{Ninety-five Years of Editorial Freedom cl bje Lit 43n i3Ia 1QI Aggregation Partly cloudy with highs in the 50s. ol. XCV, No. 138 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, March 26, 1985 Fifteen Cents Twelve Pages Pi, Sigma Koenig SA Speakers back med. tech. at ' By KATIE WILCOX Opponents of the proposed plan to discontinue the Univer- sity's medical technology program said last night such a move would be a great waste of resources.I Citing the quality of the facilities at the Uniersity and the large pool of qualified students, seven people argued at a public hearing in the Union that the program should be saved. "THE GREATEST loss will be the resource of the U-M Hospital," said Michael Coon, a graduate of the medical technology program. The director of the program, Sandra Gluck, agreed with Coon. Other programs in the state can't match our top-notch resources," she said. The quality of the program, Gluck said, leads to "our number one resource-our students. We know we have top quality students." UNIVERSITY officials are considering eliminating the med-tech program, which is administered jointly by LSA and the medical school, becuase of the high cost of the program and the decreasing need for medical technologists. Currently the program is funded through subsidy support from the hospital. Gluck wants the University , not the hospital to pay for the program. - "I hope it's not too late for a search for alternate funding to begin," Coon said. TOM PETERSON, a clinical chemistry instructor with the program, urged that "the high costs be related to the ex- cellent product." Officials estimated that the program costs $15-$20,000 per student a year. "We must look at the costs per student in all health related programs," Peterson said. Education in medical technology fields has become a national issue due to new policies limiting the cost of diagnostic tests given to patients. Several speakers argued that the quality of the University's program offset the disad- vantage of a decreasing job market. "WE DO NOT believe medical technology is a dying career. Somepne is going to have to be in charge' of the laboratory. We feel our graduates have the ability to move into these positions," said Gluck. "We want to provide the people of Michigan with good medical care," said Ann Di Sante, another graduate of the program. Another important topic was the scheduled date of the program's discontinuance. The proposal is designed to let the current juniors and seniors finish out their training, but not accept any of the current freshmen or sophomores. See PROGRAM, Page 3 y the fool Dly rnoto Dy LAROL L. FRANCAVILl, Nu member Ken Koenig, a senior in business administration, poses as Mr. T. last night at the Michigan Theatre. g was participating in the Mr. Greek Week competition, which Delta Kappa Epsilon member Jim Anderson won. braham takes top acting award for 'Amadeus' LOS ANGELES (AP)-F. Murray Abraham, as the second-rate composer Salieri who is consumed by jealousy of the genius of Mozart in "Amadeus," won the Oscar for best actor of 1984 Monday. The film won five other early awards and appeared headed for a sweep at the 57th Academy Awards. Haing Ngor, a Cambodian refugee who made his acting debut as an American reporter's assistant in "The Killing Fields," and Dame Peggy Ashcroft, as the kindly Mrs. Moore in "A Passage to India," were named best supporting actor and actress last night at the 57th Academy Awards. "This is unbelievable, but so is my entire life," said Ngor, a 34-year-old doctor, as he exultantly waved his gold statuette above his head. HE THANKED producer David Puttnam, director Roland Joffe as well as the "casting lady who found me" and concluded by saying: "I thank God, Bud- dha, that I am even here." Ashcroft could not attend the ceremonies because she was in England for the ftneral of Sir Michael Redgrave. The award was accepted by Angela Lan- sbury, who thanked the academy for honoring Ash- croft after her long and distinguished career. Ngor portrayed Dith Pran, the native assistant to New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg, during the Chaotic days of the Cambodian war. Ngor's own life mirrored that of Pran. Hunted for ex- termination because he was an intellectual, Ngor was captured three times and lost part of a finger during torture by the insurgent Khmer Rouge. "The Killing Fields" also won. for best cinematography. "Amadeus," a fictional account of Mozart's life, picked up early awards for makeup and sound and was favored to win besst picture and capture the best actor prize for F. Murray Abraham as the jealous, second-rate composer Salieri. Sally Field was considered likely to win the best ac- tress Oscar for her role as the gritty farm widow in "Places in the Heart," She won the same award for the 1979 film "Norma Rae." AT THE OUTSET, emcee Jack Lemmon sounded the keynote for the ABC telecast, which had been paterned to avoid last year's stupefying 3 hour 45- minute marathon. Said Lemmon: "Brevity is the soul of wit, and we hope to be very witty tonight." But the show's first productuon number was a fan- tastic and somewhat overlong spectacle with ghosties and ghoulies traversing the Music Center stage as Ray Parker Jr. sang "Ghostbusters" from a levitated skip loader. Milos Forman, the Czech-born director of "Amadeus," was the odds-on favorite to win the directing Oscar, although there was some sentiment for Englishman David Lean, who made a highly praised film comeback with "A Passage to India." "The Times of Harvey Milk," about San Fran- cisco's first openly homosexual supervisor and his assassination, won the Oscar as best documentary feature. Best documentary short subject was "The" Stone Carvers." Ngor ..wins best supporting actor Asheroft ,..honored for "Passage'-' City council splits on weatheri -By DEBRA LADESTRO In a tie that cut straight down party lines, the Ann Arbor City Council voted 5-5 to endorse a resolution condemning a mandatory weatherization bill. .The resolution, presented by Council member Larry Hahn (R-Second Ward), stated that the mayor and city council did not support the mandatory weatherization proposal called WARM (Weatherization as Responsible Main- tenance) which is scheduled to appear In next month's city election ballot. INSTEAD, the resolution called for council members to attempt to promote a volunteer weatherization program that was put into effect 11 months ago. Council member James Blow, (R- zation proposal, Second Ward) was absent last night and by WARM would, in effect, be more therefore unable to cast the deciding than the costs saved by the vote. weatherization itself, Morris said. WARM would require landlords to Ninety percent of the rental units are regularly inspect their rental units and already up to standard, Morris said. provide basic winterization for their But, if the mandatory weatherization tentants. proposal is passed, landlords will be THE VOLUNTARY program, endor- forced to pay the $44-an-hour rate to sed by the Mayor's Energy Advisory have them inspected, and this will be an Board, establishes guidelines and urge added expense that will be passed on to s landlords and homeowners to abide by tenants, Morris added. them.tnns orsadd Jim Morris, a member of the energy Republican Mayor Louis Belcher, advisory board and president of the who supported the resolution, said, Ann Arbor Apartment Association, "The only proposal the community is urged the council to adopt the going to adopt is one that they feel they resolution. have some participation in." The cost of the inspections required See WARM, Page 3 Protester stud ying in Germany, skips trial By CHARLES SEWELL Of the 11 protesters arrested last year during a sit-in at an engineering laboratory, three were convicted of trespassing in January, seven will be retried after a mistrial earlier this month, and one has not been-and probably will not be-brought to trial. Julia Goode, an LSA junior, has been studying in West Germany since August of last year. She did not return to the United States in January, when her case was in 15th District Court in Ann Arbor. The prosecuting attorney, Lynwood Noah, requested that Goode's $25 bond be forfeited and that a warrant be issued for her arrest. Presiding Judge S. J. Elden granted the bond forfeiture, but declined to issue a warrant. "THEME'S NOT much chance"that Goode will be tried in the future becuase "the judge would not issue a bench warrant," Noah said. But it is possible for Elden to issue a warrant in the future, he added. Goode was arrested on March 6, 1984 with other members of the Progressive Student Network for blockading the See STUDENT, Page 2 Soviet soldier kills U. From AP and UPI HEIDELBERG, West Germany - A Soviet sentry shot an unarmed U.S. Army officer who was on a legitimate mission in East Germany and left him to die without medical aid, U.S. officials said yesterday. Thek Soviets said he was "caught red-handed" taking pic- tures in a restricted area. The Soviets said the guard fired when the American officer tried to flee and that other soldiers captured his driver, who was at their vehicle nearby. The State Department called the shooting "murder." PRESIDENT Reagan, however, said the shooting Sunday of Maj. Arthur Nicholson would not dampen his en- thusiasm for a summit with the Soviet Union's new leader, Mikhail Gor- bachev.. Each government protested to the other. The shooting occurred Sunday in or near the East German town of Lud- Wigslust in the Schwerin district about " S. major 100 miles northwest of Berlin and about 30 miles from the West German border. President Reagan said Nicholson "was doing nothing except what we're entitled to do" when the Russian soldier shot him. Asked whether the major was engaged in espionage, Reagan said: "We challenge that." A PENTAGON official said: "This of- ficer wasn't doing anything he shouldn't have been doing." An official of the State Department said the slain See U.S., Page 3 Burned outa Doily Photo by CAROL L.FRANCAVILLA Sixty people were evacuated early yesterday morning from a blaze that gut- ted this aprtment building on Nixon Road just north of Plymouth Road. Ann Arbor fire officials were unsure of the cause of the fire. TODAY- Tornado drill BE SURE to mark 9:30 a.m. Thursday March 28 on your calendar! That's the time the City plans to test its siren warning system in a statewide tor- nado safety drill. Gov. James Blanchard has dec1red the week nf Mareh 24-30, 1985 as Michigan Tor- tive action" be taken. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that the best shelter from a for- nado at home is in the northern or eastern corner of a basement. Try to avoid windows and doors and try to stay near an outside wall. In a home with no basement, take cover near the center of the house in a closet or bathroom or get under sturdy furniture until the storm passes. Teacher steals test? much time." A Little Rock television station, KARK-TV, reported that an unidentified teacher on Friday had given the station a copy of the reading and mathematics sections of the examination. Bob Steel, new director at KARK, said eight teachers on Saturday and Sunday all confirmed the station's copy was of the test given in the afternoon session. The Arkansas Legislature approved the testing program in 1983 to accompany a series of school reforms. It was given at 277 sites around the state. has them." Sales of the battery-powered weapons have been soaring since they hit the shelves recently in local hardware and sporting goods stores and gun shops, the Dallas Times Herald reports. "When the last shipment came in, I had so many people that wanted them I was almost out again," said Bob Pool, owner of Bob's Pawn and Swap. I .I I I