I Page 2 - The Michigan Dily - Tuesday, November 4, 1986 Germans discover U.S. culture By CARRIE LORANGER The West German musicians who spent seven days in Ann Arbor as part of a sister city exchange program returned to Tuebingen, West Germany on Saturday morning, taking with them new clothes, new instruments, and fresh insights on American traditions. Tuebingen was established as Ann Arbor's first sister city in 1966 to promote cultural exchanges between Germany and the United States. The action was part of a nationwide program initiated by President Eisenhower to promote better understanding and a basis for peace between the United States and other countries. The national program, called "People to People," continues today. ACCORDING to John Hathaway, an Ann Arbor resident and one of the city council members to approve the program in 1966, the "People to People" office paired Ann Arbor with Tuebingen. Ann Arbor sent the first official delegation to Tuebingen in the summer of 1966, and since then several Ann Arbor families have maintained correspondence with Tuebingen families and several official delegations have been sent by both cities. While in Ann Arbor, the 19 German musicians gave three performances, the last one on Friday. The musicians and audience members used the word "Gemuetlichkeit" to describe the performance at Schwaben Hall on Ashley Street. Hans Rauer, a Dental School administrator, said there is no English translation for Gemuetlichkeit. "It's like sauerkraut. You just don't translate it," he said. It means friendship, comraderie, understanding, and having a good time, the musicians said. Friday night's performance was unique compared to traditional American concerts. The audience was seated at long tables and beer and wine were served throughout the evening. Among the numerous pieces performed were Aaron Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" and Tschaikowsky's "Romance." Thirteen-year-old Mario Schlumpberger, the youngest member of the group, played the trumpet solo. Helmut Gleissle, the ensemble's conductor, said the biggest difference between Germany and the United States is the pace of day-to- day living. The students were also surprised at the drinking age. In, Germany children can drink with their parents at 14, and at 16 they can drink wine and beer without parents. "My brother could not get a beer here and he is 20. He was so mad," said Markus Nau, a trumpet player. Soviet expert describes his donation By SARAH GRAY Renowned Sovietologist Robert Slusser on Friday clarified the contents and background of his extensive donation of books, records, and research material to the University in a mini- colloquium. The materials focus on historical and political science research, with a special section on the Soviet Secret Police. History Prof. Ronald Suny, who introduced Slusser at the colloquium, said that when he was in graduate school, he read Slusser because "when you wanted to find out about Soviet Secret Policy, you went to Slusser." Suny also said that in all his years at the University he has "never known of such an occasion" as important as accepting the Slusser archives. SLUSSER explained that much of his expertise on the Soviet Secret Police, the KGB, comes from his work on a post-World War II research program on the Soviet Union which was supported by the Ford Foundation. The research team included some former members of the KGB as well as some of its victims. The research group published a book in 1957, The Soviet Secret Police, edited by Simon Wollin, an old Menshevik. The Mensheviks were the opposing political party to the Bolsheviks in 1917, and few survived the Stalin purges. Slusser said he donated his archives to the University because he wants them "to be continued to be used... and I think, comparisons aside, that this is one of the better places where this can be assured." HE ADDED that he and history Prof. William Rosenberg hope to keep the archives intact in the historical library in Lane Hall, but a location has not yet been determined. Slusser said he hopes the archives "will not be a stagnant closed collection and that it will be added to," noting that Soviet exchange students here could add to the works because they have already had contacts with the KGB. Election won't change directions of regents (Continued from Page 1) LIKE THEIR challengers, Brown and Waters consider the University's financial situation the most important issue confronting the board. After the state's economic troubles of the late 1970s and the early 1980s resulted in what administrators called inadequate state funding for the University, regents have pondered making large budget cuts. In 1981, the University embarked on a "five-year plan" to take $5 million from the Schools of Education, Natural Resources, and Art to and give it to "high-priority" areas, such as the engineering college and faculty salaries. The two incumbents doubt there will be further large-scale cuts in the University's budget. Although some cuts are likely to be made, they say the solution to the University's budget woes is finding untapped sources of funding. "I really don't think we can afford to make a lot more cuts than we already have," said Brown. Hudgins and Frink agree. ONE administrator close to the University's budget process noted that because a majority of other regents agree with Brown and Waters, the incumbents' defeat probably would not have a significant impact on the University's economic future even if the challengers disagreed. According to Roach, however, the loss of Brown and Waters could make the regents' position on social issues more conservative. "If we're only talking about social issues-and I don't know the Republican candidates very well-Democrats tend to be more liberal on social issues than Republicans," Roach said. Between the two incumbents, Waters' defeat would probably have a greater effect on social issues than Brown's because Brown's views are more mainstream on the board than Waters'. ONE EXAMPLE is the proposed code of non-academic conduct, which Brown supports. "The criminal justice system is a bad thing. It's very serious to press a criminal charge on a student. It's something that I'd be reluctant to do. I'd rather handle it in within the University," Brown said. When asked about student complaints that a code could violate civil liberties, Brown said, "We wouldn't do anything that's unconstitutional. But it's not unconstitutional to expel or suspend a student if they break our rules." Anti-code activists have opposed the University levying academic sanctions for non- academic crimes. Waters would oppose a code. "I can possibly see the need for violent crimes, when we have to take action fast. But then, when (a student named Leo Kelly) committed those murders in Bursley (in 1982), the University had no problem putting him away," Waters said. He said he would oppose a code dealing with less serious' crimes. "THE administration so far has' not shown me any reason why we need a code. It would be easier punishing people, but that's not a justification. We have to support due process as much as possible," Waters said. Both Frink and Hudgins would support a code. Brown and Waters have been supporters of student participation in University policy-making. In 1972, for example, Brown suggested a public comments session during regents meetings when anyone could address the board. Since then, one hour has been set aside for the session during the first day of the regents' two-day meeting every month. Although Waters believes the session has improved comm- unication within th6Vniversity;'he still thinks students are under- represented in decision making. Waters would support placing a non-voting student to sit on the board, and take part in regents' deliberations. Brown, however, feels students have sufficient access to administrators and regents. IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS Ex-captive says peers 'in hell' WIESBADEN, West Germany - David Jacobsen told yesterday of his great joy in being released from more than 17 months of captivity but said other Americans still held by Lebanese kidnappers "are in hell" and must be set free. Jacobsen arrived at the U.S. military air base in Wiesbaden one day after being freed by his Shiite Moslem captors. Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite accompanied Jacobsen, who was serving as administrator of the American University hospital in Beirut when he was abducted on May 28, 1985. They include Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press, and Thomas Sutherland, acting dean of agriculture at the university, who also have been held since early 1984 Jacobsen, from Huntington Beach, Calif., was examined at the Air Force hospital. Col. Chalres Maffet, hospital director, told a news conference that, "although he is tired, our initial impression is that he is physically in very good condition. It also seems that he has dealt with the stresses of his captivity remarkably well." Envoy will resume effort to free U.S. hostages in Lebanon NICOSIA, Cyprus - Anglican envoy Terry Waite says he will return soon in his effort to free American captives in Lebanon, but his absence yesterday, to accompany the latest hostage released, indicated a loss in momentum. Waite's trip to West Germany with freed captive David Jacobsen meant a break in negotiations that could last several days at least. A flurry of other activity accompanied Jacobsen's release by Shiite Moslem kidnappers. U. S. officials said various channels they did not disclose were being tried in pursuing the release of at least five other Americans still held in Lebanon. White House spokesman Larry Speakes insisted no conc- essions were being made to the kidnappers. Liquor advertising ban denied WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court yesterday refused to let Michigan ban some advertising of prices and brand names of liquor, wine, and beer. The Court, over one dissenting vote, let stand a ruling that struck down the state's partial advertising ban. Only Justice Byron White voted to hear arguments in the case. Four votes are needed to grant such review. The Michigan Liquor Control Commission adopted rules in 1975 that prohibit retail stores from advertising brands or prices of liquor, except within the stores, and ban beer and wine manufacturers and wholesalers from advertising prices. The Michigan attorney general's office issued an opinion in 1982 that the rules unconstitutionally limit freedom of commercial speech. The Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association then sued, challenging the attorney general's opinion. Former GM director to head operations in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Former General Motors Corp. executive Robert Price will head the local management team that is buying GM operations in South Africa, the automaker said yesterday. Price, an American who recently quit as a GM vice president inthe. United States, was managing director of GM-South Africa in 1972-74, General Motors officials said at a news conference. General Motors is among the major U.S. companies that decided to leave South Africa in the face of pressure from groups opposed to the Pretoria government's system of racial segregation. At the news conference, Price said he saw no "obstacle that is insurmountable to the start of operations" by the new company on Jan. 1. No name for the new company was announced. Robert White, GM's American managing director in South Africa, will return to GM in the United States, it was announced. Courts reject Nativity scene BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Supreme Court ended a 25-yea-old tradition in this Detroit suburb yesterday by upholding a lower court's ruling that a city-sponsored Nativity scene can't stand by itself. The court without comment let stand a ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati that such city sponsorship violates the separation of church and state as required in the Constitution. "We won. It's wonderful. This is good news," said Howard Simon, executive director of the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union. "What this case says is that a religious display depicting the birth of the Christ child ... to have a governmental unit maintain it, erect it, is clearly what the constitution prohibits. "This case is nationally significant. This case is about what most communities do ... put only a Nativity scene on the front lawn of the city hall." The ruling, however, directly affects only those states under jurisdiction of the federal appeals court: Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. vol. XCVII-- N6.44 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$18 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the city. One term-$10 in town; $20 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and subscribes to Pacific News Service and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. b i Ik PIRGIM may go under FooD BUYS i. n WHITE MARKET NEW CROP CALIFORNIA NAVEL ORANGES without MS (Continued from Page 1) regents ultimately make the rules that we administer," said Thomas Easthope, assistant vice president of the Office of Student Services. "If MSA doesn't give them support, they're dead." PIR GIM officials agree that they simply can't continue any longer without additional funding. "If we don't get more funds, it's inevitable that this campus chapter will phase out," said Judy Hyslop, PIRGIM's vice chairperson. And although the regents have not officially rejected PIRGIM's proposal, the responsibility for funding seems to have transferred to the assembly. MSA President Kurt Muenchow said the plan, the details of which have not been worked out, may not be feasible. "I can see no way that we can administratively handle another burden, and I share the same concerns of constitutionality and legality that the regents do," he said. PIRGIM members stress that funding under the auspices of the Prime Rib Dinner ONLY includes: A funding assembly would be voluntary, and that the assembly and PIRGIM would remain distinct from each other. "We want a funding system, any funding system, that works because a majority of students support us," said Corey Dolgon, campus organizer for PIRGIM. Some assembly members may agree ideologically with PIRGIM's goals, but they also have concerns over the logistics of the plan. "An MSA-PIRGIM agreement would be the most controversial and problematic issue that MSA has dealt with in a couple of years," said Eric Schnaufer, a third-year law student who is a member of the assembly's Steering Committee. Paul Josephson, a past assembly president who worked for the New Jersey Rutgers PIRG this summer, said, "MSA just doesn't have the time for this, but unfortunately they will probably be blamed for not taking responsibility. Josephson has been closely following the progress of the funding idea. C lasscalled politiciPe)d (Continued from Page 1) ,. M4 for 99 609 E. William 663-4253 88 size Hours: M-F 8-7 Sat. 8-6 812 S. State S ~4~Ji b rr"ph. 994-1300 (also of Westgate Shopping Cnter y~r" I M 9 1 1sph. 66-BA GEL) place -9 varieties of fresh bagels, also onion stix 5t. 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