The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 26,1982-Page 7. N " . .. :_ iNWz~ Shuttle's robot arm experiment sueeessful CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton nudged ,the shuttle closer to its future as a space freighter yesterday, waving Colum- bia's robot arm and demonstrating it has the muscle to lift a payload and eventually place it in an orbit of its own. "If tfere were any surprises, they 'were all pleasant," the pilot said. "I'm really impressed with that piece of machinery." Said Mission Control, "'We were impressed too." COLUMBIA, sailing smoothly, 'neared the half-way point of its seven- day voyage. Fullerton and commander Jack Lousma apparently had overcome ,their motion sickness and got some needed rest. The grad-and-lift was the first test of the Canada arm's capacity to do the job ,it was built for: depositing and retriev- ing satellites in space and moving scientific instruments into place out- side the orbiter. The arm was assigned lts' first for-hire duties on Flight 7, now ,,scheduled for April 1983, when it will_ 'release a West German scientific 'satellite. : Canadian developers of the arm were "ecstatic, or at least as ecstatic as engineers can be," a spokesman said. } THE ARM acrobatics occupied most of the day. The pilots shot electron beams at the instruments while Mission Control measured the effects, and they used the elbow camera to take one more look at the missing thermal tiles on the ship's nose. The arm grabbed and lifted a scien- tific experiment package off a pallet in the shuttle's cargo bay for the first - time, The arm also locked the package back into. place-a procedure called reberthing. Terence Ussher, the Spar Aerospace engineer in charge of development of the arm, was in the viewing room at Mission Control when officials learned of the successful test. "I FELT VERY relieved," he said. "Nobody would be sane if they didn't feel a little apprehension." Ussher said he didn't issue a shout of joy; it was more a "quiet smile of pleasure," *'Getting' a triumphant production (Continued from Page. 6) decision on the part of. the director in order to show these characters' inability to cope with Arlie effectively, but it made their moments in the play curiously flat and unconvincing. The only really marring flaws in the evening's enjoyment were those caused by the utilization of space. The .,,Trueblood has been remodeled into an arena theatre (one in which the playing area is surrounded by, the audien- ce)-which means that the prison ac- tion could, as the script suggests, take place on all sides of Arlene's apar- tment, to imply that her present life is surrounded and threatened by her past. Most of the prison action, however, took place right in front of the apartment setting, which made things very, if not hopelessly, confusing for the audience when there was action taking place in both settings at once. It had the added effect of making the prison scenes seem as hard to see if one was sitting in the back of the theater. It is, however, a tribute to the soun- dness of the production that these flaws obstruct, but do not prohibit, one's absorption in the drama. We are made to feel the reality of the fact that "Arlie girl landed herself in prison; Arlene is out," as well as the solemnly joyful hope, that Arlie and Arlene will fuse into a personality at once vibrant and grabbing at life, and yet sober and sensible enough to stay "out." Well done, all. New at _____' 'DOWNTOWN 114 E. Washington E. 5' heafth, j cmeers Ise e . TERRI YOUNG, a Harvard Medical Student, Will Speak to Minority Students About OPPORTUNITES IN MED1IIE TIME: 11:30-4:00 PM DATE: Monday, March 29, 1982 PLACE: Career Planning & Placement Conference Room University of Michigan Opera Theater presents MENOTT I Sounds fro'm Java Professor William Steinhoff coaxes melodies out o a bonang, an instrument from Java, on the fourth floor of Burton Tower yesterday. The bonang is played by striking hollow bronze gongs with a pair of wooden sticks covered with string. SAFE House celebrates anniversary T he .Old Maid and The Thief MARCH 26-28 PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi In English POWER CENTER (Continued from Page 3) because they don't have money, and because he knows where their friends and relatives houses are and can always come after them." Most of the residents of SAFE House-which keeps its location a secret-are from lower economic backgrounds, because they have fewer options to act on independently. E"Victims of (domestic) abuse feel .isolated," McGee said. "They feel like they are the only ones that this happens to. The shelter breaks down this isolation and creates support." EVERY NIGHT a support group meets at the shelter, for women to share experiences. Once a week, more formal meetings are organized around specific topics such as assertiveness, financial assistance, housing, and job- hunting. "If the women stay for- a while, they often develop friendships,." McGee ex- plained. "After they leave the shelter we keep in touch with them through a follow-up coordinator. We're trying to build a network of women and families who have left the shelter so that they can support each other," she said. In an effort to reach as many people as possible, SAFE House has also star- ted a special program for Hispanic families, and installed a telecom- munications device for the deaf to call in on. The staff and volunteers said they also are trying to educate the com- munity about domestic violence through public speaking, films, and social services. THE SAFE House staff includes women's advocates specializing in domestic violence, children's coun- selors, batterers counselors, and about 50 volunteers. "Our batterers coun- selors counsel the assailants to help them stop beating their wives and children," according to McGee. "Our pioneering program is one of ap- proximately 150 in the country." Voluntters from the community and from the University's Outreach Correction A story in yesterday's Daily incorrec- tly attributed a statement to MSA Elec- tions Director Bruce Goldman. MSA candidates did not discuss the wording of two ballot proposals in their meeting Tuesday night, as was reported yester- day. The wording will be decided at a meeting of the MSA Elections Court Sunday night, Goldman said yesterday. program answer the crisis line, provide transportation for residents, and sometimes counsel the women and children. "Basically, it depends on what is going on," said Outreach volun- teer Kathy Linderman, a University sophomore. Since its beginning in 1978, SAFE House has sheltered 650 women and 1,100 children. "People always ask if SAFE House is successful, and I always ask them what they mean by suc- cessful," said Stephanie Vail, the shelter's executive director. "Most of the .time they judge it by whether the woman leaves the rhan. We evaluate success by being very open about it. Each woman is free to make her own decisions. If they're happy with that, then we feel we've been successful." Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm Tickets at PTP Mich. League 764-0450 " 375 N. MAPLE Adult $3.50 __________ 769.1300 Child S2:00 nMPL HPIGN BARGAIN 50 Before 6PM MON thru FRI E VILAGE SHOPPING CENTER MATINEES Befoce 3PM SAT and -SUN BETH ISRAEL PRESENTS... Professor Jakob Petuckowsk, Hebrew Union College Zwerdling Lectures: Friday Evening, March 26, 8:30 p.m. "TOWARDS A MODERN JEWISH THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIANITY" Saturday Morning, March 27, 11:00 a.m. (during services) "PRAYER AND "HE MODERN JEW" 1 1. .