Ninety-Two Years ofr Editorial Freedom E Litrian IEtIII EXCESSIVE Expect rain today and make sure you wear a sweater 'cause it's getting colder, too. T- e t -Twe111 sis l ve Pages1MMII~li ml m Vol. XCII, No. 20 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, October 2, 1981 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Salary hike may halt Engin. facul defections AP Photo JOHfN GAYDOS OF WYANDOTTE pedals through floodwaters in Detroit yester- city were shut down by State Police during the night, and motorists were rescued day after rains inundated the area Wednesday night. Interstate highways in the from their cars by police in rowboats. Torrential.,rain' renc hes state By ANDREW CHAPMAN To combat a potentially disastrous defection of faculty to jobs outside the University, the engineering college has instituted a competitive salary program that will substantially in- crease some professors' paychecks. Under the new program, salaries of assistant professors will increase by an average of 25 percent, Engineering Dean James Duderstadt announced to faculty members in a memo yesterday. Highly selective adjustments will be made in the salaries of tenured and associate professors, he said. THE SALARY increases will be fun- ded from alumni donations, Duderstadt said. He declined to comment on the estimated cost of the program. The program will boost the salaries of professors in highly competitive areas - such as computer science and in- dustrial engineering - so that -the University can compete with offers from other peer institutions and high technology industries, Duderstadt said. _ Without the salary increases, the engineering college would have lost 25 to 30 professors this year to higher- paying schools and private institutions, he estimated. "THE ENGINEERING school is a very vulnerable unit," Duderstadt said. "It takes a long time to build up a good faculty. It only takes a year of low, salaries to lose them." Duderstadt said salary adjustments for assistant and associate professors would be recommended on the basis of a professor's publications, sponsored research and amount of Ph.D. super- vision. The salary raise program will be ad- justed to the "marketability" of a professor's talents, Duderstadt said. "THIS WILL CREATE inequities," Duderstadt added. "We hope to address that problem in future years." "A sizable number of the faculty have been receiving two to three offers a year (from other institutions)," he said. "We're fighting for survival to retain these people." The engineering school faces a poten- tial crisis situation, Engineering Professor Brice Carnahan said. "We have bachelor students leaving for salary offers that are higher than the salaries of our assistant professors," Carnahan said. The average salary for an assistant) professor in the engineering school is $23,000 a year. The 25 percent increase should bring that figure up to $28,000 a year, Duderstadt said. Claus Borgnakke, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering,. said he could receive a 50 percent boost in salary if he entered a job in the engineering industry. "I COULD LINE up another job in two weeks," Borgnakke said. At the moment he plans to stay with the University, but in the future he said he might owe it to himself to take a higher. paying job. The more aggressive engineering schools, such as Texas Technological University, University of Arizona, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have already offered an overall 25 per- cent salary increase this year, Duder- stadt said. The University's new salary raises are equal to salary raises that these schools implemented a year ago, he ad- ded. See ENGIN., Page 5 From UPI Motorists braved streets that looked like rivers, homeowners discovered ,swimming pools in their basements ands some motel guests swam out of their rooms yesterday in the wake of a relentless thunder- storm that drenched parts of southern Michigan with as much as 8 inches of rain. At least one death was attributed to the flooding that plagued several areas. Clinton County police said floodwaters forced a pickup truck driven by Louis Bushamp, 45, into a ditch near a railroad crossing in Fowler. He got out to seek help but was swept away by rushing water. Residents later found his body about 100 feet from his truck. A SPOKESMAN FOR Gov. William Milliken said the state's emergency services office was monitoring the storm 'situation, and had put the Federal federal assistance may be necessary. Rush hour motorists in Detroit found freeways vir- tually impassable. In suburban Oakland County, authorities closed I-75 at the I-696 interchange because they were unable to pump away 11 feet of water covering the highway. The rain began Wednesday night, washing out the Detroit Tigers game with the Baltimore Orioles after 21/2 innings at Tiger Stadium. It let up yesterday, but the weatherman said more was in store. Snow fell in the Upper Peninsula. ONE OF THE hardest-hit areas was the northwest Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, where some families fled their flooded homes in boats and guests at a motel literally swam out of their first-floor rooms. "I helped firemen take everybody out of the Reel Roof Inn," said Bob McDonald, who was driving through Farmington Hills at the time. McDonald said, "It was like Niagara Falls. Within a matter of two or three minutes it was up over the hood of my car.", A waitress at Denny's restaurant next door to the motel said about 500 people spent the night at the restaurant because it was one of the few dry spots in the entire area. Thirty to 40 cars in the motel's parking lot were submerged. A man who was watching television in his motel room said, "The next thing I'm close to the TV, floating on the, mattress, and everything is under water." He said he put his pants on and ran outside to safety. More than 100 cars at a nearby Pontiac dealership were either totally or partly submerged, and the owner said they were a complete loss. Emergency Management Agency on notice that I Lock your doors! Keep rapists out By ANN MARIE FAZIO "Be aware," says Diana Lynch- Miller of the Assault Crisis Center. "There is no way to identify the rapist from the man next door." Since the start of classes, three Ann Arbor women, including a University student, have been raped in their own homes. Last Sunday, a man entered the home of a University student living on the 500 block of Lawrence near campus and raped her in her room. On Septemjber 17, a 21-year-old woman was raped in her apartment on the 2300 block of Packard. And on September 11, a 29- year-old woman was raped in her Nob Hill apartment. POLICE AND other officials involved in rape prevention urge women to take several steps to combat rape, including being conscious of your surroundings and walking confidently while outdoors See GROUPS, Page 7 Peterson . .. discusses rape prevention Student acquitted in, liquor sales trial By ANN MARIE FAZIO Another University student was acquitted yesterday of charges that he sold alcohol to a minor in Dooley's bar, 310 Maynard. Gerald Skupin, an LSA junior, was found innocent in 15th district court af- ter the jury decided that he did make diligent inquiry as to the age of his customer. Skupin was arrested in July for selling two bottles of Heineken beer to 18-year-old Karen Bennet, a police explorer scout. THE ARREST WAS part of this summer's police crackdown on bars and party stores. Skupin was represented by Student Legal Services attorney Stanley- Pollack. Student Legal Services lawyers have won two previous acquit- tals in similar cases. Skupin testified that he sold Bennet the beer after seeing a stamp on her hand - signifying she was of legal drinking age - and looking at her face to see if she was old enough to drink. A Dooley's bouncer stamps a person's hand after he or she makes a positive determination that the customer is at least 21. Bennet testified that she did not have a stamp on her hand that night, Pollack said. See 'U', Page 5 Paradise lost A mural of tropical delights somehow found its way onto a building wall near a parking lot on Main St. across from the Central Cafe. TODAY- Put down for Playboy HOUSE AND SENATE conferees Wednesday quickly put down an attempt by a freshman Republican senator to stop the Library of Con- gress from printing Playboy magazine in Braille. "It's one of the few enjoyments people with the infirmity NOON magazines popular features: "Playboy Forum," "Party Jokes" and "Ribald Classics" Joyce Miller, a spokeswoman for the Library of Congress, said Playboy has been issued in Braille since April 1970, one of 36 magazines chaosen by selection committees for translation and availability. "Playboy, as evidenced by its circulation, is one of the more popular items," she said. E] each machine annually. The government expects to pocket $18 million from the nex tax. El Boxing bites The Hawaii State Boxing Commission has put some "bite" into its policy against the use of illegal tactics by fighters. The commission this week notified boxer Manuel Mendoza that he faces a six-month suspension if he bites another opponent. Mendoza had a point deducted in a bout potential hazards of such toys, the commissioners said. The commission reached agreement to deny a series of petitions asking that it regulate BB guns, peashooters, slingshots, toy bows and arrows, gas, spring and air guns and other toys that shot projectiles. An official vote was postponed for a week to give the commission staff time to write a formal resolution and prepare a letter to the toy industry urging it to increase its warning and education efforts. Q i I I