4at Ninety-eight years of editorialfreedom Volume XCVII - No.11 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Thursday, September 24, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily Biden ends q for White Hc Dukakis 'saddened' [est ruse by news Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER Injured band members-(from left to right) Steve Pearson, Steve Damm, Liz Chamberlain, and Missy Tajer-sit along the side of Elbell Field and watch the band practice for Saturday's football game. Band practice gOeso either rain or shine WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Joseph Biden ended his quest for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomi- nation "with incredible reluctance" yesterday, saying the "exaggerated shadow" of mistakes made it impossible to continue his candi- dacy. Biden withdrew from the cam- paign after a week in which his campaign was rocked by admissions of plagiarism and false claims about his academic record. The Delaware Democrat is the second candidate to be forced from the race by questions of character and integrity. "I made some mistakes," Biden told a room crowded with reporters, his wife by his side. "Now the exaggerated shadow of those mis- takes has begun to obscure the es- sence of my candidacy and the es- sence of Joe Biden." Biden said he had to choose be- tween continuing his presidential campaign and chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Supreme Court nomination o f Robert Bork. "And although it's awfully clear to me what choice I have to make, I have to tell you honestly I do it with incredible reluctance and it makes me angry. I'm angry with myself for having been out in the position - put myself in the position - of having to make this choice," he said. "And I am no less frustrated at the environment of presidential politics that makes it so difficult to let the American people measure the whole Joe Biden and not just misstatements that I have made." Biden refused to take reporters questions and returned to the Judiciary hearings, where he was lauded by his fellow senators. "I would like to say the Dem- ocrats have no lost their most artic- ulate spokesman," said Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, the ranking Republican on the commit- tee. Biden's rivals for the Democratic nomination were quick to react to maen ... withdraws from race his withdrawal. "It's one more down note," Rep. Patricia Schroeder, (D-Colo.) "And I think we all get' tarnished by that type of news." Biden's staff said the former candidate would travel to Iowa and New Hampshire today to thank his supporters. By ANDY JORDAN On a blacktop practice ground near Elbel Field, the Michigan Marching Band works to perfect its routines every afternoon for an hour and a half, rain or shine. And they do get rained on. "You'd better go," some of them said as the storm clouds rolled in for the second day in a row. "Trust us, it'll get really bad." It started to sprinkle. "Are you crazy?"they said. "Go while you still can!" It was too late. The skies opened up and within a few moments, 300 band members and their instruments were drenched. But that didn't stop them. The -band marched on through the rain, practicing their formations until given the signal to go dry off. During Band Week, a.k.a. Hell Week which comes immediately before the start of classes, band members begin practicing and polishing at 9 a.m. and finish at 9 p.m. Several of those who have gone through Band Week described it as "very difficult." Mike Thomas, a first- year student and trumpet player, said, "All you do is march and eat." Debra Gmerek, a former band member and current fan, said that by the end of Band Week, "you are sore and tired and ready for school to start so you can rest." See BAND, Page 2 'U' law deans testify on Bork's nomination By NANCY DRISCOLL Former Law School Dean Ter- rance Sandalow will testify on the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork within the next week, he said yesterday. Sandalow, who supports the nomination, testifies just days after current law dean Lee Bollinger spoke out against Bork before the Senate Judiciary committee. "Nobody appointed to the court in my professional life, for the last 30 years, has had better qualifications than Bork does," Sandalow said. He is expected to give 20 pages of tes- timony. Five present and former law deans from other universities will be on a panel with Sandalow. Bollinger, an expert on the First Amendment, said during the hearings on Tuesday that Bork had a radical view of the freedom of speech, not shared by others in the judicial or academic community. "The main point I tried to make is if you look at Bork's scholarly writings and his speeches as a pro- fessor, from 1971 to 1979, you see that he took a position on freedom of speech, a scope of the First Amendment that was very narrow. One of the central elements of his view is that the First Amendment should only protect political speech, which is a very extreme view." Bollinger, who spoke on a panel with author William Styron and artist Robert Rauschberg for about an hour, said he met Bork in 1979 when the judge visited the Universi- ty. Although Bork has renounced his limited view of First Amendment protection during testimony at the hearings, Bollinger isn't buying it. "With someone who held a view for so many years, and held it so strongly, it's fair to say that's what he really believes," Bollinger said. See DEAN'S, Page 5 Burger ... supports Bork nomination Burger endorses Bork, criticizes opposition's techniques as 'hype' WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Chief Justice Warren Burger, stirred by what he called unprecedented dis- information, declared yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork is not "an extremist any more than I'm an extremist" and deserves confirmation. Burger, in an extraordinary ap- pearance for a sitting or former member of the high court, told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "If Judge Bork is not in the mainstream then neither am I. It would astonish me to. think he's an extremist any more than I'm an extremist." In particular, he criticized paid newspaper advertisements that have suggested dire consequences for the nation if Bork's nomination is con- Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Take that ! Sensei Gozo Shioda demonstrates Aikido Yoshinkai at the Michigan Theater last night. Shioda, a ninth degree black belt, is a master of this Japanese martial art. See story, Page 7. eph Biden (D-Delaware), and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), were over- shadowed to some extent by Biden's midday announcement that he was withdrawing from the presidential race. Biden took time out from presiding over the hearings to tell a news conference he was quitting the campaign in the wake of damaging disclosures that he committed plag- See RETIRED, Page 2 firmed. The hearings, despite appearance and a heated later between committeec Burger's exchange chair Jos- Jazz for Life begins third seaso By GRACE HILL Jazz For Life, an organization that uses music to raise money for poor children, began plans for its third year during an organizational and in- formational mass meeting Monday night. 'We want to move out like McDonald's and get going in other areas.' - Louis Johnson, jazz musician i at 'U' INSIDE The indictment of Gide new fundraisers such as a raffle for a Israel is an indictme hot air balloon ride. speech. 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