Ninety-five Years of Editorial Freedom :J-. Airii~au IEtIUII Interface Sunny and pleasant with a high in the 50s. *Vo. XCV, No. 162 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, April 11, 1985 Fifteen Cents Eight Pages qw Big] deal By JOE EWING In a move to beef up its college fool ball television revenues, the Big Te. Conference announced yesterday thatit had signed a pair of two-year contractE with Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc that could bring each of the Big Ter teams more money than any other college receives for televised Saturday contests. Both deals, which will broadcas games live over cable's SuperStatio: WTBS and a national network of syr dicated TV stations during the 1985 anc 1986 seasons, should be worth a total of $9 million for the league. When thf agreements are combined with the twc year contract worth $9-10 million the conference already has with CBS, Big Ten teams will reap more TV money than they ever have in the past, an probably more than any other cor ference teams in the nation. "THIS IS far in excess of what we've ever gotten before," said Michiga; Athletic Director Don Canham, whc 'en inks with TBS 'This is far in excess of-what we've gotten before.' ever - Don Canham University Athletic Director had been in on negotiations for the con- tracts. "The most we ever made in a year in the past on Saturday telecasts was $700,000 per school. Under this con- tract we will make in excess of $800,000 for Saturday telecasts." Under the first agreement, which is a package deal that includes the Pacific- 10 and Atlantic Coast Conferences, TBS will air 25 contests in prime-time Saturday slots over the next two seasons. Each year, a minimum of five Big Ten, four Pac-10 and three ACC games will be shown. The second contract is exclusively between the Big Ten and TBS for a total of 22 games - 11 each season - to be broadcast early on Saturday after- noons. Starting times on these games, according to Canham, will be 11:30a.m. WHILE THE contracts with TBS will call for both earlier and later starting times on some conference contests. See BIG TEN, Page 8 Peace strain LASC member Alfonso Lozano talks with LSA senior, U.S. policy in Central America. As Lozano organized tures to support its message. Daily Photo by KATE O'LEARY Aida Kahn about the rides to the march, up-coming march in Washington against students covered the banner with signa- Govt. agency rejects 'U' fund request, Bloch says By JERRY MARKON National Science Foundation Director Eric Bloch confir- med yesterday that the foundtion has rejected the Univer- sity's request for a $21.6 million grant to perform research in robotics. Bloch, who spoke at Rackham Auditorium to com- * memorate the 25th anniversary of the University's Institute of Science and Technology, offered no explanation for the rejection, saying only that he "didn't read all of the 142 proposals for the grant myself." ALTHOUGH University officials had expected the rejec- tion - which is the second time this year the foundation has rejected a University request - Bloch maintained that the University' prestige "remained high" with the foundation. Last month, the NSF denied a University request for a $40 million grant to finance a "supercomputer center" in Ann Arbor. According to Bloch, the NSF has awarded engineering research centers to Columbia University, Purdue University, the University of Santa Barbara, MIT, and combined resear- ch centers to the University of Delaware and Rutgers, and the University of Maryland and Harvard University. Speaking to a crowd of about 125 people yesterday at Rackham Auditorium, Bloch implored industry and higher education to "seek new basic knowledge and apply it to See 'U', Page 3 Columbia'U' mayface ch By JANICE JENKINS tinue Special to the Daily said' NEW YORK - New York State this i Supreme Court Justice Burton Sher- The man yesterday ordered 14 Columbia e a University students toappear before and. court next Tuesday to "show just said., cause for not being held in contempt strike of court," according to Randolph Me to its Scott McLaughlin, the attorney for the Univ students.'Univ The students, along with about 300 stude demonstrators, have been ignoring a 200-n temporary restraining order issued Again last week, forming a human blockade askin and chaining the entrance to Colum- stock bia's Hamilton Hall in protest to the disci university's holdings in South African the st companies...abouT MANY CLASSES, as well as the of- about fices of administrators are contained ASl in the hall. days, Sherman also postponed a demo judgement on Columbia's request for cloth a permanent restraining order until listen Tuesday, honoring the student's press request for more time in preparing were their case. day "We're going to fight them tooth Ozzie and nail, even to the Supreme Court if and o we have to," said McLaughlin. forIme WHEN ASKED if he felt the nation frm wide trend of not convicting Angel protesters of apartheid would con- students arges with the Columbia students, he "This is a totally different case, s not a nice little sit-in. These ants are blockading this building. administration sees shades of '68 71, and they don't like that," he Students at Columbia held mass es in 1968 and 1971. anwhile, as the protest moved in- s seventh day, faculty at the ersity expressed support, for the nts. In a unanimous vote, the nember Columbia Faculty nst Apartheid passed resolutions g the university to divest its s and to agree not to bring plinary or legal: charges against udents. teachers also will hold teach-ins tSouth Africa tonight. IN the case with the previous six the protest was festive as nstrators sitting among food, es, tents, and two couches, ed to a parade- of speakers ex- their support. Although there not celebrities on hand yester- (Abbie Hoffman, Pete Seeger, Davis, Bono from the group U-2, thers had spoken before), they ed to a student read a letter from er vice-presidential candidate la Davis, saying "We are in- See APARTHEID, Page 3 ... advocates broader education Bursley students vote to alter dorm rules By VIBEKE LAROI The Bursley Board of Governors (BOG) has decided to fight a number one enemy of student councils - student apathy. One of the changes that was approved by the residents Tuesday night was to change the name to Bur- sley Council instead of the Board of Governors. "Nobody knew what BOG was," said BOG treasurer Scott Siler, "they didn't associate BOG with the dorm council." GAIL MARTIN, a sophomore in the School of Music, said "I know of (BOG), but that's about all." Christine Domin- ski, also a School of Music sophomore, voiced the same opinion - "I have no idea of what they do." Another amendment approved Tuesday night deals with slack atten- dance at reetings. If student leaders who represent their respective resident wings miss two out of three meeings, then they will lose half of their.funds for that month. The residents of Bursley voted 76 to 12 to change the Board's constitution. There are currently about 1,300 residents living at Bursley. ANOTHER amendment will make the Bursley Family, a minority student group, an official student council. Un- der the old constitution, the vice president of the Family automatically became a representative to BOGi but did not have the same voting status as a Board Governor. Next year, the Family representative will have the same voting rights as a governor. Currently, two governors are elected to the Board by each resident wing of Bursley. Siler said this change will make the Family "accountable for the funds they spend" just like resident wings. SEVERAL board participants feel that the Family has too much influence in Board decisions. "The Family has control (a voting majority) because they are the only people who show interest," said Gary Frey, president of his wing. Some members felt uneasy about an See BURSLEY, Page 2 A Council looks at new way to promote safety By ERIC MATTSON The University Council yesterday came close to reaching a consensus on how the University should handle violent crime, but adjourned before making a final decision. Under a plan discussed by the panel, students being prosecuted for violent crimes would be suspended pending the outcome of the trial IF THE student were convicted, he would be punished by the civil authorities. If he were found innocent, he would be allowed to return to school. Ann Hartman, a faculty represen- tative on the council, said the system would be used "very rarely. Only in cases of extreme danger." Students would be suspended only in emergencies, Hartman added. When a Bursley resident shot and killed two other residents several years ago, for instance, the University should have been able to keep him from going to school. LSA SENIOR Lee Winkelman, chairman of the council, said the University would not determine if the student is guilty. That would be left up to the courts. "We haven't determined whether they're guilty or innocent. We just want to protect the University," he said. But Jean King, chair of the. Washtenaw County branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the system would pass judgement, because suspension is a form of punishment. KING SAID she doesn't know whether the plan would hold up in court, but that the ACLU would probably op- pose it because it would "institute a presumption of guilt rather than the presumption of innocence." See 'U' COUNCIL, Page 3 Turnout high for '85 MSA. electi~on By AMY MINDELL The Michigan Student Assembly elec- tions drew to a close last night as can- didates tried to round up last minute votes. At press time, only the results for several of the smaller schools had been tabulated. Voice candidates Eric Schnaufer, Ilisa Goldman, Jeff Meckler, and Carolyn Weiner captured the law, pharmacy, medicine and public health seats respectively. MUM CANDIDATE Bonnie Mc- Donald took the nursing seat, indepen- dent Kurt Muenchow" won the natural resources spot, and the School of Music race posted no winners with ten people tied at one vote. See MSA, Page 3 Daily Photo by KATE O'LEARY Marc Willensky campaigns on the diag yesterday for LSA representative of MUM- Moderates of the University of Michigan. TODAY U.S. Grade A' opened last week, the ASPCA and animal lovers have denounced the unicorn promotion as a hoax. They alleged the goats had been subjected to inhumane implants of bulls' horns. Circus vice president Allen Bloom retorted that the creature's horn was "living, vital tissue, not an implant," and Toms agreed. "I'm glad we got a clean bill of health from the Agriculture Department," said Debbie Linde. a circus spokesman. "As far as we're concerend," she added, "it's a unicorn. A unicorn is an animal with one horn." "there was corn in one lane for a quarter of a mile, and it had begun to spread to the other lane." Whitaker did not file charges against the farmer, whose name he refused to release. "It wasn't his fault. It was an accident, and he im- mediately offered to clean it up," Whitaker said. To com- plicate the corny situation, there was confusion about who was responsible for the cleanup. City officials passed the shuck to the state, and state officials pointed to the city. Meanwhile, the farmer called in some of his employees to in Trainor's Philadelphia condominium building had declared Noodles a "nuisance" and told her to get rid of the 4 -year-old dog after a neighbor was getting a bum rap. "If he knows I don't want him to bark, he won't bark," she said Friday. "Noodles is very easy to handle." So Trainor carried Noodles into the Common Pleas Court last week in a mesh-like canvas bag and pulled him out after about three hours of silence. A trainer also demonstrated how the dog stops barking on command. Judge Richard Klein ruled AFTER A CAREFUL federal inspection, here's the verdict on the star of this year's circus: It's a goat, but if you want to call it a unicorn, it's a unicorn. DR. Gerald Toms, the U.S. Agriculture Department's al i i :