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UNIVERSITY OF MnlNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, UnmESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE~ (612) 373-5193 JANUARY 4, 1979
UNIVERSITY OF ~1INNESOTA, TlfIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Jan. 7-13, 1979
Sun., Jan. 7---St. Paul Student Center: French poster show, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-IO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Jan. 31. Free.
Sun., Jan. 7--Jaques Gallery: "Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.~ 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through ffarch 18. Free.
Sun., Jan. 7---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, throug~ Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free.
Sun., Jan. 7--University Film Society: ;'Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (original 1956 version). Bell ~wseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9 p.m. $1.75.
Sun., Jan. 7---Film: ':Saturday Night Fever. ,; Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2, students $1.50.
Mon., Jan. 8---Goldstein Gallery: ';Village Arts: Traditional Folk Crafts of !'!exico. n McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through Jan. 19. Free.
Mon., Jan. 8---Coffman Gallery: Batik exhibit by Bob H. Miller, Gallery I, through Jan. 12; photography by Will Agar, Gallery II, through Jan. 18. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hon.-Frio Free.
Tues., Jan. 9---Film: "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed. II Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 12:15 and 7:30 p.m. Free.
Wed., Jan. 10---University Film Society: rSlave of Lov~i(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
Thurs., Jan. ll--University Film Society: "Slave of Love" (U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
Frio, Jan. l2---Film: :~The Turning Point. II Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2, s~udents $1.50. Frio, Jan. l2---University Film Society: "Slave of Love"(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
Fri., Jan. l2---lVhole Coffeehouse: Reginald Buckner and other jazz artists. Coffman Union. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. $3. Tickets on sale at the door, Wax Museums and HSA TOO.
l Sat., Jan. 13---Film: ';The Turning Point. : Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Sat., Jan. l3---University Film Society: ilSlave of Lovell(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
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!tEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRANG~!-OL-<6l2) 373-7510
MEMO TO NEWS PEOPLE
The University of 11innesota Board of Regents will decide at its nonthly meeting next week whether the University will sell $14 million in stock it holds in American corporations that do business in South Africa. The investments will be discussed during a special meeting of the committee of the whole at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 11) in the regents' room, 238 Morrill Hall. President C. Peter Magrath will make his recommendation at that time. The Univer sity committee on social responsibility in investments has recommended divestiture after the companies have been given reasonable time to withdraw from South Africa. t~grath will also present the administration's recommendation for using Glen sheen, the 7.6 acre Duluth estate left to the University by the late Elisabeth Congdon. Glensheen will be discussed at the regular meeting of the committee of the whole at 8:30 a.m. Friday (Jan. 12) in the regents' room. At that same committee meeting, regents will meet with representatives from the Indian Affairs Intertribal Board who wish to discuss their concerns about Indian students at the University. Other topics to be discussed during the two days of meetings include a proposed policy on educational access and opportunity, a report on the activities of the University of J1innesota Foundation, and a discussion of the proposed vocational technical education building for the St. Paul campus. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Educational policy and long-range planning committee, 1:15 p.m. Thursday, regents' room; Student concerns committee, 1:15 p.m., 300 Morrill Hall; Faculty and staff affairs committee, 3:15 p.m. ,regents' room; Physical plant and investments committee, 3:15 p.m., 300 Morrill Hall; Committee of the whole, 8:30 a.m. Friday, regents' room; and Full board meeting, 10:30 a.m. Friday, regents' room.
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY PROGRAl1 RECEIVES GRANT MOUEY
(FOR II~lliDIATE P~LEASE)
Project OPTI~rrn1, a support and education program for pregnant teenagers, has received grants totaling $34,000 from the Uinneapolis and Hennepin County Community
Health Services to carry it into its second year.
OPTn~s which stands for Outreach for Pregnant Teens in Minneapolia-University of 11innesotas is a service of the University's Childbearing/Chi1drearing Center. Last year, 135 pregnant school-aged girls participated in 18 programs on early and late pregnancy and parenting free of charge at various neighborhood sites in the
Metropolitan area.
The grants and matching University funds will allow the Center to sponsor some
25 programs during the coming year, said OPTIMUM Director Sister }1ary rieyer. Six programs are planned to begin at the end of January. For information on times and places call the Center at 373-8710 or 373-8609.
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NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK. (612) 373-7515
LOCAL JAZZ ARTISTS TO PUSENT 'WHOLB' BENEFIT
(FOR DtKBDI4TE RlLIASE)
Lo~al jazz artists Reginald Buckner. Irv lli11i88l8, Frank Wharton, and Gene
Ad....aad c:oa1stence wil! present a benefit concert for the Whole Coffeehouse at
2,tUi q ,UD1,.ets:l.cy oflUDneaota, TwiDCit1ea, at 7:30 p.m. Friday (Jan. 12).
A $3 donation will be collected at the door of the coffeehouse 1n the basement
of Coffaal1 Un,ion. Proceeels 11111 go to the. Whole program.
Buckner, a pianist, is a faculty,lII8IIlber at the University.
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Feature story from the (FOR n1HEDIATE RELEASE) University of 'Tinnesota i1ews Service, S-63 110rrill Rall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 January la, 1979 SOME GIRLS STL.RVE FOR FEAR OF GETTIiJG FAT By William Hoffman University News Service More people every year starve themselves because they think they are getting fat. These people suffer from a disease called anorexia n~rvosa. Anorexia means nloss of appetite," but it is a misnomer because anorexics suppress their appetites rather than lose them. tiore cases of anorexia nervosa are reported every year, according to Elke Eckert, assistant professor of psychiatry at Uuiversity of Minnesota Hospitals. She expects the number of reported cases to climb even higher as more doctors become aware of the clinical symptoms of the disease. Anorexia nervosa is among the more mysterious psychological diseases. The first case to appear in medical literature was recorded nearly 300 years ago, yet doctors still don't know exactly what causes it. But its symptoms are familiar to the staff of the University of Uinnesota anorexia treatment center, one of several such facilities in the country. Anorexics are preoccupied with food and diet. Usually they are not overweight, but they are deathly afraid of getting fat·--so afraid that they eat foods with littlt nutritional value or stop eating altogether. Some anorexics gorge themselves and then induce vomiting. Others exercise excessively or use laxatives or diuretics. In time they become severaly emaciated, and without treatment they may die. Some anorexics die despite treatment, and some who are diagnosed early and treated over many years never resume normal lives, Eckert said. ~fany anorexics think they are actually becoming fatter when they are starving themselves~ the thinner they grow, the fatter they think they are, and the more resistant they are to treatment. Some of them love to cook but hate to eat. Some are so preoccupied with food that they steal and hoard it but don't eat it. Another paradox of the disease is that its victims seem to have a lot going for them. ~iost are teenage girls from upper middle and upper class homes, and many are excellent students and are physically attractive. Only a small percentage of anorexics are male, and according to Eckert there has never been a reported case of a black anorexic. "These girls are overachievers. They want to be perfect. They look very young and many are very attractive and bright,fI Eckert said. 'But for some reason they (MORE) ANOREXIA NERVOSA -2- cannot conform and instead regress to puberty, both physically and psychologically. They begin to look even younger." Anorexics are "afraid of growing up'" but at the same time "show a need for attention and independence, a need to gain control of their lives, \" she said. They sense that society and, particularly, their parents interfere with their freedom and their struggle for self-identity, yet they may behave obediently and feel obligated toward their parents. They see society praising slenderness, and in becoming slender they feel they have demonstrated self-control and earned society's praise. "There is a lot of denial in these girls, a lot of stubbornness and rebellion. About 60 percent of them are obsessive-compulsive types. They see themselves as responsible only to other people, and they can't do things on their owo. They see themselves as pawns of others," Eckert said. Most anorexics begin by dieting. After dieting awhile they find that eating and gaining weight produces fear and anxiety about food. In some anorexics a food phobia develops. Others will eat food but immediately throw it up. Some victims become so emaciated that they require medical attention. althou~h they may not think they do. Neither is getting a victim's parents to accept that fact always easy, Eckert said, and in some cases the victim is referred to a doctor by a teacher. The anorexia treatment center gets referra'.s from allover the country and
admits about 15 to 20 new patients to the program each year g Eckert said. Psychotherapy is one of the techniques used in treating anorexic patients. Its objective, Eckert said, is to bring the patient to terms with her past and then reduce anxiety and eventually remove the phobia. "For example, in treating persons who are afraid of dogs, you first get thern to picture a dog and put them at ease with the mental image." Once anxiety is reduced the irrational fear can be removed gradually. But a food phobia takes a long time to cure, and psychotherapy is of little value if the patient is too emaciated. "You can't use psychotherapy on a patient
,,,ho is about to die, Il she said. So at the early treatment stage "lifesaving maneuvers': such as tube feeding are sometimes needed, although Eckert said she has had success with just a firm warning that tube feeding is the consequence of a patient's not eating. Behavior modification is another short-term measure used to restore patients' lost weight. Through a system of rewards for eating, patients are con~itioned to accept food and resume normal eating patterns. But the method has hazards, for some patients may feel they have been tricked into eating and react strongly. (MORE) ANOREXIA NERVOSA -3- The problems of anorexics often begin at home. Eckert noted that a strong mother-daughter dependency is common in the families of anorexics, as are bouts with depression and underlying conflicts among the members of such families. Family problems may be hidden and often include parents' reluctance to allow their daughter greater independence and responsibility as she matures. The mortality rate among anorexics is between 5 and 15 percent. About a third of them have a single episode and recover with or without treatment in three to five years, Eckert said. Another third are chronic sufferers who have recurring bouts with the disease for 10 to 15 years or more. Once the patient's weight is brought back to normal, the delusion of being fat is often removed, she added, but anorexics who consistently see their bodies as larger than they really are become chronically ill. For them the outlook is dismal. In a recent study the University's team, along with researchers from the Universities of Iowa and Chica~o, found that behavior modification and medication were not effective forms of treatment overall, although they were useful in individual cases. Effective long-range treatment ~dll have to await better understanding of the causes of the disease. ilA lot has been written about anorexia but there have been few systematic, controlled studies," Eckert said. Right now some researchers are studying the physiological effects of anorexia, such as the role of the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates appetite. Others are investigating the endocrine or hormonal imbalance that causes menstruation to cease in many anorexics. But why do an increasing number of young women withdraw into their own bodies and choose the road to starvation in the first place? Hilde Bruch, whose most recent book,"The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa:'was published last year, believes that part of the blame for the increase ir. anorexia rests with the women's liberation movement for the pressure it has put on women to be independent, Eckert said. "I think that the social preoccupation with food and diet may have something to do with it. Anorexia may be a form of fighting the obesity in our culture," she said. Eckert contends that more public and medical education on anorexia is badly needed. "~en she was in medical school she had never heard of anorexia, "and that wasn't very long ago. Lots of general practitioners still don't know about it. 1I -tJNS- UNIVERSITY OF l1nmESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 HORRIll HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOlIS, UINNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 JANUARY 11, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF lUNNESOTA, TWIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Jan. 14-20, 1979 Sun., Jan. 14---St. Paul Student Center: Photographs by Don Riggott, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Jan. 31. Free.
Sun., Jan. l4---Jagues Gallery: "Earth Imagery'l by Richard Smith. Bell Huseum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Hon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through Uarch 18. Free. Sun., Jan. 14--University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, through Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Jan. l4---University Film Society: "Slave of lovell (U .5.S.R., 1975). Bell fluseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. Sun., Jan. l4---Fi1m: liThe Turning Point." Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2, students $1.50. }Ion., Jan. 15---Goldstein Gallery: "Village Arts: Traditional Folk Crafts of Nexico." McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Hon.-Frio Through Jan. 19. Free. Mon., Jan. 15---Coffman Gallery: Photography by lnll Agar, Gallery II, through Jan. 18. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Mon., Jan. l5---University Film Society: "Slave of Love'.' (U.S. S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. Tues., Jan. 16---Dance Performance and Demonstration: Charles Moulton. Theater lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3:15 p.m. Free. Tues., Jan. l6---University Film Society: "Slave of love" (U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
Wed., Jan. 17---Concert: Powdermilk Biscuit Band. North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. 8 p.m. $6.50, students $5. Tickets on sale at 105 Student Center and at the door.
Wed., Jan. 17---Music Faculty P~ita1: David Baldwin and Nancy Lancaster. Scott Hall aud. 8 p.m. Free. Wed., Jan. l7---University Film Society: "Slave of Love" (U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell riuseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50.
Thurs., Jan. l8---Film: "In Search of a Call from Space. Ii North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. Noon. Free.
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Thurs., Jan. lO--University Film Society: r:Slave of Love" (U.S.S.R.~ 1975). Bell riuseum of natural History aud. 7~30 and 9~15 p.m. $2.50.
Fri., Jan. 19---Film: ';The Silver Streak. r: iJorth Star' Ballroom 9 St. Paul Student Center. 7~30 and 9~30 p.m. $1.50, students $1.
Fri., Jan. 19---Film~ "Short Eyes,i: 7~30 and 9:45 p.m.; t:The Hills Have Eyes;: midnight. Theater-lecture l~ll, Coffman Union. $2~ students $1.50.
Frio ~ Jan. 19---University Film Society~ "1)ona Flor and Her Two Husbands." Bell rluseum of 1~tura1 History aud. 1:30 and 9~30 p.m. $2.25.
Sat., Jan. 20---Fi1m~ "The Silver Streak.:; Horth Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. 7~30 and 9:30 p.m. $1.50, students $1.
Sat., Jan. 20---Film; . "Short Eyes," 7;30 and 9:45 p.m.; "The Hills Have Eyes,':
midnight. Theater-lecture hal1 9 Coffman Union. $2, students $1.50.
Sat., Jan. 20---Univer~:f.ty Filo Society: liDona Flor and Her Two Husbands.> Bell lluseum of lJatural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25.
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~mws PEOPLE: For further information contact ELIZABETII PET~1GELO, (612) 373-7510
U OF r1 REGENTS VOTE TO RETAIN SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTHENTS (FOR n~mDIATE RELEASE) The University of Minnesota Board of Regents today (Thursday) voted not to sell $22 million in stocks and bonds it holds in American companies that do business in South Africa, and instead approved a resolution to pursue proxy issues relating to human rights in those companies. Regent David Lebedoff's motion to Hdivest in a prudent manner. but as rapidly as possible, ,; was defeated on a 7-to-4 vote at a special meeting of the connnittee of the whole, with Regents Lebedoff, Uary Schertler, l-lenda Hoore and Uichael Unger voting for the motion. Regent Lloyd Peterson was not present. TOday's action is subject to full board approval. After the defeat of the Lebedoff motion, the regents voted unanimously in favor of a proposal by President C. Peter Magrath that the University: '~Actively pursue proxy issues relatin8 to human rights in South Africa in those corporations in which the University has investments~ "Reinforce the University's position as a responsible, informed and active shareholder; and "Work actively on the follow-up and implementation of the Sullivan principles, and continue to provide leadership in this arena to other universities and institutions. I! (The Sullivan principles, drafted by Baptist minister Leon H. Sullivan, urge the elimination of segregation in work areas~ equality in employment, pay, hiring, training and promotion; and the improvement of employees' quality of life. Since }mrch of 1977, shareholder resolutions to adopt these principles have been presented at stockholders' meetings of many companies doing business in South Africa.) Before the votes were taken, the regents heard presentations from 12 individuals, most recommending divestiture. Lansine Kaba, history professor at the University and an African, said that Sullivan, in drafting his principles, "has not perceived the South African system in the most correct perspective. The Sullivan principles will not change apartheid." Kaba said that through its investments in South Africa, the University is i'participating in the repression of South African blacks." (MORE) REGENTS -2- In making his motion, Lebedoff proposed that the University ask for a declaratory judgment from the courts to determine the legality of divestiture. (lThe possibility for peaceful change and granting of rights to black individuals does not exist under the current government," he said. "The ar~ument has been that the presence of American corporations in South Africa raises the standard of living for their employees, and is a road to freedom. 'There is no road to freedom in South Africa. The Sullivan principles will do nothing to make those slaves more than slaves. ever," he said. A legal opinion submitted by David Brink of Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney and Halladay stated that divestiture of investment based on political or social considerations would be fiscally irresponsible and could lay the regents open to suit, either as individuals or as a board. Lebedoff argued that Brink's opinion was not necessarily the only one possible. tllt is by no means a unanimous view, i; he said. Board chairman Moore said the investments in question could be disposed of on the basis of their value as healthy investments. liMy conclusion is that South Africa is a poor investment,1i she said. "The country is a powder keg waiting for a match, (; she said, adding that in the event of civil war or collapse of the current government, the capital investments held by American corporations in South Africa could be nationalized or destroyed outright. In a statement he read to the board, Magrath said that IlUniversity investments in American corporations doing business in South Africa do not constitute an endorse ment of the government policies of that country any more than our investments in American corporations conducting business in many other nations around the world imply an endorsement of those governments. ;'There is little, if any, evidence that divestiture of University holdings t-JOuld lead to any other outcome than stmply having those stocks purchased by other investors either here or abroad," he said. Magrath said that the Sullivan principles are llaimed at compelling American corporations to conduct their business activities in South Africa in such a way as to recognize basic human rights. HAlthough the results of his (Sullivan's) now well-organized campaign are still mixed, there seems to be some evidence that the Sullivan principles are making an impact,If l1agrath said. After his recommendation was adopted, Magrath agreed to report to the board in six months on the progress of the companies in which the University holds stock in implementing the Sullivan principles. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl,lO;CO,1;DOsl:Ell,15) UNIVERS lTY OF UINNESOTA lTiEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. I1INNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 12, 1979
NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRANGELO, (612) 373-7510 UTZ, LEE TO LEAVE U OF H BOARD OF REGENTS
(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)
University of Minnesota Regents L.J. Lee and David Utz will not seek re-election
to the Board of Regents when their terms expire.
Lee and Utz made their announcements at the close of the monthly board meeting today (Friday).
Although Lee, a former legislator from Bagley, gave no specific reason for his decision, Utz, a Rochester physician, cited as his reasons for not seeking another term the demands of his medical practice, and his administrative responsibilities at the Mayo Clinic and his desire to spend more time with his family.
Both men were appointed to six-year terms on the board by former Gov. Wendell
Anderson in 1973. Prior to that appointment, Lee had been serving the last several months of the position left vacant by the death of Hallock attorney Lyman A. Brink.
The 1979 Legislature will fill four slots on the board sometime during the curren! session. Besides the seats left vacant by Utz and Lee, the terms of ~~ry Schertler,
St. Paul, and Lauris Krenik, Madison Lake, expire this session. All will serve until replaced by the Legislature.
During regular board business, the regents heard a proposal from President C.
Peter Magrath that Glensheen, the 7.6-acre Duluth estate left to the University by the family of the late Elisabeth Congdon, be used as a museum and a site for public tours for a three-year trial period.
Magrath told the board that at least $300,000 from private sources will have to be raised to ready the 39-room mansion for operation by summer. "Because this property already is accumulating a substantial deficit, we should place a time limit (MOU) ------
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of no more than 90 days on our efforts to secure the required funding, ", Magrath said
in a letter presented to the board.
By June of this year, about $150,000 will have been spent in maintaining the
building. This money, according to Donald Brown, vice president for finance, is
considered a loan, and will be paid back from the building's income. Magrath stated
the University would not seek state money for either operation of or capital improve
ments to Glensheen.
A consultant's report presented to the regents in November had recommended using
the property as an overnight conference center as well as a tourist attraction.
Magrath, however, suggested that the regents reject the conference center plan because of high operating costs and because frequent tours through the building would be likely to disturb conference participants.
If the museum-tour proposal does not work, Magrath said his second and third choices would be to sell the property outright or to sell its contents and some of the land and make the building an apartment or condominium complex to be used as an investment.
illn terms of our mission, why should we be running a museum for public tours?')
Regent ~1ary Schertler asked 11agrath.
"1 would not regard the operation of Glensheen as a main-line activity of the
University, and it is for that reason that we will not ask for state money," Uagrath said. "But we are also a public service institution," he said, adding that a possible future addition of art works to the valuable pieces already in the building could enhance Glensheen's attractiveness as a museum.
The regents are expected to make a decision on uses for the building at their February meeting.
The regents also were presented a ')position paper" by members of the Hinnesota
Indian Affairs Intertribal Board in which they were asked to I'fundamentally change the manner in which educational policy for American Indian people•••is developed••• and the manner in which academic supportive services are delivered for American Indian students." (MORE) -- - _._._------,
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Donald Gurnoe, executive director of the board~ said that the attrition rate of
American Indian students at the University has reached !la crisis level-H
!iThe tribal government feels a lot of money is being invested in education with
very little product," he said.
Gurnoe asked that a committee of regents be set up to discuss problems of Indian
students and that an Indian advisory board be set up on each campus.
Regent Erwin Goldfine of Duluth suggested that some of the problem may lie in the
failure of high schools and elementary schools to produce Indian students capable of
succeeding in higher education.
Ruth Meyer, one of the members of the Intertribal Board, said that higher
education institutions must take some of the responsibility, since "higher education
has been educating the teachers, the counselors, the superintendents and some of the
school board members. 1i
l!This board cannot turn to the public schools to place the blame, I. said regents'
chairman Wenda Uoore. 'lWe have not been doing the job.!l
The resolutions proposed by the Intertribal Board will be voted on at the
February meeting.
In other action, the regents approved the appointment of Jeanne T. Lupton,
8880ciate to the president, as dean of the General ~llege. Lupton's appointment
becomes effective in March at a salary of $43,000.
The board also voted to approve the recommendation of the committee of the whole
that $22 million in investments in American companies doing business in South Africa
be retained and that human rights proxy issues be pursued with these companies.
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NEHS SERVICE 7 S-68 HOPJtILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. l1INUEAPOLIS, UIHNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 12, 1979
}ffiWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETII PETRANGELO, (612) 373-7510 MAGRATH AIDE NAMED GENERAL COLLEGE DEAN
(FOR nmEDIATE RELEASE)
Jeanne T. Lupton was named dean of the General College at the University of tfinnesota today (Friday) by the Board of Regents at their monthly meeting.
Lupton, 55, is currently associate to President C. Peter rfa~rath, a post she has
held since September 1974. The appointment, at a salary of $43,000, is effective in l-1arch.
She succeeds Richard P. Bailey, ~mo died in December 1977.
Lupton has been at the University since 1960, when she joined the staff of the
General College as an assistant professor for the division of social studies. She
served as acting head of the division during 1961 and 1962 and became assistant to the
dean of the College of Biological Sciences (CBS) in 1966.
From 1972 until 1974~ she was director of student services for CBS. 11agrath
hired her as his assistant when be became president in 1974.
In accepting the appointment, Lupton told the regents she would work to increase
the visibility of General College, an open-enrollment college that has about 2,700
students.
"Few people know much about it, not much attention is paid to the endeavors of it"
faculty, and I plan to make every effort to increase that kind of awareness," she said.
Lupton holds a bachelor of science degree in social studies, a master of arts degree in American history and a doctor of philosophy degree in American history and
political science, all from the University of Minnesota.
She is a former member of the faculty at 11ankato State University, and has also
taught at Chaska High School.
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NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515
ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL TO LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY
(FOR H-ll,mi>IATE RELEASE)
Bertram S. Brown, assistant surgeon general for the U.S. Public Health
Service, will deliver a public lecture at the University of Minnesota at 1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, in Mayo auditorium.
'The Uses and Abuses of Psychiatry in International Perspective': will be the
topic for the talk by Brown, who was director of the National Institute of Mental
Health from 1970 to 1978 and has served on the President's Commission on the
Causes and Prevention of Violence.
There will be no admission charge for the lecture sponsored by the West Bank
Union Public Affairs Program in conjunction with the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs.
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(AO,3,22,23;Bl) UNIVERSITY OF MINl~ESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL lOO CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515
BILL EVAliS TRIO TO PERFORl1 AT 'u' (FOR IMl1EDIATE RELEASE)
Internationally known jazz pianist Bill Evans and his trio will be featured guest artists for an IiEvening of Jazz" Monday, Jan. 29, in Northrop Auditorium at the
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
The evening will begin at 8 and is op~ to the public with no admission charge. The Evans trio will present the first half of the concert and will join the University of Minnesota principal jazz ensemble for the second half. Frank Bencriscutto, University bands director, is the director of the University ensemble.
In 1958 Evans won the :JDown Beatrt International Jazz Critics Poll in the new star piano division. Since then he has won the poll five times. His albums have won five Grammies in the categories: Best Instrumental Jazz Performer, BestJazz PerfoDmance by a group and Best Jazz Performance by a soloist. He has been acclaimed as "the most honored, most influential and least stereotyped practitioner of his art to emerge in the last 20 years."
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(AO,2,29;Bl;CO,2) mllVERSITY OF MIUNESOTA NEW' SERVICE. S-68 MOR:RILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST .S.B.. ' MINNEAPOLIS .. MIlmsou. 55455 JAtIDAllY 16. 1979
NmlS PEOPLE: For further infomation contact JUDy VICK.:, (612) 373-7515
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"~ll"l.y•. 1I\clude.theJW1lb'e~. f'Who Can I Turn To,n uA Wond_erful Day Like '. Tad.y:' ,tThtQgsto _ember" and 15 additional songs.' S~a fr~ .. aar"t.:~ ••tu4knt Michigan. directs th. student ,cast. ,··IePbaQ....', , ', , " -, .' ,- - .. - .. _. \ .. .-, . .. "', - . -', ~d1nBr.ole.will be p1aYecl,by'Riebard Maxwell. also a graduate student from ,~{a.. "'Sir," and Ken;1U.scb, a graduate student from NatdtowOc, Wis.. as Cocky.
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at3 ~.1ll•• thr9U8hJI'eb.ll. .AdmissiOl1 is $4 for tbe general public and $3 for .t\i4_t••anct·· 8C1t()r·eit~lle... 1':l.cltets are on sale at Barig C.ter, Daytoti's and'I)c)1l.1dsc:m"~
-UNS- UNIVERSITY OF !fINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.B. MINNEAPOLIS, MDlDSarA.S5455 JANUARY 18~ 1979 ' ,. 'c •
NEWS PBOPLB: For further info~ation contact JUDY VIel, (612) 373-7515 "0" ~.,~C'1'I. INDUtm.'HPJS1'I,,4L (J'OlI1fl$J}1A'rI "lIaASl)
·~iV41Ir.:lty of 0 m...,ota Th8atre'8 production of Maxim Gorki' 8. "Lower .. ·~;i~~;~~{j~f': ".ti9): at tlie Xarall&11 Perform1Dg .:;.;"' ,... : . . : , fal,l·lP. eonj!o*'!l¢t1.oniwltht:1lt. ttdu. 'C1.ties aussianarts festival. The.' .lmt~i,~~,~#·i~·tta.I'.,1.OQl cOlJpetlt1on vil!bep*,esented at the ~~tr.' t~v.l ·....rleaOCo.1.1•• , .. at the l{eftuedy CeDter in W.sblqton, D. C., in -uNS- UNIVERSITY OF MIl~~ESOTA NEHS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, UnrnESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 JANUARY 18, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF MIHNESOTA, Tl-Jnl CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Jan. 21-27 Sun., Jan. 2l---St. Paul Student Center: Photographs by Don Riggott, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.;noon-l1 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Jan. 31. Sun., Jan. 21---Jaques Gallery: r:Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell f1useum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Sun., Jan. 21---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, through Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud~ 11 a.m.-4 p.m. ~lon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Jan. 21---Film: ;'Short Eyes.:; Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. ~ students $1.50. Sun., Jan. 21--University Film Society: "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. ll Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Mon., Jan. 22--'Coffman Gallery: Photography by Raleigh Savitt, Gallery II, through Feb. 8. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Hon., Jan. 22--University Film Society: ;'Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. I" Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Tues., Jan. 23---Dance Lecture and Demonstration: Viola Farber. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3:15 p.m. Free. Tues., Jan. 23---University Film Society: 'The Clockmaker. I Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Wed., Jan. 24---University Film Society: I1The Clockmaker. 1I Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Thurs., Jan. 25--Film: I:The Wild One.;; 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Thurs., Jan. 25---University Film Society: "The Clockmaker." Bell Museum of Natural Historyaud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Fri., Jan. 26---Go1dstein Gallery: Scandinavian Modern Design 1900-1960, Ph.D. thesis subject by Claire Selkurt. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through Feb. 16. Free. Frio, Jan. 26---Film: !lHigh Anxiety.:; North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. $1.50, students $1. Frio, Jan. 26---Film: ;JThat Obscure Object of Desire. 1I Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2, students $1.50. (OVER) CALEIIDAR -2- Fri. ~ Jan. 26---University Film Society: :-The Opium War. Ii Bell Huseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Fri.~ Jan. 26--University Theatre: PThe Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd~" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4~ students $3. Tick~ts on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat., Jan. 27---Film: "High Anxiety." North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. $1.50, students $1. Sat., Jan. 27---Film: r:That Obscure Object of Desire.:; Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2~ students $1.50. Sat., Jan. 27---University Film Society: "The Opium War. 1I Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Sat. ~ Jan. 27---Universi~heatre: "The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd,:: by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center~ Dayton's and Donaldson's. -UNS- (AO,;Bl;F2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEloTS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 3ANUARY 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 'u' THEATRE ANNOUNCES NEXT SEASON (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Seven plays have been selected for the 1979-80 season of the University of Minnesota Theat" ~ its 49th production year• . The .~.td,1.l open with I'Man of La Mancha,Ii the musical version of "Don Quixote,n written by Dale Wasserman with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by 30e Darion. "Playboy of the Western World" by 30hn Millington Synge, and the George Kaufman-Moss Hart comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner" will also be presented in the fall. nThe Country Wife, I: a William Wycherley comedy, and the classic "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder will be produced during the winter quarter. In the spring 3.ames Baldwin·'s drama. HBlues for Mr.. Charlie" and Shakespeare's comic fantasy IIA ~f1d-Summer Night's Dream" will be presented. Directors for ~he various productions have not yet been chosen. -UNS- (AO,2;Bl;CO,2;DO,2;E30) UNIVERSITY OF MIlfNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, HIiWESOTA 55455 JANUARY 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 U OF M ENROLU1ENT REMAINS STEADY (FOR nn1EDIATE RELEASE) Decreased winter quarter enrollment on some campuses of the University of rfinne sota was balanced by increases on other campuses, with the result an enrollment of 52,122--just 22 fewer students than were registered last winter quarter. The University of t1innesota at Morris reported a winter quarter enrollment of 1,355, down 10 percent from a year ago. The University of Minnesota Technical College at Crookston had 970 students at the end of the second week of classes, although another 45 students have registered since then for classes that started later. An increase of 4.9 percent was reported by the University of Minnesota Technical College at Waseca, with 1,103 students. The Twin Cities campus enrollment increased by .4 percent, with 42,164 students. Enrollment at Duluth declined by .4 percent, down to 6,530 from 6,557 a year ago. On every campus except Morris, women enrolled in greater numbers than last year, with increases ranging from 1.6 percent at Duluth to 12.6 percent at Waseca. On the Twin Cities campus the number of women continued to increase in health sciences, law, technology, veterinary medicine, and business administration. The total number of women on all campuses is 22,996, compared to 29,126 men. The College of Liberal Arts on the Twin Cities campus, the largest collegiate unit within the University, had a winter quarter enrollment of 15,763, an increase of 223 students. Other units reporting significant increases were the Medical School, nursing, public health, home economics, and the Institute of Technology. WINTER QUARTER ENROLL~mNT 1979 1978 Crookston* 970 1,031 Duluth 6,530 6,557 Morris 1,355 1,513 Twin Cities 42,164 41,992 Waseca 1,103 1,051 TOTAL 52,122 52,144 *Does not include 45 students who registered for classes that started at a later date. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS EVENTS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68. MORRILL HALL (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESarA 55455 JANUARY 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 'u' FILM SOCIETY TO SHOW CHINESE FlU! Coinciding with President Carter's new "Open Door" policy, the Chinese film liThe Opium War" will have its first local showing Friday (Jan. 26) through Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the 1.•11 Museum of Natural History auditorium at the University of Minuesota. The film, which was banned for more than 15 years under Madame Mao, is the story of the 1939-42 opium war with Great Britain. It will be shown at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. each evening. Admission is $2.50. 'u' FILM SOCIETY TO OFFER CANADIAN FlUi '" "Solzhenitsyn's Children Are Making a Lot of Noise in Paris," a documentary film made in Canada in 1979, will be shown Wednesday, Jan. 31, and Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 and 9:15 p.m., in the Bell Museum of Natural History auditorium at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. In the film, director Michael Rubbo visits French opinion-makers who represent the fragmented voices of the French left. The film is in French with English translation. Admission is $2. -UNS- (AO,2,32;Bl) - ~ I I UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEtJS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 JAHUARY 23, 1979 HEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL _HU1'!!ZICK~~.~ __ (612) 3}~_-:-.7_~12 YOUNG LEGAL SCHOLAR DIES (FOR ~mDIATE RELEASE) Hemorial services for John I10rris Clark, 34, vTho died last Saturday ,will be held at 10:15 a.m. Friday (Jan. 26) in room 25 of the University of Minnesota Law School. The young law professor died of an apparent heart attack while shoveling snow at his south I:linneapolis home. I:He was in lavery way a most unusual person as well as a brilliant legal scholar, I: said Law School Dean Carl Auerbach about his late colleague. 'IHe was one of the leading younger scholars in the field of constitutional law and he was very much interested in legal ethics,' Auerbach said. ~ir. Clark came to the University of Minnesota in 1974 as an associate pro- fessor of law and was promoted to full professor status in 1977. He had spent four years with Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., and had worked for legal reform through that group. IOHe was one of the leaders of the Christian Legal Society and was active in the Episcopal church,;1 Auerbach said. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Clark graduated from Yale University and the Harvard Law School. He had been a clerk for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Griffin, and two children, Joshua, 8, and Andrea, 6. Memorial gifts can be sent to the Christian Legal Society, Oak Park, Ill. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Minneapolis. -UNS- (AO,28~Bl,6,lO;CO) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL· HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, ,(612) 373-7515 HENRY .CHARLES SMITH TO PERFOBM WITH UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Henry Charles smith, associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, will be the featured ~eatart~st in a concert by the University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble at 8,p.IIl•. Brwa,.'eb•. 2;, in.Nortbrop Auditori.. on the Twin Citd,es c_pus. Smith, who is' the former principal trombonist of the Philadelphia orchestra, will be the soloist in a performance of "Concerto for Baritone and Winds" by Alan I Hovhaness. This will be the Minneapolis premiere of this arrangement for winds. The 50-lIIeIIIber'Wind Ensemble, directed by FraDk'Bencri8~Utto, professor and director of University bands, will also present tlDances Sacred and Profane" by Will . Hill, "Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestral1 by Warren Benson, "Symphonic Songs" by Robert Russell Bennet and I~The Gods Go A-begging" by George Frederick HandeL , Smith joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1971 as assistant conductor and in September 1973 was named associate conductor. Be is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Curtia Institute of Music. Be has recorded as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra atld as a member of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. The Ensemble's recording of "Antiphotta1 Music of Gabrieli" won the 1969 Grammy '. Award ,for the best chamber music recording of the y~ar. Bis "recording of Hindemith t s "Trombone Sonata" was nominated for a 1976 Grammy. ThecollCert, sponsored by theUnlversity departments of muslcand music education, is open to the pUblic with no admission charge. -UNS- (AO,2,29;Bl;CO,2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 BATIK ART IN COFFMAN GALLERY " (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASB) About" 40 workS by 1)atik artist Robert H. Miller are on exhibit through Jan. 31 in Coffman UnlO1l iGal1ery. Univeraity of Minne8ota, Twin Citie8. ,- , H14~r's~..e .dcolorfu1 patterna. depictiDs ordinary pe()ple in everyday situations,are done on heavy cotton. CurrentlY a member of the visual arts department at the University of North Dakota, Miller bas previously exbibited bis works in North and South Dakota. The gallery is open free -to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. -UNS- (AO,2,3l;Bl) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA nEWS SERVICE~ S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS ~ 11INNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ~UUU( C~n~EY, (612) 373-7514 IffiHO TO NEVIS PEOPLE Scientists from the University of 11innesota School of Physics and Astronomy will travel to Bowbells, No. Dak., to witness a total eclipse of the sun next month. The group, headed by Regents'Professor Edward P. Hey, will arrive in Bowbells Feb. 24. The eclipse will be visible on Feb. 26. Besides witnessing the eclipse, the scientists will be working with infrared radiation detectors to find melting points of solar dust as it spirals toward the sun. (Ney was part of a team that witnessed a solar eclipse in Africa in 1959.) The total eclipse will be visible in parts of Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota in a line 50 miles wide. Bowbells is included in the line of total eclipse. The next total eclipse of the sun visible in North America will not occur until 2017. -tJNS- (AO.4;BI,9) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, HHmESOTA 55455 JANUARY 24, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HU1tTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 U OF H UNHAPPY t.nTH QUIE NO-GROWTH BUDGET PLAlt (FOR UIHEDIATE RELEASE) University of l1innesota officials will work to increase the $394.9 million appropriation that Gov. Albert Quie recommended for the institution over the next two years. The governor's recommendation goes to the 1979 Legislature for consideration along with the University's request for $437 million for the biennium. Observers say that in the past the governors' recommendations usually have been close to what was finally appropriated by the legislature. University Vice President Stanley B. Kegler. who is faced with the task of de- fending the request, said the University would be in "deep trouble'; if the Quie recommendations were accepted. ;'\lith $20 million more in there, tIe would avoid deep trouble,;; Kegler said. President C. Peter Hagrath said he was Lconcerned" that the Quie budget would continue an l'erosion of quality·': that many faculty members believe began in 1971, another year of tight appropriations for the University. l1agrath and Kegler said the University would continue to argue for the full request that was approved last summer by the Board of Regents. l:If we can't get some appropriations to meet inflation, then we are de facto cutting back, II l1agrath said about the Quie no-growth budget. liThe thing that initially troubles me the most is the governor's failure to recommend non-salary price level increases,V: he said. "Inflation affects every academic program, every department of the University.1i The University had requested $11.1 million for meeting cost increases through- out the five-campus system oVer the next two years. (HORE) QUIE BUDGET -2- The University request and the Quie recommendation differ by about $42 million. Quie deferred his decision on an additional $59 million of the University's requested increase, which includes such items as faculty salary increases, social security funds, rising fuel and utility costs and student tuition. Quie recommended that tuition increase by 7 percent in each year of the biennium. This would increase University income by about $10 million. The request included no assumptions about tuition income. Decisions on a $41.9 million request for academic salary increases--ll percent in each year of the biennium--and about $5 million in requested social security in creases were deferred until later in the year, when salary negotiations involving the State University System and community college faculties are to be completed. The University's request for a $2.3 million increase to meet rising fuel and utility costs was deferred until the next legislative session, when the University is to seek a deficiency appropriation to cover the increased costs. The largest increase Quie recommended, Kegler said, was for a $2.5 million "base adjustment,~; l-7hich is to put on recurring funding a civil service pay plan approved by the state during the current biennium. QUie's largest program increase recommendation was a $939,000 supplement to University libraries to offset inflation in the cost of books and periodicals, and he recommended a $200~OOO increase for the Graduate School Research Fund. Ilagrath said he was gratified by these recomcendations, which showed a recog nition of the University's unique position as a graduate and professional school. Other increases that Quie recommended are: $923,000 for increased costs of skilled people hired on construction contracts; $280,000 for transit services; $263,000 for rental costs, $466,000 to meet federal requirements to get funds for the School of DentistrYi $477,000 for services for handicapped students, $600,000 for agricultural re search~ $600,000 to match federal money for surface mining research~ $200,000 to seek federal money for a Sea Grant program on water research; $42,000 for the Gray (HOP.E) QUIE BUDGET -3- Freshwater Biological Institute; and $l4s000 for a training program for firefighters. Quie recommended funding for 5.9 of the University l s requested 227 new faculty and civil service positions. The recommendation includes one academic position for the Freshwater Biological Institutes one half-time person for the Sea Grant program and four-tenths of a position for the fire education program. Three new civil service positions were recommended to improve services for handicapped students and one civil service position was recommended for the Sea Grant progran. Magrath said he was concerned about $2.4 million that the University requested to pay for workers' and unemployment compensation over the coming biennium and to meet deficits already existing in these funds. State officials say, however, that the University should budget internally for workers' and unemployment compensation. according to Dale I~elson, education coordina tor for the state Department of Finance. ;'To have granted the University v1hat it asked for in this area tvould have been to treat the University preferentiallys I: Nelson said. iTo funds were recommended for women's intercollegiate athletics. Uagrath said he would not take academic funds for Rports. even if the legislature fails to fund this item of nearly $1.3 million. -mm- (AO.I,14;Bl,lO;COsls15;E15;F5) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA NEHS SERVICE, 5-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MIm~EAPOLIS, MIliNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 24, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKE~6~?1.l-U_:-:.?512 QUIE'S U OF M BUDGET CALLED 'SIGN OF THE TntES' (FOR Il~1EDIATE RELEASE) University of Minnesota officials were disappointed Tuesday when they saw Gov. Albert Quie's recommended no-growth budget for the institution for the coming two years. One line in the supporting materials accompanying the governor's budget message is likely to stand out in future discussions of the budget on campus. It reads: liThe governor's guidelines were applied uniformly to all three systems of higher education to ensure equity and consistency even though the University's increase re- quest approaches $100 million. 11 University officials had argued that the institution has a unique research mission that cannot be compared to other 11innesota systems and that its costs due to inflation are higher than those of the other agencies. But, University President C. Peter Nagrath said, the recommendation may be ria sign of the times" that reflects a declining emphasis on higher education and tight spending of public money. Magrath pointed to President Carter's federal budget, in which declines in social programs are combined with increases for defense spending. "You didn't hear much talk about higher education in the discussion of President Carter's budget message, II Uagrath said. r;It' s much different from the days when President Johnson was talking about the Great Society. ,: The University's request cannot be compared directly with those of the State University System and the community colleges, which both followed the governor's guidelines and did not ask for increases, Magrath said. nt~e are comparable in certain respects, he said, "but we are a different insti- tution with different kinds of needs." (l'lORE) TIGHT HONEY -2- Magrath said that Quie's budget does recognize the University's unique research mission with increases for library funds, graduate school research and agricultural research. University faculty leaders have said that the University would decline in qual- ity if its competitive market were considered to be the other state systems instead of the more presitgious national institutions such as California and the Big Ten. But, Magrath said, many nationally recognized universities are also suffering in the current fiscal climate, notably California and Massachusetts. If Quie's recommendations are adopted, the University would face severe cut- backs to meet the costs of inflation, which are not included in the governor's budget, Magrath said. "Clearly, it's the most austere recommendation since I've been here, I' said Magrath, who came to the University in 1974. He said he was concerned about an "erosion of quality" that many faculty members believe dates back to 1971, another year of tight appropriations for the University. State officials agree that it's a tight year but, they say, the University is not unique. In his budget message Tuesday, Quie said that his state budget repre- sents only a 16.2 percent increase over the current biennium. 'This is the lowest percentage increase in the state's budget since 1963. the first year for which the Department of Finance has records,1I Quie said. Dale Nelson, education coordinator for the department, said that Quie's recommended increase for the University is about 3 percent as it now stands. But more than half of the University's request remains to be considered. l;Once the salaries and fringe benefits are added, I would be surprised if the increase for the University isn't comparable to the increases for the state generally, II Nelson said. IiThis is the tightest budget ever recommended, not only for the University but also for the state, n Nelson said. tilt's the smallest increase in state funding in the last 20 years.'1 -UNS- (AO,1.14;Bl,lOZCO,l,15.E15,F5) UNIVERSITY OF IiINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 25, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 CORRECTION The University News Service release dated Jan. 24, I'll OF M UNHAPPy t-lITH QUIE NO-GROl-JTH BUDGET PLAN, II contained an error. The fifth paragraph on the second page should read liThe request for a $2.3 million increase to meet rising fuel and utility costs was deferred, and the University will seek an appropriation for increasing energy costs from a contingency account to be administered by the Legislative Advisory Commission." -UNS- (AO.l,14;Bl,lO;CO,1,l5;El5;F5) (FOR UftfEDIATE RELEASE) Feature story from the University of Minnesota News Serv1ce f 5-68 Horrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Te1ephone~ (612) 373-5193 January 25, 1979 JOB STRESS CAN BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH By Jeanne Hanson University News Service The secretary has a backache, the manager is developing an ulcer, the farm owner can't sleep, and the lab technician has another headache. The cause of each of their maladies is the same--job stress. Stress on the job is more likely to cause illness for some occupations than others, but people in any field are ca~didates for stress-related disease, particularly if they are not satisfied with their jobs. Since 1973, job satisfaction in the work force has been going down, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics. Although it is well known that industrial pollutants and dangerous machinery can harm employees, most people don't realize that the psychological and social environment at work can also make people sick, said Richard Needle, University of Minnesota professor of physical education, recreation and school health education. Several factors are most likely to lead to job-stress illness, including poor relations with managers, lack of challenge and pride in one's work, conflicts be- tween one's roles, monotony, lack of resources and information to get the job done, lack of control over one's job, shaky job security, and financial pressures, Needle said. Stresses like these have been found to lead to hypertension, stomachaches, anxiety attacks, depression, cardiovascular disease, alcoholism, drug abuse, head- aches and backaches, according to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) research. In fact~ Blue Cross estimates that backaches alone cost industry about $1 billion a year in lost worker output, and heart attacks cause about 132 million lost work days per year, quite apart from the human suffering they cause. (UORE) JOB STRESS -2- Many l-york days are lost through a phenomenon called I'industrial hysteria, Ii a special kind of group disease caused by stress, Needle said. A mild work place con taminant, such as a bad smell, can trigger enough group attacks of headaches, dizzi ness, and nausea to close an entire factory for several days. The workers affected are usually under a great deal of pressure at home and at work with no outlet for relieving the stress, he said. The more general kinds of job stress and illness affect some occupational groups more than others, Needle said. Especially susceptible are laborers, secretaries, inspectors, lab technicians, office managers, administrators, foremen, waiters and waitresses, machine operators, farm o~~ers, mine operators, house painters, health care workers, skilled blue collar workers and human services workers. Needle's own research has found that secretaries and clerical workers are prime targets for a variety of symptoms and a low sense of psychological well-being. Those least likely to become sick from job stress are personnel and labor re lations people, stock handlers, sewer workers, checkers, craftsmen, maids, farm laborers, heavy equipment operators, freight handlers, child-care workers, packers, college and university professors and auctioneers. Workers in both high risk and low risk groups can benefit by finding ways to cope with their jobs and by improving the work climate, Needle said. Personal ways of coping with stress include exercise, relaxation techniques, yoga, biofeedback and general health education. Workers can also concentrate on the least stressful aspects of their jobs, Neecle suggested. Laws and regulations, backed by unions, can improve job security problems, excess noise, and relationships with managers~ Job quality can be improved through workers' councils, such as those current1. ~ive in Sweden, and social support systems, both formal and informal, can be set up to handle workers' problems and relieve their stresses, he said. People can adapt to their jobs, but they can also be "deformed:; by them, Needle said. ;;Work may not always be able to contribute to your ,.Yell-being, although it should, but at the very least, it shouldn't damage your health,'~ he said. -UNS- (AO,l9~Bl,ll~CO,12,DO,12)E12;G14) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA UEW5 SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. lUNNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 JANUARY 25, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF l1n~SOTA, TlJIN ClITES, CULTURAL EVENTS Jan. 2D-Feb. 3 Sun., Jan. 28---St. Paul Student Center: Photographs by Don Riggott, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Jan. 31. Free. Sun., Jan. 23---Jaques Gallery: HEarth Imagery': by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free. Sun., Jan. 28---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, through Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun•• Jan. 28---University Theatre: HThe Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd," by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 3 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sun., Jan. 28---University Film Society: IiA Slave of Love," 3:30 p.m., $2.50; "The Opium "lar,!l 7: 30 and 9 :30 p.m., $2.50. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. Mon., Jan. 29---Coffman Gallery: Batik works by Robert H. Miller, Gallery I, through Jan. 31; photography by Raleigh Savitt, Gallery II, through Feb. 8. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Mon., Jan. 29---Goldstein Gallery: Scandinavian Modern Design 1900-1960, Ph.D. thesis subject by Claire Selkurt. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Hon.-Frio Through Feb. 16. Free. Mon., Jan. 29---Concert: Jerry Rau. North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. Noon. Free. Mon., Jan. 29---University Film Society: f;The Opium War." Bell Huseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Mon., Jan. 29---Concert: Bill Evans and his jazz trio. Northrop Aud. 8 p.m. Free. Tues., Jan 30---University Film Society: liThe Opium l-Jar. 11 Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. ~led., Jan. 3l---University Film Society: :~Solzhenitsyn'S Children Are Haking a Lot of Noise in Paris. lI Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2. Wed., Jan. 3l---Concert: Callahan and Faricy. North Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center. 3 p.m. $6.50, students $5. Tickets on sale at 105 Student Center and at the door. (OVER) CALENDAR -2- Thurs., Feb. l---St. Paul Student Center: French poster show. Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Feb. 28. Free. Thurs., Feb. l---Film: liThe Navigator" and 'iThe Paleface." 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Thurs., Feb. l---University Film Society: "Solzhenitsynls Children Are Making a Lot of Noise in Paris. Ii Bell Uuseum of Natural History aud. 7: 30 and 9:15 p.m. $2. Thurs., Feb. l---University Theatre: "The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd,1i by Anthony Neuley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Frio, Feb. 2---Film: IlBlazing Saddles.;l Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Frio, Feb. 2---University Film Society~ I'Viva Italia:'~ Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Fri~, Feb. 2---Concert: University Wind Ensemble. Northrop Aud. 8 p.m. Free. Fri., Feb. 2---University Theatre: liThe Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, il by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat.,Feb. 3---University Film Society: lISlave of Love. 1I Bell Museum of Natural History aud. land 3 p.m. $2.50. Sat., Feb. 3---Film: "Blazing Saddles. II Theater-lecture' hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Sat., Feb. 3---University Film Society ~ liViva Italia!I' Bell Huseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Sat., Feb. 3---University Theatre: "The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd,1i by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. -UNS- (AO:B1;F2) ------~~------_.~._~~~._~.._------~----- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA i~EWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. UINNEAPOLIS, MnmESOTA 55455 JANUARY 26, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 PUNCHINELLO TO PRESENT 'PLAY WITH A TIGER' (FOR IMHEDIATE RELEASE) "Play With a Tiger,,; a cOlltemporary drama by Doris Lessing, will be presented by the Puncbinello Players of the University of Minnesota Feb. 9 through Feb. 24. The play by Lessing, who is best known as a novelist and short story writer, explores a love relationship which ultimately becomes a confrontation. Diane Lorvig, a senior at the University, is directing the production~ The cast includes Denise Lewis, Tom Foley, James Dixon, Jane Blecha, Dale Huff and Lucinda J. Brown. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24 in the North Hall arena theater on the St. Paul campus. Admission is $2.50 for the general public and $2 for students. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved by phoning 373-1570. -UNS- (AO,2,30;BI;CO,2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 26, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY AD~m, (612) 373-5193 NATURAL HISTORY FIUl SERIES TO BE SHOWN AX BELL MUSEUM (FOR IMMEDIArE QLEASE) The James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History will offer a series of free films this winter focusing on the Arctic, Africa, and parts of the United States. The f:U.l18 will be shown Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Bell Museum auditorium lJ and Mondays at 12:10 p.m•. in 311 Bell Museum. The schedule is as follows: Feb. 4 and 5--"The Year of the Wildebeest" is a doc.umentary film that follows a herd of wildebeest on their annual migration in Kenya. Feb. 11 and l2--ItDeath of a Legend" shows the results of studies of wolves in Minnesota. Feb. 18 and 19---n Courtship Behavior of the Western Grebe." Gary Nuechterlein of the Bell Museum will share his experiences and show his film of this diVing bird shot from inside a portable muskrat house. Feb. 25 and 26---ItArctic Islands: A Matter of Time" shows vertebrates in their Arctic environments. The effects of oil and mineral development on these environ- . menta is also discussed. March 4 and 5---ItStill Waters" was chosen for the PBS Nova series. The film documents life in and around a New England freshwater pond. fl March 11 and l2- Grouse Country" and uIn Search of a Mate. fl The first film looks at the courtship behavior of a number of related bird species. The second film expands the view of the first to include the courtship behavior of animals. -UNS- (AO,2,18;B1) r- UNIVERSITY OF llINNESOTA NEH8 SERVICE. 8-68 110RRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, I1INNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 29, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact tUUU< CAtfclEY. (612) 373-7514 U OF 11 PROFESSOR RECEIVES $35.000 TEACHER-SCHOLAR AWARD (FOR Ir~rnIDATE RELEASE) David A. Dixon, a University of Minnesota chemistry professor,has won the $35,000 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The award, from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, will support Dixon's research for a period of five years. Dixon was among 16 award winners in the nation. Recipients are selected for their achievements and potential in both teaching and research in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. The Dreyfus grants, designed to promote the careers of outstanding young teachers and scientists, have been awarded annually since 1970. -UNS- (AO,4;Bl:CO;E4) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA l~EWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOlA SS4SS JANUARY 29, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDV VICK, (612) 373-751S 'DANDY DICK' TO PLAY ON MINNESOlA SHOWBOAT (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) \ "Dandy Dick, u, a turn-of-the-century comedy by Arthur lo1ins Pinero, will be . I presented on the University of Minnesota Centennial Showboat this summer. 'the play is about an Euglish church dean who becomes involved ~n horse racing. The play will be produced in traditional Showboat style with olios. A director has not yet been chosen. -UNS- (AO,2,30;B1;CO,2;DO,2;E30) -- ~------ UlqIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. NINNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 29, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 UNIVERSITY J-SCHOOL RECEIVES ABC GRANT (FOR U:ll1EDIATE RELEASE) An unrestricted grant of $3,750 has been given by the American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) to the University of lIinnesota School of Journalism and Hass Communication. The presentation was made by executives of the Miller Publishing Company of rlinneapolis, recently acquired by ABC, to F. Gerald Kline, director of the school. The grant was made under ABC's Educational Contribution Program, established to I;encourage and support the development of individual disciplines which foster professional training in the communications industry.;' Leonard H. Goldenson, chairman of the ABC board of directors, and Elton H. Rule, president of ABC, announced the grant in l1ew York. Wilfred E. Lingren, president of the Hiller Publishing Company, presented the check to Kline. -UNS- (AO,20;Bl;CO;E20) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NE\-IS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 30, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 l'1OUEN'S SERIES SCHEDULED AT ST. PAUL STUDENT CENTER (FOR U1MEDIATE RELEASE) The Equal Rights Amendment, women in white collar jobs, and sexual harassment on the job are among the topics to be discussed during a week of lunch-hour programs Feb. 5 through 9 at the University of Minnesota St. Paul Student Center. Virginia Watkins, midwest regional director of the National Organization of Women, will talk about the Equal Rights Amendment at noon Monday (Feb. 5). ""1ho is the Hhite Collar vIoman?" will be the subject of a talk by Robyn Niichel, fashion director for Donaldson's,Tuesday (Feb. 6). Representatives of five colleges on the St. Paul campus will discuss employment opportunities during a panel discussion at noon Wednesday (Feb. 7). "Today's Woman: Her Uoney; Her Rights,1l will be discussed by a life insurance representative and a lawyer Thursday (Feb. 8). Coping with sexual harassment will be the subject of a presentation at the noon program Friday (Feb. 9). Speakers will be Patricia 11ullen, assistant director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action at the University,and Sandy Burke, assistant director of the Rape and Sexual Assault Center in Minneapolis. The programs are free and open to the public. -UNS- (AO,3,27;Bl) (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Feature story from the University of Hinnesota News Service, S-66 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (6l2) 373-5193 January 30, 1979 U OF U POLICE SAY GOODBYE TO SIXTY YEARS OF TRAFFIC JAUS By Ronaele Sayre University News Service They have broken up fights, scraped up injured bicyclists, and kept order at thousands of rallies, meetings and concerts. They have directed the efforts of the annual tide of anguished drivers con- verging on the same few parking spaces--making order out of chaos. They have delivered to the hands of the medical profession hundreds of fainters, touch-footballers, ice-ball victims, and over-excited sports fans, and have pro- tected homecoming bonfires from the attentions of early-bird pyromaniacs. Together, Deputy Chief John Brooker and Captain James McDonough will have logged 60 years on the University of Minnesota police force when they retire this week, and in those 60 years they have seen just about everything that can happen on a major university campus. For North Branch native Brooker, the job at the University was a good alternative to working with the Minneapolis police department. Although he wanted to be a police officer, Brooker didn't feel he knew ~iinneapolis well enough to work for that rle- partment. McDonough was a prison guard at Stillwater prison when a friend told him about a job opening at the University. There are almost twice as many students on campus now as there were in 1947 when Brooker came on the force, but traffic through and around campus was just as much a mess then as it is now, he said. It was to be many years before the interstate highways were built, and that meant a lot of non-University traffic passing through the campus during rush hours. I~ also meant many, many hours of traffic control for University police. "There w~I.en't 'Iny R""ml'lphoTl?lI'l." Rrooker sRid. "We used various devices to make (l'fORE) POLICE -2- ourselves visible, including one thing that had lights on it and lit us up like Christmas trees.1! Programs at Northrop Auditorium have brought many people to campus over the years, and some have tried to leave with more than they came with. Brooker recalled an experience he had with a motorist who dropped someone off at Northrop and then drove aT".7ay. "r1y coat got caught in the door, and I was dragged by the car, I; he said. Luck ily, his left arm was free and he was finally able to catch the driver's attention by banging on the car with his flashlight. Parking problems have always existed on campus, and police efforts to do some thing about them have not added to their popularity, Brooker said. I1People come to the campus for classes, games, concerts or to visit someone in the hospital and they get mad when they get a parking ticket. But we have got to keep fire lanes open,11 Brooker said. "He would have a large number of limousines bringing people to Northrop. Once, a driver parked his car on Pleasant St. and fell asleep waiting for the program to end. He woke up and could see his passengers waiting for him at Northrop. H~ H.gS in a hurry to get there and CUt right across the grass. That's when we put in concrete posts around the grass,H Brooker said. The 59-year-old Brooker plans to unwind after retirement and take a trip to Arizona in Harch. Later there will be time to catch up on his reading, he sa:J.d. "I am a history buff. especially World War II military history. I was a member of the Seventh Armored Division under General George Patton," Brooker said. McDonough joined a University police force about one-sixth the size of today's department, and admits his early years with the force were rather stormy. 111 was promoted to sergeant three times. Both the chief and I were Irish and I alwnys lost the arguments," McDonough said. Before the days of pollution control and environmental impact statements, one of the biggest events on campus was the homecoming bonfire. As the day of the bonfire grew closer, University police were sent to guard it against those determined to see (MORE) POLICE -3- some early fireworks. ;'One night I had the assignment and someone got on the bridge over the railroad and fired a flaming arrow into the middle of the bonfire stack. Everything started burninE;,:· ~1cDonough said. ;:He called the fire department. Some of the firemen vJanted to know why they couldn't let it burn, since it was after all a bonfire. We in sisted that they put it out because the official bonfire wasn't until the next night.'· The veteran University officer recalled early dormitory construction on the rlinneapolis campus. Construction crews would burn logs to thaw the ground. ·jOne night someone got carried away and lit every single log at the construction site for Centennial Hall. l~e called the fire department and they came out and put out the burning logs. At the same time~ a fellow with the construction firm was do ing his job lighting the logs to thaw the ground where they were going to work the next day. The firemen saw him and soaked him with water,;' NcDonough said. Univer_ sity police had to explain to the firemen that the worker was doing what he was supposed to do. The takeover of Horrill Hall in 1969 is viewed by i1cDonough as the most danger ous of all the incidents he has seen on campus, although not for the usual reasons. The takeover was non-violent, but the building involved was the building that issued University employees paychec~s, and some workers were irate. illJe were very v10rried about the situation. People had called us and sai.d they were going to get their paychecks. We had contact with people inside the building and advised them of the situation. Fortunately the students left the building and a confrontation was avoided, I; HcDonough said. r1cDonough is also a veteran rider of the 52-B, a University express bus, and admits he will miss riding the bus almost as much as working at the University. ':We celebrated the Bicentennial. We sat in the back of the bus one morning and had strawberries, blueberries, muffins and champagne. Someone said it was little early to be drinking, so we set our watches to Cuban time, and didn't have to worry about drinking in the morning,: < HcDonough said. -UNS- (AO,5;Bl;CO,1) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEHS SERVICE, S-68 lfORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. llINNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 1, 1979 HEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact BOB_LE~L-(~.t~t?]3-5830 U OF M PHYSICIANS STUDY BIRTH DEFECT VIRUS (1"OR THl1EDIATE RELEASE) Bolstering the immunological defenses against a virus that causes serious organ damage in human fetuses is the aim of a current University of Minnesota study. Two University pediatricians, a virologist and an immunologist, have received a $180,000 three-year grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to examine an immune defect they have discovered that causes pregnant women to infect their developing fetuses with cytomegalovirus (~N). Cytomegalovirus infects about one percent of all developing fetuses. About 10 percent of those fetuses die or suffer serious damage to the brain, lungs, liver, bone marrow, kidneys. ears, and eyes. C~N ordinarily remains dormant or causes only mild reactions in adults, although it can affect kidney transplant recipients and heart surgery patients who have had many blood transfusions. Dr. Henry Balfour, director of University Hospitals diagnostic Virology labora- tory. and Dr. Richard Gehrz, head of the immunology research laboratory at St. Paul Children's Hospital, began two years ago to investigate antibody (immune) responses to CI1V. They found that the presence of OW antibodies is not an accurate predictor of immune protection. They then looked at lymphocytes, the other half of the immune response (cell-mediated immunity) and discovered that although affected infants did have antibodies against CMV, they had no cell-mediated immunity. Although the first part of the immune response was present, the second was missing. (MORE) CMV STUDY -2- The researchers arenit sure if the mothers i infection causes the fetuses i immune system to develop incorrectly or if the defect occurs after the virus crosses the placenta and infects the fetus. With the cooperation of Dr. Stephen ?1cCue, a St. Paul obstetrician, the University researchers will study the role of cell-mediated immunity in pregnant women who have CrN antibodies to determine why the women may pass C~W across the placenta and why some infants are affected. The physician-researchers are also trying to develop a successful method of treating the affected infants. Two infants are currently being given transfer factor, a chemical derived from the lymphocytes of adults who have cell-mediated immunity, in an attempt to stimulate an immune response and cure the infection. -UNS- (AO,22.23.24;Bl.4.5~CO,5;DO.5;E23.24) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEllS SERVICE, S-68 UORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINlmSOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 1, 1979 . NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 FILMS ON GREAT COMPOSERS t TO SHOW AT tu iILM SOCIETY (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Three musical biography films d~rected and produced by Austrian musicologist Hans. Conrad Fischer will have their first area showings in the Bell Museum of Natural History auditorium at the quiversity of ..Minnesota during February aod. March. The first film in the "Great Composers" series, "The Life of Anton Bruckner," ~ill be shown Tuesday (Yeb. 6) at 2: 15, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 18, at 3:30 p.m. The fUm features performances of Bruckner's works by the Bamberg, Bayreuth and Vienna Symphony Orchestras. The second film, lithe Life of Mozart," provides a look at the places where the composer lived and worked and performances of his music by European artists including Jean-Pierre Rampal, Karl Bohm and the Munich Bach ChQir. Showings are Tuesday, Feb. 13, ~t 2:15, 7:30 and 10:00 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 25, at 3:30 p.m. lithe Life of Beethovenfi will complete the series Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 2:15, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, lurch 4, at 3:30 p.m. The film shows original documents, scenes of Beethoven's home, and performances of his works by the Vienna .Symphony and the Vienna Philharmon1c String Orchestra. The film series is being sponsored by the University Film Society. Admission is $2.50 for evening shows, and $2 for afternoon shows. (Special group rates can be arranged. For informat-'f.on eont:act the University FUm Society at 373-5397.) -UNS- (AO,2,32jBl) I~ ------,---- UNIVERSITY OF lfINUESOTA NEUS SERVICE, 8-68 UORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MIImEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 1, 1979 ttEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 POLISH FILM ACTRESS TO PRESENT FIUfS AT 'u' ,FIUI SOCIETY (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Polish actress Maja Komarowska will appear in person when three of her feature films are shown by the University Film Society next week. All"three fibs were directed by internationally known Polish director Krysztof Zanussi, and will be shown in the Bell MUseum of Natural History auditorium at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The Film Society will premiere Komarowska' s fiJ,m ';A Woman's Decision" at 7: 30 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 7), with repeat showings Friday, (Feb. 9) and Monday (Feb. 12).' The film is the story of an accountant's struggle with a mid-life crisis and a love triangle. Zanussi's 1971 films ;IFamily Lifell and ';Behind the Wall" will be shown at 7: 30 and 9:30 p.m. respectively Thursday (Feb. 8). "Family Life,' a critique of Polish socialist society, tells the story of a man and his sister who try to make peace with their capitalist-era father and his business. I1Behind the Wall" probes the problems of loneliness for a woman living in urban society. , "f Komarowska will appeat at the 7:30 showings Wednesday, Thursday and Friday• . Admission is $2.50 each evening. -UUS- (AO,2,32;Bl) U}TlVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NmJS SERVICE ~ S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. UIUl~EAPOLIS, UIHNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 FEBRUARY 1, 1979 UNtVERSITY OF UlmmSOTA, THIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Feb. 4-10 Sun., Feb. 4---St. Paul Student Center: French poster show. Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon. -Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Feb. 28. Free. 'Sun., Feb. 4---Jaques Gallery: "Earth Imageryl1 by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural ~istory. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon;-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free. Sun., Feb. 4---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints. Gallery 305-7. through Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon •• Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun •• Feb. 4---Universitx Theatre: lithe Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, II by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 3 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center. Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sun •• Feb. 4---Universitx Film Societx: I'A Slave of Love,i: 3:30 p.m., $2.50; "Viva Italia!" 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $2.50. Bell t1useum of Natural History aud. Sun., Feb. 4---Film: IlBlazing Saddles. I; Theater-lecture hall. Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2,students $1.50•. Mon., Feb. 5---Goldstein Gallery: IiScand1navian Modern Design 1900-1950. 11 Ph.D. thesis subject by Claire Se1kurt. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through Feb. 16. Free. Mon., Feb. 5---Coffman Ga1lerx: Black history month exhibit, Gallery I, through March 2; photography by Raleigh Savitt, Gallery II, through Feb. 8. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Mon., Feb. 5---Universitx Film Society; HV1va Italia: n Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Mon., Feb. 5---Mus1c Faculty Performance: John Anderson and Paul Freed. Scott Hall. I 8 p.m. Free. Tues., Feb. 6---University Film Societx: "The Life of Anton Bruckner. 11 2:15 p.m., $2; 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., $2.50. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. Wed •• Feb. 7---Un1versitx Film Societi,: "A Woman's Decision." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 (Majaomarowska present) and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Thurs., Feb. 8---Film: "In Cold Blood." 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. (OVER) ,------~-----::------~_._---_. ---- -~------_._._...,..- --- -~ ------ CALENDAR -2- Thurs., Feb. 8---University Film Society: i:Family Life," 7:30 p.m. (star Maja Komarowska present); "Behind the Wall)" 9:30 p.m. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. $2.50. Thurs., Feb. 8---University Theatre: "The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, II by Anthony lle''1ley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Fri., Feb. 9---University Gallery: "U.S. Navy Combat Art." Gallery 40SW, Northrop And. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 Sun. Through Feb. 26. Free. Fri., Feb. 9---Film~ IIJulia," 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., $2, students $1.50; liThe Eyes of Hell," midnight, $2, students $1.50. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Frio, Feb. 9---University Film So_c~~: itA Woman's Decision." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 (Maja Konarowska present) and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Fri., Feb. 9---Punchinello Players: llPlay With a Tiger," by Dbris Lessing. North Hall theater. 8 p.m. $2.50, students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall t:f..cket office. Fd., Feb. 9---·University Theatre: l:The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, II by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat., Feb. 10---Dance Performance: Paul Taylor Danc~ Company. Northrop Aud. 7:30 p.m. $4.50-$8, students $3-$6.50. Tickets on sale at Northrop ticket office) Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat., Feb. 10---Film: "Julia,1 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., $2, students $1.50; f;The Eyes of Hell," midnight, $2, students $1.50. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Sf\t., Feb. 10---UniversityFilm Society: IrA ~loman' s Decision." Bell Museum of lhtural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. ) Sat., Feb. 10---Punchinello Players: "Play l-Jith a Tiger," by Doris Lessing. North Hall theater. /8 p.m. $2.S0,students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall ticket office. Sat., Feb. 10---University Theatre: "The Roar ..of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd," by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, Rarig Center. a p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center~ Dayton's and . Donaldson's. -UNS- (AO;BI;F2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST.S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, lnNNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 2, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUlJTZICKER,_(6)_~_lZ3_~_~l2 U OF H COUHITTEE OPPOSES STATE FUNDS FOR MEN'S SPORTS (FOR IMl'ffiDIATE RELEASE) A faculty-student committee recommended Thursday that the University of Minne- sota not seek state funds to avert a projected fiscal crisis in the men's inter- collegiate athletics program on the Twin Cities campus. The University Senate Cbnsultative Cbmmittee (SCC), an elected group of ten faculty members and seven students, said that there are better uses for state and university money than the subsidizing of Gopher sports. A proposal that the University seek state funding for intercollegiate athletics is under consideration by the Board of Regents. The motion that was approved was made by Kenneth Keller, professor of chemical engineering. l'In view of the many other demands for funds in University programs, the relative- ly low priority of intercollegiate athletics when compared with those other demands, and the constrained fiscal resources of the state, the SCC recommends that the Uni- versity not request from the legislature support for the men's intercollegiate athletics program on the Twin Cities campus,'" Keller said. His motion did not apply to men's sports on the Morris, Duluth, Crookston and Waseca campuses, or women's intercollegiate athletics in the Twin Cities. The Uni- versity has asked the 1979 Legislature for $1.4 million in increases for these programs. Several professors who studied the proposal said that the costs of funding Homen's sports should be borne by the men's program. (l.10RE) SPORTS -2- Keller said the athletics program was one of the most expensive programs on campus, costing nearly $10)000 per student athlete. illf it's an entertainment~Ii Keller said~ "it should be supported by those \'Tho are entertained. If it's a part of the University's fund-raising effort~ then it should be considered a cost of fund-raising which doesn't come from the Legislature." Student Steve Carlson said that the proposal was merely seeking tlpublic support for public sports. i: Physical fitness and football are an important part of a Uni versity education and should be allowed through intercollegiate competition, Carlson said. :iEverything in our legislative request is in competition with everything else, n Keller said. 'This isn't a high enough priority to put into our legislative re quest. i; "The argument~,; said M. Donald Spring, chairman of the humanities division on the Horris campus~ Pis that by adding an item for the funding of intercollegiate n athletics, l-Te may be sacrifi.cing something that He can't afford to lose. -m~s- (AO~1;Bl;CO~1;E15;F15) ------ UNIVERSITY OF MI~rr~ESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. rHrmEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 2, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETH PET~JGELO~_(§12) 373-7510 MEMO TO NEWS PEOPLE A proposal to use the Congdon mansion in Duluth as a museum and a site for public tours will be acted on by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents at a meeting of the committee of the whole at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9. If the regents approve the proposal, an estimated $300,000 will be sought from private sources within 90 days to ready the 39-room mansion of the late Elisabeth Con~don for operation. The regents also will hear the first of a series of presentations on a proposed major remodeling and replacement of University Hospitals. The project, which will cost between $110 and $150 million, will be carried out over several years. That discussion will take place at the physical plant and investments committee meeting at 3: 10 p.m. Thursday in 300 Horrill Hall. Other items to be discussed during the two days of meetings include a report on annual investments, a suggestion from l1inneapolis Regent David Lebedoff that the University invest more in bonds and less in stocks, and an administration proposal that each campus establish an Indian affairs advisory committee to meet with memb~rs of the Indian community. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Physical plant and investments committee special meeting (annual investment report), 10 a.m. Thursday, 238 Morrill Hall: Educational policy and long-range planning committee, 1:15 p.m. ThursdaY, 238 Morrill Hall; Student concerns committee, 1:15 p.m. Thursday, 300 Morrill Hall; Faculty and staff affairs committee, 3: 10 p.m. Thursday, 238 Horrill Hal]_; Physical plant and investments committee, 3:10 p.m. Thursday, 300 Morrill Hall; Committee of the whole, 8:30 a.m. Friday, 238 Morrill Hall; Full board meeting, 10:30 a.m.. Friday, 238 Morrill Hall; The regents will dine with the members of the State University System ~ove·rnj.ng beard at 7 p.m. vlednesday in the Alumni Club in the IDS Center. There is no ag0uda. -UNS- (AO.l;Bl;CO,l) lmlIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 2, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 U OF !of LIBRARIES RECEIVE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE COLLECfIm (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) A collection of the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, with particular emphasis on the. stories ~f Sherlock RolBe., has been acquired by the University of Minnesota Libraries. Collect~bythe late Philip S. Rench, Mayo Clinic physician' and Nobel prize winner, the writings were donated to the library by his widow, Mary Kahler Hench of Rochester, ~. Includ~~ in the collection are approximately 1,700 volumes of Doyle first editions, various other editions and books about Doyle arid Sherlock Holmes, as well as a large number of periodicals, some manuscripts and letters b! Doyle, original illustrations for the Sherlock Holmes stories and other memorabilia. Among the items are an assemblage of first and early editions of itA Study in Scarlet," the book which marked the first appearance of Holmes; some manuscript pages in Doyle's handwriting from "The Hound of the Baskervilles"; some autographed letters of William Gillette, the major theatrical portrayer of Holmes in the United States j and several original drawings by Frederick Dorr Steele, perhaps the most famous American illustrator of the Sherlock Holmes stories. The Hench collection is currently being catalogued by John Jenson, Rare Books librarian, and will be available to researchers in about two months in the Special Collections and Rare Books division of Wilson library. Hench, the co-discoverer of cortisone with Edward C. Kendall, was an early devotee of the Sherlock Holmes "canon, n as it is called by the .Baker Street IrregulaTs, the groUp dedicated to the "study of the Sacred Writings." A member of the Uinnesota society of Norwegian Explorers,HenCh did extensive research on Holmes which was pUblished in 1957 by the Norwegian Explorers in a volume of essays, llExploring Sherlock Holmes." -uNS- (AO,2;BljCO,2jDO,2;E2) 1------ UNIVERSITY OF MnfNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURen ST. S.E. MnmEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 5, 1979 Nm.JS PEOPLE: For further infot'lllation contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 'u' THEATRE TO PU;SElfr FRENCH BEDROOM FARCE (FOB. IMMEDIATE RELEASE) "Hotel Paradiso,a a turn-of-the-century French bedroom farce, will open at 8 p.m. Fridax, Feb. 16, in the Whiting proscenium theater of Rarig Center at the University of Mlnnesotaj Twin Cities. Lee Adey, professor of theater, is directing the comedy which was written by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desva11ieres. Feydeau also wrote nA Flea In Her Ear." "In a time when Victorian morality governed lives, Feydeau titillated with plays that bordered On the daring, though not violating in act the moral code," Adey said. "He offered entertainment, not comment or message, in his plays, making the highly improbable though possible appear altogether believable.II The cast of University Theatre students includes Janice Cole, a sophomore from Stillwater, Minn., as Victoire; Michael Fosberg, a senior from Waukegan, Ill., as Maxime; Marcia Ellian Gardner, a graduate student from St. Peter, Minn., as Marcelle; Robert Light, a graduate student from Winnipeg, Can., as Cot, and Brian Martin, a graduate student from Wayne, N.J., as Boniface. Performances will be at 8 p.II. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays through March· 4. Tickets, priced at $4 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens J are on sale at Rarig CenterJ Dayton's and Donaldson's. Phone 373-2337 for reservations. -UNS- (AO,2,30;Bl;CO,2;F14) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MnmEAPOLIS, MnmSOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 5, 1979 NmlS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAILE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 COFFMAN UNION PROGRAM COUNCIL TO SPONSOR 'A LOVELY EVENING' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) "A Lovely Eveningfl is the theme of a pre-Valentine's Day dance Saturday (Fab.lO) in Coffman Union Great Hall at the University of Minnesota. Tickets for the 9 p.m. disco dance are $1.50 with'a University I.D. and $2 without. The dance is sponsored by the Coffman Union Program Council. -UNS- (AO,2;Bl) (FOR RELEASE A1IY TI}ffi) Feature story from the University of Ninnesota News Service, S-68 l10rrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. l1inneapolis, rUnnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 5, 1979 PEOPLE AS INTOLERN~T AS IN UCCARTHY ERA, RESEARCH SAYS By Jeanne Hanson University Dews Service Look in the mirror. Are you an intolerant person? You 1 lI probably say no. But research conducted at the University of Minnesota and reported in the current issue of Psy~~~l~gy Today indicates that intolerance in U.S. society has not dimin- ished since the HcCarthy era of the 1950s. Although the targets of intolerance have change~, the potential for repression of unpopular groups remains. according to re- searchers John L. Sullivan, James Piereson and George Narcus. St1Jc.ies dnne fn the 1950s on political intolerance concluded that as the level of education increased, the level of intolerance would decrease. "We're challenging that doctrine of progress here," said Piereson, a visiting professor of political science at the University of IIinnesota, on leave fron the University of Pennsylvania. Although people today are more tolerant of such left-Hing groups as the commu- nists and socialists than they ~7ere during the '50s, they are now less tolerant of right-wing groups such as the John Birch Society and the Ku Klux Klan. he said. The researchers found that about two-thirds of those surveyed would like to see some group of people outlawed. That proportion is nearly the same as was discovered in the 1950s studies. iiEvery1::od y ' s supposed to be tolerant and mellOlv no~'1, I' said Piereson. "It may be liberal chic to believe th~t. but it isn 1 t accurate. Everybody seems to hate some- body sometimes. 11 To measut'e intolerance, the researchers offered a list of gro1Jps--:!,ncluding the John Eirch Society, Black P"nthers, Ku Klux Klan aid Symbionest:e Liberation Army-- and an option to name any group not on the list, to a national sample of people and a sample of ~_in Cities area people. (HORE) INTOLERAlIT -2- Those surveyed were to choose the group they liked the least and answer the following questions about them: Should members of the group be outlawed? Should they be banned from being President of the United States? Should they be allowed to teach in the public schools? Should they be allowed to make public speeches? Should their phones be tapped by the government? Should they be allowed to hold public rallies in the city? About 70 percent of the people in the national sample would allow a member of their least-liked group to make a speech and about 66 percent felt the" group should be outlawed outright. Some 59 percent would not want the government to tap a group member's phone, and 50 percent would allow the group to hold public rallies, Sullivan said. Less than a fourth of the people surveyed would be willing to see a member of the group they dislike become President or teach in a public school. Twin Cities area residents were only slightly more tolerant than those in" .the national sample, said Sullivan, an associate professor of political science at the University of Ninnesota. Today's top objects of prejudice, chosen by 30 percent of the people, are groups in the radical right--the Klan, fascists, and the John Birch Society. Communists came in next, followed by the Black Panthers and the SLA, together chosen by 14 per cent. Atheists, pro-abortionists, anti-abortionists and socialists were chosen as most hated by fewer people, Sullivan said. About 3 percent of the people named as their most disliked group one that wasn 1 t on the list. These ran the gamut from the liHoonies' to homosexuals to "holy roller Baptists, l. t'poor white trash and blacks," environmentalists, Hell's Angels, and the "gang bangers, I: Sullivan said. People's personalities influence their level of intolerance, Sullivan said. The most intolerant people are those who are the least secure about themselves and those who perceive some threat, realistic or unrealistic, from the group involved. (HO?:lli) INTOLERANCE -3- In contrast, studies have tied self-esteem, self-actualization, faith in people, and diminished fear of the group, to tolerance, No difference in tolerance between men and women or between younger and older people was evident, Once they're allowed to choose their own objects of prejudice, people are equally intolerant, Sullivan said. The diversity of the groups disliked and our fragmented political atmosphere in general are signs of hope, according to Piereson. nprobably no one group will be selected for repression ,not even one of the groups that are themselves intolerant," he said. According to Piereson, that is the ch~llenge and the paradox~ "Can a tolerant society tolerate intolerance?" -UHS- (AO,6,l3:Bl,CO,6,DO,6;E6,l3) UNIVERSITY OF t%INNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 5, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 313-7515 HENRY CBAlU.ES SHIl'H TO GUEST WITH 'u' BAND (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Henry C~r1es Smith, associate ~onductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, will be the ~featured guest when the University of Minnesota Symphonic Band presents a free public .concert at 3 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 11) in Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minne- sota Twin Cities campus. smith, who is· the former principal trombonist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, will play the baritone in performances with the 10o-piece band of "Andante et Allegro'" by J. Ed Barat and "Beautiful Coloradoll by De Luca. Frank Bencriscutto, professor and director of University bands, is the director of the Symphonic Band, which will also present "Pictures at an Exhibitionll by M. Mussorgsky and "Feste Romane'l by Ottorino Respigh1. Smith joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1971 as assistant conductor and was named associate conductor in September, 1973. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music. He has recorded as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and as a member of the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. The Ensemble's recording of "Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli" won the 1969 Grammy Award for the best chamber music recording of the year. His recording of Hindemith's "Trombone Sonata" was nominated for a 1976 Gr8DIBY. The concert is sponsored by the University departments of music and music education. -UNS- (AO,2,29;Bl,CO,2) (FOR RELEASE ANY TI~m) Feature story from the University of Minnesota Ne~'I1s Service, S-68 Horrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Hinneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 6, 1979 URAliIU!1 SPARKS MINING INTEREST IN MI~ThlESOTA By Paul Schurke University Ne~Ts Service More than 100,000 acres in three east-central Minnesota counties have been leased for uranium prospecting by Colorado mining firms. Nothing of significance has been found so far. But the firms, Rocky Mountain Energy Company, Energy Resources, and Martin-Trost Associates, are betting that large pockets of the ore--used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants--lie deep under Carlton, Pine and Aitkin counties. Their intense interest stems from a 1976 survey by University of ~finnesota geologist Richard Ojakangas that indicates the area is geologically similar to two of the world's richest uranium fields, which are in Australia and Saskatchewan. ;'It's impossible to say for sure if there are large deposits of uranium in I1innesota,iI said Ojakangas, who heads the geology department at the University's Duluth campus. 11But all the information I have collected so far points in that direction. ;, Uranium pockets usually occur in areas where solid bedrock containing dispersed particles of uranium is overlain with a soft permeable rock, like sandstone. Over thousands of years, the particles may be leached out of the bedrock by groundwater in the sandstone and redeposited in some common central area. Ojakangas explained that: areas of central Hinnesota have all the geological components necessary for the formation of ore pockets. The geology of these areas includes a thick layer of sandstone overlying the Canadian Shield, a huge bedrock formation that stretches down from Canada. After becoming interested in the area because of its geology, the mining com- panies began three years ago to survey the area by airplane and on foot with instru- ments that detect changes in the levels of radioactivity. They have recently begun (HORE) URANIUM -2- drilling test holes t 500 to 600 feet deep, in spots found worthy of closer examina- tion. Because the firms are in competition with one another, they aren't disclosing their findings. But company spokesmen say that although no strikes have been made. enough encouraging signs have been found to keep them looking. Ojakangas said rocks from an abandoned mine shaft near Mahtowa in Carlton Connty have provided some of the most promising findings so far. Radioactivity levels in the rocks t which are remnants of gold and graphite mining efforts in the 1930s. are 10 to 20 times greater than background levels. They pose no health problem, said Ojakangas, but they do offer the companies added incentive. The prospecting activity is not unique to Minnesota. Skyrocketing ore prices after the Arab oil embargo have made the uranium industry a booming business. ~1ining companies, which are now mining uranium in six Rocky Mountain states,are looking for new pockets of ore in eight other states, including the Dakotas, Michigan and Wis consin. However t one mining company official said the chances of finding major new pockets of are are greatest in ~finnesota. Leases recorded for uranium prospecting in Carlton County now include about 70,000 acres. The total acreage leased in Pine and Aitkin counties is estimated at about half that amount. The lease agreements vary, depending on the property and the company. Generally. landowners get $2 to $5 an acre for the first year of exploration and a smaller amount each year after that. If a strike is made t landowners will receive abollt 5 percent of the value of the mined ore t which then must be enriched before sale. At current prices, a small body of ore could net landowners several hundred thousand dollars. But company officials say that even if uranium is found, the mines would take many years to develop. Much confusion among landowners has resulted from the differences in lease arrangements. Staff members at the U.S. Bureau of Mines office in St. Paul who are handling calls from confused landowners are encouraging them to consult with lat~ers or g~ological engineers before signing leases. (liOFU&) UHANIUH -3- The prospecting has spawned a great deal of excitement m10ne area residents. Speculation on the likelihood of a strike '-has nearly replaced talk about the weather, " said Bob Eikum, a Carlton County resident. It has also spawned some concern among state officials. i"The state is un prepared to handle uranium mining,:: said Elwood Rafn, chief of the Mineral Division at the state Department of Natural Resources. eState laws covering this activity are obsolete and inadequate. VI Rafn said the Legislature is being asked to appropriate $25,000 for a one-year study on the impact of uranium exploration and mining. He said State officials are concerned that exploration and any future mining activities be properly regulated and monitored so that water supplies are not contaminated with radioactivity. In the past, emissions from the tailings of uranium mines, which include radia- tion. radon gas and gamma rays, have been associated with increased incidences of lung cancer. The Uinnesota Pollution Control Agency is also becoming involved. A sub COIDr2ittee of the PCA board of directors has been assigned to consider holding pu~:ic hearin~s on the impact of uranium mining. 'There i s a sense of urgency about this,s: said Dale HcHichael, director of the peA office of environmental analysis. !'He don v t have a good understanding about the ramifications of these activities. But we are trying to move ahead as quickly as possible. l' -Ul'JS- 1 Ul~IVERSITY OF MII~ESOTA NE\ NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact HENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 CORRECTION The University News Service release dated Feb. 1, I'POLISH FIU1 ACTRESS TO PRESENT FlU-iS AT 'U' FILIi SOCIETY, II contained an error. The third paragraph should read 'The Film Society will premiere Komarowska IS film IiA \.Joman' s Decision" at 7: 30 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 7), with repeat showings Friday (Feb. 9) through Monday (Feb. 12). The film is the story of an accountant's struggle with a mid-life crisis and a love triangle. ,; -IJNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEHS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINUEAPOLIS, HUnmSOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 7, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNTZI CKER, (612) 373-7512 MAGRATH HAS 'PROBLEMS; WITH QUIE BUDGET FOR 'u' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) University of Minnesota President C. Peter Magrath says he "has problems'; with the $394.9 million appropriation recommended for the University over the next two years by Gov. Albert H. Quie., :'\.J'e have real problems with certain aspects of the governor's recommendations as they now stand,'! Magrath told the Senate Education Committee chaired by Sen. Jerome Highes, DFL-Maplewood,Tuesday (Feb. 6). ;~Our problems stem from the fact that in the 1970s, we've faced cutbacks totalling, in absolute dollars, $12 million at the same time as we face growing demanu for our activities in research and service, enrollment that is steady and inflation that will be at least 7 percent, tl Magrath said. The University's request for about $11 million in price-level increases was not included in the governor's budget, Magrath said. He said cuts would have to be made elsewhere to cover price increases. HWe simply cannot operate where we are today without the price level increases which were projected at 6 percent each year,:! he said. Unemployment compensation, hazardous waste disposal, and funds needed to main- tain and operate new buildings were ;'fixed costs;' in the University request that were not included in the governor's budget, Magrath said. nI've never said this to a legislative committee as strongly as I'm saying it now" if we do not receive an adequate appropriation, the University of Minnesota is going to suffer and we are all going to suffer, t1agrath said. (HORE) MAGRATH -2- '7The governor did make a number of recommendations for which we're very gratified~Y; Magrath said~ referring to research and book fund supplements included in the governor's budget. Quie recommended a $939,000 supplement to University libraries to offset in flation in the costs of books and periodicals, and a $200~000 increase for the Graduate School Research Fund. Magrath's comments came in response to a question by Sen. Neil Dieterich~ DFL St. Paul, about the impact of the governor's recommendations, which are about $42 million less than what the University is requesting from the 1979 Legislature. House DFL caucus leader Irv Anderson of International Falls mentioned the Uni versity in his reaction to the Quie budget last week. He noted that higher education was not mentioned in the governor's budget address. liThe governor i s policy for higher education appears to be to starve it nOTi.T, even though enrollments won't decline until the mid 1980s. The proposed University of Minnesota budget is so austere as to raise a very real question about the governor's intentions. "Does he want the University to become a smaller, less ambitious state univer sity rather than the regional, national and international center of learning and research it has been?" Anderson said. Sen. Jerome Gunderson~ DFL-ilabel, however, expressed concern Tuesday that in creases for the University of tlinnesota would enhance its prestige, leaving the State University System at a greater competitive disadvantage for recruiting students within Uinnesota. -UNS- (AO~I;B1,lO;CO,l) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 7, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 VICTORIAN ART AT METRO COLLEGE (POR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Life in Victorian England is recreated in an exhibition opening Monday (Feb. 12) at Metropolitan Community College, 1501 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. "The Art and Mind of Victorian Englandll will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through March 5. Included in the exhibition are large photostats of prints, advertisements and 'photographs from 19th century England. Nine themes are used~, Queen Victoria, women, home and family, recreation, transportation and technology, labor and the poor, the street, Victorians together, and Jews of Victorian England•. Organized by the University of Minnesota Gallery, the exhibition is circulated throughout the state by University Continuing Education in the Arts and Agricultural Extension Service. -uNS- (AO', 2,31;BI) UNIVERSITY OF lflNNESOTA NEWS SERVIcE, S-68 MORB.ILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 8, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK,(6l2) 373-7515 ViOLINIST TO APPEAR WITH 'u' SYMPHONY ORCBESTBA (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Violinist Ani Kavafian will appear in concert with the University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunde:, Feb. 18, in Northrop Auditorium on the Twin Cities campus. Kavafian will perform with the 'orchestra fiConcerto No. 3 in G Major" by Mozart and 1lIntroductiQ11 and RondoCapricciosoli by Saint-Saens. "Symphony Fantastique" by Hector Berlioz is the other selection on the program. The 7$-member symphony orchestra is directed by Richard Massmann, professor of music. Kavafian bas performed as a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra of New York, the National Symphony in Washington, D.C., the Boston Pops and the New York Philharmonic. In 1978 she was named the first recipient of the Philip M., Faucett ~tring Prize of Young Concert Artists. The concert is sponsored by the University departments of music and music education and is 0P$n free to the public. -UNS- (AO,2,29;Bl;CO,2) \ " .~ .. --~------UNIVERSITY OF MnlNESOTA NEWS SERVICE. S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. Mn~EAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 8, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADMfS. (612) 373-5193 FILMS FROM lmsT GERMANY TO SHOW AT 'u' FILM SOCIETY (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Four "New German Cinemall films will have their area premiere this month as part of a University Film Society film series in the Bell Museum of Natural History auditorium at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The first film in the series, "Jane Is Jane Forever,1I will be shown Wednesday (Feb. 14) at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and Thursday (Feb. 15) at 7:30 p.m. The 1977 film directed by Walter Boc1cmayer and Rolf BOOrmann, is a tragi-comic story of an old woman who is convinced she is Tarzan's mate. Another Bockmayer and Buhrmann film, "Flaming Hearts," will be shown Thursday (Feb. 15) at 9:15 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 17, and Sunday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The film stars Peter Kern as a visitor to an American Oktoberfest. Hans W. Geissendoder's film liThe Glass Cell" will be shown Saturday, Feb. 17, and Sunday, Feb. 18, at 9: 30 p.m. The film, which was the winner of the 1978 German best film award, is a murder thriller. "Germany in Autumn" will canplete the series Friday, Feb. 16, and Monday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Eleven directors including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alexander Kluge and Volker Schlondorff contributed to the making of the anthology film, which focuses on the autumn 1977 terrorist events in West Germany. Admission is $2.50 for double features and for "Germany in Autumn," and $2 for single films. All films are in German with English subtitles. -UNS- (AO,2,32;Bl;C2) UNIVERSITY OF MItn1ESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST.S.E. nINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 FEBRUARY 8, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF 11INNESOTA, TlnN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Feb. 11-17 Sun., Feb. ll--St. Paul Student Center: French poster show. Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Feb. 28. Free. Sun., Feb. ll---Jaques Gallery: "Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9.a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free. Sun., Feb. ll---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, through Feb. 13; "U.S. Navy Combat Art,r: Gallery 405W, through Feb. 26. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Feb. ll---University Symphonic Band, Northrop Aud. 3 p.m. Free. Sun., Feb. ll---University Theatre: HThe Roar of the Greasepaint-~The Smell of the Crowd," by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Arena theater, RarigCenter. 3 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. . Sun., Feb. ll--Universfty Film Society: I;A Woman's Decision. IJ Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Sun., Feb. ll--Film: "Julia." Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Hen., Feb. 12~--GoldsteinGallery: IlS candinavian Modern Design 1900-1950,;; Ph.D. thesis subject by Claire Selkurt. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-F':L Through Feb. 16. Free. Mon., Feb. l2---Coffman Gallery: Black history month exhibit, Gallery I, ~hrough ~arch 2; "Children's Art From Around the lvorld,;i Gallery II, through Harch ~; "Sculpture in Paint" by Rex Mheripiri, Related Arts Gallery, through Feb. 2ll. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Mon., Feb. l2---University Gallery: "Tolstoy:Life and Times. II Gallery 405C, Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 16. Free. Mon., Feb. l2---I.ecture: Alvin Carter, artist. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman U'1.ion. 7:30 p.m. -Pree:- Mon., Feb. l2---University Film Society: IJA vloman' s Decision." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Tue!"'.• , Feb. l3--Mixed Blood Theat:r.p.: HNoah. II Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 12:15 p.m. Fr~- Tues" Feb. l3---University Film Society: HThe Life of Uozart. ii Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 2:15, 7:30 and 10 p.m. $2.50. (OVER) "...----- ! CAT.ENDAR -2- Hed., Feb. l4---Concert: IIMusica Antiqua': (dinner concert). North Star BallroO'!l\, St. Paul Student Center. 8 p.m. $11.50, students $9. lied., Feb. l4---University Film Societ!: "Jane is Jane Forever. II Bell ~fuseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2. Thurs., Feb. 15---Universit! Galler!: IlAfter Ninety. I) Gallery 405, Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 14. Free. r Thurs., Feb. l5---Film: "In Search of Dracula. ' North Star Ballroom, St. Pfml Student Center. Noon. Free. Thurs., Feb. 15---Film: liSome Like It Hot. 1i 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Thurs., Feb. l5---:Universit! Film Societ!: 11Jane is Jane Forever,:: 7: 30 p.m..; "Flaming Hearts," 9:15 p.m. Bell Museum of NaturalHistory aud. $2.50. Fri., Feb. l6---Film: llBonjour Amour. i. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $3, students $2. Fri., Feb. l6---University Film Societ!: "Germany in Autumn. l' Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2.50. Fri., Feb. l6---Punchinello Players: "Play With a Tiger,i7 by Doris Lessing. )k7th Hall theater. 8 p.m. $2.50, students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall ticket office. Fri., Feb. l6---University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso, n by Georges Feydeau and 11'·,'.:~ Desvallieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, stuuc;--ts $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. SaL, Feb. l7--Film: "Bonjour Amour. 1I Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3 p.m. $3, students $2. Sat., Feb. 17---Universlt! Film Soclet!: "Flaming Hearts," 7:30 p.m.; liThe Glass CeJ.l," 9:30 p.m. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. $2.50. SaL, Feb. l7--Punchinello Players: uPlsy With a Tiger,1l by Doris Lessi:i1g. tbrth TIall theater. 8 p.m. $2.50, students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall ticket office. Sat., Feb. 17--University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso," by Georges Feydeau anel ;-\'::1c(: Desvallieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tick~ts on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. -008- (AO; BI:;F2) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 nORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, HINHESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 9, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ELIZABETH PETPJu~GELO, (612) 373-7510 CmJGDON MANSION TO BE USED AS rIDSEUH, TOURIST ATTRACTION (FOR U1HEDIATE RELEASE) A plan to use the Duluth mansion of the late Elisabeth Congdon as a museum and a site for public tours for a three-year trial period was approved today (Friday) by th~ University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The resolution was approved with the stipulation that $300,000 from private sources be raised during the next 90 days to cover costs of readying the 39-room mansion for operation by summer. University of Minnesota, Duluth, provost Robert Heller said that $234,000 has already been pledged, and that members of the Congdon family are confident the additional money can be raised within the time limits. Although the building is structurally sound, improvements must be made to bring the building into compliance with existing codes for public buildings, according to Donald Brown, University vice president for finance. Brown estimated a deficit of about $66,000 for the first year of operation, despite a projected income of about $121,000 from 45,000 expected visitors and some special events. Regent Erwin Goldfine of Duluth argued that Brown's figures were conservative. IThat museum will generate more people at a higher price, and it will cost less to run (than Brown predicted)," Goldfine said. By June of this year, about $149,000 will have been spent maintaining the building, Brown said. This money, which is coming out of University reserves, is considered a loan and will be paid back from the building's income. The regents also heard a proposal for a major replacement of University Hospitals that could be completed by 1986 at an estimated cost of $113 million. The (MORE) REGENTS -2- replacement unit, which would be on the site now occupied by Powell Hall along the East River Road, would replace about 400 beds and ease what University officials called critical overcrowding problems in the old hospitals. Brown told the regents' physical plant and investments committee that if the building is completed by 1986, it will cost $113 million. If completion is delayed until 1989, he said, the costs will rise to $153 million. liOn a project of this size, inflation is an enormous factor," he said. Brown said the project can be completed without any state money, and that asking the Legislature for financial assistance would only delay the completion date. Bond sales would be used to finance the project, he said. University Hospitals director John Westerman told the regents that the hospital complex, much of it built in 1910, is cramped, overcrowded, and out-of-date. He gave as examples of the severity of the problems four patients crammed in rooms designed for two, lack of space for teaching so that discussions must be held in hallways, patients' rooms and bathrooms,crowding in staff working areas, and lack of space for patient services. Storage facilities are inadequate,and supplies and equipment must now be stored in the hallways and in patient rooms, he said. Chief of surgery John Najarian said that the conditions make it difficult for University Hospitals to compete with other hospitals in research and patient care, and that some staff might leave as a result. "The teaching must be done in nursing stations, in the hallways, and worst of all in the patients' rooms," he said. IIThis is dehumanizing to the patients and to their families. 1i The regents will hear several more such presentations before the project progresses, and the plan must be reviewed by a long list of local, state and federal groups before work can begin. In other action, the regents approved further work on a $17 million civil and mineral engineering building on the Minneapolis campus. The building, which is being designed by the architecture firm of Myers and Bennett, will be partially underground and almost entirely energy independent. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl,lO;CO,1;Dl;E15) UN IVERS ITY OF HINNESOTA NEHS SERVICE, S-68 110RRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. UnmEAPOLIS, l1UlNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 9, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ELIZABETH PETP~lGELO, (612) 373-7510 ORVILLE FREEHAN TO HEAD HUIiPHREY INSTITUTE COM!ITTEE (FOR ItuJEDIATE RELEASE) Former Hinnesota governor Orville Freeman has been named to head a IS-member advisory committee for the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Hinnesota. The committee will meet once or twice a year to help plan the direction of the institute, to advise the director of the institute on ways it can serve both citizens and government, and to support the programs and plans of the institute. Freeman, who is a former U.s. secretary of agriculture and is currently presi- dent of Business International Corporation, tn11 serve a three-year term on the committee. Other members serving three-year terms are Muriel Humphrey, "Tidm" of the late senator; Lane Kirkland, national secretary of the AFL-CIO; Rutherford Aris, University of t'annesota regents' professor of chemical engineering; and Evron Kirkpatrick, executive director of the American Political Science Association. Ilembers serving ~ro-year terms include state senator Skip Humphrey, son of Hubert H. Humphrey; E~1in Hargrove, director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University; Curtis Carlson, chairman of the University of !1innesota Foundation; John French, partner in Faegre and Benson law firm and adviser to Vice President Halter Uondale; and Katherine Vander Kooi, former University of ltlnnesota regent. Those named to serve one-year terms are Thomas Rivera, executive vice president of the University of Texas, E1 Paso; l1inneapolis businessman Durton Joseph; Lew Wasserman, chairman of the board for 11usic Corporation of America~ Vernon Jordan, director of the National Urban League; Yvonne Brath~mite Burke, former congresswoman from California; and Eugenie Anderson, former ambassador to Denmark and a resident of Red tUng, Uinn. The committee will have its first meeting April 19 and 20. (AO,I,13;Bl,10;CO,ljDO,1;E15) -tnlS- (FOR IHMEDIATE RELEASE) Feature story from the University of Minnesota News Service, S-68 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. 'Uinneapo1is, Uinnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 9, 1979 FEBRUARY ECLIPSE TO BE VISIBLE n~ MItn~ESOTA By Mark E. Canney University News Service Minnesotans should get a good look at the Feb. 26 solar eclipse, according to University of Minnesota astronomers. Though not in the path of totality--that area where the moon will completely block out the sun--Minnesotans will be seeing a 90 to 98 percent blockage of the sun's rays. The area of total eclipse swings northward from the northwest corner of North Dakota, missing 1linnesota. Those Minnesota towns and cities closest to the northwest corner of the state will view a greater percentage of coverage. First contact of the moon with the sun's path will occur in ~linnesota at approxi- mately 9:30 a.m. CST, with the maximum coverage occurring at about 10:45 a.m. Accord- ing to Thijs van der Hulst, a University of Minnesota astronomer, the moon should leave the sun's path completely at about noon. The moon will begin to cross the sun's path from the right edge of the solar disk. The casual observer won't be able to detect the early stages of the eclipse and probably won't notice much of a change until the sun is blocked about 70 percent. At 80 percent coverage, the sun will take on a definite change in tint. At this stage, two things will occur: the temperature will drop and the sky will take on a grayish appearance and become noticeably darker. Those who watch the eclipse should be extremely careful, according to astronomy professor Lawrence Rudnick. Looking directly at the partially eclipsed sun can cause severe damage to the retina of the eye. liThe type of partial eclipse such as we will be experiencing in l1innesota is extremely dangerous since there is no immediate pain when viewing the sun while it has a 90 percent: coveragts." Rudnick said. (MORE) SOLAR ECLIPSE -2- One safe method of watching the eclipse is through a number 14 welder's glass, according to an article in the January issue of Sky and Telescope magazine. Such filters can be purchased for about a dollar at welding supply stores. An indirect method--and the safest method--is to use a homemade pinhole camera made with two pieces of white cardboard, one with a hole less than one-eighth of an inch in diameter. The image of the sun can be projected onto the second card by holding it a foot away from the first card. Rudnick and van der Hulst plan to do a similar projection using a mirror to project the sun's image onto a University of Minnesota building (Coffman Memorial Union) • Caution should be taken in using telescopes and other opitcal devices for viewing the eclipse. Even with solar filters. these apparatuses can be dangerous. Solar filters can heat up and crack, allowing intense solar radiation to come in dtrect contact with the eye. If the sky is clear, people in Minneapolis and Rochester will see an eclipse of about 90 percent, Duluth residents will see 94 percent, St. Cloud residents will witness a 93 percent eclipse, and International Falls will see about 97 percent coverage. according to van der Hulst. If the weather is cloudy, or if you have to miss the eclipse entirely, ycur next chance to view another partial ~clipse in Minnesota will be in 2017, and a total eclipse will be visible in 2106. -UNS- (AO,4;Bl,9;G5.6,7,8) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEHS SERVICE, S-68 lfORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 9, 1979 HEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYP~, (6l2) 373-7516 HELLER TO SPEAK ON STATE, NATIONAL BUSINESS CLIMATE (FOR n~1EDIATE RELEASE) Economists Walter Heller and Francis Boddy will give an overview of the state and national economy during a day-long program on Minnesota's economy Wednesday (Feb. 14) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The day's events will include dedication ceremonies for the new Earle Bro~~ Continuing Education Center on the St. Paul campus. Heller, who is a regents' professor of economics at the University and a former presidential adviser, and Boddy, University professor I?meritus vf economies. will speak at 9 a.m. in the Earle Brown Center. Finance and insurance professor Roger Upson and industrial relations professor Ross Azevedo will speak on the business climate in Minnesota at 10:30 a.m. Dedication ceremonies are set for noon, with a speech by Cyril Houle, professor of education at the University of Chicago. At 2 p.m., James Houck, professor of agricultural and applied economics, and Robbin Johnson, assistant vice preSident and manager of public affairs for Cargill, Inco,wil1 discuss Hinnesota's agricultural economy. Rutherford Aris, regents' professor of chemical engineering, will speak on science and the future of the state's economy at 3:30 p.m. The Earle Brown Center is named for the late Earle Brown, who willed his 750 acre farm in Brooklyn Center to the University in 1949. The University received $1.7 million when 560 acres of the farm were sold in 1966. Brown was a Hennepin County sheriff and was the founder of the ~1innesota Highway Patrol. In 1932, he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor, losing to Floyd B. Olson. Brown inherited from his grandfather the farm he eventually left to the Uni versity; he used it for breeding Belgian horses and cattle farming. The center, located at 1890 Buford Ave., opened in October and is expected to serve more than 50,000 people a year as the site of short courses, conferences and special programs. The building contains a meeting room for 400 people, smaller meeting areas for from 40 to 100 people. a coffee shop and a cafeteria. -Ul~S- (AO,l2,34;Bl,8,CO,12,18) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEvJS SERVICE, S-68 UORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUA..~Y 9 ~ 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYP~, (612) 373-7516 HELLER TO SPEAI{ ON STATE, NATIONAL BUSINESS CLIMATE (FOR INHEDIATE RELEASE) Economists Walter Heller and Francis Boddy will give an overview of the state and national economy during a day-long program on Minnesota's economy Wednesday (Feb. 14) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The day's events will include dedication ceremonies for the new Earle Bro~~ Continuing Education Center on the St. Paul campus. Heller, who is a regents' professor of economics at the University and a former presidential adviser, and Boddy, University professor emeritus uf economics, will speak at 9 a.m. in the Earle Brown Center. Finance and insurance professor Roger Upson and industrial relations professor Ross Azevedo will speak on the business climate in Minnesota at 10:30 a.m. Dedication ceremonies are set for noon, with a speech by Cyril Houle, professor of education at the University of Chicago. At 2 p.m., James Houck, professor of agricultural and applied economics, and Robbin Johnson, assistant vice president and manager of public affairs for Cargill, Inc. , will discuss Hinnesota' s agricultural economy. Rutherford Aris, regents' professor of chemical engineering, will speak on science and the future of the state's economy at 3:30 p.m. The Earle Brown Center is named for the late Earle Bro~m, who willed his 750 acre farm in Brooklyn Center to the University in 1949. The University received $1.7 million when 560 acres of the farm were sold in 1966. Brown was a Hennepin County sheriff and was the founder of the Hinnesota High~ray Patrol. In 1932, he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor, losing to Floyd B. Olson. Bro~m inherited from his grandfather the farm he eventually left to the Uni versity; he used it for breeding Belgian horses and cattle farming. The center, located at 1890 Buford Ave., opened in October and is expected to serve more than 50,000 people a year as the site of short courses, conferences and special programs. The building contains a meeting room for 400 people, smaller meeting areas for from 40 to 100 people, a coffee shop and a cafeteria. -UNS- (AO,12.34;Bl,8,CO,l2,l8) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 8-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST.S.E. MINNEApOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 12, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNT~J~g~. (§J2} 373-7512 U OF M OFFICIALS PLk~ CHINA CENTER FOR EXCHANGES Al~ STUDY (FOR Uft·1EDIATE RELEASE) Even before any Chinese students are scheduled to attend the University of Minnesota, faculty members and administrators are making plans to develop a long-ter~ relationship with the People's Republic of China. About 40 faculty members, administrators and representatives of Twin Cities businesses met last weekend to work out ways in which the University and Minnesota industries could work together on Chinese exchanges. The meeting was called to discuss a Center for Chinese Studies and Educational Exchanges at the University proposed by Fred Lukermann, dean of the College of Liber- al Arts (CLA). American business will be well established in China before academic exchanges begin, Lukermann said. "By the time you get to China. you're going to see the golden arches. stay at the Hilton and join the Pepsi Generation. i; Lukermann said that, as a result. faculty members would be wise to establish alliances with Minnesota businesses in working out exchanges with China. A China center should involve Uinnesota business people and scholars alike, he said. ill don't have any illusions about getting money from the legislature or the federal government.:' he said. 111 do have illusions about getting it from Control Data and Honeywell. t; N. L. Dickinson of Control Data Corporation and Jack Alt of Honeywell said that their companies could be training Chinese users of their equipment in the Twin Cities in the future, and that their companies might participate in such a center with the University as a result. n\ve're going to do it with or without you, II Dickinson told the University officials. "vIe already spend money for these activities outside the Twin Cities, (MORE) CHINA CENTER -2- and we would prefer to spend it here. I: Moustafa Uosharrafa, a founder of Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., said that he has already explored the possibility of joint ventures with the Chinese for the sale of pacemakers in China. The Chinese have already begun manufacturing pacemakers but, he said, they are receptive to joint ventures for profit which appeal to his company. Working with the pacemakers involves an extensive amount of training that could be done in the Twin Cities, he said. Lukermann and Institute of Technology dean Roger Staehle said they would seek support from major corporations, but said that the University will have to provide starting money for the center. lilf ~1e Ire going to do things here at Minnesota, it's going to come out of our hides ~ i; Lukermann said. nWe I re going to have to work overtime.!1 Staehle said the University should combine its resources with money from local corporations, and then seek matching federal funds to pay for the China center. The Chinese have thousands of years of cultural momentum in science and technolQgy, and Uinnesota businesses have much to gain by tapping that expertise, he said. Lukermann suggested that a regular, intensive seminar on China for University officials begin immediately in preparation for whatever overtures University or Chinese educational officials make. Three University of Minnesota representatives will make a presenta~ion to the Chinese liaison office in Washington this week and will propose that a delegation of University people visit China to negotiate an exchange. Among other possibilities, it has been suggested that the China center provide English language instruction and arrange for services such as housing for visiting scholars and technicians. Lukermann said the center should begin work immediately, despite internal University budget problems. ilThere are budget considerations, but that's no reason to drop anything,H he said. University geography professor Mei-ling Hsu proposed that a particular Chinese region be studied and that a sister relationship be developed with a Chinese uni versity in the region. Several speakers at the workshop described what such sister relationships mean, and described exchange programs that have already begun. -UNS- (AO,I;BI,lO,co,l;no,l;El3,l5) UNIVERSITY OF MIlrnESOTA NEHS SERVICE) S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST.S.E. HINHEApOLIS) MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY l2 t 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKll~~_ J6J2). _~?~_'::Z1!-:1- ANERICANS WILL HAVE TO ADJUST TO CHINESE (FOR Il1l1EDIATE RELEASE) American hosts will have to adjust to visiting scholars from the People's Re- public of China as much as the visitors will have to adjust to the United States) according to Josef A. Mestenhauser, director of the International Student Adviser's Office at the University of Uinnesota. r'Host make the assumption that you have to orient the students to us, I: he said. ;;He really are not paying much attention to the probleos we are going to have as hosts of the Chinese. I; Mestenhauser spoke at one of the small-Broup workshops last weekend at Spring Hill Center where officials from the University of Minnesota discussed the prospects of developing exchange programs with the People's Republic of China. "Our own students are utterly unprepared for the Chinese students)fl he said. 'iHe assume that we know what these people want or need but we have no precedent in international student programs for the types of problems that the Chinese will have here. " Chia-wei Woo, chairman of the physics department at Northwestern University, said that the Chinese may be surprised and confused by what they see. ;)The cultural shock is not so much seeing things that are unfamiliar but it is difficult to be- come accustomed to things that do not seem rational,;; t'loo said. "The Chinese are a very frugal people,· he said. 'IThey will be confused as to why a people as successful as Americans are could be so wasteful. I: Financial problems will likely affect exchange scholars and a "reception': center will be needed to help arrange housing and other services for the groups, Mestenhauser said. The reception center for foreign students was lost during (HORE) CHINESE STUDENTS -2- recent University budget cutting, he said. Health insurance for visiting scholars is hard to get, he said. lilt's expen sive and it's inadequate. The high costs of housing and medical insurance are going to stagger the Chinese." The Chinese who visit the United States will be advanced scholars who will not qualify for student health care or faculty fringe benefits. Health care is provided to residents of China free by the government, and it will"be hard to explain to them that they will not be covered for illness or accident when they visit the United States, he said. The housing situation could raise a different set of problems, most caused by the much higher costs of liVing in the United States, he said. ilThere is an important question that's not being handled and that is, 'How do we prepare the community, the minorities, other foreign students for the reception of Chinese students?;ll Uestenhauser said. Although there will be special problems aggravated by Univeristy budget cuts and the position that all foreign students should be treated equally, Mestenhauser said he is excited by the prospect of a long-term exchange program with China. -Ul'iS- (AO,l,Bl,lO;CO,1;DO,l;El3,15) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA NEtvS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. Mlm~EAPOLIS, MINl~ESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 12, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL hlJNTZICKE!?_l~~2J_ 3?}_-7~12 l1AGRATH SAYS POOR APPROPRIATION COULD CAUSE INTERNAL PROBLEMS (FOR IIll.fED1ATE RELEASE) University of ~finnesota President C. Peter Magrath said Monday that an in- adequate appropriation for his institution could compromise his ability to carry out a mangement program he began a year ago. Magrath explained a l;retrenchment and reallocation processl1 begun by the Uni- versity, and defended the institution's $496.7 million legislative request before the House Education Division chaired by Rep. Wendell Erickson, IR-Hills. "The retrenchment and reallocation process waS developed to manage our mm resources as carefully as possible,: he said. illJe intend in our 1979 budget to undertake a retrenchment of some programs and a reallocation to others." This management program will be needed by the University because of shifting priorities and projected changes in enrollment within the institution, II Magrath saiJ. lilf the reallocation prog=am is used to pay for essential services, it will undercut a delicate process we have worked out in a collaborative manner, 1; he said. Magrath said the faculty and students have accepted the need for internal shifting of money. but the process involves people at all levels of the institution. r;lf we cannot use the money for the purposes intended. if we have to use it to bail ourselves out for price-level increases. for example, then it would fundamentally compromise my ability to work with the vice presidents. the faculty and the students to undertake the retrenchment and reallocation we want in the next i few years. ; he said. The reallocation process will cut 1.7 percent across-the-board from the Uni- versity's budget, thus making $3 million available for internal redistribution. The University has requested $11 million to pay for price increases caused by in- flation. (MORE) MAGRATH -2- Guidelines set by former Gov. Rudy Perpich had asked state agencies to make up price-level increases through internal reallocation of resources. 11agrath admitted that the University:s legislative request exceeded the limits set in the gubernatorial guidelines~ and cited internal consultation with faculty, students~ and administrators as one reason for the size of the request. "The governor's guidelines were developed long after lore lorere into our consultative process ~;; Hagrath said. Rep. Richard Welch. DFL-Cambridge, said that state agencies were expected to make up inflation-related increases through increased productivity~ and that any new positions were to be funded through cutbacks within agencies. ;'1 believe we are in compliance with increased productivity, but we clearly are not in compliance lolith price-level and other increases,:; Hagrath said. Magrath said that faculty productivity has increased as a result of expanding work loads combined with budget cutbacks throughout the 1970s. The University is asking the legislature for 227 new positions. -utTS------ UNIVERSITY OF llIHHESOTA NEHS SERVICE. S-63 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. 1'1INHEAPOLIS. HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 12, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 U OF II HAS HADE NO DEALS tJITH STADIill1 PROPONENTS (FOR ll1MEDIATE RELEASE) University of Minnesota President C. Peter ~lagrath said today that the University has no position on a proposed domed stadium in downtotvn ~1inneapolis. However, Paul Giel. director of men's intercollegiate athletics, has said that a downtown stadium would solve financial problems suffered by the Gopher sports program. The apparent discrepancy was raised Monday in hearings before the education division of the House Appropriations Committee by Rep. James Swanson. DFL-Richfield. "Did you support Paul Giel or encourage him to make these statements?: Swanson asked Uagrath. Nagrath said Giel was speaking for himself and not for the University. "He has a right to express his personal viet-ls, ," Hagrath said. ::'He run, and I prefer it that way~ a fairly loose operation. Faculty and students are free to express their O't'ffi views. Hr. Giel, on the stadium issue, does not represent the official University view.!' In response to another question from Swanson, Magrath said the University has made no deals tlith proponents of any of the stadium sites. nl.oJe have repeatedly made it clear that if a new facility is built, we would consider participating in it regardless of t"here it is built,;; he said. Magrath said the University could use a stadium close to the campus if it included facilities for intramural and recreation sports, but that such facilities are not included in the dmvnto~m stadium proposal. -UiJS- (AO,I;Bl;CO,l;FlS) UNIVERSITY OF UINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 13, 1979 HEUS PEOPLE: For further information contar.t 1lI.!-L _HUN~.~~C~R, (6.12)~73 ..:L5J2 lUi WILL NOT SUBSIDIZE STUDENTS FROM CHINA (FOR INMEDIATE RELEASE) Chinese students at the University of Minnesota will not be subsidized from the institution's budget, President C. Peter Magrath said Monday. Magrath was asked Monday about the possible impact of students from the People's Republic of China during a hearing of the education division of the House Appropria- tions Committee. ;'He really don't know the answer to that question yet,:' Magrath said. ; We are interested i~ having those students come here but we are not interested in sub- sidizing them because we can't afford that.1: The People's Republic of China has begun an international exchange program to get thousands of specialized scientists trained in the United States and western Europe. 17If the Chinese are really serious about sending large numbers of students to us, they are going to have to pay the freight, and I don't mean just transportation. They are going to have to pay full education costs,i1 Magrath said. Stanley B. Kegler, University vice president for institutional relations, said it is still too early to determine how many Chinese students will attend the University of Hinnesota. 'There have been more than casual conversations but we've seen no money in the till, I: Kegler said. Kegler said he thought the Chinese exchanges would be !'significantll in the areas of technical and vocational education. particularly in agriculture. (MORE) CHINA STUDENTS -2- In a telephone interview, Josef A. Mestenhauser, director of the international student adviser's office, said that U.S. institutions will have to pay something to support Chinese scholars if they expect their own scholars to go to China. "It appears to me that the chances of our people going to China would be greatly enhanced if we would scratch our resources to put together something for the Chinese," Mestenhauser said. China, he said, is an undeveloped country and the Chinese are -'overwhelmed;l by U.S. educational costs. The questions about support for the Chinese were raised when Kegler mentioned the changing and unpredictable nature of enrollment among international students. Some 2,189 foreign students representing 106 countries are studying at the University with 2,052 of them on the Twin Cities campus. -UHS- (AO,1;Bl,lO.CO,1) __ ... ---l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS EVENTS UNIVERSITY OF lfINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. UINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 13, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 PHYLLIS BRYN-JULSON TO CONDUCT MASTER CLASS Soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson will conduct a master class from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in 19 Scott Hall on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. AcbDip.1on to the class is $3 for adults and $2 for students. University of Minnesota students will be admitted free. The class is presented by the University departments of music and music education. Bryn-Julson will be in Minneapolis to perform Mozart's "c Minor Mass" with the Minnesota Chorale Friday, Feb. 23, in Orchestra Hall and to perform Sunday, Feb. 25, at Walker Art Center. 'u' BAND, .JAZZ ENSEMBLE TO PRESENT .JOINT'" CONCERT The University Concert Band and University Jazz Ensemble II will perform in a joint concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in Northrop Auditorium on the Twin Cities campus. O'Neill Sanford, assistant professor of music, will direct the 75~ember band ancl'the 2()...1aember ensemble. The .Jazz gnsemble will play "Greetings and Salutations" and 'ICherry juice" by Thad .Jones; "last Forward;; by Les Hooper; "Decoupage" by H. Levy; "Early Autumn" by Burns and Herman, and r:Sheba" by Clark Terry. Among the selections the Concert Band will perform are I1S tars and Bars" by Robert E• .Jager; 'lDedication Overture" by Vittorio Giannini; "Hymn and Allelujah" by Jim CUrnow, and "Nadia's Theme,II arranged by .James H. Burden. The concert is open to the public with no admission charge and is sponsored by the University departments of music and music education. -UNS- (AO,2,8,9,29;Bl;CO,2;F14) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MniNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 13, 1919 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 313-1515 CLIFTON WARE TO LEAD BRAHMS LIEDERABEND (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Clifton Ware, tenor, and Bettye Ware, pianist, will be featured in a Brahms Liederabend (evening of song) at 7:30 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 18) in the Guild ~l at Ply11iOUtltCobgregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Thirty singers, students of Ware, and five pianists plus the audience will participate in the program. Included will be solos, duets and quartets. The audience will join in singing "Weigenliedil (Brahms' Lullaby) and o~her songs. The event, sponsored by the University of Minnesota departments of music and music education, i~ open to the public with no admission charge. Ware is coordinator of the applied vocal program at the University and is tenor soloist at Plymouth Church. He is president of the National Opera Association and has an extensive performance background including 43 roles in opera, operetta :and musical comedy and over 50 roles in oratorio, cantata and major choral works. Locally he has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber . Orchestra.and the Minnesota Opera Company. In addition to Bettye Ware, the pianists will include Julie Lysne, Rebecca Rollins, Steve Stucki arid Mark Sudeith. -uNS- NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 NORTHERN MINNESOTA SETTING FOR U OF M COMIC OPERA (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) A lumber town in northern Minnesota is the setting for a new production of Donizetti l s comic opera "The Elixir of Lovell to be presented Feb. 24 and March 2 and 4 by the University of Minnesota Opera Theatre. The opera will be performed in a new English translation by Vern Sutton, associate professor of music at the University, who is also directing the production. The story concetus a love-sick young man, played by tenor Nick Lenz, who purchases a bottle of love potion from. a traveling medicine salesman, played by bass Stephen Schmall. The young man is convinced that it will make him irresistible to the girl of his dreams, sung by soprano Gail Marcy. He runs into complications from a rival suitor, baritone David Dupont, and from the fact that the elixir is simply wine, which has a silly effect on him. The all-student cast and orchestra are conducted by Jacqueline Jones, music director of the Minnesota Opera Studio. ·Pefomance., in Scott Hall on the Twin Cities campus are at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, and Friday, March 2, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4. Admission is $3 for the general public and $2 for students. Reservations can be made by phoning the University department of music and mtUlic education at 373-3546, during business hours. -uNS- (AO,2,29;Bl;CO,2) UNIVERSITY OF MnmESO'1'A NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA SS4SS FEBRUARY 14, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-Sl93 'GERMANY IN AUTUMN' SHOWING POSTPONED (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) "Germany in Autumn" will not be shown by the University Film Society as scheduled Friday (Feb. 16) ~d Monday (Feb. 19). This film will be offered at a later date. The FilDi Society will be offerilig two West German films in place of "Germany in Autumn. II The revised film schedule is as follows: "The Glass Ce11,11 7:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 16) through Monday (Feb. 19); "Flaming Hearts, II 9:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 16) through Monday (Feb. 19). FilDis are in German vitn English subtitles. Admission is $2.2S. -UNS- ,(AO,2,32;Bl;C2) (FOR RELEASE ArlY TI~m) Feature story from the University of Minnesota Uews Service, 8-68 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Hinneapolis, Uinnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 14, 1979 SOrlE DOS AND DON'TS OF PILLS MfD VICTUALS By William Hoffman University of Minnesota lfuo would claim that the human stomach can't take a punch? Figuratively speak~ ing, it may take several a day--depending on what and how much you eat--and still hang in there. But an adverse food and drug combination can knock it for a loop. Food and drugs don't always mix well in a digestive system. Usually the conse quences of an unfavorable mixture are not serious--perhaps only mild discomfort or poor absorption of the food or drug. But a few drug-diet interactions can be fatal, and the increasing use of drug therapy makes it more likely that dangerous interactions will occur. Joseph Cornell, temporary head of the drug information center at University of ~1innesota Hospitals, said the study of drug-diet interactions is now at the stage that the study of drug-drug interactions was at 10 years ago. i:l\1e wish t,re knetl1 more about the interactions betw'een drugs and food, \' he said. "We don't fully understand what the reactions are, and neither the pharmacist nor the physician usually knows the dietary habits of the patient. \; Dietitians are responsible for getting information on patients' eating habits in order to adapt their diets to the nature of the drugs they will be taking. But that poses problems of its own. According to Susan Marx, principal dietitian of University Hospitals, dietitians must rely on a patient's candor and cooperation. hWhen a doctor puts a patient on drug therapy, we are charged with the mundane task of finding out what the patient's diet is, whether he or she eats at home or someplace like a fast-food restaurant, and if the patient likes such things as candy and cookies, or Harx said. I'We have to rely on patients' telling us what they eat." Cornell said that food sometimes interferes with the absorption or elimination of a drug, or vice versa. Pharmacological agents in foods, whether natural sub stances, food additives, or contaminants, may interfere with drug therapy. And drugs may inhibit appetite. As a general rule, drugs are absorbed more slowly when taken with food, and many drugs lose their effectiveness when they must compete in the stomach with large amounts of food. Aspirin, for example, is poorly absorbed with food, and penicillin can be destroyed when the stomach's gastric juices are activated at mealtime, Cornell said. That kind of conflict can be prevented by careful timing of meals and medication. (HORE) PILLS -2- The rate of absorption is more important for some drugs than for others. Some drugs \o1ill \o1Ork even if they are absorbed slowly. But others, such as antibiotics, need clear sailing in order to reach effective concentrations in the blood. For them, food is an obstacle. Certain foods may affect the total .B!llount of a drug absorbed as well as the rate of absorption. In the case of the antibiotic tetracycline, this is important. In teraction with the calcium in dairy products can reduce the concentration of tetra cycline in the blood almost to zero, Cornell said. Some foods alter the effects of drugs by changing the body's acid-base balance. According to Cornell, many juices and other beverages contain citric acid, which changes the gastrointestinal pH balance. This may slow down the rate at which such drugs as aspirin are absorbed. Some drugs are more or less effective depending on the nature of the patient's diet. GriseofulVin, an antifungal drug, develops a much higher concentration in the blood plasma when taken with a high-fat meal than with a high-protein meal or on an empty stomach. Any drug may cause discomfort--dyspepsia, for example--but some drugs inhibit the function of the gastrointestinal tract and block the absorption of vitamins and nutrients, he said. Neomycin, an antimicrobial drug, damages the intestinal membrane and inhibits enzyme action on food. Cathartic drugs speed up the passage of food through the patient's system, reducing its nutritional value. Birth control pills and Dilantin, an anticonvulsive drug, tend to deplete the levels of several important vitamins in the body. For example, they inhibit the normal production of folic acid, and people taking these pills may need to supplement their diets with folic acid tablets in order to prevent anemia, Cornell said. Some diuretics tend to flush potassium from the system. Consumption of potass ium-rich foods like bananas, grapefruit, oranges, dates, figs, raisins, and dried apricots can compensate for the action of the diuretic, but because of the high calorie content of these foods, patients may choose a potassium supplement instead. Monosodium glutamate, a meat tenderizer commonly used in Chinese food, acts like a diuretic in that it tends to speed up the body's excretion of sodium. People with a low threshold for it may suffer "Chinese restaurant syndromell--headaches and chest pain. Some pharmacists advise patients on diuretics against eating food with ex cessive amounts of monosodium glutamate, but Cornell believes the danger is ex aggerated. Licorice is a food to beware of, but only licorice that contains the natural extract and only if it is consumed in large amounts. It can cause hypokalemia, an abnormally low level of potassium in the blood, or salt and water retention, which may in turn result in high blood pressure. This can be particularly dangerous for patients who are taking digoxin for congestive heart failure. However, most (MORE) PILLS -3- American licorice is synthetic and poses no hazard, Cornell said. Perhaps the most dangerous drug-diet interaction is the one that occurs between tyramine-containing foods and drugs known as MAO inhibitors. ~10noamine oxidase, or MAO~ is an enzyme present in the liver and gastrointestinal tract that neutralizes tyramine and other toxic agents in food. The MAO inhibitors--often used to fight depression--can prevent it from doing its job. Combining a MAO-inhibiting drug with cheese, chicken liver, pickled herring, beer, or Chianti wine--all high in tyramine--can be lethal: the interaction can bring on a stroke. ;'We disp~se just a few MAO inhibitors," Cornell said. IlLast year we filled such prescriptions for only CO patients. It All patients who receive HAO inhibitors are given instructions on how to use them and a specific list of foods to avoid, he said. It is a good rule of thumb not to mix drugs and alcohol. This is especially important for people taking tranquilizers, sleeping pills, and antidiabetic drugs, for their interaction with alcohol can be fatal. Use of alcohol with certain non prescription drugs, particularly with cold and sinus medicines, can increase the sedation that is a normal side effect of these drugs. \'Some patients don 1 t realize how important it is not to drink when they 1 re tak ing certain drugs, ,; Marx said. I:Perhaps we should stress it more. L Cornell applauds the current effort of the Food and Drug Administration to require drug manufacturers to spell out possible adverse drug-drug and drug-food interactions on package inserts for prescription drugs. Despite the lack of information and research on the subject of drug-diet in teractions, Cornell believes that pharmacists and dietitians are equipped to handle problems that arise. Marx agrees. ;'Hore and more, pharmacists and nutritionists are working with physicians to prevent adverse drug reactions,;: she said. ';We have a good situation at University Hospitals. New methods of treating patients are challenged here." But the public needs more information about drugs and their side effects, she said. -UNS (AO,23,24,25;BI.4,5;CO.5;DO~5,E23,25,G3l) (FOR Ir~DIATE RELEASE) Feature story from the University of l1innesota News Service~ S-68 Horrill Hall 100 Church St, S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 15, 1979 BABIES LEMU~ QUICKLY~ NE\-J TEST HETHOD SHOWS By Jeanne Hanson University News Service Young babies recognize patterns very quickly, according to results of a study of their brain signals conducted by University of 11innesota researchers. Shown a series of different geometric patterns, three-month-old babies regis- tered different brain signals in half a second--almost as quickly as adults do. This finding and the method used to discover it helps refute the old view that a baby's world is a ':blooming, buzzing confusion. i: Besides being capable of recognizing patterns, three-month-old babies have al- ready developed color vision, said researcher Philip Salapatek, professor of child development. As a matter of fact, he said, color vision may be developed as early as one or two months after birth. While newborn babies typically have fuzzy 20/450 vision, by the time they are three-months old they have learned to prefer patterned images to plain surfaces, Salapatek said. Salapatek feels that the way he arrived at his discovery is at least as im- portant as what he discovered. The world of infants is a little like a foreign country--you can't question the inhabitants directly because none of them speak your language, he said. There is no way to ask a three-month-old baby whether he recognizes a pattern, prefers red to blue, or recognizes a picture of his mother, Salapatek said. The method the Minnesota team used to study the babies is at least as intriguing as their findings and has impli~ations for the diagnosis of several kinds of birth problems. "The method \ve developed is a little like the one used in the pedia- trician's office to record a baby's heart rate, r- Salapatek said. Although much equipment is attached to the baby, the procedure is entirely painless, he said. (MORE) -~------ BABIES -2- The babies were brought into the research room, and kept on the laps of their parents. A denim head band and some sticky cream held eight wires onto each baby's scalp. The wires were positioned to ';hear' the electrical signals of a thinking brain. Slides of two different striped patterns were flashed~ each for a half second, on a large screen in the darkened room. One was shown frequently, and the other less often. The babies' brains registered differently for each pattern. The brain signals measured were similar to those adults have when comparing stimuli and remembering, Salapatek said. This particular brain signal, associated with higher mental activity, is called the late positive component. In a second research room~ the brain signals were fed into a computer by a mass of colored wires attached to a polygraph and a signal averager. Research assistants Nartin Hofmann and Hichael Kuskowski analyzed the brain signals, automatically tran scribed as peaks and valleys on graph paper and as blips on a small screen. That is how the experiment 1I1Orks on a good day, Hofmann said. On a bad day, babies fall asleep in the middle of the experiment, or try to pull off the denim head band, or wiggle so much the brain wave signals become scrambled, he said. IiWe have to start with about three times as many babies as we need,1l Kuskowski said. Even with problems, the method is versatile, fast and efficient, Salapatek said. He expects the method to be used to check an infant for a defective cortex, to see if oxygen deprivation at birth has caused brain damage, and to analyze the development of a premature infant. The method can also be used to map the brain more precisely, to study longer term memory in infants, and to find out whether infants can distinguish between pairs of words or associate voices with faces, he said. The University of Hinnesota team expects future findings to confirm the compe tence of infants at many tasks. "It's amazing that a baby that age can figure it out that fast," Salapatek said. -005- (AO~6;Bl,ll;CO,6.DO~6;E6;G3l) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA I NEWS SERVICE, S-68 l.fORRILL HALL , 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 ~ FEBRUARY 15, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 'THE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S ART' EXHIBIT AND LECTURES PLANNED ~ . I (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) An exhib1tion of art by children from around the world is on display through March 1 in Cofman Union Gallery II at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The exhibition, which includes art selections from Russia, Austria, East and West Gemany, Spain, Greece, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Hungary, France, The Netherlands, and the Middle East, was planned as part of the International Year of the Child. The art is from the collections of Thomas Slettehaugh, exhibit organizer and University art education professor, and George Olson and Earl Greaves. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. A reception for Albert Hurwitz, president of the International Society of Edu cation Thrpugh Art, is set for Sunday (Feb, 18) from 2:3C °to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery. Hurwitz is coordinator of visual and related arts for the Newton Schools and an expert in art education, particularly in the Soviet Union. Hurwitz will lead a day-long seminar and discussion session in 240 Wu1ling >BallMOIlday (Feb. 19). He will speak on self-discovery at 10:15 a.m., child development and art at 11:15 a.m., current trends in the arts at 2:15 p.m., and the awareness experience in childrens' art at 4:15 p.m. ~ On Tuesday (Feb. 20) Hurwitz will lead a second day of sessions beginning at r I 10:15 a.m. with a lecture on world art in the year of the child in the Coffman Union f , theater/lecture hall. At 1:30 p.m. he will lead a discussion of the art on exhibit H in the gallery, and at 4:15 p.m. will speak on the Ilchild world in the theater/ lecture hall. Both the exhibit and the seminars are free and open to the public. -UNS- (AO,2,16jB1;C2) mUVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S•E. MnrnEAPOLIS, UIUNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 FEBRUARY 15, 1979 UUIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Feb. 18-24 Sun., Feb. 18---St. Paul Student Center: French poster•. Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m. 10 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Feb. 28. Free. Sun., Feb. l8---Jaques Galle!'Y: "Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free.· Sun., Feb. l8---University Gallery: "Tolstoy: Life and Times, II Gallery 405C, through r1arch 16; IIU. S. Navy Combat Art, 'I Gallery 405W, through Feb. 26. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Feb. l8---Concert: University Symphony Orchestra, and violinist. Ani Kavafian•. Northrop Aud. 3 p.m. Free. Sun., Feb. l8---University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso, 1° by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desvalli~res. t-1hiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. .3 p.m. .$4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. ' Sun., Feb. l8--University Film Society: IlThe Life of Anton Bruckner," 3:30 p.m., $2. "The Glass Cell,"7:30 p.m., and "Flaming Hearts," 9:30 p.m., $2.25. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. Mon., Feb. 19---Coffman Gallery: Black history month exhibit, Gallery I, through ~1arch 2; "Children's Art From Around the World,II Gallery II, through March 1; hSculpture inPaint'~ by Rex Mheripiri, Related Arts Gallery, through Feb. 20. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Mon., Feb. 19---Lectures: Art and Children's Art, by Albert Hutl71tZ. 240 1-1ulling Hall. 10:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Free. }10n., Feb. 19---University Film Society: :'The Glass Cell,il 7:30.p.m.; "Flaming Hearts,·: 9:30 p.m. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. $2.25. Tues., Feb. 20--Le(ture: l'Internatlonal Children's Art," by Albert Hurwitz. Gallery II, Coffman Union. 1:30 p.m. Free. Tues., Feb. 20---S1ide-Lecture: IlChildren' s World and Program Development, I; by Albert Hurwitz. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 4:l5·p.m. Free. Tues., Feb. 20---University Filnt Society: "The Life of Beel:hoven.:; Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 2:15, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Wed., Feb. 2l---Coffman Gallery: Sculpture and painting by John C. Lutz. Related Arts Gallery. Through March 1. Free. t-led., Feb. 2l--Film: "Blue Collar .1' Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 p.m. $1.50. Wed., Feb. 21---University Film Society: rlBloodbrothers. '0 Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2. (OVER) ------~-- ~~~~~~~-~---~------.--- CALENDAR -2- Thurs., Feb. 22---FUm: "A Tale of Two Cities." 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50~ Thurs., Feb. 22--Film: IIBlue Collar.:: Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 p.m. $1.50. Thurs., Feb. 22---University Film Society: "Bloodbrothers." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2. Thurs., Feb. 22--University Theatre: ,lIHotel Paradiso,I' by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desvallieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale ,at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Fri., Feb. 23---Goldstein Gallery: Graduate thesis show. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m. 4: 30 p.m. Mon. -Fri. Through March 16. Free. Fri., Feb. 23---F1lm: "Madame Rosa." Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.iii':--$2, students $1.50. Fri., Feb. 23---University Film Society:: I'lt Happened One Night," 7:30 p.m.; "Meet John Doe," 9:30 p.m. Bell Museum of Natural History aUd. $2.50. Fri., Feb. 23---Punchinello Players: "Play With a Tiger," by Doris Lessing. North Hall theater. 8 p.m. $2.50, students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall ticket office. Fri., Feb. 23---University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso,1: by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desval1ieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Fri., Feb. 23---Whole Coffeehouse: Joe McPhee with Milo Fine and Steve Gnitka. Coffman Union. Doors open at 8 p.m. $3. Tickets on sale at the door, MSA TOO and t~_ Museums. Sat., Feb. 24---Film: "Hadame Rosa. Il Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7: 30 and 9:30 p.m. ~students $1.50. Sat., Feb. 24---University Film Societ:y: ::l-lr. Deeds Goes to Town," 7:30 p.m.; "It's a Wonderful Life, I: 9:30 p.m. Bell Museum of Natural History aud.. $2.50. Sat., Feb. 24---Punchinello Plalers: llPlay l-Tith a Tiger, l' by Doris Lessing. North Ball theater. 8 p.m. $2.50, students $2. Tickets on sale at North Hall ticket office. Sat., Feb. 24---University Theatre: I'Rotel Paradiso," by Georges Feydeau and ~ru.l·ice Desvallieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Barig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat., Feb. 24---Whole Coffeehouse: Joe McPhee with Milo Fine and Steve Gnitka. Coffman Union. Doors open at 8 p.m. $3. Tickets on sale at the door, MSA TOO and \o1ax Museums. -UNS- (AO;Bl~F2) ------~ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 ALL l-JELCOME AT 'UNIVERSITY PREVIEHS' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Everyone in Minnesota is invited to spend a day at the University of Minnesota pursuing a special field of interest. 1 A series of five free i1University Previews ' have been scheduled beginning Friday (Feb. 23) and extending through April 23. Themes for the days are "Ecology, Technology and Society, i; Feb. 23; "Inter- national Perspectives on the Future, tl Harch 9; nCommunication and the Arts, \; Harch 30~ "Business, Law and Government in Contemporary Society," April 9; and IlTown and Country in the 20th Century and Beyond," April 23. Activities have been planned with prospective students of all ages in mind but are open to anyone interested, including parents, teachers and counselors. t:Whichever theme they choose, participants in University Previews can count on an active day that will give them lots of insights about planning for the future-- their own and the world's," said Judith Green, a representative of the Prospective Student Services office, which is sponsoring the program. Each day will begin at 8 a.m. with registration and a reception followed by mini-lectures and forums. Participants will have a choice of subject matter. The day will end with a social hour from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. All during the day partici- pants will have the opportunity to meet and talk with faculty, students and re- presentatives of University service units. Advance registration is encouraged but not necessary. For additional infor- mation, phone (612) 373-3030 or write to Prospective Student Services, 230 Williamson Hall, 231 Pillsbury Drive S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. (AO;BI;G7,8) -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE) S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S•E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESO'tA 55455 FEBRUARY 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLEI For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 FILMS OF FRANK CAPRA TO SHOW AT 'u' FILM SOCIETY (POR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Four of director Prank Capra's films will be presented this month by the University P11m Society in the Bell Museum of Natural History auditorium at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The first filDi in the series, "It Happened One Night," will be shown Priday (Feb. 23) and Sunday (Peb. 25) at 1:30 p.m. The film, which won all five of the major Academy Awards in 1934,ma~e ·its stl!-~' Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable famous. It is a romantic comedy. about a confrontation between a woman and a man from different social classes. I~Meet John DOell is a story of a minor league baseball player and a journalist who turns him into a national hero. The 1941 film starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck ~~.~~:.Shown Friday (Feb. 23) and Sunday (Feb. 25) at 9:30 p.m. Gary Cooper plays a country poet who inherits a fortune he does not want in the film "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. 11 The 1936 film will be presented Saturday (Feb. 24) and Monday (Peb. 26) at 1:30 p.m. The 1946 fUm "It's a Wonderful Lifell will complete the Capra series Saturday (Feb. 24) and Monday (Peb. 26) at 9:30 p.m. James Stewart stars as the hero who battles and triumphs over the forces of evil. Admission is $2.25 each evening. -UNS- (AO,2,29;BI;C2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESarA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESarA 55455 FEBRUARY 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further infonnation contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 YOUNG PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY THEATRE TO PRESENT TALE OF KNIGHTS, DRAGONS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Knights and dragons will be featured in a tale of long ago to be presented by the University of Minnesota Young People's Theatre Saturday, March 3. The play, ~JThe Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew,Il written by Robert Bolt, is about Sir Oblong fitz Oblong who 1s sent to overcome the dragon in the Bolligrew Islands and encounters all sorta of adventures. Jeffrey Miller, a graduate student from Allentown, Pa., is directing the student cast. Leading roles are played by Liz Hanson, a freshman from Sioux Falls, S.D., as the Storyteller; Jack Starr, a graduate student from llhite Bear Lake, as Sir Oblong fitz Oblong; Jim Dick Killion, a graduate student from Portageville, Mo., as Baron Bolligrew, and Shannon Kennedy, a senior from lUnneapolis, as Squire Mean- heart. This production is especi81ly designed for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students. Performanc-. will be at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 3 in the Stoll theater of brig Center, West Bank campus. Tickets, priced at $1.50 each, are on sale at brig Center. Phone 373-2337 for reservations. There will be additional weekday performances·for school groups Feb. 26 through March 9. -uNS- (40,2,30;Bl;CO,2) UN IVERS ITY OF 11IUHESOTA NEtJS SERVICE ~ S-60 nORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. IUNNEAPOLIS ~ MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 19. 1979 NmlS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ~~m{ C~n~EY~ (612) 373-7514 UEUO TO NElfS PEOPLE University of Minnesota astronomers will be projecting the sunvs image onto a large sheet draped across the front of Coffman Union on the Minneapolis campus to show the various stages of the solar eclipse Monday (Feb. 26). Astronomers Thijs (TICE) van der Hulst and Lawrence Rudnick will use a mirror stationed across Washington Ave. from Coffman to project the sun onto the building at about 9:30 a.m. They will begin setting up the apparatus at about 3:30 a.m. and be available for questions and observations from then until about noon. The image on the sheet should be about four feet in diameter and will clearly show the stages of lunar interference with the sunvs rays. -Ul~S- (AO,4~Bl~9:CO;F7) UNIVERS ITY OF nUmESOTA HEHS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. ~aHnEAPOLIS9 HINHESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 19, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact PAUL SCHUPJrn~ (612) 373-5193 -_.. _._----_..- - "---_._- -_._--- U OF MP£CEIVES GPJUlT TO STUDY tIDLTIPLE SCLEROSIS (FOR lImEDlATE RELEASE) A University of 11innesota researcher has received a $176~OOO grant from the National l1ultiple Sclerosis Society to study bowel~ bladder and sexual dysfunctions associated with multiple sclerosis (llS). Neurologist William Bradley will direct a two-year study of about 100 persons t'1ith ns, the most common central nervous system disease among young adults. US~ which affects about 500,000 Americans~ interferes with the brain's ability to control such activities as sight~ speech and mobility. It can also impair excretory and sexual functions. Bradley's study aims at improving diagnostic procedures and treatments, such as drug therapy and prosthetic devices, available for these dysfunctions. Although environmental and hereditary factors are suspected, the cause of liS is unknown. No cure has been found for this disease, which principally affects young adults in colder climates. The research grant was made possible by a contribution from Ray and Joan Kroc. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF IIUlHESOTA NEHS SERVICE] 5-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. 11INNEAPOLIS, llINHESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 19, 1979 Reus PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL I-~l!!!!Z_~_~K:EI:t2_ SEARCH BEGUN FOR DEAl~ OF mlIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL (FOR TIlr·ffiDIATE RELEASE) A 13-member search committee chaired by a historian is taking nominations for the deanship of the University of Minnesota Law School, which will become vacant this fall when Carl A. Auerbach returns to full-time teaching. tlCandidates must be legally trained persons whose academic credentials should qualify them for appointment as full professor l'.1ith tenure, <: according to an ad placed by the committee in the Hinnesota Daily. The committee, chaired by Paul L. Murphy, professor of constitutional history, has been asked to submit the names of at least five nominees to the University administration by April 15. Applications and nominations must be postmarked no later than April 2, 1979. The search committee includes eight law faculty members. one law student and one alumnus of the Law School. The law faculty members are Marvin R. Anderson, instructor in the law library: Barbara A. Banoff, associate professor of law; and professors David P. Bryden, W. Douglas Kilbourn, David S. Weissbrodt, Daniel Gifford, Stephen B. Scallen, and John Cound. Other members of the committee are Anne o. Krueger, professor of economics· Richard H. Kyle, president of the Law Alumni Association; Thomas Lujan, president of the student Law School Council: and Bernard L. Mirkin, professor of pharmacology and pediatrics in the University Uedical School. -UNS- (FOR RELEASE AIrY Tn1E) Feature story froM the University of Uinnesota News Service~ S-68 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. liinneapolis. Ninnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 19, 1979 UINNEAPOLIS IN WINTER LIKE HOSCOH, BUT UNIVERSITY STUDENT NOT HOEESICK By Ronaele Sayre University News Service Minneapolis winters remind Sasha Bernstein of Moscow--and he doesnVt like the weather in either place. The University of Minnesota junior in Russian literature has been in Minneapolis since emigrating from Russia three years ago. ~fuen a friend in Minneapolis wrote Bernstein years ago that 11inneapolis was beautiful but cold. Bernstein didn't realize he would live there some day. Although the Bernsteins, who are Russian Jews, had known for years they would some day leave Russia for the United States. they maintained publicly that they would be leaving for Israel. Letters from friends already in Israel. however, indicated that members of some groups were treated differently than others. i'I am Jewish and proud of that, but I am first of all a human being,'l Bernstein said. BernsteinVs parents are both professionals in technical fields. and for years avoided taking any promotions that would lead them into jobs involving national security. The Soviet government does not consider emigration requests from Russian Jews holding such jobs. Life for Jews in Russia is difficult, Bernstein said. Only the most prominent Russian Jews, or those well known outside the country, dare get involved in political activity or demonstrations. fllf the average Russian Jew participated in a demonstration and they disappeared, no one would ask about them. 11 he said. All Jewish emigrants leaving Russia stop first in Vienna and travel on trains heavily guarded against Arab Terrorists. Various agencies assist the travelers as they arrive in Vienna, and each refugee is assigned to one of three groups depending on his or her final destination. '!They helped uS so much it is impossible to appreciate it all," Bernstein said. (HORE) BERNSTEIN -2- Bernstein's family remained in Vienna for a month while documents were processed 9 and then spent six months in Italy undergoing physical and psycholoeical examinations and waiting for u.S. immigration authorities to approve their entrance to the country. At firDt Bernstein and his family considered San Francisco, where there is a large Russian community. But when they mentioned their friends in Minneapolis, u.s. immigration officials told them 11inneapolis was their destination. Bernstein said his first impression of !finneapolis was that it looked like a large village. To Bernstein 9 who is used to large cities where most people live in apartments, Minneapolis' streets of one-storY9 separated homes were amazing. Life as a University of Minnesota student is enjoyable 9 said Bernstein9 who played a role in the fall-quarter University Theatre production of Gorki's I;Lower Depths." He played Tartar, a character with a pronounced accent, and auditioned for the role by reading a poem in Russian. "1 thought if the casting director could understand what the poem was about, then it ~lOuld demonstrate my acting ability 9 II Bernstein said. I'The langua8e of the theater is international." Bernstein feels American students stick more to themselves than do their Russian counterparts, and that there is more unity between Russian students. He is somewhat critical of fraternities and sororities, and doesn't think that students who join them are very serious about their studies. His opinion that many University co-eds are in school simply to find husbands is not shared by his American girlfriend. ;'She disagrees strongly about that, r; he said. Bernstein admitted his life ~ong Americans is having an effect. His girlfriend is not Jewish, a fact that is extremely difficult for his parents to understand. Also, he said, he is now driving the second car he has owned since he came to the United States. ';In Russia, I wouldn't even think of having a car," he said. -U1~S- (AD, 7 ~ BI ;CO, 13) UNIVERSITY OF MImtESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 8-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, .nNNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 20, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 CHILEAN FOLK GROUP TO PERJ'ORM AT 'u' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Qui1apayun, a Chilean folk-singing group, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 27) in Willey Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota, Twin'Cities. Also performing will be Holly Near, feminist folk singer from New York, and pianist J. T. Thomas. The concert, part of a lS-city tour for Quilapayun, will be a tribute to Victor Jara, a popular Chilean singer who was killed during a coup in 1973. Jara's widow, Joan Jara, will accompany the nine-member group. The style of Quilapayun is the New Chilean Song, which has traditional folk origins and includes folk protest compositions and socially committed folk-based songs. The group is also interested in the investigation, recovery and preservation of traditional Latin American folk songs. They use various native instruments to accompany themselves. In addition, they perform Caribbean music. The concert will be a benefit for the Chilean Resistance. Admission is $5. Tickets can be purchased at Walker Art Center, Northern Sun Alliance, the MSA Bookstore in Coffman Union at the University or the Paul Robeson Bookshop. -UNS- (AO,2,8,ll,29;BI;CO,2,ll) UHIVERSITY OF l1IHNESOTA NEHS SERVICE, 8-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CRURCa ST. S.E. IiINNEAPOLIS, HIl1NESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 20, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL lIUHTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 CHAl~GIHG FEDERAL PROGRAHS DISCUSSED IN HEARINGS ON lUi (FOR Il1l:'IEDIATE RELEASE) The influence of the federal government has been felt a number of times over the past week as University of ~linnesota officials and legislators continue digging into specific parts of the University's $437 million request to the 1979 Legislature. The changing and unpredictable nature of federal relations has affected handi- capped students, financial aid programs, health sciences subsidies and graduate fellowships in recent years. And, as a general rule, the changes have prompted requests for more money from the state to help the University cope with the federal situation. Specific needs were discussed by University officials who outlined their request to the education division of the House Appropriations Committee. A federal law to provide equal opportunity for handicapped people could cost the state millions of dollars. Rep. Hilliam Dean) IR-Hinneapolis, said 1'1onday that the state cannot provide all of the special education required for the handicapped, in- eluding those with learning disabilities, at all of the stateVs institutions. "It would literally break the state to comply with this regulation, \~ Dean said. liTo some degree, we're going to have to wait and see what other states are doing. il tfuether an institution has to comply with the regulations depends on the extent to which it is dependent upon federal funds, said Robert A. Stein, University vice president for administration and planning. Stein, who presented the University's request for $477,000 to pay for more services for the handicapped, said the institution would not challenge the federal requirements because of its dependence on federal money, particularly for health sciences research. (HaRE) HEARINGS -2- The request, which was included in Gov. Albert Quie's budget, would fund three full-time administrative positions and pay for interpreters to help deaf students attending the University. Stein said that the University currently enrolls 11 deaf students and that the request is based on an estimated enrollment of between 25 and 30 out of a total pool of 48 to 136 qualified deaf people. The $477,000 amount is for programs to aid the handicapped and is separate from a requEst for $3 million to remove physical barriers on campus, Stein said. The legislature has already provided $1.7 million for removal of barriers to the handi capped since 1973, Stein said. A 1979 federal act--The rfiddle Income Student Assistance Act--provides another set of problems for the University, according to Frank B. Wilderson, vice president for student affairs. The new law raises the minimum family income level of students eligible for federal basic opportunity grants from $15,000 to $25,000. and increases the amount of money available to each student, Wilderson said. The act makes all students eligible for federally guaranteed loans if they can find banks willing to lend them the money, Wilderson said. llWhen you look at the federal guidelines for the act, you will see that there's a lot of work that somebody must do," he said. The University is seeking $841,314 to cover the expected increased workload in the financial aid office. Quie has recommended that the University pay for the new personnel by cutting back on its existing pool of financial aid money, a proposal Wilderson dislikes. 'IWe have used these very scarce funds for students who don't qualify for other state aid,n Wilderson said. "Hhat's suggested here is that we divert funds from this area to administration." Quie administration officials have said that there are state funds available from the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) and other state sources to replace student aid that would be lost from the University's appropriation. (MORE) HEARINGS -3- However, University officials said Monday that some reform of the HECB fund is necessary to make it accessible to all of the students who are qualified for student aid. Cutbacks in federal aid for outstanding graduate students are behind a Uni- versity request for $508,000 to prOVide fellowships and scholarships. The money is needed to help the University remain competitive in attracting the best students, according to Kenneth Keller, chairman of the department of chemical engineering and materials science. The Bush Foundation gave the University $2 million for graduate fellowships in the early 1970s when cuts were made in federal support for defense, science and health. fellowships. But the Bush support is being phased out. Good graduate students, Keller said, are necessary to keep University programs intellectually stimulating and to attract good faculty members. Lyle French, vice president for the health sciences, last week discussed the unpredictable nature of the federal capitation program, which provides a federal subsidy for each student enrolled in the health sciences. President Carter has announced that all capitation will be dropped by the fed eral government in 19CO-8l, French said. The capitation program was partially responsible for the expansion of the Twin Cities campus health sciences programs in the 1970s. Federal support for the health sciences--public health, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, nursing, dentistry and medicine--peaked at $4.4 million in 1974 and has dropped to about $2.8 million during the current year, French said. The University's request to the legislature includes about $466,000 to satisfy requirements attached to the federal capitation program for dentistry. The re quirement which would fund an off-campus training program was recommended by Gov. Quie in his budget. French is also asking the 1979 Legislature for contingency funds in the event that federal funds are cut further than anticipated by the University over the next two years. Hearings will continue over the next two weeks on the University's request before the education division, which is chaired by Rep. Wendell o. Erickson, IR Hills. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl,10;CO,1;El5) m~IVERSITY OF 11Il~lESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CIIDRCH ST. S.E. IIINdEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 21, 1979 Imws PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 lID DANCE-A-THON SCHEDULED AT U OF 11 (FOR INN:EDIATE RELEASE) The annual Muscular Dystrophy Dance-A-Thon at the University of Minnesota will be Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 24 and 25) in the Coffman Union Great Hall on the Hinneapolis campus. Activities will begin at noon Saturday and conclude at 6 p.m. Sunday. Dancers will be competing for prizes to be given to the couples with the largest number of pledges. There will be two categories of competition, with some people dancing for only five hours and others dancing for the entire 30 hours of the dance-a-thon. The public is invited and may join in the dancing. A donation of $1 will be asked at the door from those not registered for the dance-a-thon. -UHS- (AO,2,Bl) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHUROi ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRU~~Y 22, 1979 NEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact RON~LE_ SAY~_,__l6Jlll}3-7516 KHOHEIIU REPRESENTATIVE AT U OF H 01'1 MONDAY (FOR IM1'1EDIATE RELEASE) 110hammad Sadiq, recently designated by the Ayatollah Khomeini as supervisor of Iranian consulate offices on the Hest Coast, will speak lfonday (Feb. 26) in the theater/lecture hall of Coffman Union on the ltinneapolis campus of the University of Hinnesota. Sadiq, a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, is a geological engineer. He will discuss the Islamic revolution in Iran. The program is sponsored by the University of 11innesota Huslim Students' Association and the Minnesota International Students' Association. It is free and open to the public. -UNS- (AO,13;Bl) UNIVERSITY OF If1NNESOTA NEl-1S SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 'LITERATURE, OTHER ARTS' TOPIC FOR UNIVERSITY PROGRAM (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) A two-day public program on "Literature and the Other Artsl! will be held on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities capus Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 28 and March 1). Featured speakers will be Professor Morris Brownell of the University of Nevada, Reno, and Professor Angus Fletcher of the City University of New York. Brownell, a specialist in 18th century English literature and the author of the recently published Oxford Press book, t!Alexander Pope and the Arts of Georgian Ingland,H will present a slide-illustrated talk on I;View's of Pope's Villa: An Art Catalogue in Literary History" at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in 2620 Health Sciences Unit A. Fletcher will speak on "Film as Translation: Visconti, Mann and Mahler" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 2620 Health Sciences Unit A. He is the author of a number of books and .rticles dealing with the relationship of music and literature in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and since 1971 has been preparing for a book on fUm producer, director and writer Luchino Visconti. His. talk will deal with the "translation" of. Thanas Mann's novella IlDeath in Venice" into Visconti's film. Two University of Minnesota professors, Norman Fruman and Robert E. Moore, will join Brownell and Fletcher, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in room 2650 Health Sciences Unit A, for a symposium on IILiterature and the Other Arts. 1I The program, sponsored by the English department, is open to the public with no admission charge. -UN8- (AO,3;Bl;CO,3;Fll) unIVERSITY OF rUNNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL l~L 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55655 FEBRUARY 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK. (612) 373-7515 MEMO TO NEWS PEOPLE Joan Jara, widow of popular Chilean singer Victor Jara, and members of the folk singing group Quilapayun, will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. Monday (Feb. 26) in the news conference room, B-12 Morrill Hall, on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. They will talk about the current situation in Chile. Victor Jara was killed during a coup in 1973. A Tuesday evening concert by Quilapayun will be a tribute to Jara and a benefit for Chilean Resistance. -tJNS- (AO,8,11;Bl;Cll) 1 UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA HE~'IS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. NIHHEAPOLIS, HINHESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 22, 1979 HEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE (612) 373-7516 or HULDA!i_~t!_~_t6)2)--l7}-~9-4-1 ENTRIES SOUGHT FOR U OF 1'1 ENERGY DESIGN CONTEST (FOR IHMEDIATE RELEASE) Do you have an idea or a plan for a solution to Minnesota's energy problems? If you do, the University of Minnesota would like to hear from you. A competition will open in Nay for Hinnesota Energy Design '79, a contest sponsored by the University of l'Unnesota, with the Hid-American Solar Energy Center, the Minnesota Energy Agency, and the ~iinnesota Society, American Institute of Architects. It is open to all rlinnesotans, both professionals and members of the general public. ;He encourage architects, farmers, engineers, hOMemakers, neighborhood associa- tions, contractors, office workers, salesmen, vice presidents. students, backyard tinkerers, and dreamers to participate in the competition,lI project director Huldah Curl said. Entries may be projects already constructed and operating, or ideas for projects. Content may cover renovation and new construction, alternative energy sources, trans- portation and distribution. planning, recycling, or any idea to conserve energy and material resources. Judges will choose winning entries on the basis of innovation, the potential for widespread application in Minnesota, and economic and environ- mental practicality. Cash prizes of $2.000 and $500 from the Minnesota Energy Agency will be awarded to the best entries which include calculations of labor, cost, and energy per- forrnance. A $500 prize from Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and two $250 prizes from Ellerbe, Inc., and Land o'Lakes, Inc., are unrestricted. Ideas for which no technical calculations have been prOVided are also eligible to win these prizes. Competition sponsors will be soliciting more prize money until judging begins in Hay. (HORE) CONTEST -2- The eight judges will include representatives from the University, the Mid American Solar Energy Center, the Minnesota Energy Agency, and the Minnesota Society, American Institute of Architects, as well as independent advocates of alternative energy systems. Descriptions of winning and accepted entries will be published in a book in the fall of 1979. There is no entry fee for the contest. Entries should be limited to written descriptions and illustrations and should not include models or objects. Entry forms are available from Continuing Education in the Arts, 322 Uesbrook Hall, University of Minnesota, 77 Pleasant St. S.E., Uinneapolis, I1N 55455, (612) 373-4947. The competition is funded in part by the Minnesota State Arts Board with funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature, the ~linnesota Energy Agency, the General Mills Foundation, and the HcQuay Group. -Ul~S- (AO,4,8,9,18,26,34;Bl,2;CO,4) UNIVERSITY OF MnnmSOTA HET-TS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HIlmEAPOLIS, tiIIlNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE~ (612) 373-5193 FEBRUARY 22, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF UINNESOTA, THIn CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Feb. 25-rfarch 3 Sun., Feb. 25---St. Paul Student Center: Oils and Acrylics by Del Chamblis, North Star Gallery; PSnakes, Pots and· ThiIlgs," ceramic ShOll by !Iike Nort'.lan, display cases; Photographs by Don Riggot, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. I~n. Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through March 2. Free. Sun., Feb. 25---Jaques Gallery: I!Earth Imageryil by Richard Smith. Bell ~luseum of Uatural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. llon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through Uarch 18. Free. Sun., Feb. 25---University Gallery: .ITolstoy: Life and Times," Gallery 405C, through t1arch 16; "U. S. IJavy Combat Art, If Gallery 405Il, through ~eb. 26; Sculpture by Sean Hennessey, Galleries 305 and 307, through !!arch 9. northrop Aud. 11 a.m. 4 p.m. Hon., Ued. and Frio; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. ~ 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Feb. 25---University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso, il by Georges Feydeau and 11urice Desvallieres. l~iting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 3 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sun., Feb. 25--~Univers1ty Film Society: "It Happened One Night,1i 7:30 p.m. and 1l11eet John Doe," 9:30 p.m. Bell Uuseum of natural History aud. $2.50. Sun., Feb. 25---Film: "Hadame Rosa." Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2, students $1.50. twn., Feb. 26---Goldstein Gallery: Graduate Thesis Show by Marcia Milner and Jan Hyers. Hcl-Jeal Hall. 8;30 a.n.-4:30 p.m. llon.-Frio Through Harch 16. Free. lIon., Feb. 26---Coffman Gallery: Black history month exhibit, Gallery I, through i1arch 2: :'Children' s Art From Around the Hodd, - Gallery II, through rfarch 1: Sculpture and Painting by John C. Lutz, Related Arts Gallery, through l!arch 1. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Hon., Feb. 26---University Film Society: i1Hr. Deeds Goes to Tot-rn, I' 7: 30 p.m. and "It' s a lrJonderful Life, 11 9: 30 p.o. Bell lIuseum of Natural History aud. $2.50. Tues., Feb. 27---Dance: Geol Weirs and the Contemporary Concert Dancers. Theater lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3~15 p.m. Free. Tues., Feb. 27---Concert: HA Tribute to Victor Jara" by Quilapayun. TUlley Hall. 7: 30 p.m. $5. Tues., Feb. 27---University Film Society: "Chuquiago.': Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7~30 and 9:30 p.m. $2. (OVER) CALENDAR -2- Wed., Feb. 23---Film~ jiHamlet. 11 Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3~15 p.m. $1.50, students 50¢. Wed., Feb. 28---Filrn: IICeddo.' Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 p.m. $1.50. -- Ned., Feb. 28---University Film Society: tlChuquiago." Bell r'iuseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2. Thurs., l1arcp);..;-Film: "Champagne for Caesar'; and "Her Primitive llan. n 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Thurs., Harch l---University Film Society: I:La Grande Bouffe. 1t Bell Nuseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2.25. Thurs., Uarch l---Concert: Steve Reich, Electronic Music. Great Hall, Coffman Union. a p.m. $4.50, students $3. Thurs., Narch l---University Theatre: aHotel Paradiso," by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desvallieres. Hhiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Fri., Narch 2---Film: "Girl Friends." Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9=30 p.m:--$2, students $1.50. Frio, Harch 2---University Film Society: liLa Grande Bouffe." Bell I1useum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2.25. Fri., Harch 2---University Theatre: fllIotel Paradiso,i7 by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desvallieres. {¥;hiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Fri., }larch 2---Film: "Pink Flamingos. 1I Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Uidnight. ~ ,Sat., Uarch 3---University Theatre: lithe Thwarting of Baron Bolligre'tl' by Robert Bolt. Stoll thrust theater, Rarig Center. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. $1.50. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center. l Sat., Uarch 3---Film: "Girl Friends. ; Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m:--$2, students $1.50. Sat., Uarch 3---University Film Society: ilLa Grande Bouffe. I' Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2.25. Sat., Barch 3---University Theatre: "Hotel Paradiso, \; by Georges Feydeau and Murice Desvallieres. Whiting proscenium theater, Rarig Center. 8 p.m. $4, students $3. Tickets on sale at Rarig Center, Dayton's and Donaldson's. Sat., l1arch 3---Film: "Pink Flamingos.;' Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Uidnight. ~ -m~s- (AO;Bl,F2) ' ..\, UNIVERSITY OF UnmESOTA NEtJS SERVICE ~ S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. !IINHEAPOLIS~ HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUJL~Y 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE' For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 lUI I~ft1IGRATION CENTER RECEIVES GlW'1T FOR ETIil~IC FRATERNAL PROJECT (FOR Ir~1EDIATE RELEASE) A $201,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities has been given to the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center. The grant will be used to complete the Ethnic Fraternal Project begun by the center in 1977. The project includes gathering data for a guide to ethnic fraternal records and assisting the fraternal associations in preserving their records. Ethnic fraternals are organizations founded by immigrants as protection against economic stress. In addition to insurance benefits, the organizations also provided social and cultural activities and became the central institutions for many ethnic communities. The records of such organizations illustrate the experiences of ethnic groups in the United States. Under a cost-sharing feature of the grant, the center will arrange with the fraternals to establish microfilming projects for the preservation of their records. The center will also sponsor seminars for archivists and fraternal leaders. Gordon o. Hendrickson, a research associate at the center, is director of the project. People with information about fraternal associations are asked to contact him at the University of Minnesota. -UNS- (AO;Bl;CO;DO;E13,15;F18) UNIVERSITY OF UINNESOTA NIDvS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 23, 1979 NID-IS PEOPLE; For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 CORRECTION The Feb. 22 University News Service release I'Khomeini Representative at U of M on t10ndayll did not include the time of the speech. Hohammad Sadiq will speak at 3 p.m. Monday (Feb. 26) in the Coffman Union theater/lecture hall. -uNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEUS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MnmESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE:. For further information contact JUDy VIOK, (612) 373-7515 'U' WIND ENSEMBLE, HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS IN FESTIVAL CONCERT (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The 50"""e1' Wind Ensemble, directed by Frank Bencriscutto, professor aDd director of University bands, will join the Robbinsdale Cooper, White Bear Lake,- Park (Cottage Grove) ,~ Park Center (Brooklyn Park) cboirs for the cqucert finale. They wUl perforDl "Sing a New Song, II which was composed by Bencriscutto and won the 1977 N~U A. Kjos International Composition Contest, and "America Sings': by Vaclav Nelhybel. The Wind Ensemble will also play several other selections including "Symphony for Drums and Wind Orchestra" by Warren Benson, "Four Scottish Dances" by Malcolm Arnold, "JubUati,on Overture" by Robert Ward and "Serenade" by Vincent Persichett1. The University Antiphonal Brass, a l4-member group, will also perform. The event is spOnsored by the University departments of music and music education. Tickets are on sale at Orchestra Hall for $5, $4 and $3. Group rates are also available. -UNS- (AO,2;Bl;C2;F13) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: for further information contact JEANNE HMJSON. (612) 373-7517 U OF 1'1 BUSINESS COLLEGE GETS $245,000 IN GRANTS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The College of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota has been awarded $200.000 by the M~~night Foundation of St. Paul, and $45,000 by Delta Sigma Pi, a fraternity of University of Minnesota business school alumni. The college will use $150,000 from the McKnight Foundation to open a management development center that will offer short courses and seminars to middle- and upper- level managers in business and in the public sector. The remaining $50,000 will be used to enrich the over-all curriculum, to buy library material and to support research. Delta Sigma Pi's grant of $45,000 will be used for a future expansion of the college bUilding space. -UNS- (AO,12;B1,7;CO) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEllS SERVICE. S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINlmAPOLIS, Mn~~ESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE:· For further iDfomation contact JUDY VICK. (612) 373-7515 tu t WIND ENSEMBLE, HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS IN FESTIVAL·CONCERT (FOil IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The University of Minnesota Wind Ensemble and four high school choirs will perfota in a leatiyal Concert at 8 p.lI. Saturday. March 3, at Orchestra U.ll in ; Minneapolis. The SO....ember Wind Ensemble, directed by Frank Bencriscutto, professor and director of University bands, will join the Robbinsdale Cooper, White Bear Lake, Park (Cottage Grove) and Park Center (Brooklyn Park) ~hoirs for the concert finale. , They will perform "Sing a New Song, II which was composed by Bencriscutto and won the 1971 Nell A. Kjos International Composition Contest, and "America' Sings'; by Vaclav Nelhybel. The Wind Ensemble will also play several other selections including "Symphony for ~s and Wind Orchestra" by Warren Benson, lIFour Scottish Dancesll by Malcolm Arnold, "Jubilat1.on ~erturel' by Robert Ward and "Serenade" by Vincent Persichetti. The University Antiphonal Brass. a l4-member group, will also perform. The event is sponsored ,by the University departments of music and music education. Tickets a;re on sale at Orchestra Ball for $5, $4 and $3. Group rates are al~o available. -UNS- (AO,2;BliC2iF13) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NElVS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. l1UmEAPOLIS ~ HINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 23, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: for further information contact JEANNE HAnSON, (612) 373-7517 U OF 1:1 BUSINESS COLLEGE GETS $245,000 IN GRANTS (FOR IMNEDIATE RELEASE) The College of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota has been awarded $200,000 by the McKnight Foundation of St. Paul, and $45,000 by Delta Sigma Pi, a fraternity of University of Minnesota business school alumni. The college will use $150,000 from the McKnight Foundation to open a management development center that will offer short courses and seminars to middle- and upper- level managers in business and in the public sector. The remaining $50,000 will be used to enrich the over-all curriculum, to buy library material and to support research. Delta Sigma Pi's grant of $45,000 will be used for a future expansion of the college building space. -UNS- (AO,12.BI,7;CO) UNIVERSITY· OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE. S-68 MOlUULL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA SS4SS FEBlUJARY 26. 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-751S SOHBDGS TO SHOW PAIlft'IBGS IN TWIN CI'.rIlS "I,IaIIS CPba DDJEDIATB ULEASI) bh1bit1oQa of pa:1Dt1D&e·· by buebancl wlf. artt8t. Heman and Bmil:la SOIIIbe1:'S , "', au , ,'.". "Works on Paper." all pastel. in the cubiBt1c and abstract expressionistic .ada by 8Id'IIlaDSClibus.will be s~ at the Wyer-Pearce Ga11ery in Excelsior S.-tu:rclay (March 3) tKe. Aprl1 14. "Paintinaa in aU" by £III1U.. SoUers will be ahibitecl in Coffman Union Gallery 1 at the University of Minnesota. Twin Cities Karch 5 through March 23. Berman Sombera 1san uaociate profusor of studio arts at the University of HtDnesota. He bas studiecJ at the Art Students Leaaue in New York and also privately with Frana Klilua and Barl lterham. Bis works are inc1uclecJ in many c01- le¢tions 1nc1uclina those of the Brooklyn HuseUII. New York University. the New York School of Vieua1 .Mts. and the Montana Historical Society. Elld.U.a Sombera haa stu41ed art in Germany. New York and CoDDectlcut. 'tJai.,...... rceCUlery f.a opel from 10 a.Dl. to S p.a. Honday through ..ta:reIa1~ the Coffllalll1D1oll Gallery is open frOil 10 a.Dl. to 4 p.a. Honday throush fri.cIq.. Tbere:l.sllO ...... loIl chal'le. -U1S- UNIVERS ITY OF HI1UmSOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HIUUEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 PEBRUARY26,1979 NEl'lS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 FLOWER, WEED DRAWINGS TO BE SHOW IN COrnIAN (FOIl. mmDIATE RELEASE) An exhibition of pencil drawings of delicate flowers and weeds on handmade 1'....,.,.1' ~apenc Hond•• MarCh 5, in Coffman Union Gallery 2 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The 25 works by artist Linda Mon1ck, a member of the University design depe.rtJlent faculty, will be displayed through Uarch 23. The exhibition is part of the Coffman Unionobservahce of international WOIIle11'S Day, March 8. There will be a public opening of the exhibit from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. March S. The gallery is regularly open to the public with no admission charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. -UNS- " (AO,2,3l;Bl;CO,2) .. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 KORRItL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 26, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 ALVIN CARTER WORlCS .. NOW IN COPFMAN· GALLERY (lOR IMMBDIATB ULEASE) , :An. ahibition of larae paiDt1Dss by artist Alvin Carter will continue th-rougb Prtda1 (March 2) in Coff1lanlJ11i9ll Gallery 1 at the University of Kinnesota, Trin. .' Cities. The ,exhibition 18 part of the Coffman Union observance of Black History &nth. Carter's paintings are a social c~ent.ry on current times, depicting tl:te everyll.y lives of the poor. Carter has produced murals and illustrations for various organizations ( throughout the Twin Citi.s, 1Dcluding the Afro-American Cultural Arts C~ter in Minneapolis, the St. Paul Urban League and the St. Paul Manpower Career Guidance center. 'Pte ~allery :l.s open.to the public with no admission charge from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through 1'r.iday.,. -UNS- I ! (FCR RELEASE ANY TOO) Feature story from the University of Minnesota News Service, 5-68 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 February 26, 1979 SIXTY PERCENT OF CHILDREN CALLED 'PROBLEMS' SOMETIME DURING SCHOOLING By Jeanne Hanson University News Service Sixty percent of elementary school students are labeled "behavior problems" by their teachers at least once during their elementary school careers, according to results of the first research project ever to follow a large, representative group of students through their first years of schooling. The finding raises serious questions about schools' expectations of children and how children are led to feel about themselves, their school work, and their schools, according to University of Minnesota psychoeducational studies researcher Rosalyn Rubin. "There's something wrong if a majority of students are labeled 'deviant,'" Rubin said. lIAnd the problem certainly must not lie solely in the child." The study found that boys are considered especially "deviant," with more than two-thirds of them labeled "a behavior problem" by one or more of their elementary school teachers. In anyone year, more than a third of the boys were classified this way, Rubin said, while the percentage of girls labeled as problems in anyone year began at 2S percent in first grade.and declined to about 13 percent by the end of elementary school. Each year of the study, many children were labeled behavior problems for the first time. This lack of consistency in teacher standards makes it difficult for students to adjust and makes predictions from year to year quite uncertain, Rubin said. Only about seven percent of the children were called behavior problems by all of their teachers, Rubin said. The high ntlmher /:1£ s/:I-cal1ed "bGl-.avior problems" is surprising since the 1,613 (MORE) RUBIN -2- students followed in the University of Minnesota project were typical urban, sub- urban, and rural white children of all intelligence and socia-economic levels. Although the total percentage is high, the yearly percentage of problem students, 25 percent, is in ,line ·with.,previous studies·done over·only one year, Rubin said. Since teachers are using their own standards to label students, their standards are crucial for several reasons, Rubin said. First, teacher judgments like these suggest that elementary schools may be expecting their students to behave too perfectly, she said. "Rules against chewing g~m, leaving one's seat without permission, marching out of step, and talking before raising one's hand are common," Rubin said. "Yet standards like these may not be necessary to the learning process or the conduct of the class." Students who t-Touldn' t otherwise be thought of as "behavior problems" may be labelf,d as such because they break these nonessential rules. "The limits must be pretty narrow for 60 percent of the students to be transgressing them," Rubin said. Second, teacher judgments of behavior are the first step in diagnosis and referral for many school problems. An overestimate of behavior problems could lead to unnecessary, futile, and anxiety-provoking tests for elementary school student.s, she said. Being called a "behavior problem" can affect a student's sE:lf-esteem, at:titude toward school. and academic progress, Rubin said. "If the teacher sees you as a problem, that elementary school year can be difficult." Parents involved should help their children adjust and get perspective on the situation, Rubin said, adding that the big step of requesting a change of teacher should only be undertaken if the child is under severe stress. "Parents should keep their perspective too," she said, "and realize that, if there are no other signs of trouble, their child will probably not have a problem for very long. "Behavior problems lie in some kind of interaction between the child, the schoo, and the teacher, It she said. "School districts l\rith a choice of educational alterna tives for'students"such;as open schools, fraditional schools, and continuou5.progre;s schools, are in a better position to have fewer behavior problems." -UNS (AO.6,16,19;Bl.ll;CO,l4,l6;DO,l4,l6;E6,16) UiUVERSITY OF ~mmESOTA l~lS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL E}~L 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HD1HEAPOLIS, MINttESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 27, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 LOUIE BELLS01'J TO PERFOIt·f WITH 'u' JAZZ GROUPS (FOR' IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Drummer Louie Bellson will appear with the four University of Minnesota Jazz Ensembles in a free concert at 8 p.m. Uonday (March 5) in Northrop Auditorium on the Twin Cities ~us. Bellson will accompany the principal 20-member Jazz Ensemble in a performance of his works. Directing the ensembles will be Frank Bencriscutto, professor and director of University bands, O'Ueill Sanford, assistant professor; and Gordon Foote, graduate assistant. Bellson, who has been called l;one of the jazz history's most phenomenal drummers" by writer Leonard Feather, started playing drums at the age of four. Be . played with the bands of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Barry James, Duke Ellington and .Count Basie. Bellson I s compositions include IiSkin Deep, I; l;Havk Talks, II and "Ting-a-Ling," which were recorded with Ellington; a ballet, liThe r·1arriage Vows"; and "Symphony in Jazz-Americanall and :lCompositions for Piano and Orchestra." The concert is sponsored by the University departments of mUSiC and music educatiOn. -UNS- (AO,2,8,29;Bl;CO,2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. ML~~EAPOLIS, Mn~~ESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 27, 1979 NEtJS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 IRANIAN REVOLUTION SEEN AS PART OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The Islamic revolution in Iran should be carried into other countries in the Persian Gulf, a representative of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini t~ld a group of about 100 University of Minnesota students yesterday (Monday). tlI hope the monarchies of Saudi Arabia and Jordan will be toppled,:: Mohannnad Sadiq told the students in a speech at Coffman Union. Sadiq, a geological engineer at the University of California-Berkeley, has been designated by Khomeini as super visor of Iranian consulate offices on the West Coast. The revolt in Iran, according to Sadiq, proved that people in the Third World can r:stand on their own feet. fl Sadiq criticized the news media in the United States failing to cover conditions in Iran until rioting began. "Three million people in the streets cannot be hidden, r: Sadiq said. The continued fighting in Iran is not surprising, and is something that should be expected after a revolution, despite the fact that there was overwhelming support for an Islamic Republic among the 95 percent Muslim population of Iran, Sadiq said. "The factions demanding a voice in the new government, be they right:i.st. or leftist, are traitors if they are linked to outside powers,ll Sadiq said. The Khomeini representative said that the 50-year monarchy in Iran brought most of the negative aspects of western culture to the country. l-lestern "arttl imported into the country was largely pornographic, and efforts at industrialization came at the expense of farming, he said. '~n recent years, practically everything was im ported to Iran, ,; he said. Both the United States and Russia were guilty of exploiting Iran's oil and gas resources, according to Sadiq. HOil was used a tool to influence internal affairs,il Sadiq said. Sadiq said oil-selling countries must change their approach, and regard oil merely as a commodity rather than the f~cus of the entire social and political structure. Sadiq's appearance was sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, the Minne sota International Student Association and the Program on Human Issues and Values. -UNS- (AO,13;Bl;CO,13) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. liINNEAPOLIS, MINliESOTA 55455 FEBRUARY 27, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ~U>Y ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 'LA GRANDE BOOFlB' TO BE OFFERED BY 'u· FILM SOCIETY (FOR IMMEDUTE RELEASE) liLa Grande Bouffe," a 1973 French movie directed by Marco Ferreri, will be shown Thursday (March 1) through Tuesday (March 6), at 7: 30 and 9: 30 p.m., in the Bel1liuseum of Natural History auditorium at the University of Minnesota. The fil;m starring Marcello Ha8trof.anD1 is.the story of four men who gather to ". ehareinllabelaiaian pleasures and eventually indulge themselves to death. Admission is $2.50. -UNS- (AO,2,32jBl) Feature story from the University of lIinnesota News Service, S-68 110rrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Hinneapolis, llinnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 March 1, 1979 THREE-!fARTINI LUNCH GOnE, BUT ETIIICAL ISSUES ~1AIN, SURVEY FIlfJDS By Jeanne Hanson University News Service The three-martini lunch has apparently left an aftertaste. Although the tax controversy over business lunches may have disappeared with the dessert dishes. the ethical discussion is still as hot as the coffee, at least among one group of business executives. According to a survey conducted at the University of Minnesota and reported in the ~~rch-April issue of the Harvard Business Review, purchasing managers and their personnel in large, medium and small Ilinnesota-based companies are concerned about the ethics of accepting gifts and favors--from a supplier's morning gift of a gold desk set to the noon business lunch to an afternoon opportunity for a bid requOte In fact, the purchasing executives and their employees are asking for policies from top management to cover ethical issues like these. "They may not exactly be under fire as they buy cargoes of wheat, rooms full of office furniture, and train loads of cardboard packaging, but they're concerned about the ethical ambushes,'; said William Rudelius, malketing professor at the University of 11innesota College of Business Administration, who co-authored the study with Rogene Buchholz, now at Washington University. The two most serious kinds of ethical problems, according to the industrial purchasers, are preferential treatment for certain suppliers and free entertainment. gifts, and trips. Although nearly three-fourths of the companies studied have some policy on f;freebies," very few purchasers know how top management would like them to deal fairly with suppliers, Rudelius said. Take the hypothetical example of the purchasing manager responsible for buying half a million dollars worth of packaging for his company's cereal products. A supplier gave him a case of imported wines last month as a "purchase volume incentive bonus." He's always delivered high quality goods. Today he calls to find out how his bid looks and would obviously like to requote if it's high. Well over three-fourths of the purchasers surveyed saw this example as a thicket of ethical problems~ but only slightly more than half knew what their own company policy would have them do about it. "The vast majority of the purchasers would like to see a policy from top management on these issues,:: Rudelius said. (MORE) PURCHASING' .. ETHICS -2- By midweek, the same fictional purchaser is ready to buy all new business machines for a new branch office. One of the suppliers asks for a chance to discuss her word-processing products with him over lunch at a fine French restaurant. Unlike some others, she's never tried Ilbackdoor sellingl:--going over the purchaser to the design engineer--to influence an order for her more complicated business products. The purchaser knows his superiors like to deal with her company. !lUore than half the purchasing people would like top management to state policy for issues like these,v' Rudelius said. :;Except in the case of free lunches, fewer than half the companies have a policy. I. Toward the end of the week, the purchasing department is feeling pressured to process an order for several tons of sheet metal. There are two good quotes, but three are required. The purchaser needs to contact a third manufacturer, even though he has no intention of buying there. The purchaser then "leans' on" the original two manufacturers, exaggerating a complaint. about a late 'delivery last quarter to see which will assure delivery most quickly. Only about a third of the purchasers sur veyed said their companies had policies to cover such instances, though more than half would like to see them covered, Rudelius said. ~:Business politics is one area where purchasing people don't want management policies,;; he said. Purchasers prefer to decide themselves whether personalities should enter into selection of the supplier and use of the company's buying power to obtain information about competitors, price breaks J or other concessions. f;tUthin legal limits, this is just good business," one purchaser commented in the survey. The basic power leverage issues are already covered by policy, at least in the very largest companies, Rudelius said. Purchasing personnel want policies in all ethical areas--a tall order for top management to fill, he said. They want such policies in l~iting, so that the ethical issues can be discussed openly internally, and so the policies can be used to (lget them off the hook" when questionable situations occur. They see themselves as caught between their suppliers and their superiors while buying enough materials to account for half of the final sales dollar of their company's products, Rudelius said. r7These purchasers aren't any more or less ethical than people in any organ-·.: '.' :' ization, Ii Rudelius said. f:They just have more temptations." -UNS- (AO,12;BI,7 sCO,12;DO,12;EI2;G14) r------~.------ mUVERS ITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 1, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRANGELO, 373-7510 BIG TEN INVESTIGATORS NOW ON U OF M CAMPUS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Investigators from the Big Ten Conference have been on the University of Minnesota campus since Tuesday looking into charges of alleged violations of NCAA rules by the Gopher football program. The Big Ten representatives have been interviewing witnesses and collecting information, and they will conclude their visit Friday, according to Robert Stein, vice president for administration and planning. The visit is "informal" and the investigators have been "cooperative," Stein said. "They tell us who th~y are going to talk to, and they have invited us to sit in on any of the interviews," Stein said, adding that University officials have chosen not to sit in. The Big Ten is investigating claims made in a Minnesota Daily story last July that Gopher football players had received loans of money from former football coach Cal Stoll. After the story appeared, a subcommittee was appointed by the Assembly Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics to investigate the allegations. The subcommittee has not yet completed its report, which will be presented to University administrators sometime after the Big Ten concludes its investigation. "Unfortunately, there has been some confusion about this issue right along," Stein said. "The Uc.iversity is not part of a formal investigation by either the Big Ten or the NCAA. The visit by the Big Ten is not part of any official process, and the conference will not be approving or disproving the report of the subcom mittee." The subcommittee, chaired by plant pathology professor David French, had expected to complete its investigation in August. Stein said no date has been set for the release of the University subcommittee's report. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl;CO,I;FlS) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. l1n~~EAPOLIS, Mnn~ESOTA 55455 MARCH 2, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact BILL Hm~TZICKER, (612) 373-7512 'u' LAW SCHOOL DROPS HINORITY ADMISSIONS QUOTA (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The University of Minnesota Law School has changed its admissions policy as a result of the U. S. Supreme Court decision in the Bakke case, ~1hich raised questions about minority admissions programs. The new policy, which was approved by the law faculty this week, eliminated a reference to iiUp to 15'; students who could be admitted through a special minority program. The number in the former policy had been interpreted by some as a quota for minority admissions. The new policy states, however, that the faculty hopes for at least as many minority students in the future as have attended the Law School in the past. Currently, about 45 of the around 710 law students are members of minority groups. The changes in the policy are the result of a review of admissions policies promised by University President C. Peter Magrath last summer after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a minority quota in admitting Allan Bakke,a white male, to the medical school at the University of California, Davis. At that time, Magrath said the Law School was the only University admissions program that had a formal admissions policy affected by the Bakke decision. The new policy avoids the mention of any numbers of minority students. tiThe precise number of minority applicants to be admitted, I: it states, Hwill depend upon the comparative credentials of minority and non-minority applicants. II IINo racial/ethnic quotas, U it also states, !;will be fixed which exclude any applicants from consideration for any places in an entering class. It is the sense of the faculty that the desired diversification of the law student body will not be (HORE) LAW SCHOOL -2- achieved unless minority applicants are admitted in more than token numbers, and it is hoped that the number will be at least as large as those which have been admitted in the past few years.'i The policy continues the faculty's adherence to affirmative action goals to allow the Law School to have a 'ldiverse student body, a according to associate dean Robert F. Grabb, chairman of the admissions committee. Grabb said he feels that the Law School has been successful in attracting a I!diverse student body" while relying primarily upon "traditional predictors of successn such as undergraduate grades and the national Law School Admissions Test. On the basis of the Supreme Court decision, the law faculty considers a i:diverse student body:; one which includes students with various racial and ethnic backgrounds, physical handicaps, and economic disadvantages. But other "factors:/ are also considered in the definition of diversity. These include the applicant's career goals, extra-curricular activities, ability in languages other than English, leadership positions, community or public service, experiences and achievement. -U1'18- (AO,l,28;Bl,6;CO,1;DO)EI5) - ~~ -~------ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 8-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 2, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact WENDY ADAMS, (612) 373-5193 'u' FILM SOCIETY CONCLUDES WINTER QUAiTD OFFERINGS (FOR IMMEDIATE RBLEASE) Three American f11ms will cOI1cluc1ethe University Film Society's w:Lnter quarter offerings in the Bell MIl... of Natural History auditorium .at the University of Miluaeeoeaj···!wiD Cities. "The Grateful Dead" will be show Weclnesday (March 7) through Sunday, Karch 11, at 7:30 and 10 p.m. The f11m, which is based on several concerts of the rock group lithe Grateful Dead" 'at WlIlterlaDd in San Francisco ,is directed by the group's guitar1st-s1Dger Jerry Garcia. Adm1ssion .. is $2.25.' lithe Old Dark Bouse." a 1932 fi1JD directed by James Whale, will be shown Pridar, March 16, throughSuaday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. The film stars Charles Laughton and Boris &8rloff aDd is takeD frCllll a j. B. Priestley novel about a group of travelers who are forced to seek sbelter in an isolated maD.ion in Wales.Ad mission is $2., The 1956 ver8ionof 'the fUm "Invasion of the Body soatchers" will conclude the Film Saeiety's offeriDgsPr1day, Karch 16, through SuDdar, March 18, at 9:15 p.m. The film is directed by Don Siegel~ Mmission ts $2. -uN8- '(AO,2,32;Bl) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 MARCH 2, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS March 7-13 Wed., March 7---St. Paul Student Center: Oils and acrylics by Del Chamblis, North Star Gallery; t:Snakes, Pots and Things," ceramic show by Mike Norman, display cases, French poster show, Rouser Room Gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-11 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through l1arch 13. Free. Wed., March 7---Goldstein Galle!y: Graduate thesis show by Marcia Milner and Jan Hyers. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through March 16. Free. Wed., March 7--Jagues Gallery: "Earth Imageryli by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free. Wed., March 1---Coffman Ga1lery~ HPaintings in 011:; by Emilia Somberg, Gallery 1, through lfarch 23, pencil drawings by Linda Monick, Gallery II, through March 23; nWomen's Cultural Display, I: Related Arts Gallery, through March 22. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Wed., March 7--University Gallery: "Tolstoy: Life and Times,r: Gallery 405C, through March 16; Sculpture by Sean Hennessey, Galleries 305-7, through March 9; MFA exhibit by Brooke Anthony, Gallery 309, through March 16. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Wed., March 7---University Film Society: "The Grateful Dead. F Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $2.25. Thurs., March 8---Fllm: "If I Were King." 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7: 30 p.m. 50¢. -- Thurs., March 8---Lecture: ':Afro-American Literature and the Arts, I; by Ishmael Reed. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3:15 p.m. Free. Thurs., March 8---Program and Concert: "International 1o1omen 1 s Day Concert and Program." Program, 7 p.m.; Concert by HRosey's Bar and Grill, II 8 p.m. Whole Coffeehouse, Coffman Union. $3, students $2. Thurs., March 8---University Film Society: "The Grateful Dead." Bell l·fuseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $2.25. Fri., March 9--!!!!!!.: "Lost Horizon, I: Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Free. Fri., March 9--University Film Society: "The Grateful Dead." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $2.25. (OVER) I. -- CALENDAR -2- Sat., March 10---Film: lilt Happened One Night. 1I Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 1:30 and 9:45 p.m. Free. Sat., March 10--University Film Society: BThe Grateful Dead. I; Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 1:30 and 10 p.m. $2.25. Sat., March 10---Concert: University Chamber Singers. Willey Hall. 8 p.m. Free. Sun., March ll---Concert: University Jazz Ensemble. Northrop Aud. 3 p.m. Free. Tues., liarch 13'---Film: "Hunchback of Notre Dame." 310 Anders.on Hall. 2:30 and 1:30 p.m. SO¢. -UNS- (AO;Bl;F2) UNIVERSITY OF UnnmSOTA NEt-1S SERVICE, S-68 UORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MIln~LIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 5, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ~~ EUU~SON, (612) 373-7517 U OF M TO OFFER CHILDREN'S ART CLASSES (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Registration is now open for Saturday morning children's art classes at the University of Minnesota, Tw:I.n Cities, beginning March 31. Held froa 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for 10 weeks the classes are designed for children aged 5 to 10. The students are encouraged to develop a sense of their worth as artists, to explore the range of the visual arts, and to discover the relationships among the arts. The fee for the course is $20. For more information and to register, contact Virginia Eaton at the University's Institute of Child Development, 373-2390 or 373-9851. -UNS- (AO,2;Bl :iG27) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. }UNNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 l'IARCH 5, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 ROSZELL TO BE NEW U OF M ALl1mI DIRECTOR (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Stephen W. Roszell will become director of Alumni Relations at the University of Minnesota this }~y if his appointment is approved by the Board of Regents Friday. Roszell, 29, will succeed Vincent Bilotta, who has been alumni director since 1976. Roszell has been director of alumni activities and executive director of the alumni association at the University of Missouri, Columbia, since 1975. He was assistant director at Missouri for three years before that. A graduate of the Missouri school, Roszell· has done.graduate work there in journalism and higher education administration. He is married and has one daughter. Alan Ruve1son, president of the ~annesota Alumni Association, said Roszell has established an "outstanding reputation" in his work at the University of Missouri. "t-le are very pleased that he has accepted the position at Minnesota. His strong suit is the development of strong and healthy alumni chapters," Ruvp.lson said. Since 1975 the membership of the Missouri alumni organization has doubled and 44 geographic chapters have been chartered. The University of 11innesota Alumni Association has 19,000 members and is observing its 75th anniversary this year. Alumni offices will move this spring to new facilities on the first floor of Morrill Hall on the Minneapolis campus. -UNS- (AO,l;Bl;CO,l) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. ~lINnEAPOLIS, !1INNESOTA 55455 I-U\RCH 5> 1979 l~IS PEOPLE: For further informatir~ contact ELIZABETH PETRM~GELO~ (612) 373-7510 HEMO TO NEt-IS PEOPLE The University of 11innesota Board of Regents will hear 13 recommendations for proxy voting on resolutions dealing with investments in South Africa and the sale of infant formula in developing companies Thursday (Uarch 8). The recommendations will be made by the University committee on social responsi bility in investments at the rep,ents' monthly physical plant and investments committee meeting at 3:15 p.m. in 300 Morrill Hall. President C. Peter rlagrath will make the administration's recommendation at that fleeting. The resolutions to be presented to cOflpanies doing business in South Africa range from requests for reports to a call for withdrawal from South Africa. Other resolutions ask for recognition of black labor unions, reduction of oil imports, an end to sales of strategic materials, and commitments not to expand operations in the country. ~~grath will make a preliminary report on internal University progress toward Hretrenching" $3 million of internal operating money at the committee of the tlhole meeting 8~30 a.m. Friday in 238 ~lorrill Hall. The $3 million will be redistributed within the University to the departments with the greatest need. The regents will also hear a progress report from the Student Legal Service after its first year of operation at 1:15 p.m. Thursday in 300 Uorri1l Hall. The next of a series of presentations on the $113 to $153 million replacement of University Hospitals ~nll be given at the physical plant and investments committee meeting at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in 300 Morrill Hall. An open hearing to discuss proposed traffic regulations for the University is set for 10~30 a.m. Friday at the full board meeting in 238 Morrill Hall. The regulations include a proposal to restrict bicycle riding to specific areas on campus. The schedule of meetings is as foll~1s: Educational policy and long-range planning committee~ 1:15 p.m. Thursday, 238 Morrill Hall; student concerns committee, 1:15 p.m. Thursday, 300 110rrill Hall; faculty and staff affairs committee, 3~15 p.m. Thursday~ 238 Morrill Hall; physical plant and investments committee> 3:15 p.m. Thursday, 300 Morrill Hall· committee of the whole meeting, 3~30 a.m. Friday, 238 Morrill Hall: full board meeting, 10:30 a.m. Friday, 238 Morrill Hall. -UNS- (AO,1,8,9;B1;CO,1) UNIVERSITY OF liIUNESOTA NEHS SERVICE~ S-68 HORRILL FALL 100 CnURCi ST. S.E. UINNEAPOLIS, rfINNESOTA 55455 HARCn 6, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact BILL H~JTZICI (FOR nUlEDIATB RELEASE) A legislator hearing details of the University of Minnesota biennial request Tuesday reacted strongly against a stat~ent that failure to fund women's sports would jeopardize federal money to the University. Robert A. Stein, University vice president for administration and planning, told the House ejucation division that failure to provide an annual $1 million for women's athletics could mean the University would be in violation of Title IX of the higher education amendments of 1972. "t-Ie're not where we should be on the basis of I!loral principles and proper division of men is and women's programs and conpliance ,,71th the letter of the law,'; Stein said. r;We hope to God '·le're in compliance with the lall because failure to comply would have serious consequences for the University of IIinnesota." He said that the University is second among Big Ten schools in state support for women's athletics, but that the others are moving quickly to increase their funding because of federal pressure. Rep. William Dean, IR-Minneapolis, jumped on Stein's statement, saying that federal funding is not likely to be cut off regardless of interpretations of the act by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. nyou knOlY as well as I do,:! Dean said, "that if t>Je did not fund tvomen's athletics the federal governcent isn't going to stop supporting the University of Hinnesota. :i'Hinnesota's senators would not let that happen, the vice president of the United States isn't going to let that happen and. for that matter, the president of the United States isn't going to let that happen. Given all that, it's just not going to happen, ': he said. (I,rORE) ATHLETICS -2- lilt's the kind of gross exaggeration that~ as a member of the Legislature, I don't like to hear from somebody ~lho knows better ~ '" Dean said. "There is no school in the United States with a history of greater state support for women's athletics than the University of Hinnesota. i1 Dean suggested that the University look at the $3.9 million men's athletics budget as a source of support for both men's and women's programs. Stein agreed with Dean that the federal government is unlikely to cut off all of its annual $86 million support to the University if the state does not increase its funding of women's athletics. But~ he added, a University analysis has shown that it would be difficult for the Gopher sports program to support women's athletics when it is facing deficits itself. liAnother part of our general struggle right now is just to keep the men's program alive, U Stein said. He said the University has studied reducing the number of men's sports from eleven to eight, the number required to remain in the Bir, Ten conference. "Cutting three sports would not save that much. vIe are doing an analysis of costs~" he said. • It's revenue from ticket sales that supports the men's programs. So that's not an easy solution for uS right now. a Stein began his presentation with data showing the projected growth of women's intercollegiate athletics into a large competitive program similar to the men's programs. ilHe feel we are offering an opportunity for women athletes comparable to that of our male athletes,!I he said. Although the ~10men compete in a regional, large-college conference. he said, there is some movement toward a Big Ten conference for women's athletics. Stein said that women athletes at l1innesota have been liastonishingly successful,1l with several teams placing nationally. (HORE) ATllLETICS -3- 111£ anything close to that had been achieved by our men's programs, that would have been banner headlines for weeks i£ not months. Unfortunately, our women's programs haven't captured the same level of media attention,:' Stein said. Stein estimated that the budget for women1s athletics would grow to nearly $1.4 million in 1980-81 from the current budget of $783,812. He said that the University is assuming that Title IX requires similar opportunities for men and women rather than equal funding, but said that this interpretation is currently under HEW review. University President C. Peter r~grath has said that the University will not pay for intercollegiate athletics with funds from academic program budgets. The education division will continue its discussion of intercollegiate athletics at its hearing at 8 a.m. tJednesday in room 57 of the State Office Building. -UNS- m~IVERSITY OF MINNESOT~ NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. IIUmEAPOLIS, UINNESOTA 55455 (rARCH 7, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HL~~TZICY~R. (612) 373-7512 MINORITY RETmrrION PLAN PUSHED BY U OF H (FOR INHEDIATE RELEASE) The University of r1innesota is pushing hard for a $1 million biennial request to slow the increasing dropout rate among minority and other disadvantaged students. Student leaders testified Wednesday before the House education division in favor of a plan to provide more individual counseling and student centers for minority group students. About 85 percent of the minority students who enter the University drop out before they complete their degree programs, said Ingrid Washinawatok, a sophomore in mass communication from Minneapolis. Washinawatok, who is on the tribal council of the American Indian Student Association, said that students from all minority groups support the request to expand Lretention programsll designed to keep disadvantaged students in school. "American Indian, Asian American j black and Chicano students bring to the University problems that are attributed to socioeconomic circumstances, inadequate preparation and a conflict of cultural values;; she said. "The basic problem t-J'e are talking about here is not racial but cultural," she said• "vfuen a minority comes to the University there is a feeling of alienation due to the cultural difference. ':Unless this alienation is dealt with by the units, programs, and colleges within the University of r!innesota, the retention and higher education of minority and disadvantaged students can never proceed effectively. I' lJashinawatok said. Washinawatok used the Chicano cultural center as an example of a valuable University-sponsored program for minority students. (UOP.E) RETENTION -2- nThe center allows informality? personalization and a general sensitivity to the needs of the Chicano student population?;; she said. The center involves faculty and students in Chicano cultural activities. Earlier in the week? representatives of statewide minority organizations spoke on behalf of the minority retention request. Minnesota employers have had to recruit minority group graduates from other states because Minnesota's own educational system is failing to provide adequate education for minority students, said Charles U. Breese? president of the St. Paul branch of the NAACP. Breese said the added money would allow the University to increase minority enrollment and retention by 50 percent and to improve relationships between the institution and minority communities throughout the state. Frank B. Wildersoo? vice president for student affairs, said the money is needed to coordinate existing minority programs and to keep better track of students' problems. :'The main thing we need is to coordinate the programs we have so we know who the students are, when they need help. and holo! to get help to them,II Hilderson said. About 2,500 minority-group students attend the University. which has a total enrollment of about 55,000. The retention program would be administered by the Office of lIinority and Student Affairs, formerly called the Martin Luther King program. -m~s- (AO,1,8,9?10.11~Bl.10;CO,l;E15) UN IVERS ITY OF HUmESOTA HEHS SERVICE~ S-63 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, UnmESOTA 55455 HARCl! 7, 1979 l{EWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKER. (612) 373-7512 MORE DISCUSSION ON U OF M WOMEN'S ATHLETICS (FOR I~IMEDIATE RELEASE) A University of 11innesota vice president said Wednesday that women's inter collegiate athletics are "seriously underfunded" when compared to men's programs. But, he said. paying for women's programs out of revenues from the Gopher sports program could create more serious money problems for men's intercollegiate athletics. Robert Stein testified Wednesday before the Ilouse education division in favor of the University's $1.4 million requested increase for women's intercollegiate athletics in the Twin Cities and for both men's and women's programs on the coordinate campuses. The University was an early leader in the funding of women's sports, he said, but competing schools are "coming up fast tl in their spending because of increased pressure from the federal Department of Health. Education and Welfare (HEW). Stein said HEB guidelines that enforce Title IX of the 1972 higher education amendments consider three areas in comparing men's and women's funding: scholarships and financial aid, recruiting, and other financial benefits for athletes. LThe University spends half as much on meals for l'10men athletes as it spends on men and the men's spending is not out of line,;' Stein said. 'In fact, it's less than at many other institutions." Female athletes drive or take the bus to scme athletic contests while the men fly, he said. Acco~odations are also better for the men, who sleep two to a room on trips while the women must often stay four to a room. Stein said the University's request is part of a "phased compliance approachH to provide similar opportunities to athletes of both sexes. Rep. William Dean, IR-Minneapolis j said he would hate to see the University develop a large women's program only to have it slip into financial difficulty in 10 to 15 years when professional women's sports move into this area. -UNS- (AO,I:Bl,lO;CO,l;F15) UN IVERS ITY OF HINI:1ESOTA :NEHS SERVICE 1 S-63 lI0RRILL HALL 100 CHU~CH ST. S.E. HINi.·mAPOLIS, 11INHESOTL\ 55455 HARCH 7, 1979 NE~~S PEOPLE~ For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 STUDEHTS HANT LOH U OF H TUITION (FOR U~1EDIATE RELEASE) University of Minnesota students Wednesday expressed their support for Gov. Albert H. Quie's proposal to hold student tuition increases to 7 percent for each year of the next biennium. "A 7 percent increase would not only be acceptable, 'I said Colleen Kelley, ;;but it would be a welcome surprise compared to the tuition increases of the last several years. ~; Kelley, who is director of legislative activities for the Student Senate, was among several students to speak to the House education division about a variety of items in the University's biennial request. Kelley said that an across-the-board tuition increase would hit University of IUnnesota students the hardest because they already pay more than those l-Tho attend other state schools. Jim Clark, a member of the student lobby committee, said tuition should increase with the level of inflation, and should be tied to students' ability to pay. Clark supported the Board of Re~ents plan to ask the legislature for a tuition rate based on the level of appropriation rather than a percentage of instructional costs. AI Senstad, president of the student body on the Twin Cities campus, presented the legislators with a I'tuition cost containment petition" l'7hich, he said, contained 7,000 signatures of students who support tying tuition increases to the cost of inflation. -uns- (AO,1?Bl,lO:CO,l~E15) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 l-lORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS. MIImESOTA 55455 MARCH 7. 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK. (612) 373-7515 TENOR JON HUHPBREY TO PERlORM SATUlU>AY WITH 'u' CHAMBER SINGERS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASB) Tenor Jon Bumphreywill join the University of Hilmesota Chamber Singers for a performauce of J.S,. Bach's "St. John Passion" at 8 p.a. Saturday (March 10) in Willey Hall on the University. of Minnesota West Bank. Thomas Lancaster~ associate professQr of music. is director of the Chamber Singers. Humphrey is known for his Bach performances but bas also perforaed pre-Baroque . and contemporary music as a soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale, the New York Pro }lusica. the Marlboro Music Festival and other noted groups. The role of Jesus will be sung by Lawrence Weller, a baritone, known for his recent recordiligs of contemporary music such as George Crumb's "Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death." The concert is sPonsored by the University departments of music and music education and is open to the public with uo admission charge. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. Mll-mEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 8, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL Hm~TZICKER, (612) 373-7512 TEAU HEGOTIATING U OF M-CUBA EXCHANGE (FOR D1MEDIATE RELEASE) An exchange program between academic institutions in Cuba and the University of Minnesota is being worked out by a team of Minnesota administrators who left for the island nation last Sunday. The team is headed by LaVern Freeh, director of the University's international programs office, who visited Cuba last year with Rep. Richard Nolan, D-Minn., as part of a congressional delegation exploring normalization of relations between the two countries. Under the proposed agreement, the two natiOns will exchange four teams of three professors each. The teams will be from each of four subject areas--agriculture, medicine, biological sciences, and veterinary medicine--in which the Cubans are interested. The lengths of the visits and the timing will be worked out by the visiting delegation, which includes deans N. L. Gault of the Medical School, Richard Caldecott of biological sciences, James Tammen of agriculture and Dale Sorensen, chairman of the large animal clinical science department. The group members will Visit Cuban institutions of higher education and consult with faculty members in their own fields about the possibilities and details of the proposed exchange. The visit is being paid for with private money donated to the University, and by the Cubans, who sent a delegation headed by Fernando Vecino Alegret, minister of higher 'education, to the University last November. The academic exchanges which will be negotiated may be the first between the United States and Cuba since an embargo was imposed in 1961. Other institutions considering similar exchanges are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown and Howard universities. The Minnesota delegation includes David Eckholm, administrative assistant to Freeh, and James De Chaine, administrative assistant to Rep. Richard Nolan, D-Minn. The group is expected to return to the Twin Cities Monday night. -UNS- (AO,l,ll;Bl;CO,1;DO;E15) UNIVERSITY OF Mnn~ESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MniNESOTA 55455 MARCH 8, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact Ra~AELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 WEST GERMAN AMBASSADOR GUEST OF U OF M WORLD AFFAIRS CENTER (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Berndt Von Staden, German ambassador to the United States, will be guest of honor at a luncheon Monday (March 12) at the Sheraton-Ritz Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. The luncheon is sponsored by the World Affairs Center and Continuing Education and Extension at the University of Minnesota. University President C. Peter Magrath will introduce Von Staden. Von Staden, who was named to his present position in 1973, will discuss current relations be~een the United States and Germany. -UI'lS- (AO;B1) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEHS SERVICE 1 S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MUmESOTA 55455 HARCH 9, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRANGELO, (612) 373-7510 U OF M REGEHTS APPROVE, HOLD OFF ON STOCK RESOLUTIONS (FOR Il1MEDIATE RELEASE) Seven stockholder resolutions were approved by the University of Minnesota Board of Regents Friday, but another six dealing with South Africa were held over for further study. Five of the resolutions approved apply to companies doing business in South Africa, and the other two to companies promoting the sale of infant formula in Third World countries. The regents approved only the resolutions that were supported by both President C. Peter Magrath and the University Senate committee on social responsibility in 1n- vestments. On the other six resolutions, the recommendations of the two differed. The resolutions that were approved call for: --American Home Products to set up a review committee to study its practices in selling and promoting infant formula; --Bristol Myers to take a number of specific actions in changing its infant formula marketing practices, including an end to both the distribution of free samples and heavy promotion of the formula; --Continental Illinois, Citicorp, and J. P. Morgan to supply reports on bank loans to South Africa; --Caterpillar Tractor to set up a review committee to study the sale of certain materials to the South African police and military; and --Eastman Kodak to stop sales of photographic supplies that could be used Bfor oppressive purposes." The resolutions held over until the April meeting ask that: --Exxon Corporation cease expansion of South African operations; (MORE) REGEt1TS -2- --Ford Motor Company and General Hotors Corporation stop sales of strategic materials to South Africa; -~10bil Corporation and Standard Oil of California reduce oil imports to South Africa, and --Phillips Petroleum withdraw from South Africa entirely. In each of these cases. the social responsibility committee had recommended support of the resolution" 11agrath had recommended abstaining on all votes except one. r1agrath had reco~uended that the regents oppose the Exxon resolution. The regents also heard a short presentation from r1agrath on the University's open meeting policy. Magrath told the regents that University attorney Joel Tierney is preparing a legal interpretation on the effect the state open meeting law has on the University, and that that report should be ready by April or May. "The law is quite vague with regard to many aspects concerning a diverse in- stj,tution such as the University of Hinnesota.; Hagrath said. The University administration has come under attack in the past few months, particularly by the student newspaper, the rlinnesota Daily, for holding closed meet- ings of po1icymaking committees. !lagrath said that the law clearly applies to meetings of the Board of Regents. ,·]hich does hold open meetings. but that it is :'not at all clear if the law reaches to meetings of administrators and their staffs,; he said. He said that the chancellors of the state university and community collep,e systems do not consider their administrative meetings covered by the law. In other action, the regents approved the appointment of Stephen t~. Roszell as director of alumni relations and executive director of the alumni association. Roszell is currently director of alumni activities at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Magrath also told the group that Vernan Ruttan. professor of agricultural and applied economics, will chair a committee to select a director for the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. The rest of the search committee will be named next week. -UI~S- (AO.l,Bl,lO:CO.l;DO.1,E1S) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 UORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, l1INNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: (612) 373-5193 MARCH 9, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF MD'UoiESOTA, TlolIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS March 14-20 Wed., liarch l4---St. Paul Student Center: Oils and acrylics by Del Chamblis, North Star Gallery; ilSnakes, Pots and Things," ceramic show by Hike Norman, display cases; French poster show, Rouser Room Gallery. 8 a.m.-lO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon- 11 p.m. Sat and Sun. Through March 20. Free. Wed., lfarch l4---Goldstein Gallery: Graduate thesis show by Uarcia l1ilner and Jan Myers. McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through March 16. Free. Wed., March l4--"'Jaques Gallery: :'Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through March 18. Free. Wed., March l4--Coffman Gallery: "Paintings in Oil" by Emilia Somberg, Gallery I, through March 23; pencil drawings by Linda Monick, Gallery II, .throu.gh March 23; "Women's Cultural Display,;: Related Arts Gallery, through. Mar~ 22. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. Wed., March l4--University Gallery: "Tolstoy: Life and Times,il Gallery 405C, through March 16; ~fFA exhibit by Brooke Anthony, Gallery 309, through March 16. North- rop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. lion., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Wed., Iiarch l4---Film: r:Whistle Down the Wind." 310 Anderson Hall. 2: 30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Thurs., March l5---Fi1m: "The Hot Rock." 310 Anderson Hall. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. 50¢. Fri., March l6--University Film Society: "The Old Dark House," 7:30 p.m., $2; illnvasion of the Body Snatchers!; (1956 version), 9:15 p.m., $2. Bell Muse\Ull of Natural History aud. Fri., Uarch l6---Dance Performance: "A Festival of Russian Dance." Northrop Aud. 8 p.m. $5-$9.50, students $3.50-$8. Tickets on sale at Northrop ticket office only. Sat., March l7---University Film Society: nThe Old Dark House," 7:30 p.m., $2; "Invasion of the Body Snatchers'l (1956 version), 9:15 p.m., $2. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. Sun., l1arch l8---University Film Society: "The Old Dark House," 7:30 p.m., $2, IlInvasion of the Body Snatchers/! (1956 version), 9:15 p.m., $2. Bell Museum of Natural History aud. -UI:J'S- (AO,Bl;F2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MItJNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 12, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 ARTURO HADRID NAMED ASSOCIATE CLA DEAN (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Arturo Madrid has been named associate dean and executive officer of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts. Madrid's appointment to the second highest position in the University's largest college was approved Friday (March 9) by the University Board of Regents effective immediately. Formerly an associate dean for the humanities and chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese department, Madrid has also been active in the Chicano movement on local and national levels. "Madrid's background at this University and in the nation has been ideal in preparing him for this position,ll said Fred Lukermann, dean of CLA. "At first appearance he's all charm and velvet, but underneath it's guts and intellect. He knows who he is, where he is coming from and where he is going. 1I Madrid, 40, joined the Minnesota faculty in 1973. Of American Indian and Spanish ancestry, he grew up in New Mexico. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico and master's and doctor of philosophy degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. He previously was 8 member of the faculty at Dartmouth College and at the University of California, San Diego. A founder and chairman of the executive committee of the National Chicano Council on Higher Education, he is an active participant in the Minnesota Chicano Federation. He was co-editor of the Task Force on Chicano Concerns report presented to University President C. Peter Magrath last year. Madrid recently returned from Cuba where he served on the jury for the 1979 Premio Casa de Las Americas literary award and made a presentation on Chicano literature to the 1979 Congress of Latin American Writers. (AO,1,8,11;Bl;CO,1,11;El1) -UNS- (FOR RELEASE ANY TIME) Feature story from the University of Uinnesota News Service, S-68 Morrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 March 12, 1979 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' PRANKS DON'T STACK UP TO OLD DAYS By Ronaele Sayre University News Service What's a college campus without student pranks? That was the question in 1881 when the University of Minnesota student newspaper, The Ariel, bemoaned a lack of campus hijinks, sadly noting that "he who holds that pranks in a college are sure proof that a high grade of intelligence exists there has had abundant opportunity during the past two years to convince himself that we are of very mediocre intelligence." The post-Vietnam-era student, at least at the University of Minnesota, has not gone in much for serious pranksterism. An occasional gorilla suit, a water balloon here and there--that's been about it. But that hasn't always been true. By 1882, The Ariel was singing a different tune. Suddenly, it was deploring student behavior, with a mysterious reference to a horse mutilation, and the observation that "the eccentricities of college students are commonly due to either a mistaken idea of what constitutes real fun, or to what is properly known as pure cussedness." Cussedness aside, it must have been sheer determination that resulted in the appearance of a 10-foot-taI1 green "giant" on the bare blue walls of Wilson Librat'Y's reserve room shortly after the library opened in 1969. The mysterious painting, based on a "proportion study" by the late French architect Le Corbusier, was the work of two unofficial painters who visited the library late one night, laid out their blueprints and graph paper, and went to work. University library officials were upset at first, and considered painting over the mural. But they decided it wasn't half bad, and so it is still there--with an official plaque formally describing the work. (MORE) PRANKS -2- Kris Johnson, librarian in the architecture library, recalls that the two architecture students who painted it were rather hurt when she was quoted by a reporter as saying the painting caper was "too well organized to have been done by architecture students." One of the students had a service job with the University, and thus had access to a University truck and all the proper work-order forms, Johnson said. Another worked for a local architecture firm, and so was able to get the necessary blue prints and graphs. "The students invested time and money," she said. "They clipped a piece of the coverings used on the chairs so they cculd get the right green paint to match. They wore painters' uniforms, and told me that if they had been challenged, their docu ments were so real that it would have taken a long time to prove they weren't valid." They also told Johnson that if the University had covered up their masterpiece, they would simply have done it again, and that they had plans to do other paintings in buildings on the west bank, but never got around to it. The 1950s, predictably enough, were busy years for pranks and campus mischief. The 1952 Gopher yearbook tells the story of a fraternity member who went through sorority rush. Calling himself "Ruth Ann" and wearing a black wig, sweater, skirt, bobby sox and decorated glasses, "Ruth Ann" was given tours of several sorority houses and much concerned advice on how to treat "her" hoarseness. Hans Feisig holds some sort of record for the longest continuous college career at the University. A German boxer, Hans was the mascot for Phi Sigma Kappa frater nity for 10 years until his death in 1961. Hans attended classes with his fraternity brothers, appeared in parades, and placed second in the campus ugly man contest in 1950. Fraternity legend has Hans actually registered as a student, but official University records do not support that claim. Fraternity members tell the story of the time Hans strolled into class and yawned so Widely the professor cancelled the class. If his lecture was that boring, (MORE) PRANKS -3- he decided, there was no point in continuing. Hans was a willing subject for photographers from the student newspaper, and was the author of several letters to the editor during his tenure. Another animal with a shorter but perhaps flashier career was Jill, Kappa Sigma's St. Bernard. She was elected dean for the day for the College of Science, Literature, and the Arts. Today, sororities and fraternities are the sources of most pranks, but officers for both the PanHellenic Council and the InterFraternity Council attempt to keep things friendly. There is the usual switching of trophies and pictures, and occasionally furniture from one house finds its way to another. University police sometimes find themselves in the middle of these Greek "switches. II Recently, police in a squad car saw three coeds walking down University Ave. shortly after 2 a.m. on Friday with a large, framed picture. The students admitted taking the picture from a fraternity house, but told the officers "we steal from each other all the time." -UNS- (AO,7;BI;CO,7) ------' (FOR P~LEASE A1~ Tn1E) Feature story froM the University of Minnesota News Service ~ S-68 ~1orri1l Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Hinneapolis~ Hinnesota 55455 Telephone; (612) 373,-5193 Harch 13, 1979 PROPOSED LAU COULD REQUIRE CAR SEATS FOR CHILDREN By Jeanne Hanson University News Service T~at would you do if you knew a way to eliminate the leading cause of death in children and could persuade no one to do anything about it? You'd probably push for legislation like University of tfinnesota gradUt!te student John Shaffer. More than 90 percent of the deaths of children older than one month could be prevented if parents bought or borrowed effective car seats and used them properly. Sha£fer~ a graduate student in public health who also works with the l1innesota Safety Councils initiated a bill currently before the Legislature to require children to be restrained in car seats until they are four years old, The bills which is currently in the House transportation sub--committee. could make ~rinnesota the second state in the United States to pass such legislation. Tennessee and 23 foreign countries already have such a regulation. To Shaffer~ who spends much of his time lobbying for the bill. such a law would not infringe on parents' rights, but inste~d would protect children's rights. Although effective car seats can be expensive. Shaffer feels the law would not work a hardship on poorer families if enough 'rent-a-seat' programs ~7ere organized. Group Health already has such a progran in operation. Legislation seems appropriate because persuasion hasn't worked. Shaffer said. The National Safety Council used $51 ~illion worth of public service time contributed free by the media several years ago to persuade adults to use seat belts. The media blitz had no effect. according to P~y Carlow, assistant professor of health education at the University of Minnesota. (HORE) CAR SEATS -2- f1lnformation by itself has no influence on behavior, r: he said. Public health research has shown that information must be heard by people in a state of "psychological readiness:' if it is to have an effect. Studies of why people don't do what's good for them indicate that people are most influenced by their friends and neighbors, Carlow said. If your friends and neighbors don't use car seats for their children, you won't either. Legislation is an attempt to get everyone started, he said. Excuses for not using car seats abound, Shaffer said. People say their children would complain, that they forget about the seats, that they are uncomfortable, that accidents won't happen to them, and that the seats cost too much. HBut if you're haul:1ng a chandelier, you make sure it won't break," Shaffer said, "and children's lives are certainly more valuable." Many people don't realize that children are more at risk than adults in car acci_dents, he said. They can 'ltunnel underfl a standard waist seat belt in a crash, or sl lffer abdominal injuries, or have their necks slashed by an adult size harness. These ?-~111t models are not safe until a child weighs about 40 pounds, usually at about four y~ars old, Shaffer said. Since children's heads are quite large in proportion to their bodies, a crash turns them into "guided missles, r: Shaffer said. A collision at 30 miles per hour can turn a 30-pound child into a 600-pound projectile. A crash-tested, effective car seat is the only way to contain the child, and a law may be the only way to get children into them, he said. -UNS- (AO,23;Bl;CO,S) mnVERSITY OF rtIUHESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 110RRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINHEAPOLIS ~ HUTIJESOTA 55455 MARCH 15, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact tILL HUNTZIOCER, (612) 373-7512 HAGHATll SAYS U OF U RANKS FIFTH IN FEDERAL FUUDING (FOR TIlI:1EDIATE RELEASE) The University of Minnesota ranked fifth among American universities in the amount of federal money received during fiscal year 1977, President C. Peter Maerath said t-lednesday. I:1agrath told the lUnnesota Senate education subcommittee that the University received $92.7 million in federal funds, an increase of $5.7 million over the pre- vious year. Universities receiving more federal income than Minnesota were Howard~ $115.9 million; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $109.4 million; University of Washington, $96.9 million~ and the University of Califoriia, Los Angeles, $96.4 million. Universities ranking behind Minnesota included Stanford, Harvard, the University of California-San Diego, University of Michigan and Columbia. The University's increase in federal funding over the previous year was the largest among the top 12 with only lIinnesota. UCLA and HIT experiencing increases in federal funds. 11agrath said that Minnesota ranked seventh in 1976 with $86.9 million in federal income putting it behind Howard) HIT) lJashington, the University of tlisconsin- Hadison, UCLA and Stanford in that year. Magrath said that the figures include the $8.3 million federal share of the new pharmacy-nursing building which is under construction as part of the health sciences complex on the Twin Cities campus. The list was compiled by assistant vice president George Robb from figures provided by the National Science Foundation. (HORE) FEDEP~L FUNDING -2- Most of the income from the federal government was for agriculture~ the health sciences~ and the Institute of Technology, said Magrath, who released the figures during a presentation on the University's request for increases for health sciences and agriculture. Lyle French. vice president for health sciences, asked for state money to pick up some of the decreases anticipated in federal appropriations to the schools of medicine~ dentistry and public health. William F. Hueg, deputy vice president for agriculture, forestry and home economics, asked for increases in funding for agricultural research which, he said, pays off in returns to Minnesota farmers and agribusiness. Robb compiled more details on the rankings for members of the subcommittee. His figures show that the University of Minnesota ranked second in federal obligations in 1971 when the first building of the health sciences complex was funded. The amount of federal money coming to the University, in that year, was $72.5 million. Robb said that the University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked ahead of the University in 1976 when it received funding for a health sciences building. The University ranked fifth also during 1975 with $73.6 million and in 1972 with $64.2 million, Robb said. The institution's lowest ranking in the past ten years was eleventh in 1970. It was ranked 16th in 1966, the earliest figures provided. -ill1S- (AO,1;Bl,10;CO,1;DO,1;E15) UNIVERSITY OF llIHNESOTA i.':IEUS SERVICE, S-68 110RRILL HALL 100 CtWRCE ST. S.E. HIiJHEAPOLIS. 11IlUESOTA 55455 /IARCE 15, 1979 i.'mns PEOPLE: For further information contact ROHAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 STUDLdTS STuDY BUSIiJESS lIEDIA RELATIO~JS FOP. COHTEST (FO? Il1l:ffiDIAT?: RELEASE) The University of Minnesota journalism school could be $5,000 richer through the combined efforts of 43 journalism students who worked on a survey of Twin Cities business and news media representatives. Students conducted the survey as part of the University entry in the 1979 General Motors Intercollegiate Business Understanding Program. The students pre- sented their findings last week to a team of judges representing General Motors. Minnesota was the first school to be visited by the team members, who will stop at 19 other schools in the next three weeks. Two journalism classes participated in the contest--professor Daniel Wackman's communication and public opinion class and professor Arnold Ismach's precision journalism class. Students in the communications class interviewed 136 business people, and the other students surveyed 92 reporters and editors from the four major Twin Cities daily newspapers and the four commercial television stations, along with fourteen business writers. Business news coverage in all major local papers was examined over a four-month period last fall. The survey found that of the 875 business-related stories that ran during that period, about 56 percent could be considered neutral, 25 percent pro~business, and 19 percent anti-business. Editors and reporters were asked for their opinions of the business community and busine~s executives for their opinions of the media. The survey found that tension exists between the media and the busineR9 .r.ommunity even though anti-business articles Be-count.ed fnT th'" 10'W'csf'" percentage of neus stories. (MORE) BUSINESS -2- The students recommended that specific business groups and media groups conduct journalism and business survey cOUrses and that continuing education courses in business be organized for news people and similar courses in journalism and mass communications be offered for corporate executives. The students encouraged corporate leaders to be more accessible to the media and to hire trained journalists for public relations jobs in business. Other recommendations included regular meetings between journalists and business people, and annual regional conferences between the two groups. In April, students from six schools will be invited to Detroit to make their presentations to senior General Motors management and vie for a $5,000 first place award. Members of the judging team were Frank Angelo, associate executive editor of the Detroit Free Press; Elizabeth Yamashita, professor of journalism at the MediI! School of Journalism, Northwestern University; and Patricia Malloy, program coordinator for General Motors. -UNS- (AO,l2,20;Bl,7.CO,l2) mUVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 8-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact RONAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 U OF M TO SP (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) SUIIIIIU!l' wUl cOlDe to M1DIie~~a eventually and with it the opportunity to study for one or two weeks at University of Minnesota arts and humanities workshops at I ,1- Quadaa Mountain Lodge in Grand Rapids, Minn. The Summer Arts Study Center, now in its eleventh year, is sponsored by the Uaiver.ity in cooperation with the Grand Rapids Perfoming Arts Council. Workshops are scheduled _from June 11 through Aug. 3. Registration is open to people with a general background in the arts as well as those seeking advanced instruction. Uni- versity undergraduate aad gr~uate credit is available for the courses. Courses in drawiDs. painting, photography, stained glass, pottery and literature will be offered, along with workshops on alternative energy sources, fabric and fiber design. the American fiddle, drama in education, and mime. Participants in the energy source workshop will construct a model of a solar collector, a solar greenhouse, and a solar oven. The fiddle course is open to I violin an4 fiddle players and, a limited number of mandolin, guitar and banjo I players. Tuition for each weekly course is $75 with additional course fees in sOIDe cases. Lodg1Dg at nearby facilities is not included in the cost of tuition. M1nnes~ta residents 62 years of age or older may attend the workshops free if space is avail- able, but wst pay for class materials and lodging costs. Registration information is available from the Summer Arts Study Center, University of Minnesota. 1128 laSalle Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403. -Uli8- (AO,2,29,30,31;BI;CO,2.DO,2;E30,31) UNIVERSITY OF tlINHESOTA NEVIS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MnmEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 16. 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUN~ZIcr~jtjL~2) __ 373-75l2 U OF 1"1 OUTLINES $100 MILLION 1979-80 CAPITAL REQUEST (FOR n~1EDIATE RELEASE) Six new buildings totalling $34 million are among the items in a $100 million capital request by the University of Minnesota outlined Friday for Gov. Albert H. Quie and members of his administration. President C. Peter Magrath and Vice President Donald P. Brown said that each of the major projects has already received partial legislative approval in the form of money for planning and for working drawings. The current request goes to both the 1979 and 1980 sessiOns of the Hinnesota Legislature. A $17.2 million underground building with experimental solar heating and light- ing is the major item in the request. The earth-sheltered structure is intended to be energy self-sufficient, Brown said. The building is expensive, he said, because it has to meet specifications for the laboratory needs of the civil and mineral engineering department j which will be housed in the structure. Brown said that the building would be a national demonstration project and would use federal and private money to pay for experiments in solar heating and natural lighting. A mall would cover much of the building, which would use solar collectors mounted on the field house adjacent to the proposed structure, Brown said. About 95 percent of the building would be underground. A $12.5 million larGe-animal hospital for the College of Veterinary Medicine on the St. Paul campus would include new and remodeled space, Brown said. The request for the St. Paul campus included $676,000 for working drawings for an animal science building that would eventually cost $16.9 million. (HORE) CAPITAL REQUEST -2- The request also lists a proposed $7 million vocational-technical education building and a $1.7 million poultry research and teaching facility for the St. Paul campus. In his opening remarks and in response to a question from Lt. Gov~ Lou Wangberg at the close of the three-hour session, Magrath said that remodeling of older build ings would become the institution's long-range priority if all the proposed projects were approved. The current request includes $9.4 million in remodeling and rehabilitation money for Twin Cities campus buildings. Magrath said that the proposed $3 million building for the School of Business and Economics on the Duluth campus would complete the major construction planned for that campus. In discussing the Duluth building, Brown said that it would cost $312,000 more than the $3 million proposed because of premiums being paid to contractors for skilled labor in the Duluth area. Bro'W"D. proposed a "contingency appropriationf: for the extra amount, which, he said, was necessary to let bids on schedule. A $3.4 million physical education and outdoor recreation complex is proposed for the two-year technical campus at Crookston, 11agrath said. The request also in cludes $44,000 for working drawings and planning money for an agriculture addition to Owen Hall, and $64,400 for acquisition of acreage for an agricultural demonstra-· tion project. The Morris campus is basically a developed campus and new funds will be for remodeling and renovation, Magrath said. The request includes $551,540 for expan sion of the computer center and construction of a greenhouse. Future construction costs for the health sciences in the Twin Cities will focus on the remodeling of vacated space, Magrath said. (HORE) I i CAPITAL REQUEST -3- The current request includes $5.4 million for remodeling vacated clinic space for the School of Public Health and the departments of anesthesiology and micro- biology. The outpatient clinics were moved into Unit B/c of the health sciences complex. The request also includes $1.7 million for a classroom addition for farm machinery repair classes~ a building for showing l1v£stock, and renovation of a plant services area on the Waseca campus. -UNS- (AO.l;B1.10.CO,l,E15) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 16, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUNTZICKER (612) 373-7512 STADIUM DISCUSSED (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) University of Minnesota President C. Peter Magrath said Friday that a "substan- tial investmene; would have to be made to study the feasibility of remodeling Memorial Stadium for professional athletics. Magrath made his statements in response to a question by Gov. Albert Quie, who was on campus to review the University's biennial request for new buildings. A study cited by Don Riley in the St. Paul Pioneer Press is lisix years out of date,n said Donald P. Brown, University vice president for finance. "This study was dODe in 1972 and 1973,Ii Brown said. "Six years of deterioration in a 50-year-old facility would make renovation more of a problem. It might be cheaper to tear it down and start over. The study, which was partially financed by the Ford Foundation, said that the stadiun could have been renovated for the University's intranural and recreational sports programs for about $46 million. llThese six years in terms of inflation and deterioration have significantly changed those figures," Brown said. Magrath added that, at present levels of caintenance, the stadium would have to be replaced in 15 to 20 years. The University will react to any of the proposed stadium proposals after details of any specific plan are presented, Magrath said. "We would certainly entertain having our football team play at whatever facility is built,H Magrath said, 'lbut the Board of Regents has not seen any specific proposals." Stanley B. Kegler, vice president for institutional relations, said that the University presented the Metropolitan Sports Facilities C~ission with a list of the (MORE) STADIUM -2- University's recreational and intramural needs. i1We made it clear that our highest priority was for intramural and recreational sports facilities, Ii he said. "Our athletics facilities are used so much that we don't have any idea what demand there could be for then if new facilities were available," Kegler said. "The Bierman Building is the only athletic facility built in the last 20 years" for Minneapolis sports. Williams Arena, Memorial Stadium and the field house all need repair work, Kegler said. Deterioration of Memorial Stadiun would be slowed with the addition of a dome, Brown said. Brown said that parking at Memorial Stadium would not normally be a problem if the facility were used by professional football teams. The use of the facility by the Twins, however, would be impossible because of traffic during class hours and conflicts in use of the facility, Brown said. liThe nightnare of all nightnares would be having a World Series there and the first day of classes all f.'l111ng at the same tif!l.e. 11 he said. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl,10;CO,l;F15) Ul~IVERSITY OF Mlrrr~ESOTA NEHS SERVICE, S-63 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. l1INNEAPOLIS, UIiMESOTA 55455 l1ARCH 19, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HrrdTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 CHINA EXPERTS SAY REVOLUTIOn COULD REPEAT ITSELF 01'1 FAR11S (FOR IMHEDIATE RELEASE) The Chinese revolution could be sparked a second time if the current movement toward industrialization in the People's Republic of China proceeds too rapidly. That's the view of a number of China scholars who discussed agriculture and changing rural values at a meeting last weekend at the University of Minnesota Technical College in Crookston. Rural areas could be left behind in the current efforts of Vice Premier Teng Tsiao-ping to modernize China through the importation of the most advanced forms of western technology and industry, said Halsey Beemer, staff associate with the Washington-based Center on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China. The increased attention to the cities that could result may create discontent in the countryside where the peasant revolution began in the 1930s, said Edward L. Farmer, professor of Chinese history at the University of ~Iinnesota, Twin Cities. The cultural revolution of the 1960s continued the emphasis on the country by moving young, professional people from the cities into the rural areas to work in the fields, Farmer said. But this effort to emphasize agriculture and avoid the creation of urban elites, Beemer said, hurt agricultural research, despite the fact that China was the first country to develop high-yielding rice varieties in the early 1950s. "As part of the great leveling of the fifties and the cultural revolution 0 f the sixties, there was an anti-elitist policy that decimated the ranks of agricultural researchers, \, Beemer said. ilA whole generation of training and agricultural research was lost during that period." Beemer and Farmer said that if modernization moves too rapidly the creation of elite groups ,such as agricultural researchers, could spark a rural reaction. "The idea of Mao's revolution was to liberate the countryside from dependence on the cities but the recent shift could create more traditional modernization policies dependent on urban-based educators. planners and scientists," Beemer said. "The social revolution in the countryside may have to give way to the technological revolution in the cities.'" -UNS- CrrEJA -2- The Chinese may avoid displacing people, Farmer said, by slowly industrializing the countryside so the workers don't rush back into the cities. Farmer cited the example of a tractor factory on a large agricultural commune as one industry that was created without dislocation of the rural population. 'There were two major thrusts in the Chinese revolution since the beginning,;' Farmer said. tOne toTaS to eliminate social injustice and the other was to modernize China.' t:They have focused most of their attention on social injustice and now they are working on modernization,:; Farmer said. Haui-chang Chiang, University of Minnesota professor of entomology, said that the Chinese are rapidly moving toward the increased use of petroleum-based fertili zers and pesticides. I'They've used animal and human wastes for many thousands of years to keep the fertility and texture of the soil. Now they realize that in order to increase pro duction further. they must use inorganic fertilizers as well, I. Chiang said. He said that the changes are necessary for food production to exceed population growth and so that meat and a variety of grains can be added to the Chinese diet, which has contained the same items for the past 30 years. One conference participant, however, questioned the tdsdom of disrupting the balance of a system which has worked for thousands of years for one which pollutes the air and water and erodes the soil. Beemer responded that the Chinese peasant does "back-breaking" work such as the hand-weeding of wheat fields and that there aren't enough people, even in China, to expand such labor-intensive farming practices. John Stitz, professor of ethics and religion at St. l1ary's College in Leaven worth. Kan.) said he thought the Chinese would be careful in their move toward the increased use of agricultural chemicals. "As one Chinese farmer told me, 'We've used the soil for 4,000 years and we may have to use it for another 2,000 years. When I'm through with this land, it has to be better than it was when I started, III he said. Yet, the Chinese seem to be arguing over how much of western agricultural tech nology they should adopt, said Donald MacInnis, director of the Midwest China Study Resource Center. ';It appears that there's tension within China between some of the planners in the Ministry of Agriculture who would like to adopt large-scale plans which would involve heavy machinery and those down at the actual production level in the countryside who see t~e dangers in that sort of thing," MacInnis said. The conference was the first in a series of meetings on agricultur e and changing rural values in China. The second will be April 6 and 7 at the University of Minne sota, }torris. The meetings are sponsored by the Midwest China Study Resource Center and the University of Minnesota. -UNS- (AO,13.34,Bl;CO,l3;DO,13;El3) UNIVERSITY OF l1ImmSOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 110P.R.ILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HIHiJEAPOLIS, !-IItmESOTA 55455 HARcn 19, 1979 tIEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact nOdf2LE SAYP~,(6l2) 373-7516 U OF 11 SA1'lPLER LECTURES SCHEDULED FOR SPRING (FOR I~frmDIATE RELEASE) Spring vegetable gardening, diet and conditioning programs, the Australian aborigines and preservation of family papers are among the subjects of spring quarter 'Sampler:' lectures offered by Continuing Education and Extension at the University of Minnesota. Registration for each lecture is $1. There is no advance registration for individual lectures, but a $3 ':series ticket': for four lectures is available. Registration is free for those 62 years of age and older. All lectures will be at 7:30 p.m. in 140 Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Dr., on the liinneapolis campus. The dates for the lectures and subjects are: !1arch 28--Nature Hy Kin--The Australian Aborisines, Robert HcKeich, visiting professor of sociology; March 29--Spring Vegetable Gardening, John Preece, instructor in horticultural science; April 4--The Awakening by Kate Chopin--A Novelist Ahead of Her Time, Donald Ross, associate professor of English; April S--Australian Aboriginal Adjustment to European Contact, Robert McKeich; April l2--lmages of the Black in Drama and the Media--Perennial Stereotypes, Elton Wolfe~ assistant professor in theatre arts; April 18--Preserving Your Family Papers and Historical Documents, llilliam Wallach, research specialist, Social Welfare History Archives: April 25--Taking Care of Your Weight and Well Being~ Marce Hemming, dietician, Boynton Health Service; l1ay 2--You Are What You Eat: Or Are You?, P. V. J. Hegarty, professor of food science and nutrition; May lo--Principles of Designing Your Own Conditioning Program, Robert Serfass, associate professor of physical education; May l7--Plant Parenthood--Test-tube Babies of the Plant World, Paul Read, professor of horticultural science; and 11ay 23--Chemistry of Gourmet Cooking. Gary Reineccius. associate professor of food science and nutrition. For further information and to register, contact Sampler Lectures, 180 Wesbrook Hall, 77 Pleasant St. S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ~I 55455. -m~s- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEl.JS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 HARCH 21, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HUl'1TZ IC!-ER..L _l6 12)_ .. n3-7512 CORRECTION In the University Hel-TS Service story:STADIUH DISCUSSED" issued Harch 16, 1979, the fifth paragraph should read "The study, which was partially financed by the Ford Foundation, said that the stadium could have been renovated for the University's intramural and recreational sports programs for about $25 million early in 1973. '1 The $46 million figure used in the story is an updated figure released by the Amateur Sportsman's Club of Minnesota, a non-University group advocating the doming of riemorial Stadium. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, Inl~SOTA 55455 MARCH 21, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 VISITING ARtISTS TO LEcruRE AT 'u' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Two visiting artists will present public illustrated lectures at the University of Minnesota next week. r Clement Heaclmore, a New York minimalist sculptor, wUl discuss scale in public I" sculpture at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday (March 27) in 125 Willey Hall. ICen Gray, • British sculptor who creates "electrosculpture,n will speak at 2: 15 p.m. Thursday (March 29) in 370 ADderson Hall. Both events are sponsored by the University studio arts deparonent and are open to the public: with no adDdss10n .charge. -tJNS- (AO,2,3l;Bl) UNIVERSITY OF 11INHESOTA UEWS SERVICE, S-68 i10RRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HnmEAPOLIS, HIN1'1ESOTA 55455 HARCH 21, 1979 NEW1S PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK, (612) 373-7515 'HOLOCAUST' SUBJECT FOR UiUVERS ITY COURSE (FOR UiUEDIATE RELEASE) The Holocaust will be the subject of a course to be offered through Jewish studies at the University of Itlnnesota, Twin Cities, spring quarter. Taught by David Cooperman, professor of sociology, the course will be a sociological and historical analysis of the Nazi destruction of Jewish life in Europe from 1933 to 1945. Historical and social background of European Jewish cornmunitl.es, anti-semitism and Nazism will be among the subjects discussed. Spring quarter begins at the University Harch 26. -UiiIS- (AO,3,13,33~Bl;CI3) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA I-1EUS SERVICE, 5-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, HIHNESOTA 55455 ~1ARCH 22, 1979 NEVIS PEOPLE: For further information contact BOB LEE, (612)_~Ll~5B30 U OF 11 DENTAL STUDF.NTS BEING PREPARED FOR 'QUALITY CARE ASSURANCE' (FOR DlliEDIATE RELEASE) The School of Dentistry at the University of ~1innesota is helping future dentists become familiar with the concept of 'quality care assurance. H Dental students will be prepared to work with outside criteria defining . quality care i il and will be taught to evaluate the quality of their mm care using patient satisfaction, general patient health, and their own dental methods and techniques as measures. The school's health ecology division, in cooperation with five other dental schools, has received a $221,000 three-year grant from the lJ. K. Kellogg Foundation of Battlecreek, ~lich., to develop a model curriculum for dental schools throughout the country. The project, according to Dr. Bichael Loupe, associate professor of health ecology, was funded because of the increasing number of people with dental in surance, the increasing regulatory and societal pressure for quality assurance in health care, and the fact that between 35 and 40 percent of the dentists who will be practicing for the next 30 years will graduate from dental schools within the next five years. Drs. Lawrence Heskin and Anthony DiAngelis, and Dr. Loupe, with colleagues from Medical College of Georgia, Boston University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Iowa, will develop a library of learning resources and guides for dental faculty to organize their o~m quality assurance teaching programs. The project is part of a $2.5 million commitment by the Kellogg Foundation to a national program of quality assurance in dentistry being coordinated by the American Fund for Dental Health, a non-profit organization supporting education, research and service. -OOS- (AO,l7~Bl.5;E14) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA NEVIS -NOTES UNIVERSITY OF MII~rESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL (FOR Il1r1EDIATE RELEASE) 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. tUNNEAPOLIS, MWUESOTA 55455 HARCll 22, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact HARK CANnEY, (612) 373-7514 U OF 11 PROF ELECTED TO SCIENCE ACADEI1Y POST Bryce Cratdord Jr., professor of chemistry at the University of Minnesota, has been elected to a four-year term as home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences, an organization of scientists and engineers concerned with the advancement of science and its use in improving human welfare, gives the federal government advice in matters of science and technology. Crawford received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University in 1937 and joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 1940. He was dean of the Graduate School from 1960 to 1972 before returning to the chemistry department. flflll SCH1'lITT HAl-fED TO ENGINEERUm ACADEHY Otto H. Schmitt, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minne- sota, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the academy, considered one of the highest honors that can be given an engineer, is based on contributions to engineering theory and practice. Schmitt was elected as a result of his contributions in bioengineering, bio- physics, and interdisciplinary science, including vectorcardiography, bioelectricity, and electronic circuitry. Schmitt received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1937. He joined the University of ~linnesota faculty in 1939. He holds numerous patents and is also a pioneer in electronic aircraft guidance systems. -U115- (AO,4;Bl;CO) mnVERSITY OF NliTi.JESOTA iJEHS SERVICE, S-68 J10RRILL HALL 100 ClaJRCil ST. S.E. I'1IllHEAPOLIS, UIHHESOTA 55455 TELEPHOiJE; (612) 373-5193 HArrCll 23, 1979 UN IVERS ITY OF HIHNESOTA, TlJIl:l CITIES, CULTURAL EVE:1TS March 23-April 3 Wed .• Harch 28---St. Paul Student Center~ French poster show" Rouser Room Gallery, through April 27; Irish arts and crafts, display cases, through April 13. e a.m.-lO p.m. Tion.-Fri.; noon··ll p.m. Sat. and Sun. Free. l tJed., Harch Z8---Coffman Gallery~ ;'The Child in Fantasy,:: Gallery I, through April 6: Drawings by Karen LOftus, Gallery II, through Aeril 5. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Man.- Frio Free. , \Jed., Harch 28---University Gal1ery~ HFA sculpture sho~T by Joseph Samuelson, Gallery 305-7, through April 13, 'Once Upon a Time: Illustrations of Children's Tales from Around the vJorld,;; Gallery 309, through Ap_ril 15" 'iThe Mountains of Harsden Hartley,' Gallery 405E ~ throl:l.211_~l?-.rJl-J9: Himbres painted pottery, Gallery 405H, through April 29. iJorthrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Hed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.fl. Sun. Free. Fri., Harch 30---,Film,: "In Search of Atlantis. -, i~orth Star Ballroom, St. Paul Student Center:- rloon. Free. Fri., Harch 30---Film: ';Close Encounters of the Third Kind.:: Great Hall, coffman Union. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $2. Fri., Harch 30---University Film Society; ;'The Apple Game.:' Bell Uuseum of Natural Eistoryaud. 7;30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Satos Harch 31---Film' ;;Close Encounters of the Third Kind.;' Great Hall, Coffman Union. 7'30 and 10 p.m. $2. Sat., ilarch 3l---University Film Society: ;'The Apple Game. Bell Huseum of natural History aud. 7"30 and 9;30 p.m. $2.25. Sun., April l---University Film Society; "The Apple Game.;' Bell Huseum of jJatural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. ~2.25. Sun., April I---Film ~ "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Great Hall, Coffman Union. G p.m. $2. >:10n. J April 2---:;t. Paul Student Center' "Studies of iJatural Form.': by Paul Irirocha. Horth Star Gallery. a a.m.-IO p.D. Hon.-Frio, noon-11 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through April 20. Free. Hon •• April 2---University Film Society, 'The Apple Game. ; Bell Uuseum of Hatural History aud. 7;30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.25. Tues. ,April 3---.¥niversity Film Society; ;'The Apple Game.;· Bell I1useum of datural History aud. 7:30 and 9~30 p.m. $2.25. -UHS- (AO,Bl,F2) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 UORRILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 26, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further infonnation contact JUDy VICK, (612) 373-7515 DENNIS LEE FEATURED AT CHILDREN'S BOOK DAY (FOR D-ft1EDIATE RELEASE) Canadian poet Dennis Lee will be the special guest at an International Children's Book Day luncheon MO.nday (April 2) in the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota. Twin Cities. Lee is one of Canada's major poets and the winner of the 1972 Governor General's Award. He is the author of 11Wiggle to the Laundromat, r; "Alligator Pie,II "Nicholas Knock and Other People," and "Garbage Delight. II Following the luncheon at noon in the East Wing of the Campus Club, there ,nul be an opportunity to view the exhibition lIThe Child in Fantasy" in Coffman Union Gallery I. There will be an informal reception for Lee from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 109 Walter Library. 'lChildren's Books From C8nada,'1 an exhibit by Charles Ramsey, will be on display in the hallway cases by 109 ''lalter Library in conjunction with Lee's visit. Tickets for the luncheon are $5. To make a reservation, send a check payable to the University of ~annesota to Lee Luncheon, Kerlan Collection, 109 Walter Library, University of Minnesota Libraries, 117 Pleasant St. S.E., Minneapolis, -UNS- (AO,2;Bl) (FOR Ull'1EDIATE RELEASE) Feature story from the University of Minnesota ?1ev]s Service t S-68 Horrill Hall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 Harch 26, 1979 FIRST NATIONAL SURVEY DOCUHENTS LIFE STYLE OF l1ENTALLY RETARDED By Jeanne Hanson University News Service t1entally retarded people are moving out of large state institutions, whose populations have dropped nearly 40 percent since the early 1960s. In a phenomenon with implications for government funding and for the life style of mentally re- tarded people, they are moving in large numbers to community homes for the retarded. A national study under way at the University of Uinnesota is establishing for the first time where mentally retarded people are living and what this costs in various states. In its first stage, the survey already holds some surprises. "1 was surprised at how many community homes for the mentally retarded there are.;; said Robert Bruininks, professor of psychoeducational studies at the University of Minnesota. tfuile the large institutions still house many more of the retarded, there are about 5,000 community homes across the country that met the researchers' criterion of 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week, supervised community living specifically for the retarded. More than half of these homes have opened since 1973. (The total does not include private epartments and houses, foster homes, and nursing homes, where other non-institutionalized mentally retarded people live.) Leading in this trend tmvard moving mentally retarded people out of institu- tions are California, Uichigan. Pennsylvania, !-1issouri, Minnesota, Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Washington and Kansas, Bruininks said. HUe were surprised too at how many of the most severely retarded people are living in community homes, I, said Florence Hauber, project coordinator. Of the 62,000 mentally retarded residents in these homes across the country, a full third (HORE) RETAP~ED -2- are classified as severely or profoundly retarded~ with very little ability to speak, move and form uork and social relationships. "Even at this level, people can 'i..arn a great deal and become partially independent, I: Bruininks said. r1uch less government money is required to support mentally retarded people in community homes than in the large public institutions, Bruininks added. An insti tution often costs $18,000 per person yearly, but the average community home in the country is reimbursed for $15.70 per person per day, less than $6,000 per person yearly, the survey found. Even though mentally retarded people living in these homes must also use some community services, the overall cost is still much lower, Bruininks said. The cost of the community homes varies from state to state, 2~ub€r said. States where the homes receive more than $20 in daily per person reimbursement- quite a bit above the average--were New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington~ D.C., Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Minnesota, Louisiana, Texas, Iowa and Alaska. The costs are especially low, under $11 per person per day, in New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Idaho. t:But l"e won't know until much later in the project whether more money means better care," Bruininks said. ';Some of the family-'owned community homes may be inexpensive but quite good. II A picture of the c~unity hone for the c6ntally retarded person ia emerging froD the survey, Hauber said. Most are small. ~ighty-eight percent house 20 or fewer mentally retarded people, although quite a few very large private community homes exist. Most homes are quite stable. More than half reported no one moving in or out during the year, although some have ranges of independent living, where a person can move from a dormitory-like arrangement to one more like an apartment. Although more than half are non-profit, community home Ilsystems" are brouinz:; and more than 500 different "chains" were found in the survey, Bruininks said. (HORE) RETARDED -3- The mentally retarded people living in these community homes come from large institutions and from their family homes in about equal numbers, the survey found. Most now have much more freedom of movement than they did in large institutions. They can go to work, to the park, and to the dentist when they need to or want to, though some have trouble coordinating all these activities and services, Bruininks said. Later phases of the survey will explore how well this is working and will assess the management and staffing patterns in the community homes. Neighborhood life, the least restrictive environment, appears to be catching on, even for the severely retarded, Hauber said. Retarded people are showing them selves to be good neighbors. IlWe don't know yet tlhether community homes are more effective for the retarded, but at least they're smaller and don't offer such a highly organized life style as the large and more expensive institutions did,IJ Bruininks said. I'If all other things are equal, a more home-like place is better, II he said. -UNS- (AO.6,l9,Bl;CO,6;DO.6;E6) UNIVERSITY OF HINNESOTA HE\oIS SERVICE, S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HIUHEAPOLIS, UnmESOTA 55455 HARCH 28, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL lmNTZICKER, (612) 373-7512 HOUSE DIVISION CUTS QUIE'S EUDGET FOR HANDICAPPED AT U OF M (FOR ULJEDIATE RELEASE) Gov. Al Quie's recommended handicapped services program for the University of Minnesota was trimmed Wednesday by the education division of the House Appropriations Committee. On a motion by Rep. Michael Sieben, DFL-Net~ort, the division eliminated three positions for handicapped services that the University requested and Quie recommended. Sieben said the University should contract for special tutors, such as inter- preters for the deaf, instead of adding positions to its budget. Both the contracted services and the three positions were in the University's request and the governor's budget. The motion~ which passed without dissent, would reduce the budget item from $477,000 to $300,000 over the biennium. Stanley B. Kegler, University vice president for institutional relations, said that the request would pay for part of the University's efforts to comply with Section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act. The University currently pays for a resource coordinator and provides inter- preter services on Hsoft money" pieced together through private grants that will expire this summer, Kegler said. t'We'll obviously live with what the Legislature funds, but we really feel the need for these three people. I: Kegler said. ;;We feel this is the rock-bottom request to prOVide these services. i: One of the temporary positions is held by handicapped services coordinator Roger Drewicke, who is working fullttme assessing the needs of handicapped students, Kegler said. "He would like to continue that,;" he said. (HORE) HAlIDICAPPED -2- Rep. William Dean, IR-Minneapolis, questioned whether providing tutorial ser vices for students with learning disabilities should be n part of the University's mission. Students in this category were among those listed as handicapped in the request and under the federal requirement. Kegler responded that there are people with severe learning disabilities, such as autism or dyslexia, who also have ':learning abilities,'; citing the example of a University faculty oecber who has a learning disability. Sieben said that he was puzzled that the other state systems of higher education had not submitted similar requests in the face of the federal law, and asked if it was because the University has received the most pressure. Kegler said that handicapped people tend to go where the services are available. " "\tTe have tried to put together a request which l-lou1d provide services for the stu dents who need them but not to serve as a magnet to attract everybody with every kind of problem,\' he said. Handicapped students also choose the University of Hinnesota, he said, because of the diversity of programs it offers. Although the University campus in Duluth and Southwest State University in ~~rshall are accessible to the handicapped, Kegler said, students will still try to get handicapped services on the Twin Cities campus. "They can't go to Duluth to take agriculture or to Southwest State for chemical engineering, ; he said. Dean raised questions about the expense of providing both interpreters and note takers for deaf students while the students watch the lecture and discussion. According to Dean, HEW Secretary Joseph Califano refused to sign the federal regulations because of their fiscal implications. ;'He signed them only after pickets and a sit-in in his office by handicapped people. Now we're beginning to see the implications of those regulations," Dean said. Kegler agreed that cooP l1ance with federal regulations would be costly. "In many ways," he said, IIt his is the tip of the iceberg. \ole have no idea how far it will go.' Kegler said that the University currently enrolls 17 hearing-impaired students and that probably 25 would attend next year if the services are provided. (MORE) HAl'IDlCAPPED -3- Contacted after the hearing, Drewicke said that the University has one full time counselor who is designated to work with the handicapped. Outside of this one position which has been in the budget for 30 years, Drewicke said, all of the University's programs for the handicapped are financed through temporary funds. Drewicke is the person contacted first by handicapped students when they attend the University. It is his job to match students with the appropriate ser vices to meet their needs. After the hearing, Kegler said he was surprised at the division's action. i'If a deaf student comes to the campus, he has to have an office to go to and say, 'Hey, I need an interpreter,':· Kegler said. In other action. the division approved $250,000 more than the University asked to improve the student registration system, Kegler said. The improvements would allow for shorter lines and improve data for scheduling classes. The action would provide $1.2 million over the biennium and would speed up the project which the University has been implementing in phases. The appropriations bill goes from the division to the full committee and to the House floor for final action. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl.10;CO,l;Dl,E15) mnVERSITY OF ~IINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 C1IDRCH ST. S.E. HINHEAPOLIS, HINHESOTA 55455 MARCH 30, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact BILL HffifrZICKER, (612)373-7512 QUIE ADDS $6.3 MILLIon TO BUDGET FOR U OF M (FOR IUUEDIATE RELEASE) Gov. Albert H. Quie has added $6.3 million to his January budget recommendations for the University of Minnesota. The changes in the governor's budget were announced Friday to the education division of the House Appropriations Committee which is making allocations on the University's requested appropriation for the 1979-81 biennium. Two of the items in Quie's revisions--one for hazardous waste disposal and another for improvements in the student registration system--had already been acted upon by the division at the time the revisions were announced. Both the division and Quie recommended $167,000 for hazardous waste disposal, an item for which University officials say the costs have been increasing rapidly. Low-grade radioactive wastes and other hazardous hospital wastes are shipped to disposal sites outside of Minnesota. The governor's recommendation to fund the University's $614,000 request for an improved registration system differs from the division action to allow the University to speed up a new system it has been implementing in stages. The division, on the motion of Rep. William Dean, IR-Minneapolis, approved $250~000 more than the University requested to :'speed up this matter and get it over with once and for all.;' Quie's revised budget would provide $913,797 for improved registration pro cedures over the biennium and the division has allocated $1.2 million to get the new registration process operating by fall of 1981. University officials said that the new registration system would shorten lines, allow .. students to register in one place instead of several, and computerize data which would allow better planning of number of classes to be offered and better room scheduling to follow projected class sizes. On Dean's motion, the education division Friday trimmed the governor's new recommendation that the University receive requested funds for the maintenance of space in new buildings expected to open during the biennium. (MORE) BUDGET -2- The governor recommended $1.7 million for this item with $626,000 in projected fuel increases to be handled through a contingency fund. The division allocated $1.2 million for operation of new space, including the $626,000 for increased energy costs. Quie's budget includes four items which have not yet been discussed by the education division, including women's intercollegiate athletics, equipment replace ment, a minority student retention program, and replacement of federal funds for the School of Dentistry. Quie recommended $1.2 million for women's intercollegiate athletics but refused to fund a University request for men's intercollegiate sports on the coordinate campuses. He added a $1 million item to replace equipment that has become obsolete or worn out. Quie also changed his approach to funding of a dental school request for money to replace federal capitation grants for the program. At the time of Quie's January budget, the University could have qualified for up to $1 million in federal money by spending $466,000 for off-campus dental training. Changes in theprogran, however, hA.e reducad the federal amount to around $200,000, so the governor recommended that the University no longer seek federal dental capitation funds, according to Dale Nelson, education coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Finance. Nelson said that the assumptions in the governor's January budget were changed by congressional action at the recommendation of President Carter. Quie's budget includes $1.8 million to replace the federal dentistry program. A $1 million program to improve the retention of minority and special students recruited to the University is included in the Quie recommendation. This change was announced in the governor's 11arch 15 education message. The changes bring the governor's recommendation for the University of Minnesota to $401.2 million. some $36 million less than the University's request for the 1979-81 biennium. -UNS- (AO,1;Bl,10;CO,1:E15) UNIVERSITY OF HnnmSOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL llALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. l1nmEAPOLIS, HINNESOTA 55455 MARCH 30, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact ROUAELE SAYRE, (612) 373-7516 WOMEN 9 S HEALTH CARE p~ HISTORICAL PROBLEMS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Although about 80 percent of the health care workers in the United States today are women, opposition to women in health care has been powerful for centuries and efforts to expand their role and influence are still met with resistance. That was the message brought to about 250 nurses, social workers, and other professionals attending a University of Minnesota conference this week at the Regency Hotel in Bloomington, Minn., on women's health care. Keynote speaker Barbara Ehrenreich, co-author of two books dealing with women's involvement in health care and the treatment of women by the medical profession told the group that women in the rUddle Ages were tried as witches and prosecuted for healing despite the fact that women were the only source of health care for peasant people. The complete takeover of the medical profession by men, Ehrenreich said, made health care I:a commodity to be bought and sold. n At the turn of this century, "caring'; was seen as the job of nurses because it was considered a natural feminine instinct, but hcuring" "1as reserved for male doctors. Ehrenreich said that an article in the Journal of the American Ifedical Pro- fession in 1900 described nurses as subordinate but useful parasites. Six years later doctors were being advised that every attempt at initiative on the part of nurses should be squelched by doctors and hospital administrators. "This medical hostility has continued with the pacification of women as health care consumers and attempts to silence the voice of women health care pro- fessionals," Ehrenreich said. Nurses, according to Ehrenreich, have become "instrument-watchers;; in a field where technology "is almost out of control. There is less human contact and the (MORE) HEALTH CARE -2- patient is just l-Tired and plugged.; she said. She called for an end to llprofitmaking': in medical care and a new emphasis on primary and preventive care. To bring about these changes there must be a change in nursing education, Ehrenreich said, adding that future nurses need to be health advocates. "They need to be subversives within a system that needs to be subverted,1l she said. Feminists began a women's health movement in the early 70s, and by 1974 women's health projects had sprung up in large numbers of communities across the country, she said. The l'lomen' s Health Movement seeks to end a system 7l t hat puts profits above human needs," and calls for more participation by people in their Olm health care. However, there has been a backlash against the movement, she said. Some community clinics are being closed to show that the medical profession is doing some thine about rising medical expenses, she said. Ehrenreich said the increase in right lf7ing activities is livery rapid and very frightening." Opposition is increasing to anything seen as part of women's lib eration, the ERA, expansion of social services, and women's right of free choice. Ehrenreich said that anti-abortionists are 'lpro-life for only the fetus and are not pro-child." The conference was sponsored by the University of rlinnesota School of Nursing, School of Public. He;,lt"h. and l)prnrtme-nt: of' NUl.-s"fng Service. at University Hospitals. -UNS- (A22.23,24~Bl;CO,5) UlUVERSITY OF HT.m·lESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CtIDRCH ST. S.E. t1UlliEAPOLIS, HnmESOTA 55455 MARCH 30, 1979 NEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRAUGELO, (612) 373-7510 U OF If GROUP APPROVES TEACHER EVALUATIOi'l PLAN (FOR nU:1EDIATE RELEASE) University of I1innesota faculty members and the courses they teach will be evaluated under a new plan approved Thursday by the University Senate. The evaluation will be published and made available to students to help them select courses and to faculty members to help them advise students, according to proponents of the plan. Individual teachers may choose not to have the results of their own evaluations published. Some students at the meeting expressed concern that teachers with low ratings would choose to keep those results out of the published account. Most of the faculty members who testified at the meeting spol~ in favor of the plan~ which would be a joint venture of students, faculty members and administrators. Lawrence Goodman, professor of civil and mineral engineering, however, said the evaluation would encourage ilfurther massive grade inflation, i1 and that faculty members would tend to give higher grades to garner better evaluations from students• •IPersonal characteristics irrelevant to teaching will play a strong role in these evaluations,;; he said. Kenneth Keller, professor of chemical engineering and materials science, said it was ';unreasonable'- to assume faculty members would grade higher as a result of the evaluation. "He should put aside the paranoia and cynicism," he said, adding that strong student desire for such an evaluation process will bring it about one way or another and that (;faculty have a right to see that they are evaluated in a fair way. \) The new plan calls for an administrative board made up of students, faculty and administrators. The board will set the goals, oversee the project, and set up and supervise a method of paying for the evaluation. An evaluation of teachers was done last year totally by students. Called the "Student Survival Kit,l; the project was critized by faculty members and adminis trators for what they felt were poor sampling and questioning techniques. The format for the new evaluation has not been decided and no estimate has yet been made of the projected cost. -Uli'S- (AO,l;Bl,lO,CO,l;DO,1;E15) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, 5-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURO! ST. S.E. UnmEAPOLIS, nnlNESOTA 55455 TELEPHmrn: (612) 373-5193 11ARCH 30, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF Hn~lESOTA, TWIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS April 4-10 tled., April 4---St. Paul Student Center: French poster show, Rouser Room Gallery, through April 27; Irish arts and crafts, display cases, through April 13; lrStudies of Natural Form,;; by Paul Mirocha, North Star Gallery, through April 20. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Mon.-Fri.: noon-11 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Free. Wed., April 4--Go1dstein Gallery: Undergraduate show. MC!"iea1 Hall. 8:30 a.m.- 4~30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through April 13. Free. Wed., April 4---Coffman Gallery: I!The Child in Fantasy, i' Gallery I, through April 6; Drawings by Karen Loftus, Gallery II, through April 5. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Moo.- Fri. Free. lled., April 4--Universtty Gallery: riFA sculpture show by Joseph Samuelson, Gallery 305-7, through April 13; "Once Upon a Time: Illustrations of Children's Tales from Around the lVor1d,~; Gallery 309, through April 15) "The Mountains of Marsden Hartley,Ii Gallery 405E, through April 29: Mimbres painted pottery, Gallery 405l'1, through April 29. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Hon., l-Jed. and Fri. s 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Hed., April 4---University Film Society: HDossier 51. 11 Bell I'!useum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9~30 p.m. $2.50. Thurs., April S---University Film Society: I'Dossier 51." Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Fri., April 6--Lecture-Discu8sion: Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Theater- lecture hall, Coffman Union. 3:15 p.m. Free. Fri., April 6---Film~ V1A Wedding," 7~30 and 9:45 p.m., $2, students $1.50; ilDark Star," midnight, $2. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Fri., April 6---Music Festival: Folk music and dance performance. Willey Hall aud. 7:30 p.m. $5.50. Fri., April 6---University Film Society: llDossier 51." Bell rfuseum of Natural History aud. 7730 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Sat., April 7---Film: . HA Wedding," 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., $2, students $1.50; IlDark Star," midnight, $2. Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. Sat., April 7---Music Festival: Folk music and dance performance. Willey Hall aud. 7:30 p.m. $5.50. Sat 0) April 7--University Film Society: ';Dossier 51. H Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. (OVER) rl CALENDAR -2- Sun., April 8---Music Festival: Folk music and dance performance. Willey Hall aud. 2:30 p.m. $4.50. Sun., April 8---Univer§ity Film Society: IfDossier 51. F Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7~30 and 9:30 p.m. $2.50. Sun., April 8--Film: :lA Wedding. [l Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2. lion. ~ April 9--Coffman Gallery: °Cream of Wheat,:7 photographs by studio art students, Gallery I, through April 20; PF8 and Be There,!' contelDporary photojournalism, Gallery II, through April 20. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Free. -tINS-