Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 18, 1986 4 Plagiarism (Continued from Page 1) "Young students are young people and they make mistakes," he said. The harsh discipline "can discourage people from using the board." Cohen and the two students wrote to the appeal board of the Academic Judiciary, appealing for clemency. According to Cohen, the two students told him the appeal board revoked their suspension and replaced it with an English class. They must still take the ethics course. COHEN NOW describes his attitude toward the board as one of "puzzlement." "I don't know why they're taking an English course. What does that have to do with punishment? 'I don't see the relevance of it at all. The problem was not that people didn't know how to write," he said. Cohen said he will wait to hear the appeal board's reasoning for, the punishment before he policy pos decides if he will bypass the board on similar cases in the future. "I don't know their reasoning well enough to see if it works." One student, who requested that he not be identified, said he will be suspended next term for plagiar- izing. He thinks the punishment is too harsh. He was brought before the board for turning in a paper he co-wrote with a friend. "I GOT the feeling (the board) was interested in doing what is right, and if they were allowed to do what they wanted, I wouldn't have been suspended," he said. But because he was convicted of a "major infraction," the board had to suspend him. "Whether they feel that the punishment fits the crime, they had no choice," he said. The student does not feel that all students should be brought before the board for the same infraction. "I feel bad because I was screwed over. But just because I was screwed over doesn't mean (others) should be e hs problems screwed over. What they (the people not brought before the board) got was probably justice." NISSEN, however, thinks the rules that "lock in" punishment for particular offenses may encourage justice, not prevent it. About 10 years ago, the board had free range in assigning the penalty. "You can imagine the un- evenness that occurred," he said. "The composition of the hearing board is constantly shifting, constantly changing." One board would issue a mild penalty, while another one would issue a suspension. "About every third case, I'd get a blistering letter from a professor" complaining about the incon- sistency of the board and saying he or she would never use it again, said Nissen. "We had to do something to put a little more equity into the decisions." MANY PEOPLE do not believe the mandatory punishments are too severe. "Generally, I personally don't think it's too harsh. This is a community of scholars...(One must) adhere to a code of the highest personal standards of behavior. If there is a wrongdoing, they must face punishment," said for profs Nissen. Nissen pointed out that students can appeal their punishment if it is too harsh. In the past three years, five of 14 suspensions have been revoked by the appeals board. In one case, a student had a scholarship that was contingent on staying in school. The student appealed the suspension and won. ZWICK CONSIDERS him- self one of the more liberal members of the board, but he does not think the punishments doled out are too harsh, even for first- time offenders. "He did commit the offense and he has to pay the price," he said. Though Nissen encourages all faculty members to bring their cases to the board, "There is no way that I know of that you can force the instructor to bring it to the judiciary." He notes that this is not a problem peculiar to the Univer- sity's justice system. "Look at consistency in the public domain. You can't force somebody to report a crime." "I don't think there is any system that's ideal," he said. But "I think for the most part the punishments are just." FOOD BUYS mmmw MMM9 il- - -i.i -. 1 {' . - WHITE MARKET Council tables motion to change renting rules DANNON YOGURT 8 oz., assorted flavors 2 o$109 609 E. William 663-42:3 Hours: M-F 8-7 Sat. 8-6 s, 8 12S. State St. y:ba r ph. 994-1300 - R (also at Westgate Shopping Center bagefs ph.66-BAGEL) place -9 varieties of fresh bagels, also onion stix classic deli sandwiches & salads FREE BAGEL AND 6 Bagels for 99C CREAM CHEESE - *Limit One Dozen with purchase of one bagel and Expires 12/5/86 cream cheese at regular price LIIT Expires 12/5/86 (Continued from Page 1) relocate in120 days - the advance notice currently required - because of a change from rental housing. Giving them a year's notice would enable them to search thoroughly for other alternatives to rental housing in Ann Arbor's tight housing market. Lowell Peterson (D- First Ward) supported the ordinance, saying it would allow the city to plan for the impact of people forced out of their housing because of rental changes. The council, however, tabled the plan because it saw inconsistencies and vague areas within the ordinance. Although the proposal gave residents in low-income housing a year to make plans, it didn't provide for any alternate housing. Developers objected to the city's intrusion with the rental market, and said the ordinance may BLOM COUNTY OH Ao.. Watch for it in 01 he Mich iat ul violate the state Condominium Conversion Act. "We never pretended this would be a solution toraffordable housing problems," said councilmember Kathy Edgren (D-Fifth Ward). 'This is the most we could do legally." Councilmember Dick Deem (R- Second Ward) said he was reluctant to vote for the ordinance because it would have a serious impact on the city if it caused legal problems and planning problems within the city. Jeanette Middleton (R- Third Ward) said, "We need further legal clarification. I would hate to see the city getting involved in a big lawsuit." The discussion of the ordinance followed a presentation for Home- less Awareness Week. The council passed a resolution introduced by Mayor Ed Pierce to support the awareness week. "The chances of finding indepen- dent lodging in a place like Ann Arbor are almost negligible," said Pierce. "So the fault lies with all of us. It's a societal problem." The University is planning activities to support the homeless awareness week. Activities include bucket drives, presentations, and movies on the homeless. IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS N. Korea silent on shooting SEOUL, South Korea-A South Korean announcement of reports that archnemy President Kim II Sung of North Korea was shot dead brought strong denials from his overseas envoys yesterday but only silence from his Communist nation. After a weekend of rumors, the South Korean Defense Ministry announced yesterday that North Korean loudspeakers along the 151-mile demilitarized zone separating the two countries had broadcast statements that Kim was shot to death. Defense Minister Lee Ki-Baek later went to the National Assembly, where he said to lawmakers, "Judging from all such circumstances, it is believed that Kim has died or a serious internal power struggle is going on there." However, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, Sung greeted the leader of Mongolia at Pyongyang's airport early this morning. Iranian arms shipments end WASHINGTON - President Reagan said yesterday he has "absolutely no plans" to send more arms to Iran, although his spokesman said the president's authorization for the weapons shipments technically remains in effect. "We have absolutely no plans to do any such thing," Reagan told reporters. Nor, he said, would he be firing Secretary of State George Shultz or any other top foreign policy advisers as a result of public controversy over the covert operation. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes, meanwhile, said Reagan had told him there would be no futher arms shipments but that the "intelligence finding," a Jan. 17 document authorizing the weapons and spare parts sales, is technically "still in effect" because it carried no time limit and has not beeen rescinded. Yesterday in London, Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite, flanked by three American former hostages, said that news of secret U.S. arms supplies to Iran and arguments over it complicated his efforts to free other captives in Lebanon. Gov. proposes water cleanup DETROIT - Gov. James Blanchard yesterday outlined a plan to clean the Great Lakes by 2000, including development of new technology and getting the federal government to "step up to its responsibility" in water quality. Blanchard, speaking to the opening session of a three-day conference on Great Lakes water quality, briefly described the plan he dubbed "Great Lakes 2000." "We're going to have to launch our own revolution here in the Great Lakes region," Blanchard said to delegates to the meeting of the "86 Summit on Great Lakes Water Quality." He said 14 pollution sites - nine in the Lower Peninsula and five in the Upper Peninsula - were targeted for cleanup by his plan. He said other parts of the plan included establishnent of a Great Lakes research fund, enhancement of federal "Superfund" programs to clean toxic dumps and efforts to "press the federal government to live up to its responsibility in the Great Lakes." Boesky case will not slow takeovers, experts say NEW YORK - The Ivan Boesky insider-trading case will reduce stock trading based on takeover rumors but is unlikely to dampen takeover activity in general, merger specialists predicted yesterday. Boesky, who agreed to pay a record $100 million penalty to settle government charges that he engaged in illegal insider trading, was the most successful and famous of Wall Street's risk arbitragers, or professional takeover speculators. Many arbitragers spend huge sums investing in stocks involved in takeover situations that have been publically disclosed. They generally hope to buy the shares for less than what the acquirer ultimately pays for the stock when the merger is completed. Some arbitragers, however, also invest in stocks that are only rumored to be takeover targets. And that often fuels heavy trading in the stocks before any public announcement of a takeover bid is made. Immigration law spurs fear WASHINGTON - Hispanic groups fear that the new immigration law could lead to widespread firings of workers with Spanish accents, but a random survey finds little evidence that large numbers of Hispanics are losing their jobs. "There are definitely rumblings in (Hispanic) neighborhoods" about job losses, said Amin David, president of a Hispanic rights group, Los Amigos of Orange County, Calif. "There's no question that employers are very edgy and concerned."_e But while reports of firings haven't gone beyond the rumor stage, David predicted employer sanctions will harm the Latino community "because skin color will determine the employability of an individual - regardless of the documents that person can provide. "It will unfortunately be a knee-jerk reaction, and we're very worried about that," he said. Even before President Reagan signed the bill to overhaul the immigration laws - and make it a crime to hire an illegal alien - there were some indications in Houston and Dallas that employers might move to fire Latino workers who may fall into that category. Vol. XCVII --No.54 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. 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I.. .A Police investigate robberies Ann Arbor police are investigating several burglaries in the campus area over the weekend, according to Sgt. Jan Suomala. On Saturday, a car battery worth less than $75 was stolen from a garage on the 800 block of East Huron street by a thief who entered through the unlocked door. The battery was reported stolen between 11 a.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. An Ann Arbor man was victim of "strong-arm" robbery Saturday night in front of the Michigan Union. "Strong-arm" robbery is violent, but committed without use of weapons, Suomala said. The man told police he was sitting in his car when he was surrounded by 10 other men. One of the men reached into the open window and took the man's coat, valued at $200. On Sunday, a door was forced open at the 400 block of Hamilton Street, where a cassette tape was taken from between 9 and 10:15 p.m. Police are also investigating burlaries that occurred last Thurday. A stereo, camera, briefcase, and calculator of unspecified value, was taken from an apartment on the 1300 block of Geddes between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. At the 1000 block