In Weken Ma azine: East Coast meets Midwest " Tom Monaghan The List (with campus cinema for spring break) Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom 0 VOLUME XCVII - NO. 101 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1987 COPYRIGHT 1987 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Shapiro minority By REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN create new prog and EUGENE PAK just throw mone University President Harold range from racisn Shapiro publicly announced a $1 "This is as million initiative toward eli - direction to seet minating minority and racial to the bottomc problems at the University. said Regent P In a statement addressed to the Board of Regents at yesterday's monthly meeting, Shapiro said, "I am appalled to discover that in the midst of all the exciting things going on at the University, several incidents of racism have occurred." ci Shapiro is on sabbatical until March, but returned to Ann Arbor By REBECCA to head this month's meeting. Despite a for Shapiro's announcement of the University Te initiative may seem to be in Committee, it ai response to a recent rash of racist Regents will1 attacks, however, administrators approval to den stress that it has been planned for complex in orde months, and is addressing the structure. perpetual problem of racism on Although th campus. considering an rDARRIAN SMITH This minority initiative is the 1,000-car s he Fleming modeled after the Undergraduate likely decide to Initiatives Fund and is intended to initial plans a unveils project grams, rather than Petoskey). y at problems that Kurt Muenchow, president of the ;m to retention. Michigan Student Assembly, said, step in the right "As I see the University becoming that we are getting more aware of the evident racism of this problem," here, I just hope that we just keep Paul Brown (D- See STUDENTS, Page 5 erracedemise BLUMENSTEIN ceful effort by the errace Solidarity ppears the Board of today give final molish the housing -r to build a parking e regents had been alternative site for structure, they will comply with their nd the University mnminent, Medical Center master plan. The ten-year-old plan mandates eventual destruction of the Uni - versity Terrace graduate student housing to make way for the hospital's growth, but Terrace residents say they never knew of the plan. "All of the regents have been sympathetic to the students in the University Terrace, but our invest - ment in the hospital is just too See HOUSING, Page 5 Doily Photo by Inteflex junior Anthony Varasis, a member of the United Coalition Against Racism, speaks yestei public comments at the Board of Regents meeting. About 200 students attended the meeting at t Administration Building. ,Phoney Elvis Presley faces jury trial WJJX shut down for By EDWARD KLEINE Some Elvis Presley imper - sonators make millions with their acts. Others get taken to court for it. One student is suing another for making numerous phone calls, which included renditions of such Elvis tunes as "Tutti Frutti," in what the Elvis impersonator's lawyer called "a joke." Muhammad Zafar, an engi - neering senior, pleaded no contest at a pre-trial hearing yesterday to charges of making obscene and threatening calls between July and Oct. 1986. According to Zafar's lawyer Jeanice Dagher, a staff attorney at Student Legal Services, the charges stem from a series of phone calls to LSA senior Alex Rothis, in which Zafar sang Elvis songs and spoke in Elvis's voice. Rothis rejected Zafar's plea and asked Judge George Alexander of the 15th district court to set a date See ELVIS, Page 3 . . airing By EUGENE PAK The University's Office of Student Services shut down campus radio station WJJX yesterday morning after a student disc jockey aired racist jokes on his program. Students protested at the station Wednesday afternoon and played a tape of the program to Vice President of Student Services Henry Johnson, the University's highest ranking black administrator. acist jokes "I think there's no excuse for this type of behavior. There's no such thing as a big joke in this situation," Johnson said. He closed the station pending review by its governing board. Station manager Jim Lamb, LSA senior, officially apologized for the racist remarks, but said he was disappointed that the station was closed for the acts of one staffer. Lamb fired the disc jockey, Ted Sevransky, an LSA sopho - more, and promised to implement corrective measures to hinder such occurrences from happening again. Sevransky could not be reached for comment, but Lamb said he had spoken with Sevransky and he would likely issue an apology soon. The Associated Press contributed to this story. Elvis ... imitated ,Spring Break travellers: Far flying can bring on jet lag By EVE BECKER Jet lag: Former U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles blamed the failure of negotiations with the Soviet Union on this problem. U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis said he struck his head on a diving platform at the 1979 Olympic trails because of this. Students who are planning to jet away for spring break could also be afflicted. Jet lag strikes when body functions are not coordinated with external time. People who travel from east to west, and those with less stable body rhythms and more flexible sleep habits suffer less jet lag. The symptoms of jet lag can include sleep disturbances, hunger at odd hours, indigestion, frequent urination, depression, irritability, aggression, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fainting spells, and impaired physical and mental performance. SEVENTY to 75 percent of travelers who rapidly jet across several time zones suffer jet lag. In 25 to 30 percent of travelers the problem is severe, according to Dr. William Dement, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Michael Aldrich, director of the University's sleep disorder clinic, said that jet lag, which is usually taken lightly, can be a serious problem depending upon the distances traveled. "The body has an internal clock that can only be adjusted about one hour each day. This can present a problem for airline pilots or people whose job requires a lot of travelling. As far as going on vacation, it's not a serious problem," Aldrich explained. Insomnia can also result from jet lag. "If the body's clock is desynchronized, the body says it's asleep while the mind says it's awake," Aldrich said. Aldrich said there are still many unanswered questions regarding the treatment of jet lag. There has been recent research on short-acting sleep medications which facilitate sleep. Studies suggest people eat less on the days they travel, avoid overeating and excessive use of alcohol when travelling, and stay in sunlight which helps to readjust the biological clock to decrease jet lag. "We have yet to master jet lag," said Dement in a report. "Perhaps the most significant piece of information to come out of these studies is the discovery of how profoundly jet lag can impair us. In effect, we've realized that until we conquer it, we must make allowances for it and take steps against it to help protect our health and safety." Daily Photo by DARRIAN SMITH Computer blues Frustrated Yolande Herbert, an LSA senior, sits at a Macintosh computer in the Undergraduate Library Computer Center yesterday typing a paper. "You know the feeling," she sighed. Reagan should use first Iran story, says senator WASHINGTON (AP) - The former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said yesterday he believes Presi - dent Reagan gave advance approval to an Israeli arms shipment to- Iran in August 1985, and "ought to stick with" that story he reportedly once told investigators but later retracted * Sen. David Durenberger (R-Minn.) also cnir nmhnth-. Whitt- Nnivct Chief of Crtaff "The security of our country and of the entire western world is very much an issue today. There is a very real threat the Arab world could be united under this (Iranian) fundamentalist revolution." - Rep. Robert Torricelli (D -New Jersey) arranging seven U.S. weapons shipments. Reagan himself said nothing during the day to reporters on the continuing inves - tigation into the secret sale of arms to Iran and apparent diversion of profits to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. He has repeatedly defended the arms sales, but said he knew nothing of the alleged diversion of funds until Attorney General Edwin Meese III unearthed evidence in November of last INSIDE ;Throwing eggs. Is it an effective media ploy or a violent immature act? OPINION, PAGE 4 The Prism Saxophone Quartet will dazzle audiences at Kerrytown this Saturday. ARTS, PAGE 7 The hockey team finishes its Nicaraguan government. The Democratic- controlled Senate Foreign Relations O --rn-mtn r m r n ahill onn entire western world is very much an issue today. There is a very real threat the Arab wnrld cnuld h unitedu nder this (Tranian)