HOUSING HIKE See editorial page E LIE4v!AUI 1i~ai1F BALMY See Today for details Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom 0I. XC, No..86 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 16, 1980 Ten Cents Ten Pages Along with class size, Econ. Dept. anger grows By ADRIENNE LYONS Economics-called the "dismal science" by some-is apparently becoming less dismal and *ore popular with many University students. Even upper-level courses in the University's Economics Department are severely over- crowded, a condition that some faculty mem- bers feel may result in poorer quality instruc- tion. "We're in a boom in economics. It has put us under pressure," Economics Prof. William Shepherd said yesterday. "It's nice to be in demand, but it's tough for the students." SHEPHERD SENT a memorandum to his colleagues last month criticizing LSA for not helping the department. "We are being forced to carry extreme pressures as teachers, and yet we are also failing to provide quality courses for students who choose economics," Shepherd's memorandum said. "And we are going belly-up to an unresponsive LSA ... all we are achieving is a severe work overload and large numbers of (justifiably) angry students. How about it, leaders of the power structure? Shall we all close our courses next fall at 50 and tell studen- ts to sit in at (University President) Hal Shapiro's office? Or Saul's (Department Chairman Hymans)? or Billy Frye's?" "The dean's office had eight or 10 positions open for the whole campus, but really there's got to be more," Shepherd said. "Normal at- trition allows for more than that. The dean's of- fice hasn't gone out of their way to help." Shepherd suggested the addition of visiting faculty to alleviate the problem. Shepherd said he has heard little resonse from his colleagues. "My memo was saying 'Let's complain.' It's no great crusade. But if we make a fuss, we might get more (funds)," Shepherd said. UNDERGRADUATE enrollment in economics courses has increased by almost 28 per cent since 1975. The increases are hitting the department hardest in its intermediate level courses, according to Economics Teaching Assistant Syung Choie. According to faculty members and students, the solution to the problem is to increase the number of faculty - in the department. But despite repeated increased funding requests, LSA has been unable to help the department. See ANGER, Page 2 'We're in a boom in economics. It's' nice to be in demand, but it's tough for the, students.' -Economics Prof. William Shepherd Iran orders reporters out by Friday Crypt A worker cleans paint from the crypt of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday after it was vandalized only hours before ceremonies defaced marking the 51st anniversary of King's birth. See story, Page 7. EDITOR OF HARPER'S A T HOPWOOD CEREMONY: TEHRAN, Iran (AP)-Iran yester- day ordered American reporters to leave the country by midnight Friday in a move one Iranian official said could help ease the embassy crisis by "lowering the temperature" and taking pressure off the militants who hold the American hostages. The United States, meanwhile, moved to build up pressure on the Iranians by rounding up support from the NATO allies for economic sanctions against Iran. THE CARTER administration also pressed its court action against the Iranians. Lawyers for the' U.S. gover- nment formally presented a lengthy. legal brief on its case against Iran before the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands. The court is the main legal arm of the United Nations. ABC News quoted unnamed U.N. sources in New York as saying Iran's revolutionary Moslem leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, would accept U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim as an intermediary in the U.S.-Iran crisis. It said Mansour Farhang, Iran's chief of mission at the United Nations, had received a message from the Foreign Ministry stating Waldheim was acceptable. The secretary-general made a four- day visit to Iran two weeks ago to try and negotiate the release bf the hostages but Khomeini refused to see him. ABOLGHASSEM SADEGH, director of foreign press at the Ministry of National Guidance, said the explusion of reporters for U.S. news organizations would mean that "the students (em- Speaker slams today's literature W By DOUG FELTNER, Harper's Magazine Editor Lewis Lapham, speaking yesterday at the ceremony for the 1980 Hopwood creative writing awards; attacked the authors of contemporary literature for whom "society at large remains chiefly a fiction." In his speech, entitled "The Shattered Mirror: The Non-existence of Contem- rary American Letters," Lapham serted that most American authors since 1960 have either catered to the public fad or fancy in an effort to sell their books and themselves, or have communicated only to select groups and not to the American public as a whole. LAPHAM WAS the key'note speaker at yesterday's Hopwood Awards for freshpersons and sophomores. Winners were also announced for the Academy of American Poets Award, the Bain- Swiggett Prize, the Gutterman Award and the Jeffrey Weisberg Memorial Prize in Creative Writing, as well as the Roy W. Cowden Memorial Fellowships. Speaking before some 200 people in the Rackham Amphitheatre, Lapham criticized modern writers who he said reduce social problems, to metaphor and symbol in an effort to keep them- selves disassociated from the world. They claim that "nothing is their fault," Lapham said. Lapham said these authors represent a more general trend in American society. "The nation possesses neither the desire nor the courage to know it- self," Lapham contended. A TOTAL of 13 Hopwood awards were distributed at the ceremony yesterday. Freshperson Lisa Rapport was the top underclass prize winner, winning three awards, one in fiction and two in fresh- man essay, totaling $325 in prize money. Upon winning the awards, Rapport expressed shock and surprise. "You're See EDITOR, Page5 bassy militants) might be more relaxed and the hostages might be more relaxed in turn. "I thinkit will be good for Iran, the' United States and the hostages," he said, adding that the move could "lower the temperature ... and might help the situation as a whole." The 50 or so American hostages have been held prisoner at the embassy since Moslem militants seized the complex Nov. 4, demanding the return of the exiled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in exchange for their hostages' freedom. IRAN'S RULING Revolutionary Council and Cabinet ministers decided Monday to eject the 100 or so Americaan reporters here from the See IRAN, Page 10 Rebels hinder Soviets in Afghan istan From the Associated Press Anti-communist rebels, reportedly fighting a losing battle against a modern Soviet force, claimed yester- day to be disrupting movement along three roads into Kabul, forcing the Soviets to airlift troop reinforcements and supplies into the Afghanistan capital, a Pakistani newspaper repor- ted. On the political front, the Soviets, angered by a U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for withdrawl of their troops from Afghanistan, denounced the action as intervention in Afghanistan's affairs. America and its Western allies planned additional reprisals for the Soviet intervention. THE DAILY newspaper Nawae Waqt of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, carried the report of the rebel action against the highways. It quoted rebel sources across the Pakistani border in Afghanistan. The same sources said rebels had killed the governor of the northern province of Baghlan. It has been impossible to verify such rebel battlefield claims independently. Western diplomats in Kabul have said, however, that the Russian troops have clamped down to a large degree on the Moslem rebellion and there was little fighting anywhere. LSA student wins coveted $15,000 Rhodes scholarship By BILLY NEFF What do Kris Kristofferson, Howard K. Smith, Senator Bill Bradley, and Ihor Fedorowycz have in common? They are Rhodes Scholars and will have spent two years of their lives studying in Oxford, England. The latest addition to this illustrious list is Fedorowycz, a senior in LSA and the first University student in 13 years to receive this, coveted honor. Seven students from Michigan State University have been awarded Rhodes schoalrs in the past 10 years. WINNING THE award means that Fedorowycz will tceive a $15,009 scholarship annually for the next two years d the opportunity to study at Oxford University. This award "opens up new doors for the future," Federowycz said. And for Federowycz the doors have already begun to open. He said he has received congratulatory letters from congresspersons, much publicity, and a letter from the assistant dean of the University's Law School informing Fedorowycz of the school's interest in him. "By the time the choices were made I was very relieved, surprised, and dumbfounded. You're really sad for people who didn't make it," he said. DURING THE ARDUOUS selection process Fedorowycz never stopped believing in himself. "I thought my chances were good since I was well-rounded. My interests include everything from hunting and fishing to making and seeing films. But even then, you know it's an unbelievable longshot. There are so many people for so few slots." Fedorowycz, a political science and Russian and East European studies major, has played soccer for the Univer- sity club while also participating in several different sports for the Ukranian Sports Club in Detroit. When Fedorowycz was informed in mid-December that he had won the award, he said he wasn't sure which thrill was bigger, his game-winning goal gainst arch-rival Michigan State or the Rhodes Scholar. During his sophomore and junior years Fedorowycz, a Livonia native, led the soccer club in scoring and during his four year career has tallied over 20 goals. THE LATE CECIL RHODES had a very special sort of person in mind when he founded the award. He was looking See FEDOROWYCZ, Page 5 Daily Photo by PAUL ENGSTROM Rhodes scholar Ihor Fedorowycz plays soccer, skis .and is a Political Science and Russian and East European Studies major at the University. U I m zas among four people. If they had won a football game on New Year's Day, they might have had trouble dividing up Pasadena's roses. Di Charred feelings Students for a Progressive Government on Sunday strung a banner in the Diag that announced the group's voter registration campaign, but yesterday mor- ning all that was left was a charred stick. "It's the wrong type of representation for U of M to have," said Stacy Stefanopoulois, who is running for the Second Ward Coun- cil Democratic nomination. The registration drive at the ployer, closed earlier this month. "I thought it was a hell of a gesture," said Hamtramck Mayor Robert Kozaren. "I know his intentions are good." Qi Can they be bought? A Minneapolis millionaire who often spends thousands of dollars on philanthropic projects has offered the Ayatollah Khomeini $50 million for the release of the American em- bassy hostages in Iran. Percy Ross, a 63-year-old known for his unconventional give-aways, said on Baltimore's WJZ- TV "People Are Talking" show Moday that he sent Khomeini a telegram detailing his ransom offer. Ross, who once spent $20.000 on a retirement party for his favorite. hour, the forecast on the national Weather Service's local FM radio station was followed by a salty expletive every four minutes. "It was very unfortunate and we're very em- barrassed," said Des Moines office chief Perry Baker. Baker said the forecaster, making the tape for the Sunday broadcasts, made a mistake in the recording, tried to correct it, and then cursed. "He thought he had it erased, but he was making two tapes at the same time and the wor- ds got on the second tape," Baker said. He added that someone in the office noticed the remark after it had run for about 40 minutes. Baker declined to name the forecaster. Q On the inside tho nip I II