Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom VOLUME XCVII - NO.79 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21,1987 COPYRIGHT 1987, THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Helms to Proposal hold top foreign affairs Sen. seat WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Jesse Helms, a strong conservative from North Carolina, today ousted moderate Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana as ranking Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The vote that seated Helms was taken by the Senate Republican Conference and he announced the result as 24 to 17 in his favor. Speaking to reporters, Helms said his victory was a triumph for the Senate's traditional seniority system. Lugar had served as chairman of the committee for the last two years while the Senate was under Republican control. Lugar said there was ample historic precedent and current practice to maintain him as the GOP's voice on the committee now that the Senate is controlled by Democrats. But Helms, whose Senate service began four years before Lugar's even through both were named to the committee on the same day, said the rule of seniority should prevail. may affect student aid By STEPHEN GREGORY If Congress passes President Reagan's proposal to take back some of the funds it has appropriated to the Department of Education for this fiscal year, the University's financial aid office will be forced to pay students less next fall, an office official said. Judith Harper, associate director of financial aid, said the funding recall, or a rescission, would have a significant effect on student awards this fiscal year, but said the office will not change its allocation schedule until Congress acts on the proposal. R E A G A N introduced the proposal to Congress on January 6, but if law-makers fail to decide on it before February 20, it will become defunct. Tom Lyon, a spokesman for William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education, said Congress appropriated more money to the department than needed. "Thanks but no thanks, we don't need this much." Lyon said the rescissons would reduce funding allocated to financial aid from $3.04 billion to $2.7 billion. HARPER doubts the rescission proposal will make it through Congress, but said she doesn't know how much support the proposal commands on Capital Hill. Tom Butts, the University's lobbyist in Washington, expects rejection of the proposal. He said none of the legislators he has talked to "think very highly of it." However, he said he will still lobby against it. Joan Huffer, legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Donald Riegle (D- Flint), said Riegle opposes the rescissions. She also said Riegle is strongly against Reagan's proposed budget cuts for student financial aid for fiscal year 1988. "He thinks it is short-sighted and is not in the best interest for either the students or the country," Huffer said. REAGAN'S official budget report says students should take full responsiblity for funding their education, since they are its "greatest beneficiaries." See PROPOSAL, Page 2 . " Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Quittin' time University Hospital employee Ed Currie poses in front of The Apartment Lounge on Fuller Road. Currie said he likes to stop in sometimes after work and during the weekends. City Council urges nuclear .test ban treaty Blue travels to NU to hunt down 'Cats By JERRY MARKON The Ann Arbor City Council last night urged the Reagan Administration to join the Soviet Union in banning the testing of nuclear weapons. The council, in a resolution passed by a vote of 7 to 2 with two I abstentions, also assailed the administration's military build-up and called for increased federal support of local programs. T H E Soviet Union has maintained a ban on nuclear weapons testing since August 1985. The Reagan Administration has refused to join the ban, citing problems of verification and national security. The 75 people at last night's meeting seemed to favor the ban, some speaking before the council. "A nuclear weapons test ban is the best way to halt our rush toward oblivion and economic bankruptcy," said Kate Warner, a University professor of urban planning in support of the resolution. a "I don't want to see the world become the space shuttle of the 1990s," added Warner, representing the local Coalition for Arms Control. THE coalition, an umbrella organization of anti-nuclear groups, had lobbied councilmembers to support the resolution, which was proposed by Councilmember Jeff Epton (D-Second Ward). The resolution continues a recent city trend toward involvement in national and international issues. The city's Sister City Task Force recently endorsed local protests against the Reagan Administration's policy in Nicaragua. "I think it's perfectly legitimate for the city to petition the state and federal governments on an issue of such collective importance," said Councilmember Seth Hirshorn (D- Second Ward). Copies of the non- binding resolution will be sent to President Reagan and local members of Congress. COUNCILMEMBERS and speakers at last night's meeting said the importance of nuclear disarmament transcends local politics. "The resolution sends a clear message to the national government that the citizens of Ann Arbor think negotiating with the Soviets is imperative," said Allison Hynde, a See COUNCIL, Page 2 Associated Press The Dream Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., joins hands with (1 to r) Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara, and U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, as the group sings "We Shall Overcome." The singing concluded the 19th Annual Ecumenical Service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday in Atlanta. Asian Americans to celebrate heritage By ADAM OCHLIS If new coach Bill Foster has added anything to Northwestern's basketball program, it's respect. Because he hasn't added any victories - not in the Big Ten at least. Foster, the 27-year head coach, will look for his first conference victory at the expense of Michigan (2-3, 11-6 overall), tonight (8 p.m.) at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. The season has been rough thus far for the Wildcats. They've lost to six teams that were ranked at the same time in the Top 10. "We really have had our confidence shaken," Foster said. "0- 6 is not what you'd call a confidence builder. We're trying to keep our spirits up. We try to approach it as every day's a new day, and every game's a new game." FOSTER HAS impressive coaching credentials, though. His 418-279 career mark includes a 113- 64 stint at Duke, where he won three Atlantic Coast Conference championships and brought the Blue Devils to three successive NCAA Championship appearances and a second-place national finish in 1978. Most recently, Foster coached at South Carolina. When he was hired by Northwestern on April 4, Wildcat Athletic Director Doug Single said, "We've hired the best basketball coach in America to get our program where it belongs." But even Foster has his work cut out for him. This is not a good basketball team. This year's squad is essentially Reagan recollec ts Iran -Contra arms deal WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan was described yesterday as helping to stitch together places and dates spelling Foster ... first year blues Murderer seeks pardon in Canada By EUGENE PAK University Asian American students will begin celebrating Asian Awareness Month tonight with activities designed to highlight the varied aspects of Asian American life and issues facing this growing group. A film about a Chinese American journalist will be shown tomorrow at 7 p.m. in West Quad. On Thursday a reception will be held for all Asian students, faculty, and staff in the business school Executive Lounge at 4:30 p.m. According to Morris Kakuda, president of the students' Asian American Association, the reception is designed to "set up a way or arena so that students, administration, and staff can come together and start some communication between the groups" and allow students to identify faculty and staff role models. Irene Natividad, president of the National Women's Political Caucus and a Filipino-American, will speak on the involvement of Asian Americans in government and other social institutions next Friday. Natividad, one of the highest ranking Asian women in American politics will speak at 7 p.m. in the Michigan Union's Pendleton Room. A reception will follow. According to Kakuda and Aramaki, Asian Americans are not actively involved in areas such as politics or journalism; they tend to concentrate in sciences, such as physics and engineering. Many Asian Americans are perceived as quiet and academically oriented. "It's a stereotype with some level of truth," said Aramaki, "Asian Americans do not cultivate the sense of a public face others do. They may learn not to become involved... to avoid the limelight." the same as last year's which went 8-20 overall, 2-16 conference. One of the two Big Ten wins was courtesy of a Minnesota forfeit (rape charges were brought against three players and Minnesota opted not to play the game). The other to the same depleted Gopher squad. Last Saturday the Wildcats got pummeled by Indiana 95-42 in Bloomington, and most of the Hoosier starters only played half the game. To add injury to insult, Northwestern's starting center and third leading scorer from a year ago, Brian Schwabe, broke his foot the third week of practice. Backup Brian Pitts (7-0, 210 pounds) broke his hand at the end of December. Neither have returned to the lineup. Foster tried junior Bo Cucuz in the middle, but when Cucuz failed to notch a point in Northwestern's See BLUE, Page 8 INSIDE The Moonies role on campus should be questio d N, ca G OPENION, PAGE 4 Hundreds of 'U' students chew their nails in anticipation of toay's undergradaute Hopwood Awards ARTS, PAGE 5 mA By JIM BRAY John Chapman, convicted murderer of an Eastern Michigan University student in 1969, is waiting for a. decision that could transfer him to a Canadian correctional institute. There he would be eligable for parole. Chapman, who went under the alias John Norman Collins, was rmuraers, aitnougn ne was suspecteda of being connected with them. The decision on Chapman's transfer willbe made by the Canadian magistrate before Febuary 13 and then referred to the United States district court for a final decision. Originally from Windsor, Canada, Chapman has a dual citizenship in the United States and