N I fe £i$anDait Eighty-two years of editorial freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan First ward candidates speak out z 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Mich. News Phone: 764-0552 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1973 Sl s PUBLISH or perish has claimed two more victims. The English professors were recently denied tenure by the literary college's Executive Committee because of a lack of publication. The action nullified the recommenda- tion of the English Department that the two be promoted and shows the lengths to which the literary college will go to enforce a rigid conception of what con- stitutes a good professor. For in both cases, colleagues and stu- dents attested to excellence in teaching. But even the endorsement of the depart- ment could not prevent the firings. The idea that publishing outweighs any other consideration in tenure considera- tions is a disservice to education. For it is the area of teaching which tenure com- mittees should be stressing. This is what effects the students. UNFORTUNATELY, departments still quest for prestige, and if you don't publish much, it's hard to get a reputa- tion. Moreover, literary college Dean Frank Rhodes expressed the kind of at- titude that characterizes publish or perish. "Getting a book published says some- thing about its quality," he said. Publication is stressed often at the ex- pense of teaching, and the recent firings show that this pernicious pattern has not changed. Not all of us, meanwhile, are as con- fident as English Prof. Daniel Fader. "Teaching is exaggerated," he says. "It is required of all of us that we be good teachers." Ed. note: This week T h e Daily presents campaign state- ments from the city election can- didates. Today, the first and third wards. David Wiarda Republican I AM A UNIVERSITY of Michigan graduate and have lived on Ann Arbor's north side (1st ward) all my life. During my campaign I'd like the voters to know how I stand on some vital city-wide issues. I'm against both transportation bonds (bicycle and mass transit). I don't want to see the taxes go up, especiall for senior citizens and these bonds would cause that. I'm basically in favor of rent controls for Ann Arbor, but I don't want to make it uncomfortable for landlords to operate here. I'd like to see a better garbage collection for Ann Arbor. I's im- portant to keep our high level of city services-like maintainance. I support using the city's revenue sharing money to pay the city debt. I can't see giving it to a group like the Community Clinic when we can't promise it every year. I'm opposed to the legalization of maarijuana and I would have voted against it had I been on Council at that time. Police protection should be main- tained at a level proportionate to the site of the town. I don't understand the concept of victimless crime. Even w h e n someone smokes marijuana, some- one else could see them and get started on it. I believe that low cost housing is a liberal effort to satisfy the lower income groups and isn't too suc- cessful because the buildings are not maintained after they're built. I'm not sure if a need for more low income housing exists now in Ann Arbor, but if it does, I'd sup- port a moderate increase in fend- ing. Andrei Joseph HRP LOTS OF YOU are probably ask- ing: "What is this Human Rights Party anyway? Radicals! What are they doing that can help me?" We are doing a lot. Struggling for rent control in Ann Arbor is an issue that affects everyone that lives here, including students. Try- ing to decriminalize marijuana pos- session by making it a $5 fine is an issue that affects (almost) everyone that lives here. Trying to institute community control of the police to end their harrassment of young people and blacks is an is- sue that affects everyone that lives here. We could then reorder police priorities to concentrate on violent crimes and robberies rather than victimless crimes like marijuana possession and loitering. (Under the present Democratic administra- tion, arrests for possession of mari- juana went up 33 per cent last year.) SO YOU SAY: "Insipid politic- ians. Anybody can talk a good game." True. The Republicans and the Democrats do. My incumbent opponent has for years. But, to confirm your skepticism towards politicians, he hasn't ' followed through. Two years ago, he claim- ed he would work for establishing viable grievance procedures against the police. He has initiated noth- ing in this area and even voted against a directive resolution which would have advertised t h e existence and powers of the Hu- man Rights Department, the city body established to investigate dis- crimination complaints. We think we're different. In the last year when we've had two peo- ple sitting on City Council we work- ed for what we had, promised. We brought up rent control, slashing excessive salaries, strengthening the human rights ordinance against discrimination, tightening the anti-strikebreaking ordinance, and a variety of consumer ordin- ances from unit pricing to banning non-returnable bottles. Some of these measures have passed. The ones that haven't were defeated by Republican and Demo- cratic opposition. It becomes clear that a radical,.alternative party is necessary. We know that Ann Ar- bor won't become an ideal society overnight. But by using the power we have we can push it in that di- rection. Norris Thomas Democrat j SEEK reelection to Council be- cause I feel I can bring the kind of balance that is sorely needed. I will listen to the interests of the various parts of the !ommunity, particularly those who do anot be- long to controlling groups. Voters have a clear voice be- tween going back to government for the privileged and a govern- ment for everyone: Government measured not by rhetoric but by the real decisions rnde by Coun- cil. This city has come a long way in improving traditional services and establishing needed new serv- ices. Both are necessarv, yet HRP would cheerfully abolish the po- lice department, white the Repub- licans would cancel social pro- grams. Most Ann Art'orites are not willing to exchange these services for promises of returning to come imagined problemless era. These promises are designed to create a false sense that the will of all is being served. There w11l be ro sc- ctrity until neonle ire provided with essential services and just treatment. REGRESSIVE elements of this City are succeeding in dividing the liberal-radical majority bloc. A pas- sion for rhetoric and an insatiable appetite for causes will permit con- smrratiVes to regain control of City Hall. Concern for the general wel- fare of the peonle is losing out to a quest for nower and nressure group representation. Citizens must begin to look past the sneech-making to the basic issues, which are ge+ting lost. Inflexible approaches to gov- erning this city, -be they rooted in utovian ideology or interest obli- gations can only result in r i a 1 human loss. The next Council will make cruc- ial decisions. Speech-making and dogma will not achieve account- ability, continuity, and expertiwe. All citizens groups mast and will be heard, but the decisions are made by elected representatives. I take responsibility for the decisions I have made or may make i7 the future. It is the voters' task to de- cide whether those decisions reflect my commitment to fair and 'equit- able representation for all. 4 k Third ward look at campaign issues Goodbye to the SST yESTERDAY, the Federal Aviation Ad- ministration finally took steps to eliminate the threat of sonic booms by banning supersonic commercial flights over the U.S. and its territorial waters. This action has been constantly proposed by various conservation groups since the controversy in Congress over the Super- sonic Transport (SST) - which was lat- er killed by legislation stopping federal funds to Boeing Aircraft's prototype de- velopment. Editorial Staff CHRISTOPHER PARKS and EUGENE ROBINSON Co-Editors in Chief ROBERT BARKIN..................Feature Editor DIANE LEVICK .................Associate Arts Editor DAVID MARGOLICK......... ..Chief Photographer MARTIN PORTER.......... .. Magazine Editor KATHY RICKE .....................Editorial Director ERIC SCHOCH.. ...............Editorial Director GLORIA SMITH........................Arts Editor CHARLES STEIN ......... ...............City Editor TED STEIN .. ,.Executive Editor MARTIN STERN ....... ..Editorial Director ED SUROVELL .. Books Editor ROLFE TESSEM .....................Picture Editor Sports Staff DAN BORUS Sports Editor FRANK LONGO Managing Sports Editor BOB McGINN..............Executive Sports Editor CHUCK BLOOM ..........i....Associate Sports Editor JOEL GREER .............. ..Associate Sports Editor RICH STUCK ............. Contributing Sports Editor BOB HEUER ....... ......Contributing Sports Editor NIGHT EDITORS: Jim Ecker, Marc Feldman, George Hastings, Marcia Merker. Mark Ronan, Roger Ros- siter, Theresa Swedo, Robin Wagner. STAFF: Barry Argenbright, Jeff Chown, Clarke Cogs- dill, Brian Deming, Leba Hertz, John Kahler, Mike Lisull, Mike Pritula, Bob Simon. Photography Staff DAVID MARGOLICK............Chief Photographer ROLFE TESSEM . e .................,Picture Editor KEN FINK .. ....... Staff Photographer THOMAS GOTTLIEB.............Staff Photographer STUART HOLLANDER ............ Staff Photographer STEVE KAGAN Staff Photographer KAREN KASMAUSKI . .........Staff Photographer JOHN UPTON ..... ..............Staff Photographer Business Staff BILL BLACKFORD Business Manager RAY CATALINO .................Operations Manager DAVE LAWSON .................Advertising Manager SANDY FIENBERG................Finance Manager SHERRY KASTLE..............Circulation Director JIM DYKEMA ..........Sales & Promotions Manager DEPT. MGRS.-Caryn Miller, Elliot Legow, Patti Wil- kiison ASSOC. MGRS.-Joan Ades, Linda Coleman, Linda Cycowski, Steve LeMire, Sandy Wronski In addition to the earth shaking sonicj booms which shatter windows, supersonic aircraft pose even more serious problems to the environment according to such critics by polluting the upper atmos- phere. These aircraft - which must fly at high altitudes - might reduce the protecting properties of the stratosphere. The SST's enormous engines dump lit- erally tons of harmful water vapor and carbon :dioxide which tend to form into clouds. These new formations would tend to reflect infrared radiation from the sun, lowering the temperature on the ground. In addition, the ozone buffer in the stratosphere might be reduced, allowing harmful ultraviolet rays to wreak havoc to life. UNFORTUNATELY, the FAA ban can be circumvented. If an aircraft manu- facturer can prove under experimental conditions that his plane's sonic booms would not reach the ground, he would be permitted to fly. The Anglo-French Con- corde and the Soviet TU 114 supersonic aircraft are not to be affected either, be- cause authorities claim that these planes decrease their altitude from over 10 miles and reduce their speed from 670 mph be- fore reaching the American seaboard. Of course, in addition to their possible harm to the environment, supersonic air- liners have shown themselves to be eco- nomic disasters. Several American air- line companies recently cancelled their orders for the Concorde largely for eco- nomic reasons. Hopefully, the possible en- vironmental dangers combined with the economic problems and the FAA ruling will kill any more attempts to revive gov- ernment subsidy of the SST. TodIay's stff. News: Bob Barkin, Debbie Pastoria, Stephen Selbst, David Unnewehr, Re- becca Warner Editorial Page: Eric Schoch Robert Henry Republican WHEN I STARTED this c a m- paign I released a statement headlined "CRIME RATE WOR- RIES CANDIDATE." The, c r i m e rate is still a major concern. Crime statistics in Ann A r b ) r show a high percentage of the crimes occurring within a radius of 1 miles from the main cam- pus. A high percentage of the vic- tims are University affiliated peo- ple. Studies on crime prevention show an inverse relationship be- tween the number of policemen per capita and the number of crimes per capita. These studies are con- firmed in Ann Arbor. We are cur- rently operating with significantly fewer policemen per capita than most cities our size. Corresponding- ly, we have significantly more crimes per capita. This informa- tion is well publicized and avail- able to anyone who really cares. I was therefore amazed to hear the positions taken by the HRP and by one Democrat at last Mon- day's Council meeting with regard to the great application from ad- ditional police officers. T h e i r cbnstituents are being victimized daily and yet they refused to sup- port a program which will be of considerable help in reducing that problem. Knee-jerk opposition to anything designed to support the police is not responsible or repre- sentative leadership. , THIS IS JUST another example of the fact that it is not the objec- tive of the HRP to make c i t y government meaningful but rather to destroy the city government from within. Our current HRP Council persons lost no opportun- ity to verbalize their oposition to our "capitalistic" or "free enter- prise" system, or to deal that sys- tem a body blow. I have no hope that anyone who is opposed to free enterprise will vote Republican. On the other hand I think there are only a few people in Ann Arbor who really believe in such a poli- tical philosophy. I can hope that i Letters to The Dailv people who believe in our form of government truly know what their alternatives are. I ask for your sup- port on the basis of my ability to help solve people problems wtth meaningful action rather than just use such problems as political cannon fodder. Elizabeth Kaufmani Democrat j BELIEVE we have the talent and will to build the community we want. To do so will take inno- vative thinking, hard work and above all, willingness to take the long view rather than the short term profit. Broadening the t a x base is no excuse for ruining our city. First, we must plan our growth very carefully indeed if we are to avoid being swallowed up as ano- ther one class white suburb in the metropolitan sprawl. For example, through the kinds of housing we sponsor and encourage we can con- tinue to build a community which all ages, races and economic lev- -ls will find good. We must not let Ann Arbor go further down the road to becoming a dying inner city circled by gi- gantic shopping centers and six lane access highways. I believe a liveable city has a distinctive cen- ter where people like to meet, walk, shop, and conduct business. Ann Arbor's central area needs protecting and rebuilding. O u r residential neighborhoods n e e d protection from the sorts of mas- s i v e commercial development which would destroy their char- acter. The law may now al. w such development. We must correct past mistakes before it is too late. FOR DECADES now the family car has dictated the kinds of cities and towns we have. We know the result and we must stop it. We need a truly usable public transportation System. The door-to-door system oroposed by AATA will go far to lure people out of their cars and into buses. We also need to press for better planning on the part of University and our larger indus- tries to help get cars off our streets. A plan is now being developed for a city wide network of bicycle paths. It deserves our support. To build a livable city I believe we need to redirect our attention to the glaring human - relations problems many of us face. Some steps are long overdue - a Com- mission on the Status of Women followed by affirmative action for women at all levels of city govern- ment should be a first order of business. Minorities, women, stu- dents, the handicapped and senior citizens need a place to turn to with their problems. A stronger, more active Human Relations Com- mission should be that place. Finally, we need to work hard for the active participation of all citizens in decision making. Whe- ther students or retirees, h o m e- owners or tenants, corporation pre- sidents or unemployed, we should have a say in the decisions which affect our lives. To the extent that we all take part, we can build a community strong enough to with- stand the pressures and special in- terests that could ruin the quality of our lives. I Vote often Arts Page: Jeff Sorensen Photo Technicians: Steve Tessem Kagan, Rolfe / I T / / ( To The Daily: AFTER COLLECTING the stu- dent ID's from three of my apa- thetic friends, I proceeded to vote in the All Campus Elections four times. Not once was my signature on the receipt card checked against the signature on the student ID card. Unless the receipt signatures are checked against copies somewhere else in the University, anyone can vote as many times as he likes, as long as he has ID cards with the stickers still attached. It is not only frustrating to see thousands of dollars being spent on this election for security that is not being received, it is more frus- trating to see that the election could have been made much more secure by training the workers properly. Hopefully, Elections Director Newbury will get on the stick and give the election workers a crash course in voting procedures be- fore two more days of worthless ballots are cast. -Robert Schaum March 27 Student Rights To The Daily: ONCE AGAIN, those who control SGC are concealing their real iden- tities and purposes. I refer to the "Student Rights Party," alias In- tegrity, alias GROUP, which this election claims a "leftist" orienta- tion. In fact, this ticket is the crea- ture of Bill Jacobs and his ap- pointee and long-time flunky Lee Gill. It was Jacobs who arranged the Gill/Green slate, and it was Jacobs' Elections Director and SGC flunky Ken Newbury who in- vented the name. Newbury also, despite the neutrality required of someone running an election,, pub- licly endorsed Gill in an unsuccess- ful bid to secure him a PESC en- dorsement (PESC meeting, Feb. 19, 1973). As for Gill, he is the worst kind of jive opportunist. He has served Jacobs slavishly, even getting him an "award" from the Council on Black Concerns as a friend of the black man. But don't take my word for it that Gill is more of the same - take the word of his run- ning mate Sanford Green. In a pub- lished letter Green has called Gill, "founder of the 'Integrity' party which he has since provided as GROUP's latest alias," a GROUP/ Integrity dependent" who "serves at the pleasure of the president, Bill Jacobs of GROUP" (Daily. 1973). He answers every political criticism with accusations of rac- ism and threats of violence (ibid.). In short, if you support genuine radical and popular initiatives from SGC, don't vote for the Stu- dent Rights Party. We don't get fooled again! -Bob Black, '73 March 24 Misunderstanding To The Daily: I'D LIKE TO clear up any mis- understandings which may have resulted from a statement attri- buted to me on CLAMP literature. My position is thus: I oppose the use of quotas as ad- missions and/or housing criteria by this university. I do so because I feel that quotas, by emphasizing race, sex, nationality, and/or reli- gion as requirements instead of ability, are discriminatory a n d contrary to the spirit of true equal- ity. It seems to me that if one opposes ceilings upon minority group employment, housing and /or representation (and I do) as unfairly considering heredity fac- tors, then the only logical and con- sistent position to take with regard to ceilings upon majority employ- ment, housing, and/or representa- tion (which is what quotas really are) is opposition to them also. That is the position I 'take. I hope this clarifies any false impressionshthat people havere- ceived concerning my feelings and/ or motivations for them. -Jeff Schiller '76 SGC Candidate at Large March 24 Campaign litter To The Daily: TOUTHE CANDIDATES for SGC and UHC offices: I Was distressed to enter an auditorium in Angell Hall for a classdto find six differ- ent sheets of voting propaganda distributed to the hundreds of seats. The messy appearance of the lecture hall did not add much to the learning environment which is far from optimal anyway. The barrage of paperdirectives for the- coming SGC elections created a dump-like atmosphere. Among the objections I have to this kind of treatment of voter/ students is the obvious problem of wasted resources. This volume of paper is not necessarily conduc- ive to an environmentally s o u n d campaign. I was amused to find some of the literature even had the slogan "please don't litter" at the bottom of the page. I guess that these people do not feel that the haphazard distribution of thousands of sheets of paper is not littering. There is something hypocritical about candidates expressing c o n- cern about IM facilities, dorm rates and volunteer funding on one hand, and ignoring - indeed compound- ing - the problems of Classroom ecology and the voters' right to sit in a class without solicitation. Perhaps it might be better to have the information available at central locations (diag, fishbowl, libraries) instead of intruding an students' "academic" environ- ments. This would even help cam- paign costs of printing and distri- btin ainformation. Well, at least it is good for scrap paper. -Ginna Denues, LSA '75 March 26 Spring To The Daily: SPRING IS coming, believe it or not, and I wish it brought with it the old Soring Parley of the nine. teen-thirties. This excellent in- stitution, which aerished during the exigencies of the Second World War, might well be revived. It -onsisted of students who, on their awn initiative, selected a general subject which they wished discus- sed, then selected a nanel of pro- iAssors whom they wished to hear Jisc'iss it, and then, on a certain date, gathered to fire questions at them. The tonics varied in range from time to time. I recall "What Can We Believe in Religion?", "What Changes Should Be Made in Our Economic System?", "How Should the Unrity Be a Ognized" SyVia sSigns, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1973 When You Vote, Remember: Honesty Is a Bunch of Bullshit! Aries. March 21 - April 19). You are about to receive top honors in one of your chosen areas of interest. Remain calm and unemo- tional as you are awarded. A relationship could suffer. Taurus. (April 20 - May 20). Organize your schoolwork and prevent unnecessary mis- takes that will result in extra work and aggravation. Control temper outbursts. Now is the time to go out and play in the sunshine. Gemini. (May 21 - Junes 20). Politics will involve you in many activities today. However; planetary aspects are not too good and you could become involved in a scandal. Choose your acquaint- ances carefully. Cancer. (June 21 - July 22). Don't make any rash action. You must calculate wisely every move today to reach the right out- come of a certain matter. Your opponents. will wish you harm. Leo. (July 23 - Aug. 22). Be ready to move quickly as an op- portunity arises for you to move forward and out. Have an alt- ernative ready. You are not as powerful and immovable as you may think. Virgo. (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22). You may now face trouble with an extremely pushy, person. Make vigorous attacks without running too many risks. Interruptions and irritations can't erase valor. Libra. (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22). Be careful if you ride vehicles other than cars as accidents are likely to occur. Promote your self interests with small tokens to close friends who may give you some physical if not spiritual service. Scorpio. (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) Much of the activity of the day is hidden under disguises and clues. Seek the answers to the puzzles in out of the way places. Be an explorer. Find new crev- ices. Sagittarius. (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21). Good news and cooperation is coming your way. Complete long range plans and strive for their fulfillment. Avoid being too frank with someone you don't want to offend. Get down, but not downed out. Capricorn. (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19). Don't spend money unwisely Gentiemain im /kwb Iw / / /7/ / ////7liY/$o / 4 o .a 4/"/' To The Daily: DURING THE ELECTION cam- paign I have noticed the Demo- crat saying "A vote for Kaimowitz is a vote for Stephenson" and the HRP is saying "A vote for Mogdis is a vote for Stephenson." It is very flattering to have both of these candidates being put forth as substitutes for me. However, in the interest of an informed elec- torate, I must point out that both are poor imitations. If you would like to stop fooling around with substitutes, just re- member, "A vote for Stephenson is a vote for Stephenson." Try the real thing, you'll like it. -James Stephenson March 19 Y I I I