C I be Lit i4an Ettlu Ninety-six years of editorial freedom IoI.XCVI -No. 11 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, September 19, 1985 Eight Pages Will divestment hurt 'U' more than apartheid? By KERY MURAKAMI Second of a two-part series k Activists and college administrators gree - South Africa's policy of racial discrimination is reprehensible. But divestment, taking a symbolic stand against apartheid, can mean losing money. And that scares adminstrators. "REALISTICALLY," divestment may hurt the University more than it hurts the corporations they're divesting from," said Chris Coons, a research assistant for the Washington-based Investment Respon- sibility Research Center. Norm Herbert, the University's chief in- U' dean vies for Iowa St. presidency By KERY MURAKAMI Richard Christiansen, dean of the tniversity's dental school, is one of 25 semi-finalists for the presidency of Iowa State University, a Chicago- sed consulting agency announced sterday. In November a school selection committee will narrow the list of can- didates to six, said William Tipping, a researcher for Heining and Struggle Inc, the firm which provided the list. a THE IOWA State Board of Trustees is expected to make a decisin by the end of the year, Tipping said. Fifty candidates were considered for the job. Christiansen said last night he wasn't sure he would accept the post if selected. Candidates did not apply for the position but were selected by the consulting firm, which searched for qualified administrators on campuses across the nation, he said. "I have a very fine position here and I'm looking forward to keep working with my colleagues here," Christiansen said, adding it is still Premature to decide whether he could accept the post. Ji Christiansen was considered w See DEAN, Page 6 s vestment officer, agrees. Giving up holdings in profitable firms - IBM, General Motors, and Dow Chemical for example - which do business in South Africa limits the number of "safe" investments a college can make. For example, IBM stock is generally a more reliable money-maker than a smaller, less visible firm that doesn't operate in South Africa. FOR EXAMPLE, since 1983, when the University divested 90 percent of its holdings in companies that Ao business in South Africa, it has been forced to under- take riskier investments, buying stocks that aren't as well-known or as profitable as those it once held. Herbert would not detail these riskier in- vestments, but says it's too early to tell if divestiture has indeed had a negative effect on the University's stock portfolio. The University still holds investments in Michigan-based corporations, such as General Motors. According to Coons, the University, like its peer institutions, will probably be hurt more than the corporations from which it divested. DIVESTMENT is merely the sale of stock from one investor to another, he said. Cor- porations don't lose money in these ex- changes. "There's always people willing to -buy their stocks, no matter what the cir- cumstances." Only mass sales - many stockholders selling their holdings over a short period of time - could devalue the stock, he said. Accomplishing this task would be dif- ficult. "Only a certain amount of stock in a com- pany can be sold in the course of a day," Coons said. But "(divestment is) still an important gesture." NANCY CRAIG, investments director at Michigan State University, says divestment doesn't always mean a loss in stock profits. "(Divestment) hasn't hurt us," she said. "We haven't had a problem finding alter- native investments." MSU had less South African-related stocks than the University - $8 million, compared to $50 million. MSU's smaller portfolio made divestment relatively sim- ple, Craig said. MSU's investments are doing better now than they were before divestiture, she said, but she credits this to the nation's improved See DIVESTMENT, Page 6 rules studied Group to review alcohol policy By VIBEKE LAROI University housing officials announced yesterday that they have decided to form an alcohol study group which will examine how the current alcohol policy is monitored within and between residence halls. The decision came out of a closed staff meeting. The study group will be composed of students as well as housing officials and residence hall staff. It will attempt to address questions on the role of residence staff in enfor- cing the policy, consistency in enforcement between the various halls, and possible educational programming, said Marvin Parnes, assistant director of residence hall education. EVENTUALLY, the group will present the housing division with a report, after they have had time to gather information, Parnes said. He would not say when he ex- pected the report to be released or what impact he thought the group's findings would have on the current policy. "There is no intention right now to change the policy. Our hope is to clarify, not change the policy," Parnes said. "We don't have enough sense from our staff on whether there are problems or the extent of the problems with the policy." Parnes said the reason for the formation of a study group is partially a reaction to increased public attention on this issue. LAST WEEK, Jerral Jackson, the building director of Couzens Hall, announced a no keg policy in a meeting with his building's residents, although he declined to specify punishments for those who violated the policy. This meeting provoked concern among students who felt that Jackson was imposing a stricter alcohol policy than that practiced in other residence halls. Students also feared that their privacy would be invaded by housing of- ficials checking for kegs and underage drinking. John Heidke, associate director for housing education, said dorm residents will "likely experience no difference this weekend." When they begin to grapple with issues pertaining to the policy, Heidke said, study group members will be "looking towards consistency in the policy." Students speak out on possible keg restrictions. See Inquiring Photographer, Page 2. "THE HOUSING staff has great respect for individual rights," said Parnes. He added that the current policy does not allow officials to knock on students' doors, and called such action "invading other people's privacy." Housing officials say they are also generally pleased with student compliance with the policy. "In virtually all situations where residents have been asked to refrain from an activity by staff members or security, they have done so cooperatively," Heidke said. The first response to a minor drinking would be a war- ning, "requesting them (residents) to return to more ap- propriate behavior," Heidke said. Heidke added, however, that if a party was disturbing to residents, threatening to personal safety, and included vandalism, it is, "Likely that they will request housing security to shut that party down." BUILDING DIRECTORS questioned about the meeting See GROUP, Page 3 Another br otherDaily Photo by DAN HABIB m, the newest campus preacher, recounts his "sins as a drug-crazed hore-monger" to students on the diag yesterday. He added that he "was aved at a Van Halen concert." .. v .. ... v.. 1.. x..., ......:X"}:isr;!A:8}Y"}:":ti4}:":v}"4ii}'v}}i}:}}?}}'4}ilC4ii}ii}ii:}i?:: :":ii:: }:: '"i: i:: : i:": i}::^::":::. V::"::":>i:}'J?"::": is ii:3Y:"}}:": :4}i:^:: }i: "i: ?::{:: r: "": ".V::;.}. 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Niara Sudarkasa, University associate vice president for academic affairs, said she regretted that Jackson cited incorrect figures for minority enrollment at his Detroit news confer'ence last Thursday night. The former Democratic presidential contender said black enrollment at the University has dropped from a high of 15 percent to 5 percent. ACCORDING TO University statistics, black enrollment peaked at 7.2 percent in 1976, bottomed out in 1983 at 4.9 percent, and slowly clim- bed back to 5.1 percent last year. Reacting to students protests 15 years ago, University officials vowed to take steps which would boost black enrollment to 10 percent by 1973, yet they never attained that goal. "I would see (Jackson's) visit as an opportunity to clarify what we are doing (to increase black enrollment) and to discuss what is indeed a problem," Sudarkasa said. "I deeply regret the mistaken statistics he used," she said, "and that whoever briefed him omitted that there was a modest turnaround at the University, and that we expect it to get better this year." Although final minority enrollment figures for this year have not yet been tabulated, Sudarkasa said she expects to see them rise for the second con- See SUDARKASA, Page 3 Toledo War Border wagered on 'M'-OSU game Athlete drug use minimal, Can ham says by CHERYL WISTROM Drug use among Big 10 athletes is not a major problem, said University Athletic Director Don Canham. "An encouraging survey of Big 10 athletes taken over several years by . . . the Ohio State team physician showed very little drug use," he said Stiring yesterday's session of Campus Meet the ress in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. HE SAID spot tests performed randomly on Michigan football and basketball players discourage them from using drugs. Athletes who fail the test are retested "again and again," he said. "We don't throw them out of the program . . . Most athletes are just experimen- ting with drugs." Athletes' experimentation is probably less evalent than among the general public aid. "It's mostly alcohol and marijuana being used, not the most sophisticated drugs in.America," he said. "I smoked a marijuana cigarette myself. I'd rather have a martini, thank you." CANHAM ALSO spoke out against paying athletes to play in college. An athletic scholarship at a major college can be worth $30,000 to $60,000, he said, adding that is pay enough. In addition to scholarships, he said that few athletes consider pay a high priority. "I know athletes pretty well and I've never heard anything (about getting paid)," he said. "Paying salaries to athletes may set them apart from other students and make them even more isolated from the rest of the student body." He also expressed opposition to a plan being discussed by Eastern Michigan University which would pay bonuses to coaches for high game at- tendance, good win-loss records, and athletes' grade point averages. A COACHE'S season can depend on injuries and the success or failure of recruiting. The quality of a coach should be the major concern in setting pay rates. And a team's record does not always mirror a coache's quality. Canham said he would support a plan to bench freshmen athletes, an issue under discussion by the NCAA. "I'd rather see them make freshmen ineligible and give the kids four years of competition than waste a scholarship on a freshman who sits on the bench," he said. FRESHMEN should spend their first year at college focusing on academics. "A perfect exam- ple why is...an athlete from Ohio State who played one game already and will play two more before he knows where the library is." OSU does See CANHAM, Page 3 By JILL OSEROWSKY "Yay Ohio, Beat Michigan!" was the official battle cry of the Toledo City Council this week as it decided to let a 150-year old border dispute be settled by the outcome of the Nov. 23 Michigan-Ohio State football game. The cause of the dispute is the "Lost Peninsula," a stretch of land belonging to Michigan which Toledo wants to own. TOLEDO COUNCILMEMBER Ray Nies said the resolution he in- troduced calls upon the State of Michigan to give the peninsula - which is attached to Toledo and has no land connection to Michigan - to his fair city if the Buckeyes win the game. Nies pointed out that the legislatures of both states would have to agree to the proposal for it to be legally binding. He said the University of Michigan is just an "institution for prolonging the feud" which dates back to the 1835 Toledo War over state boundaries. Congress then awarded Toledo to Ohio and gave Michigan the peninsula as com- pensation. MICHIGAN GOV. James Blan- chard refused comment on whether his state would accept the challenge, but a source close to the administration said the governor is a graduate of Michigan State University and "probably wouldn't get caught up in the rivalry," ac- cording to United Press Inter- national. "Of course it's in jest," Nies ad- mitted. "It's an isolated, small parcel of land, and the kids have to be bussed through Toledo to attend school in Michigan."~ Nies said that each corner of the resolution, which was passed unanimously by the council, is marked with the letters "YOBM," which stands for "Yay Ohio, Beat Michigan." When asked whether Ohio State's Buckeyes stood a chance of beating the Wolverines, Nies replied, "Of course." He then at- tacked the school's choice of mascot, insisting that Wolverines "don't even exist in Michigan." .. TODAY Showdown here's no way we're going to lose," declared Norm Maddison, public safety director for Pittsfield Town- ship. If he does lose, Maddison will one meal provided by the jail and completely clean his plate. The annual event, sponsored by the Ann Arbor News and the Sheriff's Department, earns over $2,000' each year. Janet Loader, unit director for the local March of Dimes, said the race is a chance for children to participate in a fun event and to see that "policemen and firefighters can laugh and have fun too." Maddison in Oakland Park, Fla. Police in this South Florida community were immediately suspicious. "From a distance, it looked like white powder in plastic bags," said police Lt. Chuck Hemp. "In South Florida, what does that usually mean?" Suspecting that the stuff was cocaine, police went to a prosecutor and a judge for a search warrant. On Saturday, with officers surroun- INSIDE OUT OF MIND: Tuition hikes from a non- resident's perspective. See Page 4.