' code: Following others By CLAUDIA GREEN Second of two parts Although nonacademic conduct codes at other universities typically contain clauses prohibiting several types of civil disobedience, those schools rarely use the code to stifle disenting voices, an in- formal Daily survey of several colleges found. There were, however, some cases of universities FOR the most part, the codes and judicial bodies created to enforce the rules dealt mostly with cases such as theft or vandalism. The codes examined in the survey were the same ones University administrators collected last spring in their effort to compose a code which brought together the best of many different policies. The survey also found that if the University adopts the code it is currently considering, Ann Arbor's campus would be one of a very small number of schools nationwide that specifically prohibits sexual harassment in its code. Nearly all the schools had codes that were actively enforced, leaving the University as one of the few without rules to govern students' behavior outside of classrooms. UNIVERSITY officials hope to change all that this spring when the University regents will consider the proposed code which would prohibit certain objec- See 'U', Page 9 using a conduct strators. code to punish student demon- Nino~tyfour Years of Editorial Freedom Lit 43df 1 Iail Cloudy. showers degrees. Icky with afternoon rain likely and a high of 38 Vol. XCIV-No. 109 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, February 10, 1984 Fifteen Cents Twelve Pages *GEO asks University to reopen sta lks By THOMAS MILLER The Graduate Employees' Organization announced last night that they would ask the University to renegotiate their contract and to abolish all tuition for teaching assistan- ts. The request comes after TAs lost 0 bout $75 from their January aychecks because Congress failed to renew a law that exempts graduate teaching assistants salaries from federal taxes. Under the University's contract with GEO that was ratified in December, TAs would pay two-thirds of in-state tuition, and be taxed only on the remaining third. See GEO, Page 5 Slavery trial ends; verdict expected today By CAROLINE MULLER After hearing closing statements yesterday afternoon, a 12-member jury began deliberations to determine whether a Chelsea farming couple held two men as slaves for more than 10 years. A decision is expected today in the state's first slavery case in more than 60 years that charges Ike Kozminski, 61, his wife Margarethe, 56, and his son John, 30, with holding two farmhands captive on their farm at 4678 Peckins Rd. near Chelsea. THE NINE men and three women on the jury refused U.S. District Judge Charles Joiner's offer late yesterday afternoon to take an extra hour to reach a decision. Jury members, who deliberated for three hours yesterday, said they would need more than an hour to reach a ver- dict and would continue their discussion today. In her closing statements, Assistant U.S. District Attorney Virginia Morgan summed up the 11-day trial by calling it an ."exploitation of the weak by the strong." DURING the trial, prosecution wit- nesses said that the Kozminski's forced farmhands Robert Fulmer, 57, and Louis Molitoris, 59, to live in a dilapidated, old. trailer, and that they frequently abused the men. They also said the farmhands were inadequately clothed, fed spoiled food, and not paid for long hours of work. "How many times do these men have to ask (for help) before someone will hear them?" Morgan told the jury yesterday. BUT Defense Attorney Ivan Barris urged the jury not to be swayed by the emotional nature of the case and wit- nesses' vivid descriptions of the far- mhands' living conditions. "This case was designed from the word 'go' to appeal to (the jury's) prejudices," Barris said yesterday. During the trial the Kozminskis denied charges that they held Fulmer and Molitoris against their will or mistreated them. Each of the Kozminskis are charged with one count of violating the far- mhands' civil rights and two counts of involuntary servitude. They face up to 20 years in prison and $20,000 in fines if convicted of all the charges. Ike Kozminski, one of three people accused of holding two men as slaves, leaves Maude's on his way back to court yesterday after a lunch break. 'Shapiro, panelists debate military research at 'U' nrwn~v anedto takeover Elec- By PETE WILLIAMS Fulfilling last week's promise to an activist group to attend a forum on military research, University President Harold Shapiro faithfully showed up to face a crowd of more than 250 in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union last night. Along with five other panelists Shapiro stated his position on the role of Pentagon-sponsored research on campus saying that limiting contracts with the military would infringe on academic freedom. ALTHOUGH Shapiro said he was *againt the escalation of nuclear arms, banning military research on campus would not address that problem. "I agree that we need something to eliminate... the nuclear madness that has developed in the last 30 years . but I'm not certain of the way to do it," Shapiro said. The purpose of last night's forum sponsored by the Progressive Student Network was to explore whether the issue of military research on campus was a "dead issue." Shapiro said "It is a very important issue," and that the large number of people attending the discussion showed that the issue "is not dead on campus." BY AGREEING to appear at the forum last night, Shapiro cut short PSN's attempt to hold a sit-in in his of- fice last Thursday. The group had trical and Computer Engineering Prof. Theodore Birdsall's laboratory on Nor- th Campus, last week, but because of an information leak the group was met at the lab entrance by six University security guards. When PSN members were blocked from the lab the 17 activists trooped to Shapiro's office. PSN members and panelists that support banning military research on campus said that Shapiro avoided. making a clear statement on what the role of the Pentagon should be on cam- pus. ENGINEERING Humanities Prof. Henry Skolomowski criticized Shapiro for dodging the issue by only defending academic freedom. "We all are against military resear- See'MILITARY, Page 9 Gays review draft of proposed 'U'policy Doily Photo by TOD WOOLF Prof. Ronald Bishop moderates last night's forum in the Union. University President Harold Shapiro and five panelists debated the University's role in military research. By GEORGEA KOVANIS University President Harold Shapiro is one step closer to issuing a policy which would prohibit the University from discriminating on the basis of an individual's sexual preference, a spokesperson for a campus gay rights group said yester- day. Gay rights activists recently reviewed a propgsed policy statement written by Shapiro, said Bruce Aaron a spokesperson from Lesbian and Gay Rights on Campus (LaGROC) - the group which is pushing for the new roles. ACCORDING to Aaron LaGROC members made three comments to Shapiro about the policy draft. However, he would not elaborate on the nature of the group's comments or on the contents of the statement which he said was marked "confidential. " LaGROC has been fighting for an official University anti- discrimination policy since December 1982. The group had originally favored an amendment to the University's by- laws. Last year, LaGROC members said the University would be reluctant to favor a by-law change because such a change would threaten military recruiting because the military discriminates on the basis of sexual preference. Although a by-law would be much stronger,. University officials say a policy statment should also prohibit discrimination on campus. U.S. continues Beirut shelling From AP and UPI about 140 thus far the number of American civilians removed The U.S. 6th Fleet bombarded rebel-held ridges outside for transfer to Cyprus. Beirut for a second day yesterday after government and Lebanon's embattled Christian president, the U.S.- rebel gunners traded artillery barrages around the divided supported Amin Gemayel, remained out of sight yesterday. and devastated city. Gemayel, whose Moslem-Christian Cabinet resigned last Lebanese and Syrian reports claimed U.S., Navy jets also weekend, is trying to patch together a new "national went into action over the mountain area yesterday, but a U.S. coalition" government. But his Syrian-backed Lebanese military spokesman denied it. enemies demand that he resign. SYRIA, WHOSE troops occupy the mountains with the Druse-Moslem anti-government forces, issued a warning to GEMAYEL'S position suffered a major blow early this the United States. week when Shiite Moslem and Druse militiamen took control "Syria cannot stand neutral watching the barbaric bom- of west Beirut, driving out army troops and Christian bardment practiced by the 6th Fleet against Lebanese militiamen. Thousands of army soldiers have defected to civilians," the Damascus government radio said, adding that Gemayel's opponents. the Syrians "may be compelled to react." Along the "Green Line" separating Moslem west from Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy here said it was not yet con- Christian east Beirut, sporadic small arms and shell fire was sidering a general evacuation of the estimated 1,500 U.S. heard yesterday. Local radio reports said army troops also citizens in battered Beirut. clashed with militiamen in the port area and the Shiite- ABOUT 50 more U.S. Embassy employees and dependents populated southern suburbs. were airlifted by helicopter yesterday to ships offshore, U.S. As night fell yesterday, Christian neighborhoods in east Marine spokesman Maj. Dennis Brooks said. That brought to See U.S., Page 5 Wein berger ... defends naval action I - - ------------ TODAY- Grumpy OCK AYERS is the kind of person who puts an air hnn nn his cr so he ean blast nedestrians off the group named former Interior Secretary James Watt Toastmaster of the Year as well as Environmentalist of the Year; Comedian Joan Rivers won the Miss Congeniality Award, and White House aide Edwin Meese won the Humanitarian of the Year award for his obser- vations on hunger in America. Sunday clothes with new barongs. "It will mean more expenses, as we have to have new barongs made if we do not want to wear our uniforms," one homicide investigator said. The Daily almanac " 1963 - The University, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, adopted policies forbidding prior censorship over speakers on campus, but banning speakers who urged the violent overthrow of the government of Michigan or the United States. * 1971 ,- 4,000 demonstrators marched to City Hall to protest U.S. involvement in Laos. ,I I I i