Michigan Today letters---June 1994

. . . June 1994

Preserving the Best I ENJOYED Susan Wineberg's article on preservation in the March issue very much. As a graduate of the School of Architecture, I, of course, enjoyed reading about the many buildings she mentioned. It brought back memories of walking the Quad and taking classes in some of the rooms in these fine buildings.
I would be interested in purchasing her book Historic Buildings, Ann Arbor, Michigan; if you could tell me where to buy it I would appreciate it.

Leslie H. Kenyon Peoria, Illinois

Ed. Note: The book is available for $14.95 plus $2.50 postage/handling from the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission, 312 S. Division, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
YOU STATED in "Building on Tradition" that the Undergraduate Library expansion has been funded by tax-exempt bonds secured by a pledge of student fees; that the Cancer and Geriatric Center has been funded with debts secured by Hospital revenues; that Mott Children's Hospital has been funded with debt secured by Hospital gross revenue; that Randall Laboratory renovation has been funded by tax-exempt bonds secured by a pledge of student fees; that East Engineering renovation has been funded by tax-exempt debt secured by student fees.
Michigan Today states, that the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building has been funded by bonds issued by the State Building Authority; that North Campus Commons has been funded by borrowing secured by a pledge of student fees.
Would the University Provost consent to explain, how this debt funding is distinguished in law from Bills of Credit emitted by the State of Michigan?
Robert Maxwell Lauer Boulder, Colorado

Interdisciplinary Programs I WAS pleased to read about the interdisciplinary Program in Evolution and Human Behavior, and the use of faculty from multiple departments in the Religion 404 course "The Theory and Practice of Evil in the 20th and 21st Centuries."
One of the primary strengths of the University of Michigan is the willingness of the University administration, and the faculty members of various departments, to undertake interdisciplinary projects such as those mentioned above. The stimulation and creativity which such efforts engender contribute to the richness and quality of undergraduate and graduate education at U-M in many ways.
I am delighted to see that support for such cross-fertilization continues alive and well in Ann Arbor.
John Miles Evans, PhD '82 Castlebar, County Mayo, Eire

LAURA BETZIG'S article "Sex in History" should have been called "Some Heterosexual Activity in History," or a more precise title about the content of the essay. Some of those who had only one wife also had some homosexual experiences, and some of the concubines, slaves, prostitutes, and others who were used for sex by men in power were at least bisexual. Even a short piece on sex and history needs to be more comprehensive in scope than Ms. Betzig's essay was.
Wm. Walter Duncan '49 MA Professor Emeritus, City University of New York New York

NO, I HAVEN'T heard the one about Nelson D. Rockefeller ("Sex in History"), but I've heard many stories about Nelson A. Rockefeller. Cheers!
Carl Stein Durham, North Carolina

PLEASE NOTE that Laura Betzig is not "religiously correct" when she or other writers refer to the Roman–or Papal, Latin or Vatican–Church as the "Catholic Church."
There is a "Catholic Church"–the "One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church"–which is usually known as Eastern, Greek, Russian, etc., or simply as the Orthodox Church. This distinction in terminology/identity is similar to one properly identifying "milk": If one needs 2% milk for diet or especially health requirements, one better make sure 2% is specified or 100% milk may be provided.
Thus, celibacy of priests is a Roman, not Catholic, practice–Orthodox Catholic priests must be married before ordination unless they decide to be "Monk" priests. And, besides the Roman innovation of Papal Supremacy and the FILIOQUE Clause which are major causes separating Rome from "Catholicism," there is the more practical/social impacting innovation by Rome (and subsequently "taken" with them by the Protestants when they separated from the Roman Church): Pascha or Easter. Rome changed the original requirement by the Holy Fathers that Pascha must not be celebrated until the completion of Passover so that, for example, this year Passover begins on 27 March, non-Orthodox Easter is on 3 April, and Orthodox Pascha is on 1 May! (Next year, these dates will be respectively 15, 16, and 23 April.)
Please caution your writers to clearly differentiate between the Roman and Orthodox Catholic Churches.
Victor Chacho West Bloomfield, Michigan

Co-op Campus Living
FIFTY YEARS ago, January, 1944, the Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan was incorporated. As an organization devoted to providing alternative housing for students on campus, it has flourished. It purchased its first house at that time and now owns 20 houses providing full residence services for 575 members. Over the years, throughout great social changes world-wide and also on campus, more than 10,000 students have passed through their doors.
Cooperative living at Michigan predated the Inter-Cooperative Council by a number of years. Motivated toward self-help and economical living on campus and operating within the pattern of Rochdale principles and ideals, co-op houses enabled their members to provide and control their own housing within University guidelines. Currently, co-op students can save over $200 per month compared with University residence halls.
The Inter-Cooperative Council will hold a Grand Celebration and homecoming on the weekend of October 1, 1994.
The Co-op Story at the University, starting in the '30's and including the Wolverine Eating Co-op, a book exchange, as well as houses now closed, would make a great article; it is a significant part of U-M history–and it's ongoing.
Robert Shugart '45 LSA St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Regental Bylaw 14.06
I AM submitting this letter to express my disgust with the University's newly revised Bylaw 14.06. I am ashamed to admit that I graduated from the University after this recent ruling and especially after reading the degenerate responses from U-M alumni supporting the revision. Their beliefs are what is hurling this once Christian Nation (based on Godly, Biblical Principles) into a satanic, socialist state controlled by evil, wicked men whose only intent is to "…pervert the words of the righteous" (DEU 16:19).
God's Word, which is righteous, describes homosexuality in Romans I, verses 26 through 32: "…God gave them up into vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly…" But there is hope for these and all sinners, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God…" (ROM 3:23) and that is to seek the Lord Jesus Christ while he may be found and "bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance" (LUKE 3:8).
Paul K. Moots '89 Livonia, Michigan

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