j:j; b E Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom tttlu wVol. XCVII -No. 67 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Doily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, December 9, 1986 Ten Pages Cityh By EVE BECKER Ann Arbor housing inspector Ray Ayer is stuck in the middle of what seems to be a big housing mess. He is suing the city, charging that it "disciplined him" with a five-day payless suspension after he complained about the city's lack of housing code enforcement. City officials say he was disciplined because of procedural misconduct on his part. Local tenant groups and members of the Ann Arbor City Council say problems with houses city-wide have led to claims that the city consistently violates its own housing code by not enforcing inspection policies. THE Ann Arbor Housing Inspection Bureau, plagued by internal and administrative problems, is being investigated because of Ayer's suit, pressure from local tenant groups, media attention, and a ousingd departmental review held by the Ann Arbor City Council last month. The review of the Building Department was held two weeks ago as part of a city council review of all the city's departments. At the meeting, representatives from the Ann Arbor Tenants Union, Student Legal Services, and the Inter-Cooperative Council decried the lack of housing code enforcement. Jeff Ditz of the Ann Arbor Tenants Union says the Housing Inspection Bureau has consistently failed to enforce the city housing code. It has purposely not enforced policies and has made efforts to conceal information by not keeping records on file, Ditz claims. But city administrators say many claims by these groups are illegitimate, and the charges inconsistent. ept. urn3 BUILDING Department Director Jack Donaldson said the department agreed that there are some problems with the housing code and its enforcement, but these problems are "not going to disappear overnight" and "have developed over a number of years." At a recent city council meeting, the Tenants Union gave councilmembers a list of 23 Housing Bureau policy code violations. Some of the violations were failing to consistently inspect buildings, request permission from tenants before inspecting, give written notice of violations, fine landlords, and keep complete records of inspections. The Tenants Union also charged the housing bureau with granting too many special exceptions to the housing code which were used to overlook violations, exempting the city from following the housing code. I er fire The Tenants Union called for the creation of a- citizen's review board of the Housing Inspection Bureau and the Building Department, revision of the housing code, changing the Housing Board of Appeals, and an official statement of recognition of the protjem by the city council. COUNCILMEMBERS feel there is room for changes within the housing code. Kathy Edgren (D- Fifth Ward) called the council work session an "eye- opener to many people on council who weren't aware we've been doing such a poor job on enforcement." She does not support the idea of a citizen's review board, saying the Housing Board of Appeals would be an important forum for citizen input if it was tightened See CITY, Page 2 RPC adopts policy without students Shultz disavows Iranian affair By MARTIN FRANK The Research Policies Committee yesterday accepted a proposal which calls for the removal from the current guidelines of the "end-use" clause which bans research projects that could result in the killing or maiming of humans. Students had no say in the decision because the four student representatives on the RPC resigned last month. The RPC accepted a proposal promulgated by an ad hoc guideline review committee, which also recommends removing the RPC and the Classified Review Panel from the research review process. RPC accepted the report and added two of its own additional amendments. THE RPC's recommendations will be presented to Vice President for Research Linda Wilson this, month. Wilson will present her recommendations -based on those of the RPC and other groups - to the Board of Regents, which will vote on them next semester. If the regents accept the guidelines they would replace current guidelines, which have been in effect since 1972 and govern classified research at the University. RPC's decision came after nearly three months of deliberations during which the student members of the committee resigned. The students resigned at the RPC's Nov. 17 meeting, saying they were dissatisfied with the process of the advisory committee. Michigan Student Assembly President Kurt Muenchow refused to reappoint students as a protest against the advisory committee "railroading" proposals through the RPC. THE students who resigned were also angry that the advisory committee was hand-picked by University President Harold Shapiro without considering representatives from the Michigan Student Assembly, the RPC, and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Eric Caplan, resigned RPC member and history graduate student, said, "We believe that our presence (on the RPC) would have served no purpose at all," because students on the committee did not have a chance to discuss their views. The proposal the RPC endorsed yesterday would replace the end-use clause and the review panels with a policy requiring that all research See RPC, Page 3 WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State George Shultz, testifying under oath before the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, denied involvement in the transfer of Iranian arms sale profits to Nicaraguan rebels, saying he had "zero" knowledge of the "illegal" diversion of money. . As the public accounting of the Reagan administration's foreign policy fiasco began on Capitol Hill, Robert McFarlane, Pres- ident Reagan's former national security adviser, contradicted previous accounts from administration officials testifying under oath that the president approved an "indirect" shipment of arms to Iran in August 1985. As Shultz and McFarlane appeared seperately before the committee, the Justice Department released the text of its ap- plication to a federal appellate court panel in Washington, seeking appointment of an in- dependent counsel to probe possible criminal activity in the affair. The request raised the possibilty that the granting of immunity from prosecution may be necessary to get to the bottom of the affair. It was not immediately clear when the three-member panel would act to name the counsel. And on the Senate side of the Capitol, Sen. David Durenberger (R-Minn.), chai- rman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said at the end of another day of closed-door See McFARLANE, Page 3 Secretary of State George Shultz is sworn in prior to testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee on Capitol Hill yesterday. Shultz told the committee what he knew about the Iran arms sale. Chirac withdraws education changes PARIS (AP) - Premier Jacques Chirac yesterday withdrew a bill to revise the state-run university system, giving in to a Lhrec-week carpaign of som-times violent protests by high school and college students. In the Latin Quarter, the capital's student district, about 30,000 demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets to mourn the death of a 22-year-old student who had been beaten by police. According to an autopsy, the student died of a heart attack after he was beaten. Throughout the country, people paused for a moment of silence. Opposition to Chirac's center- right government has been snow - balling since the protests began. Teachers, unions, leftist politicians, and even government officials have spoken out against the university bill. The government has said the measure would make higher edu - cation more competitive, but critics claim it is-elitist and diminishes students' freedom of choice. "No modification of the uni - versities, as necessary as it may be, can be carried through without wide support from all of the interested parties, notably students and teachers," Chirac said in a televised announcement. "It can only be done in calm. It clearly appears that that is not the case today. Demonstrations in pro - cess, With all of the risks of violence and the dangers they entail for all, are the proof," Chirac said. Chirac said he asked Education Minister Rene Monory to draw up a new proposal to reform the country's 78 universities. Pastor and architect earn honorary degrees By MARY CHRIS JAKLEVIC .An Italian architect and a Detroit pastor will be given honorary degrees at the winter commencement ceremony Sunday. The Rev. Charles Adams, pastor of Detroit's Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree. Adams, a well- known civil rights advocate and president of the Detroit branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will also be the commencement speaker. Adams was recognized as one of the best black preachers in America by Ebony magazine in 1984. He will speak to an estimated 1,800 degree candidates on "Hope vs. Fatalism." Bruno Zevi, an Italian architecture historian and critic, will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Zevi is the editor of the monthly Italian architecture magazine, L'Architetteraura- Cronache e Storia, and a columnist for the newspaper ' L'Espresso. Adams . .. will deliver commencement address Architecture Prof. Leonard Eaton, who nominated Zevi for the degree, said, "He's been in the forefront of architecture criticism and writing and history for the last 30 years.." Charles Walgreen, a 1928 graduate of the University's College of Pharmacy, will receive the University's Outstanding Achievement Award. Commencement excercises will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in Crisler Arena. Liptonl uncloily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHY LSA freshman Jody Lipton stands on the steps of the Graduate Library waiting for a friend she planned to do the lunch thing with yester- day. The snow and freezing rain which made this wait so much fun are expected to continue today. Holiday Heat Before you get wrapped up in the electricity of holiday festivities, the University's Department large-group rooms, like auditoriums or lounges, but if you've already brought in a pine, place it where it won't block all exit paths. Dormitory leases prohibit the use of candles; last year, a room in East Quad was destroyed when Hannakuh candles fell over, Patrick said. Fake trees are fine, but don't use a plastic pines unless it's labeled the media, and successfully tackle government - Bears Coach Mike Ditka. "Ditka for mayor," reads the Bears' small orange-and-blue sign hanging in a window in Kelly's Pub. Co-owner John Kelly says Ditka's talents in leading the Bears to the Super Bowl last year and the playoffs this year are evidence of his potential. "I've never been in -INSIDE DAILY APOLOGIZES: The Daily, retracts yester- day's racist cartoon. See Page 4.