P Licbtgttn 4Ia1t Ninety-six years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVI - No.99 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday,I February 19, 1986 Eight Pages , ~ QU : .. ongressmay cul to WASHINGTON (AP yesterday to immedi the Philippines as a taxpayer support fort regime" of PresidentI Later, a resolution Senate declaring th "were marked by su they cannot be consi the will of the peopl debate and vote on t today. The White Hou premature" to cut of closest allies in thel troversy over the Feb Sen. Jim Sasser (D that total U.S. aid for about $250 millioD. H is that his bill would million because the already been obligate In what was seen fidence in Marcos, ti t U.S. aid Pldlippimes P) - Congress was asked the Philippines reported that the peso fell ately halt all U.S. aid to against the U.S. dollar by a recore 10.29 percent way to "withdraw U.S. yesterday, from 19.986 pesos to 22.043. the corrupt, authoritarian "It's a confidence slide," said one financial Ferdinand Marcos. analyst. n was introduced in the Official sources also said at least seven at the Feb. 7 elections respected businessmen had resigned from the ch widespread fraud that Presidential Productivity Council, a panel dered a fair reflection of formed by Marcos in 1984 in a bid to lift the e of the Philippines." A nation from its worst economic crisis since he resolution was set for World War II. About 6,000 leftist students waving red ban- se said it was "far ners and chanting "down with imperialism, ff aid to one of America's down with capitalism," staged a three-hour Pacific, despite the con- protest outside the central Post Office to call ). 7 election. for an end to the "U.S.-Marcos dictatorship." D-Tenn.) said in a speech About 1,000 demonstrators also marched on the current fiscal year is the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy. No in- e said "a ballpark figure" cidents were reported. J halt $150 million to $180 Earlier, 2,000 students burned piles of pro- rest of the money had government newspapers to dramatize support ed. for Aquino's call for a boycott of firms suppor- as a sign of sagging con- ting Marcos, and there were signs the boycott he Bankers Association of campaign was working. Daily Photo by MATT PETRIE Soldier against MS Julius Turman, an LSA junior, collects donations in the fishbowl yesterday to help fight Multiple Sclerosis. He calls to passing students, saying, "You too can be a soldier against MS!" Former SLS director says code isn't needed By KERY MURAKAMI As the debate about the proposed code of non-academic conduct sinks back into the deliberations of . the University Council, student leaders are taking a "wait-and-see" attitude toward the issue. But the incidents in the past month, opponents of the code say, show why a new set of rules for students' behavior outside the classroom is not necessary. ONE, they say, involves a student who was threatened in her dormitory room ; the second, a Couzens resident who put up posters saying he would make his building director's life a "living hell." Housing officials threatened to evict the Couzens resident, engineering freshman Greg Brown, last week, but later agreed to let him move into South Quad. Housing officials have the authority to cancel dorm leases if students threaten the safety of others in the dorm, said John Finn, associate director of student housing. The incident, said Jonathan Rose, former director of Student Legal Ser- vices and a follower of the code proceedings, shows two ways the ad- If the administration wants to pass a repressive code, they're going to have to do it in the face of good faith work by students.' -Eric Schnaufer MSA representative ministration can now deal with ministrators can either take formal students they consider dangerous. action--such as evicting a student ACCORDING TO Rose, ad- from a dorm or calling the police--or use the threat of formal action to push for informal settlements, like seeking counseling, paying retribution, or moving to another dormitory. But the University administrators say they need to do more. For exam- ple, said Dan Sharphorn, ad- ministrative associate for the Office of Academic Affairs and an advisor to the University Council, the University cannot require a student to undergo counseling. "We're pretty satisfied with how we've been able to handle things in the dorms," Finn said. "The way I under- stand it, the code is supposed to enable the University to deal with .dangerous situations they can't with now, like if a student threatens somebody on the Diag." OUTSIDE the dorms, the Univer- sity can now call the Ann Arbor police or bring in campus security of- ficers to break up dangerous situations. But they cannot impose any sanctions for non-academic crimes other than pressing charges in court. Administrators advocating the code often give as an example a student who was suspected of setting 18 fires See STUDENTS, Page 5 Challenge for leadership boosts Rackham Student Govt. vote By MICHAEL LUSTIG Rackham Student Government President Dean Baker said yesterday his opponents in the RSG election "are putting up a good challenge. It's possible they'll win." Two students in the Institute of Public Policy, Peggy Kuhn and Bart Edes, are * challenging Baker and RSG Vice President Thea Lee for their posts. Voting began yesterday and ends tonight at 9 p.m. Hillel plans to renovate By ALISA STRATTON The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation is embarking on a $3 million renovation project to add 13,000 square feet to its Hill Street building and build a new structure next fall in - order to "reach people where their ,needs are," said Phyllis Zarren, )Hillel's associate director. Zarren said the renovation is needed "because Hillel has grown to be a monster." The additions will enable Hillel to meet the growing demands of the organization, she said. "BECAUSE Hillel now directly spon- sors and supports more student-run activities than any other organization, except for UAC, and allocates more funds to student-run programs than Plar * See ADDITIONS, Page 5 to W KUHN AND Edes say they hope to ac- complish four goals if elected: increased communication between RSG and all Rackham students; creating a more ef- ficient RSG administration by balancing the budget; improving the overall attitude of the RSG; and insuring RSG participation in a variety of University-wide issues, in- cluding discussions on the non-academic conduct code and computer facilities and fees. Edes. said the current RSG is "banging on issues not related to students" and wants that to change. Baker predicted that 200 of 6,000 eligible people may vote in this year's election. "This is still pathetic considering the num-. ber of Rackham students that there are," he said, but it would be a 250 percent increase over last year, when Baker received 40 of less than 70 votes as a write-in candidate. WHILE Edes said he was satisfied with the increased turnout, he voiced several complaints about the way the election is being run. He said the locations of the polls-- at the Union from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at Rackham from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. yesterday and today--are inconvenient to students who live near Lorch Hall and other areas of campus. He also criticized the policy requiring voters to put their names on the ballots when they vote. Ed Chu, an Institute of Public Policy student and supporter of Kuhn and Edes, said "the other group is taking down our signs and replacing them with their own" in the Rackham building lobby. Yesterday af- ternoon there were no signs hanging in the Rackham lobby for any executive officer See OPPONENTS, Page 5 No vacancy Hotels fill for graduation By ROBERT STONE Good luck finding a place for your parents to stay during graduation weekend if you haven't found one already: Area hotels are booked solid for May 2 and 3. The University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University's com- mencement ceremonies fall on the same date, so the nearest hotels with any vacancies for that weekend are in Plymouth, Mich. But already the Plymouth Hilton has filled up for the first weekend in May. The Ann Arbor Inn and the Campus Inn are already booked for graduation weekend in 1987, and several other local hotels--including the Bf11 Tower Hotel, the Best Western Wolverine Inn, the Briarwood Hilton Inn, and both East and West Holiday Inns-- have been filled to capacity for this year's commencement since January. James Bolden of the Campus Inn suggested that the sponsors of the May Festival concert series move their event in order to avoid the co gestion. There may still be some reser- vations available at the smaller hotels, such as The Lamppost, The Varsity Inn, and Knights Inn. The Jackson, Mich. and Detroit Metro Airport areas are also reportedly relatively open this year. And if they're booked too, your parents can just camp out in the Arb. Daily Photo by PETE ROSS nned renovation will give a facelift to the B'nai B'rith Foundation's Hillel building. The project is scheduled egin this fall, and is estimated to cost $3 million. TODAY- Gator lineup AN EASTERN Michigan University student avhn sn n 4i i nh r ntii .rnnilP1 in but before the Australian expedition begins on May 8, she faces another hurdle: She must raise $5,500 for the program. As part of a multinational team, Verbanak is assigned to count crocodiles in Australia's Victoria River, taking occasional breaks to study aborgines and dinosaur bones in the Gibson Desert. Within the next two years, about 4,000 young people, including 1,000 Your Plumber, a Plumber of the Year contest, TV commercials encouraging the use of plumbers, and scholarship funds for future plumbers. The campaign is scheduled to begin in full today, when Delta mails 30,000 announcements to plumbing contractors across the country, asking them to join Project: Delta Plum- ber. Plumbers who have already heard about the program are "super-pleased," said Paul Koenig, -INSIDE SHELTERING: Opinion looks at the need for readdressing homelessness in Ann Arbor. See Page 4. r I i I