The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 6, 1987 - Page,3 200 participate in Freedom March Students steal w A. mock jail cell By DAVID WEBSTER Ignoring a bitter cold wind, approximately 200 people shared a feeling of unity Saturday afternoon as they participated in the second annual Freedom March against -apartheid and domestic racism. The march, sponsored by the Free South Africa Coordinating Committee, commemorated the 20th anniversary of the assassi - nation of Dr. Martin Luther King. Following a police escort, the marchers locked arms as they proceeded down State St. to Wheeler's Park, where they were joined by about 75 Ann Arbor residents. After listening to speeches from local politicians, stu - dents, and, community members, the marchers headed back to the Diag for an anti-racism rally. At the rally, speakers criticized government and University officials for not taking a strong stance against racism and bigotry. "If ever there was an enemy of freedom it is Ronald Reagan," said Fred Dube, a representative of the African National Congress. Brett Stockdill, an LSA senior and FSACC member, urged the University to invite a member of the ANC to this year's graduation ceremony. Jailed African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela will be awarded an honorary degree at the ceremony. "This is going to be the first official anti-apartheid graduation," Stockdill said. EIGHT speakers, including Ann Arbor Mayor Edward Pierce, addressed the crowd at the park, which was once the center of a Black neighborhood which has since been fragmented by Ann Arbor's sky-rocketing housing costs. Ann Arbor Mayor Edward Pierce read a proclamation, declaring April 4 an "Official Freedom Day" in the city. "If we're going to have peace, it's going to start right here with us." Roderick Linzie, a graduate student and FSACC member said, "We fight against apartheid in South Africa, militarism in Central America, and racial and economic inequality in America... Now is the time to advance the cause of human justice." Several speakers likened the South African government's policy of apartheid to institutionalized and societal racism at the University. They reminded the marchers that recent activism has prompted the University administration to take action against racism on campus. "When we get together we are very powerful. We have got the fire under (University President) Shapiro's ass," said Nikita Buckhoy, an LSA junior and FSACC member. By STEVE BLONDER Early Friday morning students vandalized a mock prison built to call attention to the plight of Soviet Jewry. At 1:40 a.m. three males were seen dragging the structure across the Diag to a loading dock at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. Under questioning, three seniors admitted to stealing the structure, according to Leo Heatley, director of campus safety. Members of Tagar, the Jewish-Zionist group that built the jail, have not yet decided whether or not to file criminal charges against the three. Dean Gaboury, president of the fraternity, confirmed the incident and attributed it to "the three seniors getting too intoxicated." "It could have been anything in the Diag - we would have picked it up and taken it home. We did not mean anything slanderous by taking it away. Our being under the influence of alcohol, however, is no excuse," Gaboury said. ONE student saw the incident and described the men as being extremely intoxicated, and reported that the individuals made "lewd suggestions to women, and put down Blacks and Jews." "The three really reminded me of the Hitler youth who used to get drunk, and then go out and harass people," said Henry Hardy. Michael Brooks, director of the Hillel Foundation, said in a prepared statement that he did not think the attack was a "conscious racial or anti-semetic attack." "When these students got obnoxiously drunk they began shouting epithets against Jews, Blacks, women, and gays. This must surely give us a pause, and remind us that as a community we have a lot of work to do," the statement read. a Read Waeq Daily Photo by KAREN HANDELMAN It's that time again! Graduate student Randy Helland, left, registers for Fall classes on Friday as CRISP workers Ann Hanton and Glen Walker struggle to inter- pret the time schedule. CRISPing starts today for undergraduates. Jernigan fights to be Ann (Continued from Page 1) city council majority. "I don't think Fierce has any kind of record to run on. He can't point to any substantive accomplishments," he said in a recent interview. Jernigan, who works as an investment analyst at the Univ - ersity, promises to bring a different style of governing to the mayor's office. Accusing Pierce of "micro- managing" city departments, Jer - nigan would delegate more autho - tity to department heads. Unlike Pierce, who wants a full-time mayoral position, Jernigan would limit his involvement to 12 hours a _jegk, J E R N I G A N has accused council Democrats of paralyzing the Building Department by their ongoing review of the city's housing code, which the department is supposed to enforce. "We need to let the city be run by the city administrator and the department heads," he said at a recent candidates' forum. "The building department has been virtually shut down for the past year by council people meddling in its business." A member of the council committee reviewing the code, Jernigan has not attended a committee meeting for more than a year, drawing criticism from Democrats. He said he thought the committee became too bogged down in details, and should have finished its work within 30-40 days. Jernigan agrees th needs re-writing, but think housing inspe report all violations." be a little flexibility,' you do everything by t going to reduce the rental housing in substantially." Jernigan acknowled Arbor needs mor housing, but he oppos ing millage ballot pro would tax city resid low-cost development role in providing housing, Jernigan cont be limited to encour, lopers to limit costs, a free city land. "There's a shortage Arbor mayor hat the code of housing in town," Jernigan said. he does not "We have to deal with the city-wide, ctors should problem. The Democrats' proposals There has to don't do that." he said. "If Jernigan also faults Pierce for the book, it's failing to reducing Ann Arbor's amount of crime rate, which rose 17 percent in Ann Arbor 1986. He strongly supports adding at least six more police officers, a tges thatAnn position which is opposed by ges thatPierce and other Democrats. e low-cost "I don't think Pierce is putting es the hous - en posal, which enough priority on crime issues, ents to fund Jernigan said. "A safe city is worth s. The city's spending a little money on." affordable Jernigan dismisses Democratic ends, should arguments that the $50,000 required aging deve - for each new police officer cannot nd poviing be found in the city budget. nd providing "There's simply no credibility with me when the Democrats scream that of all kinds there's no money available. They always find money for their Sprograms,"' Jernigan said. The Senior pledge program, { A CLASS ACT would like to thaik the following groups for their support. Student Alumni Council3 Panhellenic Association Michigauma Adara Engineering Graduation Committee Society of Women Engineering Edgren seeks re-election to cou £A~' E'U~' (Continued from Page 1) has spent more than two years reviewing the city's housing code, and discounts Republican charges that the new code will be unfairly biased against landlords. "Ultimately, it will be a better P code when we bring it to council," she said. "We don't want landlords to exploit people and get oodles and oodles of rent without maintaining their places." SPEAR opposes the housing code review. "I think it's inappropriate," he said. "We should hire department heads who can do 'the job." Like other Republicans, Spear points to the review as an example of the Democrats' over-involvement in city departments. He said the Building Department - which performs housing inspections - should have conducted the review internally. Spear's top priority as a council - THE LIST 'What's happening in Ann Arbor today Campus Cinema Virtual Play (Steven Fagin, 1984), Eye, 8:00 p.m., 214 N. 4th. Delightful tomfoolery. The Left-Handed Woman(Peter Handke, 1978), PIRGIM, 7:00 & 9:15 p.m., Aud A. A dissatisfied German housewife opts -for the single life. Crimes Of The Heart (Bruce Beresford, 1986), MTF, 7:45 p.m., Mich. Three diametrically different sisters who have drifted apart are pushed together again after one shoots her husband. Jessica Lange, Diane Keaton, and Sissy Spacek star in this adaptation of Beth Henley's play. Speakers John Etienne - "Bio-inorganic Chemistry of Oxo-bridged Poly - nuclear Iron Centers in Proteins," Department of Chemistry, 4 p.m., Room 1200, Chemistry Bldg. Tikva Frymer Kensky - "Women in Jewish Thought," Hillel, 7 p.m., Hilllel, 1429 Hill Street. ization Meeting - 7:15 p.m., Michigan League. Furthermore S A F E W A L K - Night time Safety Walking Service, 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Room 102, UGLi (936-1000). "Publishing in Women's Studies" Panel Discussion - Department of Women Studies, noon, 238A West Engineering (761- 2187). Forum on Asian Racial Violence - In Particular the Vincent Chin Murder - Asian American Association/ Asian Amer - ican Law Student Association/ Uni - versity of Michigan Asian Stu dent Coalition, 7 p.m., Trotter House, 1443 Washtenaw (763-7037). member would be hiring more police officers to fight the city's rising crime rate. He said he fears that crime may increase in the Fifth Ward because of a low-cost housing project approved by council in February. The project, a single-room occu - pancy hotel for low income- residents, makes Spear nervous because it may trigger a "floodgate" of low-income residents from Detroit, he said. Regent sought psychiatric treatment (Continued from Page 1) would call them if he found a suicide note, he refused to let them search her office, car, or their home. No autopsy was performed by John Atwater, Washtenaw county's chief medical examiner, who ruled the death a suicide. Her death certificate cites a "history of depression" as a primary condition contributing to her death. "We have sufficiently determined that there was no foul play involved, and that is where our investigation ends," according to Atkins. "To the best of our knowledge she left no suicide note. We are not really that interested in knowing what her motivations really were," he added. According to Atkins, most Move Yourself, All Your Stuff, And Save, Too! IcJ c 7 r -5 -5, '- 7\ A'- e\ It's as easy as renting a Ryder truck, one way. Compare costs before you make plans for moving at the end of the semester. 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