Ninety-Two Years of Editorial Freedom bE Mitigan ~E~ai4g ENDLESS SUMMER Snow flurries leaving an accumulation of from one to two inches, with a high around 20. Vol. XCII, No. 84 Copyright 1981, The Michigan.Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, January 13, 1982 Ten Cents Eight Pages Profs: Poland may By DAVID SPAK Poland's military regime will collapse un- der the pressures of its current martial law crisis unless it can salvage that nation's crip- pled economy and eliminate the threat posed by the rise to power of Solidarity and the union's leader Lech Walesa, say a number of University experts on Eastern Europe. Most of the professors said the future of the regime will hinge largely on its ability to work out a compromise in which Solidarity would not be as powerful as it once was but neither would it be shackled so drastically that its members would fight to topple the regime. The government will never permit Solidarity to exercise the influence it once enjoyed, most of the scholars agreed. POLITICAL Science Prof. William Zim- merman said the crisis will probably be resolved through careful negotiations bet- ween Poland's martial law leader Gen. Wolciech Jaruzelski, the Catholic Church led by Archbishop Jozef Glemp, and the more moderate elements of Solidarity led by Walesa. "As progress is made, martial law will gradually be eliminated," he said. History Prof. Roman Szporluk, however, said he believes Jaruzelski's regime will not be willing to negotiate with Solidarity and will insist instead that the union either be disban- ded or rendered politically impotent once martial law comes to an end. "I don't believe Jaruzelski wants another Solidarity-type organization after martial law is lifted," Szporluk said. THE POLISH crackdown is an attempt by Jarulzelski to reassert his authority over Poland, both to his people and to the Soviet Union, Szporluk said. "The communist party was no longer capable of taking care of Poland. More than 1 million Part had become members of Solidarit "The ruling system had disintegra Szporluk said Solidarity's grow ce had pushed the Polish regim martial law to avoid Soviet inter that Jaruzelski would seek to Solidarity's threat to his power martial law period. History Prof. Ronald Suny agr porluk: "Solidarity had won enor within the Party, and the Party government) went along with demands. It could no longer act union. "A genuine workers' revo organized on a mass national s said, "and that democratic revolution was nearly a success." ACCORDING TO Zvi Gitelman collapse ;y members tor of the University's Center for Russian and y," he said. East European Studies, the increasing ited." militancy of Solidarity and its call for a 'ing influen- referendum on the government "couldn't be e to impose tolerated by Jaruzelski and would push the vention, and Soviets too far. It was a direct challenge to the eliminate political system as a whole," he said. during the Jaruzelski made his own decision to impose martial law in response to this challenge and eed with Sz- in the general's view it was a rational decision rmous gains made at the right time, Gitelman said. (unlike the Zimmerman called the move for a referen- Solidarity dum "stupid" and said it was not incon- against the ceivable that the move was the final straw that provoked the governmenttto impose mar- lution had tial law. The Soviets, however, had been exer- cale," Suny ting more and more pressure on Poland for c socialist months and actual plans for the crackdown probably were drawn up as far back as Sep- nthe~ direc- tember, he said. U, 6U ~ % Szporluk .. examines Polish crisis See U', Page 2 T Student panel proposes 10.25% dorm rate hike By JENNIFER MILLER The Student Rate Committee recommended yesterday that residence hall room and board rates be hiked by 10.25 percent, an average of $236 per student, for next year. Housing Director Robert Hughes will make a final recommendation on the increase for the Regents' approval next month. LAST YEAR the committee proposed a 13.2 percent hike, but instead the Regents approved the 11.2 percent in- crease recommended by Hughes. Hughes said he had just received the rate committee's report yesterday and "it's a little premature for me to say right now" what his recommendation will be. Expected inflation costs and con- tinuation of the extended meal hours and breakfast plan at Bursley, Markley and West Quad account for most of the proposed increase, according to the committee's report. THE HOUSING Office expects in- flation to hike the cost of current ser- vices by 8 percent next year, and the new meal plan, offered only at the three dorms, will raise the cost of all meal tickets by $11 each. Mosher-Jordan resident Nancy Glass, who is a rate committee mem- ber, said most of the students she has RECOMMENDED ROOM AND BOARD RATES (TWO TERMS) 1981-82 Rate 1982-83 Rate Amt. of Increase Single ................... Double ................. Triple Suite .............. Triple .................. Economy Double ....... . Economy Triple ........... $2, 704.99 2,281.29 2,281.29 2,01 1.46 1,928.95 1,799.61 $2,981.46 - 2,515.26 2,515.26 2,217.78 2,126.76 1,984.68 $276.47 233.97 233.97 206.32 197.81 185.07 L _.._._.-_. __ _--_-,_.. talked to liked the meal plan. "I think it's understood that (the rate hike) is a logical result" of continuing the plan, she said. Many students have said they liked the extended meal hours because of the convenience and shorter lines at the cafeteria. Cafeteria officials say break- fast appears to be gaining in popularity at the three dorms. OTHER RATE committee members said students weren't surprised by the proposed increase. "It wasn't like it was completely unexpected," Bursley resident Sara Moss said. Committee member David ,Gut: schenritter said the East Quad students he talked to had "the normal reaction anyone feels when they're told the rates are going up," he said, "they're not real happy about the increase." Moss said the hike is justified by the cost increases projected for next year. "(The committee members) all agreed-there's no way of getting around it," Moss said. ASSOCIATE Director of Housing Norm Sunstad, who advised the com- mittee, said, "Nobody likes a rate in- crease, but I think it's a realistic one." Gutschenritter said, "I have heard a lot of students say they're having finan- cial concerns. Some are seriously saying they don't know how they are going to be able to come back this fall." The committee was originally looking at a 11.2 percent hike, Sunstad said, but his office cut some food costs' and ad- justed cost expectations for utilities and inflation. OTHER FACTORS in the proposed rate increase are extra business office charges for this year and at.7 percent reduction in general funds from the See STUDENT, Page 2 Daily Photo by JACKIE BELL WATER PIPES BURST yesterday causing this leak in the Kresge Medical Research I building. Hot water to the 5th through 7th levels was shut off and is not expected to be restored until later today. Cold weather blamed for water pipe leaks Social Security cuts to affect 'U By NANCY NEWMAN By LOU FINTOR and DAN OBERROTMAN Water pipes in several campus build- ings ruptured this week, apparently due to the cold weather. A water pipe connected to the sprinkler system in the Art and Ar- chitecture Building on North Campus began leaking at approximately 5' p.m. Monday, causing a reduction in pressure and automatic activation of the fire alarm, according to Joe Hakken, photography lab manager at the building. MANY DARKROOM materials, in- cluding seven enlargers, were damaged, Hakken said. Broken pipes at the Kresge Medical Research I Building on the Medical Campus began leaking at ap- proximately 5 p.m. yesterday, prom- pting security officers to seal off the main entrance,reroute rush-hour em- ployees, and shut off the water main feeding several laboratory areas. The hot water main feeding the 5th, 6th, and 7th level laboratories will remain off until the break can be sealed sometime later today, accor- ding to University plumbers Ben Put- nam and George Hulstrom. Hulstrom said that water pipes of- ten rupture during the cold winter months, and that additional breaks are expected. "I think people up here are used to this," Hulstrom said, "it happens every year." Water leaking from the Kresge Building spilled onto Catherine, Fuller, and other streets around the hospital. Salt was needed to melt the ice that formed as the water froze on the streets and sidewalks. Students who receive Social Security benefits because of the death, disability or retirement of a parent will see those funds sharply reduced after April. About 1,500 University students will be affected by the new law, Andrew Stevens, operations supervisor of the Ann Arbor Social Security office,' estimated. STUDENTS currently attending school and eligible for benefits will con- tinue to receive funds, but stipends will be cut 25 percent each September until the program is phased out in April 1985. In addition, students no longer will receive benefit checks in May, June, July, and August-even if they attend school during the summer. Under Social Security laws, survivor benefits are paid to young people under 18, regardless of their student status. Benefits currently are paid to survivors from ages 18 to 22 if they are enrolled in post-secondary institutions. Under recent amendments to the Social Security Act, passed by Congress last summer, those not enrolled in post- 'If it happened last year I wouldn't be in school now.' -Elaine Devlin, LSA Senior students Because of the May 1 cut-off date for eligibility, many incoming' freshper- sons could be affected by new Social Security laws. Counselors at local high schools said some students will finish their high school requirements at near- by colleges to evade the May,1 cutoff date. DON McEWEN, counselor at Pioneer High School, said many of his students affected will finish their final high school semester at Washtenaw Com- munity College. University Admissions Director Cliff Sjogren said the University will be more flexible in accepting students who have completed one or two semesters at other colleges because of the deadline, although he estimated that few new students would be affected. The'biggest drawback to the benefit cut will be to restrict students' college choices, Sjogren said. "If you take away support, you can't always go to the university of your choice," he said. secondary institutions as of May 1, 1982 will become ineligible for further benefits. Funds to college students will be cut completely by May 1, 1985. THE REDUCTION in Social Security aid to students was proposed by President Reagan in an attempt to relieve pressure on other Social Security funds. Last year, the U.S. government paid out $2.3 billion in Social Security benefits to college students. Most students who will be affected have' not been told about the cuts or were told too late to make plans. LSA JUNIOR Mark Modras had not been told that his benefits would be reduced by the new law. "I wasn't aware of the cut. I didn't know that a cut would be that quick or that large. It's really surprising," Modras said last night. LSA senior Elaine Devlin, who had heard that funds would be cut, will not be affected because she is graduating soon. She added,however, "If it hap- pened last year, I wouldn't be in school now." TODAY Quite a trip CHARLES AND MIRIAN Lane of London, Ohio are trying to convince the federal Social Security Administration that reports of their deaths are greatly exaggerated.The Lanes, retirees, returned last Thursday from visiting family in New York State to find letters addressed to each of them from the Social Security Administration. Both letters started with regrets, Min" Fathers and daughters1 Presidential Daddy Ronald Reagan may be a little tiffed with his daughter, actress Patti Davis. She has joined a California campaign seeking to halt nuclear weapons testing, but is trying not to turn the issue into a father- daughter dispute. "I don't want to get into a battle with my father on this," Davis said at a celebrity rally sponsored by Californians for a Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze, a group seeking to put the issue on the state ballot next November. Davis was one of dozens of entertainers who .. ...- -.. . -t.«. --P..- - V _- 4-47,.- I- . tion, and further deployment of all nuclear weapons" by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Q Dream house headaches Arlyn and Kristina Alderink thought that they had it made when they won a furnished "dream house." Then they realized what they actually had won was a lifetime supply of headaches. On a whim, the Alderinks entered a contest sponsored by a local radio station and contracting ..~~..r. P - ...-.-* - - . - - k o -^" ceded he probably will profit from the deal but said he en- tertained the possibility of declining the winnings. Kristina Alderink answered with a flat "no" when asked if she would enter another contest. "The experience is flabbergasting, she said. "I have mixed feelings-it throws the average person. We never had to face anything like that. L On the inside I I I i