Veterans office closed, services continue
by
TomM K 'iii
Some veterans at IU P U I believe a door slammed in their faces when the camps Office of Veterans Affairs closed - permanently - last springThey contend services to which they are entitled have been lessened or delayed
University officials insist decreasing federal funds forced the closing but maintain most services are unchanged
Only a few years ago. the
"little house on the prairie was a beehive o f activity, nestled between parking lots across Agnes Street from Cavanaugh Hall. It was a locus for veterans to find help with
counseling and tutorial services, work, study jobs and informstioo about Veterans Administration regulations Federal dollars for the office primarily came from the Veterans Coot of Instruction Program IV CIP) That Depart ment of Education fundins wa.
than 1.000 veterans attended IU P U I Funding had dropped so low Dean of Student Service* Golem Mannan felt compelled to cloee the office We felt we could abeorb veterans servicee into eaieting offices, said Mannan He pointed out the university pro
vided two thirds of the office s
•fudents compared to total enrollment at IU P U I In 1077.
there were 2.400 vets enrolled at IU P U I which Qualified this campus for enough money to pay the office director and one secretary
That figure decreased yearly until in 1 MO-61 whan fewer
In addition, the registrar a office paid two people respon si bis for certifying vets as students.
Last June. Mannan informed veterans by letter that certification would be handled in the registrar s office under the direction of Assistant
Interracial relations improved
by Mark G off
A comic strip which spawned controversy also may have bred increased understanding between racial groups st IU P U I according to Myra Mason, minority affairs officer at the School o f Dentistry
In the Nov. 10 issue of the Sagamore, cartoonist Berke Bresthed's "Bloom County"
featured a father-son conver
sation deemed offensive by several black IU P U I students.
In person and in print, students criticized the father s discriminatory attitude toward interracial dating.
Following the initial outburst of censure, students black and white visited the Sagamore to
express their opinions. White students consistently were unoffended while black response was ■ mix of pro and con.
Mason believes printing the strip has helped interracial relations at this campus
“ I feel the strip was a catalyst for opening the channels of communication between students of all races."
she said
"T h e controversy over the comic helped us all in a way.”
Msson added " I t forced us to examine ourselves and brought out issues that had been buried for too long. "
Several campus student groups cosponsored a series of
interculturai seminars in which DATticiDtnli MklrMMd concern*
other than the strip. Discus
sions centered on ibagnls of minorities in planning univer
sity events such as the First of Fall Festival, alleged racism in the classroom and diaaatis- faction with textbooks
Mason invited Breathed to attend one of the seminars to respond to questions raised by the cartoon Breathed declined, suggesting instead "a careful and cautious examination as to why the controversy occurred at all He pointed out the syn dicated strip appears in more than 300 newspapers and only the Sagamore received criticism about that particular series ol cartoons
encouraged
with engineers in the field Business writing skills are emphasized along with inter
viewing techniques. Industries hire selected senior students for summer employment that pro
vides valuable practical experience and helps to meet college expenses
Gerold 0 . Thompkina is the director of l U P U l't minority advancement program He oversees this operation from ita initial presentation given in Marion County high schools
/continued on page 5
Minority engineering students
by Duane Elliott The Purdue minority advancement program in engineering strives to motivate minority students to seek a career in engineering and technology.
Recognizing the need for minority students in this field nationwide. R. Bruce Rends, dean of the School of Engineer ing and Technology at IU P U I developed this program for high school students in 1976.
There are over 400 Indianapolis
high school students currently participating in the program who were selected because of interest in engineering, strong math, science, and overall academic background
There are four levels of advancement that begin with a general introduction to the dif
ferent types of engineering The students learn to assemble radios, calculators, digital clocks, and how to work with computer terminals Oidar students tour plants and
Registrar Wilham A Foley Jr Had R ." He aaM he could half
"W o M t BUI Foley could Bad warh/study jobs ea weB the job well, baaed oa Foley wo* equally Foley, a
veteran* affairs director at Boston University aad a
” 1 due t think there * a Mas o f any aarvioa which is not now offered by a combination of the
the IU P U I for other si
"The unique place <
called ours' is not th in 197*.
offered his office aad ths V A. H )aat taboo i
" I f » vetarsa has s problem . Foley added, we will try to liaison with the regional (V A|
tamed W e did not cut down on counseling services - all that is still available
u ---mom rafars veterans to ths Career Counseling sad - Placement Office aad Financial
Aids Office for help in those areas He added If nothing alas, come to me If I don t have ths answer. I will help
About 900 vets now attend IU P U I.
Still
th*largest
veteran enrollment at aay college in Indian* That figure osuM here qualified IU P U I lor a la v thaw rend more VC IP dollar* in 1M9-M but Maanaa chore not to apply, knowing the unirer■ ty still would hare t* fund most of ths office s i x p w res
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Pow er to the politicians
Stale Senator Lawrence Borat has introduced legislation in the Indiana Ganeral Assembly which would take tuition-setting powers away from trustees at 1U, Purdue, Ball State and ISU. Horst wants legislators to make that deciston^Ua a angry about taking heat from parents and students about fee increases and suggests the legislature might keep tuition lower than the trustees would
You can bet the universities will lobby against it.
They'll see a scenario in which university budgets get caught in a squeeze caused by the General Assembly lowering both state appropriations and tuition. That just might happen
I U s 1983 86 budget proposal to the state calls for no tuition increase, assuming the state funds the university as requested. IU President John Ryan tells us the university wants to hold the line on fee
Borst and Ryan are both honorable men but I don't buy the rhetoric coming from either one of them Tuition won t go anywhere but up. spiraled by the twin pressures of inflation and dwindling college enrollments projected for the 1980s and '90s.
I do. however, like Borst s idea .
The Trustees of 1U do some things which are in the best interests of students but the bottom line of their job is to perpetuate an institution. Trustees are not chosen by students — therefore, trustees do not have to answer to students.
legislators and trustees alike respond to special in
terests but legislators alone have to answer to student voters. Since ray tuition is going to go up. the t a p least I want is some accountability from the people
who will do it. - tmc
M LK Dinner speaker outlines future for blacks
by L t Shear
The Black Student Union sponsored Um 12th annual Martin Luther King Dinner Friday, January 16 The dinner
I by atudenta o f all a campus as well
■i ambers.
A beautiful rendition o f "G o d is Real' was given by the Singers for Christ Dr Langar
pouring of libations as ob
served in his country. S ia m Leone The crowd of nearly 200 appreciated this ritual which aided in bringing a greater understanding to those in attendance with the ancestoral ceremonies of Africa.
The keynote speaker, Haki Madhubuti. formerly Don E Lee. delivered a brilliant
The maeeage was to a r milbniuma
have refused to be destroyed by the forcee which sought, economically and physically, as well as spiritually, to browbeat been the target of the "so- called superior W hile r a c e "
Madhubuti told the audwr caused much pain to Black people was the highly i » telligenl persons of the White race which allow the people of color to be victims of a mis
informed and racist society He also stressed the fact that our children are in trouble The
introspective look at who la what is being taught, or in truth, what tan t being taught
tcontinund on page H
Glenn W Irwin Jr this past fall: "T h a t |assumption of no fas increases] is not likely to
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I f adhubuti. Director of the institute of Poeitive Education and Editor of tha Third World Preea, author of eleven hooka of poetry, ejMmiam and essays, a recent redpieot of awards from ths Illinois A rts council and National Endowment for the Arte, had ae an added feature his newest publication, ' Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions I read the book overnight, end to those who have no understanding of tha changes which are being wrought or why change is always surrounded by con
troversy may do well to reed this book.
The book deals not with provincial psychology which might be applied to a tick and psychotic society, but deals effectively with the unveiling of true guts, humiliations, pain and the need for cohesiveness between Blacks and Whites in this, the Land of the Free. I f it is to remain the Land of the Free, then we must heed the words of the Master.
(Medhubuti) and bagin to recognise that not long can a society divided against itself
Vot grant
Icontinued from page It He also knew the decreasing VC1P money probably will dry up altogether, a viewpoint supported by a veterans’
legislation expert in Washington. D.C.
"That funding was predicated on (nationwide) increases in veterans' enroll
ment. which has dropped substantially." said Forrest Undley Jr., a columnist for the military publication Start and Strip as
“The Reagan administration has pretty well wiped out V C IP, be added and predicted the program s demise within the next year.
Veterans' affairs officers at several colleges echoed that forecast. California State U n ivanity at Long Beach. IV Y Tech-Indianapolis and IU- Bloomington still receive V C IP funds but officials at each institution doubt money will be available next year.
In the abeence of a university-sponsored office, there is an alternative for IU P U I student veterans
“ They are paying activity fees, said Mannan “ They con ceivably could form s |studenl|
group and qualify for money from the Student A ctivity Fee Fund
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remain impenetrable from the outside forces o f other nations.
Haki implied that our working from 9 to 5 in an office is not going to impede the progress o f a third world revolt. And that outside forces will gladly provide to us, the victims o f white Am erica’s racism and financial depriva
tion, a forte for those who are able to build a stronghold for themselves and their people.
Supporters from the outside, be they communists or white liberals, will gladly provide the reconnaissance within the United States which could easily supply the fuel needed for a Third World Revolt.
The message was plain:
W hite America, you must work with us in the re-structuring of a Black civilization and the rebuilding of our children’s viable history and if this is not done within our own country, then there is help from without . . . if you listen closely you can hear them knocking at at our doors.
A passage from Madhubuti’s book is the summation of a message which must be understood by anyone who reads it: ’ ’The new men black are tongue silent, hawkeyed and dangerous. Many who should know say that these men do not play or pass blank checks, the word is that these men cannot be bought.”
’N uff said?
Engineering
Icontinued from page V through job placement follow
ing graduation. Thompkins worked four years as project director for the Indianapolis Public School system. This ex
perience helped pave the way to establish the advancement program. Thom pkins dedica
tion is reflected in the admiration of his students.
When students experience problems he works out alter
natives to help them get answers. When summer school workshop instructors observed problems with math skills.
Thompkins provided a tutor for students needing assistance.
Thompkins stated his greatest personal satisfaction
“ is when I call a company and say I'v e got a student who then goes out and is hired.
That, in terms of ultimate satisfaction, is the high point.”
Professors William Siebert and Robert Peale both agree the minority advancement pro
gram has proven successful.
They believe it piques the in-
" terest of hundreds of students and provides a path for achievement. Siebert stated
“ the object is to motivate . . . and it says something for a student who donates his sum
mer vacation to participation.”
Shorts
The Chemistry Department’s seminars continue today, with IVnfcssoc Joseph Ijim b e ft. Department o f Chemistry. Northwestern University, speaking on “ Conformational IVnpcf lies o f Double Bonds." The program begins at 4:30 p.m.. in Krannert 2.11. with refreshments served at 4 p.m.. in
Krannerl 249.
The Listeners' Theatre and W ord Players will hold their January meeting on Wednesday. Jan. 19 in the M ary Cable Building. SI 108 al 8 p.m.
There will l>e a short Inisine** meeting, followed by a program featuring Paul Hidden* I I I . who will discuss the poetry o f E.K. Cummings. The program entitled
"nobody l«»*e* all the lim e . . . "w ill feature Hidden* and assisting readers (ia ry ( “urto. Missy Miller and M yke IVrrey who will exem plify the materials. New toemlters and interested guests are invited to attend. There is no charge.
Hefreshmcnts will lie served. For further information, contact l>r. H. Bruce
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The IUPUI Day Caro Center accepts children o f students, faculty ami staff. Iswoted in the Mary Cable Building at 525 N. Blackford St., the cen ters hours an* Monday-Friday. 7:10 u.nt.-5:30 p.m., following the academic calendar Children three through five who are completely toilet trained are eligible. Fees an 1 s i |wr hour for the first child and 80 cents per hour for each sibling. T V fees urv due m o n th l). Children s birth certificates and health forms are necessary Call 284-3598 for more information.
The MLA exam for special credit in French win he given Jun. 20 at 11 a m. in Cavunaugh 423. Sign up in C A r»02C or call C alhv Mine* at 'JIM-2812. A fee o f *10 is payahk* al the bursar office Irefore Jan. 20. You must hove your receipt with you to take the exam.
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