Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom b, IEtrt9a IEIUIIQ Lowdown Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunder showers. High in the low 70s. Vol. XCIV-No. 35 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Sunday, October 16, 1983 Fifteen Cents Eiaht Paaes .y . I Rolling Blue blanks NU, 3 r By CHUCK JAFFE That yawn you heard yesterday at <'Michigan Stadium was from a com- placent Michigan football team. The Wolverines crushed North- western 35-0 to raise their overal] record to 5-1, but, according to head coach Bo Schembechler, the team looked anything-but-impressive in the process. Despite Schembechler's claim that the offense "regressed," Michigan rolled up 409 yards in offense and ap- peared to score at will throughout the first half. "IF I HAD to put my wallet on the desk right now, I'd say that nobody on the offense played a good game," Schembechler said. "That might, Mlinois beats Ohio State, 17-13. See Page 8. change when we grade the films, but I didn't see very much from our offense. "I'm not unhappy with a 35-0 win," Schembechler added. "I'm happy with the defense and I'm happy with the score. I'm just not happy with the of- fense." Certainly Northwestern coach Dennis Green would have taken the Michigan offense for the day. His team was held to 79 yards on offense, for a net of only 39 yards after penalties. After the Wildcat's game opening drive was stopped at the Michigan 46-yard line, Northwestern never saw the Michigan side of the field again. QUARTERBACK SANDY Schwab mixed short passes with his own runs to take Northwestern into Michigan territory on the game's first series. The drive appeared stalled at the Michigan 29, but Green elected to go for the first down on fourth-and-one, and a quarter- back sneak kept the drive going. "The only way we could beat them was to keep them on the sidelines," Green said of his decision to risk losing the ball so early in the game. . 05-0 But once the drive stalled, Michigan's t offense took the field and control of the - game, at least until the third quarter. TAILBACK RICK ROGERS, who led I all rushers with 124 yards on 20 carries, picked up 37 yards, and Steve Smith passed for 28 more as the Wolverines methodically marched to their first score. Rogers followed the block of fullback Eddie Garrett up the middle - for the two-yard touchdown and 7-0 lead. On Northwestern's next play from scrimmage, defensive captain John Lott intercepted a twice-tipped Schwab pass, and the offense was back in business at the Northwestern 23-yard line. Steve Smith scored the touchdown on a fourth-and goal situation from the goal line, running the option play to his left and carrying two Wildcats into the end zone for the points. WITH THE SCORE 14-0, Michigan's defense pinned its ears back and went after Schwab. Linebacker Tom Hassel nailed the sophomore quarterback for a 12-yard loss, and defensive tackle Kevin Brooks almost forced a safety on the next play. One series later, Hassel and Mike Mallory nearly caused another safety, and the defense forced Northwestern to punt from inside its 10- yard line. Running back Kerry Smith led the ensuing Michigan drive, gaining 32 yards running and seven more on-a screen pass to set the stage for Steve Smith's second one-yard option touch- down run of the day. Rogers completed the first half scoring with a 19-yard run off of right guard, just two plays after Evan Cooper's 24-yard punt return gave Michigan the ball at the Northwestern 28. See 'M', Page 8 Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Wolverine tailback Kerry Smith blasts through the Northwestern defense in the 35-0 romp over the Wildcats yesterday at Michigan Stadium. The senior had 49 yards on nine carries. NUBS overcrowding: A terminal problem? By RACHEL GOTTLEIB Waiting in line for eight or 10 hours in order to gain access to a computer was not uncommon at the North University Building (NUBS) computing center. With the opening of a second central campus computing center in the Michigan Union last March, many of those problems were supposed to be solved. Now six weeks into its first full term of use, the Union center - dubbed UNYN - has helped reduce congestion somewhat, but "the problem is far from solved," said Aaron Finerman, the campus com- puting centers' director. STUDENTS WHO experienced computing problems before and after the UNYN center opening, saw little change in the long lines. "There are so many people using the computers that the Union didn't seem to make much of a difference," said sophomore engineering student Julie Lightenberg. Finerman attributed the troubles students encoun- tered when the UNYN opened in March to the usual end-of-term rush for computer time. He likened com- puter program deadlines and terminal congestion to term paper deadlines and the demand on books at the library. To accommodate the additional load that the new terminals at the Union demanded, the University also installed a more powerful mainframe computer. The new system is a "first production model," which means "all the kinks have not been worked out," Finerman said. THE UNIVERSITY bought the new computer because it was cheaper, but one of those kinks hap- pens to be a propensity to break down. Lisa Tarrant, an engineering college sophomore, says she had to. wait eight hours one night last winter just to get into NUBS. "When I finally got in at 3 a.m.," said Tarrant, "MTS (Michigan Terminal System) broke down and I had to wait until 3:30 before it was working again." But Finerman said he believes "all the kinks are worked out by now." The true test will come at the end of the semester when the main computer is once again forced to handle the workload involved during the "busy season." One other element that may help alleviate the bur- den on NUBS and UNYN users is the elimination of many engineering college students from the comp- puting centers. The engineering students began paying $100 per term this year for the installation of some 450 personal computers, all of which are expec- ted to be in operation by early 1984. BUT COMPUTING center officials don't expect even this measure to be sufficient to meet future computing demands. Finerman said a third com- puting center similar to UNYN and NUBS is in the early planning stages, although funding has not yet been approved. He said small terminals eventually may be placed in campus dormitories. Mary Markley Hall already has such a terminal, but plans for similar models in other dorms have not yet been made. Their future may depend on the success of Markley's system. The problem of overcrowding "is far from solved," Finerman said, but "the University is trying to make life for students more comfortable for access." As in- dustry's demand for computer literate employees in- creases, so too does Students' interest in computer courses. Some other schools are combatting the problem by requiring students to purchase their own personal computers - which can be outdated and obsolete by the time of a student's graduation. A recent running "discussion" conducted by com- y puter users in a data file contained the following commentary on one school's policy of forcing studen- ts to purchase computers: "Carnegie-Mellon, eat your heart out." Marines retaliate, kill five snipers in Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Marine sharpshooters said they killed five snipers who pinned them down at Beirut airport for the second day yesterday, and a mine or bomb blast wounded two French soldiers in a U.N. convoy in southern Lebanon. It was the first time since the Marines were deployed in Lebanon that they reported killing combatants. "WE TOOK out everyone that was shooting at us,"' said Marine Lt. A.W. Harris, a platoon commander on the exposed perimeter of the Marines' Beirut airport base. Harris said he believed the gunmen were from the Popular =Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist group. Lebanon's cease-fire committee, meanwhile, agreed to ask for Greek and Italian observers to police the Sept. 26 truce that ended three weeks of Druse-Christian fighting in the central mountains. THE SNIPING yesterday was along the northeastern edge of the ;airport, where one Marine was killed and another wounded Friday, bringing the toll to six Marines killed and 51 woun- ded in Lebanon in 16 months - most of them since Aug. 28. Marine spokesmen said there were no See MARINES, Page 2 AP Photo A United States Marine heads for cover as 'snipers' in Beirut begin to fire. For the first time since the Marine Corps landed in Lebanon retaliating shots were fired, killing five snipers. f TODAY Dragnet AGUN-WIELDING bank robber dressed as a woman with rose-colored glasses held up a crowded Springfield, Mass. bank at lunch hour, but was foiled by a small device that colored the loot with red dye. "A guy in drag. That's a good one," chortled police Det. Capt. Ernest Stelzer after the gunman fled from the Baybank Valley Buried treasure CHARLES OWENS has been buried by phone calls since he announced he's in the casket rental business. Owens, the owner of Bargain Hunter Auctions of In- dianapolis, Ind., decided to rent caskets after buying more than he could sell in a funeral home liquidation several weeks ago. "The idea was just something that occurred to me and, my partners on a Sunday morning," he said. "We just thought maybe it would be a good idea to pursue ren- ting the leftover caskets." Owens said his caskets, available in three sizes, can be used for home or office In your eye W HEN 18-YEAR-OLD Peter Mortiboy started wearing 18 earrings, a studded dog collar, and steel armlets to work at the Rolls-Royce Technical College in Bristol, England, plant managers accepted his eccentricities with 'good grace. But when Mortiboy showed up with his hair molded into steel-hard 4-inch spikes all over his head, his bosses were not amused and fired him on the grounds his new hair-do might poke out other employees' eyes. Mor- tiboy, who said he used industrial adhesive and glue to mold of three women in Ann Arbor. Also on this date in history: " 1968 - I.F. Stone, editor and publisher of the iconoclastic I.F. Stone's Weekly, told an audience at Rackham that he was not an oracle of the times. "I have no easy answers for you," he said. "In a free society when people care, they get what they want. And when people don't care, they get what they deserve." " 1970 - Citing a shortage of funds and facilities, the Regents rejected plans for University financing of a 24-hour child-care center. " 1973 - Actress Olivia de Havilland told an audience of 600 people at Lydia Mendelsohn' Theatre that during the I i