Ninety-Three Years of Editorial Freedom Sit ti Reaganomics Cloudy today with snow likely. Tem- peratures falling to the upper 20s. I _______________________________ I RoI. XCIII, No. 102 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Thursday, February 3, 1983 Ten Cents Ten Pages 0 I Financial aid draft rules announced Frye names Crowfoot new SNR dean By BARBARA MISLE Financial aid officers curious about how to police a new law requiring federal financial aid recipients to register for the draft got their answer yesterday from the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. The law which goes into effect July 1, will require next year's male aid applicants to prove they have registered when they receive their award notices in ate May. IF A STUDENT does not have certification of registration, he may fill out an affidavit saying that he has registered with the Selective Service but has not received his certification. The student will then have 90 days to prove he registed before his finan- cial aid application is denied. The law, which goes into effect July 1, will require next year's male aid applicants to prove they have registered when they receive their award notices in late May. Students who do not have to register with the Selective Service - women, students under 18 years of age, or those born before 1960 - must indicate their status on the award notices they return, to the niversity. FINANCIAL aid office officials said the new guidelines pose a potential problem for men who are underage at the time they apply for aid in the spring, but who will turn 18 years old later in the year. The office has not decided how to deal with these students. A method of checking birthdates must be integrated into the system to ensure that these students do not lose their aid, or receive aid illegally, said James Zimmerman, assistant director of the financial aid office. - Officials also say that the excess paperwork that will accompany the new law will be burdensome for the office. "Administratively, it will be an added complication to an already complicated system. We are not looking forward to more work - we have enough to do already," Zimmerman said. Although some universities have considered providing alternative aid to students who fail to register, the University has not decided whether or not to do so. The financial aid office, the ad- ministration, and the general public have 30 days to comment on the rules, according to Department of Education policy. If the public comhment finds serious problems with the guidelines, changes can be made. By NEIL CHASE University officials yesterday nomin- ted Prof. James Crowfoot to a three- year term as Dean of the School of Natural Resources, ending a two-month search that was originally intended only to find an interim dean. If approved by the Regents at their Feb. 24 meeting, Crowfoot will im- mediately assume the position vacated in December when Dean William John- son resigned to begin a sabbatical. CROWFOOT said the coming months will be a time for planning the future of the school: 'University Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye is ex- pected to announce his final recom- mendation next week on the proposal that the school's budget be trimmed by one-third. "The main issue is to get on with planning the future directions of the school," Crowfoot said. To combat the sinking morale which has plagued the school during the budget review, Crowfoot said he would give immediate attention to problems such as course availability, financial aid, teaching assignments, and research funds. "I understand my task is to try and move the college through this bridging period," Crowfoot said. Because of the transition, Frye said he felt it necessary to give Crowfoot the full authority of a dean instead of picking an interim dean, and appointed Crowfoot for a three year term instead of the traditional five years. Crowfoot ... receives three-year appointment "I DON'T think ,we're in a good position to search externally ... until we complete the review process and restore our committment to the; school," Frye said. In the search for an interim dean, Frye submitted the names of tenured faculty members to the faculty for their: ratings, and chose rowfoot from among the top five candidates. Asked about the legality of creating a three-year deanship, Frye said, "I don't even know that we can do that ... See NEW, Page 5 Indecent exposure? Daily Photo by ELIZABETH SCOTT The smile on this man's face is not the result of a University Museum of Art retrospec- tive on the peep show. The Museum is, in fact, hosting a special exhibit focusing on the nude in art. r s s a a 5 2 0 i { ! y " Cranston announces x 4 49 Yv v v a presidential MANCHESTER, N.H. (UPI) - Liberal Sen. Alan Cranston of Califor- nia became the first Democrat to enterl the 1984 presidential race Wednesday,f pledging to meet with the Russians and end the "insane" nuclear arms race. After making his announcement in l Washington, Cranston flew to New t Hampshire, the nation's first primary state, to launch his long-shot battle for the nomination.1 THE THREE-term senator, who is assistant Democratic leader of the Senate, is considered to be trailing far behind the early Democratic front-t runner - former Vice President Walterl Mondale and Sen. John Glenn of Ohio. "I come here today to announce my1 intention to campaign for the office of president of the United States," Cran- ston said. "I have no other choice .. . not if I am to remain loyal to the prin- ciples which I have developed during four decades of public life." candidacy Although little known nationwide, Cranston is a dedicated and hard cam- paigner who is one of the party's best fundraisers - a useful asset in a long campaign. BECAUSE HIS native California provides 20 percent of the delegates needed for nomination, Cranston's can- didacy will become credible if he makes any kind of respectable showing in the early primaries. In launching his campaign, Cranston sought to carve out as his constituency the "overwhelming majority" who believe nuclear weapons threaten to wipe out civilization. He promised his first act if elected president would be to sit down with the Soviets and negotiate a mutual and verifiable freeze on nuclear weapons and then propose "that we meet again and again and again until we agree on See DEMOCRAT, Page 2 Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) announces his candidacy for the presidency in a Washington news conference yesterday. Policy board turns down proposed U' research study panel By LISA CRUMRINE Staring at a March deadline for presentation of non-classified research guidelines to the Senate Assembly, the Research Policy Committee yesterday voted down a proposed subcommittee to investigate several allegedly controversial research projects. The committee, chaired by dentistry Prof. Robert Moyers, defeated a motion presented by student member Tom Marx, citing as reasons time constrain- ts and concern over singling out specific grants. "WE EXPLORED some possibilities for expanding on policy we approved before," said Thomas Senior, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We have talked things out, but we aren't that much further forward than we were." The proposal called for a six member subcommit- tee to investigate five or six specific projects labelled "irresponsible" in a military research report com- piled last year by Bret Eynon and Roger Kerson for the Michigan Student Assembly. The subcommittee would check to see if the projects were acceptable under new guidlines the RPC approved last December. "We need to look at questionable research before we decide whether or not we need a mechanism for en- forcing the guidelines," said Marx. MARX EXPLAINED that the committee defeated the proposal because singling out projects smacked of "witch hunting." "A number of committee mem- bers said they supported looking into the research projects. However, they did not like the wording of my proposal," Marx said. "Instead they suggested a random selection of projects to look into, not singling them out." See PANEL, Page 2 Laser advocate Daly photo by ELIZABETH SCOTT Andy Rotstein speaks at the Michigan League yesterday in support of a laser defense system. He says investment in the system would spur the economy to recovery. See story, page 2. TODAY 0. servers said, predictions of six more weeks of winter have been met with jeers and snowballs. Thanks for the good news, Phil. revealed wires and other electronic gadgetry inside the box. "We determined that we could not take a chance so we treated it like it was a live bomb," Knottek said. Bomb technicians from the Army's137th Ordinance Detachment- Explosives Disposal destroyed the package by remote con- trol. The Pac-Man had been running on batteries, police said. The package, wrapped in brown paper, had been in- tended for a Corpus Christi address that postal authorities declined to release. Whoever owned the game must file with the postal service to be reimbursed for the cost of the game, said James McCullough, postmaster for Corpus Christi. EJ Also on this date in history: " 1966 - The Student Government Council passed a motion calling for student body participation in the selec- tion of the next University president; " 1970 - University President Robben Fleming announ- ced that legal action was being taken against 16 individuals and the local Students for a Democratic Society as a result of harassment incurred by military and corporation recruiters; " 1975 - The LSA faculty voted overwhelmingly not to grant academic credit for ROTC classes. Credit had been Shadow of a doubt ID IT SEEM A BIT LIKE spring yesterday? Punxsutaway Phil says it should. Phil, that fam- Pac-Man boom i