Ninety-five Years of Editorial Freedom I E Lt4jau1 i a1Q Spunky Clear and windy, with temn- peratures in the upper forties. Vol. XCV, No. 79 Copyright 1984, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, December 11, 1984 Fifteen Cents Ten Pages Free speech issue splits 'U community By ERIC MATTSON Many people talk about free speech at the Univer- sity, but there is little agreement on exactly what constitutes a violation of the free speech principle. Universities and colleges traditionally have been bastions of the free exchange of ideas, but faculty, administrators, and community groups alike are concerned that controversial speakers who come to campus may face heckling or more subtle forms of suppression. TWICE IN the last 14 months, heckling at a Univer- sity-sponsored speech has been so disruptive that the speakers either had to leave or shout over the din to be heard. A month ago, for instance, a group of about 100 protesters chased three CIA recruiters off campus af- ter staging a mock trial questioning the agency's ac- tivities. And just over a year ago, former Secretary of State Alexander Haig was continually interrupted during his speech on foreign policy. Billy Frye, vice president for academic affairs and provost, called such actions "utterly antithetical to the nature of the University." "I THINK that kind of thing is frankly disgraceful," he added. Frye said that one of the University's most impor- tant functions is to act as a base for social and political change by allowing differing viewpoints to be heard. He noted that universities historically have led social change, particularly during the '60s and early '70s. University President Harold Shapiro agreed that the heckling is inappropriate, and condemned the CIA protesters. Members of the Univerity's Board of Regents also deplored the action, which Regent Robert Nederlander (D-Birmingham) called "an outrageous violation of rights." REGENT THOMAS Roach (D-Saline) said the disruption was a clear violation of the free speech principle. "Everyone, whether their views are popular or unpopular, has a right to exercise their rights," he said. But demonstrator Steve Austin, a natural resour- ces sophomore, said the CIA protest was entirely justified. "First of all, free speech is guaranteed as a right for individuals, not a right for government agencies," he said. "The CIA has carried out criminal acts throughout the world." "WE WERE not heckling," Austin added. "We asked them to respond to the charges and they left the room." If the University community decides that a par- ticular speaker should not be heard because he or she might present dangerous ideas, then members of the community have the right to bar the speaker, Austin explained. See FREE, Page 3 Ha.g ... faced with hecklers Kahane ... lost UAC sponsorship Textbooks will cost more in Union store By TOM HRACH With the opening of the Michigan Union Bookstore in January, many students will face a tough choice about what they want when they buy their new textbooks: convenience or lower prices. The Union bookstore, operated by the New York-based Barnes and Noble chain, will not discount its textbooks like its competitors, the University Cellar and Ulrich's. INSTEAD, Barnes and Noble expects to carve a profitable niche in the student market with the store's central lbcation and emphasis on quick service. "The Michigan student is used to waiting in lines, and this is what we want to alleviate, especially at book rush," said Scott Montgomery, regional director of the book store chain. In addition to service and the store's * prime location, Montgomery hopes to build a rapport with the student com- munity by hiring about 200 students to work part-time during book rush. "Any job that can be filled by a student will be filled by students," he said. THE NEW store will begin to buy back used textbooks tomorrow or Thur- sday and will open its retail counters next Monday, according to Gerry Maloney, the store's manager. Montgomery said it is the company's policy to sell textbooks at list price, even though other items, like books on The New York Times best seller list, will be sold at sizeable discounts. U-Cellar, however, sells its textbooks at a 5 percent discount to students. Ulrich's also marks down the prices of most new textbooks. "PEOPLE don't realize how com- petitive the Ann Arbor market really * is," said Tom Musser, manager of Ulrich's. "If you had to live by tex- tbooks alone, you simply couldn't exist." Ulrich's and U-Cellar supplement text book revenue with sales of com- puter equipment and insignia items. While Barnes and Noble will not stock computer equipment, its mangers are counting on exclusive rights to sell can- dy and other retail merchandise in the Union to compensate for losses from . textbook sales. Montgomery would not say whether the store is expected to show a profit its first month, but, he said, "We are in Ann Arbor to stay." THE STORE'S arrival has managers See UNION, Page 5 Captivity 'sheer hell, homes say From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hostages rescued from a hijacked airliner, in- cluding two Americans who were savagely beaten and tortured with bur- ning cigarettes, described from a Tehran hospital yesterday six days of "sheer hell" at the hands of their cap- tors. Iran vowed to put on trial the four hijackers, believed to be Lebanese, captured Sunday by Iranian security guards disguised as cleaners who stor- med aboard the Kuwaiti Airways jetliner at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. BUT THERE was no word from the Iranian news service on where the hijackers were or what charges would be brought against them. "I was tied up all the time," said Charles Kapar, 57, a career auditor for the State Department's Agency for In- ternational Development. "Whenever they hit me, I was tied up ... I was get- ting dizzy spells after the first day." Kapar, a former Navy jet pilot, and John Costa, a 52-year-old businessman from New York, were among seven hostages freed from the jetliner by the Iranian raid. TWO OTHER Americans were shot to death in cold blood during the six-day ordeal. Costa and Kapar said they were repeatedly kicked, battered with gun butts and tortured with burning cigarettes by the four hijackers. Kapar said the hijackers kept "using cigarettes to press their point home" and to force him to say he was a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency. His in- sistence that he was only an AID auditor infuriated his tormentors, he said. "SO THEY would hit me harder and harder, and then I told them point blank, 'If you don't believe me, shoot me,' " Kapar, badly bruised and un- shaven, said in an interview from Tehran broadcast in London by In- dependent Television News. Costa, 50, who was badly bruised and had blisters on his face, chest and back from cigarette burns, said the gunmen also tried to force him to admit he was a CIA agent. "What they wanted was for me to say I was from the CIA. That's all they wan- ted to hear," he said. "Among the places they kicked me was in the throat, which is why my voice is bad. See FREED, Page 5 GgDaily Photo by DAVID FRANKEL Getting MADD Members of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving light a candle last night at the Federal Building as part of its third an- nual vigil remembering each person killed in an alcohol-related crash so far this year. MADD held vigils at its 320 chapters in 46 states and on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Wash. D.C. U. S. firms say theyl oppose apartheid WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Reagan denounced discrimination in South Africa, several American businessmen said yesterday they are using their investments to promote racial equality in that white-ruled nation. "We continue to think we are part of a construc- tive force for change in that country,' said Roland Williams, a spokesman for Ford Motor Co., in Dearborn, Mich. WILLIAMS said Ford sympathized with anti- apartheid demonstators insofar as they are "against apartheid and we're against apartheid." He added, "We think our presence in South Africa is good for all South Africans." The business community generally agrees with the Reagan administration's view that U.S. com- panies in South Africa, where 5 million whites wield political and social control over 22 million blacks, can encourage changes in apartheid, the South African system of racial separatism. Reagan, in a speech proclaiming International Human Rights Day, said racial discrimination in 'We think our presence in South Africa is good for all South Africans.' - Roland Williams Ford Motor Co. spokesman nt outside the embassy yesterday. "WE HAVE felt the lash of servitude against our backs that is now against the backs of blacks in South Africa," said Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. In South Africa, the government released 12 anti apartheid activists, but immediately charged six of them with treason and violation of security laws. On Sunday, four ministers were among 23 people arrested at the South African consulate in Seattle, where about 400 people marched against apartheid. WHILE TRYING to encourage non- discrimination in the workplace, the business community generally opposes any type of economic sanctions against South Africa that are demanded by the demonstrators. Most of the about 150 U.S. companies doing bus- iness in South Africa adhere to a voluntary code, See ANTI-APARTHEID, Page 5 Africa and human rights abuses throughout the world are "affronts to the human conscience.' He specifically urged "The government and the people of South Africa to move toward a more just society." THE PRESIDENT spoke out on South Africa three days after he met with that country's black Anglican bishop, Desmond Tutu, and reaffirmed his administration's policy of. using low-key diplomacy in seeking a change in South Africa's racial system. Protesters who have been demonstrating almost daily at the South African Embassy since Nov. 21 are demanding the release of detained political prisoners in that country and a toughening of Reagan's policy. They also are seeking legislation that would limit U.S. investiment in South Africa. A group of Jewish leaders and 30 marchers pledged allegiance to the anti apartheid moveme- TODAY Name that capital correct answer, according to the Christian Science Monitor, is South Dakota." Puzzled and cross, Burdick fired off a let- ter to the editor. "This piracy must stop. . . I simply wan- ted the Monitor to know that we are not giving up Bismarck or one square inch of North Dakota soil," Burdick said in the letter. "I can understand why South Dakota would like to have Bismarck as part of an upgrading process," the senator wrote. To the church on time ERNARD "BUD" Gohmann wasn't even in the wed- something. But the preacher said, 'No way,' " McKeand said. After the rehearsal, McKeand called his attorney, who tried to reach Gohmann, a city-county clerk, with a special request. But at 8:30 a.m. Saturday still no license. At 9:50 a.m., McKeand received a call. Gohmann would meet him in an hour at the City-County Building. McKeand rushed downtown in white tux and tails. As he stamped the license with the state seal, Gohman told McKeand, "This will last you forever and ever." But with 15 minutes before the wed- ding march, the groom paused only for a grateful han- dshake and made it to the church on time. . . - . - AL I Luzhbin, is now chairman of the Nevsky.Baby Seals Club, the paper said. He says many of the babies whose parents want them introduced to the age-old practice begin bathing the children in the ice water at home to get them used to the temperatures. The pediatric clinic of the Kirov Military Medical Academy in Leningrad is monitoring the health of the "baby seals" academy director Alexander Kliorin told the newspaper. "We have observed 50 children in the cour- se of a year," Kliorin said. "It's too early to make far- reaching conclusions, but it is already clear that to many young Leningraders, the ice-cold baths were... an efficient means of getting rid of different ailments, including allergies and rashes." I i I