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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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number of unanswered questions. These include not just future policies on debt service financing, but policies on faculty and student consultation, the articulation between the two campuses, and the kind and quality of information provided as a basis for deliberation. Little need be said of the annual or occasional monitoring and consultation activities that are part of the charge of several committees, except that the work is important, time-consuming, and has been completed for diis year. We were pleased to receive very positive reports from committees assigned to oversee the operations of die Council on Program Evaluation and charged with a survey of promotion and tenure procedures. The board may also be interested to learn that the senate elected Robert S. Hauser as the first student chair of a standing senate committee (University Student Life). . . . We wish to acknowledge Chancellor Everhart's excellent leadership and the strong support provided for our work by the administration. We regard President Ikenberr/s effectiveness in persuading legislators and the governor to support the University as outstanding and we recognize and appreciate the service of this board on our behalf. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS Application for Funds, U.S. Department of Education (2) Vice President Bazzani reported on recent information that the University is eligible for Federal funds through the Department of Education to be applied to remodeling and other campus construction, and at very low interest rates. He asked for authority from the trustees, without further commitment, to apply for such funds. His expectation was that, should such funds be available, they would be applied to the cost of the new Chicago housing project and thus reduce the debt service on that project. O n motion of Mrs. Day, the authorization requested was granted. NONVOTING STUDENT TRUSTEES FOR 1985-86 T h e secretary presented a report on the selection of these trustees, summarized as follows: Chicago Campus The election was held on April 30 and May 1, 1985. Kevin Lamm, the incumbent student member from the Chicago campus, was reelected. T h e total number of votes cast for the office was 316. Mr. L a m m ran unopposed. Urbana-Champaign Campus T h e election was held on March 26 and 27, 1985. Scott L. Becker, a junior in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, received the largest vote tally of the two candidates on the ballot. T h e total number of votes cast was 5,197. REQUEST TO BE HEARD Mrs. Shepherd presented a letter from Charles A. Smyth, secretary, Champaign-Urbana Coalition Against Apartheid, in which Mr. Smyth asked to address the Board of Trustees at the June meeting on the study