I I Irving tackles political issues The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 10, 1984- Page 3 Entrepreneurs boost student opportunities By STEPHANIE DEGROOTE The world according to author John Irving is a bizarre place. "What I write may be nasty, but not nearly nasty enough. I can't out-bizarre the world," said Irving at a press con- ference at Rackham yesterday as part of the University's Visiting Writer Series. IRVING, whose work includes the novels The World According to Garp and The Hotel New Hampshire, sported a Mondale-Ferraro button and told the group about. his opposition to the Reagan administration, stressing such issues as religion and abortion. Religion, he says, underlies Reagan's actions and has no place in politics. "We're free to practice religion, but we should also be free from its being practiced on us," Irving said. "This is not a beliefs contest," said Irving on the presidential race. "Both men are entitled ,to their beliefs, however Reaganfeels so strongly about his that he feels we should all share them." "He wanted to make abortion illegal again. He made cuts in the school lunch programs. I guess we get prayer in- stead." While on the lecture circuit, Irving has drawn criticism for his vocal support of Walter Mondale for president. He said he doesn't feel that he's exploiting his position as a popular writer by becoming involved in politics. "If the political process took care of itself, I could stay home and write. But that's not the way it works. "The extremism of the Republican Party - this is what frightens me," Ir- ving said. Formerly a supporter of Sen. Alan Cranston's presidental bid, Irving said he began campaigning for Mondale out of fear of Reagan. "He is a living example of what George Orwell warned us about - that politicians will abuse our language before they abuse us," he said. "The man is a travesty. His sentences lack substance. They sometimes lack verbs and even subjects." "I don't blame the Republicans for Ronald Reagan being in office," he said. "President Reagan is in office because my liberal friends wanted An- derson, and when they couldn't get An- derson, they sulked." In order to prevent a similar oc- curence in 1984, Irving said he's out to make sure people vote against Reagan by voting for Mondale, who Irving thinks-"is the clear choice." On Monday, Irving gave a reading from his forthcoming book, The Cider House Rules, which will be published in June. The book deals with abortion, but Ir- ving said that his purpose is not to change the beliefs of his readers. He said he's trying to show that the problem with abortion is that it's illegal, not that it's moral or immoral. "Abortion is a religious issue, not a political issue," Irving said. By STACEY SHONK "I started the Entrepreneurs Club because I only had 8 credits and wanted something that looked good on a resume . . . It started as a joke," said club president Phil Smith, an LSA senior. Last year's vice president, LSA senior Bob Burchell, said eight people showed up for the first meeting. "We weren't quite sure what to do with them, so we made them directors." YET WHAT began as a joke is tran- sforming into serious job opportunities for ambitious members. Smith, an LSA senior, said "venture capitalists are anxous to hire ambitious college students," and he carries a let- ter from Willard Garvey, a man whose family is estimated to be worth $500 million by Fortune Magazine to prove it. The letter reads, "Keep in touch and route any ambitious entrepreneurs here as we have more ideas than people to carry them out. Vice President Scott Weinberg says the club has aided about ten people in finding jobs. "We don't arrange inter- views," he said. "We help students use the resources at their fingertips and use (the name) 'U of M' to find jobs on their own." WEINBERG capitalized on his en- trepreneurial knowledge to earn $8,000 this summer contracting with the city to clean buses, according to Smith. "Because of this club," says Smith, "I have a box full of offers. I'm talking one of them is $40,000 a year, and I don't think I'm going to take it because there are so many other fun things . . . Business is so exciting." The club, comprised mostly of LSA undergraduates, does not fit the classic stereotypes of businessmen. The eighty-some members do not gather in Brooks Brothers suits and discuss fluc- tuations in the commodities market. THE CLUB is also non-partisan. "The Republicans have come at us full tilt," Smith said, "but we don't want political affiliations. We're a diver- sified group but we have one thing in common: Ambition." Members are encouraged to invite business people to speak to the group, which establishes business contacts and helps students begin their own business. "People don't realize that listening to someone talk about a printing business can really help them start a biochemical research lab," says Wein- berg. The club has helped launch a number of student ventures, including an adver- tising service, a letterhead and stationery printing company, and a loft business. Space Conference r Shuttle Challenger crew of Marc Garneau, David Lestma, front, Kathryn Sullivan, Sally Ride, center, Robert Crippen, Paul Scully Powers, and John McBride yesterday as they answer questions from the media at the Johnson Space Center at Houston. officials look at possible code changes (Continued from Page 1) 'Supreme Court hears church-state case. WASHINGTON (AP) - the Supreme Court in its latest inquiry into church- state relations, said yesterday it will decide whether a $3 billion federal aid program for 5 million needy students allows public school teachers to hold remedial classes in parochial schools. The court agreed to review a ruling ordering New York City to end its 18- year-old program of sending teachers into religiously affiliated schools to of- fer instruction in remedial reading, mathematics and other courses. THE REAGAN administration joined with New York City officials and paren- ts of parochial school students in urging the justices to rule that the program does not violate the Constitution's required separation of church and state. The New York City schools case gives the court an opportunity to explore more broadly an issue it already has on its agenda this year. Last February the court said it will review a dispute from grand Rapids, Mich., that involves public school teachers offering instruc- tion to private school pupils. That program was supported by state funds. The New York City program was authorized under a 1965 federal law - commonly called Title I - that was part of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" legislation. The law, aimed at providing remedial help for low-income families, now provides more than $3 billion for about five million students nationwide, most of them in public schools. NEW YORK City decided to use some of the money to help poor families whose children attend private schools. It experimented with providing remedial classes after regular school hours, first at public schools and then at private schools. But attendance was so poor that in August 1966 the city school board decided the only way to get help to the needy students was to send public school teachers tothe private schools during the school day. Approximately 40,000 of the 300,000 New York City students who benefit from Title I funds are in private schools, nearly all with religious af- filiations. But she added that the extension might be added to the code in the future if the need arose. Under the latest draft, amendments can be made to the code without the approval of MSA or the Senate Assembly. EVEN IF the provision remained in- tact, it might be reworded to exclude the code's authority if the group has in place its own judicial system, said Dan Sharphorn, a policy analyst for the University. Administrators were also thinking about omitting a provision requiring a student's expulsion to be noted on his or her official transcript. In addition, in cases of expulsion a student might have full use of an attor- ney during a hearing before a panel of faculty members, administrators, and students. Under the code's latest revision the hearing officer can limit the participation of a legal adviser. BUT SHARPHORN said that while the attorney's role might be expanded in trials for expulsion, it might be restricted even further in lesser cases. Students have argued against any restrictions on the use of an attorney. By recommending from the ad- ministration, punishment fortselling illegal drugs might be narrowed to suspension, Sharphorn said. The current draft of the code says students may be punished by a warning, restitution, or another appropriate san- ction. And the code would be changed to require that accused students be given a summary of the evidence collected against them as well as a copy of the judicial procedures. Another possible alteration includes listing the areas around campus, such as steam tunnels, which are off-limits to students. Administrators were also thinking about substituting the wording of three provisions with existing policy statements made by the University and the AmericanCivilhLiberties Union. " Instead of prohibiting students from "interfering with the freedom of ex- pression of another," the Civil Liberties Board suggested the code include the University's officialnStatement on Freedom of Speech and Artistic Ex- pression, written by the board. The statement consists of two pages of guidelines protecting guest speakers on campus from being interrupted by protesters. " The Civil Liberties Board also said that the University would be less likely to raise civil liberties issues if it used the statement prohibiting interference with University activity that is already part of the existing Rules of the Univer- sity Community. The langugage is slightly more specific in the existing rules. " Finally, the section which allows a student to be expelled for "grievous and dangerous" acts has caused so much controversy that administrators might use instead an A.C.L.U. policy on ex- pulsion. That policy prohibits expulsion except when a student threatens "the health, safety, and disruption of the educational process.". Schnaufer criticized the rewording of sections which students have flatly rejected. "If (administrators) clear up the- wording, it would be to their advan- tage," he said. "The proposed changes aren't going to help students, it's going to help administrators prosecute students." There is still time to earn the Master of Social Work degree by May 1986., Adelphi University School of Social Work offers its accelerated M.S.W. Program, beginning in late January 1985.' This is aprogram planned for those who wish to complete the two-year Master of Social Work program in 16 months. You will finish the first year of study in six months and enter the second year of the program in September 1985. Financial aid is available. Adelphi offers many routes to the M.S.W. degree. Ask about them. For information and applications on the Accelerated Program and other M.S.W.'programs, call or write Adelphi University, Inquiry Room, Garden City, N.Y 11530 (516) 663-1120 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK S Tro oil STUDENT PHONATHON CALLERS WANTED Part Time Employment Nights -HAPPENINGS- Highlight The Cleveland Orchestra performs tonight in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. }Films MTF-8, 7 p.m., I Vitelloni, 9:30 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Alt. 'Act. - Good Climate, Friendly Inhabitants, 7 p.m.; A CHip of Glass Ruby, 8:15 p.m.; An Interview With Nadine Gordimer, 9:25 p.m., Angell Hall p Aud. 3. Ctr. for Near East/North African Studies - The Cycle, noon, Lang. Lab, MLB. Performances' Ark - The Rising Fawn Strings Ensemble with Norman and Nancy Blake and James Bryan, 8 p.m., 637 S. Main. Mich. Voice - Cheryl Dawdy and Dave Menefee,8 -11 p.m. Speakers Engineering - Lee Schruben, seminar, "Significant Factor Identification in Simulation of Manufacturing Systems," 4 p.m., 241 IOE Bldg. Ann Arbor Dem. Socialists of America - Kathy Callahan, "Organizing Women: the Labour Movement", 8 p.m., 1412 Mason Hall. Chemistry - Nam Soo Lee, seminar "SIMS and Its Applications," 4 p.m., 100 Chem. Bldg. English - Joseph Blotner, brown bag, "The International Faulkner Co- ference in Moscow," 12noon, Lane Hall. Meetings Sci. Fict. Club - "Stilyagi Air Corps," 8:15 p.m., Michigan League. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship -8 p.m., 225 Angell Hall. Black Student Union -7 p.m., Trotter House. Commission for Women -12noon -1:30 p.m., 2002 LSA. Mich. Gay Undergrads - Topic: Health, 9:30 p.m., Guild House. Rock climbing - Pre-trip meeting, 7:30 p.m., NCRB Conference Room. Miscellaneous MSA - Women's Issues Committee Organizational Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 3909 Union. U-Club - Laughtrack, Union. Michigan Ensian - Senior Pictures, 420 Maynard St., call 764-9425 for ap- pointment. Student Wood and Craft Shop - Power tool and safety class, 6 -8 p.m., 537 SAB. 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