University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The tuition strike leaders continued a vigorous campaign for student support as the payment deadline approached. Ads appeared in the Daily urging students to withhold pay- ment and leaflettmg was heavy. In the last two days of payment, SAC members circu- lated through the long lines of students waiting to pay their bills and urged them not to do it. It became apparent, however, that the strike was not getting the support which it ' s leaders had anticipated. Actual figures are difficult to obtain, out the administration has issued a statement that there is no evidence of withholding within reason, noting that the normal percentage of students who don ' t pay and scholarship payments coming late must be discounted. SAC had also urged that students write letters of protest and present them at the cashier ' s window. What became of them? The ' Ensian traced them from their presen- tation at the window and found that a Mr. William Turner had thrown them all away. According to him, I couldn ' t care less. If the students don ' t know how to mount a protest I ' m sure as hell not going to help them. Apparently the only communication reaching the Regents was that sent directly to them. Anything Turner got his hands promptly disposed of. As it turned out, there excess of tuition revenues, 3.75 million dollars. The decided to give two million to the teaching fellows who were threatening a strike, half a million for new recreational facilities, and $60,000 for more financial aid. About a million was returned to the students as a cut in winter term tuition. The tuition strike died out, but many issues remain unsettled. The questions of who makes decisions and why, teaching fellow ' s rights, and possible further tuition increases will undoubtedly arise again in the near future. For now the administration seems to have won out (students got a par- tial refund and the TF ' s got some aid, but the striker ' s other demands were largely un- met). The full effects of the strike, however, may not be realized for years to come. on was was indeed an totaling about administration

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students learn of foreign lands Michigan ' s International Center (1C) pro- vides an import and export (input and out- put) of foreign and American students. The center channels a great deal of information and services pertaining to the Ann Arbor community and to diverse foreign countries. Foreign and American students discover the realities of cross-cultural exchange during projects, programs and events sponsored by Michigan ' s 1C. The 1C helps prepare American students for personalized and productive study, tra- vel, or work experience abroad. Staff members at the 1C recently organized a campus travel information network. The net- work enables prospective travelers to talk on a one-to-one basis with experienced travelers or with foreign citizens from the countries which the students plan to visit. The center assists foreign students in gaining acceptance by providing opportun- ities for interaction and participation in non- academic areas of the local community. Staff members at the 1C counsel foreign students with problems in the area of housing, work clearances, immigration and naturalization regulations, health insurance and currency exchange. A large part of the staffs time is spent in- terpreting the workings of the University bureaucracy to foreign students. The 1C counsels foreign students for the purpose of helping them cope with the unfamiliar and complex problems of attending a huge educational institution. 1C offices also sponsor travel fairs and travel ori entation seminars in attempting to bring together ' first-timers ' and experienced travelers. The seminars are designed to in- clude foreign students who have adjusted to life at an American university. The University of M InUTruilioiul Center 28