Children,
engineers
fearless
in face of
fire
By DOV COHEN
If there was a fire in West
Engineering yesterday afternoon, the
students still in the building when the
two fire trucks arrived, certainly didn't
notice.
The firefighters were called to the
scene after University security officials
noticed smoke and a strong odor
coming from one of the building's
hallways.
BUT THE "fire" turned out to be a
malfunctioning flourescent light, which
gave off a small amount of smoke.
"It happens all the time ... at least
two or three times a week," said Ann
Arbor firefighter Tom Osborn citing a
similar problem at Mott's Children's
Hospital three hours earlier.
None of the students inside the
building were evacuated because the
building's alarm system was being
repaired according to battalion chief
Rob Murphy.
Osborne added that had the alarm
gone off, the people inside probably
wouldn't have left.
"That's the problem we have with
University buildings . . . nobody
evacuates," he said.
The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 14, 1984 - Page 3
New sorority to give
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Cuomo vocalizes religious views
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Roman
Catholic leaders who can't get their
own flock to accept their teachings on
abortiod and other issues shouldn't be
seeking laws to impose those beliefs on
others, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo
said yesterday.
WAre we asking government to make
criminal what we believe to be sinful
because we ourselves can't stop com-
mitting the sin?" the Roman Catholic
governor asked in a speech prepared
for delivery at the University of Notre
Dame.
"I THINK OUR moral and social
mission as Catholics must begin with
the wisdom contained in the words
'physician, heal thyself,"' he said.
".Unless we Catholics...set an example
that is clear and compelling, then we
will never convince this society to
change the civil laws to protect what we
1 preach is precious human life.
"Despite all the effort at defining our
opposition to the sin of abortion, collec-
tively we Catholics apparently believe
- and perhaps act - little differently
from those who don't share our com-
imitment," he said.,
The relationship between religion and
politics has become one of the dominant
issues in the presidential campaign.
President Reagan has courted support
from Catholics and Protestant fun-
damentalists alike, with his backing for
tax credits for private school tuition
and' firm opposition to abortion. Mon-
dale, in turn, has accused Reagan and
his allies of a policy of "moral McCar-
thyism" which rejects opposing views
as unchristian.
HOWEVER, THE DEMOCRATIC
governor avoided any specific attack on
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By CARRIE WEINER
University women who are - con-
sidering joining a sorority will have one
more prospect to choose from this year
with the establishment of a chapter of
Sigma Kappa at the University.
The new chapter was started to help
deal with the increasing number of
women rushing sororities in the past
few years, says Mary Beth Seiler, an
executive board member of the
Panhellenic Association, the governing
body for sororities.
A LARGE number of women were
turned away without being asked to join
a sorority in 1982 because there were
not enough spots in the house, said
Seiler, so Panhel set out to recruit other
chapters to the University,.
"Sororities don't want girls to be left
out, despite the fact that there is a myth
that says we do," she said.
Cherie Siegel, an LSA junior and
member of the Sigma Delta Tau
sorority agrees with Seiler.
"THE IDEA OF sororities is to find a
place for everyone," said Siegel.
Although sorority rush starts today,
Sigma Kappa will only participate in
the first two nights with a presentation
at the Union. After that, the chapter
will not hold rush until early October. -
Members from other Sigma Kappa
houses around the state will help tp
organize the fledgling chapter's
recruiting effort and will be searching
for a suitable house in Ann Arbor for the
sorority.
Sigma Kappa's chances for success
could be good considering the increase
in the number of rush participants over
last year's figures. According to
Panhel, the unofficial number of girls
rushing this year is 1,100 - up from 9'18
last year.
Cuomo, who delivered a rousing
keynote address to the Democratic
National Convention in July, accepted
the Notre Dame invitation from the
Rev. Richard McBrien, chairman of the
university's theology school, after
becoming embroiled in a dispute with
New York Archbishop John J. O'Con-
nor.
Cuomo took exception to O'Connor's
comment in June questioning "how a
Catholic in good conscience can vote for
a candidate who explicitly supports
abortion."
POLICE
NOTES
Purse stolen
A purse and contents valued at less
than $50 was taken Wednesday from a
house on the 700 block of South Division.
The robbers are believed to have en-
tered the house through an unlocked
door between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
A similar theft took place a few days
earlier on the same block. Police
believe the burglars enter through an
A similar theft took place a few days
earlier on the same block. Police
believe the burglars enter through
unlocked doors and quickly grab small
items without being seen.
- RachelGottlieb
,WMU bargaining continues
By United Press International
Teachers in the East China school
district in St. Clair county returned to
work under court order yesterday and a
troubled settlement was reached at
Western Michigan University.
Teacher strikes continued in four
other districts.
Under the court order,'bargaining on
a new contract for East China's 242
teachers will continue next week. The
strike had idled 4,454 students since
Sept. 4.
A total of 334 teachers were still on
the picket line yesterday in River
Rouge in Wayne County, Gull Lake in
Kalamazoo County, Atherton in
Genesee County and Bronson in Branch
County. Those districts enroll 8,059
students.
In Kalamazoo, bargainers at Western
Michigan University, recommended
that faculty members end their word
stoppage yesterday evening.
Bargainers began negotiating at 4 p.n.
Wednesday and continued into Thur-
sday.
The American Association of Univer-
sity Professors issued a statement Late
in the day recommending that the
WMU professors accept Westetn's
latest offer.
b. 'U
Cuomo
.. . attacks the issues
Reagan's alliance with evangelicals
such as the Rev. Jerry Falwell -
something Cuomo has done in the past.
"The American people need no cour-
se in philosophy or political science or
church history to know that God should
not be made into a celestial party
chairman," said the governor. "To
most of us, the manipulative invoking
of religion to advance a politician or a
party is frightening and divisive."
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HAPPENINGS
Highlight
Josh White opens a two-night engagement at the Ark tonight. Shows begin
at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at 637/2 S. Main St.
Films
Cinema Guild - Beat Street, 7 & 9 p.m., Lorch Hall.
Alt. Act. - Singin' in the Rain, 7:30 p.m., MLB 4; An American in Paris,
9:30 p.m., MLB 4.
AAFC - Festival of International Commercials, 7 & 9:30 p.m., MLB 3;
What's up Tiger Lily?, 8:40 p.m., MLB 3.
Mediatrics - Body Heat, 7 & 9 p.m., Nat. Sci.
Michigan Theater Foundation - Casablanca, 7 p.m.; The Big Sleep, 9
pm., Michigan Theater.
Cinema Two - Sudden Impact, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Angell Hall Aud. A.
Performances
Baptist Student Union - Concert, "Christian Happenings," Pendleton
Rm., Union, 7:00 p.m.
Brecht Co. - Play, The Titanic Cabaret, Halfway Inn, East Quad., 7:30
and 10:30 p.m.
Speakers
Hillel Foundation - Lecture, Professor Bezazel Porton, "The Book of
Jonah: An Odyssey of Repentance," 9:30 p.m., 1429 Hill.
Meetings
Chinese Students Christian Fellowship - 3rd floor Trotter House, 8 p.m.
Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Study Class - University Reformed Church, 1001
E. Huron, 7:30 p.m.
Korean Christian Fellowship - Campus Chapel, 9:00 p.m.
Miscellaneous
Folk Dance Club - Teaching Bulgarian dancing, 8:30-10 p.m.; request
dancing, 10-midnight, outside, under Dental School, no partner necessary.
School of Art - Reception for Student Artists, Slusser Gallery, 5-7 p.m.
Ultimate Frisbee - 5 p.m., Mitchell Field.
Mime Troupe - Open Auditions, 8 p.m., Anderson Room A, Union.
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