The Michigan Daily-Saturday, April 9, 1983-Page 3 Reagan gives Watt gag trophy for ban on Beach Boy's rock I I I WASHINGTON-That shot-in-the- foot trophy which President Reagan handed Interior Secretary James Watt after his attempt to ban rock music from the capital's July 4 celebration had but a single hole in it. It could have had several. Watt's ill-fated assault on the Beach Boys was hardly the first time he's been in trouble over questions that have little to do with his job of managing 750 million acres of federal land. The dif- ference, this time, was that Reagan and wife Nancy personally served up his dish of crow. In a post bordering on obscurity in past administrations, Watt has become one of the most visible 'members of the Reagan cabinet, and, according to polls, the most disliked. Environmental groups, have declared him Public Enemy No. 1. But Watt's combativeness has ranged far beyond the environmental bat- tlefield. Speaking to a group of Califor- nia farmers in 1981, Watt said, "I never use the words Democrats and Republicans. It's liberals and Americans." Watt said later he meant the com- ment as a joke, adding that "some of my best friends are liberals." Watt also got into trouble for a letter he wrote to Israel's ambassador to the United States, warning that U.S. sup- port for Israel could be jeopardized if Jewish liberals opposed the Reagan administration's energy program. Five days after the letter was made public last August, Watt backed down, telling Jewish leaders they had "every right toq be upset' and promising to be sensitive in the future. Wattapologized in January to American Indians for calling their reservations shameful examples of "the failurs of socialism" with the highest rates of unemployment, drug abuse, alcoholism and venereal disease in the country. While apologizing "if my words caused hurt," Watt said he wasn't sorry for his message that In- dian governments needed more in- dependence from Washington. Wards aren't the only way Watt has landed in hot water. In December, 1981, two private parties hosted by Watt and his wife at the home of Robert E. Lee triggered protests from historic groups upset that the mansion in the middle of Arlington National Cemetery was being * used for parties. The General Accounting Office ruled that Watt had improperly used gover- nment money to pay for the cocktail party and breakfast. Threatened with a cut in pay, Watt relectantly turned over $6,517 not out of his pocket, but from funds donated by theRepublican National Committee. In the latest flap, Watt backed down and rescinded his ban against rock groups, on ground they attracted the "wrong element," after Reagan and his wife both let it be known that they were fans of the Beach Boys. Sit-in ends without concessions from Frye (Continued from Page 1) him for direct responses to their questions. BETWEEN discussions with Frye, the protesters held planning meetings to discuss' strategy for the sit-in and future activities. When the students weren't meeting with Frye or among themselves, "we settled down, played a lot of euchre, played a lot of cards, and listened to WCBN," LSA senior Roy Cohen said. When security guards locked the doors to the building and removed mouthpieces from the phones around Frye's office, students outside the building went to campus radio station WCBN to tran- smit their messages of support to the protesters. "It was good to know that there were people on the outside who were concer- ned about what we were doing." said LSA senior Mark DuCharme OUTSIDE THE administration building, graduate student Vicki Shapiro was responsible for com- munication with the protesters. She said the squatters took walkie-talkies inside with them but by late evening the radios were not working properly. It was then that they went to WCBN. Shapiro said many of the students gave her $50 for bail money because similar sit-ins in the pat ended with students arrests. But University ad- ministrators let the students remain in the building throughout the night. The evening was a restless one for many of the protesters, but some managed to get at least a few minutes of sleep. 'I woke up because I had been having these terrible dreams about Frye," said LSA junior Sally Petrella, who slept outside Frye's door. "I had to go to the other side of the hall. It was like strange vibes." ONE STUDENT who didn't sleep was Lee Brewbaker, a senior in natural resources. "Most people had gone to bed. The lights were out. There was this calmness - and lots of giggling," he said. The students praised the security guards who, spent the night with them. They offered the guards some of what little food they had, and when they found it was Assistant Safety Director Leo Heatley's anniversary they attem- pted to have a cake with candles went into the building for him. "They wouldn't let it in," PSN leader Marx said. Daily Photo by WENDY GOULD Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Douglas Castle, speaks at the School of Natural Resources' Honors Convocation yesterday. Ex-EPA official says regulations are result of social change (Continued from Page 1) still have yet to appreciate." COSTLE SAID much of the damage done to the environment before regulations resulted from a failure to properly interpret how various factors might interact. "Unfortunately, we were not able to predict the problems with chemicals such as DES and DDT," he said. "The problem deals with the rate at which they were introduced." He said it is difficult to base regulatory decisions purely on scien- tific fact because available data is frequently contradictory and can be in- terpreted in a variety of ways. "MOST EPA decisions involve judgement calls," Costle said. "There is no way that scientific knowledge is free of ambiguity." . Because of this, Costle said, the agency needs strong leadership to develop effective methods for dealing with a changing social picture. He said the selection of William Ruckleshaus to replace Ann Burford as administrator of the controversial EPA represents "a giant step toward a new credibility in the (agency)." Costle said Ruckleshaus will provide the kind of guidance that has been missing at the agency. "Projects, like Superfund, are in their infancy and need nourishing and guiding," he said. In the end, Costle said, expanding en- vironmental regulation will have positive effects on a changing nation, rather than acting as a barrier to fur- ther development. "We have come to realize the limits on man to exploit his habitat without regard for the consequences," he said. "We are finding that scarcity can be a resource which points technology in a more creative direction." -HAPPENINGS Highlight * "at' Wrong With the 'U' frl You", a forum focusing on problems rninotties Mace at the tJniversity, will be held today in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Umo..The forum,spgnsored by LSA Student Government, will fcisnacai , :10-11 a.m.; recruitment, 11:15-12:15; attrition 1:30-2:30; and financial aid, 2:45-3:45. Faculty members and administrators will speak. Films Alternative Action - I, The Jury, 7 p.m.; Sharkey's Machine, 9 p.m., MLB 3. AAFC - If... ,7p.m.; O Lucky Man, 8:45 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema II - Gallipoli, 7 and 9 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. Gargoyle - Deliverance, 7:30; The Longest Yard, 9:30 p.m., Hutchins Hall. Hillel - The Last Waltz, 7:30 and 10 p.m., 1429 Hill. Mediatrics - "10", 7 and 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Cinema Guild - Hair, 7 and 9:15 p.m., Lorch Hall. Performances School of Music - Midwest Composers Symposium, Voice Recital, Gerald Walker, tenor, 8:30 p.m., Art and Arch; Symposium - includes concerts of student compositions performed by students from Oberlin Conservatory, Northwestern, Iowa, Illinois, 10:30 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall. Latin American Culture Project-Latin American Music with Mercedes Sosa, 8 p.m., Rackham Aud. Tickets available at Schoolkids Records Residential College - "Tonight.. . Only", 8 p.m., R.C. Aud., E. Quad. Ann Arbor Folk Festival - Jim Post, 8:30, Ark. Soundstage - R. T. Funk Band, 9:30, U Club. Canterbury Loft - "The Bombs", 8 p.m., 332 S. State., second floor. University Gilbert and Sullivan Society - "The Mikado", 8 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Performance Network - Common Ground Theater, performance and workshop, 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington Street. Dance - "Tangents of Dance: A-Senior Dance Concert," 8 p.m., Dance Building Studio Theatre, L310 N. Univ. Ct. Professional Theater Program - Narcisscus Bound, 8 p.m., Trueblood Theater. Speakers Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Dr. Marjorie Nelson, "The Ultimate Epidemic," 9:30 a.m., Ann Arbor Public Library. Student Alumni Council - "A Symposium on Life After Graduation," 1-3 p.m., Founders Room, Alumni Center. Miscellaneous Ann Arbor Go Club - Mtg., 2-7 p.m., 433 Mason Hall. Career Planning and Placement - "Job Hunting Workshop for Panicking Seniors," 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 3200 Student Activities Building. Center for Continuing Education of Women - "Letting Go and Moving On" seminar for graduating women, 1:00-3:00 p.m., second floor Comerica Bank. Russian and East European Studies - "The Making of the Armenian People: Cultural Formation and National Renaissance," 9-11:30 a.m., 1-3:30 p.m., Hussey Room II, Michigan League. Women in Science Program of the Center for Continuing Education of Women - "Options and Opportunities in Industry: Women in Science," 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Rackham. Veterans Administration - ceremony observing National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Day, 2 p.m., Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, 2215 Fuller Rd.. EMU ,College of Technology - "Industrial Automation: Labor Management Issues," 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 777 Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Ar- bor. Tae Kwon Do Club - Practice, 9-11 a.m., Martial Arts Room, CCRB. I Computer slows results (Continued from Page 1) Data Systems; Center were scanning the ballots at a rate about ten times slower than was originally estimated. Goldman said this election is a trial run for the center's ballot-scanning fac- ilities. Despite all the delays, Goldman said the price for counting the ballots by computer - $200 to $400 - is still a better deal than the $1400 to $1600 it would cost to count the votes by hand. Although Goldman said voters weren't to blame for the delay, students operating the final stages of the tabulation nrocess told him thev were slowed down even further by voter error. Confused? Denied further infor- mation by his own hired assistants, Goldman also joined the ranks of frustrated candidates and their suppor- ters who were forced to wait even longer for explanations and results. Urop in the Bucket Daily Photo by WENDY GOULD Bucketeers collecting donations for the Ozone House, a house which provides counseling and shelter for teenage runaways, hit the diag yesterday to help Ozone. Laid-off steelworker gets presidential aid SUDS F ACTOR Y yComplete. Stop by this week and ask why. Theta Xi FRATERNITY 737 N, HywronYpsilanti 485-0202 S. University at Washtenaw Classifieds get results! Ubrich's Annual Inventory Sale Involving every item in our store except textbooks. Special prices on calculators, computers and computer products. THIS IS THE LAST DAY! 20% OFF All Artist Supplies 1 // INCLUDING U,.-.. * * Watercolor Paper"E"riidi All art Boards Easels Canvas ® LJ i Acrylics Markers Oils Watercolors Art Portfolios I ~ii n~P n PITTSBURGH (AP) - A laid-off steelworker who gave a resume to President Reagan during a recent presidential visit went out yesterday on a job interview that was arranged by the White House. Ron Bricker, who learned of the developments in a phone call from Reagan himself, attended an interview with Radio Shack, a consumer elec- tronics and computer manufacturer and retailer. BRICKER, 39, who is being retrained to work with computers, also was called for an interview on Tuesday with South Hills Computer Center, and an aide to U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, (R-Pa.), picked up a copy of his resume to cir- culate to other potential employers. "I'm open for any job," Bricker said as he left his computer training class at Control Data Institute, where he had confronted Reagan on Wednesday and asked the president's help in finding a job.