. E Sir i au Ninety-six years of editorialfreedom 1atli K Vol. XCVI - No. 131 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, April 11, 1986 Eight Pages Senator to request increase By AMY MINDELL Special to the Daily LANSING - The chairman of the Senate higher education subcommit- tee said yesterday he will recommend that the Legislature add $2 million to Gov. James Blanchard's funding proposal for the University of Michigan, but that would still leave the University $33 million short of what administrators say they need to meet rising costs. Sen. William Sederburg (R-East Lansing) told the Daily that he will recommend $10 million more for higher education than Blanchard's budget provided when he meets with the subcommittee next Thursday, that would mean $1.5 to $2 million for the University, he said. Blanchard's budget, which was released in January, would provide $222 million for the University, but administrators say a $257 million ap- propriation would allow them to hold down tuition and increase faculty salaries. Richard Kennedy, the University's kvice president for government :re ations, said last night that Seder- burg's recommendation is "good news," although it is far from what the University needs. "It's an encouraging sign that they are willing to again put this priority .on higher education," Kennedy said. "Our full budget is as honest an ap- praisal we can make about the total need of the institution, but in the budget process you have to come to grips with monies available." BILLY FRYE, the University's vice president for academic affairs and provost, said yesterday that the gap between what the state can ap- propriate and what the University needs is so large that tuition increases are inevitable. Frye predicted the in- creases will be under 10 percent. Eleven University students joined representatives from other Michigan colleges in Lansing to pressure lawmakers to increase state aid to higher education. See STUDENTS, Page 2 Mandela unlikely Shapiro won 't discuss honoring activist By KERY MURAKAMI because he would not have been able A top University official said to receive it in person. yesterday he does not think jailed Wallenberg, who as a Swedish dip- South African activist Nelson Man- ,lomat saved the lives of nearly 1o6,ooo dela will be nominated for an Hungarian Jews from the Nazis, was honorary degree this year. arrested by the Soviets after World "' R.fl...ar Kefnnedythe nivritv's War II and is believed to be dead a s --Aft -a - ~fall Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Rackham student Thea Lee, a member of the Latin American Solidarity Committee, helps Roe Goodman ad- just his cross before the march to the Federal Building yesterday. Marehers head downtown to protest Con tra aid bl Mldunlluy, 61 1yG1 0 vice president for state relations said the University's honorary degrees committee has already made several recommendations to the Board of Regents on who should receive the degrees at next month's commencement ceremony. "There has been no recommendation from the committee on that particular in- dividual (Mandela)," Kennedy said. THE COMMITTEE could still make further recommendations before the regents make their final decisions on honorary degrees next week, but Kennedy said he didn't expect any more recommendations. A member of the'honorary degrees committee said the committee reached a deadlock over the issue because of a regental bylaw which prohibits giving honorary degrees to people who cannot accept them in person. Mandela has been serving a life sen- tence in a South African prison since 1962 for his part in leading the South African revolutionary group, the African National Congress. THE COMMITTEE member, who spoke on condition that he not be iden- tified, said the regents in January rejected the committee's recommen- dation of giving University alumnus Raoul Wallenberg an honorary degree By JOSEPH PIGOTT About 60 people marched fromn the Diag to the Federal Building yesterday afternoon in an effort to rekindle op- position to sending military aid to the Nicaraguan rebels before Congress votes on the issue next Tuesday. In Washington, President Reagan met with about 20 Democratic members of the House of Representatives and urged them to let the House vote on the $100 million aid package without tying it to a spending bill he might veto. (See story, Page 2).- REAGAN'S original proposal to send aid to the Contras was defeated by the House last month, but a compromise plan has been worked out in the Senate. Mark Weisbrot, an organizer of yesterday's march, said the demonstrators hoped to make politicians aware of public discontent with the administration's policy in Cen- tral America. "We're trying to keep up the pressure so they will vote against it," said Weisbrot, a graduate student in economics. Congressman Carl Pursell (R-Mich.), whose district en- compasses Ann Arbor, voted for the aid package last mon- th. Weisbrot said yesterday's protest was also a "victory march" to celebrate the passage of Proposal A in this week's city elections. The proposal, which was approved by a wide margin on Monday, calls for the city to send a message to Washington opposing military aid to Central America. It also establishes a Central America Sister City Task Force to encourage cultural exchanges between Ann Arbor and cities in Central America. High speed train may ,make stop in Ann Arbor The Free South Africa Coordinating Committee has spearheaded the movement to change the regental bylaw and give Mandela the degree. "This policy excludes 4 whole group of people like Mandela and Wallenberg for the same reasons that they should get a degree," said Hector Delgado, a sociology teaching assistant and one of the leaders of the group. "YEARS from now, when people look at the list of honorary degree recipients of the University, they will see Marcos but not Mandela or Wallenberg," Delgado said. Former Philippine President Fer; dinand Marcos reeived an honorary degree from the University in 1966. Delgado said the Free South Afric4 Coordinating Committee will continue urging that Mandela get the degree. Members of the group have beet) going to Uninversity President Harold Shapiro's office every afternoon to show their concern for the issue, and they are expected to speak to the regents at their meeting next week. SHAPIRO yesterday released a publicestatement saying he sym- pathized with those pushing for honoring Mandela, but that the University would not discuss his nomination. n See 'U' OFFICIAL, Page 2 'U' Council tries to ease fears of code By KERY MURAKAMI The University Council took several steps yesterday to try to ease studen- ts' fears about a possibly unfair code of non-academic conduct. For more than a year, the council has been drafting a code of non- 'academic conduct to serve as an alternative to the code proposed by University administrators in1984. Yesterday, councilmembers agreed that any system implemented by the University should expire after two years. At that time, the University Council would propose that the system be continued or draft a new one. THE COUNCIL'S proposal would have to be approved by the Michigan Student Assembly, the University's Board of Regents, and the faculty's Senate Assembly. The "sunset" clause was added, said Suzanne Cohen, a law student and co-chair of the council, to give students the power to reject the code See 'U' COUNCIL, Page 2 By JOHN DUNNING High speed trains may be zipping through Ann Arbor en route to Chicago and Detroit at 120 mph as early as 1992. The trains, rivaling those already operating in Great Britain, France, and Japan, would travel the Detroit- Chicago corridor with planned stops along the way, possibly including one in Ann Arbor. Amtrak currently operates three daily round-trips between Detroit and Chicago, with a travel time of 51/2 hours. The high speed rail system could cut the commute to two hours. THE RELATIVELY high cum- muter traffic between Ann Arbor and Chicago make this city a likely stop on the high speed line. "Ann Arbor has the highest boar- ding rate on the Detroit-Chicago line," said Nancy Maciaj, a legislative aide to Rep. Richard Fit- zpatrick (D-Battle Creek). Of the 365,909 passengers who traveled the Detroit-Chicago corridor in 1985, approximately 10,245 were students, said Clifford Black, Am- trak's public affairs manager in Washington. WORK ON the new system can begin once the House Ad Hoc Commit- tee on High Speed Rail completes its investigation and all the contracts are signed. The project, slated to take upwards of five years to complete, would cost an estimated $1 billion, said Maciaj. The maximum speed for trains making the Detroit-Chicago trip is currently 79 mph, and that can be in- creased only if track conditions are improved, according to a, report writ- ten by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Nearly 180 of the 280 miles of track would have to be im- proved to accommodate high speed trains. A recently released interim report of the House Ad Hoc Committee on High Speed Rail said the rail system would be a boon to the state's economy and would drastically reduce travel time. "A NEW SYSTEM would be faster than travel by automobile or bus and time competitive with air travel (when considering travel to and from airports)" the House report said. To finance the new train system, Amtrak will rely on investments from the private sector rather than government subsidies. "In light of recent cutbacks in Am- trak service in the Detroit-Chicago corridor and of a federal budget debate that will consider ending the subsidization of Amtrak, it is an op- portune time to discuss the merits of privatization of passenger rail service in the corridor," according to the House report. In addition to a faster commute, legislators expect the new trains to at- tract business and industrial development, create jobs, and in- crease tourism and revenue from state and local taxes. "Thirty million dollars in new tourism revenues could be generated in the corridor," according to the House report, with the area around the proposed route becoming an "'economic oasis' - complete with development of office complexes, housing units, and commercial areas." Although Ann Arbor has not taken an official stand on the proposed rail system, City Administrator Godfrey Collins said, "It's a very optimistic program. I'm in favor of rail to com- plement our other forms of transpor- tation." See TRAIN, Page 3 Cancan Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Engineering senior Michael Mitchell guesses the number of pop cans in the Fiero on the Diag yesterday. The contest, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, is sponsored by the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Grand prize is a television and VCR, not the car. TODAY Honor peace ANN ARBOR will be home to the third major Vietnam war memorial in the nation, if Ann Arbor resident Charles Tackett has his way. Tackett, a veteran of the Vietnam war, has been working since late last year to build a MSA president Paul Josephson, who is coordinating support among Michigan universities. Despite the sup- port, however, the memorial project remains a one- man show. "My main problem is getting word out to people about what's going on," Tackett says. "I can't go door to door speaking to nine million people alone." Tackett predicts the memorial will cost about $150,000 and be completed by the end of the summer. He hopes tn hold aronnd breakina ceremoniensn Jun e14th Fli0a in the same courtroom where they met just weeks ago. The romance began Feb. 26 in a jury room where the couple was among prospective jurors unhappy about the idea of sitting through a long trail. Both were selec- ted two days later and assigned seats next to each other in the jury box. By day for the next three weeks, jurors heard lawyers argue over faulty plumbing fixtures in a suit between a condominium assocation and a plumbing firm. The judge warned jurors not to - INSIDE- FIERY RHETORIC: Opinion finds Kemp im- pressive but removed from student concerns. See Page 4. JAMMONI: Arts previews tonight's Ann Ar- bor Comedy Jam. See Page 5. i . .I 1