m Annual Report Shows Decade Of Change By DEBBIE SAMUELSON try to keep communications open beween the university ate programs," he said. problems of pupi) desegregation and teacher integration. and the students. Stanford said that while the university did not integrate Stanford said that while federal grant* have increased Stanford said that while students began protesting to­ until 1961 and made no effort to attract black students at that over the last decade the university has run into the financial Tjgfftars of change is reflected in UM President Henry gether they have since divided into two groups. time, programs have been instituted in recent years such as difficulties every institution has. 1 Kin|>t)P»»rd's annual report. Citing Ihe sit-in of black stu­ •The cause of the blacks became the cause of many Afro-American Studies and scholarships for disadvantaged "... the UM, like all private colleges across the land, dent! in a luncheonette which refused to serve them at Ihe white students; then the two groups, together having won the students to attract more black students. finds itself increasingly the victim of a thief by stealth-infla­ beginning of the era of student unrest, rather than Berkeley, hattie of desegregating public facilities, turned their attention Noting questions nf the new university role from within, tion," he said. Dr. Stanford examined the chain of events which followed to college campuses and separated, the blacks to concentrate the President felt society was questioning higher education "The basic tenet of financial policy prescribed by the both at UM and campuses around the nation. on means to expand educational opportuniy for blacks and as a whole. Board of Trustees has been simple and straight-forward: pres­ "Decrying the impersonality of the University, the lack the whites to focus their energies on problems of the wider He cited a number of new programs involving the uni­ ent us a balanced budget and stick with it Only three times in of relevance of its courses, the failure to include student opin­ community and the role of students within the university," he versity with the community: the Family Program of the ten years have I failed to accomplish the second half of this ion in university governance of "in loco parentis," as evidenc­ said. School of Medicine, experiments with a new kind of health die turn, the most Mrioui shortcoming having been chalked up ed by restrictions upon student action and conduct, student Stanford pointed out that while his administration was care which provides medical and dental services in Family the end of the fiscal year. May 31, 1971, when a drop in fresh­ activists have continuously over the last ten years pressed to willing to listen and accommodate he did find 1t necessary to Health Centers, the Outpatient Methadone Detoxifciation and men em oilmen! for the previous fall produced an operating produce, to their way of thinking, a campus more respect­ call the police to the campus four times in the past five years. Maintainance Clinic for heroin. deficu of $87ri,000," he said ful of the rights and more receptive to their participation in "Yet new programs and policies have emerged on the Of all the University divisions, Stanford said the School Hie enrollment when Stanford came to UM in 1962 was its governance," Stanford said. campus to testify to student influence. The inauguration of a of Education shows the greatest effects of social change 13,500 In 1972 the enrollment was 17,016. Scholastic Apti­ Establishment of the Student Affairs Committee of the limited credit-no credit grading system, the relaxing of class­ Beginning with thr re-training of Cuban refugee teachers tude Ti••••! S< DIPS of the freshmen class have risen 67 points in Board of Trustees, expansion of the Student Affairs Division room attendance requirements, the adoption of a new aca­ the first in the nation, the school conducted institutes for that time. to provide more services to students outside of the class demic calendar to become effective in 1973 — all reflect con­ teachers of the disadvantaged; prepared students for work in Stanford ends his report cautioning that we must make room, discussions at the University Forum and his breakfast cerns expressed by students and translated by faculty and ad the inner city schools and instituted the South Florida School changes carefully and continue lo make UM a place where meetings with students were ways Stanford pointed out to ministration into new academic procedures in the undergradu­ Desegregation Center to help school systems work on the ideas can be freely expressed. ****** Editorial* Exclusive Comment on the Ten Year Report, see Catch up on the lat­ page 4 iht urnam? est Dunn, see page 8 Vol. 48 No. 12 Friday. October 27, 1972 2844401 UHIVERSIT* SBG Proposes Neifc& Pass-Fail Programs By HERB GREENBERG Of TM Hurrican. Stall The Student Relations Committee of the Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss a proposal by Student Body Government (SBG) Attorney General I^igh Rothschild which would change the time by which a student can cange a course from credit-only to grade and vice-versa, to te final date at which a student can drop a course. Currently, a student has 14 days after late registration tn make up his mind if he wants credit-only or a grade. The drop date is two weeks before final exams. Rothschild said the present Hurrican. Photo by SUE ANN MILLER svstem causes confusion to Clasby students, faculty and coun­ selors. FPIRG "If a student has the lati­ tude to drop a course until Directs j the drop date, why shouldn't that student be able to change from pass-fail to a Solicits grade by the same date?" Teach-In Rothschild asked. Nancy Clasby, Presently, a student may Petitions choose one course a semester member of Faculty for on the pass-fail system. The McGovern, and Alton By HERB GREENBERG system was set up for stu­ Of Tha Hurrlcana Stall Foss of Vietnam Vet- dents to experiment with ex­ students, faculty, administrators Steve Atlas, a member of otic classes and not jeopar­ A New Hang-Out? and special guests to exchange e r a n s Against the Ralph Nader's Citizen Action dize their cumulative aver­ ideas. Today, the Forum will begin War, led the series of Group, predicted that the age. speakers in Wednes­ UM's chapter of the Florida Oliver Parker, representative of at 1:00 p.m. at the Rock, and will day's Teach-In at the Rothschild questioned the Public Interest Group the UM Young Republicans, dis­ feature an open microphone so that Rock, part of a Na- faculty's knowledge of t h e (FPIRG) will be endorsed by cussed President Nixon's stand on anyone may express themselves on tionwide election philosophy of the credit-only a majority of UM students by the issues in Campaign 72 at the any issue that they feel is impor­ forum on college system. December 7. Forum last Friday. The Forum of­ tant. Support the Forum today and campuses in an effort "I think that when the fac­ Atlas made the prediction fers an informal meeting place for every Friday. It's for you! to recruit undecided ulty Senate passed the pass- at an organizing meeting nf fail system, they didn't have FPIRG, as part of a week- voters. Campaign is­ a uniform idea as to how it long organizing drive sues were discussed. was to work," Rothschild throughout south Florida The Teach-in is one said. campuses. Ms* Bolton Orders of many events spon­ "If the philosophy has Students will endorse sored by Faculty and been changed, then let's get FPIRG hy signing petitions. Students for McGov­ together and define it," As­ The petition drive will begin ern in the last weeks sistant Dean of the School of Wednesday, November 8 and last through November 30. Female Nominations remaining before the Arts and Sciences, Dr. Paul Presidential Election. Salter said. If over 50 per cent of UM students sign the petitions, By CHUCK GOMEZ and that one-half of the others prompted by a lack Nancy Clasby told Engineering School repre­ FPIRG will set up permanent Hurrlcana Ravartar Board of 'Trustees be female. nf awareness of the real the small turnout that sentative John Stevens ques­ offices and financial proce­ In a letter to Dr. Henry nerds of women at the Uni­ tioned the theory of grades, apathy is a result of dures will be established. King Stanford, feminist lead­ However, Dr. Stanford versity, would be to interfere which caused a rapid dia­ said that in each case his po­ four years of the er Roxcy Bolton described with the orderly progress we Nixon administration. logue between him and Roth­ In an interview prior to the sition did not automatically schild. meeting, Atlas said the action taken during a meet­ provide the answer. He said believe women are making See story on Page FPIRG concept is not to spe­ "By having a pass-fail sys­ ing following a sit-in by fe­ that in the appointment of a at UM," Mrs. Helmick said. —Hurrlcana Pnoto by SUE ANN MILLER cifically focus on campus two. tem, the door is being opened minists in the President's of­ person to the Dean of Law problems but to reach into to abolish grades altogether. fice last Monday. School, the search committee Ms. Bolton blasted the ad­ ; the community. FPIRG orga­ would have to carefully re­ In reality people want to use ministration for promoting a nizations are currently oper­ She called for concrete ac­ view the applicant regardless this as a means to avoid a "cesspool of sexism" and ating in 12 states.