The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 10, 1983 -Page 7 Protesters lift blockade of radiation lab AP Photo* School children cheer and honor guards stand at attention as President Reagan walks the red carpet yesterday at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo. Reagan urges elose ties in talks wi Japanese (Continued from Page 1) planes and missiles to continue operating after a nuclear blast. They point to Senior's past projects on elec- tromagnetic pulses, which had a stated intention of simulating the pulse given by "a high-altitude nuclear detonation." Senior admits that the pulse given off by lightning and a nuclear blast are similar, but he says his curent work is- only concerned with lightning. "I was rather upset when I was accused of lying," he said. Senior also reacted angrily to the group's claim that in his past projects concerned with reducing a structure's visibility on radar, he was performing vital work on Stealth Technology.b "IF MY WORK was so goddamn im- portant to the country's defense, why don't I have (a project)," he said. Senior said he is working on a project for the Army to determine whether the burning of fossil fuels will cool or heat the earth by attempting to discover how ice crystals in the upper atmosphere reflect sunlight and infrared light. He said the Army hopes to use the project to aid in its development of smokescreens. PSN members said the sit-in is the first of many PSN actions aimed at get- ting Pentagon-sponsored research off campus. Although the group is pushing to restrict: any research which would "destroy human life or incapacitate human beings," they see such guidlines as only a first step. "UNTIL ALL military research is eliminated, I won't be satisfied. They can pass the guidelines and I'll consider it a small victory," said Residential College sophomore Naomi Braine. In June the University Regents voted down guidelines restricting non- classified research on the grounds that they would inhibit academic freedom. Braine said the group will go to the faculty assembly and ask that projects like Senior's be examined. If that ap- proach doesn't work, future blockades are planned, she said. "WHEN IT becomes obvious that it's going nowhere, that we're being patted on the head, we'll start another action," she said. David Miklethun, who co-founded PSN last year, said he hopes the sit-in wil make t Pentagon think twice about sponsd g research here. "I think that the DOD (Department of Defense) knows that's going on here now and is concerned about that, and I think that may make the DOD less willing to contract with the Univer- sity," he said. WHEN THE sit-in began, the protesters split into whispering groups staring at computer terminals and a ten-foot-tall magnetic field generator they nicknamed "the big thing." Toward the end of the protest the lab lost its institutional chill. During their last hour, Braine and LSA junior Erica. Freedman lay back on coats, looking with amusement at the PSN. renovations. "We've been laughing that here, on Senior's machine that we call 'the big thing' there's a yellow helium balloon," Braine said. On the chalkboard, the group christened the room 'the radical lab" and kept a running tally of how long the blockade continued. FOOD WAS never a problem at the sit-in, as outside supporters supplied popcorn, tea, coffee and salads, and yesterday morning, Wildflower Bakery suppled pastries. But the last half hour became tense when President Harold Shapiro walked up to the blockade at 1:10 p.m., just before leaving for East Lansing. After the demonstrators shouted "shut it down," Shapiro said, "I don't think it's appropriate for any group, in- cluding your group, to close down any University activities." He said he would be happy to talk with the group, but not while they continued the sit-in. TOKYO - President Reagan, wel- comed by Emperor Hirohito and flag- waving school children, cautioned his hosts yesterday that failure to settle trade disputes between the United States and Japan could damage their political relations. While U.S. officials discouraged ex- 'Profs say salary increases * hurt U' (Continued from Page 6) "You don't keep the kind of people you want to keep if you don't pay them," said Zweifler. REALITY also means that other schools will woo University faculty members with fat pay offers if salaries ,don't remain competitive. "You can't have salaries way out of whack with other institutions. You just don't live in that kind of world," said Mary Ann Swain, associate vice president of academic affairs. Caring about salary doesn't mean faculty members are not fulfilling their teaching responsibilites, Swain said. SHE SAID salaries are determined by both teaching and research. But Hornback said every time a professor earns a raise - even when President Harold Shapiro receives a = pay hike - the potential for new faculty positions is crushed. At a time when there is such a shor- tage of faculty members in relation to the high number of students, salary raises directly hurt students, he said. "WHAT bothers me, in a word, is that this University has become a business. (And) a business mentality seems to af- fect the University's judgement'about the quality of an individual," said Classical Studies Prof. David Ross. Students today are foolishly motivated by what will bring them im- mediate practical responses to problems, and they choose careers in high-paying technical fields. 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Immediately after the formal audience with the Emperor, Reagan and Prime Minister Uahuhiro Nakasone began their initial round of wide-ranging private talks that lasted nearly twice as long as scheduled. Japanese Foreign ' Ministry spokesman Yoshio Karita told repor- ters that Reagan referred to Asia as the "new frontier of the world" and stressed the importance of maintaining close ties. REAGAN CAME to Japan not to negotiate solutions himself, this official said, but to "put some general im- petus" into talks being conducted by other officials of both countries. f An agreement is expected to be an- nounced today for creation of a bilateral working group to address U.S. concern about the weakness of the Japanese yen in relation to the ,American dollar. A weak yen makes American goods less competitive in Japanese marlets and Japanese expor- ts relatively expensive in the United States. 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