FER RO: STEP FOR' RD? See Weekend Magazine Ninety-five Years 41" 4F Of ltJt ' *1tiE41±1 flEye Editorial Freedom morning shr wi a h around 70P Voi.-XCV No. ,8 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan -Friday, September 14, 1984 15 Cents Ten Pages Regents meeting on code ,may be in Dearborn By LAURIE DELATER Although the University's Board of Regents will move the first day of its October meeting to the Dearborn cam- pus, University officials say the regents twill not discuss the controversial proposed student code for nonacademic conduct away from Ann Arbor. Last April Dearborn Chancellor William Jenkins asked the regents to hold their October meeting in Dearborn to celebrate the campus' 25th anniver- sary which begins Sept. 22. A POLICY advisor working on the code -and other sources close to the issue say the proposed guidelines for hstudent behavior outside of the ~classroom will be taken up; by the regents in October. Student leaders expressed concern that the regents would decide on the code away from campus, making it im- possible for many students to attend the meeting. The public comments session, usually held on the first day of the meeting, could take place in Dearborn. "We are going to have to concentrate student opposition to the code before 'October and at the September (rents') meeting," said Scott Page, president of the Michigan Student Assembly. "IT'S REALLY tragic if they would try to make a decision on such an im- portant issue so far away from the Ann Arbor campus," said Lee Winkelman, an LSA senior and member of No Code, a student group opposed to the code. University President Harold Shapiro last spring said no action would be See REGENTS, Page 2 Daily Photo by NEIL CHASE The University's Flying Club "flies" a Cesna 152 through the streets of Ann Arbor earlyyesterday morning on its way to its temporary hangar in front of the Graduate Library for today's Festifall '84. Plane stalks city streets as Prince praisers sit By SEAN JACKSON After negotiating down State to Eisenhower, to Industrial. The bars in Ann Arbor close at 2:00 a.m., and after that the to Stimson, and back to State, the Cesna attracted the atten city streets are dead, right? tion of about 50 other late nighters. This group was not out Wrong. plane-watching, they were in search of.. . the prized Prince SOME FOLKS like to drive airplanes through the streets of tickets. Ann Arbor in the middle of the night, while others enjoy for- A line had formed when it was announced Wednesday that ming lines along the sidewalk leading to the entrance of West the Union ticket office had seats to sell for the popular Quad along the.Union. singing star, Prince, appearing October 4, 5, 7 & 8 at Joe At 4:19 Thursday morning at the Ann Arbor Airport a Louis Arena in Detroit. Cesna 152 began its journey to the Diag in front of the THE FIRST person in line had arrived at 7 p.m. Wed- Graduate Library. nesday night to claim his spot. The pilot, Peter Mulliner of the University Flying Club "I'm starting to get a little cold," confessed Sanjit guided by three cars and escorted by Ann Arbor police down Jayakar, an LSA junior. State Street, had to deal with road construction, detours, and Further down the sidewalk LSA sophomore Lorin Rosen other traffic, even at four in the morning. and LSA freshman Vicky Sternberg had engaged in several (ONE OF THE crew siad she was sure she heard an obser- activities. ver singing "I Love a Parade"). See PLANE, Page 2. Vot er on fr By GEORGEA KOVANIS Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Ross Campbell yesterday ruled in favor of keeping a proposal to make Ann Arbor "nuclear free" on the city's Nov. 6 ballot. His decision, which followed yester- day's hearing on the topic, came eight days after a city firm - Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) whichregularly performs work for the defense department - filed suit against the city in hopes of keeping the proposal, which would ban all military research, off the ballot. ERIM' charged that the proposal, placed on the ballot last month after petitions bearing about 8,000 signatures were collected, is a zoning isue and therefore should not be put on the ballot through a citizens initiative. Zoning issues are usually handled through zoning boards after hearings on the matter are conducted. In the brief filed September 5, ERIM contended that the proposal was also unconstitutional becuase it interferes with interstate commerce, infringes upon rights of academic freedom and the first amendment and usurps the right of government to provide for the common defense. THE COMPANY also said that the city has no jurisdiction on the topic because the country's defense is a national concern. Since the suit was first filed, another firm, Applied Dynamics Intwnational (ADI) which also regularly performs military research, joined ERIM. Both firms stand to lose millions if the proposal becomes law. HOWEVER, yesterday, Campbell decided that the court should not inter- fere with the legislative process. He told the court that interfering with a scheduled vote is something "which should be exercised cautiously." On the question of constitutionality, Campbell ruled that ro prosposal can be declared unconstitutional until it is law. He told attorneys they could bring the question of constitutionality before the court if and when the law is passed. Janis Michael, Campaign for a Nuclear Free Ann Arbor coordinator, said she was happy with Campbell's decision. "We're extremely pleased and not surprised," she said. She also criticized .the two research firms for taking the case to court. "(It) seems a poor tactic to attempt to take a citizens' initiative off the ballot," she said. THE PROPOSAL, which would' become n amendmet tothe city chat- ter would prohibit "the design, resear- ch, development, testing or production of nuclear weapons; delivery systems for such weapons; and command control and com- munication systems for such weapons." Violators of the proposed law wouldl face 90 days in jail and a fine of at least $500 per violation if it is enacted on Oct. 1, 1985. And if voters pass the proposal, Ann Arbor will become the nation's first city See CITY, Page 5 ilde 1eze i Ann Arbor cab driver killed i*n Annual Banned Book Week ends quietly robbery By RACHEL GOTTLIEB A local cab driver was killed early yesterday morning after responding to a false call on the 3600 block of Braeburn Circle in Ann Arbor. The . victim, 41-year-old Ann Arbor resident, Torsten Kutsche, was shot on- ce in the chest in an apparent robbery attempt, police said. He was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. 'AFTER discovering the phony request, Kutsche radioed his dispatcher at the Yellow Cab Company and said that he "would look around for a bit," said Police Sergeant Jan Suomala. Kutsche made it as far as the 2700 block of Braeburn Circle, where the murder took place. A witness who said he heard shouting and a gunshot saw two black men run- ning away from the scene. He then called an ambulance. attempt POLICE have not yet determined whether Kutsche was carrying a wallet or if any money was taken from him. "But it's possible that Kutsche wasn't carrying any money and the robbers got mad and shot him," police said. Last night's murder has some Ann Arbor cab drivers a bit shaken up. "It makes me a little nervous," said Charlie Sharp, a Cross Christian Cab driver and Braeburn Circle resident, "but I need to make a living." Cab driver Rod Tanner says he isn't too worried about meeting a similar fate because he drove a cab in Las Vegas for two years and during one five-week span two cab drivers were killed every week. The last time a cab driver was killed in Ann Arbor was Christmas Day, 1980. By ARONA PEARLSTEIN What do Giovanni Boccaccio, Francis Bacon, Janet Bode, and J.D. Salinger have in common? At one time or another, all have had at least one of their works.banned. BANNING BOOKS has been afound since humans first learned to scratch characters on papyrus. In 8 A.D., Em- peror Augustus was so offended by Ovid's The Art of Love that he banned the book and banished the author. Tomorrow ends the second annual Banned Book Week, a national program started to focus attention on the rights of all people to read and write the books they choose. The American Library Association,' the National Association of College Store, and other concerned groups sponsored the week, using buttons, posters, and pamphlets to create more concern for their cause. "WE DO IT to make people aware that book banning continues in this liberal, modern age," said Lisa Holowicki, manager of Community News Center on W. Liberty. "People should be aware that the books they grew up reading cannot be read by others." Some of the books that have been banned include the American Heritage Dictionary, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, and The Grapes of Wrath. ALTHOUGH THERE are -many places in the country where books are still banned, Ann Arbor is not one of them. "Ann Arbor tends to want to include books in a collection, rather than take (books) away," said Kathy Daly, Ac- ting Director of the Ann Arbor Public Library. "There is a climate of accep- tance 6f all points of view." Student opinion is overwhelmingly against banning books. "EVERYONE SHOULD keep an open mind. They don't have to read it if they don't want to," said Stacy Post. "It shouldn't be kept in the'dark." Melissa Holub, LSA student, agrees. "Even if a book might be sexist or racist, people have a right...to make their own choices." Prof. Francelia Clark, a lecturer on the English Composition Board said she feels banning books is "unnecessarily restrictive." SHE ADDED, however, that parents should help choose the books their children read. "I would like to have the respon- sibility to advise my child on what to...read," she said. Rawley Billings, who heads the In- structional Media Department of the Ann Arbor Public Schools, says there have been no recent complaints about books from parents. See NATIONAL, Page 2 Doily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA An unidentified person celebrates Banned Book Week with a little light reading. TODAY r X- is subscribing to the Daily this term is automatically en- tered in the drawing, and for the two or three people on campus who have not yet subscribed anyone who does so by noon will be entered. Additional prizes come from Bivouac, Miller's, PanTree, Otto's, Shear Impact, Bagpiper, and the State Theater. Winners who aren't present will be notified later. Help wanted Life's a ditch ESIDENTS OF Helen Newberry and Betsy Barbour dormitories have been complaining for days about the. early morning noise created by construction on Maynard Street, but they were allowed a few moments of silence yesterday at 3 p.m. when a car got stuck in the ditch created by the roadwork. Bob Longman, a University Hospital employee, decided to drive into Newberry's parking lot and didn't notice the four-foot wide ditch bet- ween his car and the lot. Longman then left to get help, and Democratic Presidential candidate Waiter Mondale, said at the Michigan Union last week. Mondale was urging out- of-state students to register in Ann Arbor because both par- ties see Michigan as a crucial state which could go for either party in November. According to Ann Arbor City Clerk Winifred Northcross, who has the dubious honor of trying to keep track of the registered voters amid the city's transient population, the registration deadline for the November 6 election is October 9. For those who are already registered, Northcross also asks those voters who are registered to make sure they are registered at the - i t 1 L - - - - - ' I ,