0 OPINION Page 4 Sunday, March 18, 1984 The Michigan Daily Area becomes focus of campaign '84 _ T HREE DEMOCRATIC presidential :candidates intensified their campaigns in the state and one threw in the towl this week as the contest for 136 of Michigan's delegates gained momentum. All three major Democratic candidates swept through southeastern Michigan - Walter Mondale to reinforce his almost airtight labor support, Gary Hart hoping to boost his growing grassroots support, and Jesse Jackson to sell himself as an alternative to the other two candidates. John Glenn dropped out of the race on the eve of yesterday's state caucus. One. month ago, no one would have given Hart a chance in this labor-strong state. Mon- dale corralled the AFL-CIO endorsement way back in the fall. And shortly thereafter he ap- peared to lock the state up when Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and Gov. James Blanchard backed the campaign. On a campaign stop in the fall, Mondale con- fidently called the endorsements a "grand slam" of the state. It's likely, however, that he isn't saying that about the results of yesterday's caucus. The-former vice president took the most delegates, but he faces the disconcerting problem of losing while winning. Hart's respec- table percentage of the state's votes reveal possibly irreparable cracks in the labor foun- dation of Mondale's campaign. Hart, on the other hand, possibly faced the last state on the road to San Francisco where he had little to lose and everything to gain. No one expected him to break Mondale's wagon- train of union support. Even a respectable loss makes him look good. Worth the wait? University gays and lesbians have been calling for a policy for 15 months, and have given University President Harold Shapiro three deadlines. Finally last week, Shapiro came out with the long-awaited statement ban- ning discrimination against gays on campus. The policy released Monday, adds "sexual orientation" to age, sex, religion, and national origin, as categories which are to be considered irrelevant when the University considers someone for a job or educational position. Although the regents did not have to vote on the statement, some gays feared they might decide to turn it down anyway. But Deane Baker, (R-Ann Arbor) was the lone regent to speak against the policy, and he did not get a second when he called for a vote to turn it down. Most gays praised the policy as a major step forward: "The policy statement will send the message that it's OK to be gay," said Bruce Aaron, a spokesman for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Campus (LsGROC). But some said the presidential statement does not carry the weight of a change in the regents' bylaws - LaGROC's original demand. Under the statement, the University will not have to add the "sexual orientation" phrase to University materials about hiring. The statement also does not include a clause gays had hoped for, calling for ROTC and other military recruiters to end their discrimination against homosexuals. Protesters victimized A protest by the Progressive Student Net- work never goes unnoticed on campus. There is usually plenty of positive, as well as negative response immediately following any PSN demonstration. These opinions are generally somewhat rational and at least partially con- structive. response to their protests. One member called' the actions "an inconvenience, an attempt to scare us," and went on to say that the group will continue its fight against Pentagon-funded research on campus. Hartigan saw the unfortunate reaction as having a "unifying" effect on the group. He called the reaction "just stupid," and said members are "outraged that people could be so ignorant, and so afraid, and stoop so low." Cutting down It's the largest cut so far in the University's five-year budget redirection plan, and Friday the regents were told how 40 percent will be cut from the education school's budget. "We've created, literally, a new School of Education," said Dean Carl Berger. The school will lose 8 percent of its money each year for five years, beginning this July. The school will lose 30 teaching positions, but Berger said they will be eliminated as professors retire or transfer. The new school will be without its guidance and counseling program, international and comparative education division, graduate audiology program,* and some of its ad ministrative staff. There will be only four academic units in- stead of 13, 15 doctoral programs instead of 54, and a reduction in masters specializations from 63 to 13. Having fewer professors will raise the: student-faculty ratio from 14-24:The panel that reviewed the school said the ratio of 14 was smaller than it needed to be and had been caused by a drop in enrollment. The school will begin an active recruiting program to keep enrollment at current levels. The Week in Review was compiled b,. Daily staf reporters Neil Chase and Pete Williams, and Daily editors Jim Sparks and Bill Spindle. 6 Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Jesse Jackson brought his message to the Michigan Theater Friday amidst intense campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination. Following PSN's March 6 sit-in at the laboratory of Prof. George Haddad however, the reaction some protesters received was far less innocuous. Reaction came in the form of life-threatening phone calls and vandalism to the homes of PSN members. John Hartigan, who reported that he had been kicked several times in the back by a student researcher in the laboratory during the sit-in, claimed that he had been the subject of life-threatening phone calls by two or three people who identified themselves as friends of the researcher. Hartigan, who has not decided whether to press charges of assault, has filed a report to Ann Arbor police. He attributed the calls to engineering students who "felt their work is threatened by the sit-ins." He reported the calls to University security and had police put a tracer on his phone. Another PSN member, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed that some homes of PSN members had been vandalized. Hartigan said this vandalism consisted of rocks being thrown at windows. PSN didn't seem too upset about the violent Stewart Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Vol. XCIV-No. 133 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 GIVE ME TORRENTIAL SHOWERS! OCEANIC FLOODS! DEVASTATING DELUGES! BUT NOT ACID RAIN! i ..- '' - -- 'r' c,' t484 , , " mss. ,,;,; l?-?" . ;. i % ,. Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board Religious zealotry F IX, t a"' \ ~i Church officials from the Church of Christ in Collinsville, Okla. went too far when they read a woman's private confession of adultery in front of the 100-member congregation after the woman herself refused to confess publicly to violating the Scriptures on fornication. The church and the elders had no justification in violating this woman's right to privacy and the members of a jury in Oklahoma Thursday rightly awarded the woman $390,000 in damages. Outraged by the ruling, the elders' attorney said they would appeal and that this case sounds a death knell to "every fundamental group that believes in discipline." The discipline of such' fanatical groups should not be allowed to victimize individuals within that church. "Anytime God's law conflicts with man's law, we have to stick with God's lawG said one of the elders. But there is no reason why the Oklahoma woman should be made an outcast in her town when she chooses not to abide by the ways of the church and when the church supposedly told her that her confession would be held in confidence. Surely Marian Guinn is not the only member of the congregation who hasl committed such a "sin." It is contrary1 to the words of the Bible to insist that she repent by confessing publicly. But when Guinn brought up the point that the Scriptures say "Judge not that ye be not judged," one of the elders disregarded this citation and decided it did not apply. The elders were willing to overlook the Biblical notion of forgiveness so that they could destroy this woman's reputation to set an example for the community. But there must be limits on the actions a church can justly take to discipline their members - the U.S. Constitution and a sense of decency. The elders clearly violated this woman's right to privacy and acted in- sensitively. Few in this modern society would wish to step back to the days of Puritanism, but this is what the Church of Christ elders tried tordo. Further- more, this case is more. a threat to civilized religion all over this country than it is a question of the laws of God versus the laws of the state. Religious groups which attempt to emotionally whip, as in Guinn's case, or physically abuse their members are dangerous. Let the church remain a place of' refuge which offers forgiveness and human warmth instead of inflicting pain and suffering. ""K *4,, \ r)- j ( I LETTERS TO THE DAILY: PSN should mold tactics to '80s To the Daily: It has come to my attention, in talking to people around town, that the Progressive Student Network is neither respected nor seriously considered an heir to the radical crown. And with good reason. Their "takeovers" of professor's workspaces are more ridiculous than they are effec- tive. I am one of many non-students who share the political convic- tions of the PSN. I believe I am also one of many who wish it would become more than a poor imitation of the '60s. I get the im- pression that they're more into being "radical chic" than they are into effective change. The PSN to get out to people. They need to develop a base of popular support, and then get their message about military research into everybody's hands. If they're really . serious about doing something, they'll spend the time and energy talking to students and non-students alike. My opinion about the PSN could be changed if they knocked on my door, asked me to sign petitions, sent me something in the mail. I live one block from East Quad and I've never been spoken to or approached. The PSN could become an open forum, with nothing to fear and no spies to worry about. Let us in on what you're doing, huh, folks? Why not try educating others to advance your cause? A lot of people out there are interested in what you're doing, just not how you're doing it. --David Bornstein March15 MSA needs student support 1IR1tE S CI6SU1OL ?AYcZFLW- W'NDtAY AN UIt)MY AC FO -rug flDICTIAV A&.. I £.n ._ WEVWS&VhV IS foR TIDE KOSLEMS- WE FIT TdE 3EW5 M oq 'Ttit ine n A. t i itt . c.t K11>1 I AN UMvrs... -, 44,15 4' To the Daily: As you are most likely aware, the elections for next year's Michigan Student Assembly are soon upon us. On March 27 and 28, students will not only have the opportunity to elect next year's tingly low number of voters. It is said that MSA is not represen- tative of the student population as a whole. This may be the case, but is it the fault of the MSA or is it the fault of those who failed to vote? power by such a small and focused student sector? It is time that MSA get back to the students as a whole, it is time for MSA to reach out and combat the atmosphere of, ignorance c;- + T'bd n tCt in