1 E Nii si toran Ninety-six years of editorial freedom 1tati1 . . ........ Eight Pages Vol. XCVI - No. 126 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily ' Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, April 4, 1986 Complains against prof stir conflict By NANCY DRISCOLL A letter of complaint against Political Science Prof. Raymond Tan- ter that was signed last week by eighty-two students in his class, The Arab-Israeli Conflict, has sparked controversy. Many feel the issue has polarized the class. The letter, which charged that the course is one-sided and called Tan- ter's attitude towards students patronizing, was sent on Monday to John Kingdon, chairman of the political science department. Kingdon refused to comment on the letter. "For the students' sake it would have been better to come to me," Tan- ter said yesterday. "If you want to af- fect change in a course, you go to the professor." THE LETTER also charged that "in general, questions or points that the students bring up are often responded to with comments regar- ding their invalidity or irrelevancy." Tanter called the complaints un- founded, saying: "I have tried to respond in a sensible manner to all the questions this term.'' Yesterday between 45 and 60 students signed a petition condemning the way the grievances were handled by the students who wrote the letter. "The letter was an emulation of PLO tactics to gain recognition and all they've managed to do is polarize a lot See LETTER, Page 3 Protesters, r)j~c clash at Berkeley From AP and UPI BERKELEY, Calif. - Anti-apar- theid demonstrators hurled bottles, rocks and eggs at baton-wielding police officers yesterday in a clash which led to over 100 arrests, 29 in- juries and destruction of a shantytown on the University of California cam- pus. Two men were arrested for allegedly possessing firebombs after police received a threat that Califor- nia Hall would be burned down; and ch- arred paper was found stuffed in the gas tanks of three university cars, authorities reported. The demonstrators had constructed 13 symbolic shanties in front of California Hall, which houses the of- fice of Ira Heyman, chancellor of the Berkeley campus. HEYMAN, an apartheid critic him- self, had said the demonstrators could put up a shantytown on campus but not so close to California Hall. The conflict began before dawn when police placed dozens of demon- strators into buses to be taken to Alameda County's Santa Rita jail, said university spokesman Ray Colvig. Hundreds of other protesters surrounded the buses, preventing them from moving. At about 7:30 a.m., police in riot gear cleared a path through the crowd. Fighting broke out as demonstrators hurled bottles, rocks and eggs and blocked the buses by hurling trash cans, setting up makeshift barricades and sitting in the way. Eleven protesters and 18 police of- ficers suffered minor injuries that in- cluded cuts and bruises, said univer- sity spokesman Tom Debley. Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. William Gonzales said 89 protesters were taken by bus to Santa Rita to be booked. Colvig said about 50 others were photographed and would be sub- ject to arrest later. ALL THOSE placed on the buses were served with a copy of a tem- porary restraining order issued by a judge on Wednesday that said the cardboard and plywood shanties are a fire hazard and block access to university buildings, according to Colvig. The shacks, which protesters say are symbols of the homes of South African blacks, were then dismantled See POLICE, Page 2 Police dressed in riot gear arrest a protester during an anti-apartheid demonstration at the Berkeley campus of the University of California. Students and community members called for the school to divest its $2.4 billion in South African-related investments by rallying and building shanties that University workers tore down yesterday. Council candidates prepare for Monday's elections Contratto cites ideas DeVarti helps tenants By SUSAN GRANT Susan Contratto believes her ex- perience with such issues as day care and violence against women will make her a valuable Ann Arbor City Council member. In her quest to beat Jeannette Mid- D86 City elections dleton, the Republican Third Ward city council incumbent, Contratto, a Democrat, thinks she has experience that can help the council. SHE CITED her involvement in the Pound House Children's Center and service on the Board of Directors of Safe House, a place where abused women can stay and get counseling, as examples of experience that qualify her for a city council seat. Contratto, a psychologist and teacher of women's studies courses at the University, said, "Because I've worked for so many issues, I have lots of ideas about these concerns. Also I am tuned into a lot of resources." "IT SEEMS to me this is a unique quality," she added. Middleton, however, points to her two-years of experience on city coun- cil as an important asset. "The first two years are a real lear- See CONTRATTO, Page 2 By SUSAN GRANT Although Dave DeVarti no longer attends the University, he remains in- terested in student concerns like tenant's rights. DeVarti, the Fourth Ward Democratic Candidate for Ann Arbor City Council, hopes students will back him and help lead him to victory over his Republican opponent, incumbent Gerald Jernighan. "I think students have an interest in policies that affect them," DeVarti said. "Students in the Fourth Ward seem more informed about the low vacancy rates and sky rocketing ren- ts." DEVARTI, whose company, Sport Guides, Inc., publishes the Michigan Cinema Guide and the Michigan Football Guide, has been an active advocate of tenants' rights for the last decade. He lobbied an ordinance requiring landlords to pay for weatherstripping in units where tenants pay for heat, and for another ordinance requiring landlords to estimate the amount of money per- spective tenants should expect to pay. for heat. Currently DeVarti is working on tenants' right issues concerning privacy and security deposits. DeVarti believes that tenants who are unable to meet with a landlord when the landlord drops by for a visit should be allowed to arrange another meeting time. He also expressed concern about landlords who refuse to return tenan- See DeVARTI, Page 3 Contratto ... emphasizes experiences De Varti ... seeks student vote South African rebels call for divestment, Ieco By EUGENE PAK Representatives from South African anti-apartheid organizations last night urged students to continue pressuring United States companies to divest from com- panies that do business with South Africa. They also called for renewed economic sanctions against the president Pieter Botha's regime. Mweli Mzizi of the African National Congress (ANC) which is led by jailed activist Nelson Mandela, and Hinganrewa Asheeke of the South West Africa People's rganization (SWAPO) discussed the present situation in Mouth Africa and fielded questions from a crowd of 65 at the Union. THE SPEECHES were part of a "Two Weeks of Action Against Apartheid" campaign on campuses around the country, which includes vesterday's protests at the University of California at Berkeley. The cam- paign, which was marked on this campus by a shanty con- structed on the Diag, will be capped off today with a mar- ch remembering the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Both representatives cited economic sanctions by the TODAY Abstinence? S A JOKE, the Daily put "Best Birth Control Device" on this year's Best of Ann Arbor ballots. Now, it seems, abstinence, of all noniic sanctions United States as well as other countries, and divestment as ways to help end South Africa's system of racial segregation. Mzizi, recalling the student activism of the 1960s and early '70s, seemed confident that student action today will help end apartheid. "Once again, I'm sure that in the '80s, you'll make sure South Africa will be free," Mzizi said. THE ANC was formed in 1912 to unite different South African tribes in fighting racial separation. Initially the movement supported non-violent protest, but in 1960 its policy began to include violence in order to fight the police brutality used by the state. SWAPO was formed in 1960 by workers in Namibia, a neighboring country of South Africa. Unlike the ANC, it has not been banned by the state but continues to fight apartheid as well as work for Namibian independence un- der heavy state restrictions. Mzizi and Asheeke criticized the South African regime labeling it "neo-Nazi and Fascist." "The regime today is indeed on the run," said Asheeke, "(it) is facing a serious crisis both politically and economically." Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSO#f Representatives of two rebel groups opposing the government in South Africa answer questions about the struggle of blacks against apartheid in that nation. They spoke in the Pendleton Room of the Union last night, as a part of "Two weeks against Apartheid." hand-and express your opinion. Let your votes be tallied. Let the voice of democracy ring proudly through the Fishbowl. No code ! last spring. "Traditionally, the last two weeks of school we've allowed shorts," said Assistant Principal Dominick Marabella. But he said the school "had what we considered a few questionable appearances." Ken- nedy said the students created problems by wearing cut-off tank tops and halter tops that exposed their midriffs. "They were crossing the line of good taste," he said. The protest began after an hour of boisterous debate in the school hallways. Students then ran a, ___ fa_ r _ L 3 _-.L. « .« A'- ZtT~ .... e n fc~ .L.. lxr. INSIDE- CITY ELECTIONS: Opinion goes Democratic all the way. See Page 4. SHOAH: Arts reviews director Claude Lan- zmann's 91/2 hour Holocaust documentary. See Page 5. NETTERS: Sports previews home openers for i i I