cl be Ait tan Ninety-six years of editorial/freedom Vol. XCVI - No. 112 c opyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, March 17, 1986 Speaker discusses 'God after Holocaust' By MELISSA BIRKS Steven Katz, keynote speaker at the Seventh Annual Conference on the Holocaust, encouraged his audience yesterday to examine all theories con- cerning God's existence after the Holocaust, and then let the issue rest in silence. "There is another kind of silence; it comes after the end of a profound issue, when reason has been pushed to its limits," said Katz, a professor of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. "If we give up too early and too easily, we dishonor the God of Israel. Perhaps this is the appropriate occasion to speak in silence." ENTITLED "Can We Believe in God after the Holocaust?" the speech was the first of the three-day Con- ference. The confernce, which began in 1979, is sponsored by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. The program intends to examine the Holocaust from a variety of perspectives. According to coordinator. Phyllis Zarren, "our progress is devoted to the personal testimony of survivors of the Holocaust who remind us that the events which we speak were human and personal experiences." KATZ began his speech by ex- plaining the origin of the question of God's existence after the Holocaust. See SPEAKER, Page 3 Blu Ten Pages ones take a. Virgil, Grayer key 72-6 9 upset' By-STEVE WISE Special to the Daily MINNEAPOLIS-Roy Tarpley gave his all, but Michigan's outside shooting gave out. The combination left the Wolverine basketball team on the short end of a 72-69 thriller against Iowa State yesterday. It also knocked Michigan out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round, finishing the Wolverines' season record at 28-5. TARPLEY NOTCHED game highs in scoring with 25 points, rebounding with 14 and steals with three. "A lot of my shots were falling. I was hitting free throws (7 of 9). I was ready to go," said Tarpley. Gary Grant wasn't so ready. The sophomore guard hit just one of nine shots from the floor, echoing dismal shooting performance in last year's tournament. "ME AND THE NCAA just don't get along," said Grant. "It's not pressure. I'm not scared. I just don't know.' Grant's most crucial miss came with Michigan trailing 64-63 with about a minute and a half remaining. The 6-3 guard took an open 15-footer from the left side that rolled around the rim but wouldn't fall. "The last shot I took, I thought it was going in," said Grant. "It just went in and out. "EVERY SHOT I took felt like it was going in." Iowa State's Sam Hill grabbed the board, having taken position inside a longing Tarpley, State called a time out after advancing the ball past half court. The inbounds play that followed proved to be Michigan's undoing. Cyclone guard Jeff Hornacek hit freshman forward Elmer Robinson moving uncovered for the basket. Robinson drove in for an uncontested slam. "WHEN WE LINED up at mid- court and Elmer broke clear for the basket and dunked it, that was the play that broke it open," said Iowa State coach Jerry Orr, who won the first meeting ever against his former assistant, Michigan coach Bill Frieder. "We just didn't do the job," said Friender. "We got screened and the screened man didn't get help." "It happened so fast, that I didn't see it happen," Trapley said. "Ijust turned around and saw their man going to the basket and dunking." THE CYCLONES outscored Michigan 6-2 in the next minute, and Michigan's chance for a comeback was gone. The Wolverines needed to foul to stop the clock, and both Tar- pley and Grant picked up their fifth. They joined Antoine Joubert, who had fouled out with about three minutes remaining. "That hurt us at the end," Frieder said. "'Toine's been in these types of game down the stretch. When h fouled out it was a crucial time for us." WITH BOTH JOUBERT and Grant gone, Garde Thompson was left to run Michigan's offense alone, a task he did not handle very well. Struggling himself in an 0-for-4 shooting day' Thompson turned the ball over twice in the final 36 seconds, closing out the game with the same kind of ball con- trol problems that had plagued Michigan before intermission. "In the first half they both got a lot of transition baskets from turnovers from us," said Tarpley. "In the second half we did a better job until the last few minutes." Tarpley and the Wolverines began the game in fine form. The 6-11 senior scored nine of Michigan's first 14 points and assisted Butch 'Wade for two more. MICHIGAN'S EARLY six-point lead dwindled to one, 17-16, befgore the Wolverines' terrible See ISU, Page 9 Associated Press Iowa State forward Jeff Grayer snares a rebound away from Michigan's Butch Wade in the first half of yesterday's game. Iowa State upset the Wolverines, 72-69. 'Sponsor drops out; marchers to continue Police arrest 39 at vigil outside Purse ii's office By AMY MINDELL with wire reports The, group sponsoring the Great Peace March folded Friday under mounting debts as hundreds of mar- chers, including University student Margie Winkelman, spent their sixth day near the Mojave Desert trying to put their trek back on course. Just 120 miles into the 3,235 hike across America, PRO-Peace announ- ced that it didn't have enough money to continue its sponsorship. Tearful marchers pledged to carry on the march for nuclear disarmament, which began March 1 in Los Angeles and had planned to end in a giant rally at the capital in November. WINKELMAN, a Residential College junior who put her studies on hold to join the group, is committed to finishing the march, according to her parents. "She is on the committee that's trying to put it all back together," said her mother, Betsy. Some marchers have formed a new group called the Great Peace March for Nuclear Disarmament, which will try to gather enough food, water, sup- plies and money to help 200 people reach Las Vegas. David Mixner, founder of PRO- Peace, told marchers he would do what he could for those trying to carry on. "I am deeply, deeply sorry if anything that I have done has caused See MARCH, Page 2 By EVE BECKER The Ann Arbor Police Department arrested 39 protesters inside Rep. Carl Pursell's (R-Ann Arbor) of- fice Friday, as they demonstrated against Pursell's support of President Reagan's plan to send $100 million to the Contras, a rebel group fighting Nicaragua's San- dinista government. The protesters were handcuffed and taken away in a police van at the request of the building landlord on charges of trespassing. "IT WAS very orderly, there were no scuffles," said Sgt. Alan Hartwig. Although the protesters were not searched, large items in their possession such as bac- kpacks were taken away. The demonstrators were then released on their own recognizance. Their case will be passed on to. a prosecutor, who will determine whether charges can be pressed, Hartwig said. The protest continued Thursday's anti Contra-aid rally and march sponsored by the Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC), where 100 people hoped to be arrested on the charges of civil disobedience. FRIDAY, demonstrators waited outside Pursell's of- fice throughout the day amid "a graveyard" they con- structed of crosses engraved with names of civilians killed in Nicaragua. They also held out anti-aid posters to passing motorists who were mostly indifferent. l I t See POLICE, Page 2. Winkleman ... pledges to finish Test classes grow in popularity By KATHLEEN HAVILAND Competition for admission to graduate and professional programs such as law, medical, or dental school is fierce. Because several students apply for each available spot, getting admitted to a prestigious graduate school requires top grades and a high. test score just to remain competitive with hundreds of other highly qualified applicants. In light of such stiff competition, more and more students have been investing sizable amounts of money and time into a test preparation class - to ensure that they earn a high test score. TEST PREPARATION classes have been drawing high numbers of students in recent years. Stanley Kaplan, president of the Kaplan Professional Test Preparation Program, estimates that last year 80,000 students nationwide enrolled in his program. Louis Rice, a counselor at the University's Office of Career Plan- ning and Placement, said that studen- ts feel compelled to take professional preparation courses to match their peers' credentials when applying' to graduate programs. "National exams do produce anxiety," he said. "Some students feel that if they don't do everything possible to prepare for the exam, then they haven't done enough." SUCH PREPARATION is costly. While some self-review booklets cost only $10 to $15, preparatory tapes range anywhere from $49 to $350. Classes are the most expensive preparation. Kaplan's classes cost $425 for a four-to-eight week session, and Excel, another class preparation service in Ann Arbor, costs $300. Kaplan said the benefits offered through this service - which in- cludes classroom instruction by graduate students, homework exer- cises, and explanations to test questions - make the course well worth the cost. "We could make it a $50 course, but then it would be a sham," he said. "The $425 gives the student hundreds of hours of supervised preparation, which in the end averages out to be about $4 an hour." KAPLAN compares enrolling in his service to joining weight watchers. "When you join a group you feel obligated, whereas if you do it on your own, you procrastinate," he said. "If you feel like you're making a sacrifice, you'll be more motivated." Norman Miller, president of Excel, which follows the same format of Kaplan's classes, says that com- paring self-preparation to professional preparation in analogous to comparing going to the library with going to college. "We offer a more structured review. We have instructors who can share with the students the philosophy of what the test is trying to accomplish," he said. "Graduate school admissions test are different from other college tests. They're not just about memorizing knowledge, See COURSES, Page 7 Daily Photo by SCOTT LTUCHY This Ann Arbor resident was one of 39 people arrested for protesting in front of Congressman's Pursell's office Friday night. TODAY Loisa pasta PAGHETTI IS iusually considered a favorite of beforehand from what ATO chef John Gehman calls "a Sicilian recipe very similar to the one they used at Paperali's Restaurant when I worked there 35 years ago." The chowdown itself is 11 years old, and, accor- ding to Greek Week steering committee member Michael Simonte it "was the hack hone of Greek dish out every year. "It's just as good as it's always been," said LSA senior Don McCann who left nothing on his plate but a smudge of tomato sauce. Even so, engineering senior Scott Zelner, who organized the 1986 Chowdown, predicts the fraternity will be swimming in snaghetti for at least another week. "We'll probably - INSIDE- PROPAGANDA: Opinion criticizes an Associated Press story on Nicaragua. See Page 4.