Vol LXXXIX, No. 64-S The lichigSan Daly1 Sixteen Pages Ann Arbor, Michigan Ten Cents 'U' says foreign funds accepted with caution By JOHN GOYER The University does not seek donations from foreign assistant professorship in Islamic studies and an an- In an era of belt-tightening and budget cuts, the countries, according to Carolyn Davis, associate vice- nual special lecture in that field. University has turned, in a few cases, to foreign gover- President for academic affairs and the University ad- The University's Near Eastern studies department nments to support University programs - but faculty ministrator in charge of international affairs. said the teaching of Islamic studies is vital to the and administrators insist there are no political strings She said the University actively solicits funds abroad department, yet the position had remained vacant due attached to any of the foreign money. only after a certain department advises the administr- to lack of funds for seven years before the UAE stepped University officials say they would not accept money tion that it needs funds for a particular purpose, and in. with conditions, and they are especially sensitive to the possibility exists that a foreign government might "I WONDER what is unethical about it," shrugged questions about funding from two Mideast sources, the be awilling donor. Near Eastern Studies Chairman Gernot Windfuhr. United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the two state- SHE CITED AS an example the funding from the Windfuhr said Monday that the two Arab gover- supported Libyan universities. UAE. nments' desire to fund Islamic studies here stemmed THE JAPANESE, Dutch, and German governments The UAE has donated about $30,000 a year to the from a general re-awakening in the Arab world of in- also donate money to support University programs. University for the last four years to support a visiting See 'U', Page 2 New firm agrees to buy WIQB, WNRS; format shifts unlikely I I By JULIE ENGEBRECHT Area radio stations WIQB-FM and WNRS-FM will be sold to a company specifically formed to purchase the two stations, the stations' owner said yesterday. The deal is expected to be approved by the Federal Com- munications Commission (FCC) before Jan. 1. John Casciani, current owner of Radio-Ann Arbor, Inc., which owns both stations, said he expects the for- mat on both stations to continue for the time being. He explained the probably buyers cited the current appeal of WIQB and WNRS as reasons for the pending purchase. LAKE AMERICA Communications, the company created to purchase the area broadcasting stations, is owned by Thomas Merriman and Ernie Winn of Dallas, Tex. Winn is expected to move to Ann Arbor to become general manager of both WIQB and WNRS. Casciani, who has been owner- operator of both stations for three years, said WIQB and WNRS should begin operating under ita new owners before. Jan. 1, contingent on when the FCC approves the sale. The sale price of the stations is $1,235,000. BOB MURRAY, news director at WIQB, said the new owners have "not made it clear what they are planning," but said he doesn't expect either station's format to change drastically. "They are feeling out the area," Murray said. WIQB, 103 FM, plays album-oriented rock and jazz, and WNRS, 1290 AM, features modern country music. BULLETIN At least 11 police officers last night subdued an apparent fight between a group of about 20 blacks and an equal number of whites at the corner of State and E. William Sts. at around 11:15 p.m. Although a black youth was handcuf- fed, police later released him. Asked if there were any arrests, one policeman said, "None that I know of." Witnesses said the police refused to give their names or badge numbers. At one point, according to two witnesses, several policemen who had been stan- ding between the groups began chasing black youths. AP Phofo KKK on march Ku Klux Klan members, staging a "White power" march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, form a circle around a burning cross Thursday night on U.S. 80, 15 miles east of Salem. See story, Page 7. 'U' Cellar strike vote 'depends' on weekend actions By PATRICIA HAGEN After a week-long delay because of unexpected proposals offered by two members of the University Cellar Board of Directors, the bookstore's employees will decide next Tuesday whether to give their union negotiation team the power to call a strike. Both sides say the outcome of the strike authorization vote is likely to depend on both the progress of union- management negotiations this weekend and the full board's reaction Monday to the proposals made last week to the employees by two board members. BILL VARGO, a negotiator for Local 660 of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) which represents about 70 Cellar employees, emphasized the outcome of the vote "is dependent on what happens this weekend." Talks between the union and. management teams have been slowed by the management's reluctance to discuss at the bargaining table deman- ds by the employees that they be guaranteed input into the store's decision-making process. Two members of the Cellar Board of Directors-which oversees the management of the store-attempted to overcome the "philosophical" problem by proposing that the decision-making structure be discussed by a joint com- mittee of board members and em- ployees. They also recommended amending the store by-laws to include two employees as voting board mem- bers. THE BOARD members who devised the proposals-University Prof. Tim Nantell and Assistant VicePresident. for Student Services Kathleen Dan- pington said other critical issues in- nemiller-pledged to "sell" their lude the definition of the bargaining suggestions to the entire board at its unit, the economic package, the meeting next Monday. establishment of either a "union" or That move was viewed as an act of "open" shop, and other protective "good faith" by the union and prompted clauses. Those issues will be discussed them to delay their strike authorization this weekend, he said. vote, which was scheduled for earlier A' STRIKE AT the bookstore, this week. That delay in turn was especially if conducted during the fall viewed by the management as an act of book rush, would affect thousands of "good faith" on the union's part. University students who normally buy The board's reaction to the proposals required textbooks at the store. The could strongly influence the union's Cellar controls about 60 per cent of the decision the next day about whether to campus textbook market. grant the negotiators the power to calla The bargaining team representatives strike, according to negotiators. have reported improved progress BUT UNION negotiator Felicia during August, attributing the Cassanso said the board's decision "is breakthroughs to the addition of a new only one issue" in determining whether negotiator hired by the store the employees will eventually strike. management and the increased threat Cellar Assistant Manager John Sap ofa strike.