Ninety-Three Years Of Editorial Freedom C I tr Mtigt 1Eatilj Glossy Mostly clear and warmer today with a high in the mid-40s. Lows tonight should reach the mid-20s. Vol. XCll, No. 126 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, March 12, 1983 Ten Cents Eight Pages wsU votes to divest of S. African holdings By DAN GRANTHAM Wayne State University's Board of governors voted unanimously yester- day to drop its investments in American firms operating in South Africa and the Soviet Union. The decision makes Wayne State the first university in Michigan to divest since a state law went into effect which requires all state-supported univer- sities to drop investments in firms in- volved in South Africa. BUT THE board's chairman, Michael Einheuser said the university's decision was not a product of the new law. T "We believe the state law is ab- Of solutely unenforceable against us," he! said. "The state has no damn business Jonathon telling us what to do with our invest- which dou See WAYNE, Page 2 Draft lat By BARBARA MISLE University students will not have to prove they reg- istered for the draft to receive financial aid, officials said yesterday. A Minnesota federal court judge Thursday blocked enforcing a federal law requiring students who apply for financial aid to submit proof they are registered with the Selective Service. UNIVERSITY officials were hesitant Thursday to say the Minnesota ruling would apply to Michigan students, but took a firm stand yesterday, saying students nationwide will not have to comply with the law. "The feeling in Washington is that, since it was State defers college aid payments Daily Photo by TOD WOOLF g playing Oppenheimer said he was tired of losing the smaller flutes he had owned, so he bought this five-foot version, bles as a walking stick. "I never lose this one," Oppenheimer said. From staff and wire reports LANSING - State Treasurer Robert Bowman said late yesterday the cash- starved state will withhold $67.7 million in aid payments for colleges and com- munity colleges. He said the deferral is "necessary in light of Michigan's cash problems." Bowman said the delay in college aid may not be indefinite, like the one im- posed earlier this year, but he also did not indicate when the aid would be for- thcoming. He hinted waivers may be granted in hardship cases. Universtiy President Harold Shapiro said the deferral will put the University in even deeper financial trouble. "We have received no state payments since January 1," he said. "If the Mar- ch payment is now added to the January and February deferrals, the University's general fund will have had to borrow more than $45 million simply to carry on the day-to-day operations of the University. "This will cost the University nearly one-half million dollars per month in in- terest earnings alone" Shapiro said, making planning almost impossible. In January, just 10 days after taking office, Blanchard delayed indefinitely more than $500 million in payments to local governments, local schools, and colleges and community colleges. With the state's cash balances dangerously low, he said, Michigan would have faced payless paydays at the end of February had the funds not been withheld. "We recognize very clearly that (the delay in college aid) is going to continue to put a hardship on colleges and universities," Bowman said. "This one may be the straw to break the camel's back. We may be in a position of needing to release (money) to certain colleges and universities that need it," Bowman added. Shapiro said the deferrals will make proposals to boost the state's income tax by 38 percent absolutely im- perative. "We are running out of time. The ab- sence of $45 million in state payments is already costing the University hun- dreds of thousands of dollars," he said. Bowman said he hopes the state can make a payment in the first part of April to local schools which are due to receive $190 million on April 1. he declined to say how much would be paid, however, and admitted the situation will be worse if a tax hike is not paid by that time. The state's currernt cash shortage amounts to about $150 million, Bowman said. The state is borrowing about $150 million from special dedicated funds, he said. Those funds contain another $350 million, but had the $500 million not been held up, 'the state would be in- solvent," he said. Bowman said tax refunds appear to be running in the tens of millions of dollars over projections, partly due t heavier than expected use of Individual Retirement Accounts, but the state has the funds needed to cover them at this time and there have been no delays. ruling covers ' taken to a federal court, it is a class action suit," University Financial Aid Director Harvey Grotrian said. "So the nation's youth are affected not just those in Minnesota." "We are pleased because it buys us very badly needed time to develop a set of regulations we can live with," he said. THE SUIT, brought by six Minnesota college students, challenged the law signed by President Reagan last September, which requires all males who receive federal funds for their education to prove they are registered for the draft. The suit charges the law is self-incriminating. denies students the right to a fair trial, and discriminates against males who need financial assistance. Minnesota Federal Court Judge Donald Alsop echoed the students objections in his 26-page opinion, saying the law violates students' constitutional rights against self-incrimination. "IT TAKES NO great stretch of the imagination to discern how plaintiffs' identification of themselves as non-registrants could incriminate them or provide an significant link in the chain of evidence tending to establish their guilt," Alsop wrote. The law was passed in Congress with over- whelming support, 303-95, but the Minnesota ruling seriously threatens its chance ever to be enforced, Grotrian said. "We think (the decision) will buy time for Congress to decide whether or not the law is as good as they See RULING, Page 2 Orwell's "1984' came from his childhood -prof. By CARL WEISER George Orwell's own sado- masochistic urges drove him to write about the all-powerful totalitarian regime in 1984, Prof. Alex Zwerdling said at yesterday's session of a con- ference on Orwell's work. Zwerdling, a professor of English at University of California-Berkley, joined former Sen. Eugene McCarthy and Associate Humanities Prof. Gor- man Beauchamp as a featured speaker for the second day of the nationally heralded "Future of 1984" conference in Rackham Amphitheater. SPEAKING TO A standing-room- only crowd, Zwerdling tied the horrifying scenes of torture in 1984 to the "subconscious sado-masochistic nature" in Orwell. His Freudian interpretation of the novel focused in on Orwell's "secret wish for submission" and his "perverse fantasies." Orwell's fictional police state reflec- ted childhood fantasies, Zwerdlin said. "The police state reduces the adult to a state of childlike helplessness." he said. ZWERDLIN SAID he believes Win- ston Smith, the principal character in 1984, is actually in love with O'Brien, his torturer. "O'Brien is the only other character besides his mother that ad- dresses Winston by his first name," Swerdling said. While O'Brien is Winston's psychological mother, Big Brother is his father, Swerdling said. "Family loyalty became state loyalty," he said, "and this is the analogy at the heart of 1984." BEAUCHAMP SPOKE in a similar vein. However, he tied specific events in Orwell's childhood to his sadomasochistic tendencies. Born Eric Blair, Orwell went to Crossgates Academy as a child, Beauchamp said. The academy was strictly run and Beauchamp said Or- well saw "much pointless persecution of the weak by the strong." Beauchamp said the psychosexual forerunner of Big Brother was "Bingo," the school headmaster's wife. "The young Orwell saw Bingo as a power-seeking personality" Beauchamp said. He said the "lust to dominate" is present in power-seeking personalities and this "disguised sadism" leads to totalitarianism. BEAUCHAMP FREQUENTLY referred to the regime dominating the characters of 1984, which he expressed in O'Brien's words: "Imagine a boot See McCARTHY, Page 3 Send In the clowns Daily Photo by TOD WOOLF These unemployed auto workers from Dearborn said they had "nothing to do," so they decided to help publicize the University Activities center's Michigras celebration. Doily Photo by DAVID FRANKS "Disguised sadism" leads to totalitarianism, Associate Humanities Prof. Gorman Beauchamp told the audience gathered for the "Future of 1984" conference at Rackham Ampitheatre yesterday. TODAY- Change of scene R EVIEW BUFFS TAKE note - University of- ficials have changed the site for Monday's public meeting on the School of Art budget review. The three-hour session is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Chrysler Center auditorium on North Cam- pus - NOT in the Michigan Union as originally advertised. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Billy every day for months and never have the same brand twice." Tracey, who has lined the walls of his pizzeria in Fort Meyers, Fla. with more than 8,000 kinds of beer con- tainers, admits to being fascinated by the brew. "It's gone from the sublime to the ridiculous," he said of his collec- tion. Although inquisitive visitors marvel at his vast assor- tment of "dust collectors," customers also come to try some of the more than 100 varieties of imported beer he keeps on hand. Tracey stocks brands from such places as the Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Iceland, Australia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean. He also offers allowing them to enter the state. Department official Phil Martinelle said Friday he would ask the Legislature to draft a bill that would end Nevada's reign as a closed state. Bees currently can't cross into Nevada without passing a physical to make sure they are free of certain diseases, Martinelli said. His comments to a Senate committee prompted one member to ask how California bees are distinguished from domestic cousins. Another wanted to know how Nevada was keeping the aliens out in the first place. Martinelli said the law applies only to beekeepers, who have to register their stock. Unleashed bees arE " 1918 - Ann Arbor's taxi drivers set a flat rate of 35 cents and 25 cents for trips under a half mile. " 142 - Alpha Tau Omega fraternity held its annual Blackfoot ball as part of the Founders Day program. Gor- don Hardy and his 11-piece band serenaded the 325 couples. " 1975 - More than 100 Palestine supporters interrupted a speech by Israeli president Ephraim Katzer at Rackham auditorium. One person was arrested and scores of protesters were removed from the lecture hall after University President Robben Fleming ordered Ann Arbor nolice to break un the demonstriatinnn I I 1