4 FISHBOWL II See editorial page £StE igan, t1 SLUSH See Today for details Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom Vol. XC, No. 139 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, March 27, 1980 Ten Cents Ten Pages Ferris State College prof gunned down in class , ., ..W ..4L_. .,' ..1...4 Daily Photo by DAVID HARRIS A CLIENT OF the Center for Fitness and Sports Research undergoes a body composition test in the CCRB. This is just one of a number of tests given to customers of the fitness program. Fitness lab declares open season. on unfIt From wire service and staff reports BIG RAPIDS - A Ferris State College professor was shot and killed in front of an accounting class of about 30 students yesterday -afternoon by a gunman identified as one of his studen- ts. Robert Brauer, an associate professor of accounting, died enroute to Mecosta County General Hospital. There were no other injuries reported. The gunman walked into Brauer's Ac- counting 323 class about 20 minutes af-' ter class started. He fired four shots at Brauer from a .32 caliber handgun and was then subdued by two students and taken into custody by police. The suspect was identified as Thomas Kakonis, 20, of Big Rapids. He was one of Brauer's students and son of an associate dean of Ferris School of General Education. Students say Kakonis was reportedly upset about a grade Brauer had given him. Campus police, acting on a tip from a student, were on their way to the classroom when Brauer was shot, college spokespersons said. "A STUDENT apparently thought he saw a gun in a bag or a briefcase and notified an assistant dean who then notified campus police," said Patricia Coyle, Ferris Public Affairs Director. Kakonis is being held at the Mecosta County Jail on an open charge of mur- der. An open murder charge allows a jury to consider at least three possible guilty verdicts as well as a verdict of innocent. Kakonis is in a four-year accounting program at Ferris and was enrolled in one of two sections of a course taught by Brauer, college officials said. It was not known, howver, whether he was enrolled in the section being taught by Brauer when the shooting occurred. THE MURDER shook the mid-sized campus, located in this western Michigan city, 50 miles north of Grand Rapids. "The campus is in a state of shock," said Ferris student Jim Mantel. The remaining classes at this 10,000 student state university were cancelled after the shooting yesterday. "It was like something you see on TV," said an unidentified student who was in the classroom at the time of the shooting. Witnesses said the gunman was about six feet away from Brauer when the shots were fired. Students said the gunman reportedly pretended .he was going to hand Brauer something, shot him four times and then leaned over and looked at - the body. Brauer, 34, had been at the college since 1976. His wife, Katherine is a secretary in office administration at the business school The couple had no children. Indiana's Bobby Knight wanted Orr's position, but job goes to Frieder By GREG DAVIS As spring blooms and bathing suit season looms ever nearer, those who could stand to lose a few pounds might want to do something about it - but some fitness-minded persons may need some advice on a safe and effective exercise program. The Center for Fitness and Sports Research at the Central Campus Recreation Building can help an in- dividual develop a plan to get in shape.- According to Center Director Fred Garman, the purpose of the facility is "to promote regular physical ac- tivity" and set regular exercise schedules for clients. THROUGH CAREFUL and exten- sive tests, the exercise technicians determine just how much exercise a person can safely do. Depending on the individual, exercise programs may include a combination of walking, swimming, running, bicycling and a variety of other physical activities. Even more important than the type of exercise L person does-is the maintenance of a regular exercise schedule, Garman said. "Regularity is the key," he, stressed. THE RECOMMENDED amount of exercise is "three times a week, 30 minutes per session minimum, so that the heart elevates to 60 to 80 per cent of the maximum rate during that time," Garman said. An exercise program is planned for a client after a battery of tests is conducted. ONE CLIENT, a doctor from University Hospital, underwent a pulmonary functions test. He breathed into a device called a See FITNESS, Page 6 Ferris State President Robert Ewigleben called the shooting a "stun- ning tragedy." "Mr. Brauer was a fine young scholar and was highly regarded in the academic community," Weigleben said. "We deeply mourn this tragic event." By DREW SHARP Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight applied for - and was denied - Michigan's head coaching position vacated by Johnny Orr's move to Iowa State, according to an informed source. The same source confirmed that Orr's assistant for the past seven years, Bill Frieder, will be named the new head basketball coach. University Sports Information Direc- tor Will Perry could not confirm the report of Knight's unsuccessful ap- plication. He said that Athletic Director Don Canham told him nothing about Knight before Canham left town Tuesday night. NEITHER CANHAM nor Knight could be reached last night for com- ment The official announcement of the new Michigan head basketball coach is ex- pected Monday. Frieder continues to deny all reports that he will get the position. He said he has not yet been contacted by Canham about the job. FRIEDER, IN Washington on a recruiting trip, could not be reached for comment on the most recent develop- ments. "There's no way that it could hap- pen," said Assistant Sports Information Director Bruce Madej. "We have to wait at least five days because of inter- collegiate rules and also the choice must be approved by the Board in Con- trol of Intercollegiate Athletics and they have not been asked yet." Before leaving town, Canham pointed out that federal law mandates that a non-academic position must be adver- tised long enough for interested ap- plicants to have sufficient time to ap- ply. BUT IT IS believed that the posting requirements and Board confirmation are just formalities - the real decision rests with Canham. Other possible successors to Orr who have been mentioned are Minnesota head coach Jim Dutcher and Arizona head coach Fred Snowden. Both have served as assistants under Orr previously.? WHEN CONTACTED about the possibility of being chosen, Snowden said, "I make it a policy not to discuss coaching job openings." He added that he was "surprised" to learn of Orr's departure. "I wish him a. great deal of luck," he said. Dutcher is also in Washington for the Capitol Cage Classic and could not be reached. MSA: some support, no money to Fishbowl plan Frieder ... to fill coaching vacancy By MITCH STUART The Michigan Student Assembly declined early yesterday morning to commit funds to. the proposed renovation of the Fishbowl. But MSA did resolve to support some unspecified degree of improvement for the glassed- in juncture of Mason, Haven, and Angell Halls. . The resolution, reached after a nearly two-hour debate, was introduced by MSA Vice-President for Economic Affairs Brad Canale. It called for con- tinued discussion and financial negotiations with the University. ORIGINALLY, Special Projects Coordinator J.P. Adams had planned to ask the assembly for up to $15,000 in funding for the project, which he said would have been matched by the same amount from the University. Adams and Canale said they were not discouraged from further work by the assembly's refusal to support the original plan. "I think the overriding thing is the funding," Adams said. "I think the funding is clouding the assembly's view on the concept." Canale said, "I feel very good about the action taken by the Assembly. It shows a commitment to opportunity and we intend to pursue further the issue within the constraints of the assembly's action." ADAMS SAID he and Canale would be meeting with University Vice- President and Chief Financial Officer James Brinkerhoff Monday to discuss the new developments. Adams said he would explore the possibility of the University funding more, than what he said was the originally agreed-upon 50 per cent of the project, as well as other funding alternatives. MSA President Jim Alland said he believed that if the assembly supported the resolution to improve the Fishbowl there would be a chance for full Univer- sity financial backing of the project. Canale said, however, "I see in now way the University getting involved See SOME, Page 5 Campus Crime City Conipolice disagree on area crime level, W By WILLIAM THOMPSON Although the City Council and the Ann Arbor police agree that more police foot patrols should be implemented in the campus area, they disagree on the level of crime in the area. Councilman Earl Greene (D-2nd Ward) said a dramatic crime increase necessitates the additional patrols, but Capt. Kenneth Klinge, head of the police campus unit, said there has been no significant crime increase under the current patrol set-up. Council recently passed a resolution, sponsored by Greene, calling for' more police foot patrols. The police has submitted a budget request for such a program, and it may be included in the tentative city budget now being prepared by the city administrator. "COUNCIL HAS had to take special action," Greene said, because of what he called a serious crime problem near the campus. "There have been seedy activities on campus, especially in the srping and summer," Greene said. "These include rapes, muggings, dope, and fights." According to Klinge, the police have had a limited foot patrol in effect since 1972 and the crime rate has remained relatively stable. "I think the foot patrol is necessary and effective," he said. THE CURRENT foot patrol ends at 10 p.m. nightly, Klinge said, and the introduction of new patrols would not run past that hour, according to police Executive Major Walter Hawkins. 'There hare been seedy activities on earn pus . .. these include rapes, muggings, dope, an( fights. ' -(ity (ouncilrnan Earl Greene "I don't think foot patrols late at night would be a deterrent," Klinge said. "Patrol cars are more effective then-they give greater mobility." The chief benefit of foot patrols, according to Klinge, is promoting greater communication between the police and the public. "The officers can answer questions and people can exchange information with police," he said. Although the police department is primarily responsible for crime prevention in the campus area, University security services help protect University property. These include the University's Safety Department and State Security Services, a private company contracted by the University. ACCORDING TO Greene, the security agencies' patrolling is "not strong enough. That is one area where they have not done a good job," he said. "The Department of Safety does preventive patrols See CITY, Page 2 encouraged by MSA move . . . will seek more 'U' funding 1 Uncomfortable belts Only one in nine American drivers uses a safety belt, pertly because some belts are poorly designed and uncomfortable, a pair of government studies show. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a 1979 survey of 150,000 drivers showed only 10.9 per cent used safety belts-the lowest figure since 1971 despite several years of government efforts to increase use. In a separate study evaluating the comfort and convenience of safety belts in 36 vehicles for model year 1980, about one-third of ...- cir avad nid thpv hn nhlems with belts. F- solid scientific evidence that their health was being jeopardized. There is a well-established link between smoking and lung cancer, but the tobacco industry has maintained it has not been proven that smoking causes cancer.The study, conducted on 21,000 middle-aged men and women by the University of California at San Diego, measured the effects of on-the-job "passive smoking"-inhaling the fumes from other people's cigarettes, pipes and cigars. The study found that non- smokers who work with smokers had about the same degree of small airways impairment as people who smoke without inhaling or inhale less than 11 cigarettes a day. F7! more often than the pilots do." Police said the boy flew from Kingston, Jamaica, and came into customs at the airport carrying toys in one hand and anairline luggage car- ton in the other. When the carton was found to be full of plastic bags of Columbian marijuana, police said, they took the boy into custody. The boy was not identified because of his age. On the inside A look at the presidential "curse." on the editorial page . . . a review of ZZTop, on the Arts page.. . and, on . n _ cs n _, ofh th T t inff- an a look at i ' I