Ninety-four Years of Editorial Freedom C, be Litn t1 De-icer Partly cloudy today near 40. with a high Vol. XCIV-No. 58 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann' Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, November 12, 1983 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages m Nuke in a From AP and UPI CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Voters have soundly defeated a referendum that would have outlawed nuclear weapons work in this university city, but its sponsors yesterday vowed to try again. When final ballots were counted yesterday afternoon, the attempt to make Cambridge a "nuclear free zone" was defeated 17,331 to 11,677, according to City Auditor Al Giroden. OPPONENTS OF the proposal,-such as Draper Laboratories, a major nuclear research firm, said it would have been impossible to continue work in the city if the vote had passed. "From a practical point of view, we would not have been able to stay in Cambridge if the referendum were enacted and if the courts had gone; along with it," said Joseph O'Connor, Draper's vice president. "We are very pleased," O'Connor said. "It was a very hard campaign Tarnished Golden Gophers no match. for Blue By RON POLLACK MINNEAPOLIS - Just one more week before the Michigan-Ohio State game. Just one more week left in the regular season. JUST ONE MORE week until the Wolverines find out what bowl they'll spend their post-season playing in. Oh yes, before any of this, Michigan has another game to play. It's against the uh, er, um . . . Minnesota Golden Girls. Oops, the Golden Girl is a baton twirler for Purdue. The Wolverines play the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Twenty-two Golden Girls might put up a better struggle on the playing field than the hapless Gophers, however. "We could win 7-6 and if we come back and beat Ohio State it won't mat- ter if we'd beaten Minnesota 40-0," Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler said. "In fact, if they want to give us a one-point victory we won't even go up." HOW'S THAT FOR preparing a team for a hard-fought, down-to-the-wire bat- tle. Of course, the way the 1-8Goden Gophers have played this season, Michigan could probably not bother to show up and still win by a point. Well, maybe not, so the players and coach will go ahead and play the game. "You always worry about looking ahead to Ohio State," Michigan assistant head coach and defensive See GOPHERS, Page 7 ban fails mbridge with a lot of emotion." SUPPORTERS of a similar ban in Ann Arbor have about one-third of the signatures needed to place the proposal on the April city election ballot. Although the proposal failed, proponents said they were encouraged by the 40 percent who voted yes. "We came close to winning, so we ac- tually feel pretty good today," said Rich Schreuer, an organizer at Mobilization for Survival, which led the initiative. "The fact that it really was close really means people are losing faith in the government's efforts-to end the arms race." THE CAMPAIGN to declare Cam- bridge a "nuclear-free zone" began more than a year ago after hundreds of small communities adopted the idea in Europe, the Pacific basin and the United States. It would have made it illegal to perform research or other work on nuclear arms. The Cambridge effort drew special at- tention because of -the weapons work done in the city and because it raised passionate controversy in the hometown of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The opposition was led by an ad-hoc group called Citizens Against Research Bans - CARB - funded by Draper, the local Chamber of Commerce and large defense contractors. It drew support from local business and labor leaders as well as professors from Harvard and MIT, including Nobel laureate Samuel Ting. THEY ARGUED that the proposed local ordinance would have cost the city thousands of jobs and would have made it a crime to even think about nuclear weapons. The key section stated: "No person, corporation, university, laboratory, in- See CAMBRIDGE, Page 3 I These seven students brave slushy sidewalks and bitter winds to reach the Graduate Library yesterday after the season's first snowfall. . Flurries cause some to frolic, oters. to frown By JACKIE YOUNG, For some Ann Arbor residents, the crystal flakes that des- cended throughout the area yesterday offered a reason to frolic, conjured up fireside images, and called forth slightly premature Christmas sentiments. But for others who looked out their windows and saw the white stuff falling from the sky, the season's first snow provided a chance to gripe and get their hats, mittens, and scarfs out of the closet. UNIVERSITY graduate student Diane Raptosh said she knew the snow was coming. Although Raptosh hadn't con- ferred with Mother Nature, she said she told everybody she knew it would snow. "It surprised them, but I was ready," said local prophet Raptosh as she slung her scarf over her shoulder and went back to face the gusty wind on Maynard Street. "I think I'm going to blow away," she mumbled before she disappeared in a snowy mist. Walking along William Street, an "on again, off again" University student who asked not to be identified, decribed his feelings toward the new arrival. "I've gone through a range of emotions," he said. "The snow like an old friend that I seem See SNOW, Page 7 Caped Crusader AP Photo Richard Rogers, wielding a nail-studded stick, delays destruction of the 52 year-old Haleiwa Theater for four hours Thursday. His efforts to save the building failed, as he was eventually arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing. w computer courses find ,new home in Engineering college By NEIL CHASE A proposal to combine all of the University's computer classes under a new department in the Engineering college will result in the closure of the programs in LSA and Rackham, but officials insisted yesterday that all students will have access to computer courses. The new unit will offer undergraduate degrees from LSA and Engineering and a graduate degree sponsored by Rackham, according to Associate Engineering Dean Daniel Atkins. GRADUATE; students currently study under the Computer, Information, and Control Engineering (CICE) program, which is taught by both LSA and Engineering faculty. CICE offers diverse degrees in computers and communication technologies, and program chairman Prof. Frederick Beutler said gr- owth in the industry - which increased both in- terest and faculty positions - has made it necessary to offer a specific degree in com- puter engineering. "Elimination of the (CICE) program is an appropriate step at this time," Beutler said. CICE'S OTHER areas will be merged with different engineering departments, he said. Beutler said students studying in the CICE program will be allowed to complete their con- centrations within the program and that new graduate programs will be phased in gradually. "No student will be hurt," he said. The new department will offer both introduc- tory and advanced undergraduate courses in computer science. These classes will be offered on central cam- pus, officials said, and LSA will retain control of the curriculum in the computer science major, while engineering will administer the computer engineering concentration. ATKINS SAID reductions in the price of small computers and the use of computers in business will probably lead the new depar- tment to offer classes for students who do not want to study computer theory, but will need computer skills. Several faculty members in LSA's computer department said they could not discuss the merger until it is finsihed, but most said they were optimistic. "We anticipate that every student will want to take a course in the (new) department," said Associate LSA Dean Henry Pollack, who represents LSA on the faculty panel working on the merger. CCS PROFS. Bernard Galler and John Holland are also on the committee along with Engineering Profs. David Neuhoff and John Hayes, members of the Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Department. Committee members said they hope to finish their work by December, and that the new department could be in place by September, 1984. The changes are tentative, and must be ap- proved by both colleges and the University regents. TODAY- Dampened demonstrations T HE FLYERS PASTED on the Daily's front door yesterday morning urged the University community to congregate at noon in the West Engineering a xrch for a ra11v in nnrot of militarv researoh nn Fishing for time THE LATEST FRENCH contribution to underwater timepiece technology has a fishy twist to it - it runs on fish power. The new underwater clock, installed at the Municipal Zoology Museum aquarium in Nancy, France, keeps time with the help of Belphegor, an Upper Nile fisi' that carries a weak electrical charge. According to Denis Terger, the museum's assistant director, the system is set up so Belphegor swims between two electrodes attached to LL -- -- . - -- 11 .._1- 7.. , . .. L_.1, .1.. ,L- ,A state 95 near Ormond Beach, Fla., attracted the attention of a deputy and led to a high-speed chase. Volusia County Dep- uty Larry Humm said he was parked late Tuesday when he heard the CB radio chatter of a car traveling south on the highway. Humm said he caught up with the car, pulled it over and discovered the diver was nude. She donned a shirt as he approached the car but when he turned away to let her dress, the woman sped off. Humm said her car weaved during the high-speed chase and, afterward, the woman has fully clothed. Toni Hardwick Smith, 33, of Rocky, Mount, N.C., was charged with driving while intoxicated, fleeing a Also on this date in history: " 1940 - The University regents appointed the first five members of a new faculty board - the Advisory Board on University policies. " 1965 - A proposed "faternity row" on North Campus was shot down when the University allocated the site suggested in the proposal for new dorms and Cedar Bend housing. " 1970 - The Engineering Council decided to withdraw its representatives from the committee to oversee ROTC programs at the University, in nrntest of the nmmittee's I i .1 I.