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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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The faculty of the Department of Physics enthusiastically supports this recommendation. The dean of the College of Engineering and the acting chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign campus concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . Livingston, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved.

Renaming of Old Large Animal Clinic Building, Urbana

(22) With the completion of its new clinic facilities, the College of Veterinary Medicine has vacated the old Large Animal Clinic Building at the Urbana campus. This building is to be remodeled into a meat processing plant, teaching laboratory, and research facility for the Department of Animal Science of the College of Agriculture. In view of the change in the use of the building, the acting chancellor, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the building be renamed the Meat Science Laboratory. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was approved.

Application for an A M Broadcasting License in Cicero

(23) In June and October 1975 and in December 1976 the Board of Trustees authorized the filing and continued prosecution of an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a license for a radio station to operate on 1450 KHz in Cicero, Illinois. The University's application to the FCC was accepted for filing, along with other applications for the frequency. The matter is before an administrative law judge, a prehearing conference has been held, and discovery is now taking place. A second prehearing conference has been scheduled for November 4, 1977, and evidentiary hearings are to begin November 15. On September 7, 1977, the University received an offer (a copy of which is filed with the secretary of the board for record) from four oi the commercial applicants for the license: Radio Cicero, Inc.; Mi gala Enterprises, Inc.; Cicero Radio Corp.; and Midway Broadcasting Corp. The fifth remaining commercial applicant, Metropolitan Broadcasting Company, Inc., is not a signatory to the offer. The offer proposes payment to the University of up to $10,000 for its legitimate and prudent expenses in connection with the filing and prosecution of its application, in return for the University's withdrawing the application and seeking its dismissal with prejudice. The offer expires by its terms if not accepted prior to October 1, 1977. If the University accepts the offer, it will be required to substantiate by affidavit the amount of legal, engineering, and other out-of-pocket costs; their connection with the filing and prosecution of the application; and the fact that they were legitimately and prudently made. The administrative law judge will approve an amount equal only to the amount of justifiable expenses. Approximately $15,000 of such expenses have been incurred by the University to date. The vice president for academic affairs has recommended that the September 7, 1977, offer be rejected and that the University continue to prosecute its application for the license. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . Lenz, these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Contract for Educational Services with Illinois Cancer Council, Medical Center

(24) The School of Public Health at the Medical Center wishes to contract with the Illinois Cancer Council in order to receive the professional skills of the council along with its extensive data base. The contract, in an amount not to exceed