cl ble Mli rtat Ninety-six years of editorialfreedom Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, October 16, 1985 BIt1iI Vol. XCVI - No. 30 Copyright 1985, The Michigan Daily Ten Pages LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION Today Show comes to 'U, By JILL OSEROWSKY Squirrels have taken to the trees, the last remnants of green paint have been scourged from the Diag, and the 'M' is set in blue cement just in time for tomorrow morning's live broad- cast of the Today Show. NBC's nationwide morning news show will be broadcast via satellite simultaneously from the University of Michigan and Brown University cam- puses starting at 7 a.m. Bryant Gum- bel will host the Ann Arbor portion of the show in front of the Graduate Library with weatherman Willard Scott reporting from different campus locales. Jane Pauley will be reporting from Providence, R.I. THE TWO universities were chosen to contrast a big, public institution in the mid-west with a small, private college in the Northeast. Yesterday, Today Show researcher, Hilary Kayle explained: "We hope that we'll be able to capture the spirit. . . and bring a fair representation of both cam- puses so that people have a sense of the issues in higher education." Making sure that their issues are represented, members of the Latin America Solidarity Committee (LASC) will be protesting what they say is "the poor media coverage of the bom- bing that's going on in El Salvador that the United States is helping to finan- ce," according to Thea Lee, a LASC spokesperson. See GUMBEL, Page 6 Bulletin MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - The Sandinista government issued a decree last night suspending civil rights because "the brutal aggression by North America and its internal allies has created an extraordinary situation." Among the rights suspended were free expression, public assembly, strikes and the privacy of postal communications. The decree, signed by President Daniel Ortega, was read over national radio and television. ^sc -- Daily Photo by DEAN RANDAZZO A Today Show technician coils wire as part of the two-day preparations for the Today Show's visit to campus tomorrow morning. MSA backs U. Council Sjurisdiction over code By RACHEL GOTTLIEB The Michigan Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution last night which insists that all formal negotiations with students regarding the proposed code of non-academic con- duct be conducted through the University Council. The resolution to confine all negotiations for a code to the council comes in response to University President Harold Shapiro's recent threat to bypass the council if the body doesn't formulate a workable code soon and present the original draft of the code to the regents. "THIS IS to keep the process for- malized and legal," said LSA sophomoreaEd Kraus, the resolution's sponsor. "As soon as they bypass the council they can bypass all proceedings laid out in (regents bylaw) 7.02. There would be nothing to stop them," Kraus said. MSA President Paul Josephson said "the assembly wanted to affirm that they didn't want individual students, by conducting negotiations with the administration, to subvert the privilege and right of the council to See MSA, Page 2 Students mark World Hunger Day By FRANCIE ALLEN When students arrive in classrooms this morning they may find an unexpected topic under discussion: hunger. Members of the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) will be lecturing in dozens of classes today as part of a fund-raising and education campaign against hunger. The campaign includes a forum to be held this evening and a 12-hour marathon fund-raising concert scheduled to take place at the Michigan Theater Nov. 17. TODAY'S EVENT were scheduled in recognition of the United Nations' 20th annual World Food Day. "We should be able to talk to a few thousand students" during the classroom lectures today, said organizer' Gary Kalman. He said the presentations would stress several specific points. "Essentially, the idea we're trying to get across in these classes is that there's a problem with world hunger, (that) in the past solutions have been looking to the short-term, (and that) there are a number of ideas on long-term solutions," Kalman said. TODAY'S EVENTS will also include leafletting around campus and a seminar led by Hugh McGuinness, a teaching assistant who teaches a course on world hunger, at 7 p.m. in the Michigan Union Ballroom. P.IRGIM and similar groups around the country are joining the U.S.A. for Africa organization to sponsor fun- draisers for African famine relief, hold events to educate people about world hunger, and work to relieve hunger in local communities. PIRGIM began the campaign by raising $700 in a bowl-a-thon last month. Kalman said PIRGIM is concentrating both on the world hunger relief movements and on local hunger relief projects. He said he expects local students to be par- ticipating in projects at local shelter and area food drives. "People can learn a lot about food self-sufficiency through these projects," he said. ONCE TODAY'S lectures and forum are complete, organizers said their attention will turn to the fund-raiser concert, a small version of the "Live Aid" concert held earlier this year in Philadelphia and London. A number of local bands, including the Watusies and Tracy Lee and the Leonards, may play at the concert. A Grand Rapids band, Invisible Ink, is also a possible part of the schedule for the Michigan Theatre marathon concert. -, - _ .:d ... . .a "'L _...._.. . .,. ... . .. . . . . ..." " ..S .te .. . . . . ,Students say they need someone to look upto By LISA BERKOWITZ We don't need another hero. We don't need to know the way home. -Tina Turner Although pop singer Tina Turner's rousing voice and music have become a hit among young listeners, she would probably find few in her audience who agree with her words. Because students, though sometimes described as rebellious Land independent, say they do need heroes. Particularly, many say they see in- dividuals who have excelled in a field of interest related to their own as heroes they want to model. NOT SURPRISINGLY, Tina Turner herself is one of several celebrities who consistently ranks at the top of polls of youth about their heroes. The 46-year-old singer, who recen- lly left a torrid marriage to make one of the most astonishing comebacks in rock-'n'-roll, placed ninth last April in a poll by the Roper Organization of 18- to 24-year olds. "Don't trivialize accomplishments in entertainment," says Frank Farley, an educational psychologist at the University of Wisconsin who last April conducted his own survey of students on the school's Madison campus. HE FOUND that celebrities, par- 'Having a hero pushes me mentally ... I need something to strive for, someone to look up to.' - Jessica Stockton LSA freshman ticularly those who had overcome a personal tragedy, figured prominen- tly among those people college students most admire. But he was quick to point out that not every hero or heroine listed in his survey was of celebrity status. Mom and Dad, he discovered, surfaced as frequently as did Albert Einstein and Mother Theresa. Students at The University of Michigan say they want to emulate their heroes' personal qualities as well as professional achievements. "Having a hero pushes me men- tally," says Jessica Stockton, an LSA freshman. "I need something to strive for, someone to look up to." GROWING UP in New York City in a family of artists, Stockton says she came to admire photographer Fran- cesco Scuvullo and choreographer Bob Fosse, whose performances she has attended since a child. "I first saw the show 'Dancin,' which he choreographed, when I was 12 and I've liked him since then," she says. "He dances the way I would like to someday. I respect his talent and like his style of choreography." Bradford Young, an LSA sophomore, says he admires Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams, not only for the hitter's skill, but also for his determination in returning to the sport after dropping out during his prime years to serve in the military. "(HE) SETS A good example of persistence during hard times," Young explains. "I've learned to be more persistent from him." "My view is that there are heroes everywhere," Farley says. "Students see heroism cutting across a much wider range. They are seeing heroic proportions in their parents." LSA junior Laura Lynch admits that her heroes and heroines dominate more than one field. FIRST, SHE says she admires her roommate who represents a "goddess figure." But then the aspiring artist adds See STUDENTS, Page 3 Daily Photo by DARRIAN SMITH Scampering hampers Five of the University Hospitals' 17 new $60,000 automated delivery units sit on display yesterday. The machines will deliver food and laundry in the new University hospital, which opens in January. TODAY- Very big and very lost THE COAST GUARD reported a confused 90 foot long humpback whale has been swimming around San Francisco and Suisun bays for four days but Johnston Jr. readily admits it. Johnston, a retired General Dynamics employee, said he celebrated his 69th birthday Monday by playing gold for the 531st con- secutive day. Johnston started the streak May 2, 1984. "I don't remember why I started, but once I got into it, I decided since there is no record established, I'm onino into ea nnd nnP fr c nmannP PICPton n at " ht- s INSIDE NEW RACISM: Opinion talks with Civil Rights Commissioner Clarence Pendleton. See Page 4. i I I