Page 4-Sunday, November 13, 1977--The Michigan Daily The Daily e ndorses or MISA:' Miohigan Student Assembly (MSA) elections will be held from Monday, November 14, at 9 a.m. and will continue through Wednesday at 7. Daytime polls are located at strategic points around campus for voter convenience - inside the Union, at the Fishbowl, the Engineering Arch, at the Music School and a few other heavily traveled corners. Night polls will be held at every dorm, except Baits, at dinner time on the following rotations: MONDAY - dinner time voting at South Quad, West Quad, Stockwell, and Barbour-Newberry. TUESDAY - dinner time voting at Hill Area dorms WEDNESDAY -dinner time voting at East Quad and Bursley. The voting process takes only a few minutes. Just go to a polling place with your ID card and check-off your choice of ten candidates on the mimeod ballot. Choices must be numbered preferentially - put a num- ber one before your first choice, number two before your second choice and so on up to number 10. You can vote for any number of choices less than ten. Write-ins are accepted. Ballot issues can be voted for on the same sheet of paper. Monday's election of ten at-large can- didates for seats on Michigan Student Assembly ,(MSA) calls for endorse- ments from The Daily. We regret to report that no candidate evoked from us genuine enthusiasm. We think each voter should set a high standard for MSA. We think each should choose candidates who will work hard, who have demonstrated an ability to get along with people of differing backgrounds and policy views, who un- derstand the issues facing MSA and the administration, and who bring fresh ideas to a group which frequently mulls over the same old ones for too long. , IN A TIME when MSA has regained a considerable measure of its credibility, and when the body is dealing with im- portant issues, we were surprised and dismayed to find woefully few candi- dates who had these qualities to exhibit. Most of all, there was a startling ig- norance of issues and of the way the University's policy-making process works. Recent leaders of MSA have succeeded to some degree because they learned that MSA action is most effec- tive when it acknowledges the decision- making process of the University. Too many of this term's candidates are completely in the dark. Some of those with knowledge of the process seem concerned with too narrow a base of student activity; others seemed incap- able of the type of open-minded political exchange which an elective body de- mands. Four candidates seemed capable of making substantial contributions to MSA. They are: . * Rick DeVore. A junior who already represents the business school on MSA, Rick is running for an at-large seat. He has shown an intelligent perception of MSA issues, has worked hard, and has the experience with policy-making that makes for effective representation. * Cathy Pattinson. We endorsed Cathy when she ran for an at-large seat last year. She lost by a slim margin, and is running again. She would bring dedication and intelligence to the post. Despite her loss last spring, she attend- ed MSA meetings regularly and worked on committees, gaining new expertise. * Debbie Weirs. Though Debbie is a transfer student this term, she has already involved herself in MSA com- mittee work. She has much to learn, but her energy is manifest, and was enough in itself to gain our support. * Nancy Smith. As an engineering school representative to MSA, she has learned how policy is made on campus and brings fresh ideas to the process. She, thinks MSA should address the issue of safety on campus, and wants the body to define its goals more clearly. She could help in that essential function. WE HAVE made four endorsements: The ballot calls for six more votes: Regrettably, you're on your own. The ballot also asks for a stand on the issue of reapportioning MSA memberi ship. If approved, the measure would eliminate at-large representation. Only schools and colleges would send repre- sentatives to MSA; no one could run on his or her own, proposing to represent wider constituency., This is a stupid idea. At-large representatives have tray ditionally done the bulk of MSA's work; and the current system is the best. We recommend a "No" vote on the issue. Most of this year's MSA candi- dates were interviewed by several Daily staffers last Friday. Some were unable to attend an interview, and we regret not being about to, have considered them. NNW Eighty-Eight Years of Editorial Freedom 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 58 News Phone: 764-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan AdSdd timely savings Lett ers to The HE UNIVERSITY has added a new dimension to the Winter Term Time Schedule - advertising. And it's a good idea. With the recent decision allowing ecommercials to be shown in movie theaters, advertising is reaching intol- (erable levels in this country. But the Iuse of ads in the time schedule shows an imaginative cost-cutting move by tlie University. Scheduling Office officials estimate that with ads, the cost of producing the jtime schedule has been halved, and rprofits are being used solely to produce the booklet. Also, with reduced costs, 0 per cent more schedules are being rodtced, so copies will no doubt be more ,readily available than in years past, ,, If anything is suited for advertising nowadays, the time schedule is the per- fect place. Times, numbers, course titles, and abbreviations can become t pretty monotonous - especially when jammed in fine print on page after page. As well, the magazine format of the new time schedule makes it much Fmore easy to work with than its thick predecessor, which had a tendency to flip shut at the most inopportune moments. The sole drawback to the new time ,schedule is that subject sub-headings are even smaller than they were, in the :old booklet, which doesn't help the eyes any. With reduced production costs, enlargement of the sub-heads should be easy to accomplish the next time around. And if the same is done with print size throughout, the time sched- ule will become more readable. One thing the University never seems to have enough of are cutting measures which don't anyone at all. This is one of measures. Ads may not be the cost- hurt those most time they asthetic schedule, thing to put in but in the long the run, could save the students some money on tuition bills.- 0ble rgg EDITORIAL STAFF ANN MARIE LIPINSKI JIM TOBIN1 Editors-in-Chief LOIS JOSIMOVICH.................... .. Managing Editor GEORGE LOBSENZ.. ................Managing Editor STU McCONNELL...... ......... ....Managing Editor JENNIFER MILLER.........................Managing Editor PATRICIA MONTEMURRI ....... ...... Magaging Editor KEN PARSIGIAN........................ Managing Editor BOB ROSENBAUM..........................Managing Editor MARGARET YAO...................Managing Editor SUSAN ADES JAY LEVIN Sunday Magazine Editors ELAINE FLECTCHER TOM O'CONNELL Associate Magazine Editors STAFF WRITERS: Susan Barry, Richard Berke, Brian Blan- chard, Michael Beckman, Lori Carruthers, Ken Chotiner, Eileen Daley, Lisa'Fisher, Denise Fox, Steve Gold, David Goodman, Elisa Isaacson, Michael Jones, Lani Jordan, Janet Klein, Garth Kriewall, Gregg Krupa, Paula Lashinsky; Marty Levine, Dobilas Matunonis, Carolyn Morgan, Dan Oberdorfer, Mark Parrent, Karen Paul, Stephen. Pickover, Christopher Potter, Martha Retallick, Keith Richburg, Diane Robinson, Julie Rovner, Dennis Sabo, Annmarie Schiavi, Paul Shapiro, R. J. Smith, Elizabethj Slowik, Mike Taylor, Pauline Toole, Sue Warner, Jim Warren, Linda Willcox, Shelley Wolson, Tim Yagle, Mike Yellin, Barbara Zahs, Jim Zazakis Mark Anarews, Mike Gilford, Richard Foltman Weather Forecasters PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF ALAN BILINSKY............................ Chief Photographer ANDY FREEBERG........................ Chief Photographer BRAD BENJAMIN...................Staff Photographer JOHRNKNOX.... ...E. .......Staff Photographer CHRISTINA SCHNEIDER................ Staff Photographer Spying To The Daily: The Ann Arbor Coalition to End Govern- ment Spying would like to share with the Daily and its readers some information about the Michigan state police "Red Squad" files, and we also want to re-assert our strong opposition to all forms of government spying against its citizens. In particular, we want to publicize a state action on three points of importance to all activists for social change and every; working person in Michigan. Our three demands are: Release the state police files now!, investigate political, spying now!, and open employee records: Pass HB5381 now! Over a year ago, Attorney General Frank Kelley agreed to a plan which was to result in the release of Red Squad files to the many thousands who had been spied on and intimidated by state police agencies. But the police together with Kelley have successfully stalled the notification pro- cess. Meanwhile, Kelley has allowed his staff to sabotage the process of file release by redefining just who is to be allowed his staff to sabotage the process of file re- lease by redefining just who is to be notified. His new plan would reduce to the bare minimum the number of people who would get their files. If in fact anyone could qualify. Clearly the state administration is well aware of widespread illegal activi- ties-of its own police, and their suscepti- bility to costly liability .damages if they follow through with the agreed-to file release. We must not sit idly by while the state waits for public interest to die. We know how regularly and crudely the police have violated the Constitution, and we know how desperately they want to cover that up. We can't allow the state to hide the truth from the people. In the spring of this year the state legislature came within two votes of approving a subpoena-empowered investi- gation of illegal police operations. Such an investigation would be able to establish the extent to which state police agencies have been involved in illegal, unconstitution- al and repressive covert operations. We could finally establish the scope and tax-paid costs of government spying. And we could show the links between police.and private business (e.g. Chrysler and Panax) in discriminating against employees with unpopular attitudes. We could also show how police agencies avoid the Freedom of Information Act by membership in the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit, an , international "private club" for police spying. Finally we could establish the extent to which state police agencies have been trained by the CIA in illegal covert operations against "domestic targets." House Bill 5381, the "Employee-Records Access Bill", currently under considera- tion by the legislature, would for the first time in the history of Michigan, allow working people to review and amend the personnel files kept on them by their present and past employers. Over the years there have been many instances of employers' abuse of workers' rights through collecting and disseminating mis- taken, exaggerated and false information about them, Lobbyists for business as- sociations and corporations have shown their disrespect for individual liberties by strongly opposing HB5381. They show their particular anti-constitutional posture by making their strongest pitch against the section of 5381 that forbids employers from collecting and disseminating information on the First Amendment activities of their employees! On Sunday November 13 (7:30 p.m.) our coalition will meet at 802 Monroe to organize for the demonstration at the State Capitol. We invite everyone to attend or to call 761-8283 for information on rides to Lansing on the 16th. Join with us and our statewide coalition members from which a wide array of civil liberties, religious, legal, political, feminist, neighborhood, and environmental groups. -Phil Carroll, for the Ann Arbor Coalition to end Government Spying Shah of Iran To The Daily: Attending the weekly meeting at the International Center Tuesday noon each. week, I found the speaker of the day a man from Iran. He related the terrible condi- tions that exist in his country--one hundred thousand people in jail for speaking -or actions against their government, terrible suppression of the common people by orders of the Shah. I just realized that I had a letter in my pocket that I had written the Shah in care of our U.S. State Department to be given to him when he arrives here. I handed the copy of that letter to the speaker and he read it aloud at the end of his address. The letter in full follows: The Shah of Iran c/o U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: Your happiness or sorrow after death depends upon the sorrow or happiness you brought to people, while you were here on earth. You must experience both. My father has spoken to me since he left this life here on.earth. He advised me not to produce the sorrow he did here cn earth for other people so as not to have to experience what he is experiencing now. You might find this good advice for your welfare too--if you must exper- ience all the pain in your dealings here on earth produce for a vast number of people, you will gain great happiness by helping all your com- mon people. I hope that this know- ledge may be of great help to you by preventing terrible sorrow after leaving the earth. I am sure there is aii future life; my father has proved it. With lots of concern for your happiness, I am, I believe in life after death as many Christians do. When he realizes what he has done to hurt others will be done to him if he does not ask his Creator to forgive him' and then forget it, he must experience the same sorrow. The law is akin to the law of gravity. Built into the design and develop- ment of civilization of man's kingdom,.this planet, it applies to the life style and. conduct of every person on earth. Learn it and abide by it and cleanse your soul for pleasure in your soul. -Floyd Malkemus' To The Daily: Ford answers Usually I take the Daily's pseudo- liberal journalism with a grain of salt, as do most students at the University. However, Bob Rosenbaum's article in the November 4 Daily on former President Ford's "non-answers" to student ques- tions, was such an incredibly blatant exercise in journalistic negligence, I figured it warranted at least one indignant "Letter To The Daily". Apparently lRosenbaum's; article was trying to demonstrate that "no one can become the President of the United States unless they don't answer questions better than they answer them." Since Rosen- baum's article took up almost half of the editorial page, I was expecting a multitude of examples illustrating Ford's alleged knack for evasiveness in answering ques, tions. Instead, Rosenbaum only cites one example where Fqrd did not directly answer a student's question. (The one question he uses to prove his point is eyen a poor example. The question asked to Ford on world hunger was somewhat confusing, since the questioner was talking about arms limitations talks before switching the subject of his question to world hunger). Rosenbaum must have really been frustrated that he could not come up with more than one example, because the dialogue from this one example is repeated twice in the same article! Because Ford failed to answer one somewhat confusing question, Rosenbaum proceeds to sarcas- tically question the educational benefits that were derived from the former President's visit and concludes that 'for the first time, we can see how Ford lost his 1976 White House bid to Jimmy Carter.' Somehow, I missed the cause and effect reasoning there. President Ford's visiting Professorship has certainly evoked some interesting. debate on the educational value of his lectures. Ford's visit last week would have been the perfect opportunity for an. objective in-depth evaluation of his Pro- fessorship in the Daily. Instead, the Daily. seemed more interested in living up to its newly developed credo: "Why print some- 'thing substantive when it's so much easier to take a cheap shot?" --John H. Cable Editorials which appear without a by-line represent a con- sensus opinion of the Daily's editorial board. All oth-r editorials, as well as cartoons, are the opinions of the individuals who sub- - 1 m it them. :-:.:-:.:..:::::-:::.::::::::::::.:::::t.:::::::.. . LOOKINGBACK THE WEEK IN REVIEW To the Supreme Court IS usan VanHattum and Diane La- zinsky aren't through yet. The two University students, told by the courts to reveal their votes in last ,A pril's mayoral election, may take P heir cases to the Supreme Court. Disappointed over last week's ruling by the Michigan Court of jAppeals that said the 20 people who unknowingly voted improperly in the Contested election are not protected >y the right to secrecy, lawyers for the two student voters have filed an .emergency appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. If that doesn't work, hey promise, they are willing to go Ptn the nl1tm nt' mithate the voters' right to a secret ballot be protected," said an ACLU attorney last week. "No one government agency has the right to know how any one person, let. alone 20 people" voted." So far, the courts don't agree. TU troubles T he Ann Arbor Tenants Union (TU) revealed Thursday that thieves have embezzled money from their general escrow fund, which holds rent monies of tenants who are on rent strikes. TU members said the amount taln frnm the fund is unknnwn tn more--both former TU workers--are suspects. Detective Sergeant Norm- an Olmstead of the Ann Arbor Police Department is conducting the invest- igation, but refuses to comment on how it is going. Because of the theft, the TU has frozen its escrow accounts, accepting no new deposits nor releasing money it now has in the general fund. The union has also hired an auditor to review its financial books. After the TU revelation, tenants whose escrow money is tied up with the TU still seemed faithful to the TU. "I've got $900 that right now cannot be returned," said Jay Walker, a But underlying their outward posi- tiveness, concern still exists as to why the theft occurred and how the TU can make sure it doesn't crop up again in the future. Ozone loses over principles O zone House learned the hard way last week that principles can be costly. Because of the counseling center's belief in the secrecy of a runaway's whereabouts violates state law, Ozone is being denied free access to an information relay system on runaway youths used by nine other similar organizations in the state. The House is also being denied a big chunk of state aid. on the service, and also reaffirmed their belief in the runaway's right to avoid parental contact. Because of this stance, $26,000 of possible state aid is also being denied. Ozone employes, however, won't back down. "Sometimes (runaways) just need a one day reprieve before they feel they can go home," said one employe. "What can you do? Just say, 'Goodbye'?" Liquid protein deadliness Americans have long been willing to do almost anything to be thin. Lately, they've been willing to die. The latest in a long line of fad diets the deaths or more than a dozen women who died during or immed iately after observing the liquid- protein ritual can be at least partially blamed on the controversial product.: Although there have been no fatali=- ties reported in Ann Arbor as a result - of the liquid protein, the product is a' popular over the couiter drug-store item, pharmacists report, and has been cited for causing potassium deficencies, abnormal liver function. and general fatigue in area eaters. "It's garbage," said Ealph Nader Research Group Director Dr. Sidney Wolfe last week in defiance of the product some overweight proponents" hail as a godsend. "If they weren't i