Ninety-One Years of Editorial Freedom V' LtE 43UU ~Iai*g SUNNY Increasing cloudiness late today with a high in the low 70s. Tonight's low in the mid 5sO. Vol. XCI, No. 14 Copyright 1980, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, September 19, 1980 Ten Cents Fourteen Pages Carter discusses Iran in news co Reagan, rference From AP and UPI WASHINGTON-President Carter, who called Ronald Reagan to task for using the words "states rights," denied yesterday he was accusing his Republican opponent of "running a campaign of racism or hatred." "I do not think that my opponent is racist in any degree," Carter said. IN A NEWS conference dominated by the presiden- tial campaign-and particularly Carter's conduct as a candidate-the president said he felt he had been running a race that "is very moderate in its tone." The question has emerged as a major element in the general election campaign, which has been characterized in recent days by charges and counter- charges between the Carter and Reagan. camps on the twin subjects of civil rights and appeals for black votes. Reagan, in a two-sentence response distributed by his press secretary, said the news conference was "Jimmy Carter's desperate attempt to fill the empty chair at Sunday night's debate." "IT IS TIME for Mr. Carter to stop hiding in the Rose Garden and participate in open debate where I can have the opportunity to refute his false and par- tisan version of his record." Carter's refusal to join Reagan and independent presidential candidate John Anderson in the debate Sunday night in Baltimore received only brief atten- tion at the news conference, and Carter said he had accepted three invitations to face Reagan alone, without Anderson. The president turned his podium in an auditorium next door to the White House into a campaign plat- form, interjecting whenever the opportunity arose the successes he has claimed over the past three-and- one-half years. But from the first question until the last, Ronald Reagan, and Carter's recent criticism of him, was the central theme. IN ATLANTA ON Tuesday, Carter told a partisan audience of black Southerners that the campaign has seen "the stirrings of hate and the rebirth of code words like 'state rights' in a speech in Mississippi, in a campaign reference to the Ku Klux Klan relating to the South." "Hatred has no place in this country. Racism has no place in this country," Carter said at the time. But yesterday, the president said of Reagan: "I DO NOT think he's running a campaign of racism or hatred. I think my campaign is* very moderate in its tone. I did not raise the issue of the Klan nor did I raise the issue of states rights. And I See CARTER, Page 6 GEO COMPLAINS TO REGENTS: Composition -"- TA aT.nnw' "nw pr( FRIENDS ATTEND MEMORIAL services for Rebecca Greer Huff at Hale Auditorium yesterday. Huff, a 30-year-old graduate student in Business Admin- istration, was murdered last Sunday. The slaying shocked Ann Arbor and has resulted in renewed campaigns to warn residents of possible nighttime dangers. Memorial services held for slain student By JAY McCORM LIK By MAUREEN FLEMING Memorial services for Rebecca Greer Huff, the University graduate student murdered last Sunday mor- ning, were attended yesterday by ap- proximately 200 students and faculty members. Huff, who was working on a masters degree in Business Administration, was the third Ann Arbor woman to be brutally murdered in the past five mon- ths. Police reported yesterday that they have no suspects in her murder. AT THE AFTERNOON service at Hale Auditorium, friends reminisced about Huff, 30, whom they called "Greer." Anne Ludlow, a classmate, said her favorite memory of Huff is from a statistics class when a professor asked what a T-square was. When no one in the class responded, he called on Greer. She promptly an- swered, "Cosmic," which made the class and the professor laugh. FROM THAT DAY on, Ludlow said, "Greer was the class's link with the cosmos." MBA students have started a Rebec- ca Greer Huff memorial fund that willbmacebyonsfrmtelui be matched by monies from the alumni gift fund. Checks should be made out to the University of Michigan Huff Memorial Fund. The money will be used in the business administration library. Any contributions can be dropped off in the dean's office in the Business Ad- ministration Building. The Ann Arbor Police Department is requesting anyone who has knowledge of these crimes, or anyone who believes he or she is witnessing an assault in progress to notify the department at 994-2875. A confidential telephone line has also been established by the Washtenaw County Police Department for citizens with leads or information. The number is 973-7711. The Graduate Employees Organiza- tion and the chief of the English Com- position Board program presented dif- ferent sorts of reports yesterday to the people who start and stop the bucks at the University. The Regents listed while Daniel Fader, chief of the English Composition Board, described the wide ranging suc- cesses of that program. Then the Regents were chided by the graduate teaching assistants group for refusing to bargain in good, or any, faith for a contract. AT THE SEPTEMBER meeting in the Regents' Room of the Ad- ministration Building yesterday after- noon, Fader explained the University's recently instituted writing program, which requires 1983 graduates to show their writing competence both at the freshperson and upperclass levels. Fader said faculty had voted over- whelmingly to support the program, even though it meant they would have to teach more without recompence. The program consists of three parts. Incoming freshpersons and transfer students must take a writing com- petency exam at orientation, and the results of that test determine which of five writing programs they belong in. Fader said 8.5 percent of incoming freshpersons and 10.5 percent of tran- sfer students placed out of the writing requirement during summer 1980. The students who needed the most help were placed in intensive tutorials, those who had specific problems were assigned to the Writing Workshop, and others elected freshperson composition (English 125), with visits to the Writing Workshop, if needed. THE SECOND PART consists of the upperclass requirements. Juniors and. seniors graduating in 1983 must take writing courses in their particular field of study and receive certification of their writing ability from a member of the department. Fader said the best effect came from the third part of the program. After going to 150 different high schools and community colleges to teach teachers how to improve their own and their students' writing, the ECB helda colloquium of sorts, involving 150 teachers from 75 of the institutions they had visited during the year. Fader said, "Recruiting has been easier because of the good feeling around the state" which resulted from- the program's efforts. A national conference, probably in- volving 350 educators from around the country, will be held at the University in the spring, Fader said. AN INDEPENDENT research project has shown that the program has already had positive results. Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) commented that he has heard "rave reviews" of the program. While the Regents appeared to be happy with Fader's report, a group of gram students expressed their dissat with the Regents position on student employment status. Dave Kadlecek, president GEO, said that if the Regents discontinue their litigation and at the bargaining table, "Wei do what we must do to take'i deserve. We will refuse to pay tember tuition bill." Kadlecek said a rally will ac the refusal-to-pay protest. GE, to make a positive statement a the support they have, he added 0 described isfaction In an interview after the meeting, graduate Kadlecek said the action is not a tuition strike. "We will decide in October of the whether to make it into a strike." s did not sit down According to Kadlecek, all that can intend to follow from a refusal to pay one tuition what we bill is a $5 late fee, whereas, if they the Sep- decide to stop paying all their tuition bills, they would not be enrolled in the winter term, which would have "the oa same effect as a strike," because there in wants o nd show would be few TAs around to teach classes. University h opes for increased state aid By JULIE ENGEBRECHT . Almost one year ago, University ad- ministrators told the Regents they would ask the state for $30 million more than what the University received last year. But the University will be lucky if it sees any of that money. It's been a rough year for those who worry about money. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS are breathing a bit easier because they've "read signs" that they finally will know about state appropriations by Oct. 1. But the University started using the money in July. And the September Regents meeting is the time ad- ministrators tell the Regents how every penny of that money is to be spent. At the meeting yesterday the Regents talked about their "gray books"-the document that details the budget-but they can only hope the document will come close to the real thing. IT'S BEEN A topsy-turvy year for anybody who depends on the state for money. And state and University of- ficials concede that almost anything can still happen with the budget. The state House appropriations committee decided Tuesday that the University should get about $150 million, an increase of $4 million over See AID, Page 3 m U -Financial woes strike proposed Alunmi Center By JOHN SPELICH Alumni and friends of the University contributed more than $2.5 million to construct a new Alumni Center, but a shortage of funds has forced a re-evaluation of the plans for the Alumni Association's new home. The construction budget for the proposed building-to be located on Ingalls just north of the Michigan League-is slightly more than $2.5 million. But bids for the project ranged from $3-$3.5 million, said Rick Bay, assistant executive director of the Alumni Association. "WE WERE DISAPPOINTED that the bids were so high," said Bay. "It has become necessary to re-evaluate the project." Architect Hugh Newell Jacobson, of Washington, D.C., *blamed the budget problem on inflation. "Our cost estimates were right on the money," Jacobson said, "because of inflation, the actual cost went crazy." "ONLY CLARK KENT could have hit that (the actual cost) on the nose," he said. University architects and planners are working with Jacobson and the contractors to trim between $300,000- $400,000 from the project's budget. r TODAY Marching on WHILE THE Michigan Marching Band and the Wolverine football team make beautiful music together, they will not form a duet tomorrow in South Bend. Athletic Director Don Can- ham attempted to send the 225-member band with the grid- ders to Notre Dame, but because plans were made so late the chord could not be struck. Director of Bands H. Robert Reynolds said the Ohio State game was tops on the band's Bay acknowledges that the cuts the architects are proposing may not close the budgetary gap. "IF WE COULD cut back $3-400,000 and raise $100,000, that brings the project budget to $2.6 million-but it does solve the problem," Bay figured. "Even with the cuts, we'll still have a building I can be proud to put my name on," Jacobsen said. "We'll get this building up, and we'll be under budget." Any changes to the proposal must be approved by the University Regents, who gave their nod to the original plans in June, 1979. THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION had hoped to present final proposals to the Regents this month so a contract could be awarded, Bay said. But now, he continued, if everything goes as planned, the association will meet with the Regents next month. If the revised plans are approved, the ground breaking could take place in late October or early November. Bay said no mass appeal for additional funds will be laun- ched. "The major thrust of our solicitation drive is over." See FUNDS, Page 3 University Information Services Photo THE PROPOSED ALUMNI CENTER, designed to house the offices of the Alumni Association, will be located north of the Michigan League. However, the project is facing a major financial hurdle; construction bids received have been $1 million to $1.5 million above the $2.5 million the association has collected. graduate student and other violent crimes in the area, ac- cording to Vice-President for Student Services Henry John- son. The evening bus serves the Hill area including the huro 'ttt;- e washogton a 2 * washrgton heights * e nun vrSiy _ sororities and fraternities, Oxford Housing, and Tappan, Cambridge, Oxford, Observatory, Huron, Church and S. University streets. The bus leaves the UGLI every 30 minutes on the hour and half-hour starting at 7 p.m. The last run will begin at 12:30 a.m. O The pursuit of the soda bottles Things go better with Coke ... or do they? One Elizabeth Brown of Mount Juliet, Tenn., who says giant Coca-Cola bottles have been pursuing her through her nightmares for three years, has won $2,000 in a damage suit claiming a bot- tle of the soft drink exploded in her hand. Brown, who had be quite 'so crowded in Florida this year. If the Florida Youth Alliance has its way, the beaches in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Daytona Beach, and Clearwater will be downright desolate. The organization is opposed to a new Florida law which raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 19 and is urging young people from other states not to vacation in Florida during the upcoming tourist season. Steve Kinglsey, the alliance's public relations director, said the group will try to use the boycott to make an effective protest against the new drinking law: "We believe that this law is inexcusable and unjust. Unfortunately, our so-called leaders have laughed at and scorned the young people who I I 1 I I i