j:1; b r ftte yrt a Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom 4I3i1 . . ........ ........ ......... . . -- -- - --- ---------- -------- Vol. XCVII - No. 26 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, October 9, 1986 Ten Pages 0- p. ,research official may retire Lesch could close 36 year career as research head 'U' Council head warns against code intransigence By REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN The Michigan Student Assembly may be inviting the University administration to come up with its own code of non-academic conduct if the assembly refuses to consider any code, according to University Council chairman Donald Rucknagel. The University Board of Regents' bylaws give MSA has the right to approve any code draft. Last fall, however, University President Harold Shapiro threatened to bypass that right if students do not cooperate in writing a code. MSA MEMBERS predicted this week that the assembly, as in past years, would take a "No Code" stance at its next meeting. In another development which will slow the University Council's progress toward a code, another student member resigned Monday. LSA junior Ken Weine, who also heads MSA's Student Rights Committee, said he resigned because of "too many time committments." The council, composed of student, faculty, and administrators, See STUDENT, Page 2 Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Tally Hall shop owners Jan and Mary Devereaux, say they are concerned about the lack of business in the mall. Business has been slow since the mall opened, shop owners have said. Business slow at ally Hall, store owners say By TIM DALY Tally Hall store owners blame a lack of advertising and the many unleased shops in the mall for the lack of business since it opened in early July. Joe Mencotti, part-owner of Pizza Plenty, says he's not sure if students know about the shops. "I hope the students don't know about the shops, because if they do know about us we're in trouble," he says. Mencotti says low student turnout is his biggest disappointment. This fall, students have accounted for only five percent of his shop's business, he says. TALLY HALL, located at 515 E. Liberty St. consists of food stands in the basement, retail shops on the first floor, and a city-owned parking structure. Other shop owners are also concerned about the lack of student customers. Alia Hattar, co-owner of SubVilla, says she thought business would pick up when students returned to Ann Arbor, but sales have remained the same since she opened August 10. Hattar also estimates students account for only five percent of- her customers. But "shop owners may be expecting too much too soon," according to David Reilly, Tally Hall manager. "Owners of small businesses tend to worry if customers do not come rushing in the door immediately. Owners of shops that are part of a nationwide chain realize it takes time to establish a business., SHOP OWNERS say the mall's management did not advertise enough at the end of August and beginning of September to attract students. "There was only one newspaper ad in September," Hattar says. Tim Gallagher, manager of The Steak Escape, said that both the general public and students are unaware of the shops located in Tally Hall. "One customer told me he had been parking in the structure for three months before he realized there were shops in Tally Hall," Gallagher says. See MALL, Page 5 By MARTIN FRANK The head of the Division of Research and Development Agency will apparently retire next July. James Lesch, who has headed DRDA since 1973, said he currently plans to retire, but that he could still change his mind. Other research administrators, however, said he most likely will vacate his position. DRDA SERVES as a funneling agency between faculty members and various research agencies. It helps faculty get money to do research, as well as aiding them in preparing proposals to research agencies, such as the National Institute of Health. The DRDA also handles faculty proposals that goe to the sponsors of these projects. "We were created to assist faculty in all aspects of administrative research and scholarly activities from selecting sponsors to preparing proposals for administrative matters through the course of the project," said Neil Ger, a DRDA project representative. The DRDA also ensures that research proposals comply with the University's current guidelines on Lesch ... heads DRDA classified research, which contain an end-use clause forbidding research that can kill or maim humans. If a project does not meet these standards, DRDA informs two review panels which decide, along with the Vice President forResearch, whether the proposal See LESC I, Page 5 Group urges spending review By MARTHA SEVETSON areas. Sydney Bernard, a commitee A faculty committee is hoping to remind University administrators of the importance of departments not currently in the financial limelight. Members of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) have asked for a committee to review the priorities of University spending. The SACUA Academic Advisory Affairs Committee, a group assigned to study University academic policy, recently completed a five-year study on the way funding is distributed at the University. Some committee members feel certain departments are being overlooked while funding is being funneled into a few specific member and social work professor, identified the School of Education as one unit which has suffered serious cutbacks recently and might benefit from an annual spending evaluation. "W E would like to have a legitimate spokesman for units which currently might not be doing so well in 'centrality sweepstakes' but might be important in the long- term," said Bernard. 'Centrality' has two competing definitions in University literature, .according to committee members: One defines it as programs which are important to the University's status as a "center of excellence." These include math, english and foreign language departments, 'Resources should flow to your highest priorities, and the University's priorities will change over time.' -James Duderstadt University Vice-President of 'academic affairs according to Carla Stoffle, a committee member. The other definition refers to programs which, are popularly supported by external organizations, such as the Department of Defense or the National Science Foundation. Vice-President for Academic Affairs James Duderstadt, who has not yet issued a response to the proposal, said that centrality cannot be decided by the faculty or the administration, but by the environment in which the University finds itself. "RESOURCES should flow to your highest priorities," said Duderstadt, "and the University's See GROUP, Page 3 Nicaragua withholds survivor from U.S. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)- The U.S. Embassy sought permission yesterday to see the American who survived when Sandinista troops shot down a rebel supply plane, but Nicaraguan authorities would not say where he was being held. Barricada, the Sandinista party newspaper, said in the first account of the capture that Eugene Hasenfus walked a mile through the jungle after the C-123 was shot down Sunday. It said an army patrol found him in an abandoned shack, where he had fashioned a hammock from his parachute. CAPT. ROSA Pasos, who speaks for the Defense Ministry, said the American from Marinette, Wis., was being questioned at a location she refused to disclose. "All I can say is that he spent the night with our authorities and that he is being treated well," she said. Officials of the leftist Nicaraguan govern- ment say three other people were killed: two Americans identified as pilot William Cooper and co-pilot Wallace Sawyer, and a third man who crashed into the jungle of southern Nicaragua. SANDINISTA officials said cargo found on the plane indicate it was part of a CIA operation to supply U.S.-backed rebels who have been fighting the government of President Daniel Ortega for 4 1/2 years. They said the Americans were U.S. military advisers from El Salvador. President Reagan and other U.S. officials deny that the plane or the men were conncected with the American government. Alberto Fernandez, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, said it was waiting for a response to two diplomatic notes to the Foreign Ministry requesting consular access to Hasenfus and the quick return of the bodies of the- Americans to their families. H ASENFUS is believed to be the first American caputred in the war the Contra rebels began in 1982. He appeared briefly at a news conference Tuesday night, but was led away after he gave his name and hometown and said he was cap- tured Monday in southern Nicaragua. He was dressed in the mud-stained denim pants and jacket he wore when captured. Media conflict Ascae-rs Former reporter Bernard Kalb resigns yesterday from his job as spokesman for the State Department over a reported effort by the Reagan Administration to deceive the news media about the situation in Libya. TODAY Nomenclature said he has overheard students discussing whether XKE has the proper certification to be considered a fraternity. LSA senior John Shelden, a resident of 420 S. Division St. said he and housemate Dave Currie, an architecture senior, named their house "Bob" to "do a one up on" the XKE house. Currie said the name comes from a characrter inPall Cosbv crnedv skitwho s~ huvns the rat. "'^ /i ,,, _:.: r _.. r INSIDE LOSING ITS REPUTATION: Opinion reprimands Yale University's punishment of student protestors. See Page 4. I