ASMSU Budget Passed

Merit Scholars vary on Honors program EDITOR’S NOTEs The last two tacked and supported a whole range of "This is due partly to poor instructors the least, very disappointed. The basic parts of this series contain a programs at MSU. They heartily con and partly to a built-in wrongheadedness idea, that of providing a background in "MSU did teach m e something important—that there number of the major, specific demned the University’s academic regula which sees education as a wholly predict MSU put more emphasis on carrying along tions and limitations on their freedom. complaints m ade by Merit Schol are other things more important than studying and able experience. Hence course syllabuses the works of their members rather than Some students suggested that those not ars, H ow ler, the series does not and the uniform multiple-choice exams presenting interesting and meaningful in theHonorsCollege could gain most of the g r a d e s .” for all sections." material to the students." attempt to present a completely same advantages by taking the University Other Scholars added, “UniversityCol- The most positive comment on the representative sample of what College waiver examinations. A number of lege Basics are often inadequate and/or University College came from the stu M erit Scholars think of MSU, the students even questioned the worth of manding political responsibility or genuine rather than a blanket-type invitation to all ridiculous." dent who said, "My experience with the having an Honors College at alL intellectual interest, grade points above a certain cut-off point. “ 1 think the University College should University College has left me, to say By LINDA GORTMAKER One student, who was graduated early —tend to avoid courses outside their An interview should be part of the selec be abandoned in favor of a variety of humanities and the sciences, isverygood; and with a 3.89 gradepoint, suggested, ‘The major and smaller and more-demanding - tion procedure, at the very least." courses in these fields. however, the subject matter and the gen Honors College, far from being the band STEVE GATES than-average courses in the interest of Although the ifterlt Scholars could not ‘T he average student could easily be eral handling of the courses are poor." of happy adventurers on the way to State News Staff Writers maintaining a smug grade point average, agree on virtually anything, the MSU pro come academically alienated if forced to The math department was criticized insight and mutual growth, appears to be and gram which drew the most negative re take three terms of ATL. One term was by one student who complained that "the a band of academic goodies who: MSU’s Honors College was defended by —are often banal, uninteresting, self- sponses was the University College. more than enough for m e." department policy of assigning profes —are none too bright, participating National Merit Scholars, but infatuated bores. For example, one student suggested Natural science and social science in sors, the day before classes, then not --love mutually congratulatory or "safe resented by those not in the college, a re The same student suggests that "a pos ‘The Basic College courses were de particular drew severe criticisms. permitting section changes, is no sub organizations, ’' like dorm government, or cent survey of the scholars showed. sible solution would be to make admission scribed as a polymath’s paradise; in ac “Nat. Sci. is a perversion to anyone stitute for a good department. It just turns non-involvement better than those de- In a response to a State News question into the Honors College the result of tuality, most of them seem to range from who knows anything about science or the whole business into Russian roulette." naire, 115 Merit Scholars praised, at- applications from interested students mediocre to bad.’’ math. This holds for most of the year’s However, not all of the complaints were work, and the books and the untruths negative, particularly concerning what some things just grossly misleading over MSU had taught students outside of the simplifications in them in particular." classroom. Many of the Merit Scholars Thursday Social Science texts "are undoubtedly expressed sentiments similar to the coed the greatest miscarriages of academic who suggested, "so MSU is a success aft achievement I have ever encountered, I er all, as far as I’m concerned. It didn't MICHIGAN can only conclude that some departments at (please turn to back page) STATE > < f n i l ---- n--Mr ___T J — i imI UNIVERSITY TAT MEWS Vol. 60 Number 102 East Lansing, Michigan January 11, 1968 10c H4» 1 CUT BY $20,000 ASMSU budget passed sibility of a student book store. The having one ASMSU secretary instead of A motion made by Harv Dzodln, Junior By DAN BRANDON request of $14,000 was cut to zero, doing two. member-at-large, to have an ASMSU State News Staff W riter away with that project for the present. Other cuts were in Freshman Orienta forum in each of the five complexes Other important projects which were tion, $1,000 to $250; College Bowl, $100 this term was also passed. The Associated Students of MSU trimmed are Winds of Change symposium to $35; External Public Relations, $350 Jane Lau was introduced to the board (ASMSU) 1968 budget was passed by the which was allocated $500 Instead of the to zero; Off Campus Council, $1,826 as the new Pan Hellenic representative. student board Tuesday night after being requested $1,500, and the elections fund to $1,346; Senior Class Council, $1,735 She replaces Shari Marski. cut by about $20,000 from the original which dropped from $1,000 to $400. to $515 and Student Leadership Work Miss Lau was appointed to co-chair the Fee draws crowd- budget request. Pop Entertainment evaluation committee Hopkins said that the $400 would only shop, $2,000 to $750. Fee Hal dorm residents try studying despite crowded conditions. The budget totals $48,000 as opposed to and was also named to fill a vacancy finance two referendums for the year, This leaves a budget surplus of $2,102.86 State News photo by Jim Mead the nearly $70,000 requested by the board because each referendum costs about $200. to cover unexpected expenses. on the policy committee. fall term. Board members say the cuts If additional elections are petitioned for, An estimated ASMSU debt for 1967 were forced after the proposed tax in the money will have to come out of the was put at $1,500. crease from 50 cents to 75 cents was general fund, Hopkins said. "W e will get a few complaints about defeated in a student referendum. the cuts, but we have tried to maintain The 50 cent tax results in an estimated Great Issues lecture series was slashed as many programs and services as pos $45,000 income for the year which when from $4,500 to zero, and will be put on Barnard can give no reason sible for the good of all the students," a self-liquidating basis. Admission will added to an expected $3,000 for student Hopkins said. government services, gives the $48,000 be charged to Great Issues programs in In other action, the board indicated ten an effort to break even, with no attempt figure, tatively that they would be willing to com Greg Hopkins, ASMSU chairman, said at making a profit. mit $150 to a joint price study to be Wednesday that he was satisfied with the U.S. transplant failures Other large cuts came in the area of conducted with the East Lansing Chamber budget. "O ther than being disappointed of Commerce. with the failure to get a tax increase, I expenses which were lowered by about CAPE TOWN, South Africa if) — Dr. tant. The feeling now is that it was not referring specifically to the case of Block. think the budget is as fair as could be $7,000 from the original request. Labor A motion was passed to set up a com Christiaan N, Barnard said Wednesday he Important, he said. Barnard said he has cabled Dr. Nor done,” Hopkins said. which consists mainly of the secretarial mittee consisting of the chairman, the can give no reason at this stage why the Barnard said if Blaiberg should die be man E. Shumway, who performed the The largest single cut came from the staff suffered the most, being cut by cabinet president and the comptroller to three human heart transplants in the Uni cause of something that could have been world's fourth human heart transplant in request for the Bookstore research proj about $3,000. determine a definite process for selecting ted States have all encountered early post prevented, the South African program Palo Alto, Calif., to ask if he stim ect which was to investigate the pos According to Hopkins, this will mean the next comptroller. operative difficulty while both of his trans will go ahead. But if death were due to an ulated the heart electrically and If he plants made good initial progress. used certain drugs. Asked about criticism of him by Dr. Two transplant recipients in the United See related story page 3. J . C. Callaghan of Edmonton, Alta., States died within hours and the third Barnard smiled. was in critical condition four days after unknown factor and " if we hit our heads “ I’ve heard of Edmonton. I’ve never his operation. against a wall, we will have to stop and heard of Dr. Callaghan." Then he added: prices; think," he said.

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