In eken Special Travel Issue - Canada " Hitchhiking 00K01 M a a~lle'.Comedian David Brenner - Mike Fisch - Th e List ol. XCVII - No. 47 C, bt LIdE43UU BEaiI Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, November 7, 1986 Twelve Pages ,. _ _ _ urdue passing poses problems By ADAM MARTIN Statistics never tell the whole story. In fact, the numbers and percentages often tell little white lies. Or ven black and gold ones. The Purdue Boilermakers, the ugliest black and gold team around and Michigan's opponent tomorrow, feature the fourth-best passing offense in the Big Ten. Their air attack averages 216 yards per game and has racked up 1,733 total yards on the season. Purdue will continue to pass the ball because its rushing offense produces under 50 yards per contest and is last in the conference. But while the Boilermakers passing success grows, so will their collective nose. PURDUE QUARTERBACKS Jeff George, Jeff uber, and Doug Downing have tossed 20 nterceptions. Their 55.4 completion percentage is deceiving because Purdue manages only 5.4 yards per pass, which ties Wisconsin for last in the Big Ten. And the Boilermakers put the ball up more than any other Big Ten team. The statistics indicate that Purdue (1-4 in Big Ten, 2-6 dverall) will throw and throw and throw some more /ben it hosts the Wolverines (5-0, 8-0) tomorrow at Ross-Ade Stadium. With Downing calling the signals the Boilermakers might just try to fool the Wolverines y opting for the ground game early, but Michigan has yielded only 99 rushing yards per game in five conference victories, so Purdue shouldn't run far. "They're gonna throw the ball," said Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. "That's the way they move it. But in almost every case where we've played a passing team, and we've been hurt, it's because we've allowed them to run effectively." SCHEMBECH LER knows there is more to Purdue's Pandora's Box than just its meager running ame. Junior tailback James Medlock dashed for 69 ards in the second half in last week's 17-16 victory ver Northwestern, and at 6-3, 224 pounds, he is clearly a tough tackle. But besides Medlock, Michigan will have to tackle a distant jinx. See BOILERMAKERS, Page 12 * U'employee By MARTHA SEVETSON More than 250 faculty members and University employees have signed a petition calling for an alternative retirement fund, stating that they are "disturbed by the fact that (our) pension funds are deriving income from the production of nuclear weapons and from doing business in South Africa." University faculty and staff annually contribute approximately $15 million to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), which handles pension Ans for 3,600 educational institutions worldwide. a Official questions 'U' code By REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN Campus Safety Director Leo Heatley told the University Council yesterday that although a code of non-academic student conduct may help the victims of some violent crimes, it would be unnecessary in handling political dissent. "When it comes to issues concerning protest, I don't see where a code would be useful at all," Heatley said. "You've got to disrupt something to get attention, and if you've got a cause, I doubt that a document would make a difference." BUT HEATLEY supported a code as a way to fight violent crime on campus, citing the inefficiency of the civil courts. "I see the criminal justice system as a failure after working in it for 31 years," Heatley said. "A code would not affect how many departments operate, but it's sometimes frustrating to realize that the University has no vehicle to remove people from class if they have been harassing others." The council-a body of students, faculty members, and administrators-has been working on a code since October of 1984, and has been debating political protests since September. THE UNIVERSITY administration has repeatedly expressed impatience with the council's slow progress. Though the council will attempt completing a draft by December, members warned yesterday that additional delays may lead the administration to bypass the council and implement its own code. University President Harold Shapiro last fall threatened to bypass both the council and the Michigan Student Assembly, which has rejected the administration's code proposal. MSA has the right to approve any code draft. "If we don't have a code by See OFFICIAL, Page 5 b illAssociated Press Revolutionarybil President Reagan signed into law yesterday the nation's most sweeping immigration reform act in decades; allowing millions of illegal aliens to become eligible to remain in the U.S. s petition for The CREF fund invests in 29 of the top 30 nuclear weapons contractors and 171 U.S. companies with operations in South Africa. The investments in the companies make up 35 percent of the fund's market value. "WE CAN WRITE letters to our congressmen and to President Reagan, but this is our money being held for us," said Marc Ross, a physics professor who signed the petition. "It's really a chance to do something in relation to arms control on the basis of individual preference." According to Microbiology Prof. James Varani, ilternative retirement fund one of the five co-sponsors of the petition, the transfer previous TIAA-CREF investments to the retirement fund 'is one of the largest investments made new fund. by most employees. "It's really our investment money, and people should have more say in where ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY Vice that money goes," he said. President and Chief Financial Officer James The petition, sponsored by the Coordinating Brinkerhoff, a member of the Board of Directors of Committee for Socially Responsible Retirement CREF, lawyers say transferring the funds would be Options, asks the University to either set up an illegal. alternative retirement fund with a "socially He declined to comment on whether the University responsible" investment company or to negotiate was likely to offer a "socially responsible" with TIAA-CREF to establish such a fund within its wNDr oe2 system. The sponsors would like the opportunity to See FUND, Page 2 U.S., S viet Baker organization brought out voters 1r 0 meeting makes li*ttle progr ess s VIENNA, Austria (AP)-U.S. bag of old mothballed views and Secretary of State George Schultz approaches." and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard SUMMING up the meetings, Shevardnadze failed yesterday to which took place while make headway toward curbing Shevardnadze and Schultz were in iuclear weapons and left the future Vienna for a conference on human of arms control and superpower rights and East-West relations, one mmits in doubt. senior U.S. official said: "It was a bust." Schultz told reporters after his Another senior U.S. official, five hours of talks with also speaking on condition of Shevardnadze over two days: "I anonymity, said there would be no can't say that the meetings have further high-level sessions until the moyed arms control matters along Soviets indicated a willingness to in any significant way, and I regret negotiate constructively. this." Shevardnadze said another super - Shevardnadze said he was power summit "will all depend on returning to Moscow "with a bitter further contracts. The dialogue will bste" after confronting "a mixed be continued." By PETER MOONEY Low voter turnout and strong local support enabled Democratic congressional candidate Dean Baker to make a stronger showing against Carl Pursell (R-Mich.) than most observers expected in the heavily Republican Second District. Though the vote totals in most student precincts were not significantly higher than in either the 1982 or 1984 elections, Baker received a much higher percentage of the local vote against Pursell, a four-term incumbent, than either of the two previous Democratic challengers. AT THE UNION, the polling place for the 1st Precinct of the 1st Ward, turnout was very close to what it was in 1984, a presidential year. But Michael McCauley, Pursell's challenger that year, won the precinct by five votes, compared with Baker's 112-vote victory this year. Another big turnaround occurred in South Quad, the polling place for the 4th Ward's 1st Precinct, which supported Pursell in 1984 by. a 52-vote margin but this year gave Baker 156-vote margin of victory. Political Science Prof. Michael Traugott agreed that Baker benefited from a strong organization and low overall turnout. He added that Pursell came into the campaign with an advantage. "The odds of an incumbent winning are better than 90 percent. Most of them are campaigning continuously. Pursell spent a lot of time personally back in the district as well," he said. That Baker received 41 percent of the district's vote-far better than past Democratic candidates have done since redistricting made the Second District more conservative See TURNOUT, Page 5 WVords of OZDaily Photo by JAE KIM~ Avraham Balaban, a University professor of modern Hebrew literature, comments on the works of Israeli author Amos Oz. The author will speak at Rackham Auditorium November 9th. See story, Page 3. TODAY Super president 'University President Harold Shapiro has been most effective chief executives. They were nominated as strong leaders in a survey of 485 chief executives, higher-education officials, and scholars who study the college presidency. The effective college president is a "strong, risk-taking loner with a dream," said James Fisher, president _r U- C-- AnAC like the roughians they are. There will be cookies and juice available for good little donors. The American Blood Cross Bloodmobile will be set up in the Michigan Union Ballroom from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Nov. 10-21. The winner of the annual blood battle will claim the Blood Drop INSIDE DIALOGUE: Opinion previews the Middle East forum at the University this weekend. See Page 4. JAZZ RECIPES: Arts previews Toshiko I I