Man sues 'U' after being booted out of law library The Michigan Daily - Saturday, October 29, 1983- Page 3 By JODY BECKER An Ann Arbor man who was kicked out of the Law School library last month is suing the University for $16 million, saying that the University infringed upon his rights by refusing him entrance to the library. Glen Roberts filed suit in Ann Arbor's U.S. District Court Wednesday in an attempt to force the University to relax entrance restrictions on the underground section of the law library. Roberts was asked to leave the building Sept. 11, after he tried to use the library with a research pass. ROBERTS, WHO said he was researching another lawsuit he was involved in, proceeded into the lower level of the library despite a guard's warning that he was not per- mitted to enter without a pass. Two University security officers arrived and escorted Roberts out of the library, telling him that he would be arrested if he tried to enter any University buildings again. Roberts said tha the officers thought he was a street per- son because he has no home phone number, and that they told him "go hand out on the south corner of the Diag with all the street people and vagrants." HE SAID THAT the threat to arrest him if he enters a University building not only infringes upon his right to use the library, but prohibits him from voting at University polling sites or using health care facilities at University Hospital. He also maintained that since the law library is a Federal Depository Library - it receives all federal publications free - it should be open to the general public. Admission to the underground wing of the library is limited to law students and people with passes. Library of- ficials say the restrictions were set up to avoid over- crowding of the facility, which is often visited by people in- tersted in its novel architectural design. MARGARET Leary, the library's associate director, said that passes are "regularly issued to anybody who needs to use our books." But she added that Roberts never applied for a library pass. the library does not check for passes all of the time because it cannot afford "to have someone guard the doors at all hours," but officials run spot checks "when the library looks crowded," Leary said. Roberts said that he did not have a pass because they are not available on Sunday, when he was trying to enter the library. HE SAID THAT he tried to settle the matter with Univer- sity officials by contacting William Cash, an assistant to University President Harold Shapiro, who suggested that Roberts apply for a pass. But Roberts said he cannot use the pass unless the arrest threat is rescinded. Roberts said that the $16 million he is seeking is "an abitrary figure." But he said he thought the sumn should be high enough to bother University officials. "Unless these guys get their fingers burned, they'll keep harassing people," he said. Roderick Daane, the University's top attorney, called the suit a "frivolous" case. "I do not think such claims ought to be filed in already overburdened courts," he said. But Daane rejected the idea of an out-of-court settlement which might intimate that the University was wrong to bar Roberts from University buildings. "There will be no such concessions on that point," Daane said. Roberts also filed a complaint with the FBI to seek felony charges against the officers who escorted him out of the library. Boo Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Workers in the University's housing office got into the Halloween spirit yesterday by coming to work in costume. Pic- tured from left to right (top row): Melinda Helton; Julie Lenio; Brenda Herman; Martha Burnett; Carolyn Shaklee; Judy Cox; Marlene Mantyk; Diana Van Doeselaar; (bottom row) Kristi Sawle; Peggy Ellis; Brenda Chan; and Jo Rumsey. Art school panel named (Continued from page 1) Latin Americans fear U.S. itervention (Continued from.page 1), Arene, a former member of the military junta, said that the people of El Salvador have had to resort to violence because they were unable to change their world in any other way. "THE PEOPLE of El Salvador have HAPPENINGS- Highlight The Latin American Solidarity Committee is sponsoring a teach-in on the current situation in Latin America. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at MLB there will be workshops and lectures on topics such as U.S. Policy Toward Latin America, Cuba Today, and the Growing Crisis in Grenada. Films Alternative Action - Key Largo, 7:30 p.m., The Treasure of Sierra Madre, 9 15.p.m., Nat. Sci. AAFC - The Man Who Fell To Earth, 7 & 9:30 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema II - Local Hero, 7 & 9 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Cinema Guild - Flashdance, 7, 8:45 & 10:30 p.m., Lorch. Classic Film Theatre - Young Frankenstein, 7:05 & 10:40 p.m., High Anxiety, 9 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Hill St. - Singin' In The Rain, 7:45 & 9:45 p.m., 1429 Hill. Mediatrics - La Cage Aux Folles, 6:30,8:15, & 10 p.m., MLB 3. Performances Performance Network - "Dangerous Times," 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington. Ark - Joe and Antoinette McKenna, 8 p.m., 1421 Hill. University Musical Society - Leonid and Valentina Kozlov, 8 p.m., Power Center. Office of Major Events - Moody Blues, 8 p.m., Crisler Arena. School of Music - Music bandorama with the University's marching, jazz, symphony and concert bands and The Friars, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium; voice recital with Carol Sahakian, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. Speakers Rudolf Steiner Institute - Hans Gerbert, "Computers and Freedom," 8 p.m., 1923 Geddes. Meetings Tae Kwon Do Club - 9-11 a.m., CCRB Martial Arts Room. Ann Arbor Go Club - 2-7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Miscellaneous Voice of Reason - Co41-rence on "The Morality of the Constitution," 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p'm., 100 Hutci. Hall. Program on Women & w. .k - Conference on "Pay Equity: Beyond 59 cents," 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Hoyt Conference Center, Eastern Michigan Univer- sity. Museum of Art - Public sale of fixed price items, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Michigan Uniop; live auction, 7-10:30 p.m., Museum of Art. Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department - Child fingerprint program, 9 a.m.-noon, Washtenaw County Service Center, 2201 Hogback. Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum - Make a Mask workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, 219E. Huron. ROTC -- Haunted house, 7-11 p.m., North Hall. Genealogical Workshop, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Weber's Inn, 3050 Jackson. Natural Resources Club - Tree planting at County Farm Park, 9 a.m., Washtenaw and Platt. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Ml 48109 Malicious Intent tried all peaceful means to improve their lives, to increase salaries, to have access to social security, access to education, access to the free press, for the free democratic elections, and fqr an independent, fair judiciary system," he said at an earlier interview. William Vigil, a counsellor for the Nicaraguan Embassy in Washington, and a member of the ruling, Sandinista government, said in a speech following Arene's that his government is also worried about U.S. military interven- tion in his country. "One of the main goals of (the Reagan administration) is to destroy Nicaragua," Vigil said, noting that the United States has called the Sandinista government a "totalitarian that is exporting revolution and is a threat to United States national security." 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