Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom VOLUME XCVII - No. 85 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - THURSDAY, JANUARY 29,1987 COPYRIGHT 1987 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Cities seek to influence federal policies By JERRY MARKON Ronald Reagan will probably never Local governments have little effect on federal policy ~know that the Ann Arbor City Council ). sent him a letter last week urging him to sign a nuclear test ban treaty with the Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who that federal policies directly affect local Federal government officials and Despite this trend, Ann Arbor's actual Soviet Union. Neither will George Bush, already favors a nuclear test ban, will read priorities. The Reagan administration's political scientists agree that cities have involvement in national issues appears ~George Schultz, State Department the resolution and respond to it, said Kel military buildup, the Democrats insist, little impact on U.S. foreign policy and limited, though the Democrats control officials, or members of the National Se- Smyth, director of Levin's Michigan mandates city activism to restore cuts in on the executive branch. But city city council. City Clerk Winifred curity Council. office. But Smyth added that the test ban, domestic programs. governments and lobbying associations Northcross estimates that the council The city council's resolution will not as a "national issue," will not provoke Council Republicans, though they can affect Congressional decisions on spends "99.9 percent" of its time be seen by anyone who designs the the same concern from Levin as an issue support cuts in defense spending, feel the spending priorities and other domestic addressing local concerns. administration's foreign policy, according that directly affects Ann Arbor. city should stick to local concerns like issues. According to Mayor Ed Pierce, a to Marla Davis, an official in the White City officials have repeatedly disagreed fixing Ann Arbor's roads. Council- And cities throughout the U.S. are Democrat, the city does not employ a }House Office of Media Relations. The over whether Ann Arbor should involve members, who are already overworked, using this influence more than ever before federal lobbyist, and only petitions the one-page, non-binding document will sit itself in national politics. Council should not waste time debating national to fight cuts in federal funding of local national government on a case-by-case in an office file, available only to out-of- Democrats - who unanimously sup- policies they can't influence anyway, transportation, welfare, and housing basis. Pierce could recall only two recent town journalists, Davis said. ported the test ban resolution - argue Republicans say. programs. See CITIES, Page 2 'U' profs organize aid for Nicaragua colleges By WENDY SHARP Ten University faculty members met yesterday in hopes of inspiring their colleagues to send aid to Nicaraguan universities and develop "sister departments" there. The University chapter of Faculty for Human Rights in El Salvador and Central America, a national organization based at the Jniversity of California-Berkeley, decided to mobilize faculty members who are apathetic about the situation in Central America. The faculty as a whole are "sitting in their shells" while other Ann Arbor residents are taking action against the Reagan Administration's policy in Central America, said Alan Wald, an English professor. "Going to meetings and demonstrations has become 'unprofessional' and we have to fight to turn things around," he said. The group got the idea of establishing a "sister department" program from Ann Arbor's link to Juigalpa, Nicaragua. A ballot proposal that was passed overwhelmingly by Ann Arbor voters last April set up the program, which was designed to aid See GROUP, Page 2 Budget asks for higher ed. increases By STEPHEN GREGORY Nearly a third of the $174.5 mil- lion budget increase Gov. James Blanchard proposed yesterday would go toward increased funding for higher education, an official at the Department of Management and Budget said. Under the proposal Blanchard presented at a press conference in Lansing, higher education would get a 5.3 percent funding increase over last year. The state's 15 public colleges and universities would split $51.5 million of the increase. Last year the University received $225 million from the state, which includes a $9.9 million allocation for the Research Excellence Fund. Blanchard's new budget proposes $233 million. The proposal also provides a 3.4 percent increase for inflation for each of the state's colleges. Budget Director Robert Naftaly presented the proposal to a joint session of the state House and Se- nate shortly after Blanchard's press conference. Richard Kennedy, the Univ- ersity's vice president for govern- ment relations, said that although the proposed increase would benefit the University, the amount would not be enough to stave off a tuition increase. "Under the circumstances, I think tuition increases are prob- ably unavoidable," Kennedy said. Interim University President James Duderstadt agreed with Kennedy, saying it is "obvious" that students next year will face higher tuition. Duderstadt pointed to the fact the state finances only about half of the University's general fund, so tuition increases have to make up for the rest. The cost of education rises every year, and the University will have to charge students to compensate, Duderstadt said. "We will get a tuition increase of some kind," he said. Duderstadt also cited the austerity of this year's proposal, which requests an overall increase of only 2.8 percent more than this year's level, as another instigator of higher tuition costs. DUDERSTADT said he would have liked to have seen a stronger budget for higher education, but added he thought Blanchard did the best he could for higher education in the face of the state's desire for a leaner budget. Lynn Schaefer, an official in the the Department of Management and Budget, said Blanchard's request shows that he feels that increasing the quality of higher education is a See MICH., Page 3 Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Rabbi Meir Kahane, a member of Knesset, the IsraeliParliament, speaks last night to about 200 at the Ramada Hotel in Southfield. Conttroversial rabbi wants to expel Arabs from Israel By STEVE BLONDER Special to the Daily SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - After attacking his critics as "having the mentality of toilets" and being "shallow ignoramuses," Rabbi Meir Kahane told an audience of about 200 last night of the "threat" Arabs pose to Israel and the "problems" with American Jewry today. About 20 protesters picketed the speech outside the Southfield Ramada Hotel and local Jewish and Arab groups boycotted the speech completely. In addition to being an ordained orthodox Rabbi, Kahane holds a law degree from New York University and leads the Kach party in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. Kahane believes all Arabs should relocate outside the state of Israel. See RABBI, Page 3 14 win spring break vacation in Jamaica calendar contest By LOUIS STANCATO The female model finalists for the "Spring Break in Jamaica" calendar last night competed for a trip to the tropical island. Fourteen out of the 39 female finalists will be flown to Jamaica, where they will be photographed in various island scenes for a calendar for the 1987-88 academic year. As of press time last night, the names of the winners had not been announced. The judges, who include a professor, students, and a professional photographer, will select the student winners. Both men and women will be featured in the calendar, with men's final interviews tomorrow afternoon. Each student contestant must model both formal and casual clothes and briefly answer a question about some aspect of their life. The winners are selected on the. basis of personal appearance, poise, and personality, according to calendar organizer Bettina Signori, an LSA senior. The model hopefuls came to Brandy's restaurant on Main Street last night for a variety of reasons, ranging from peer pressure to the lure of sunny Jamaican beaches. Contestant Toni Hall, an LSA sophomore, said she entered because a friend suggested it. LSA and Art School junior Stacey Savage had a> different motive. "I've never been to Jamaica and my parents said I could go anywhere on spring break as long as it was cheap," she said. Savage was surprised when she was called back for the finals, though winning isn't everything to her. "I'd rather have my friend get it first," she said. "I'd like to see her happy." Tomorrow a different panel of judges will select a still undetermined number to make the journey. Bar's lingerie show INSIDE I called exploitative' By SUSANNE SKUBIK As several men shouted "Hurt me!" and "We want flesh!" four women strutted through Dooley's bar last night, modeling lingerie. Outside, 30 University students protested the event. Calling the show sexist and voyeuristic, area senior Adrianne Neff. LSA junior Joshua Laird agreed. "It really grosses me out. It's more disgusting when you consider this is a freshman bar." The group's signs and chants did not deter men entering the bar. "Maybe we won't buy the alcohol, Israeli Knesset Member speaks out against Arabs, despite criticism. OPINION, PAGE 6. The Michigan Theater is planning a "massive" production to celebrate their rededication. ARTS, PAGE 8. \. 'F