Ninety-five Years of Editorial Freedom Lt t iE~ai1& Chilly Cool and mostly sunny with highs in the low 40s. &Vol. XCV, No. 150 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Anr Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Fifteen Cents Ten Pages -- LSAdean offers ten professors earl retirement By KERY MURAKAMI LSA Dean Peter Steiner. said yester- day that he wrote to 10 faculty mem- bers in two LSA departments last mon- th offering them financial incentives to retire early. Steiner declined to say what these in- centives are or which departments are involved,, but Math Prof. Wilfred Kaplan said that members in his depar- tment had been contacted. SPEAKING AT THE monthly meeting of LSA faculty, Steiner said the moves were necessary because of the lack of growth in the number of faculty positions restricts the college from hiring "new, young faculty." Kaplan, who said he learned of the letters last month, was concerned that the letters would demoralize faculty members who received the letters and decided to stay. He asked at the meeting if any steps were being taken to counteract this "demoralization." "I'm puzzled by tloe question," Steiner said, adding that if the question See LSA, Page 2 Tigers slide Cleveland, by By BARB McQUADE They didn't burn any cabs or turn over any police cars, but the fans at Tiger Stadium got what they wanted yesterday as Detroit came from behind to top the Cleveland Indians, 5-4. Rookie Chris Pittaro delivered three hits and Lane Parrish knocked in a pair of runs to pace the attack of the defen- ding World Champions. Lou Whitaker provided the key blow with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to put the Tigers ahead for good. THE SELLOUT crowd of 51,180 filled the stands early to watch the Tigers receive their World Championship rings and stayed until the end, despite 36 degreeitemperatures and heavy snow flurries. The bleacher crowd responded to the frigid weather by singing "Jingle Bells" throughout the game. Pitcher Willie Hernandez started where he left off in 1984, coming on in the ninth inning to preserve winning pitcher Jack Morris' one-run lead and record his first save of the year. The Tiger reliever struck out two of tle three batters he faced. Cleveland opened the scoring in the first inning when shortstop Julio Fran- co doubled and scored on a Mel Hall single. THE SCORE remained 1-0 until the Tiger fourth when Darrell Evans put Detroit on the board. After John Grubb walked and went to second on a wild pitch, Evans lined a single to rightfield, to tie the score. The Bengals went ahead in the fifth on Parrish's two-run single up the mid- dle, b in th runs,. basem the le Table and s fly to The 5-4 ut Cleveland stormed right back e sixth to rack Morris for three With two men aboard, Indian fist man Pat Tabler shot a double down ftfield line, driving in both runs. r advanced to third on a wild pitch cored on Brook Jacoby's sacrifice center. Tiger bats seemd to grow as cold See PITTARO, Page 10 Fans blow off class to watch opening day By JANICE PLOTNIK Even in this career-oriented age, when campus apathy springs eternal, students can still find a cause they cherish and defend: the Detroit Tigers. Watching baseball may not seem as noble as protesting nuclear war, but students united yesteday to blow off classes and root for the Tigers on a snowy opening day. DORM RESIDENTS invaded student lounges in full force to watch the game. In East Quad, LSA freshman Scott Kremcow was decked out in a Tiger t- shirt and a Detroit jersey. But Kremcow didn't let Tiger fever get out of control. "I was watching the pre-game and the first inning, then I went and took a calculus quiz and rushed back to catch the rest of the game," he said. Over in West Quad, lounges were packed with students watching the game. During a commercial break, LSA freshman Jeff Pederson confessed See OPENlING, Page 3 Associated Press Tiger Darrell Evans is caught in a force play at second as Cleveland's Tony Bernazard tries to complete a twin-killing. Detroit, however; did most of the damage yesterday, skinning the Tribe with a 5-4 come-from-behind victory. i Independents campaig ias MSA ele( By AMY MINDELL There is always someone who has to be different, and won't go along with the crowd. In today's Michigan Student Assembly election there are 13 of these individuals who decline to be categorized along a party line - the indepen- dent candidates. Many independent candidates said that it was simply the time factor, that stopped them from joining a party. "There was no time to set up a party that I would feel comfortable with," said Joe Devyak, a sophomore running for LSA representative. ROB LARSON, an engineering sophomore agreed. "I decided to run close to election time," he said. "But if you're not in a party you can have your own views." "I cnt, support all the issues on any of the slates," said Steve Heyman, a junior running for LSA representative. Heyman said, for example, that he disagrees with VOICE's stance on the prohibition of military research because it violate "rights guaranteed by the First Amendment." He also disagrees with MUM's stance that political activity is a bad thing: "It is selfish to say that all we have to be concer- ned about is us," he said. DEVYAK and roommate Richard Monto, also an LSA sophomore, said they decided to run for MSA because the assembly did not have enough conservative members to fairly represent the student body. The assembly also concen- trates too heavily on "foreign policy," Devyak said. "Our strategy is unique in that we plan on going door-to- door to campaign in the dorms," Devyak said. "We have also received some special endorsements from (Michigan basketball players) Gary Grant, Garde Thompson, Steve Stoyko." Some of the independents have raised issues outside of those put forth by the parties. LSA junior Bill Wehrle is proposing a "Fair Grade initative " which would urge the faculty to put less emphasis on final exams and more on other graded work. "We've all had a class where the final is worth 50 percent of the grade," he said, "but the grades don't accurately reflect what (the student) has learned." Larson is proposing incorporating an honor system in all of the University's schools and colleges similar to the one used See CANDIDATES, Page 7 +J/ L. ctions begin !OTE, )DAY MSA elections will be held today and tomorrow at locations around campus. A complete list of polling times and places appears on page 7. The Daily's en- dorsements appear on page 4. Folk singer appears at divestment protest NEW YORK (AP) -With folk singer Pete Seeger leading them in song, hun- dreds of Columbia University students continued yesterday to protest the school's ties to South Africa and defied orders to stop barricading a campus building. Several- hundred student demon- strators cheered wildly yesterday when Seeger appeared in front of Hamilton Hall, where the front doors have been chained shut by protestors since the start of the demonstration last Thur- sday. SEEGER, A_ fixture at protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early '709, sang for about a half-hour, his selection of songs in- * cluding "We Shall Not Be Moved" and "Poisoning the Students' Minds." At least 100 demonstrators have been in front of Hamilton Hall around the clock since Thursday. They have vowed to stay until the university agrees to withdraw its investments from cor- porations doing business in South Africa. Such investments comprise about $30 million of the school's $864 million en- 'It seems inhuman that the administration, won't meet with them. The priority for me is that these kids aren't damaging their health any further.' - Elizabeth Blackmar, assistant professor of history dowment, according to university of-' ficials. SIX STUDENTS entered their third week of a hunger strike, with one, a South African, requiring treatment at a hospital after fainting. The half-dozen hunger strikers, who have been taking only liquid nutrition since March 25, are demanding a meeting with the full board of university trustees to discuss the investment issue. Partly motivated by the plight of the hunger strikers, about 80 faculty mem- bers met yesterday to form the Faculty Against Apartheid. The group circulated a petition, which immediately had 65 signatures, and agreed to meet again today. Organizers said they would urge faculty members to hold their classes off campus as a way of showing support for the demonstrating students. "These kids have been without food for 15 days," said Elizabeth Blackmar, an assistant professor of history. "It seems inhumane that the ad- ministration won't meet with them. The priority for me is that these kids aren't damaging their health any further." Associated Press Folk singer Pete Seeger speaks to hundreds of Columbia University students yesterday who gathered to protest the school's investments in South Africa. r TODAY Dial a Message W ORRIED ABOUT avalanches in Alaska? Looking for a recipe for rigatoni? Or just feel like saying you're sorry? Let your fingers do the walking in a new book that has all the an- swers - or at least the numbers that will get you them. The iTn.at~~L1a Ti.l_ lU ne ~ anira4nrv is te hninhd4,1of ment. Guncheon said he devoted about nine months to research and made about 2,000 calls to check the accuracy of the numbers, most of them toll calls. During that time, he picked up a few favorites, including the Apology Line. That's a recorded message in New York where people say they're sorry for what they've done. The caller can add his apology at the end. "It's like a confessional," Guncheon said. But most numbers, culled from newspapers and 2,500 phone books, are for people who want to sit back, listen and maybe news reports said. Takamatsu, on the island of Shikoku, is about 310 miles southwest of Tokyo. Fujita, who has enough food and water for an 18-month journey, said he would not actually row but plans to drift on the strong current across the north Pacific to the West Coast of the United States. His 42-foot, 23-ton steel craft has no power source except for a single oar in the rear called a scull, the reports said. He told the Kyodo News Service that he set out on the journey to show "the guts of a 60 year-old man." "imagination, hard work and a good memory." He recently had the job of sniffing the vapor emitted by dried human dung in order to analyze the dietary patterns of ancient In- dians from Utah. A device called a gas chromatograph helped by first separating the chemical compounds. Krotoszynski found that the Indians 6,400 years ago ate the leaves of wild plants, including a licorice-scented herb. I . i I