Gunmen kidnap two in Lebanon The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, January 27, 1987 - Page 3 Econ prof's retirement opens up controversy BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped two men believed to be foreigners from a store in Moslem west Beirut, dragged them by their hair to a get- away car, and sped off. A store employee said the victims spoke broken English and might be Poles. Most universities and high schools in the Lebanese capital staged a one-day strike to protest the abduction of three Americans and one Indian from Beirut University College on Saturday by gunmen disguised as police. Saturday's abductions raised to 23 the number of foreigners missing after being kidnapped in Lebanon, including eight seized since Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite arrived in Beirut on Jan. 12 to seek the release of hostages. WAITE REMAINED out of sight for a seventh straight day yesterday, the longest he has been underground in five trips to Lebanon. He was thought to be negotiating for the release of two American hostages held since 1985. The Reagan administration, in a statement read by White House spokesman Larry Speakes in Washington, condemned the latest wave of kidnappings as a declaration of war against civil - ization, but told Americans to get out of Lebanon, warning "there's a limit to what our government can do" for them. Police said four gunmen grabbed two men from an office equipment store in the Sanaveh residential district at 11:30 a.m. yesterday. Police said they believed the victims were foreigners but did not identify them further. A Lebanese woman who works at the store said she thought the victims were Polish although she did not know their names. "They are familiar to me," she said. "Theydused to passbyeusto photocopy documents. They al- ways spoke broken English. "I knew them for a while as Poles. I cannot recall exactly why but assume they were first introduced to me as Poles," said the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity. ABOUT 1,000 Beirut University College students demon- strated outside Prime Minister Rashid Karami's office a few blocks from the store to protest the weekend kidnapping of the four teachers. The American educators were Alann Steen of Arcata, Calif., an instructor in communication arts; Jesse Turner of Boise, Idaho, visiting professor of mathematics and computer science; and Robert Polhill of New York, a lecturer in accounting. The Indian was Mithil - eshwar Singh, a visiting professor of finance who is a U.S. resident alien. By TIM OMARZU While the retirement of pro - fessors at the University is commonplace, the recent retirement of an economics professor has pit - ted economic graduate students against the faculty. After more than a quarter century of teaching at the University, Daniel Fusfeld, the only faculty member teaching the history of economic thought, has retired. The gap caused by his retirement has angered many economics doc - toral students. Last fall, 95 of the 121 economics doctoral students sent a letter to Peter Steiner, dean of the College of Literature, Sci - ence, and the Arts, saying the history of economic thought is critical to a full understanding of the field. The University currently does not plan to hire anyone in the field. The faculty decides who is to be hired, and begins the process in March. And, due to the slowness of the hiring process, unless the University advertises for a historian of economic thought in April, the earliest a replacement could be hired would be Fall 1989. Among the faculty, opinions differ on the importance of the his - tory of economic thought, a field that allows students to critically examine the ideas constituting all schools of economics. MARK GREER, a doctoral student in economics and author of the letter, said although the University isn't supportive of the field, nine out of the top 10 schools of economics take it very seriously. He cited Harvard, Stanford, the University of California at Ber - keley, and the University of Chicago as examples. The students say in the letter that the history of economic thought is important to the doctoral program, for one, to reverse the "tendency for research... that has become conformist and academ - ically conservative." "The faculty is going with the flow... I think that's a mistake, " said Economics Prof. Thomas Weisskopf. Weisskopf feels the his - tory of economic thought is im - portant and supports the students. "We very much need to find a young professor to fill (Fusfeld's) space," he said. Fusfeld says the conflict between the graduate students and the faculty "represents one of the internal conflicts within the economics profession." Namely, that main emphasis in the economics depart - ment now is on the competitive general equilibrium model, in which several competing markets achieve equilibrium. Fusfeld ... retires " Aerobic Dance " Ballroom Dance " Bartending " Beer Appreciation and Homebrewing " CPR " Financial Planning " Fitness/Weight Training * Massage * Continuing Massage Violence concerned Brotherhood Marchers " Macintosh Magic " Personal Drama " Pool * Sign Language (Beg. & Adv.) * Speed Reading " Study Skills " Vegetarian Cooking " Wine Tasting " Yoga " Meditation and Yoga Philosophy Get ready for the April 25th MCAT with a: FREE Administration & Disucssion of a MINI MCA T Exam " Learn How to Anticipate the Exam-maker . Determine Where to Concentrate Your Efforts . Understand the MCAT and its Purpose "-Sharpen Your Test-Taking Techniques 8 PM, Tuesday, January 27th MICHIGAN LEAGUE - HUSSEY ROOM ALL STUDENTS WELCOME - NO CHARGE (Continued from Page 1) Brett Stockdill, an LSA senior. Counter-demonstrators shouted racial slurs at the more than 20,000 civil rights marchers as they worked their way into downtown Cum - ming. "The insults and the anger in their faces was really very fright - ening,' said Elizabeth Paige, a Res - idential College freshman. "They are average, everyday people who just have this hate that you can't help be affected by." IBecause there were more than 1-,000 counter-demonstrators, in - cidintg members of the Ku Klux Klan, the potential for violence worried members of the contingent. " We listened to the news and they told us that stores in Forsyth County were selling out of ammu - nition very quickly," said Paige. The Forsyth County sheriff reported only minor injuries suf - fered by three marchers and a police officer. The students travelled from Detroit to Cumming on a bus sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Council. 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