9 Ninety- Two Years off Editorial Freedom Sitn :441P 3 1 LOATHSOME There is a winter storm watch today, with blowing and drifting resulting in near blizzard conditions, accumulation of from one to three inches, and a high Vol. XCII No. 87 C Speakers debate Econ. restoration By STEVE HOOK To restore or not to restore was the question tackled at a hearing yesterday on the ultimate fate qf the fire-gutted Economics Building. Seven of the nine speakers at the hearing recommended salvaging the 125-year-old structure, the oldest academic building on campus, during the short and dispassionate session in the Fleming Administration Building. DEFENDING the building's historic and aesthetic value, they urged the. -Exterior Elements Design Review Comimittee which, along with the University's executive officers, will soon make a final decision on whether to preserve the Italianate walls. University officials must decide within several weeks which course to take with the Economics Building, ac- cording to Vice Presidednt for Academic Affairs Billy Frye, who presided over yesterday's hearing. The process of "freezing and thawing" within the still-standing,-but unsupported walls is damaging , to them, Frye noted, and efforts to "shore them up" must begin by the end of January. SUCH AN effort would cost ap- proximately $50,000; therefore, the University must accompany a "shoring up" decision with an overall commit- ment to restore the building, Frye said. Among those speaking in favor of restoration were: Kingsbury Marzolf, a School of Architecture professor; Stuart Hilbert of the Ann Arbor Historical, District Commission; and Mac Collins of the local Preservation Urban Design firm. SeePEAKERS, Page 2 r nnear zero. :opyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Armn Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, January 16, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages Bo stays a Loyalty By MARK MIHANOVIC "Money talks" suffered a setback last night. Bo Schembechler announced to a roomful of surprised reporters and Athletic Department officials that he had rejected a multi-million dollar deal to become coach and athletic d'irec- tor of Texas A&M University to re - main h'-ad football coach at Michigan. AT 9:00 p.m. a misty-eyed Schem- bechler ended the speculation of the previous 36 hours by apologizing to those present for delaying his decision - which many had been expecting as early as 11:00 a.m. - and then ex- pressing his intention. "There are things that are more important than money, and one of them is Michigan. I'm staying were I belong," he said, prompting a spon- taneous round of applause. M AU tops A&II "I'd never been much of a guy who looked forward to economic security and opportunities of that nature," the 52-year-old mentor said. "It was more than your normal job offer. I felt that, in the best interests of my family and myself, I had to seriously consider it. "BUT MICHIGAN is Michigan. There's a special spirit here. I feel good about the decision. It's been a long day - and a long night." Indeed it had been. The lure of the long-term contract, reportedly in the neighborhood of $2.25 million to $3 million spread over 10 years, caused Schembechler to measure his options carefully, as he conferred with his family, his coaching staff, Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham, and University President Harold Shapiro. vi I money Talk of Schembechler's departure became more intense after an early- evening report from WXYZ-TV Detroit said current Texas A&M coach Tom Wilson, with one year remaining on his contract, had sub- mitted his resignation. Among those most satisfied, with Schembechler's choice was Canham, who agreed to increase Schem- bechler's salary of $60,030 to an un- disclosed amount should the- coach stay. "You can't fight Texas oil money," Canham shrugged. "It certainly wasn't a bidding war. We did what we could, within the limitations of the University's (salary) schedule. He didn't make the decision because of anything I said. Michigan is what made the decision." See TEXAS, Page 8 Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS MICHIGAN FOOTBALL coach Bo Schembechler (above) ended all speculation of whether he would leave the Wolverines, by announcing yesterday that he would not accept a $2.5-3.0 million offer from Texas A&M to become its new football coach and athletic director. Gay MSU man appeals fraternity ruling By STACY POWELL A Michigan State University junior who claims he has been discriminated against because he is a homosexual yesterday appealed his suspension from his fraternity. John Nowak, a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, filed charges with MSU's - Anti-Discrimination Judicial Board after his fraternity suspended him, allegedly for being gay. NOWAK, FROM Westland; Mich.,. was suspended Sunday night, .after a vote of the fraternity. Nowak said the problem began on Dec. 7 when he found a piece of his mail had been opened. "I went to the treasurer, Eric Drooker, to complain about that, and also to tell him I was thinking of moving out of the house," Nowak said. "I felt uncomfortable bringing my friends over. "Eric said it would be a good idea to move out, but there were no direct threats against me. On Dec. 8, the (fraternity) president, Scott Pauley, suggested possible expulsion to me. At the time, I was under so much pressure from the rumors going around about me and from finals, I just agreed, and I moved out. Over vacation, I decided I would appeal it, and when I got back, I was told I would not be expelled, just suspended." Pauley said Nowak was suspended because "his lifestyle was incompatible with the members of the house and he was getting extensively involved with an organization whose goals and methods we don't agree with," referring to MSU's Lesbian-Gay Coun- cil. NOWAK SAID Pauley was trying to deny the real reason Nbwak was suspended. "I'm gay, and that's why I got suspended," he said. Nowak wants a public written apology and all his rights in the frater- nity reinstated. "I wouldn't go back and live there, but I'd like to continue to work and help the house. That's why I joined the frat in the first place." Nowak said he realizes it will be dif- ficult for him to go back with the fraternity, but said, "I'm willing to give it a try. I guess they couldn't deal with the homosexuality. I think they thought that if people heard about me, they wouldn't rush the frat, and it would lose its good reputation." PAULEY SAID suspension entails losing voting rights, and the right to at- tend meetings and social activities of the house. He said Delta Sigma Phi in- tends to follow through with Nowak's suspension and fight his appeal. "We're going to fight it through the system," Pauley said. Matt Gatson, director of MSU's Lesbian-Gay Council, said, "We feel that there's more support foryJohn than is known within the fraternity and the fraternity system, but people are afraid to say anything. They're afraid of recrimination," Gatson said. Nowak's fraternity brothers learned he was gay in November from a man who works in the Associated Students of MSU Business office. The man gave Nowak the key to the Lesbian-Gay Council office, where Nowak is a volun- teer, and then told a member of the fraternity that Nowak had requested the key, and that he was gay, Nowak said. According to Gatson, key requests from the business office are supposed to be confidential. THE DELTA Sigma Phi Alumni Con- trol Board is scheduled to meet Monday to determine an official policy on the incident, Pauley said. Paul Reising, president of. MSU's In- ter-Fraternity Council said, "We're going before the Alumni oard next See GAY, Page 2 Students review health insurance By BETH ALLEN In an attempt to lower the cost of the University's student health insurance plan, the Michigan Student Assembly is comparing its plan with those of other universities. By studying insurance policies at other schools, the committee hopes to create amore useful policy for Univer- sity students, said Beth Friedlander, a graduate student in actuary science. Actuaries, set insurance policy premiums. APPROXIMATELY 10 percent df. University students presently carry the University-approved student health in- surance policy. Most of the policy holders are comparatively, older students. The committee -is also considering. requiring students with University in- surance policies to go to Health Service before another doctor or clinic unless emergency care is needed after regular hours. "We want to make the policy more supplemental to Health Service," said Friedlander.r The involvement of Health Service would lower insurance costs because. the service already covers many of the costs the policy would cover. APPEALING TO a larger number of potential applicants would also lower premiums because as more people hold policies, premiums would be reduced, said Friedlander. Other schools have different methods of acquiring insurance policies, the committee reported. Northwestern, University and the University of Colorado at Boulder automatically bill students for insurance unless the student waives the fee. Other in- stitutions, including Ohio State Univer- sity, require students to carry the university insurance policy unless they carry other insurance. The plans at these other schools can cost students who carry the policies less because more students will carry the plan if they don't have to deal with the paperwork, Friedlander said. The committee members said they didn't know whether a refusable plan would be feasible at this University. ANOTHER proposal the committee'is considering is instituting a waiting period for polfcy applicants who already need medical attention. This would prevent people who would collect immediately from applying' for a policy. The committee will send packages to various insurance companies for bids by the end of January so the committee can begin reviewing them by the end of the term, said MSA President Jon Feiger. The review committee was formed last month as an advisory body to gather information for MSA, which must approve the new policy before it can be offered to students, Feiger said. Any new policy will not be available un- til after next fall, he added. Blizzard conditions predicted for stat~e From staff and wire reports Authorities yesterday issued a winter storm warning for, Ann Arbor for all day today, as a once-in-a-century win- ter storm roared out of Canada for the second time in a week. The National Weather Service said that temperatures in Ann Arbor would climb no higher than zero today, and that strong winds and snow would com- bine to make near blizzard conditions. A NATIONWIDE survey showed at least 224 people had died in the wave of cold and snow that began its siege last weekend and produced the coldest weather of the 20th Century. Forecasters predicted Minnesota temperatures to bottom as low as 45 below zero and push windchill levels to 100 below. Slightly warmer windchills in the 60-to-80-below zero range were predicted from South Dakota to Illinois and Michigan. TEMPERATURES in much of the ice-encrusted Deep South climbed above freezing and into the 40s for the first time in nearly a week yesterday. Forecasters said the new deep deep freeze-relatively speaking-would sting the heart of Dixie by today. The' Dixie death toll stood at more than 60. Much of Northern Europe shivered yesterday after a second week of bitter cold and snow, but.a thaw spread in the south and the sun shone warmly in Rome. Europe's coldest temperatures in- cluded 9 in Frankfurt, 14 in Berlin and 18 in Amsterdam and Belgrade. The worst weather appeared to be in Poland, where the local Red Cross ap- pealed for aid in caring for 80,000 people evacuated after heavy floods in the cen- ter and northeast of the country. One forecaster said the succession of winter storms which have hit the United States in the last two weeks is virtually unprecedented. "It's one of these things that is almost unheard of," said Allan Morrison, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Chicago. "You don't look for a 125-year- old record to be broken or tied in a week. The only hope, he said, was that win- ds might not maintain their intensity throughout the weekend to push win- dchill factors down to Siberian depths. Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS Frozen motion Water dripping from a trough on Fourth Avenue is halted in mid-stream by sub-zero temperatures during the recent cold wave. TODAY Struggling with logarithms? -TAU BETA PI, the engineering honor society, will offer free tutoring again this term to students in lower-level math and science courses. The society, which was founded in the mid-1800s, has offered the tutoring session for several years. For this term, the sessions began earlier this week and will be held each Mon- day. Wedensday. and Thursday until April 15. Tutors will be of income during the 1979 blizzard and happened upon a bonanza of hubcaps. "Two of the hubcaps I picked up were off Volvos, and since my wife had a Volvo, I figured they'd come in handy," Wilkinson said. "And then I "started noticing how many hubcaps there were along the roadsides, and I just started picking 'em up. Some nights I'd be driving home ... and I'd find 10 or 12 in a four-block area. It wasn't long before I had several hundred." Today, he has two hub- cap stores and an inventory of about 15,000. He now buys hubcaps-"A good day is finding 80 caps at a Salvation Ar- my outlet for a quarter a piece," he said-and he relies on ,plnivp... u. n tnA e n n c Ri h Pc anvhP dill What's in a name? To Archie Outlaw, who faces charges of heroin possession, a name may mean the difference between con- viction or acquittal. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Haft allowed Outlaw Thursday to change his name for the duration of the trial on charges stemming from his Aug. 26 arrest. Outlaw claimed his last name would make it impossible to get a fair trial. Haft adjourned the case until Jan. 22 to give the defendant a chance to choose a suitable name even though Outlaw has said one of the new names he ha. rnnuci.r.a isthe iua4ni' nn-nhnrt Haft. n coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. "A man said a bomb had been left in the power company office," said Watts. "Bryant thought he said fire company, so he called us." Firefighters found the briefcase and called police detonation experts. Then, in front of the station, the briefcase was surrounded with sandbags and blasted to' smithereens. Bailey said he laughed when he heard about the incident, but then he "remembered that I had left a clip of M-14 rifle rounds in the case. Fortunately they didn't go off, as they have a range of 4 or 5 miles." No bomb was found at the power company. EO ,I it i