Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom P Lit ig 4Iai1Q Melting Things should be nice and clear after last night's frost, with a high nearing 60. Chance of rain tonight, but it won't be so cold. Vol. XCIV-No. 36 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, October 18, 1983 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages I SACUA State Court calls for proxy vote review By THOMAS MILLER The University's top faculty commit- tee decided yesterday that the Univer- sity's policy on corporate proxy votes should be among the top priorities of its financial affairs subcommittee for this The action of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) is the most significant in- dicator yet that the University policy will be scrutinized this year. THE POLICY has drawn criticism because the University always votes with corporate management on resolutions initiated by shareholders without examining the merits of the in- dividual proposals. "We need to deal with these issues right now, because they are topical," said Psychology Prof. Donald Brown, a SACUA member. "And there are a few faculty members that feel very strongly about these issues." Brown added that he felt that strong support among some faculty members on the proxy issue does not necessarily reflect the attitude of all faculty mem- bers. "There is not an overwhelming majority of faculty members that feel so strongly. Many are indifferent. I myself have mixed feelings about these issues," he said. WILBERT MCKEACHIE, A psychology professor and former SACUA chairman, is one of those faculty members who has been en- couraging the committee to pick up the issue. "It's the responsibility of a stockholder to vote ethically. If we automatically vote to support management, it's an irresponsible See FACULTY, Page 3 rules against Proposal D Daily Photo by SCOTT ZOLTON Making time Graduate student Sue Brontman creates a walnut clock yesterday in the Student Wood and Craft shop. 'U' faculty says salaries tl aren't higenoug LANSING (UPI) - The Michigan Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a business-backed ballot measure refor- ming utility rates must take effect in- stead of a rival proposal because it received more votes. The unanimous ruling resolved a dispute which had raged since last fall when both proposal H, backed by business, and Proposal D, supported by some consumer groups, won voter ap- proval following a campaign which featured massive spending. It is not expected to greatly alter current procedures at the Public Ser- vice Commission which are compatible with Proposal H. PROPOSAL H, placed on the ballot by the Legislature as a compromise, gesture, received about 200,000 more votes than Proposal D, placed there through a petition drive by the Michigan Citizens Lobby. The Supreme Court rejected the argument that measures placed on the ballot through a citizen initiative are on. a higher constitutional plane than those adopted by the legislature. The high court also dismissed a claim that the legislature acted improperly in placing its own conflicting measure on the ballot rather than following procedures outlined for rejecting citizen-initiated legislation and offering counter-measures. Proposal H - which also had some union support - bans automatic rate adjustments, but permits changes to be approved following hearings on utilities' fuel, purchased power and purchased gas costs. The justices said Proposal H must be enacted in its entirety and refused to give effect to non-conflicting provision- s in the two measures. PROPOSAL D would have required that adjustments for utility costs be granted only in conjunction with general rate cases. Terry Davis, a spokesman for the PSC, said the high court ruling will not greatly change current procedures for granting rate adjustments. Those procedures, which involve monthly bill adjustments based on annual forecasting of costs, follow a law writ- ten by the legislature to complement Proposal H. Had Proposal D prevailed, Davis said, the. same type of forecasting would have taken place, but it could only have been done in connection with regular rate cases which usually come about 18 months to two years apart. "I think prices that people would have paid would have been the same" under proposal D, he said. He said Proposal H permits a more flexible and timely system of cost recovery. Others, however, noted that Proposal D would have permitted the PSC to ignore rate increases affecting Michigan utilities which are granted by federal agencies. Attorney General Frank Kelley said he regretted the high court decision, adding "This may have a discouraging effect on initiatives by the people." By THOMAS MILLER. While faculty salary increases at the University were higher than the inflation rate last year, they still lagged behind the salaries of faculty at other institutions, according to a faculty report. Delivering the preliminary report of the Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty (CESF) at yesterday's faculty Senate Assembly meeting, Economics Prof. E. Philip Howry told the group that last year's salary increases "were not sufficient to keep pace with peer private institutions." "SALARIES AT the University are still only 93 percent of the salaries of our peers at private institutions," Howrey said. He said that 1982-83 was the second year in a row where faculty salary increases were greater than the rate of in- flation.' But Howrey said that to bring University salaries into parity with other institutions would cost a substantial amount of money. "THE COST of such a commitment would be $5 million dollars over the next three years," Howrey said. The largest salary increases were among non-minority male professors where the average salaries were up more than $2700. Non-minority female professors had the second highest average increase at about $1900 according to the report. Black male professors had a much smaller increase last year, averaging just over $500. "The absolute increase of black males is off by a factor of two with other faculty members," said Chemistry Prof. Billy Evans. "The condition of black females is improving, but the status of black males isn't improving at all." Evans cited a lack of communication between the ad- ministration's affirmative action office and faculty gover- ning committees. La. creationism law upheld NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled yester- day that the state legislature had the right to order creationism taught alongside the theory of evolution in public schools. The ruling, by a vote of 4-3, did not consider the merits of scientific or religious questions about creationism - questions which both sides now ex- pect to argue in federal court. THE MAJORITY ruling by the Supreme Court hinted that a bigger question was at stake. "Irrespective of other problems of a legal or constitutional nature that may or may not infect this act, for our present purposes and for the limited question which we are here called upon to answer, we are focusing on the Louisiana Constitutional authority of the Louisiana Legislature to provide for educational policy," the court said. 'A year ago, the ACLU said that creation science was dead in Lousiana. Well, it's just been resurrected.' -Bill Keith La. state senator Instead, the court focused entirely on whether the Legislature could pass a law saying what can be taught in public schools. THE 1981 Louisiana law calls for "equal treatment" for the opposing theories of the origins of life. Under the law, if evolution is taught, creationism must be taught, too. State officials had suspended the law, pending the outcome of the court tests. Proponents of creationism hailed the ruling as a victory. The American Civil Liberties Union, which fought the law, called it a temporary setback and said it expected the law to be thrown out in federal court. "WE ARE SO excited," exclaimed state Sen. Bill Keith, who wrote the creationism law. "A year ago, the ACLU said that creation science was dead in Louisiana. Well, it's just been resurrected." Martha Kegel, director of the ACLU in New Orleans, said, "We have every reason to believe that the federal court will rule, as it did in Arkansas, that the teaching of creationism violates the federal constitution." Members of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which challenged the Legislature's right to set curriculum, said they were uncertain about prospects for an ap- peal. LOUISIANA is now the only state with a creationism law. Arkansas had the first one, but it was struck down by a federal judge who said it was designed to advance religion and thus. violated the constitutional separation of church and state. Creationism generally asserts that the book of Genesis is literally true; that life was created suddenly out of nothing several thousand years ago. Evolution - the generally accepted scientific theory - views creation as a development over millions of years. Sororities By SUE BARTO Recent incidents at several campus sororities have raised questions within the Greek system concerning the safety of serenades and "raids" for composite photographs between sororities and fraternities. The latest incident caused one sorority to demand a formal apology from a fraternity after the conduct at a recent serenade was "rude and incon- siderate," according to a member of the Panhellenic Association, the sorority system's governing body. ACCORDING TO sources close to Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity, the two houses in- question 'r volved, a fraternity pledge chose to kiss a sorority member "between the legs" during a kissing ritual. Pi Beta Phi sent a letter to the frater- nity demanding a formal apology, said sorority president Alisa Sturm. Sturm declined to comment on the actual in- cident, saying it would be too em- barrassing for the parties involved. "We wrote a letter to the Phi Delt president asking for an apology and on the basis of their response will decide whether to contact (the fraternity's) alumni," Sturm said. Phi Delta Theta President Jon Weller said he received the letter yesterday and that the house will send a formal apology. 'aids' and 'serenades' The Panhellenic Association, the governing body of the 17 sororities on campus, has received no complaint in regard to the incident, said association president Maggie Katz. "My standing is that there has been no formal com- plaint so there is no problem." A SECOND INCIDENT this term of- fended members of Delta Delta Delta sorority when their house was "raided," though they had a clear policy of not participating in such ac- tivities. "None of our girls steal composites so we are not subject to being raided," said Delta Delta Delta President Leslie Rock. To prevent fraternities from stealing their composite photograph of sorority members, Delta Delta Delta had bolted the picture - which is worth between $800 and $1000 - to the wall of the house. But a fraternity, which Rock would not name, tried to pry the corposite loose and in the process "ripped the wallpaper, which was brand new, and pulled out one of the bolts." Rock said the sorority will receive reparations from the fraternity in- volved. THE TRADITIONAL incentive behind stealing a composite from a fraternity or sorority is to require the house to "serenade" in order to get it See GREEK, Page 2 Sleepy hollow Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK Faced with mid-terms, these attentive students study diligently last night at the Graduate Library. TODAY Morning groaners ODAY WE ARE pleased to introduce a new car- toon feature to tickle the funny bones of our more morbid readers. ADearing on Page 3 of the Daily they figure they should also give the Thanksgiving favorites one last trot. So residents gather together 50 of the fastest fowl, line them up at the starting point of a 213-foot course, and let 'em rip. "Turkeys are fast, but they can also be dumb," said Paul Miller, chairman of Davies County's 11th Annual Turkey Trot festival. This year's event will also include a live turkey dressing contest. "Last year, someone dressed up a turkey like Dolly Parton and this year we're told one of the turkeys will be dressed to look like E.T.," Miller said. After the final trot around the track, hopefully with the winner coming in ahead of the world record of 13.6 sconnds- the winningireiswrded withm n r miis ma;n].i produce when they're contented really adds up. Most cows give about 30 quarts a day, but Wiersma says they can get pretty unhappy in hot weather while waiting in line for the milking parlor. "It is just dang miserable in there," he said. "My intent is to change that hour of misery into an hour of relief." So Wiersma, working with four Phoenix-area -dairies, designed showers that spray cattle before and after they are milked. "A cow under heat stress has a very noticeable drug-out appearance," he said. "Once they're sprayed, they look happier." E "shepherd to watch over newly acquired animals" - two bear cubs, two coyote cubs, four racoons, five skunks, two woodchucks, a badger, a fox, and a porcupine. The museum still had another week's worth of construction on a new animal house. .1947 - University economics Prof. William Haber war- ned that decontrolling prices would lead inevitably to an in- creasing number of labor disputes. " 1955 - The Residence Halls Board of Governors voted +n-4. rar ivar ati PrP+ ntt nsPSiniFast Ona to a'l- I I . I I