0 Page 2- The Michigan Daily- Sunday, March 25, 1984 Faculty leader prefers listening By LAURIE DELATER Sitting upright in his office chair, Business Prof. Herbert Hildebrandt speaks softly, articulating his words with the same formal manner and composure he displays when leading faculty meetings. Hildebrandt will step down tomorrow PROFILE from his position as chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee on Univer- sity Affairs (SACUA). Some say he hasn't been an aggressive enough leader and has shied away from controversial issues. BUT HILDEBRANDT says his post requires "being a good listener," and he prefers keeping a low profile to give other faculty members a chance to speak out. "You quickly learn that you cannot speak for all of the faculty," says Hildebrandt, a professor of business communications and parliamentary law. Hildebrandt says he sifts through a diversity of faculty recommendations to weed out those proposals that he knows will bring an unconditional "no" from University administrators or the regents. "I THINK THE chairman of SACUA realizes how far he can push, and there are some things that he would not push because he realizes that they are not going to get any support from the ad- ministration and even less from the regents," he says. "He doesn't pose any solutions that he knows won't fly," adds Richard Kennedy, University vice president for state relations. Hildebrandt has close ties with several of the University's executive of- ficers such as Kennedy that he developed while serving as secretary for the regents from 1965-1970. ALTHOUGH THAT experience gave him a strong grasp on the ad- ministrative decision-making process, some faculty members say his personal friendships with the administrators prevent him from taking a hardline approach on many issues. 1 Instead, Hildebrandt opts to play the mediator trying to find a balance bet- ween the needs of faculty members and the goals of administrators. SACUA nember Jean Loup, who works as a senior associate librarian at the University, says Hildebrandt usually sided with the board on faculty J i , faculty issues, to avoid jeopardizing his position, she adds. WHEN CONTROVERSIAL issues, such as schools under review for budget cuts come up at SACUA meetings. Hildebrandt will listen to faculty mem- bers' concern, but he is rarely the one to initiate such heated discussion. This year Hildebrandt was reluctant to reopen discussions on the proposed guidelines for non-classified research that had wide support by' faculty mem- bers and student, but were voted down by the regents last June, because the defeat had divided SACUA. "There was also some danger that (more discussion on the guidelines) would lead to a more confrontational nature between faculty and ad- ministrators," Nowack says. MOST "RATIONAL" instructors have accepted the regents' decision and instead support a University-sponsored conference on military research proposed by SACUA last month, Hildebrandt says. "I'm a realist enough to realize that the regents have the right to turn down a recommendation because faculty is advisory. Students are advisory. It's (the regents') right to disagree,'' Hildebrandt says. SACUA's power is limited to per- suasion, and administrators and regen- ts usually listen, he adds. "I WOULD SAY the administration listened to the faculty on this non- classified research issue," he says. Hildebrandt also says he thinks the administration is listening to SACUA's current concern over the proposed student code for non-academic conduct. Understhecode the University could punish students for offenses such as assault, arson, theft, vandalism, and "interfering withenormal University activities." Students who violate the code could receive sanctions as stiff as expulsion. ALTHOUGH THE regents' bylaws would require the approval of SACUA and the Michigan Student Assembly to adopt the code, regents may abolish the faculty and student vote by amending their bylaws. Tomorrow, SACUA will meet with Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Billy Frye to discuss the proposed student guidelines - and the potential bylaw change that would curb faculty and student power. Will SACUA fight? According to Hildebrandt, faculty members should wait and see. "We're concerned, but (first) let's get (Frye's) reaction as spokesperson for the administration on the issue." Profile appears every Sunday. Daily Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Business Prof. Herb Hildebrandt, 52, uses an open ear and a reasoned approach to University issues as chairman of a top faculty governing body. isues, but was cautious when ex- pressing the group's opinions. "I DON'T WANT the faculty to be ad- versarial, but I think the faculty might have made stronger statements," Loup says. "(But) if we thought he was going too close to the administration's viewpoint, the rest of us could keep on him on the straight and narrow," she adds. Hildebrandt's several years of ex- perience working with the ad- ministration, including the post of vice chair of SACUA last year, has taught him the skill of winning top officials' support, says Judy Nowack, an executive assistant for SACUA. "HE DOESN'T HAVE the inflam- matory rhetoric that some people would like to see," Nowac says. "He was not naive about how the ad- ministration worked. "He was fully aware that a quiet, reasoned approach is the best way to deal with the administration." If necessary, Hildebrandt would push administrators in private for support on IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International report, Iraq destroys four Gulf ships NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraqi aircraft and warships destroyed four ships, including oil tankers, south of Iran's main oil terminal of Kharg Island, Baghdad Radio said yesterday. The report was not confirmed and Iran made no comment. Iran has threatened to blockade the Persian Gulf, which supplies 20 ,percent of the West's crude oil, if it is prevented from using Kharg Island. The United States has vowed-to prevent any blockage of the gulf and has moved naval forces closer to the area. Kharg Island, 125 miles sourtheast of Iraq, is Iran's main oil export terminal, handling an average of two supertankers daily, according to oil industry reports. This was the first Iraqi attack on shipping in the vicinity of Kharg in nearly a month. On Feb. 27 Iraq claimed it had carried out "destructive strikes" against tankers berthed at Kharg and simultaneously announced it was opposing a sea blockade of Iranian ports in the northern reaches of the gulf. Red Igades steal $21.8 million ROME - Five self-proclaimed Red Brigade terrorists staged a daring robbery yesterday that netted the equivalent of $21.8 million from the vaults of a security company. It was believed to be the biggest theft in modern Italian history. Police said the men, armed with submachine guns and pistols, pulled off the robbery with military precision and must have had inside help because of their knowledge of the operations and security at the Brink's Securmark company. The firm is an armored car and security company that stores cash for several local companies and banks. Police said the robbers captured a company employee, held his wife and child, and forced him to help them into the Securmark offices before dawn. They waited calmly for the time lock on the vault to open at 6:30 a.m. and made off with their loot in 20 minutes. Police said no one was hurt. Officials said 85 percent of the loot was in cash and the rest was in securities. The men said they were members of the Red Brigades urban terrorist group, and an anonymous telephone caller to the Rome office of the Communist daily newspaper L'Unita claimed responsibility in the name of the Red Brigades. The robbers also left behind revolutionary literature bearing a five-pointed star like that used as a symbol by the Red Brigades. Meese launches counterattack WASHINGTON-Presidential counselor Edwin Meese, taking the offensive against allegations of financial and ethical misdeeds, complains he is a victim of "character assassination sneak attacks" and deserves to be confirmed as attorney general. Meese made the spirited defense in an interview published yesterday in The Washington Post, one of a series of interviews he is giving this weekend. The interviews, and Meese's decision to ask the Justice Department to recommend that a federal court name a special prosecutor to look into the allegations, indicate Meese has decided to wage an aggressive public battle against his critics instead of waiting to answer the charges before the Senate Judiciary Committee, as he had pledged to do. QueenElirzabeth may delay trip to Jordan because of bombin LONDON-A bombing in Jordan on the eve of Queen Elizabeth s departure for Amman has increased fears for her safety so much that the British government is considering asking her not to go. After a bomb went off at an Amman hotel yesterday, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher met with members of her Cabinet to discuss the trip, according to the foreign secretary, Sir Seoffrey Howe. Officials at Buckingham Palace said they were awaiting government advice. The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, were to set out today on what may be the most dangerous trip of her 32-year-reign. The royal couple was to stay overnight at a British air, base in Cyprus and fly to Amman on tomorrow morning. They were to spend four days in Jordan, visiting the Red Sea port of Aqaba and the ancient city of Petra in addition to the capital. Yesterday morning, a small bomb exploded outside the capital's Intercontinental Hotel, which is to serve as press headquarters for the Amman leg of the visit. The hotel is across the street from the U.S. Embassy. Estes' alle ations re ected DALLAS-A district a orney said he would no pursue allegations by convicted swindler Billie Sol Estes that Lyndon Johnson ordered the 1961 death of an Agriculture Department official. District Attorney John Paschall Friday declined to comment on the credibility of Estes' charge, and said the investigation is closed because all parties named in Estes' testimony are now dead. Estes, in Dallas autographing copies of the newly released book "Billie Sol, King of the Texas Wheeler-Dealers," by his daughter Pam Estes, said there was no connection between his testimony and the book's release. Estes told a Robertson County grand jury he was present at a meeting at Johnson's Washington home when Johnson ordered two associates to "get rid of" Henry Harvey Marshall. Marshall, 51, was in charge of the federal cotton allotment program for an Agriculture Department regional-office in Texas. Marshall was investigating irregularities in government cotton allotments, and Dallas newspapers have reported that Estes testified Johnson feared Marshall's inquiry would link Estes' dealings to Johnson. Sunday, March 25, 1984 Vol. XCI V-No. 139 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited and, managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $15.50 September through April (2 semesters).; $19.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day mornings. Subscription rates: $8 in Ann Arbor; $10 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syn- dicate and Field Enterprises Newspaper Syndicate.' 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A prayer service featuring songs sung by the monks, known for their contemporary religious brings illegal aliens into U.S. recordings, marked the end of the family's week-long 1,400-mile journey from Chicago flouting U.S. im- migration law. The caravan, which had varied from 6 to 12 vehicles and 30 to 50 people during the week on the road, swelled to 28 vehicles and more than 1.00 people yesterday on the last leg from Cambridge, Mass., past snow-covered fields to this New England hamlet of 300. "We will live here until it is safe to return to our village in Guatemala," said Felipe Excot, 34, who said his family is still not used to wearing shoes all day every day. Excot said he has a duty to tell Americans how governments supported by their tax dollars force Christians in Central America to bury their Bibles and hide their Communion wafers in sacks of grain. He wore a mask in front of news media cameras out of fear of retaliation against relatives still in Guatemala. Excot is a name the family assumed when they entered this country in January. He said he will help the brothers till their vegetable gardens and help cut wood for the stoves that heat both the old country houses that serves as the monks' monastery and the converted barn they use as a chapel. "We were pilgrims, and you took us in," Felipe told them. He said the whole family will leariEnglish, the children will go to school for the first time and -his wife, Elena, whose small hand loom was the only per- sonal belonging she brought from Guatemala, will teach the brothers to weave. Violence increases as Salvado ran elections near (Continued from Page 1) housewife buying canned goods at a San Salvador supermarket. HOWEVER, THE guerrillas said last week that they would not attack voters and polling places, as they tried to do in an election two years ago for the Con- stituent Assembly. About 1.5 million Salvadorans voted under the eyes of Western observers in 1982. The outcome was seen 'as a propaganda victory for the gover- nment. The Reagan administration, which has been trying to push an emergency, $93 million military aid package for El Salvador through Congress, hoped for a similar or better turnout this time. Congress last week postponed .con- sideration of the aid request unitl after the election. THE UNITED STATES sent 30 of- ficial observers for today's election, and they were joined by about 300 more from 27 other countries. Leftists are boycotting this election, as they did in 1982, dismissing it as a "farce" and saying their candidates would be endangered by death squads. Although there were eight can- didates, the race was believed to be a two-man contest between Roberto d'Aubuisson and Jose Napoleon Duarte. Duarte, 57, leader of the Christian Democrats and a former president, predicted he would get close to a majority of votes in today's balloting an an easy majority of 60 percent in the event of a runoff. D'Aubuisson, 40, claimed he would win tonight with at least 52 percent of the vote, whichwould eliminate the need for a runoff. 18 U.S. marines die du (Continued from Page 1) were recovered yesterday. The rugged terrain about 200 miles southeast of Seoul made the grim hunt a slow, dif- ficult process. POETRY READING with, WALTER CLARK and VIRGINIA DeVRIES Mon., March 26 GUILD HOUSE 8 p. m. 802 Monroe "It was a violent crash that spread the helicopter all over," one source said. "It covered a great area of steep, rugged mountain." All.' the Americans aboard the helicopter were members of the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force based on Okinawa and in South Korea for the joint maneuvers, called Team Spirit '84. COL. RALLIN Aars, public affairs of- ficer and spokesman for U.S. Forces in South Korea, gave this account: "The helicopter which crashed was ring training one of six helicopters which took off from Pohang Airfield... "The weather when the helicopters took off was above minimum standar- ds. However, as the flight continued the weather deteriorated. The mission was terminated and all aircraft were retur- ning to Pohang when the helicopter crashed." AARSSAID a Marine observation aircraft sighted a fire on a rugged mountainside and search and rescue operations got under way immediately. He said the identities of the victims were being withheld until their families are notified. Other sources said it probably would be late today before it could be confirmed positively that all1 aboard were dead, and it might be two or three days before identifications could be made and families notified. The Sea Stallion is a heavy lift+ exercises operator, whose mission is to transport assault troops and equipment. It can carry 38rcombat-ready marines or 10,000 pounds of cargo, they said. The joint military exercises, which began Feb. 1 and will end at the end of March, involves 207,000 South Koreans and 60,050 Americans, including 36,800 from U.S. bases outside South Korea. Earlier last week, nearly 50,000 U.S. and South Korean marines carried out a major amphibious assault landing on the beaches around Pohang. The U.S. Navy vessels supporting that operation included the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. The carrier was moving away from the Pohang area Wednesday night when it collided with a nuclear-powered Soviet submarine in the Sea of Japan. The U.S. Navy said there were no casualties aboard the carrier. THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE OFFERS YOU THE CHANCE TO STUDY IN LONDON Mr .irn Pntter Senior Tutor, General Course Students, will visit Billing, 764-0550. 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