Ninety-seven years of editorialfreedom VOLUME XCVII - NO. 135 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1987 COPYRIGHT 1987, THE MICHIGAN DAILY l f _ _ . Bullard may call for student rights bill Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Noted author Joyce Carol Oates speaks 'at the Hopwood Awards ceremony yesterday in the Rackham Auditorium. Writer Oates speaks at 56th Hopwoods By STEPHEN GREGORY If the University administration goes ahead with a hearing to re- commend academic punishments for two students accused of committing racist acts, the state legislature may enact a bill originally designed to protect students' rights against a code of non-academic conduct. State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor), a long-time opponent of any code, may reactivate a bill that would protect students' rights during legal proceedings taken by the University, according to David Cahill, a lawyer working for Bullard. Officials say the bill could pass the state House, but will probably die in the Republican-controlled Senate. State Senator Lana Pollack (D- Ann Arbor) also opposes a code, but said she has no plans to introduce" similar legislation in the senate. She said any student rights bill would encounter stiff resistance in the majority of the Senate, which she said favors "more dis- cipline." Cahill said Bullard is currently investigating the University hear- ing, but Bullard could not be reached for comment yesterday. Bullard tried unsuccessfully to contact hearing board members Sallyanne Payton, a law professor, and University Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy yesterday, according to an office employee. Bullard's proposal would call for the establishment of a Student Bill of Rights that would impose guide- lines the University would have to follow if it implemented a code. Under the bill a student who violated the code would have the right to: -student-funded legal represen- tation present during all stages of a disciplinary proceeding; -a formal hearing in accordance with the Michigan Rules of Evidence, which govern what can be submitted as evidence during trials; -a hearing before a jury com- prised of a student's peers; -cross-examination of all wit- nesses; -the ability to appeal a hearing's final decision to the University's Board of Regents; -the ability to confront accusers; and, -the ability to deny testimony on the grounds of self-incrimination. Cahill said, "If you're going to have a disciplinary hearing, you're going to have to follow the rules." He said the bill would protect students' rights and at the same time allow the University to exact punitive actions. Although the bill would affect all the state's colleges and uni- versities, Cahill said, the bill would be a specific response to a Uni- versity's initiative toward a code. Bullard introduced the bill to the See BULLARD, Page 3 Speculation mounts in' renewed code debate Bullard ... investigates hearing By ALAN PAUL Thirty-eight prizes totalling a record $43,950 were presented at yesterday's annual Jules and Avery Hopwood Awards ceremony. Following the 56th awards presentation, a crowd of more than 700 heard writer Joyce Carol Oates speak on "the manner in which writers arrive at their subjects and how they develop it." A i rds in two catagories were awarced, as well as several other contests administered by the Hop- wood Program. The Minor Contest, open to all undergraduates, includes drama or screenplay, essay, short story, and poetry. The Major Contest, open to seniors and graduate students, in- cludes the same categories as well as novel. Following screening by a panel of University judges, the finalists are sent to national judges who choose the winners. Oates, the author of more than 50 published works of poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and criti- cism, was introduced by Hopwood See 'U', Page 7 By REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN Controversy continues over the question "is it a code?" While many have taken sides, others wonder if the University administration is actually implemeting a code - a set of rules to govern student behavior outside the classroom - or merely exercising its existing power by proposing a trial for two students accused of racist attacks. In an April 8 letter addressed to the two students being investigated for February's racial incident at campus radio station WJJX, a University in- vestigating commission scheduled a hearing to debate what academic santions would be used to punish their "harmful" behavior to the University community. These sanctions could include anything from a letter of reprimand to suspension or expulsion. Although the April 18 hearing has been indefinitely deffered at the request of the students' lawyers, the incident has renewed debate about the University's right to use academic leverage to control student behavior outside the classroom. Board of Regents Bylaw 2.01 gives University President Harold Shapiro power to suspend or expel any student whose behavior is proven to be a great detriment to the University. Many dispute whether Shapiro was attempting to establish a code by initiating a University hearing. "In the absence of an existing code, there is a wide latitude for the president to set up such a procedure," said Marvin Parnes, housing program director and a See SHAPRIO, Page 3 Regents weigh options in new research policy By STEVE KNOPPER Second in a two-part series For more than 20 years, the University community has debated whether to free research pro- jects from restrictions or to make a statement against potentially harmful research. The University's Board of Regents will decide on a new policy tomorrow morning, but none of the regents have indicated what that decision will be. Current classified research guidelines include the "end-use" clause, which prohibits research that ultimately could kill or maim human beings. This restriction does not apply to non-classified research. -The regents have an unlimited number of options. They may extend the clause to all forms of sponsored research, drop the clause entirely, or keep the existing guidelines. Although regents have refused to predict the outcome of the vote, the guideline review has created controversy among board members. "End-use as a statement is appropriate, but as a policy it is inappropriate," said Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline). "Academic freedom is one of the very high values of the University." Regent Paul Brown (D-Petoskey) said he favored research restrictions. "We have restrictions now, and I think that's a good policy. It may need to be cleaned up." Brown said he has not decided on how he will vote. Community members say the University should take a moral stand against conducting "kill-maim" research by extending the clause, which they say includes Department of Defense research. The DoD funded more than $10.5 million of University research projects - classified and non-classified - last year. This amount will increase by $2 million next year because of the Pentagon's University Research Initiative. The amount of Pentagon-funded research disturbs many who feel the University should not conduct "harmful" research. "I am against research which is actively seeking to harm the quality of life," said Michigan Student Assembly Military Research Adviser Tamara Wagner, a Rackham graduate student. "We have a respon- sibility to the living people that are conscious on this earth, and that has to be our priority." More than 75 religious leaders throughout the state have signed a letter proposing the extension of the clause, apd denouncing proposals to delete the clause. The letter, written by local Rev. Harvey Guthrie, rector of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Ann Arbor, was sent to Vice President for Research Linda Wilson last December. The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs collected 200 faculty signatures last term See REGENTS, Page 2 SA CUA proposes rcism worksho for staf By WENDY SHARP A workshop to teach University faculty members sensitivity to mi- :nority issues and awareness about racism may be implemented next year. Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs Chair Harris IMcClamroch said plans for a pro- gram are just beginning. "We (SACUA) just don't know what we want to do yet, but we want to do something," he said. :The idea of an anti-racism program for faculty stems from action taken by the Office of Affirmative Action to develop a similar program for staff members. !Virginia Nordby, director of affir- mative action programs, said she -I Hispanics deliver objectives to By DAVID WEBSTER improving The University administration yesterday Hispanic stu began consideration of an agenda addressing Most not the academic and social conditions of Hispanic toward incr students on campus. students, fac The executive officers, including Uni- at the Unive versity President Harold Shapiro, met yester- percentage{ day with six representatives of the Univer- nationwide. sity's Hispanic community. At the meeting, be active i members of the Council of Hispanics for provost to h Higher Education (CHHE) presented the administration with a list objectives aimed at See 'U' the quality of education for dents at the University. tably, the objectives are geared easing the number of Hispanic ulty members, and administrators rsity to a level comparable to the of Hispanics in the population ,Members of CHHE also hope to n the selection of a new vice ead an office of minority affairs. SHAPIRO, Page 3 NSIDE Dentistry faculty unsure about future I] The Daily explains the cap- italization of "Black." Gelman Science Inc. is a culpable pol- luter. OPINION, PAGE 4 - Graduating senior Dave Crossland knows how to get where he's going. ARTS, PAGE 7 By EVE BECKER The University's School of Dentistry, inter- nationally recognized as the one of the world's best, is undrergoine a serieof changes which is einon the w. '