j:j; b r Sir i'grn Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom tiu Vol. XCVI- No. 15 C Professor of English Patrides dies at 56 By EUGENE PAK University English Prof. Constantinos Patrides, an expert in Renaissance literature, died yesterday morning at age 56 following a lingering illness. Colleagues and students . recognized Patrides as a distinguished scholar and out- standing teacher. John Knott, chairman of the English department, called Patrides "one of the preeminent scholars of the Renaissance in his generation." He was internationally re- cognized for his work and published numerous books and journal articles. "He received endless honors," said English Prof. George Bornstein, a friend and colleague of Patrides, "including two Guggenheim fellowships, which is really remarkable." "HE upheld the highest standards of scholarship. He was passionately committed to both scholarship and teaching," Knott said. Two of Patrides' most well- known books are "Milton and The Christian Tradition" and "The Grand Design of God: The Christian Scheme of History." He had just finished a work about John Donne's poems. Patrides' outstanding rep- utation as a Renaissance literature expert is matched by his record as a teacher. "NOT only was he an excellent scholar, he was an excellent teacher too . . . He had won several teaching awards," said Patrides' friend Claude Sum- mers, an English professor at the University of Michigan- Dearborn. Patrides has won the University's Distinguished See 'U', Page 3 opyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, September 24, 1986 Ten Pages Panel to meet over degree controversy Daily Photo by CHRIS TWIGG Pam Brubaker, non-degree student in the School of Architecture, patiently awaits her schedule from CRISP worker Inge Westergard. This familiar scene accompanied much frustration, as many students attempted to enroll in their desired courses. We shalOVCIVflV (JilSPing's agaain le By STEVE KNOPPER The Board of Regents' bylaw which precludes jailed South African leader Nelson Mandela from receiving an honorary degree will be reviewed by a committee to be formed by the end of this week, University officials said yesterday. The bylaw prohibits conferring honorary degrees on people who cannot attend the graduation ceremony. Advocates of a Mandela degree were outraged when they learned of the rule a few weeks before last May's commencement . Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy, who is a member of the group in charge of reviewing potential honorary degree recipients, acknowledged that the formation of the committee "grew out of the Mandela controversy." He said he does not know who will be on the committee or when meetings will begin. OFFICIALS at the Michigan Student Assembly said two students, one graduate and one undergraduate, will be appointed to the committee. Rackham Graduate School Dean John D'Arms, who will chair the committee which will review the bylaw, said he would not comment until the group is actually formed. Mandela has been serving a life sentence in a South African prison since 1962 because of his leadership of the African National Congress, an anti- apartheid group. He is seen as a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. The Ann Arbor-based Free South Africa Coordinating Committee urged the regents to grant Mandela the degree last April before commencement, and they constructed a shanty on the Diag, partly to draw attention to their efforts. The shanty is modeled after the homes that South African blacks must live in under the South African government's racial laws. Members of the- Free South Africa Coordinating Committee gave Mandela an honorary degree of their own last April in a ceremony on the Diag before the regular commencement ceremony. Congressman George Crockett (D-Detroit), a vocal opponent of apartheid, spoke at the ceremony. The regents' bylaw that bars Mandela from receiving a degree also prevented University alumnus Raoul Wallenberg from receiving the degree last April. Wallenberg is credited with saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War II. He disappeared shortly after the war and is believed to be dead. The Honorary Degrees Committee reportedly considered recommending Wallenberg for the honor last January, but the regents rejected the proposal because of the bylaw. By JULIE RADEN Getting into classes has become a harder task than it really should be, students say, but raising a little hell can sometimes be enough to break into terminally closed classes. Consider, for instance, the case of Alessandra (Sandy) Kellerman, a junior in LSA. For the third straight semester, she had been put on a wait list for a class she had to have to get her degree in psychology. "I talked to the professor," Kellerman said, "and she told me that my chances for getting in this semester were slim." SO Kellerman took action. She wrote a letter to University President Harold Shapiro and other administrators explaining her dilemma. "Students were lined up outside the professor's office, crying and pleading for the class," she said. "What sort of system do we have here? If seniors are allowed to register first for classes, then why can't the juniors go next to obtain their classes?" Kellerman wrote. Lo and behold, she was soon offered a place in the class. Most students who find themselves in that situation, however, are not as lucky. THE PEOPLE who run CRISP don't have much to say about the wait lists that plague several departments in LSA. Carolyn Hardy, an administrative assistant at the registrar's office, said CRISP operators don't really pay attention to how long wait lists are See STUDENTS, Page 3 i CANVASSINC FLOURISHES IN CITY Residents sympathetic to causes By KATHLEEN HAVILAND Large numbers of liberals, middle-class workers, and single-family homes have en- abled several political grassroots organizations to thrive in the Ann Arbor area, according to local group members. Greenpeace, the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM), the Michigan Citizens Lobby, and SANE, also known as the Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy, all have successful fundraising bases in Ann Arbor. Greenpeace, an environ- mentalist organization con- pcerned with issues including toxic and radioactive waste dumping, came to Ann Arbor last "We are able to come to their doors and say 'Here is another victory accomplished because of support from people like you"' -David Shevrin State Canvass Director Michigan Citizens Lobby "We're speaking to them one- on-one, not through the mail," said John Else, canvass director for Greenpeace. BART BRUSH, canvass director of SANE, said success depends on community support. "Ann Arbor itself is so supportive. The large liberal constituency lends itself fo a great base of support," he said. Brush said that'Detroit has the highest density of single-family dwellings in the nation, a factor which increases a group's opportunity to raise money. "This leads to a lot of space to canvass," he said. He also theorized that the See ANN ARBOR, Page 5 May hoping for a successful summer fund drive. The group fared well, raising $16,000 in one week- a feat which broke its national fundraising record of $15,000 in one week. Greenpeace decided to stay here permanently. THE GROUPS rely primarily on the fundraising method of canvassing, for which staff members go door-to-door to request donations and educate citizens about particular issues. Canvassing is one of the most effective ways to solicit contributions; mailed funding requests can often be overlooked or forgotten, but a knowledgeable person standing on the doorstep is more difficult to ignore. New 'U' telephones cause dissatisfaction By JIM HERSHIISER The University's Office of Telecom- munications is still receiving about 80 complaint calls a day about the University's new $32 million phone system, but the calls are less frequent than when the system was initially installed over the summer. University Hospitals spokesman Dave Friedo said calls at the medical complex cannot be transferred and people still have to shout down the hall to relay messages. It is also impossible for anyone to tell when another call is coming in, he said, and numerous requests for changes- such as installing call waiting- have gone unanswered, even though some requests were filed last spring. The emergency room had the entire new phone system torn out and replaced because the new phones were inefficient and complicated, Friedo said. STEVE MAYO , administrative manager for the Office of Telecommunications, was in charge of the emergency room's phone system and replaced it with another network similar to the old one. Mayo said hospital employees complained that the new phones worked slowly and could have endangered lives by wasting precious time in the emergency room. "I'm not going to have that responsibility on my shoulders," he said. Mayo said his office is receiving "substantially more" complaints than when the old system was in use. BUT he added that the office receives many "repair" calls because people didn't attend training sessions before the 27,000 phones were installed. Alan Levy, West Quad building director, said the biggest problem was that Centel Systems, the company contracted to install the new system, didn't tell anyone that they were going to tear out all the old phones before putting the new system in. University employees and students living in dormitories over the summer complained about Centel installation workers. The workers rarely notified students before entering rooms, prompting residence staffs to hire students to watch them. See PHONES, Page 5 Associated Press Soviet leader Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shavardnadze gestures during his address to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. See in Brief, Page 2. TODAY- Shower power C Deba Patnaik, this is no easy matter-these showers have been without pressure for the past 10 to 13 years, due to calcium deposits in the shower heads , and fixing them will be "a major undertaking." But Patnaik said maintenance workers would check the showers early today. one-hundredth of a percentage point for each point the Hawkeyes scored more than their opponents. During the first two weeks of the season, Iowa trounced Iowa State 43-7, followed by Iowa's 57-3 clubbing of Northern Illonios. "We went through the schedule and we did our -INSIDE- DOWN PAT: Opinion criticizes right-wing fundamentalists running for education boards. See Page 4.