L HALLOWEEN See editorial page LIE 43Uf a aiI HAUNTING High-6o Low--46 See Today for details Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 46 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Sunday, October 30, 1977 Ten Cents 10 Pages Plus Supplement CIA operatives 'trap foreign students By BOB ROSENBAUM wrong. His professor is a CIA In a darkened hallway somewhere operative. The person he will soon meet there is not a single college campus that ment campaigns. Ina"de is an intelligence gentwhohas already knows it's going on," Halperin says. IN RECENT years, hundreds of on campus, a student waits outside the read a detailed report on the student's "The people who do that activity are studies have opened up previously office of a professor. There is no onetie he studen Although its been going specifically trained to keep it secret, to unopened doors. Some of the most else in thre building. asked if he wants to engage in secret on or at least till yy 4s keep it from the attention of their telling information, with regard to CIA The student clutches his course books aseifhwattoegginectonor tlattiry er, colleagues and the university ad- campus activities, came with the work for the CIA in his ofunsrying self-consciously. He does not speak country. the details o CIA spyingration." rerent aseio douments descibin English very well, and although he en THE ABOVE vignette is entirely fic- on merican university According to Halperin, the intelligen- the agency's 25-year MK ULTRA joys his frequent discussions with his ns s sce agency plants agents on "major program. The program involved the professor, the language barrier often titious. But encounters such as this take cagnypntaetso mjrporm.Tergm place frequently at some of this coun- campuses are only now ' 9 y campus," those with large student rampant use of LSD and other minds makes him tense.try's most prestigious universities. bein revealed-to the populations, and faculty members who altering drugs, electroshock treatment, tBecause of the manner in which the CIA E engage in extensive research and neurosurgery, sensory deprivation, and TDAY MIGH s fernt, h works, no one at this University can say shoc ,and anger Of many travelin foreign countries. isolation tests-all on uninformed vic- okes, nhotseerhas with certainty that operatives and y ane a This would certainly be a campus tims. Data gathered from these ac- called him to say that there was wt etit htoeaie n members of the academic Fx ;wich had the criteria which Would leaa tivities was applied to CIA studies on someone special he wanted the young agents are not at work in Ann Arbor. ;vh CA to a to hve sombd introl. man to meet, someone who was very in- During a visit here on October 20, community. hhe CIA to want to have somebody mAd control. teetdi h tdn' iw oadMorton Halperin, a former deputy a M ere," he said . As a result of a successful Freedom o terested in the student's views toward tn er a o e de Recruiting students for covert work Information suit, the CIA has been his country's government, s, President Nixon, and now regarded by is not the only interest the CIA has on pressured into notifying all universities What a land America is, the many as an expert on the secret ac- Halperin American campuses. The agency also and research organizations in the su d nt mightnd think g All t he t s as ntellie nce ag encies, - " 'Y:".' ma rcontracts for secret political and sien- secret MK ULTRA program. So far spent talking and thinking about how tiviieofn ..ielgne agencie, .. ..it""""is. tific research; covertly sinks money in- Cornell, Columbia, Princeton; you feel about things. Here I can say tl n uine"ti impossible tot aythinI feel wthouts.oHryinayutbelieve that the CIA would not seek "academics" on "over 100 American about what types of activities are going to research activities in the form of Georgetown, George Washington anything I feel without worrying about agentson this campus." colleges, universities, and related in- on, or where they are being performed. grants and endowments; infiltrates and University of Maryland, Ohio States being punished. In Apri,1976,the Senate Committee stitutes." The intelligence agency monitors dissident student groups; not Rutgers, Stanford, Utah State, the But, this instance, at least on Intelligence Agencies revealed that prevented the committee from THE COVERT associations have to mention the overt activity which University of Illinois and the University foreign student couldn't be more the CIA has several hundred disclosing anything but bare details been going on for thirty years. "Yet takes place in the CIA's open recruit- See CIA, Page 2 LEACH TOSSES RECORD THREE TDs 1 Blue bounces back, mauls Iowa, 23-6 H-coming nostalgia eludes undergrads By SUE WARNER Contemplating a University bus packed with alumni football fans, dental hygiene senior Bobbie Verhoe- ven suddenly remembered that yes- terday was Homecoming. Not exactly fired up for the traditional return of the University's graduates, yet not disdainful either, she simply noted that the alumni seemed to be having fun. FRATERNITY and sorority floats have sprung up in several front yards around campus on recent Homecom- ing Days, but the apparent resurrec- tion is only partly genuine. Among undergraduates, it remains, essen- tially, a Greek concern. Most stu- dents have left Homecoming with past generations, and now concede its status as mainly an alumni event. "Homecoming is more for the alumni than the current students," said Scott Ludwig, a member of yesterday's alumni marching band. "I haven't missed Homecoming since I graduated in '65. It's always fun to look back and relive the days when we were a little younger." LSA junior Mark Williams con- fessed that he "isn't really into Homecoming," also said he thinks Homecoming is designed primarily for alumni. "I HAVEN'T gone to any Home- coming events, but I think it's pretty funny to see those old guys having such a good time," said Williams. Many students said they were simply unaware of this weekend's celebration. "I didn't even know we had a Homecoming - who are we play- ing?" remarked freshwoman Leslie Dewar on her way to . the game. Even students who did participate in Homecoming festivities were not really celebrating the alumni return to their alma mater. "MY FRIENDS and I went to a dance at the Union, but, we really didn't go to celebrate Homecoming," commented freshwoman Jenny Kyle. "We just went to have a good time." Phi Delta Theta pledge Drew Spring contends, however, that stu- dent Homecoming apathy is a myth. Following his frat's 7-0 Mudbowl victory, Spring said Homecoming is "always a gala occasion. I think all the students fire up for it," said Spring. According to Spring, Homecoming enthusiasm is prevalent among stu- dents "because it's the weekend - See HOMECOMING, Page 2 Hawkeye defense toughnot, enough By KATHY HENNEGHAN Michigan bounced back from last week's loss at Minnesota to down Iowa 23-6 before a Homecoming crowd of 104,617 at Michigan Stadium yesterday. Quarterback Rick Leach passed for three touchdowns to tie a school record for most touchdown passes in a game. The Flint junior also broke a record for career TD passes with 25. Only Tom' Harmon has accounted for more Michigan scores by ground and by air with 50 to Leach's 44. The first score came on just the third play of the game. Leach was nearly sacked but rolled left and signalled fullback Russell Davis downfield. Davis caught a pass at about midfield and took advantage of a missed tackle to complete the 63-yard play, "I remember preparing myself for the blow," said Davis, "but I was still on my feet running." "That wasn't what was supposed to happen," explained Schembechler. "Russell (Davis) came out a little late See BLUE, Page 9 Daily Photo by PETER SERIING i A FOOTBALL TAKES some crazy bounces sometimes, as displayed here during yesterday's 23-6 gridiron victory over Iowa. Michigan's Derek Howard (10) appears to be ready to claim this fumble recovery, while Jerry Meter (46) and Iowa's Tom McLaughlin (11) look on, when in fact the ball bounced away and the Hawkeyes retained possession. WHO'S TRICKING? Halloween loses its treat: Crossfire over literacy: Causes and cures By KEITH RICHBURG City o By JULIE ROVNER It began as a summer's end festival among the Celts and Anglo- Saxons. It was a time to placate supernatural powers controlling the processes of nature. It was fa night when souls of the dead were thought to revisit their homes. But Halloween isn't what it used to be. In light of incidents in recent years - including the insertion of pins and razor blades in fruit and candy, and the coating Qf candy with dangerous narcotics - the night before All Saints' Day has become one of anxiety and precaution for parents. "THIS KIND of thing feeds on people's natural fears," said anthro pology professor Conrad Kottak. "Because our information base is so huge in Ann Arbor, with stations coming in from Detroit, Toledo and Windsor, if anything happens in any of those places, people hear about it and worry that it might happen here." 'ims safety children are expected. Zee " A reminder to parents to check Wa> all candy before consumption, and to A discard any opened or suspicious poli candy. whc For the second year in a row; tra3 McDonald'ssrestaurants, along with det( the Washtenaw County Sheriff's de- stag partment and a number of local war police departments, will sponsor a can metal detection clinic at seven gla: locations around the area. In Ann tion Arbor, the clinics will be held from 6 the to 11 p.m. at the McDonalds at 373 N., guides b Rd., 200 W. Stadium, and 4775 shtenaw. t each store will be a team of local ce and McDonald's employes, will spread each child's loot on a y and run it under a metal ector sensitive enough to find a ple in a candy bar. Parents will be 'ned, however, that the machines not detect such things as crushed ss or narcotics, so extreme cau- should be taken before allowing children to eat any of their candy. See TRICKS, Page 2 STUDENTS AT the university level don't write well any more,tand professors of English here and elsewhere are trying to understand why. Last year, enough Literary College (LSA) faculty, members perceived a decline in students' composition skills that college's English Composition Board (ECB) launched a nine-month study to investigate the problem and find solutions. The Board, chaired by English Professor Daniel Fader, returned a guilty verdict against the writing skills of students, recommending, among other things, that students be required to complete three writing courses in at least two different departments. The recommendation was intended "both to expand the substance and to fulfill the spirit of the English Com- position Requirement passed by the LSA faculty in 1975." THE CURRENT requirements, instituted in 1975, de- mand completion of English 125 (Freshman com- position) or its equivalent. Students can be exempted from the requirement with a 700 score or better on the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Students with an SAT verbal score above 650 are "eligible for fur- ther consideration." In terms of composition requirements, however, the University of Michigan is neither more stringent nor more lax than other universities. The University of Wisconsin has an English require- ment of "three hours of composition or exemption." "MICHIGAN IS well ahead of us." says Professor The nation's professors are shaking their heads over an emerging realiza- tion: college students in the United States have trouble writing a clear and thoughtful sentence. Some attri- bute the problem to television, some to the high schools, some to a deeper decline in the society's competence in general. Nite-Owi bus route resumes its operation By MARK PARRENT The University will resume operation of the "Nite-Owl" bus service tonight, ferrying students on a route from the Undergraduate Library to various spots around campus.w The service originally began last November after several women were assaulted near campus. It was ter- minated in May due to decreased rider- ship - caused mainly by the end of the tem WISCONSIN DUMPED its two-course requirement in the 1960s, and now has "the inevitable committee study- ing" to see whether it should be reinstituted. "I believe many of our students are good writers," Leneham says. "But an increasing number of our fresh- men still can't write." Like Michigan, Ohio State University has a one- quarter freshmen English requirement, and English i I