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customary ' back-to-school ' blahs Autumn breezes of 1973 cooled the hot, moist heat which typified the summertime past. In Ann Arbor however, fall flurries were over-shadowed by the turbulence which characterized two days of fall semester regis- tration. Nearly 10,000 students comprised Michi- gan ' s seemingly interminable lines of regis- tration last September. As one bedazzled student put it, ' registration is for the dogs. Seth Comstock, representative for Student Counseling Services, explains that the most frustrating experience for a student occurs when he or she attempts electing a course which has been closed. A major pitfall potentially exists when the student closed out of a course is a junior or senior. Often, this student has elected the course for distribution or concentration requirements. The student ' s only option remains one of substituting a course for token fulfillment of the requirement. The lack of counselors on hand at Waterman poses yet another problem. Whereas juniors and seniors are usually accustomed to the hassles of registration, freshmen, sophomores and transfer students are baffled to the point of considering ' turning in their ID cards. ' Registration has always been one of those inherited necessities germane to a college student ' s experience. Twice yearly, the setting at Waterman patterns scenes from years past: scenes universal to American colleges east, west, north and south of Ann Arbor. At the beginning of any given semester, one finds new faces, fads and course offerings. Only the classic atmosphere of frustration, confusion, and commotion remain the same. 21
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LIFE AND DEA TH OF PROTEST: STUDENTS TAKE-ON THE BIG U In what many people called a resurgence of the ' 60 ' s student activism and others called a pathetic farce, the 1973 tuition strike lived and died. Rallies, demonstrations, petitions, and leaflets abounded, as did administrator ambiguities and altered expla- nations. The results of the strike and the reasons for them may perhaps be determined through a careful look at the facts. Early in the summer of 73 the foundations of the strike were being laid. A six or seven percent ' cost of living ' tuition increase had been proposed and accepted in the Univer- sity Budget Priorities Committee. Then a bomb hit. The Supreme Court declared res- idency regulations of the U-M form illegal. New regulations had to be drawn up, and they were expected to create a flood of new ' residents ' . In the end, this would mean a significant loss in revenue, as fewer students would be paying the higher out-of-state fees. The Regents estimated that the tuition loss would reach 2.5 million dollars. New fee increases were proposed, discussed and passed in a telephone vote. These amounted to 18 percent for freshmen and up to 30 per- cent for graduate students. Students were not informed of the increas- es until the beginning of the fall term. The reaction to this ' back to school surprise ' was varied. Many students were indifferent far more were disgruntled but willing to live with the situation. Still others became very upset and began taking action. The Student Action Committee (SAC) was formed and later joined forces with Student Government Council (SGC) to protest the tuition hike. Meanwhile, the administration explained its position in the University Record and Michigan Daily, citing the anticipated 2.5 million dollar revenue loss and the need to recover it somehow. Student groups countered with some simple arithmetic. An average 24 percent increase with 38,000 students equaled 9.6 million dollars, not 2.5 million. SAC pub- lished this analysis in a leaflet which called for implementation in the 1970 Black Action Mo vement (BAM) promises as well as a roll- back in tuition. Several factions had emerged in SAC, however, and no concrete platform had as yet been adopted. A mass meeting was held at East Quad. At least twelve proposed demands were put forward in this meeting, and a final platform was settled upon. It consisted of tne following demands: 1) a rollback in tuition, 2) implementation of the BAM demands agreed to by the University in 1970,
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