Ninety-One Years of Editorial .Freedom E IJIE Iai1 BETTER Expect sunny skies today withe the high in the low to mid 30s. Ten Pages ,Vol. XCI, No. 97 Copyright 1981, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, January 23, 1981 Ten Cents Ten Pages ..d ... dle Reagan 'outraged'by hostage tal I: ~, jIran denies hostage abuse s Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT HAROLD Shapiro speaks to students on issues facing the University in the coming decade at the Union last night. The event was sponsored by the University's senior honor society. kL OO . p-Looking aad Shairofears 'U' fiscal woes WASHINGTON (AP)-Tales by the former American hostages of brutal treatment at the hands of their Iranian captors angered President Reagan and Jimmy Carter yesterday, and prompted plans for Senate hearings to lay the story before the American public. But Iran denied that the 52 American hostages were abused by their Iranian captors and said the U.S. government was using the allegations as a pretext for breaking the agreement that ended the 444-day crisis. IN A HAND-WRITTEN report on him emotional visit with the freed hostages Wed- nesday in Wiesbaden, West Germany, Carter urged Reagan to abide by the U.S. agreement with Iran, "but never do any favors for the hoodlums who persecuted innocent American heroes." Vice President Walter Mondale delivered Car- ter's report . to Reagan at the White House yesterday morning. Reagan was said to be "outraged" and "deeply upset" after reading it ahd hearing Mondale's account of mistreatment of the American captives. In his report to his successor, Carter said the hostages had been "abused more than I -had previously known." He said the Iranians had "acted like savages" to the end, and he termed the hostage ordeal an "official criminal act of terrorism. THE STATE Department said the Reagan administration was "very irate, very angry" over mistreatment of the hostages, and planned a formal reaction soon. - Department spokesman William Dyess said revelations of the Iranains' behavior "certainly will not make it any easier" to carry out the Car- ter administration's agreement with Iran for release of the hostages. Iran's chief government spokesman, Bahzad Nabavi, called the freed Americans "comfort- seeking diplomats" who were "ungrateful" and did "not understand the meaning of kindness." NABAVI, IN AN interview with the official Iranian news agency Pars, called the brutality allegations "baseless." He said "Carter and his new successors would like to breach" the agreement that provided for the transfer of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets to Iran in exchange for the hostages' release. "If the United States of America does so, then it means that U.S. gov.ernment, despite.all its. commitments, does not respect its internal and international laws as well," Nabavi said in the interview that was carried by Tehran Radio. He said failure to live up to the agreement would show that the American government is "openly trampling upon us." Nabavi, who was Iran's chief hostage negotiator, said the Iranians had videotapes of the hostages "in which they all confessed that they have been treated well and humanely and they had no complaints." FORMER AMERICAN HOSTAGE Robert C. Ode, is surrounded by well- wishers at the U.S. Military Hospital in Wiesbaden. Ode, 64, is thge oldest of the 52 former hostages. Gifts galore await the former hostages By MAURA CARRY Declining state support for higher education and the imminent shrinkage of the University are two key issues that will have a significant impact on the University in the decade ahead, University President Harold Shapiro said last night. Shapiro, speaking to a large student crowd at the Union, said delining enrollments will also affect universities, as well as faculty planning. Universities are not appointing new faculty members, and this presents a concern, he said. SINCE THE University is a research institution, Shapiro said it will not feel the impact of declining enrollments as heavily as institutions that focus primarily on training. The University, however, must deal with a diminishing budget due to a reduction in state funding. A realistic assessment of our resources have shown that the University will have to be smaller, Shapiro said. He added that smaller can mean better' however, if the curriculum is reorganized. "There is a proliferation of courses that are un- necessary or dilute the education of students at the University," he added. According to Shapiro, the departments and units will have to be more selective in whiat they offer, and concentrate on offering "quality experiences" to students. SHAPIRO SAID there are four keys to providing a quality experience for students: high quality studen- ts, high quality faculty, student feedback from faculty, and individual responsibility. In order to have a quality faculty, the University must "provide an environment where they can be en- thusiastic about their work," Shapiro said. He added See SHAPIRO, Page 2 From the Associated Press The showcase of gifts awaiting the 52 former hostages when they get home would rival that of the richest television giveaway show. Already, live lobsters from Maine- and pizzas from London have been sent to the hospital in Wiesbaden, West Germany where the hostages are staying. And they are being offered a further bonanza ranging from free vacations to free psychiatric coun- seling. THE LIST OF gifts offers also in- cludes tickets to the Super Bowl, lifetime passes to major league baseball games, free airline travel, $1,000 Persian or oriental rugs, and souvenir tray tables designed for President Reagan's inaugural balls. They can take advantage of expense- paid stays at resorts in Florida, Californa, Tahiti, or.Hawaii. Several airlines have offered to fly the families of the hostages to meet them when they arrive in this country and then provide free trips elsewhere for up to a month. IN ADDITION, the Hostage Relief Act approved by Congress last fall exempts the hostages from paying in- See BONANZA, Page 2 Candidate wants out, abut primary still on FAMILY HOUSING PRICE HIKE ALSO RECOMMENDED: 9.8% dorm rate hike likely By PAM KRAMER Next month Ann Arbor will spend $5,000-$7,000 on a Republican primary for a Third Ward City Council seat which one of the two candidates says he no longer wants. Last week Mayor Louis Belcher vetoed a City Council decision that would have saved the money by allowing Kenneth Newble to withdraw his name from the ballot, thus .elimimating the primary - even though the state-imposed deadline for with- drawal had already passed. . BELCH ER SAID he vetoed the resolution because he did not want to :see the election tangled up in a lawsuit ;that might be brought aginst the city for -violation of the state law. Republican councilmembers said they voted for the resolution because they think it is pointless to hold a :primary in which one of the candidates does not want to participate, especially when the cost to taxpayers is so high., Bh"It's a totally superfluous election," aBelcher said. "~Mr. Newble has thrown his support behind Jennie Johannsen (the other Republican candidate in the Third Ward). He pleaded for his name to be taken off the ballot. Seven thousand dollars is a lot of money, and we could spend it in other areas," he said. BUT THE FOUR Democrats on the council held out in opposition to the resolution, saying the council is not authorized to pass something which would violate state law. The Democrats vigorously deny ac- cusations that politicking was behind their criticism of the resolution. The state election law is very well outlined," said Susan Greenberg (D- First Ward). "If you can begin to violate that law, you have to wonder what the next set of laws to be violated will be." AFTER THE resolution was passed by the council earlier this month, the State Elections Division was notified. "An election specialist informed me that out council had acted illegally," said Winifred Northcross, acting City Retcher ... vetoes council vote Clerk. "He said the state would not officially intervene, but would tell the Democrat involved that a lawsuit would be the proper course (if action were desired)," she said. CITY ATTORNEY Bruce Laidlaw said that if the resolution had not been vetoed and a suit had been filed; the city would have a good chance of winning. "Usually it is a requirement for any See MISSED, Page 3 By JOYCE FRIEDEN A 9.8 percent averageincrease in dorm rates and a 9.5 per- cent average rate increase for family housing units for the 1981-1982 school year have been recommended by the University Housing Division rate study committee. The recommendations are the result of a semester-long in- vestigation conducted by \the committees, comprised of a handful of students and housing officials. FOR A STUDENT living in a double room in a campus dormitory, this will mean forking over $2,281.29 for room and board, up $204.24 from the 1980-1981 year, if the committee recommendations are approved by the Regents. The rate for single dorm rooms will undergo a $242.04 in- crease under the committee's recommendation, rising from $2462.95 to $2704.99. Family housing units include all five Northwood buildings and the University Terrace apartments. For Northwood II residents living in a two bedroom apartment, the present rate of $211 may be hiked by $23, to $234 per month. ACCORDING TO Associate Director of Housing Norm Sunstad, who chaired both committees, the increases cover the projected inflation rate for the coming year, and do not include any additional price increases. In addition to studying dorm rooms and board rates, com- mittee members investigated the cost feasibuity of switching the brand of yogurt served in the dorm cafeterias from Farm Maid to Dannon. Dormitories had served Dannon until last spring, when they started buying Farm Maid to save money. Despite the additional $12,000 in costs projected by the com- mittee that would be involved in the switch, the group recommended that University Food Stores begin buying Dannon again. Food stores will make the decision later this year, officials said. - - The committee based the yogurt suggestion largely on a study conducted last November on 2,775 dorm residents by the University Residence Hall Council. The study indicated that more than 80 percent of those polled perferred Dannon to Farm Maid. THE COMMITTEE also discussed deconverting converted triples and instituting a dorm-wide breakfast program. However, the cost increases necessitated by both options and the results of a breakfast survey conducted by the Housing staff led to the committee decision not to advise in favor of these suggestions. Options discussed by .the Family Housing Rate Study Committee included a possible increase in washer/dryeF rates, budgeting vacancy rates for the upcoming school year. See FAMILY, Page 2 TODAY Warning F YOU'RE THINKING about dropping that Russian literature class with the 30-page term paper, you only have a few more days to procrastinate. Officials at CRISP say the last day for most students to drop and add classes is Tues., Jan. 27. Engineering students have a said tower carillonneur Hudson Ladd. The giant- size edition of the Stars and Stripes was donated to the School of Music by the Ann Arbor Veterans of Foreign Wars. In addition to the brand new flag, the hostages' freedom was celebrated in song with the plaving of such patriotic Record offers subscriptions University administrators may be busy reducing funds for various programs, but officials at The University Record, the newsletter for faculty and staff, aren't about to sit still while their budget is cut. Faced with the possibility of lower quality because of less money, Record editor Lou Cartier came up with the idea of offering subscriptions to the parents of freshpersons and sophomores at the Univer- sity. The Record sent out 9,000 subscription notices Tuesday, and Cartier expects to hear from prospective sub- Daily readers could experience an eerie sensation of deja vu. Don't let it worry you.. . you have seen it before, right in this very space. From its place on the bottom of the page, to the small boxes which follow each article, to the headline "On the inside" at the end, the Lantern's "Footnotes" column is a flattering repeat of our very own "Today." "We'd seen it and we'd always liked it," explained Lantern Editor-In-Chief Sue Maney. After trying out the column at the top of the page, they later decided to follow the "Today" example and move it to the bottom. "Everyone around here loves it," said Maney. Their football may be sub-par but i j~3T :'$ < I .I