Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 9, 1987 Group protests 'God is dea By EDWARD KLEINE Chanting "Ha, Ha, Ha, a joke you say, the Holocaust was started that way," about 25 stud - ents picketed the Student Publications Building yesterday to protest an editorial that ran in the Daily's April Fool's Day issue. The students, members of Students Against Religious Intolerance, were responding to the editorial "God is Dead," a satire on religion. The editorial said that because of God's death "Peace broke out in Ireland and the Middle East" and described a liason between the Pope and a naked woman. Rackham student Thomas Prichard, leader of SARI, said religion is "fundamental" to the lives of some people "and when you attack their religious beliefs, you're attacking them as a person." If the Daily does not print an apology, he said, "I think we're going to pursue action" against the paper through the University admin - istration. Members of the Michigan Student Assembly Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the d' editorial editorial. The resolution called the editorial "intolerant and bigoted" and said that it "promotes blatant bigotry toward Catholics and all other religious sects." MSA also demanded that the Daily print an apology. Daily Editor in Chief Rob Earle said he flatly rejected a SARI demand that those responsible for the editorial be fired. He said he did not know whether an apology would be printed. Daily reporter Steve Knopper contributed to this story IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Personalized c liss (Continued from Page 1) it's really just a bunch of games." His class on media creativity plays charades and his television production class goes on a treasure hunt. "The whole purpose is to break the ice, to get to know each other," Stasheff explained. "When I see my students years later they say 'remember that party at your home.' They make a difference."r Political Science Prof. Raymond Tanter also invites students to his home. "It's a way of getting to know them. Most have never been to a faculty members' home be- fore," Tanter said. Tanter goes to happy hour with some students and discusses his ex- periences as a staff member of the national security council during Ronald Reagan's first term. Students say they enjoy meeting with professors outside the class- room. -s -1 s benefit Dave Gluck, an LSA senior, went out for a beer last semester with Tanter at the University Club,. and has been to his house. "I like it that professors take students into their homes, especially at a large university like this. It gives me a much better feeling about the students University." Ashish Prasad, LSA sophomore, is one of Bookstein's students. "His class provides a very personal at- mosphere. We get beyond the limitations of a normal classroom and this is one of the best parts of the class," Prasad said. 22 /COPY Full or Self-serve, Feedable Originals, 201b. White paper, Coupon can be used 5 times. Expires 5/31/87. 5 Sexual Assault Ann Arbor Police a tigating a report of c conduct involving a girl, according to Suc was playing on the s at Bryant Schools approached her and ride. She got in the was abused by a bro she described as b years old. The victim University Hospital a Break-ins Ann Arbor Police an POLICE NOTES two break-ins reported yesterday, re also inves - according to Sgt. Jan Suomala. On criminal sexual Sunday, someone entered a house in nine year-old the 800 block of Tappan Street omala. The girl through an unlocked door. The wings Tuesday suspect stole a sweater, suitcase, when a man and some posters valued at about offered her a $360. In the second incident, a pair car where she of shoes, a jump rope, and a bas - wn-haired man ketball were stolen last week when eing about 40 someone entered a locker in the m was taken to Central Campus Recreation nd released. Building by either using a key or picking the lock, Suomala said. e investigating By Steve Blonder Marine charged with spying WASHINGTON - A third Marine who worked as a security guard in Moscow and Leningrad and in the U.S. Embassy in Rome has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, causing American officials to broaden their investigations into security breeches in American dip- lomatic missions. Sgt. John Weirick was arrested Tuesday night and held in the brig at Camp Pendleton, said Robert Sims, chief Defense Department spokes man. He is suspected of espionage while working as a security guard at the American consulate in Leningrad in 1981 and 1982, Sims said. Sims declined to elaborate on the specific nature of the allegations, concerning Weirick beyond saying the Marine had become involved with Soviet women while posted in Leningrad. Forgotten memo indicts North WASHINGTON - A Justice Department official expressed sus- picions as early as last October - nearly a month before public disclo- sure of the Iran-Contra affair - that Lt. Col. Oliver North eventually could come under criminal investigation, FBI Director William Webster told Congress yesterday. Webster acknowledged reading an Oct. 30 FBI memo which outlined speculation by the Justice Department official concerning the activities of North, who was later fired from his post as National Security Coun- cil aide at the White House. But Webster said he had forgotten about the memo by Nov. 21 when Attorney General Edwin Meese, declining Webster's offer of FBI help; undertook an informal inquiry into secret U.S. arms sales to Iran. New treatment may cure cancer, new research shows BOSTON -Nearly a quarter of patients with advanced cancer show some response to an experimental therapy that turns their own blood cells into cancer hunters, and this could be "the dawn of a new approach to treating cancer," a researcher says. The treatment uses interleukin-2, a natural disease-fighting chemical, to prime the body's defenses against cancer. The latest results essentially confirm controversial and highly publicized findings that galvanized the attention of cancer victims and their families when they were announced a year and a half ago. The research found that this approach, known as adoptive im- munotherapy, can at least temporarily turn back cancer that eludes all standard treatments. In some cases patients have complete remission. Chicago mayor wins re-election CHICAGO - Mayor Harold Washington, flush with victory over rival power-broker Edward Vrdolyak, said yesterday that overhauling the City Council and the local Democratic party would be priorities in his second term. Washington's triumph in Tuesday's election established his dom- inance over Chicago's political scene. But his margin of victory, 53 percent to Vrdolyak's 42, fell short of the total that pre-election polls and Washington allies had predicted for the first mayor re-elected since the late Richard Daley. The city's first Black mayor failed to extend his power base beyond the monolithic Black support with backing from some liberal whites and Hispanics that put him in office four years ago. When it was suggested Washington had not knocked Vrdolyak out of the game, the mayor said at a news conference, "You can describe it any way you wish. I'd describe it as a mandate." I I f @0 Scoupon5coupon couponO. ! 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Don't call IRS WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service provides the wrong answer to nearly one-fourth of the taxpayers who call the agency's toll-free telephone lines with questions about their income tax returns, congressional investigators said yesterday. The General Accounting Office, in a report to a house subcommittee, said IRS employees gave the wrong answer 22 percent of the time when investigators posing as taxpayers called IRS assistance centers and asked 21 typical tax law questions. An additional 15 percent of the answers were correct, but incomplete. IRS Commissioner Lawrence Gibbs, whose agency cooperated with the GAO survey, expressed concern about the findings and said he was "neither pleased nor satisfied about our performance in taxpayer assistance."~ He blamed the inaccurate answers on a lack of training of the seasonal workers the IRS hires to man its toll-free lines and on problems created by the continually changing tax law. If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. ClTbe f1Aticitgau DBMi Vol. XCVll - No.130 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. I But today the freedom of speech that remains the hallmark of our Constitution may be threatened. The NAAAF Essay Contest is designed to emphasize the impor- tance of free speech and open debate in a vital area. In his best-selling book, They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby former Congressman Paul Findley sounds an alarm: "It is clear that many Americans do not feel they can speak freely on one of the most complicated and challenging current issues: The A rab-Israeli disptute." Is he right? What do you think? Full time college and univer- I ig of the consntutum, cicorge ' sity students are invited to submit a critical essay of 2,500 words or less on the subject "The Development of American Middle East Policy: Is Free Speech Threatened?" There will be 200 regional winners of $1,000 each and 10 national winners of an additional $4,000 each. The contest is sponsored by the NAAA Foundation, a charitable organization which carries out educational programs on Middle East subjects. Television commentator Tom Braden serves as Honorary Chairman r , , -shngto[n rresidingby rowara hanler Christy Please send me complete guidelines and entry forms. I "tI Editor in Chief...............................ROB EARLE Managing Editor..........................AMY MINDELL News Editor..............................PHILIP I. 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