" r 1f'vf S iF )S EE NNS MTM CALLN X- N LY C'mon, we were there, too The University Record Monday called last week's LSA faculty meeting a "packed house" and said that the faculty were "out in full force." Now, attendance was certainly up from last month's meeting which was canceled for lack of people showing up, but 150 professors hardly pack Auditorium A and considering that there are 1200 profs the number that made it is hardly "full force." Boogie for St. Jude The good folks from Sigma Nu Fraternity are staging a 30 hour dan- ce marathon to raise funds for St. Judes Childrens Hospital. The event kicks off tonight and runs well into tomorrow night. If you think you have the endurance to last 30 hours moving on your feet, get in touch with the organizers at 761-3127. Or, you can simply show up to gawk, taunt or pity the contestants. Prizes are being given as well. Samoff support builds LS&A Student Government is planning to add its voice to the defense of Joel Samoff. At a meeting Wednesday night Council member Rachel Rosenthal said the efforts to deny Samoff tenure were "clearly another case where teaching isn't given priority." LSA-SG plans to meet informally with Samoff and later bring the matter up with the LSA Executive Committee. LSA candidates, where are you? The hour is drawing near. Your last chance is about to pass you by. Opportunity is knocking. For those of you in LS&A or Rackham who want to "get involved" you have only until next Friday, March 31 at 5 p.m. to file as a candidate for your college's student government. Don't delay now and regret later. 'U' prof takes prize Hats off to Education Prof. Carl Berger. The Michigan Science Teachers Association has named Berger "Science Educator of the Year" for his efforts in the area of science teaching. He presently works as environmental education consultant for the Defense Depar- tment's European school system. . Happenings... ... get started at 10 a.m. with a talk show featuring Second Ward City Council candidate Earl Green on WIQB/FM. . . Then at the noon hour, Guild House and the Vietnam Teach-in sponsor a luncheon with new left luminary Al Haber on The Movement Today and Tomorrow.. . Also at noon, the Engin school presents the film Low Reynolds Number Flows in room 229 West Engineering Bldg.... Then at 12:10 p.m., the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story Ber- nice Bobs Her Hair will be presented in Schorling Aud., School of Education . .. from 12:30 to 2 p.m., the First United Methodist Church holds a Good Friday Worship Service. First Methodist is at the corner of State and Huron. . . Then at 3, there will be a presentation on Bon- sai: Live Trees in the International Center lounge, followed by a coffee hour.. . Also at 3, Sigma Chi holds a happy hour at 548S. State. . . At 3:45, a Nuclear Seminar kicks off in room 165 Chrysler Center, spon- sored by the College of Engineering. . .And at 5 p.m., the Michigan Coalition to End Government Spying presents guest speaker Mary Davodoff, who will talk on his suit against the FBI for release of files . . Then at 6 p.m., the Sigma Nu Dance Marathon for St. Jude's Children's Hospital starts in the Union Ballroom. . . and finally at 8 p.m., St. Mary's Student Chapel presents Heinrich Schutz' St. Mat- thew's Passion as part of its holy week celebration./ On the Outside ... If you liked yesterday, you'll probably like today even better. It will be sunny and cool, with a high of 440. Winter will make a farewell appearance tonight, with a low of 240, but fear not, Saturday will be nice. The Michigan Daily-Friday, march 24, 1978-Page 3, Judicial election reform sought By AMY SALTZMAN Questioning the "non-partisan" nature of judicial elections, a diverse coalition is pushing a petition to place on the November 1978 ballot a con- stitutional amendment changing the way some state judges are selected. Some of the groups supporting this ef- fort include the League of Women Voters, the Farm Bureau and Common Cause. UNDER THE present system Supreme Court and Appeals judges must seek nomination on a partisan basis in order to run on a so-called "non-partisan"ballot. Backers of the plan feel there are serious problems with this present system. "The lack of an impartial screening mechanism under such a system, allows for any candidate with a familiar name, a large campaign fund or an appealing profile to win an elec- tion over a candidate with possibly more ability," according to Charlotte Copp, the state president of the League of Women Voters. "VOTERS HAVE a hard time making an intelligent selection on judges," adds Copp. "A judge can't run on issues." The merit selection system is curren- tly in use in 26 other states. Michigan's proposed merit system calls for prospective candidates to be screened by a nine member non- Supreme Court would select one of the three by lot. Within two years of appoin- tment the judge would stand public election, running on the basis of his record. According to Archie Lewis, the executive director of the campaign, "The idea started about a year ago 'The lack of an impartial screening mechanism under such a system, allows for any candidate with a familiar name, a large campaign fund or an appealing profile to win an election over a can- didate with possibly more ability.' - Charlotte Copp, state president, League of Woman Voters made in the past to change the judge selection process. In 1968, for instance, the League of Woman Voters supported a petition drive, which failed to gets enough signatures. "THE LEAGUE is very tenacious," states Charlotte Copp, "since 1963 we have supported merit selection of, judges." The primary opposition to the cam paign has come from the Democratic; party. "We are officially in oppositiort to the proposal," says Morley Winograd, .the chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. "We are in favor, however, of trying to improve. the current system." According to Bill Sederburgh, thie Republican Chairman of Ingham Count ty and the Executive Director of "tbe, House Republican Office, "We have note as a caucus taken a position in the House, but the great majority of thd Republicans support it." The major concern of the campaign right now is circulating the petition and obtaining the 266,000 signatures needed by July 6 to get the amendment on the ballot. "The organizational work is done, states James Maunders, the public relations man for the campaign who has also become personally involved in the cause. "Now it is time for the foot- soldiers getting the signatures to take over. " partisan commission who would propose three names to the Governor. The governor must then appoint one of these three within 30 days, otherwise the chief justice of the Michigan because people were upset about the problems involved in judicial selection in the 1976 campaign." Similar efforts have, however, been Italian Reds call police inept ROME (AP) - The Communist Par- ty charged yesterday that investigators have shown "clamorous instances of incapacity and irresponsibility" in their efforts to track down the kidnap- pers of former Premier Aldo Moro. In the first open criticism by the Communists on the handling of the case, the party's weekly organ Rinascita said investigators were "groping in the dark" as the nation- wide hunt by thousands of police and soldiers appeared to have made little progress. T HE COMMUNISTS have been restrained since they now formally support the government. The day of Moro's abduction on a Rome street last week was the same day the Com- munists joined the parliamentary majority with Moro's Christian Democrats and three other parties. It was the first time in 31 years the Communists have been a part of the majority in Parliamentary. Under the THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVII, No. 1:37 Friday, March 24, 1978 is edited and managed by students at theUniversity of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, AnnArbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters: $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day morning. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor: $750 by mail outside Ann Ar-bor. Old quarries which were active up un- til 1813 lie beneath the streets of Paris. It is estimated that six million people have been buried there. pact worked out by Communist' and Christian Democratic leaders, the Communists hold no cabinet posts, but the arrangement marked a significant step in their drive for power. In one police fumble, officials admit- ted they circulated composite photos of two men wanted in the case when the men already were in prison. A pr- osecutor said the Interior Ministry's computer had not been programmed correctly. POLICE IN Milan are holding four leftist extremists caught in the search launched after the Red Brigades, Italy's most feared terrorist group, seized Moro and killed his five police bodyguards. But officials conceded the arrests are unlikely to shed much light on the Moro case. Police also were investigating repor- . ts from a witness who claimed to have seen Prosperi Gallinari, one of the founders of the Red Brigades, in the area the day of the kidnapping. The Milan daily Corriere della Sera said the witness claimed Gallinari was driving the same stolen car used in the Moro kidnapping and appeared to have rehearsed the ambush. As the investigation dragged on without a break, Italians were begin- ning to get the impression that the secretive attitude of authorities con- cealed failure. VISITORS TO ROME get the im- pression of a city under siege, with roadblocks manned by police and soldiers with submachine guns. Last Saturday the Red Brigades issued a communique saying the 61- year-old Moro would be tried by a "people's tribunal" for his role in what they described as Italy's reactionary state. They have been silent since. BOWL at beautiful Union Lanes Reduced rates to 6 P.M. Mon-Sat OPENS EASTER SUNDAY 2 and 8 PM THE BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER TOGETHER wrmTHE, WORD OF MOUT H CHORUS PRESENTS AVE MARLS STELL BY 3I5QUIN DESPRE Mendelssohn Theatre/Sunday March 26, 2 & 8 p ~ ear or the I (ve that iled by Jean) Anolli University Shmwcase Trueblood Theatre/Wed.-Fri., Mar.29-Apr.1 8.m. Power Center Sat., Apr. 8, Fri, Apr. 7, 8pm. specialchildren'smat. 3p.m. Sat. Apr. 8, 8pm. Sun., Apr.9 , 3 pn XJy Daily Official Bulletin Friday, March 24, 1978 DAILY CALENDAR Guild House: 50 soup and sandwich luncheon, Al Haber, "The Movement Today and Tomorrow," 802 Monroe,noon. CTR. SSEAS/Prog. Studies in Religion: Ngawang Thobdup, Western Michigan U., "Life in Tibet and in the Refugee Camps of India," Commons room, Lane Hall, noon. Ctr. SSEAS: Alton L. Becker, "Observations on Malay Literature," 200 Lane, 3 p.m. Philosophy: Joshua Cohen, MIT, "On Rawls' 'A Theory of Justice," 429 Mason, 3:30 p.m. Museum of Art: "Chicago, the City and its Artists 1945-1978," Aud. D., Angell 3 p.m.; Tappen Hall, 7:30 P.m. SUMMER PLACEMENT Phone 763-4117 Iroquois Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI: A beautiful place to spend the summer. Openings for waiters/waitresses, porter, bartender, housekeeping, manage bike shop, front desk clerk. Pick up apps. at Summer Placement. Rimland Schools for Autistic Children, Ill.: Openings for counselors for adolescents and young adults. Complete details available. Greenfield Village/Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI: Openings for food attendants, security helperssales clerks, ground maintenance, transportation atten- dants and craft demonstrators. Further details available. Greater Lansing Legal Aid Bureau, Lansing, MI: Opening for student who has completed two years of law school. Details available. 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