Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 20, 1985 1 'U' to c (Continued from Page 1)' because they already pay $150 per term to support computing activities. THE PROJECT, modeled after the computing centers in the business and engineering schools, will increase the number of public computer work stations from 155 now to 556 by next June, said Douglas Van Houweling, the University's Vice President for in- formation technology. t The clusters of 20-50 computers will be placed in all residence halls and several academic buildingssaround campus, said Jeff Ogden, assistant director of computing centers. Next month, Mosher Jordan will become the first dorm with the*new computers, Ogden said, with at least a few com- puters in every dorm by next February. "The idea is to have a computer within walking distance of every student on campus," Van Houweling said. THOUGH THE regents praised the project, two regents, Dean Baker (R- harge c Ann Arbor) and Thomas Roach (D- Saline) reported hearing some corr- plaints of the plan from students. Roach said that a student had called him saying they thought it was unfair to pay a computing fee after they had already bought a computer. Baker added that another student corr- plained that it was unfair that all students must pay the fee, though some would use it more than others. Van Houweling responded, saying the same could be said about suppor- ting the library. ACCORDING TO Van Houweling, the greatest immediate benefit students would receive is help in writing research papers. In addition to being used as a word processor, Van Houweling said the computer system would be hooked up to the libraries so that students can look to see if a book or a journal has already been taken out. In the long run, he said that the omputing fee computer system would help students to use computers after graduating. He said that law students, for example, would already be experienced in using computers to research law briefs, and engineers would be able to use corr- puters to design microchips. Van Houweling said that it's impor- tant for the University to update its computing system now so that the "gap" will be smaller as technology advances. Students urge regents against divestment suit THE WARREN/FLEW DEBATE ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (Pre-recorded) Two Philosophers Debate the Most Important Question of This or Any Age: Is There a God? DR. ANTONY G. N. FLEW, Ph.D.: "I KNOW THAT GOD DOES NOT EXIST." DR. THOMAS B. WARREN, Ph.D.: "I KNOW THAT GOD DOES EXIST." Tuesday Evenings - 8:00 - 9:00p.m. Beginning September 24th for 8 weeks Schorling Auditorium - School of Education AT THE CORNER OF EAST AND SOUTH UNIVERSITY (A iso to be shown on Ann Arbor cable Vision on Tuesdays from 8:05-9:05 p. nI. beginning Sept. 17th. Community Access Television- Channel 19) This debate is brought to you by the Saline Church of Christ. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CALl (313) 429-4319 (Continued from Page 1) who two years ago voted against challenging the law, said the board made a "very important moral decision" when it decided to divest about $45 million in South Africa- related stocks. "To turn around and appeal the ruling would be taking something away from our moral stand," she said yesterday afternoon. REGENT SARAH Power (D-Ann Arbor), who voted in favor of divest- ment but supported the lawsuit, yesterday said she favored an appeal. She added autonomy from the state is a very important issue. Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) and Regent Dean Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor) both said they favored an appeal of Stell's ruling. Both board members voted against divestment and in favor of the court challenge two years ago. Neither would elaborate on their stances yesterday. But both said the law is about autonomy and is a seperate issue from the South African governrent. REGENT VERONICA Smith (R- Grosse Ile), who was elected to the board last year, said she had not yet reached a decision on the appeal. She has said, however, that the University should challenge the state law. Regent James Waters (D- Muskegon), who favored divestment in 1983 and is opposed to an appeal was not present at yesterday's meeting. A business meeting kept hirr out of town for yesterday's meeting. He will also be absent from today's meeting and probable vote on the issue. The closed door meeting came after several speakers during the regents' meeting's public comment session told regents to divest corrpletely. ANN ARBOR attorney Robert Jillet, who filed a brief for the Black Student Union against the University two years ago, said he could under- stand the regent's 1983 decision because few were educated about the situation of racial inequality in South Africa. He said a decision to appeal now, especially since rrore people are knowledgeableabout apartheid, would be "inexcusable." The regents have a choice of being on the "side of right or the side of wrong," said Paquetta Palmer, a leader of the Washtenaw County Coalition Against Apartheid. Debbie Robinson, a Rackharr graduate student said an appeal would raise questions about the regents' dedication toward racial equality at the University. 'U' to review guidlines (Continued from Page 1) terr s of what we have now," said University Vice President for Research Linda Wilson. She took over ri ci Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church Welcomes you to Ann Arbor and to U of M. Join us to worship this Sunday. Services at 8:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School at 9:45 2600 Nixon Near North Campus For info, call 761-7273 Nursery available. CAREER CHOICES FOR MISS J -4t4 Smart decisions for dress or casual wear. Begin with polished leather. Sizes 7-9 narrow, 5'/2-9, 10, medium. Left: The "Karina", open-toe mid-heel pump with slash detail. Black, taupe, tan, wine, $32. Top: The casual - Ema". Low, stacked wedge, woven detail. r Rust, navy, wine, $28. Sussman's position this week. Wilson said that restrictions on publication of research is "the whole issue," particularly because "there have been some things that have come up that have been restricted by this policy that it would have been in the public interest to do." Judith Nowack, the executive assistant to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, said SACUA has submitted a list of ten to twelve faculty members to the research office for consideration. Nowack refused to elaborate on the identity of these faculty members, saying only that they have had ex- perience with research issues in the past. The final decision on the commit- tee's membership - including the student participants - will be made by University President Harold Shapiro, Sussman said. I&I to CANTERBURY HOUSE 218 N. Division St. Episcopal Campus Ministry Rev. Andrew Foster, Chaplain WEDNESDAYS at 5:00 p.m. - Libera- tion Eucharists: Celebration of the Holy Eucharist followed by a simple shared meal, for people who are con- cerned about social justice and peace. For more info. call 665-0606 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave., 662-4466 (between S. University and Hill) Campus Group Campus Ministry Coordinator: Jamie Schultz. Sunday mornings 11:00. Wednesday evenings 7:00 Dr. William Hellegonds, preaching. Worship services at 9:30 and 11 a.m. Bible study 8 a.m. * * * UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 1511 Washtenaw Dr. Paul Foelber, interim pastor 663-5560 9:15a.m. Mountain Service 10:30 a.m. Communion Service AMERICAN BAPTIST CAMPUS CENTER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Huron St. (between State & Division) Sundays: 9:55 worship, 11:2 Bible Study groups for both Undergrads and Graduate Students. Thursdays: 5:30 Supper (free) and Fellowship. CENTER OPEN EACH DAY for information call 663-9376 IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Quake hits central Mexico MEXICO CITY - A killer earthquake ripped through central Mexico yesterday, devastating portions of the capital, toppling luxury hotels and skyscrapers, starting hundreds of fires, and taking a heavy toll of life. Channel 13, the only Mexico City station able to stay on the air, said there were 250 confirmed deaths but the toll was expected to go much higher as rescuers scram bled to free thousands still buried in the rubble. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale and centered 40 miles off Mexico's Pacific coast crumbled churches, hotels, schools, hospitals, and office buildings as far as 250 miles away in Mexico City. It was felt all the way to Texas, shaking buildings in Houston. Hundreds of buildings were damaged in Mexico City, a city of 18 million people and the second biggest in the world. The streets were ablaze with' natural gas from broken gas pipelines. Hospitals were packed with in- jured. Bolivia declares seige LA PAZ, Bolivia - The governrr ent declared a state of siege yesterday and arrested labor leaders who refused to end a 16-day-old general strike against a wage freeze intended to fight inflation of 14,000 percent. Tanks and hundreds of troops took up positions before dawn in this Ad- nean capital, in other cities and on highways. Violence was reported in some parts of La Paz. President Victor Paz Estenssoro's conservative governrr ent told tens of thousands of strikers they would be fired unless they returned to work, but rrany stayed home. Riot police raided the Congress building, five union halls, a radio station, San Andres University and the state mining corrpany offices in La Paz during the night, according to union activists who escaped. The Interior Ministry said 150 labor activists, including the 18 executive committee rr err hers of the Bolivian Workers Central, the leftist national labor federation, were sent into internal exile. U.S. may make deal to free 6 hostages held in Lebanon WASHINGTON - Warned by the Rev. Benjarrin Weir that there rray be only a brief "window of opportunity" to negotiate the release of the six Americans in Lebanon, the administration appeared yesterday to soften its earlier refusal to rrake deals with their kidnappers. It said it is making freedorr for the remaining hostages "one of the highest priorities." Although the administration says it doesn't give in to hijacker's derrands, it does negotiate, especially in a life-and-death situation. Some tacit deals have been rrade, such as for the release of the 39 prisoners from the TWA hijacking in Beirut in June. But the kidnappers of the six Americans still in Lebanon are derran- ding a price that the administration rray find impossible to pay - the release of 17 convicted terrorists in prison in another country, Kuwait. Weir, released after 16 months in captivity, said if the demands aren't met the kidnappers threaten to seize other Americans and "will go so far as to proceed to execute" the six still in their custody. Spending soars, report says WASHINGTON - U.S. personal incorr e inched up 0.3 percent in August, spending soared and savings plunged, governrr ent econorrmists said yesterday. The latest report showed a wider-than-usual divergence, with the 1.2 percent increase in personal purchasing of goods and services three tirr es the rr onth's growth in pre-tax incorr e. What was left, savings, turned out to be the sn allest percentage of disposable incorr e on record, a national savings rate of only 2.8 percent. Today's scheduled release of the quarterly "flash" estirr ate of GNP growth is anxiously awaited on Wall Street and foreign exchange rr arkets as the rrost informed guess yet about where the econorr y is headed. "My guess is if there is going to be a surprise it is going to be on the high side rather than the low side,"' said econorrist Douglas Lee of the Washington Analysis Corp. forecast firm. "It looks like there are a couple things going which would rrake the third-quarter GNP figure look pretty robust." Senate passes immigration bill WASHINGTON - The Senate, trying to regain control of the nation's borders, passed an irr rr igration control bill yesterday that would irrpose severe penalties on em ployers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. The vote was 69-30 on the third irrrrigration bill to pass the Senate in four years. The legislation went to the House, where the Judiciary Con - rr ittee is considering a different version of irr rr igration reforrr . Before voting, the senators broke a two-day stalerrate when they reached a com prorr ise on a non-binding proposal to take Social Security out of the federal budget. Before the imrr igration vote Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) gave up his battle for an amrendrrent that would have rade it rrore difficult to ter- m inate a prograrr for foreign agricultural workers. Sen. Alan Sirrpson (R-Wyo.) sponsor of the bill, asked senators to sup- port the rreasure "if you agree with rre it is a balanced and well-intended proposal. It is certainly a political 'no win' for any of you. I can tell you that." Vol XCVI - No. 12 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the Fall and Winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April - $18.00 in Ann Arbor; $35.00 outside the city. One term - $10.00 in town; $20.00 out of town. 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