cl bt Mittn Ninety-six years of editorial freedom Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, April 3, 1986 i IlQ Vol. XCVI - No. 125 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Eight Pages I Tutu risks jail, seeks sanctions JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - He told a news conference international Bishop Desmond Tutu, risking arrest for pressure is the only hope for ending the treason, said yesterday that only harsh racial policy through which 5 million whites economic sanctions can force the white deny rights to the 24 million blacks. government to change its course and avert Information Minister Louis Nel said san- "a catastrophe in this land." ctions "would lead to unemployment and The black Anglican bishop said he misery, would increase polarization and realized he might be prosecuted for making escalate violence in South Africa." his first direct call for sanctions, but he did Nel and other government officials would not care because "our children are dying, not say whether legal action would be our land is burning and bleeding." taken. Doing so would be risky because of "I call the international community to ap- the intense international criticism South ply punitive sanctions against this gover- Africa already faces and the great respect nment to help us establish a new South Tutu commands. Africa: non-racial, democratic, par- The bishop said while touring the United ticipatory and just," he said. States last year that, unless there were In Soweto, the huge black township out- significant steps to dismantle apartheid by. side Johannesburg, black activist Winie the end of March, he would risk treason. Mandela returned to the home from which charges by calling for sanctions. Asked yesterday about the prospect of she was barred for nine years. Her attorney arrest, he said: "I don't think I am going to said the government had, in effect, lifted a be deterred by that kind of consequence." banning order that had restricted her Tutu said the government had ignored movements for more than two decades by four proposals he made in 1980: a common deciding not to contest an appeal. Government reports said most of South citizenship for all residents, abolishing the Africa's black students returned to class af- "pass laws" that control the movement of ter the Easter recess, heeding a decision of blacks, no more forced removals of blacks black leaders not to resume a boycott that from land sought by whites, and uniform involved about 200,000 students before it was education for all races. suspended last year. More than 70 percent of the country's Tutu the bishop of Johannesburg who blacks support some type of sanctions, he won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his said, and foreigners who say they would be eloquent opposition to apartheid, did not especially hard on blacks "should stop being recommend specific sanctions but said they so hypocritical." should be punitive, coordinated and im- "I ask white people: What would you do if mediate. 1,200 of your people were killed?" he said, Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Send me in, coach Richard Stachurski, age 4, from Dearborn Heights, wants to be a baseball player when he grows up. His uncle played for Michigan and is now a member of the Montreal Expos. Candidates primed for Shannon seeks to upset W incumbent Dem. Hunter 1st, 2nd Ward elections Hirshorn aims to unseat Blow in second ward race By SUSAN GRANT First in a three-part series Debra Shannon, the First Ward L '6 city Z Elections Republican candidate for the Ann Ar- bor City Council, knows her chances of beating incumbent Larry Hunter are slim. "The First Ward is Democratic with a big 'D,' not with a small 'd.'_" said Shannon, referring to Hunter's overwhelming support in the traditionally Democratic ward. EVEN THOUGH Shannon knew that defeating Hunter would be an uphill battle, she said voters should be able to choose someone besides Hun- ter, who ran unopposed two years ago. Shannon, a strategic planner at Ford Motor Co. credit department in Dearborn, and Hunter, the executive director of the Ypsilanti Resource Center, will give voters in the First See SHANNON, Page 2 By SUSAN GRANT Although previous city council races have shown voters in the Second Ward to favor Republican candidates, Democratic challenger Seth Hir- shorn, who faces incumbent James Blow, thinks Monday's election will confirm the ward's true colors. Ever since the Republicans redistricted the wards a few years ago, the Second Ward has been a Republican stronghold. But Hirshorn, an associate professor of public ad- ministration at U-M Dearborn, believes that Republicans may no longer carry the majority of the votes. Hirshorn looked at the voting record in the Second Ward for the last few years and found that in November 1984 Democrats Walter Mondale and Carl Levin carried the ward in the presidential and senate races. Although in the 1984 and 1985 April city elections Republicans Blow and Dick Deem defeated Democratic challenger Jim Burchell, Burchell was an unknown graduate student who held his own, Hirshorn said. Because he has been actively cam- paigning and the neighbors know him, Hirshorn said he has a good chance to win. "You don't run for political office if See HIRSHORN, Page 2 Shannon Blow ...faces uphill battle ...determined to beat Hirshorn I Panel argues U.S. policy towards Nicaragua By JOSEPH PIGOTT Experts from the United States and Nicaragua faced off at Rackham Auditorium last night in a debate which ranged from alleged human rights abuses in Nicaragua to U.S. funding of the Contra rebels. The event, sponsored by the Hispanic Law Students Association, attracted a crowd of about 250. THE PANEL included Francisco Campbell, Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of Nicaragua; Dr. Wayne Smith, former chief of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Cuba; and for- mer Ambassador Jose Sorzano, U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations under Jeanne Kirkpatrick. Sorzano defended the Reagan Ad- ministration's policies toward Nicaragua, claiming that the left- wing Sandinista government is unrepresentative.. "When governments like the San- See L. AMERICAN, Page 3 SACUA names new chief By JILL OSEROWSKY The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the top faculty governing committee, voted Monday to appoint William.Stebbins as the new chairman of the University Senate and Jean Loup as the vice chairman. The University Senate consists of all members of the professorial staff, the executive and central ad- ministrative officers of the Univer- sity, the deans of the schools and colleges, and members of the resear- ch and library staffs. STE BBINS, a psychology professor at the University for 23 years, said his main goal is to strengthen faculty in- fluence in University affairs by broadening faculty representation. "For faculty governance to have any validity, it's got to be truly represen- tational," Stebbins said. "It's got to attract support from most of the faculty, and I think it has lacked it in the past." Attendance at recent faculty meetings has been low, and Stebbins said that is a sign that faculty mem- bers are leaving decisions up to their elected committees and the Senate Assembly. "I THINK .they should be paying more attention themselves," he said. "It will be particularly important in the next few years, when the economic situation of the University will be particularly difficult." Stebbins will also preside over the Senate Assenibly. The Senate Assem- bly is made up of 72 elected represen- tatives from the University Senate who serve three-year terms. The Senate Assembly serves as the legislative arm of the Senate, and SACUA representatives are chosen from its membership. SACUA advises and consults with the President of the University on matters of University policy and ser- ves as liasion between the ad- ministration and the University Senate. AS CHAIRMAN of SACUA, Stebbins said he will work to increase the visibility and credibility of faculty governance input to administrative decisions that affect it. Stebbins said he will try "to get See SACUA, Page 3 A schools adopt AIDS policy Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Francisco Campbell, Minister Counsellor at the Nicaraguan Embassy, debates American Foreign Policy in Central America. Experts from both Nicaragua and the U.S. met at Rackham Auditorium last night to discuss the issue and answer questions from the audience. By SUSAN GRANT The Ann Arbor Board of Education last night voted 6-2 to adopt a com- municable disease policy which would affect students and faculty with diseases like AIDS, hepatitis, and tuberculosis. According to the policy, any student or staff member who is "reasonably suspected" of having a communicable disease will be contacted by a school administrator and may be excluded from the school unless the individual's physician recommends otherwise. IF THE school district decides to investigate further, a panel composed of the individual's physician, a physician who has experience with communicable diseases, a Washtenaw County Health Depar- tment physician, a school nurse, and three school administrators would decide whether the individual should be excluded from the school. If the affected person is a student, the panel would have to recommend alternative education options. If the panel's decision is not unanimous, both opinions will be sent See SCHOOL, Page 3 TODAY- Taxed COLLEGE senior who was billed for $198,000 in back taxes is still waiting for the INSIDE No butts T HE AMERICAN Institute for Preventive Medicine hsintroduced the latest weapon in the war again- st smoking - an ashtray incapable of holding butts. At, first glance, it looks like an ordinary glass ashtray, but the top surface is flat so there's no place to lay a cigarette. It also carries a "Thank You for Not Females in formation SIXTY SKYDIVERS joined hands 17,000 feet above the DeLand, Fla. Airport, setting a world record for an all-female formation on their fourth try. The jump Monday snapped the record of 48 women in for- mation set two years ago here, and came after three HARASSMENT: Opinion concludes its series on police harassment of student activists. See Page 4. ENSEMBLEI TIIATMD.A. rta nawitw. DR I I I