from a jail Tuesday had been e*u to the courthouse holding cell when he returned to the jail. uto* tttSG tam Jarvis broadens tax-limiting campaign WASHINGTON (AP) - Howard Jarvis. California's bludgeoning of property blunt-spoken architect of the California toxes. tax rebellion, thundered through Wash¬ They say, We're going to do the same ington on Tuesday in an effort to broaden thing. We've had it. We're mad as hell.' his campaign to restrain government Well, I'm going to help everybody I can in spending. those 40 states," he said. "We're not going to permit the people Jarvis had been making the rounds of to go broke while the government gets political Washington — meeting with the rich," he soid. "It's them or us, and we're House Democratic leadership and a for us." group of 11 Republican senators — and Jarvis said his immediate emphasis will be to aid tax insurgencies in 40 states Tuesday he made it clear that he'll play a role in evolving efforts to cut federal INVENTORY where citizens ore seeking to emulate spending. 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The documents to be presented to the board are the completed presidential job description, the preamble to the description and rating scale which have been drafted, amended and passed by the committee. The scale, the most recently-drafted document, will include not onl> an objective Brooks Pat the Republican pri- The two candidates for the U.S. House of Richard L. Covert. Lansing. examination of the evidence available on a candidate, but also areas where qualitative By ANNE MARIE BIONDO Sute News Suff Writer Representatives sixth district are incum judgments can be recorded. Five Democratic candidates for governor Eight Democrats will be on the primary bent Democrat Bob Carr, East Lansing, and •58th district: Democrats Rep. incum It is divided into six catagories, each of which has subdivisions delineating areas in will compete in the August 8 primary to run ballot seeking nomination for Griffin's U.S. Republican state Rep. Mike Conlin, Jack bent Tom Holcomb. Lansing; and Ingham which that particular catagory can be evaluated. Senate seat. County Commissioner Deborah Stabenow, The six areas include: against Gov. William G. Milliken, who is •Evaluation of the candidate in terms of understanding and commitment to the unopposed in the Republican primary. The Democratic candidates competing Democrats Lansing; and Republicans William Dewey. seeking the state Senate seat Nominees for the Democratic primary are University of Toledo law professor for the 24th district include incumbent state Lansing; and Michael Oesterly. Mason. land-grant tradition. include MSU criminal justice professor Warren I). Braev. Ann Arbor; state Sen. •Evaluation of the candidate in relation to the University's commitment to equal Sen. Earl E. Nelson, Lansing: Vera Mon Zolten Ferency, East Lansing; state Sen. Anthony Derezinski, Muskegon: former •59th district: Democrat incumbent Rep. opportunity and affirmative action and the ability to encourage fulfillment of university row, Lansing; Patricia Norfleet, East William Fitzgerald. Detroit; state Sen. Detroit City Council president Carl Levin; I.vnn Jondahl, East Lansing; and Republi policies. Lansing; and Larry Owen, East Lansing. James A. Pocock. Okemos. Patrick McCollough, Dearborn; lawyer and state Sen. John Otterbacher, Ann Arbor; can •Evaluation of the candidate's academic preparedness. Republican candidates for the state Senate •Evaluation of the candidate's administrative preparedness. former Michigan Public Service Commis¬ state Rep. Paul Rosenbaum, Battle Creek; seat are William A. Sederburg, East of the sion member William Ralls, Okemos; and former Congress member Richard Vander- According to the state election division •Evaluation of the candidate on fiscal and budgetary matters and i Lansing; and John D. Tellier, Lansing. no state wide proposals have been filed yet Oakland County Sheriff Johannes Spreen. Veen, Grand Rapids; former director of University. to lie on the primary ballot in August. •Evaluation of the candidate in a representational role for MSU. Lathrup Village. Michigan American Arbitration Associa¬ The state House of Representatives > work U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin, seeking a tion, Harry Payne, Detroit; and publisher of The board must approve these documents before the committee c primary contest includes: third six-year term in the Senate, will be Suburban Communications Corporation •57th district: incumbent Democrat Rep. and proceed with candidate interviews. the final Phil Power, Ann Arbor. David C. Holiister, Lansing: and Republican The committee also agreed they would all interview the candidates i opposed by Oakland County Prosecutor L. selection, but only one third of the committee would interview at a time. Students who have not yet registered to The subcommittees will be selected by the chairperson. Robert Barker, who will try the August 8 primaries have until vote in and maintain a balance between all segments of the University represented on the July in to do so. Insights into college life The East Lansing City Hall. 1410 Abbott, Barker also reported to the committee that a folder on each candidate, containing will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday applications and resumes with the names covered, are available to be reviewed only by committee members. through Friday. Gwen Norrell. vice chairperson, said the number of candidates is close to 200. Discussion of the candidates will be reserved for closed meetings only. Norrell said no The nature of the classes offered has also more open committee meetings will be scheduled unless a topic comes up that can be College Week project at MSU changed, she explained. For example, a course entitled "Food — discussed outside the committee. Your Political Concern," has been added to Classes, workshops highlight the Week's offerings because of community concerns stirred by State Politics of Food Conference held last April at Kellogg By MARY LUCILLE HOARD State News Staff Writer College Week continues today at MSU as shopping cen Kresge Art C Center. The class examines, among other things, food's role in world trade. MSU, as a land grant institution, is in an Foley cites U.S. commitment The Family Living Education Program nearly 1,500 Michigan residents, mainly staff includes many home economists, who advantageous position, Miller maintained, women, attended classes, demonstrations and workshops in Hubbard and Akers The conference began Monday. Hall. return from the community to campus to teach the courses. MSU professors, local professionals and representatives from since extension services are offered through the University. "County people have a real input into the to help alleviate world hunger The four-dav public conference, spon¬ private firms also teach. University — the kinds of questions they ask sored by the Family Living Education the professors are important. The people As a world leader in agricultural research, All instruction is on the volunteer basis. Program of the MSU Cooperative Extension gain, but they also give real world input to the United States has a commitment to help "Whatever your chosen "It's because the instructors are willing to the University. These people are not living Service and the College of Human Ecology, alleviate world hunger, U.S. Rep. Thomas field may be, you can and teach for free that we are able to do this," in ivory towers," she said. gives both men and women an opportunity said Wilma Miller. College Week coordina- S. Foley, D-Wash., told 6,831 graduates at should be proud that you to live and learn in the campus setting. spring term commencement exercises June Not only does the University gain are heirs of this heritage." 10 at Spartan Stadium. Participants registered for one to three feedback from the "real world" but 28 of the classes and attend each class for three days. Changes in the program. Miller said have 50 classes offered are designed for reteach "If the world's people are to be fed in the — U.S. Rep. Thomas S. Class topics vary from the art of food great in College Week's 50 year coming decades, a truly international Foley, D-Wash. histo program of agricultural development and preservation to personal skills to more polit.it Only three years ago. College Week for After taking the classes, participants assistance is vital," Foley said. Women became simply College Week so men share the information they gained with their Foley said the most important U.S. The Congress member cited figures Aside from classes, workshops, displays would attend and to avoid discrimination, own communities. Many of the College contribution to a coordinated effort would be ind expeditions to the Capitol, to area Miller said. Week participants are active in community showing how much "the world beyond our in the area of research. borders" depends on the U.S. for assistance. teaching and volunteering roles. He stressed the need for a coordinated "There is a need for more basic research, Miller said that many of the women who program between wealthier nations of the there is need to train foreign nationals as have participated have gained enough world to lift the hungry from their plight. agricultural researchers and there is need self confidence to develop more efficient mechanisms to out and accomplish today to go Summer starts things important to them. "The richer nations by their trade and aid programs should help poor countries devel¬ communicate applied technology to the farmer in the field," he said. "Our main purpose is to help people op policies to maximize their own agricultur¬ al production," Foley said. "Food, capital The legislator praised MSU's College of Today at 2:20 p.m. summer officially will get shorter until December 22 when develop their potentials so they can arrives in Michigan and the longest day of there will only be nine hours of daylight, effectively contribute to strengthen family and technology must be provided on a Agriculture and Natural Resources for its Miller said. Thomas Foley coordinated and continuous basis." progress in agricultural research. the year will provide 15 hours and 20 minutes of sunny daylight, hopefully. This afternoon, the sun reaches its To the graduating seniors, Foley said, However, classes also begin and MSU's northern-most point directly over the Tropic "Although you are the graduates of a summer term students might have to pass of Cancer, said astronomer Robert Victor of University which has made exceptional up some of the rays. After today the days MSU's Abrams Planetarium. Trustees to deal with selection, contributions in many fields of human knowledge and human progress, its origins were in agriculture." "Whatever your own chosen field may be, South Africa and handicappers you can and should be proud that you are "heirs of this heritage." he continued. A report from the presidential search and ..I this month :meeting Friday at 10 a.m. in action session for an architect to begin selection committee and presentation of the Board Ron>m on the fourth floor of the designing plans to make the Union Building, documents for approval will highlight Administratisi Building. the International Building and the MSU Museum accessible to handicappers. Police still Friday's meeting of the MSU Board of The Invest n lent Committee of the board Trustees. will also hear a report Thursday from the The 54-year-old Union is one of the most The report will climax the action session University Colmmittee on Academic Envi- onment concer ning South African holdings. heavily-used buildings by students on campus and its accessibility has long been seek missing The academic environment committee sought. , Acting ASMSU was asked by the board in March to establish guidelines for monitoring corpor¬ Plans prior to the architectural study call for the construction of an elevator shaft MSU woman ate withdrawal from South Africa. next to the present ticket office in the Union. Details surrounding last Wednesday's The board recommended the University State News Carol Sonenklar leader expects to prudently divest itself of holdings in The International Center and the Mu disappearance of an MSU staff person are slowly coming to the surface, but the companies that do not meet these guide¬ seum will also have work done that will Paul Crow, 11, lines by Dec. 1. Department of Public Safety and Grand provide accessibilty and correct serious fire Ledge Police are still searching. from Flint, prtc- tices his fielding during the sports 'easy summer' The investment committee meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday in the Board safety problems. The public comment session of the Marita Choquette. 27, an editorial assis¬ Room. tant at WKAR TV. disappeared from her elinie nt MSU on meeting will be held Thursday at 7:30 in 103 Grand Ledge apartment last Wednesday ASMSU will have few events planned in A and B of Kellogg Center. Tuesday. Boys Approval will also be sought at Friday's evening, said Officer Rick Risk of the Grand the coming weeks,' president protempore aged U through Ledge Police Department. Tricial Wilcox said Tuesday. 18 from all over Wilcox, a sophomore in Public Affairs Risk said Choquette was last seen about 8 Michigan have Wednesday taking out trash at her building evacuated p.m. come to partici¬ pate in baseball, Management, replaced Dan Jones for the summer while Jones attends classes in MSU apartment. Her car was found abandoned in the WKAR parking lot on Thursday London, England. football and swim¬ morning by the television employees. ming clinics. "There isn't that much that needs to be Police theorize that Choquette might after chemical explosion done," Wilcox said. "This is going to be an have returned to the station last Wednes¬ easy s day night or early Thursday morning and She said representatives of ASMSU left her car on the premises. Student Board will attend the Board of A small explosion occured inside £ lab r i refrigerator at the Chemistry Building She was reported missing Wednesday Trustees metting to protest the firing of Monday night. DPS officials said. Mary Pollock, director of the Women's night by her father. Henry Choquette, a minister from Fremont, Mich., when he Resource Center. Rodney Wilier, a research associate in chemistry, reported the explosion to DPS at could not contact her at her apartment. lbout 9:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and clean-up operations began when the Wilcox said Programming Board and Pop East Lansing Fire Department arrived. Employees at WKAR-TV said Choquette Entertainment have no definite plans for had not been to work since last Wednesday. the summer but both organizations are Chemicals were spilled on the floor and police officials suspected toxic gases may have planning events for the fall. escaped. Choquette joined the WKAR-TV staff two months ago. She was previously Wilcox said ASMSU is concerned with No one was injured in the explosion. DPS said they could not track down the cause of the explosion. employed at the MSU library. getting students involved in ASMSU activi- "There were about 30 or 40 bottles and vials of different chemicals within the Persons with any information as to her refrigerator when it exploded," Lt. Haywood Julian said. whereabouts should contact DPS or the "It was impossible to determine which chemicals might have causes it," he said. Grand Ledge Police Department. ®(pM@(n} for the cost of such a dangerous prank as Perrin's purge of Pollock ItUteirs they have committed. Gordon P. Thorsby 1050 Watersedge East Lansing a setback to AA and MSU Story unjustified that "backfired" regret or - all without a hint of apology. Had a faculty member or Story unethical administrator sought to conduct such "research on human subjects" to test So. you had a "brainchild." Well, I resent said. Perrin "just could not get that "The federal government has Your admitted "backfire" attempt at Now Mary Pollock, MSl"s di¬ student gullibility, these same editors, I the testing the naivity of MSU students with expenditure of public funds just to rector of women's programs and along" with Pollock. almost succeeded in doing the the mythical Phi Zeta Epsilon was one of trust, would have been rightfully indignant. satisfy the whims of the editor of the State Title IX coordinator, has been During her temporary appoint¬ impossible; it is turning the white, the poorest moves ever made by the State James H. Pickering News. Inspector James K. Belz worked "15 ment to the position — which Director, The Honors College to 20 hours" investigating the honor society purged — evidently on the sole Anglo-Saxon Protestant male into News. How can you justify using student fraud; the "Department of Public Safety discretion of one Robert Perrin. lasted a little less than a year — a minority." tax dollars on this type of juvenile journalism? In theory, the State News is and federal postal officials were hot on the vice president for University and she was outspokenly critical of An federal relations. Now MSU's MSU's failure to aggressively Perrin's statement that "it must operating to inform and protect the apology owed trail of Phi Zeta Epsilon." These investiga¬ tions wasted public time and money, just be emphasized that the action interests of students, not to test them. commitment to affirmative action, pursue affirmative action. She was It is hard to find a way to justify taking because the editor of the State News (dismissing Pollock) in no way In the four year experience at MSU, I wanted to experiment. This seems a highly both on a symbolic and substantive particularly distressed over what represents any lessening of the up the time and efforts of the individuals have sat and observed as the State News she saw as the University's inertia involved, the postal inspectors and DPS to unethical way to create a front-page story level, is up in the air. And now- has criticized and challenged actions and in meeting Title IX commitments. University's pledge to affirmative for one's newspaper. several questions need to be action and equal opportunity," public policies of many institutions. These Hopefully, such "experiments" in ques¬ institutions include the Janet Nelsen asked, and. we believe, several Title IX, a statute codified in University Greek 1737 Snyder need not be doubted, for it is this tionable journalistic practices will not be system, the MSU Band. DPS. ROTC. concrete steps taken to rectify this 1972 by the Department of Health. continued in the future. East Lansing Education and Welfare, forbids, very same lethargic and unener- Lansing Police, the NCAA Commission, dismaying set of circumstances. vating policy that Pollock spoke Tim Van Antwerp state national and international govern — Indeed, it is past time for the among other things, sex discrim¬ Michael Zimmer ment. It has "carried the torch" for the Letter Policy ~ f ination in athletics, and stipulates out against. Tom Leach University to undertake a compre¬ Ian McPherson mistreated and helpless. The recent misbehavior of General Man¬ hensive review of the way Perrin "equitable" treatment for men and No. the University's pledge will Dan Jones The Opinion Pago wolcoouI til lotion mi himself has handled his duties. athletes. Here at MSU, not he ager Gerald Coy with his "honorary udewpoints. Readers should folio* a few rule* women lessened; but the question wide disparities still exist between fraternity fraud" on the public now qualifies to insure that us many letters as peeeibb Perrin. whose scorn for affirma¬ remains as to whether it will ever the State News to join that crowd of appear in print tive action is well documented, the sexes in athletic programs, become more active — and ulti¬ "mugsters" the State News has always fired Pollock after she had refused funding, and facilities. mately realized. Story appalling' attacked. It has committed three acts of "All letters and viewpoints should be typed m ss-spote lines and tHple^pooed Letter* mi his request to quietly resign. fraud, damaged the reputation of honorary viewpoints must be signed end inetnds be* Unless MSU can demonstrate to If MSU's critics are correct, this The Frammolino-Stuart State News fraternities, and has been the subject of address, student, faculty or staff standing < Perrin has stated the reason the federal government real will not be accomplished solely by story of June 1 <" Honor Society' Plan Fails extensive investigation costing the taxpay eny-and phone number. So letter or eio* Pollock was dismissed was that to Fool Students"! is appalling on at least ers valuable money. she was not "producing the kind of progress in bridging these gaps by the the impetus of special interest two counts: (1) that State News editors The reason the State News is not being jKMnnOMt these items will be teusiderot effective dialogue and response rapidly approaching date of groups i who can be ignored), or by would seek to ridicule academic excellence prosecuted seems insufficient. The excuse Letters should be U lines or less and may b from the campus community that July 21, the University stands to the efforts of a single lower-level by equating it with "vanity;" and i2) that of an experiment seems hardly justifiable. edited for State Sews style and conciseness $ lose upwards of $30 million in administrator (who can be fired). having failed, would brush aside the As is prophesized, "No one is above the fit as many letters as possible on a page lasting progress requires. federal aid. Perrin would contend violation of three mail frauds statutes as law;" the State News is not either. They Viewpoints may be no longer than 71 KM "While there is no doubt as to Ultimately, MSU President Ed¬ "technicalities" of an "experiment" owe the public an Ond may also be edited. that much progress has been mere apology and restitution her commitment to equality of made, but Pollock disagrees. gar Harden is responsible for his opportunity to women, her con¬ employees. Perrin apparently dis¬ ception of her authority did not One of Perrin's main duties is to charged Pollock without Harden's agree with the type of professional oversee the University's affirma¬ knowledge, and the president — staff function assigned to the tive action programs, but he is on as well as the Board of Trustees, director of women's program posi¬ record as opposing such guide¬ which meet this week — should -- aw. tion, and the results were becom¬ lines. In a 1975 point of view now ask some tough and potential¬ ing counterproductive," he said. published in the Washington Post, ly embarrassing questions. Distilled into somewhat plainer Perrin made the startling asser¬ English, what Perrin appears to be tion that affirmative action is If, indeed, the University is the saying is that Pollock did not agree causingemplovment opportunities focal point of creativity (in its and was not following the Univer¬ for minorities to "diminish." Sta¬ broadest sense1 and progress (in sity's — Perrin's — prescribed tistical and practical evidence its broadest sense) — as one past method of dealing with Title IX renders this observation patently- MSU president maintained — then and other women's issues; or, as false. Undaunted by the facts, something positive must be done. sources close to the affair have Perrin stated in the same article Now. Sami lost, Langer won The six-month-long saga of the incarceration of Sami Esmail is finally over for those of us who have sat thousands of miles away and pontificated on the merits of his case — a three-judge Israeli court found Esmail guilty on June 7 of membership in the PLFP, an organization sworn to overthrow the state of Israel. Case closed. But for Esmail himself, it is just a beginning. Specifically, the begin¬ VIEWPOINT: DISARMAMENT nings of a nine-month jail term. Nine months in a jail cell for someone as will intelligent as Esmail undoubtedly mean nine months of contemplation. One Where to start stopping glaring issue that Esmail should By Ronald W. Weiss position to perhaps save somebody's head, In the first instance I had grabbed the contemplate is the wisdom of his Sami Fsmail Felicia Langer A good while back I was sitting and if not his life. I grabbed the pipe in pipe to keep a head from being split open; choice of Felicia Langer as defense reading a decent book when I overheard an mid-swing, whereupon the acquaintance ot however, if both men had been so armed The facts of the case concerning have usually been acquitted or argument in another room take on a more mine took full advantage of the new and I had grabbed only one of the two attorney. Esmail's trip to Libya are indis¬ been given suspended sentences belligerent tone. When the argument situation and proceeded to thump on my pipes, what assurance would there have Many opponents of Esmail be¬ because of the vagueness of the seemed well overheated, I went to see what friend. The fight was at last broken up been that the fully-armed belligerent came his opponent only after the putable. By his own admission he was going on and found one of the when a couple more guys arrived on the wouldn't have taken full advantage of his did go to Libya and he did actual threat to Israel. belligerents to be a friend of mine and the what was up. choice of Langer as an attorney scene to see much weaker opponent and split his head participate in some sort of para¬ other an acquaintance whose name I wasn't had been made. These people have Langer did not take into ac¬ That was a short story of little conse¬ open? In that case I, by grabbing just one sure of. They didn't seem to notice me, since pointed an accusing finger and military training — despite nine count, however, that none of the I was too peripheral to their present quence. Neither party was seriously hurt, pipe, might be to some degree responsible affadavits that he was in for which I take some credit in that 1 for the mayhem that followed. shouted "communist sympathizer" sworn prior cases had received anywhere concerns to warrant any distraction. Ohio at the time. Even his own near the international publicity grabbed the pipe from the one to even up As a third party to such a dispute the — a charge that says much to At any rate, I arrived just as push had the odds for the other. My friend, though at ideal, of course, would be to grab both brother, Basim, swore he was in that Esmail "enjoyed." Judges come to shove and matters seemed likely to firsi not at all happy that I had disarmed many but means nothing. pipes, or to do some fancy talking to both Ohio but Esmail, under oath, unfortunately are people too and erupt into actual violence, which indeed did him. nevertheless recognized my motives parties in the hope of a general disarma¬ Lawyers can sympathize with disputed his brother's contention, the only thing that Langer was happen when my acquaintance threw my and in time thanked me; that is when the ment. Certainly though, to direct one's whomever they chose — they friend the and onto the floor. have although he did downplay any able to do effectively was to box across room swelling in his face was no longer a effort to the disarmament of one party and My friend, uninjured but all the madder, presence but a memory. Still, my friend not another in a dispute is to take the great prerogatives too — but when a "terrorist" involvement while in the three into a corner where they reached into the him and said a few words on the subject not a long corner near chanqe that the party newly disarmed and lawyer subverts the client's best Libya. could do little else. The world was grabbed a foot-long piece of pipe that often while ago that caused me to consider what I weakened won't be overwhelmed by the interest in favor of creating an Langer, an obviously knowl¬ watching their moves and they served in lieu of a hammer when the would have done had the situation been guys very weapon he himself has put aside. "issue," everyone except the law¬ edgeable and accomplished law¬ acted accordingly. Esmail was on the floor needed one. He got up — and as I somewhat different. In effect, my friend Perhaps not, but it is an interesting saw it going to split the head of his asked me what I would have done had both yer and the "cause" loses out. Such was yer, proved during the trial that guilty — albeit not of much — but - thought. is the case with Langer and others who were charged with adversary. When, in fact, he was in the fighters been armed: whose pipe would I nonetheless guilty. A sentence had middle of his wind up. I found myself in the Weiss is have grabbed then? o senior mo/oring in Political Science Esmail. similar "crimes" against Israel to be given. Had international emotions not been stirred up by Langer's (false) accusations of DOONESBURY by Garry Trudeau torture and had people from all over the world not been asked to isurehope much of thatweaponry ALL THE OTHER fOt/PBREAL- hell, why not? who knouts was left behind when exert pressure on the Israeli EMEP6ERS6ET LiPLANNM t)€ imperialists fled bettbrthanvietnam the no judges, then the sentence would i HERB IN TIME 0N6IVINGAN awfol.destrucm capa¬ our country. but stare Wednesday. June 21 1978 probably have been lighter or even, - FOR MY SPEECH, ARMS SPEECH, bilities of technologi¬ will we ever use it? parts ? Editorials are the opinions of (he Sfole News ' VICTOR. THIS IS PHRED? cally advanced weapon absolutely not! and Viewpoints, columns and suspended. / letters ore personal opinions f A WORK OF LOVE. systems?, do you know why? ' But that would have been in the Editorial Department \ best interest of Esmail and not the L Smifi iftd.r. "cause." As it is the "cause" has Dave OiMartmo avidMtsialowsht Sports Editor Michael Klocke Kim Shanahan Layout Editor Deborah Heywood gained a marginal victory in that New Editor zhelle Chambers Copy Chief Kenneth E Parker many people have been exposed to Wire Editor Patricio loCroix Staff Representotiv the plight of the homeless Pales¬ Dan,el J Hilbert Photo Editor Kothy Kilbury tinians. But one cannot help but wonder if Langer would have been Advertising Department Advertising Manager Bob Shatter Ass,slonl Advertising Mortage. secretly elated over a nine-year Gma Span.olo sentence instead of the relatively mild nine-month one. I Michigan State News, Eos, Lansing, Michigan Wednesday j.y r j |