The Michigan Dolly-Tuesday, July 18, 1978-Page 3 Pro remembers native USSR By MICHAEL ARKUSH sentencing dissidents Anatoly Shcharansky and changes which they need badly, it might Lev Lifshitz-Losev has a dream. He sees himself Aleksandr Ginzburg. He called the action part of a more effective way of pressuring them," he back in his native Russia with all his friends and fellow Soviet plan to crack down on dissidents and dissuade Since the Carter administration initiated poets. But the dream abruptly ends when he realizes other Russians from joining the dissident movement. stance on human rights, many observers hs that a return voyage to the Soviet Union would only be He added that many Russians may become frightened ded the publicity has harmed, and not enh a one-way ticket. after seeing the stiff sentences handed down to the two dissidents' human rights struggle. White "I realize that Russian society wouldn't change and dissidents last week. ficials have privately told President Carl there I'd be again without any chance of returning to "But just like those Russians who survived the Stalin down his human rights policy so the Soy the United States. In fact, I am quite relieved when I years, there are going to be many dissidents who become more lenient. wake up," said Lifshitz. . couldn't be frightened and who realizethat in the end ir 1sung s1 trgg wsluMc-Ju inusau1 1 A T 41-1T fk h become a said. its strong ve conten- anced, the House of- er to tone iets would 'ifntn~ LIFSHITZ, WHO immigrated to the U.S. from Leningrad in 1976, is a University associate professor at the Slavic Languages Department. Looking back at his native Russia, the former Leningrad resident sharply criticized the Soviets for their long struggle will be justiied," said Lifshitz. LIFSHITZ PRAISED the human rights slogans of the Carter administration but called for more active methods to pressure the Soviets. "I hink that by not giving them the cultural ex- l.IFSH ITZ DEN NUT beleve the administration s human rights policy has hurt the dissidents. "The more publicity created by the American President's position is good for the dissidents," he said. "With more publicity, the news travels faster to the or- See PROF, Page 6 Ex-TA unhappy with reason for By MITCH CANTOR Wendy Schacknow, who was told yesterday why her teaching assistan- tship was discontinued for this year, says she is not satisfied with the ex- planation she received. The former Theatre Movement teaching assistant (TA) was given ver- bal notice last April of her job denial by a department official. Schacknow had received no written explanation or notification of her position rejection 'If I wasn't qualified ... how come I was hired for a year?' -Former TA Wendy Schachnow prior to yesterday. After sending five letters to University officials, she was informed of the reason behind her denial. EDGAR WILLIS, chairman of the Speech Communications and Theatre Department, wrote in his reply that Schacknow "did not have sufficient background in theatre to provide the in- struction we need." Schacknow, though not surprised, was unhappy with the reply. "I think it's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard in my life. If I wasn't rttoda job denial qualified ... how come I was hired for a year?" Schacknow said. "I THINK it's a cover-up. There was pressure put on him (Willis) to an- swer," she charged. Schacknow blamed her rejection on "personality conflicts" between herself and other department members. She declined to name the faculty members involved. Like Schacknow, her replacement received a degree from the University's dance department. "The only thing he has that I have no training in is mime," she charged. Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) President Mike Clark did not question the explanation Schacknow received. "In all honesty I would have to say that it's justified," he said. But he added that personal conflicts within the department could have played some part in the decision. "THAT KIND OF thing (personal dif- ferences) is hard to pin down. It wouldn't be unusual in any Theatre department anywhere," Clark said. Clark's main complaint about Schacknow's dismissal was "the way it was handled,",referring to the lack of written comminication between the University and the former TA. "If we graduate student assistants had been under contract she'd have grounds for a grievance-no two ways about that," Clark said. THOUGH SCHACKNOW said she does not intend to attempt any legal ac- See EX-TA, Page 14 i nmgr o rga re tnig up Some people can't chew gum and walk at the same time and these jugglers would really put them to shame. The jugglers paraded through Eugene, Oregon, as part of the 31st Juggler's Association convention. /. Murder arraignment A 29-year-old Ypsilanti man was arrested yester- day on an open charge of murder in connection with the shooting death of another Ypsilanti man Sunday afternoon. Ann Arbor police responded to a can at 1:01 a.m. to 2005 Huron Parkway where they found Raymond Duckete had been shot three times in the hip, arm and head with a .32-caliber revolver. Charged in the murder is Tyrone Wiley, whose ex- wife lives at the Huron Parkway address. Wiley reportedly went to his ex-wife's home to pick up his, children when ge got into an argument with Duckete. Happenings .. a . . begin at the School of Art's Slusser Gallery with a showing of the works of Pamela Ziemba- Kladzyk, a University alum. The showing runs from 9-4, Monday through Friday, until August 5 .. . the Revolutionary Communists Youth Brigade sponsors a program discussing the Bakke decision at 7 in the International Center, next to the Union.. . candidates vying for the position of Washtenaw County juvenile court judge meet for an open forum at 8 in the lower cafeteria of Ypsilanti High School. No exit Prisoners with time on their hands in Seattle's King County Jail can't use reading as an escape. The jail's library screens books for information that might help prisoners break out. The library does, however, stock other books which might lead to legal exit from the slammer. Jail librarian Don Willis said he gets 2,500 requests a year for material on the criminal justice system. At least two prisoners have had their convictions reversed after studying the jail's law literature, he said. The facility's 690 prisoners aren't allowed to bring in any of their own books or have books brought in by visitors. The jail library has just two rules for selec- tions of its titles: no books on how to make bombs or how to pick locks. Aw, come on-give the prisoners a break. - There's a hitch The good thing about David Brannen's trailer is that it's small enough to fit in tight places. The bad thing is it only sleeps one. But that hasn't posed much of a problem-thus far to no one else has been dying to use it. The California Department of Motor Vehicles registration lists its body type as "1973 model coffin." The 23-year-old West Covina, Calif. mechanic says he originally bought the coffin to makea stereo cabinet, but decided it would make a better trailer and portable bed. So he hooked it up to his motorcycle, put it on wheels and now he's ready to roll-or rest peacefully when the rolling grows wearisome. On the outside Let a smile be your umbrella and you may end up getting wet today. There's a chance-of afternoon thundershowers as the humidity rises and the tem- perature climbs into the mid-80s.