Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom p Sir i4au IE4TI YUCK Partly cloudy today with a high in the mid-30s and a low tonight around 5. Vol. XCII, No. 121 Copyright 1982, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, March 6, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages Bowling alley in Union toC lose By POE COUGHLAN The Michigan Union bowling alley, a fixture in the Union for more than 50 years, will be shut down per- manently at the end of this term. The decision to close the alley was made at a February meeting of the Union's Board of Represen- tatives. The vote of the board, which has 11 student members, was unanimous. RICK SLINE, director of the Office of Student Organizations, Activities, and Programs said repetted machine breakdowns combined with poor student in- terest prompted the board's decision. "We've made every possible effort to restore the machines to working order and the investment was not suported by the students," he said. "It's too bad," said Sline, "but some things have to die and be allowed to die gracefully." See UNION, Page 2 Number of jobless highest in 40 years WASHINGTON (UPI)- The number of unemployed Americans rose to a post-Depression record of 9.6 million in February, the government reported yesterday. But the Reagan ad- ministration saw "relatively en- couraging signs" the recession may be nearing an end. Michigan's unemployment rate rose from 16 percent in January to 16.1 per- cent in February with a record 684,000 people out of work, the Michigan Em- ployment Security Commission repor- ted. LABOR Department data showed the national unemployment rate returned to a recession peak of 8.8 percent, erasing the previous month's drop of 0.3 percent that most economists con- sidered anaberration. The total of 9,575,000 unemployed in February eclipsed by 4,000 the previous post-Depression record set in Decem- ber. The figures were seasonally adjusted to take into account normal changes during the year caused by such factors as school closings and weather, IN ACTUAL non-adjusted figures, the survey of 60;000 households estimated that 10.4 million Americans were n without a job during February. ;h The administration reacted op- h timistically. "We see relatively encouraging signs," said White House Com- e munications. Director David Gergen. He noted that total employment, which remained at 99.6 million, "is stabilizing y after large declines in previous mon- n ths." e "The president's economic advisers n continue to believe we will continue to - see signs of recovery in the second quarter and rebound in the second half n of the year," Gergen said. "The president is sensitive to the I plight of the unemployed and he's often e said that if there's one person whowan- y is to work andis unable to do so, that's- a one too many." Gergen said, however, that joblessness "may well go higher." JIM SLOAN, RIGHT, watches Bill Godfrey follow through on a gutterball Ii the University's bowling alley in the Michigan Union. The Union's Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS Board of Representatives voted to close the alley because of machine breakdowns and a lack of student interest. 'Saturday Night's' Belushi dead LOS ANGELES (AP)- Comedian John Belushi, whose wayward eyebrows and bulging belly animated his portrayal of the consummate slob on TV's original "Saturday Night Live" and in the movie "Animal House," was found dead yesterday at a Hollywood bungalow. A security guard at the Chateau Marmont Hotel said Belushi was found nude on a bed in a bungalow behind the hotel and appeared to have choked on food. "IT APPEARS to be death by natural causes," said Lt. Dan Cooke of the Los Angeles Police Department. "The detectives here found nothing to make it seem suspicious." A woman, who arrived at the bungalow in Belushi's Mercedes while authorities were there, was handcuf- fed and taken to a police station for questioning. Police, who did not identify the woman, said she was a potential witness and the handcuffs werejusfstan- dard procedure. Homicide detective Tony Diaz said the woman ap- parently was the last person with Belushi -when he became ill and she had gone for help. "THERE DOESN'T appear to be any foul play," said Diaz. Belushi married his high school sweetheart, Judith Jacklin, in 1967. It was not known if the woman taken into custody was his wife. Cooke said a heart attack was a possible cause of death. He said an autopsy would be performed, probably this weekend. Tony di Domenico of the Los Angeles Fire Depar- tment said the 33-year-old star of such movies as "The Blues Brothers" and "1941," was pronounced dead in the bungalow, on a winding road off Sunset Strip, where the hotel is located. BELUSHI, WHO made his home in New York City, checked into the hotel last Sunday. He came to Los Angeles to make the movie "Noble Rot" for Pararotuit -- Cooke said one of Belushi's friends, later identified as Belushi's physical trainer William Wallace, found the comedian's nude body at 12:15 p.m. on a bed i the bungalow. "He tried to administer mouth-to-mout resuscitation, and the paramedics were called, Cooke said. Belushi had been dead for two or three hours befor his friend arrived, Cooke said. Belushi last appeared as a regular 'on "Saturday Night Live" in'1979, when he left to pursue a career ii Hollywood. Garrett Morris, a fellow member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" troupe or "Saturday Night Live," said he was "deeply sad dened" by Belushi's death. "It was a great loss of a great talent," he said ii New York. "He was one of the most intrinsically funny menl have ever known ... I count myself lucky to hav( *nown him. We will all miss him," fellow- "Saturda) Night Live" comedian Chevy Chase said ina statement in Los Angeles.I Belushi apparently chokes on food 'U' center may lose funds in federal cuts Bono's tenure By FANNIE WEINSTEIN The University's Great Lakes and Marine Waters Center stands to lose $200,000 from its budget if President Reagan follows through on plans to close down a federally funded research program from which the GLMWC gets some of its funds. The fiscal '82 and '83 budget proposed by the Reagan administration calls for the elimination of the Ann Arbor-based Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which operates in Michigan as part of the U.S. Depar- tment of Commerce. See FEDERAL, Page 3 Armed eighth-graders attempt school coup denied By LINDA BALKIN The LSA Executive Committee denied Monday for a second time, English Prof. Barbara Bono's request for tenured status at the University. Bono originally was denied tenure late in February, when the committee - comprised entirely of LSA faculty - reviewed and rejected the English department's recommendation that Bono receive tenure. Some of Bono's students, however, protested the decision citing the professor's reputation for superior teaching. Marc Dann, student member of the LSA Curriculum Committee, said Bono was denied tenure because she was not publishing scholarly works fast enough. LSA Dean Peter Steiner declined to comment on the situation. Tenure - job security for professors - is usually granted to "deserving" professors after their sixth year at the University. Dann expressed concern over the decline in the importance of teaching in tenure decisions made by the ad- ministration. "This case is an example of the continued conscious increase in the importance of research in a scholar's life at the expense of teaching, which is contrary to the mission of a public university." again Bono, however, feels she had made substantial progress in her publishing efforts. The University of California Press has formally accepted for publication her book, From Virgilian Epic to Shakespearean Tragicomedy. The book is scheduled to be released in the spring or summer of 1983. Cornell University has also offered Bono a- year-long fellowship to support work on her next book. Bono said she understands the dif- ficulty involved with judging tenure cases, but she added that :the Univer- sity's tenure review process warrants some criticism. The executive committee bases its decisions on three primary criteria: teaching excellence, community ser- vice, and scholarship or research. While Bono said she believes all of these criteria are valid, she also believes a balance between the three must be achieved. Bono said these criteria are "vitally integrated and I have shaped my career to the produc- tivity and achievement in those three areas." "Tenure committees need to be ex- traordinarily careful," she said. Bono won the Class of '23 Award last year for teaching excellence. BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) - Tvo eighth enrolled. graders wielding a loaded shotgun took Beauford Police a principal and teacher hostage briefly said the boys also ha yesterday after planting two homemade combat knives, a te bombs in a restroom and filling their military clothing - lockers with food, knives and military dungarees and gunk clothing. lockers. Authorities said the 14-year-old boys, "There were seri who apparently wanted to fly to Brazil to planned for two or t become mercenaries, were disarmed said. by another teacher who happened to "APPARENTLY come up behind them. The bombs, a hostage situation, which did not explode, were discovered said. "I guess they after the youths were in custody. . me for three or four NO ONE WAS injured in the incident an airplane and go t at Beauford Middle School, where 350 mercenaries. They sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders friends about it for from the quiet, coastal town are one took them seriou TODAY The Native Look N A MOST curious form reversal, the Africa of the old National Geographic photos that teased the prurient in adolescent days has undergone a start- ling cultural change. The gorillas are still in the bush beating their hairy chests and the crocodiles still raise their tusky snouts from steaming rivers. But now it is the white man, or more specifically the female of the species, who Chief Marvin Knox ad stored food, three argas container and -camouflage suits, belts-in their school ous. They had this three weeks," Knox they were planning " principal Ben Day were going to hold days; commandeer o Brazil and join the 'd been telling their about a week and no usly." This is Ohio? AP Photo The winter sun glows through the clouds as Audrey Ross and her horse enjoy the solitude in a pasture near Warren, Ohio. provincial French girls, conservative shop~irls from Liverpool, vacationers from the posh convent schools of Swit- zerland, and all bourgeoise Belgian housewives have all led the back-to-basics trend. Q Rhymes of judgment One magistrate just couldn't wait to demonstrate to other candidates that there can be no rhyme and reason in the election season. Vanderburgh Superior Court Judge Ran- dall Shepard said he noticed that people were putting out +hmtein irrn m rr tr-et .. &. 4..« LA-e - ..11 Wood-burning VW Jack Soderstrom traveled in warmthhis winter, thanks to the wood-burning stove he installed in his yellow Volkswagon. Soderstrom, of Duluth, installed the stove in the place of the front passenger seat. He read about the idea in "Mother Earth" magazine and built the stove two weeks ago. He chops his own wood and keeps a few logs in the back seat to feed the fire. Soderstrom, who lives in northern Minnesota, said for the first time he has had warmth and, clear windows while driving. * 1953-Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin dies. . 1942-Prof. Howard Ehrmann of the University's history department warned the United States against retireat into its isolationist shell if astable peace is to be established at the end of World War II. On the inside... The Opinion Page offers aneacef,,1 gnl~,*in t*th I I I