Students offer help for city's home less By VICKI BAUER Holiday plans for the more than 450 homeless people in Ann Arbor are no different from their everyday concerns - where to find a hot meal, warm clothes, and a place to sleep. To help the homeless during the holiday season, two campus groups, SANE and Project Warmth, are or- ganizing food and clothing drives. "Holidays are a mess with these people. I've noticed they become real introverted and depressed," said Beth Yaroch, staff worker at Ann Arbor Shelter Association. "I think it's very misleading to think holidays are a happy time of the year. For many of us they are, but for many of us they are not." Yaroch said Ann Arbor's home- less population is steadily increasing because of the economy and the lack of affordable housing for people who receive federal aid and minimum wage workers. She said the night shelter at 420 W. Huron fills to ca- pacity, 48 people, every night but directors haven't yet turned anyone away. This Sunday afternoon, members of SANE, a canvassing organization working for nuclear disarmament, will ask Ann Arbor residents for do- nations of food and clothing. The donations will be distributed to local shelters and crisis centers. Through the drive, SANE hopes to raise the community's awareness of disproportionate spending on de- fense weapons over human re- sources, said LSA senior Karen Klein, a SANE member and a coor- dinator of the drive. Klein said the government spends 2 percent of tax dollars on food and 53 percent on the military. "Last year we cut $185 million from child care and social security," she added, adding that the statistics were re- See STUDENTS, Page 5 The Michigan Daily-Friday, December 11, 1987- Page 3 'U' program awaits renewal of private grant By MICHAEL LUSTIG Directors of a five-year old Uni- versity program, funded by a private grant, are waiting for the benefactor to tell them if the grant will be re- newed after winter term. If the grant isn't renewed, the $2 million Program in American Insti- tutions - created by Detroit busi- ness executive A. Alfred Taubman - will end. An interdisciplinary program, American Institutions offers courses in government policies and practices from an American 'perspective. Courses are offered jointly i n American Institutions and political science, history, economics, law, business administration, and sociol- ogy. If the grant is not renewed, the classes will be retained, but offered only through the respective depart- ments. Without the grant, several ele- ments unique to the program could end. An internship program, visits by outside lecturers, teaching assis- tants for some classes, and computer conferences will be lost without the grant unless departments reallocate internal funds, said LSA Dean Peter Steiner. University President Harold Shapiro has been personally negoti- ating with Taubman to renew the grant, said Robin Jacoby, an assis- tant to Shapiro. "We have not gotten a response to our request from Mr. Taubman," Jacoby said, "But he also hasn't said 'no'." A spokesperson for Taubman said he has been on vacation and has not yet made a decision on the program. Taubman will release a decision later this month or earlier in January, said spokesperson Judy Lerwich. "It's always possible we'll get a Christmas present," Steiner said, "But what we have to do now is se- riously rethink the program for fall '88." "It's not that he said 'no,' it's just that he's said nothing," Steiner added. Political Science Chair Jack Walker, who is currently teaching a class in the program, said the pro- gram benefits the University by cre- ating smaller, more personaliied communities within the larger community. This term, Walker has a teaching assistant help him teach a class on political mobilization to 15 stu- dents. If the grant is not renewed, Walker will not have a TA the next time he teaches. "It'll be harder for me to teach, but I can still do it," Walker said. But because officials don't know if they will have money to run American Institutions next fall, they have been unable to complete plans for classes or hire faculty and TAs. John Jackson, the American Institutions director, said program directors can wait until late January or early February, when course guides for the Fall 1988 term are printed. There is no specific deadline when a decision must be made, Jackson said, but the situation worsens the longer they wait for word from Taubman. Taubman owns shopping malls across the country, including Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall. He also owns A & W Root Beer. A Uniyer- sity student in the 1940s who never graduated, Taubman has donated ex- tensively to the University. Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBI Republican presidential candidate Pat Robertson listens to questions from reporters at the Ann Arbor Inn last night. Robertson, whose appearance was protested outside the hotel, called for unity among Michigan's con- servative Republicans. Robertson calls for conservative unity within Michigan's GOP (Continued from Page 1) lobby and in the parking structure. A search following a bomb threat, made just prior to Robertson's arrival yielded nothing, Miller said. There is no organized anti-Rob- ertson group on campus or in Ann, Arbor, protesters said. Participants of the rally - including members of the Latin American Solidarity Com- mittee, Lesbian and Gay Rights on. Campus, and students from Com- munity High School - said they are, an ad hoc group against Robertson. "Pat Robertson is the epitome of why workers need a party," said Judy Levy, bargaining chair for the Amer- ican Federation of State, Local, and Municipal Employees local chapter 1583. gate selection process, which is be- "It's ridiculous that Pat Robertson ing challenged in the courts by some should have as much political clout Republicans. that he does. It's ludicrous that he He said Republicans must put should even be considered" as a pres- "conservative principles ahead of idential candidate, said Alicia Luck- candidacy." sted of LaGROC. "Let's hope we can keep them out Robertson, former leader of the of the courts," he said. He said, PTL television ministry, stressed though, that the current maneuvering solidarity among conservative Re- involves political pressuring "I didn't publicans in his short address to ab- think existed in the post-Watergate out 150 people. Those present in- period." cluded University Regent Deane Robertson commented briefly on Baker (R-Ann Arbor) and campus this week's Reagan-Gorbachev sum- ministers Mike and Missy Caulk. mit, saying "I am always hopeful for "It's time we won some elections peace, but I'm concerned the INF in this country," Robertson said. le treaty might leave our NATO allies spoke mainly about the conflicts open to an overwhelming (conven- over the Michigan Republican dele- tional) Warsaw Pact force." I i NOTICE IOur last publication day for this term will be: Friday, December 11. We will resume our; regular publication schedule on Wednesday, January 6. Happy Holidays from ... hr zb Iirflanyii~ nED Burnham Associates Drastic Rent Reductions No Added Fees Low Security Deposits MAC IN THE MORNING -I MAC IN THE EVENING MAC AROUND THE CLOCK MACINTOSH CENTER " FULL-SERVICE LASERSETTING " RESUME SPECIALS 540 EAST LIBERTY STREET ANN ARBOR Corner of Liberty and Maynard 761-4539 Arbor Forest 721 S. 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