The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, December 3, 1986 - Page 3


Observer sold
Staff members take over magazine

By MELANIE ULBRICH
Don and Mary Hunt, co-owners
of the Ann Arbor Observer,
yesterday announced the sale of
their community-oriented publica-
tion to two Observer staff
members.
Patricia Garcia, the Observer's
Associate Publisher, confirmed that
she and John Hilton, an Observer
staff writer, will buy the
publication, but she said the format
of the monthly magazine will
probably not change.
The magazine, founded in 1976,
sells for $1 and has a circulation of
47,500.
Mary Hunt would not say how
much Garcia and Hilton paid for the
magazine. But University
Communication Prof. James
Buckley, who specializes in media
economics, estimated the
Observer's worth at between
$750,000 and $1 million.
BUCKLEY said the Hunts'
ability to "intuitively know what
their neighbors want" has made the
Observer very successful. He added
that the Observer is recognized
nationally as one of the most
successful community publications
of its kind because of its ability to
cover local news and reflect Ann
Arbor lifestyle in a unique way.
The quality of the publication
may suffer if the Hunts are no

longer directly involved with the
production of the paper, Buckley
said. But Mary Hunt said she and
her husband "will continue to write
and play an active role" in
producing the paper.
Each issue contains more than
100 pages of locally-based
advertising and articles featuring
local events, issues, and trends. The
magazine focuses primarily on Ann
Arbor, but also highlights events in
other parts of southeastern
Michigan.
Ann Arbor citizens view the city
as a cosmopolitan center, Buckley
said, and the Observer reflects this
perception.
Ann Arbor "is an unusually rich
mixture of decades-old establish-
ments and fresh, new enterprises,"
and it is "this broad spectrum that
our paper will cover," the Hunts
Correction
A headline in yesterday's Daily said
women's studies departments ignore
minorities. In reality, a speaker at
an informal University seminar
Monday addressed ways to increase
focus upon women of color in
women's studies courses and
literature.

wrote in the first issue of the
Observer.
The Observer, according to
Buckley, "stands traditional
publishing on its head because
advertising is its focus. It is the
heart of the publication," he said.
He said the graphics also play an
important role in giving the
magazine a "credible and respectable
image which differs from many
locally-based publications. It is
coffee table material."
Scott Shuger, an Observer
writer, said Hilton and Garcia have
a great deal of experience with the
publication and that the Hunts are
pleased with the new ownership.
The Hunts will hold a press
conference today to discuss the sale
and how it might affect the
publication.

Doily Photo by PETER ROSS'
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LSA sophomore Paul Lewis, a Michigan Advertising Works employee, removes an unwanted lock with ease on
the Diag yesterday. The lock was attached to a metal support which holds advertising billboards.
Pierce decries aid to Contras

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By RICHARD KANG
Ann Arbor Mayor Edward Pierce, who recently
returned from a trip to Nicaragua, last night denounced
U.S. aid to the Contra rebels who are attempting to
overthrow the Nicaraguan government.
Pierce spoke to about 20 people at the Union in a
speech sponsored by the Undergraduate Political
Science Association.
More than 3,000 people have been killed since the
0andinistas overthrew the dictator Anastasio Somoza in
1979, Pierce said.
"Right now our current government policy is to
arm, in a direct way, a group of people who are
Nicaraguans and who are also allying mostly with the
former Somoza regime," Pierce said. "Most people

regard the Somoza regime as a brutal, repressive
dictatorship."
While in Nicaragua, Pierce and other members of
the Ann Arbor Central American Sister City Task
Force spoke to a diverse group of people, including
social workers, physicians, civilians, and non-
Sandinistas who work in the national Assembly, about
the Nicaraguan government and the U.S.-Contra
alliance.
When asked what one thing he would like the
audience to realize, Pierce said, "I'd like you to think
more about it. When our tax dollars buy arms, and we
know those arms are going to kill people, we really
have the responsibility not to say, 'Yes we agree' when
we really don't. It's not a very good stance."

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By STEVE KNOPPER
Nominations from LSA faculty
to replace Associate Dean for
Research William Williams, who
died in a plane crash last month,
must be received by LSA Dean
Peter Steiner today, according to
Peggy Westrick, Steiner's secretary.
The new associate dean "should
be a scholar of some distinction,"
said LSA Associate Dean for
/Biological Sciences James Cather,
who speculated that the position
will be filled by Jan.l.

According to a letter sent by
Steiner to LSA faculty on Nov. 17,
"The nature of the position... is
such that the person must be an
activeresearch scholar with both
experience and familiarity with
experimental research." Steiner
refused to comment yesterday,ibut
Westrick said he has not yet read
any of the letters received from
faculty.
Henry Pollack, professor of
geological sciences and Williams'
predecessor, will serve as interim
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Steiner makes a decision.
Steiner's nominee must be
approved by the Office of the
Provost and the Board of Regents.
Cather said he assumed Steiner will
discuss the appointment with the
other LSA Associate Deans before
proceeding.
The Associate Dean for Research
is responsible for authorizing
research proposals within LSA,
monitoring the LSA research
budget, and approving research
involving human subjects.
Official
denies debt
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The Plante and - Moran
accounting firm are auditing the
assembly's books. Jim Proppe, the
staff accountant auditing MSA's
books, refused to comment. "It's
still inconclusive," Proppe said,
adding that he will elaborate when
he completes the audit in the next
few weeks.
MSA President Kurt Muenchow
also refused to comment. "I can't
say anything until we get our
audit," he said.

Campus Cinema
The Sound Of Music (Robert
Wise, 1965), Hill St., 7:00 p.m.,
Sugary, oh-so-sugary musical in which
Julie Andrews teaches the Von Trapp
children how to have fun in pre-WWII
Germany. Don't see it if you're a
diabetic - you might pull a Jerry
'Grcia right there in the theater.

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Lee Somers - "Scuba Diving
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Bivouac Adventure Travel, 330 S.
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Bruce Oakley - "The Develop-
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logy, 4 p.m., MLB Lecture Room HI.
Dr. Walter Slavin-"TraceMetal
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Steven Burke - "Synthesis of
Antitumor, Antibiotic, and Antifungal
Agents," Dept. of Chemistry, 4 p.m.,
1300 Chem. Bldg.
Janice Pilch, Joshua Spero,
and Ben Rifkin - "Jobs in the
Russian and East European Field: A
Student View," Cntr. for Russian &
East European Studies, noon, Com-
mons Room, Lane Hall.
Meeting
U-M Handstand Club - 11 p.m.,
5001 Alice Lloyd Hall.
Baha'i Club - 5 p.m., Michigan
Union.
Involved in Michigan Political
Action Committee (IMPAC) -
7 p.m., Pendleton Room, Mich.
'Union.

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