The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 18,.1979-Page 3 ALMOST 5000 EXPECTED TO ATTEND 'Die-in' to protest nuclear power By VICKI HENDERSON Approximately 5,000 anti-nuclear power protesters are expected to participate in a symbolic "die-in" and funeral procesion past Detroit Edison on June 2, an Ar- bor Alliance spokeswoman said yesterday. The site for the protest, sponsored by the Arbor. Alliance in conjunction with the Lake Erie Alliance, is Nike Park, an old missile base about 10 miles out of Monroe, where Detroit Edison is located. RALLY PARTICIPANTS are scheduled to meet at Nike Park at Telegraph and Newport Roads at noon June 2. Following speakers the "symbolic die-in," a dramatization of the effects of nuclear power acciden- ts, and "funeral procession" will drive past the Fermi 2 plant. The Alliance is looking into renting a hearse to lead the procession, spokeswoman Kathy Keresztesi said. Also endorsing the rally is the Safe Energy Coaliton of Detroit (SECOD). Tom Doonan, spokesman for Stop Fermi of SECOD said he hopes the rally will make more people aware of the issue and will better educate those already involved in the fight against nuclear power. Doonan said he hopes the rally will result in somersupport from labor organizations and bring public pressure on nuclear power. Doonan said speakers will be at the rally represen= ting labor and minorities. There will also be speakers on nuclear weapons, alternative life-styles, such as solar energy, and the energy crisis. THE PUBLIC Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) is another sponsor of the June 2 rally. Laura Dely, University PIRGIM member said they "will be helping in any way we can." PIRGIM will be publicizing the event, and is sponsoring abus trip to the rally which will leave the Union at 10:00 June 2. Round- trip fare is $4. Marion Frane, a spokeswoman for PIRGIM in Lan- sing, said the rally should draw the attention of legislators. The rally will also advise interested per- sons on how to organize community groups against nuclear power. Frane said 60 sponsoring organizations are involved in the rally. Nuclear power is a way for power companies, Detroit Edison and Consumers Power in particular, to make money, said Keresztesi. She said the Alliance See NUKE, Page 20 Low bar exam scores fuel arguments to repeal test UPI with Staff Reports The poor showing by Michigan law school graduates on the latest state bar examination fuels the argument for repeal of the test, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Basil Brown (D- Highland Park), said yesterday. Brown, who introduced legislation in April to eliminate the law board requirement, said the exam is a subjec- tive test that has no effect on the num- ber of qualified law school graduates practicing law in Michigan. THE STATE Board of Law Examiners said this week 43 per cent of the law school graduates who took the exam in February failed, despite three years of training. yOne member of the Board of Law Examiners criticized one student's penmanship and spelling, rather than his knowledge of the law," Brown said. 'Now, if we are going to be concerned with spelling words correctly on a high- pressured test, then I suspect we need to add rhetoric to the list of required courses in our law schools and spend less time concerned with teaching these people the law." BROWN, WHO is hospitalized for a heart ailment, said the examination traditionally has been used "to weed out prospective attorneys. "I personally believe that if you are rttoda going to prescribe to this tactic, it should be done while students are in law school and not after they have suc- cessfully completed the course work," he said. Susan Eklund, Assistant Dean of the University's Law School said she is "not sure this (elimination of the licen- sing procedure) is the best way to protect the public." BROWN SAID law schools would be forced to tighten their curricula if the bar exam is eliminated. Eklund said she feels "high quality schools would be ashamed to have their curricula tampered with." Law School Dean, Terrence San- dalow was unavailable for comment. He will return from Washington, D.C. Monday. Brown said, "I think those of us working with the law realize that the responsibility of producing qualified at- torneys does not rest with a testing mechanism nor with the student. "The responsibility rests with those people administering our law schools." Of the 596 persons who took the test, 339 passed. The University posted the best results of Michigan's five law schools, with a 67 per cent passing rate. Lansing's Cooley Law School brought up the rear with a passing rate of 53 per cent of its studen- ts. Monster-rot? AP Photo Soviet Anatoli Karpov greets a Universal Studio employee in Los Angeles yester- day. Karpov stopped off in Los Angeles for a visit before he meets with President Carter next week. Mis-monickered A Washington Post music reviewer recently men- tioned our fair city in writing about the New Bar- barians, a rock group which commenced its tour in Ann Arbor. The city was described as "hopelessly influenced by Detroit." In fact, he said, A' is so overwhelmed by the Motor City that the University named a stadium after the Number Three automaker: Chrysler. A spelling and history lesson is in order-Crisler Arena is named after former athletic director-Fritz Crisler. Beastly conduct in an animal house In an ironic exaggeration of the National Lam- poon's movie Animal House, the University of Rhode Island chapter of the Phi Mu Delta fraternity was kicked out of the national organization yester- day because of alleged "deplorable actions" ranging from rape arrests to a demolition derby. "I've had a lot of pressure from the university to take action against them and, quite frankly, I'm tired of dealing with the situation," said the frater- nity's national president, William Myers. In the past teo months, four members of the URI chapter were arrested: two for allegedly assaulting a 19- year-old woman, and two for allegedly raping a 19- year-old URI student while she was visiting the house. Myers also said officials at URI told him the URI chapter has smashed a number of cars in the. area. "Sure, we've had incidents and fights, but nothing major," said Stephen Cirella, spokesman for residents of the URI Phi Mu Delta house. "Basically we've had a problem with incidents that are bad for public relations." Blutto, D-Day, and Flounder may have been too pleased to fine URI feet in their footprints. Happenings" ... today is Handicapped Awareness Day, and on the Diag and in the Fishbowl, the Ann Arbor Mayor's Committee on the Handicapped and the University Office of Disabled Student Services will mark the occasion with a street theatre called "Witless Wheelies" at 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 p.m.; the Academy Award-nominated film, A Different Ap- proach will be shown on the hour, each hour, from noon until 5 p.m.; information booths and displays also will be set up. . . at 8 p.m., Rosemary Gebert, director of the language arts program of Waldorf Institute of Mercy College, will speak on "The Walford Way to Literacy: Language Arts in the Waldorf School," at the Rudolf Steiner House, 1923 Geddes ... Astronomy Prof. Gunther Elste will discuss "Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights" at 8:30 p.m. in Aud. B, Angell Hall. The film, Powers of Ten, will also be shown. On the outside Say goodbye to the sunshine. Today will be cloudy, with widely scattered thundershowers an a high near 800. The low will be in the low 50s. NOW