Ninety-four Years ofrd Editorial Freedom cl , be Lt it jan all Cold Sunny with high temperatures stretfhing to six degrees. P. XCIV-No. 92 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Saturday, January 21, 1984 Fifteen CentsEight Pages ity to see ichigan asketball elevision By JEFF BERGIDA Ann Arbor Cablevision will show six ichigan basketball games previously navailable in this area. The contests ill be shown at no cost to the com- any's subscribers. The firm bought the rights to the ames from Sports View, the Nashville- ased company which first purchased he rights from the Michigan athletic epartment in November. ANN ARBOR cablevision is paying ports View a fee based on its number f subscribers. The games had )reviously been available on a pay-per- 'ew basis in other areas, but not in Ann rbor. The games will be shown on cable hannel 19, channel F on older boxes. rhe first game on the station will be Text Thursday at Purdue. Sharon Wilson, the cable company's reneral, manager, explained that the ystem does not currently possess acilities to provide pay-per-view. elecasts. Instead, it will sell adver- sing to raise revenue. "Sports View is offering some time to ill with local advertising," she said. 'We're hoping that we can make the noney up that way." FOLLOWING THE Purdue telecast, inn Arbor Cablevision will telecast the anuary 28 game at Illinois, February See ANN, Page 7 Em'pire strikes back Regents rebound to blast activists By KAREN TENSA With the kids off in school yesterday morning, the regents finished their monthly meeting in a quick, quiet half- hour session marked by some harsh criticism of the behavior of student ac- tivists.r The first day of the monthly meeting had ended Thursday afternoon with about 50 students blasting the regents during and after the public comments session for everything from military research on campus to not allowing students enough time to air their grievances before the University's governing body. BUT YESERDAY morning, with none of the activists in the room and only a few press people to hear their grievances, the regents struck back. After finishing their official business, the six of seven regents present com- mented on the speeches they had heard the day before, complaining that the ,protesters were misinformed and too confrontational in approach. "It's obvious (the students) had not been apprised of the facts," said Regent Robert Nederlander (D- Birminham). REGENT THOMAS Roach (D- Saline) said of Tom Marx, an activist who has appeared before the regents more than half a dozen times in the last year, that "he takes certain of the facts, by actual design he eliminates others, and through his design he comes to some conclusions that are unwarran- ted." Last month, Marx presented to the regents an evaluation of the Univer- sity's budget that he compiled for the Michigan Student Assembly. Responding to the complaint voiced by students that the regents haven't been listening to what the speakers are saying, Roach said, "What some of them seem to be saying is, if we don't agree with them, we haven't listened to them. They expect us to talk (about issues) and then negotiate. Well, I don't agree with what they say. .. and it will be some time before I do." The regents also said they were sear- ching for ways to open better lines of communication with students, but they came to no resolution. Roach suggested that the, board set up open meeting times just before or after the scheduled regents' meetings. REGENT GERALD Dunn (D-Garden City) expressing sympathy for some of the student positions, said that their ef- forts to repeatedly bring up topics that have already been decided is a waste of time. "I don't think we should change our format because one group says we're not listening when we are listening." After the meeting, Regent Sarah Goddard Power (D-Ann Arbor) said "there are all kinds of forums (for opinions to be expressed) and to harangue that way is not appropriate." See REGENTS, Page 3 Tuition freeze may be unconstitutional By KAREN TENSA Gov. James Blanchard's plan to keep college and university tuition down by tying it to state funding, is getting a: rather chilly reception at the Univer- sity. Some top officials say the plan is misleading and some call it uncon- stitutional. In his "State of the State" address Wednesday, Blanchard proposed to freeze tuition at the state's colleges and universities in exchange for a 10 perce- nt increase in state funding. IF SCHOOLS and colleges do raise their tuition, they are still eligible for 6 percent increase in state money. Invisible man A University of Minnesota student crosses campus through weather yesterday. Temperatures in Minneapolis dropped to degrees below zero Thursday night. AP Photo below zero a record 24 Hunting season for off-campus housing opens Rental Agency Types of Units Rental Information By ANDREW ERIKSEN You may dread the thought of another year's housing search, but now is the time to start looking if you're in the.market for a specific size, shape, or location for your home next year. Landlords are already reporting lots of calls from early-bird students, seeking that elusive house or apar- tment with a dishwasher, seperate rooms for everyone, working fireplace, hardwood floors, eight-month lease, and the all-important washer and dryer for less than $150 a month. AFTER TWO YEARS of double-digit vacancy rates, the city housing market has returned to something close to its old self again. Last fall the vacancy NSA's Housing Fair will allow students to examine all of their housing options. See story, Page 3. rate dipped to just under four percent. That isn't anything near the 1 percent it hovered at throughout the 1970s, but it is still a tight market. Jo Rumsey, an assistant director of housing information, said the vacancy rate drop probably resulted from the upturn in the economy this summer, and the fact that landlords were already hustling to rent more apar- aments. When the vacancy rate was around 13 percent, "the property owners respon- ded to the market by maintaining rents... going out of their way to negotiate leases, upgrading apartments, and of- fering inducements," Rumsey said. The economic upswing this summer further encouraged students to stop doubling up and get their own room said Bob Miller, a representative of Andrus Davis Company. The combination pulled vacancy rates down to the current level. AS MUCH AS the revived economy has helped the state, however, it has put tenants back on the disadvantage. Many landlords say they are planning larger-than-usual rent increases to make up for the past years when they froze rents in order to keep tenants. David Copi, an independent landlord, said he is planning to raise rent for the first time in three years: He said, however, that returning tenants would receive smaller increases than new ones.' ELAINE DAILY, A representative of McKinley Properties, said the company would probably raise rent between 2 percent and 5 percent. .Rumsey predicted that homes in high demand close to campus would see the highest increases. Landlords renting less desirable locations may be forced to hold increases to a minimum, she said. To assure that students get the houses they want, Rumsey suggested begin- ning to look early, when the selection of houses in the city is the greatest. To broaden the number of choices even more, she said that students should check the housing board in the student activities building regularly. Often, the SAB board has the most ' complete listings of independent lan- dlords in the area, as well as the larger companies, she said. Ann Arbor Realty-663-7444 variety listings available Baker Management-662-6626 no available listing not available Andrus Davis Co./R.O. variety listings available early February Associates-662-5911 Campus Management-663-4104 variety listings available late January Campus Rentals-665-8825 2 bedroom apartments listings available Tom Clark-996-2836 no available listing no available listings David Copi-663-5609 variety listings available Dahlman Apartments-761-7600 apartments and homes listings available early February Warren Hamill-769.1196 1-2 bedroom plus efficiencies listings available mid-February Maize and Blue-761-3131 1-3 bedroom apartments listings available late-March McKinley Properties-769-8520 variety listings available late January Modern Apartments-668-6906 1-2 bedroom apartments listings avdilable Sang Y. Nam--662-0351 variety listings available Old Town Realty-663-8989 old houses and apartments listings available early February Post Realty-761-8220 listings available listings available Ravalp Management--665-2341 variety listings available early February Real Invest-996-5929 no available listing no available listing Realty Enterprises-761-8990 variety listings available early February Neil Snook-996-1444 1-2 bedroom plus efficiencies listings available early January Spears & Woltersom Co.-663-3050 1-2 bedrm. apts. plus efficiencies listings available Yesterday, University General Coun- sel Roderick Daane said the plan is un- constitutional because- it would ,go against a 1973 state Supreme Court ruling in a similar case. In that ruling, the court declared unconstitutional a 1971 law that had attempted to control tuition hikes by withholding the same amount of state aid that the college gained through the tuition increase. If the Blanchard proposal takes the same form, "then it has already by declared unconstitutional," Daane said. ACCORDING to Daane, the proposal See TUITION, Page 3 EPA fils suit. against 28 for toxic, waste From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - The government yesterday sued 28 individuals and com- panies in an effort to fix legal blame for dioxin contamination in Missouri, and to send a signal to polluters nationwide that it intends to get tough about hazar- dous wastes. "We will move either with enfor- cement action or with Superfund money to get these contaminated sites cleaned up," said Courtney Price, assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. THE SUIT demands that the defen- dents take action to prevent further ex- posure of people to the six dioxin- tainted sites and begin cleanup efforts, It also asks that the defendents repay government money already used in the cleanup efforts. If the defendents fail to do so, Price said, the agency will clean up the sites using money from the $1.6 billion Superfund and take legal action to recover the costs. Price and other EPA officials said they could place no dollar figure on the potential costs of the cleanup at the six sites, but they agreed it would be millions of dollars. One agency source, who spoke only if granted anonymity, said $10 million would be a conservative estimate. THE SIX sites are a location near Frontenac, where the tainted oil was stored in bulk tanks; a rural area in See EPA Page 5 University Towers-761-2680 2.bedroom apartments listings available February 15 Wilson White-995-9551 no available listing no available listings TODAY On the air UNIVERSITY STUDENT attitudes are about to be exposed to the nation - on network tele- vision. NBC Nightly News has been on cam- pus since last week filming a segment on the political attitudes of students. The debut is this Wednesday night at 6:30 on Detroit's TV-4. "We wanted to find out how to Miami, to interview inner city youths. What were their findings? Entin said to watch the news Wednesday, but his personal feelings were that "kids today are so much more worried about finding jobs." When he went to school, "all they worried about was getting stoned," he said. OI Another week overdue THE UNIVERSITY Library system won't be giving out overdue notices until Feb. 8, instead of Feb. 1, as was reported in yesterday's Daily. Jim Cruse, head of cir- culation service for the Graduate library said he was notified by library officials yesterday that the new Geac ding to the International Dull Folks Unlimited organization. Bombeck was the top winner of the "Dull Lifestyle" award, given to seven people each year by the group. The group's guiding light and "chairman of the bored" is J.D. Stewart, a self-professed dull guy who works as a statistician at Eastman Kodak Co. Other winners in the not-so-coveted awards were Ed MacMahon, who was specifically cited for his work in the field of dog food commercials; Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry; Good Morning America host David Hartman, for his favorite line "And now, here's Steve Bell from Washington;" Perry Como, who was praised for his clothing motto, "the duller the color, the bet- his career "colorful." "I've fixed elections, I've screwed people left and right, but I never stole any money...I per- ceived political confrontation as wars, and my opponents as enemies," he said. Also on this date in history: *1965 - Hundreds of students planned a sit-in at The Michigan Theater to protest a price increase of 25 cents. " 1969 - The University Activities Center was threatened with police action if any nudity or indecent expose occUrred in the play "Dionysus in '69," scheduled to occur that night. " 1974 - A "plethora" of people showed up at a city coun- cil meeting to protest the planned building of a McDonald's I .I I