', In Weeken Magazine: Special Rose Bowl '87 Issue Interview: Ken Higgins - Mike Fisch " The List m~N cl ble Lit i1autt iIaiIQ Ninety-seven years of editoria/freedom Vo. C~l o.65Copyright 1986, the Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, December 5, 1986 Fute ae a n Senate digs °tialedrn bss deeper into, 'U' profs' salaries ,rose 8% this year By MARTHA SEVETSON The final University payroll for the 1985-86 fiscal year boasts an eight percent salary increase for tenured professors. Associate pro- fessors received a 9.5 percent pay increase, and assistant professors gained a 9 percent hike. "We hope this gives a clear sign on how importantly we value these people," said University Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost James Duderstadt. "We've set faculty salaries a very high priority this year, but one year in itself cannot make the difference. We'll have to maintain this effort." Over the past seven years, sal- aries for tenured University pro- fessors have dropped nine percent in comparison with peer institutions. "This year I think we've held our own," said Duderstadt, "But we continue to face an enormous challenge, particularly with respect to the leading private institutions." THE NUMBER of University faculty and staff earning more than $100,000 grew from 72 to 96 this year. Medical school faculty See MEDICAL, Page 2 Iran c WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate investigators quizzed the CIA's No. 2 man for four hours and subpoenaed documents around the country yesterday in an expanding probe into the secret sale of arms to Iran and transfer of profits to Nicaraguan rebels. President Reagan said Cabinet officers are free to decide whether to invoke the Fifth Amendment when their turn comes to testify. Reagan, embroiled in the most serious crisis of his presidency, has defended his decision to sell arms to Iran as part of a secret diplomatic initiative to re-establish ties with the strategically-placed Persian Gulf nation. But he says he was unaware that money in connection with the sales was being funneled through a Swiss bank account to Contra rebels battling the Nicaraguan government. The money was made available at a time when direct and indirect government military assistance to the Contras was prohibited by law, and there was evidence that the Justice Department was looking into the operations of a privately Isi financed support program for Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The president announced Tuesday that his administration would seek appointment of an independent counsel to, probe the issue, although.the White House disclosed that Attorney General Edwin Meese is still at work on the formal application SENATE REPUBLICAN and Democratic leaders met privately to discuss establishment of an 11-member "supercommittee" to take over the investigation, in January, but in the meantime, the Senate Intelligence Committee pursued its own probe. With extraordinary security provisions in effect, the panel heard first from unnamed U. S. officials involved in covert operations, then questioned CIA Deputy Director Robert Gates for more than four hours. Sen. David Durenberger (R- Minn.), chairman of the committee, said the witnesses were providing a "very candid response to the See SENATE, Page 3 Ar v i Daily Photo by JAE KIM Anniversary visit University President Harold Shapiro talks to Mark Van Osdol (left) and Ernest Van Bergeijk at Baits II- Stanley House. Baits director Doug White plans more "V.I.P." visits for the 20th anniversary celebration of Baits houses. Mrs. Shapiro is in the background. Holidays may lead to student depression BY JIM BAUER Although the trimmings in the streets and sappy music in the malls are cheerfully heralding the holiday season, some people spend their Christmas getting drunk and fighting depression. Georgia Herold, a senior couns- elor at Counseling Services in the Michigan Union, said loneliness is probably the biggest cause of depression. Christmas is "a time that speaks of closeness, togetherness, and family," she said. "People are likely to be more depressed if they are without family or friends." This depression can be magnified by a lack of money, Herold said, when people are unable to buy presents for their family. Counseling Services Recep- tionist Pat King said her office always gets busy this time of year. "It's getting more busy as you get closer to exams," she said. "After Thanksgiving, people come back from home and want to see a counselor." HEROLD SAID that while the holiday season itself will not turn someone into an alcoholic, it does cause increased drinking. "If someone's coping mechanism is alcohol, they are likely to drink more when they are depressed." But Leo Heatley, director of See HOLIDAYS, Page 5 RHA schedules elections for next week By MANALI DESAI The Residence Hall Association will hold elections next Wednesday to replace three officers ,who resigned Wednesday night. Rebecca Lawrence, former vice president of RHA, has assumed the presidency. The RHA is a student group which works with University housing officials on residence hall policies. Peter Samet, former RHA president, Kevin Novak, former treasurer, and Bryan Case, former secretary, resigned from their posts for academic reasons. Samet said he resigned so he can cope with a difficult academic schedule next term. "Sometimes your academics totally fall apart," he said. All three men, however, will remain active in the association. Case said that, following the resignations, he became- the RHA representative for East Quad, Novak became a representative for Bursley Hall, and Samet became the group's liason with the University Activities Center. In a story in yesterday's Daily, incorrectly said that Lawrence resigned. Case Lawrence refused to comment on her colleagues' resignations. She said, she only plans to change the leadership style of RHA, but would not elaborate. Case said that the association held nominations for the election last night. At least two people were nominated for each post, he said. Deadl discovery? New virus may cause cancer in humans NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers have isolated a virus that bears some resemblance to a . leukemia virus , but appears to cause lymphoma. The finding increases the likelihood that such viruses may play a role in many unexplained human diseases. The new virus, which has been designated HTLV-V by its discoverer, belongs to a family of so-called retroviruses that includes two leukemia viruses and two varieties of the AIDS virus, one that causes disease and one that does "There'are more retroviruses that affect humans than we think, and they are likely to cause pathologies," said the discoverer of the new virus, Dr. Vittorio Manzari, in a telephone interview yesterday. Manzari, of the University of Rome, said, "It is still preliminary, but we think we have a strong association," between HTLV-V and lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph glands. "What we are hoping to do is complete the characterization of the virus, and describe how it is spread and how it works," -said Manzari, whose collaborators include Dr. Luigi Frati, chairman of the university's department of experimental medicine. The finding could ultimately lead to better treatment and prevention of lymphona, but it has no immediate importance for victims of the disease, researchers said. THE VIRUS, first isolated in 1984, was initially believed to be HTLV-I, a virus that causes a rare form of cancer called T-cell leukemia. Dani Bolognesi, a biologist at Duke University in Durham, N.C., said Manzari isolated the virus using materials intended to detect the AIDS virus, which is often designated HTLV-III. "If that's true, if there's a real cross there that's shared between these viruses, then there's a lot of interest from my part in trying to take the lid off this thing and find out how many viruses are out there like that," Bolognesi said. "HTLV" is short for human T- cell lymphotropic virus, referring to the propensity of the viruses to attack the white blood cells called T-cells. M usician Daily Photo by JAE KIM Mokoto Ajimi, a student at the English Language Institute, demonstrates the Shamisen, a Japanese string instrument. Ajimi played for the Michigan Union Arts Program in the Pendleton Room. She is a graduate of the Tokyo National University of Arts and Music. *TODAY- Pushing God ,.God works in mysterious ways, but a a ,- - I, -a Week." In the 60-second radio spot, Chalker is beamed heavenward to meet "The Big Guy," com - plete with angelic chorus. Chalker, 37, wants to rebuild the 200-member congregation, which in 1924 numbered 3,000. Sneezing fit chocolate sauce into her mouth and nose. She was allergic to chocolate. At the hospital, Sturm reasoned that the sneezing was caused by irritation of the nasal lining and the transmission of nervous signals over the trigeminal nerve to the brain. His solution was a squirt of cocaine hydrochloride, a tnnici1 nethetic- -.INIDE ROSE BOWL: Opinion says it's about time. S . Page 4. 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