Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 3, 1987 IMPAC condemns assembly By MARTHA SEVETSON Approximately 50 members of a local political action committee are circulating a petition condemning the Michigan Student Assembly's involvement in non-campus issues. Involved in Michigan Political Action Committee (IMPAC) Vice Chairperson Sandy Hauser, an LSA junior, said assembly resolutions on national and international affairs are inappropriate because they don't necessarily reflect the views of the students. "MSA members don't put their political affiliations on the ticket," Hauser said. "We vote on the basis of their stands on campus issues." According to Hauser, IMPAC's concern over these resolutions was triggered by an "anti- Israel" petition circulated at an assembly meeting last term. Although committee members realize that the petition was not an MSA resolution, Hauser said, "We realized that MSA has the authority to pass resolutions on international affairs without being accountable to students." IMPAC members talked with assembly members and, according to Hauser, were encouraged to create the petition, which calls for a ballot referendum to discourage MSA from involvement in national and international affairs. If the group collects over 1,000 signatures by Thursday, students will vote on the proposal in March's election.. IMPAC VICE Chairperson Eddie Mehrfer, an LSA junior, said 250 signatures have been collected since the drive began Monday. "I think we could have 1,,500 by (tonight)," said Mehrfer. "I think MSA has grossly misrepresented the students." MSA President Kurt Muenchow said he based his campaign last March on the issue of keeping MSA out of non-University affairs. "If we're going to be wasting our time and resources on issues over which we have little or no effect, such as foreign policy, we're doing the students a real disservice," Muenchow said. "I tend to agree with that petition - I'd sign it." Other MSA members maintain that the assembly should discuss national and international issues. "I don't think I can delineate between non-campus and campus affairs," said Bruce Belcher, chairperson of MSA's Rules and Elections Committee. "I think anything would affect students." Belcher cited student protests during the Vietnam War as proof that student opinions could have a national impact. "Obviously MSA by itself isn't going to have a major impact," he said. "But if enough student groups get involved across the country, it does have impact." According to Hauser, IMPAC agrees with this view. "My opinion is that MSA should be promoting all students to get involved politically," she said, "but not to take it upon themselves to represent the whole campus without testing the water to see how people feel about these things." Legal services owes MSA (Continued from Page 1)- Concern over MSA's financial Services and chairperson of MSA' obligations to the legal service Rules and Elections Committee. grew last November when assembly The audit showed that MS members believed that MSA may ended the year with $25,529 i have owed the service $19,000. assets. The general funding accoun The deht or surplus, which which provides the assembly wit; fluctuates eachryear, is "usually not money for paper, banners, speaker of that magnitude," said Bruce and day-to-day activities was cu Belcher, treasurer of Student Legal from $58,106 to $46,884 last year A n 1t, -s, ut r. Funding provided for payroll study (Continued from Pagel2) According to Councilmember In August 1985, according to the Jeanette Middleton (R-Third Ward) coalition's statistics, the city this would lead to subjective employed people in 253 job judgements. "How do you determine classifications. Of these, 180 were the value of jobs? Who decides?" she held only by men and 54 only by asked. women. Only 19 job classsifications Middleton called pay equity" included employees of both sexes. myth to make everyone feel gooc N' °In addition, 80 percent of female without figuring out the details of employees make less than $25,000 a how to compare employees." year, compared to 38 percent of male She pointed out that the city ha: employees, already instituted an Affirmativ "The time has come to study the Action study to evaluate its hirini '. employment practices of this city. practices. - Ann Arbor must come into the 20th Also last night, the council tablet century on this issue," said Helen a resolution urging the city to builda Associated Press' Gallagher, representing the Ann Arbor low-cost hotel to house homeles And they're off Human Rights Commission. residents. Ifdthe study supports these The proposal, which has bee The two finalists in the America's Cup yachting challenge, Australia's inequities, the city may restructure its opposed by neighborhood residents "Kockaburra III" (left) and "Stars and Stripes" (right), cross the star- payroll according to the "value" of will be discussed at a public hearin ting line as the third race of the series begins Sunday. various city job- next Monday. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Israel studies its Irangate role JERUSALEM - A parliamentary committee announced yesterday it will conduct hearings on whether Israel promoted American arms sales to Iran and had a role in diverting profits to rebels in Nicaragua. Testimony in a 64-page U.S. Senate report indicated Israel initiated the U.S. arms sales to Iran and played a role in funneling profits to the Contras fighting the Nicaraguan government. The Israeli government on Sunday dnied such findings. Abba Eban, chairman of the Knesset's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, said he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir asking that the government provide a written explanation of its role in the arms scandal. Kidnappers to kill hostages if U.S. attacks Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon - Pro-Iranian kidnappers said yesterday they will kill Americans Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland, who have been hostages since 1985, if the United States makes a military attack on Lebanon. Lebanon's justice minister said the kidnappers had "arrested" Terry Waite. The Church of England envoy left his Beirut hotel Jan. 20 to negotiate for the freedom of the two Americans and other 'foreign captives in Lebanon. Another group made the same threat last week against three American teachers and an Indian faculty member taken from Beirut University College on June 24. The abductors have said since that they will kill the four men unless Israel releases 400 prisoners by midnight Saturday. Filipinos endorse constitution MANILA, Philippines - President Corazon Aquino won a decisive victory yesterday as Filipinos overwhelmingly endorsed her proposed constitution and another 6 years of her leadership, unofficial returns showed. Filipinos backed the draft charter by a 4-to-1 margin nationwide, according to the unofficial count by the private National Movement for Free Elections. Only in the northern Luzon Island stronghold of former President Ferdinand Marcos did a majority of voters appear to have rejected the proposal. Voters were asked to state "yes" or "no" on whether they supported ratification of the 20,000- word draft, which sharply reduces the power of the president, restores a bicameral legislature, bans the military from political activity except voting and expands human rights guarantees. Mich. Senator visits S. Africa WASHINGTON - U.S officials in South Africa yesterday were f allowed their first visit with an American missionary who has been detained for six weeks in the black homeland of Transkei. Sen. Carl s Levin (D-Mich) reported. e The Rev. Casimir Paulsen, who has been held since Dec. 17, was visited for a half-hour by deputy U.S. Counsel General Michael Matera, and found to be in good health, Levin said. A condition of the meeting d at police headquarters in Butterworth was that there be no discussion of a the situation in which Paulsen is being detained. s Transkei officials told Matera that Paulsen, a member of the Dearborn Heights, Mich.-based Roman Catholic Marianhill order, was n under investigation for allegedly harboring people suspected of illeg , activities, but that he wouldn't be allowed to consult an attorney unles g formal charges are filed, Levin said. EXTRAS Store ends popcorn giveaway For those who didn't notice, a revolution swept over Ann Arbor oh Friday. Marshall's ended its Free Friday Popcorn Giveaway that has been in existence for almost two years. To get free popcorn, patrons are now required to make a purchase. "I guess we decided we were giving away too much popcorn," Bill Graving, Marshalls' owner, said. Graving, who also owns Blue Front, explained, "In raw corn we wer'e going through through at least one 50-pound bag of raw corn, sometimeis in excess of two 50-pound bags." Friday's mixed snow and rain kept business down on Friday, so th reactions of students and Ann Arbor residents is unclear. Fred Harrah, a LSA sophomore, seemed unfazed by the move: "It's O.K. Now I'll juSt have to buy three pretzels in order to get my popcorn." Graving attempted to defend the move, as well as the absence of free coffee coupons from this term's coupon book: "We haven't raised ou coffee prices in two and a half years," he said. But it's still sad to see what might have become an Ann Arbo tradition destroyed by the pressures of economics. By Peter Ephross If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. Prof compares elites x u... . t r+ (Continuedtroe Pageri) "I've always been interested and fascinated with party activists," Eldersveld said. "My interest began when I was one," he said, speaking of his experience as Ann Arbor Mayor from 1957 to 1959. The most crucial factor of his campaign was "the tireless work of party activists," he said. "It (being mayor) gave me some very interesting insights," said Eldersveld in a private interview. An effective city council needs energy and strategy development, he said. Some of the present problems such as low-cost housing and effective police and fire departments are "the same problems that I raised 30 years ago," he said. During his term as mayor, Eldersveld was teaching a full load at the University. "It was exhausting," he said, describing his typical weekday dashing from City Hall to various classrooms. Eldersveld joined the University staff in 1946 and was promoted to a full-professor in 1957.' He headed the Department of Political Science from 1964 to1970. During his years as an instructor, Eldersveld has taught classes in state and local politics, European and American politics, public opinion, political parties, and comparitive politics. Eldersveld ... kicks off lecture series ii 'FOOD BuysI _$ . GUS'S PIZZERIA F 310 MAYNARD - (INSIDE DOOLEY'S) 665-5800 y X-LARGE 16" PIZZA with 3 items J ' AND 2 QUARTS OF POP plus tax OPEN UNTIL 3 A.M. ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS ,ep.3/1/87 WHITE N i A MARKET } NABISCO OREO COOKIES WHEAT THINS or TRISCUITS 604Oo off reg. 2.59, now 1.99 reg. 1.99, now 1.59 609 E. William Hours: M-F 8-7 663-4253 Sal. 8-6 Ailing Casey resigns as CIA head (Continued from Page1) National Security Council as a Soviet affairs expert, Gates is widely respected on Capitol Hill and likely will not have difficulty winning Senate confirmation. Cynthia Bowers, Georgetown University Hospital spokeswoman, said yesterday that Casey "continues to improve steadily." U4'to propose commission Coninued from Pagei1) faculty, administrators, and city officials, Salowitz said. Although city and University representatives meet informally each month, they have not officially studied the city's role in off-campus housing since 1965. That year, University President Harlan Hatcher's Commission on Off-Campus Housing urged the University to provide information about city services to students living off-campus. The commission, after 27 meetings, also proposed the creation of today's Housing Office to better coordinate housing services. For now, fraternities and sororities may have to endure an even tighter housing market due to the council's unanimous vote to rezone 40 lots in North Burns Park. The rezoning forbids further group housing but would not affect the area's 21 existing fraternties, sororities, co-operatives, and non- residential groups. The council's preliminary approval will be followed by a public hearing and final vote March 2. A member of the Michigan Student Assembly had urged the council to reject the rezoning, citing the current housing shortage. But Councilmember Jeff Epton (D- Third Ward), who represents North Burns Park, argued that rezoning the three-block area would not further deplete student housing. Rea affd Daobie4 C&*i0ed 1 Vol. XCVII -No.88 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: September through April-$18 in Ann Arbor; $35 outside the city. One term-$10 in town; $20 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and sub scribes to Pacific News Service and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. 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