Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Volume XCVIII - No. 21 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Thursday, October 8, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily Twins' beatsl rally igers, Effectiveness of racism 8-5, in opener bill debated MINNEAPOLIS (AP)-Don Baylor singled to break an eighth inning tie and Gary Gaetti homered in his first two playoff at-bats as the Minnesota Twins drew on both youth and experience to beat the Detroit Tigers, 8-5, last night in the opening game of the American League Championship Series. The victory was the first ever in a playoff series for the Twins, who were swept by Baltimore in their only two appearances in 1969 and '70. Game two will be at the Metrodome tonight with Detroit's Jack Morris, 18-11, facing Bert Blyleven, 15-12. THE TWINS scored four runs in the eighth inning erasing a 5-4 Detroit lead and chasing Detroit starter Doyle Alexander, whose post- season miseries continued. One run had already scored in the eighth when the 37-year old Baylor came to bat against reliever Willie Hernandez with the bases loaded and one out. Baylor, one of only five Twins with post-season experience, lined a single to left that put the Twins ahead to stay and made a winner of reliever Jeff Reardon, who had replaced starter Frank Viola in the top of the inning. The hit extended Baylor's record of consecutive playoff games with a hit to 11. Gaetti hit solo homers in the second and in the Twins three-run fifth becoming the first player ever to hit homers in his first two AL playoff at-bats. ALEXANDER came into the game with a 9-0 regular season record with Detroit, but in one previous World Series and two playoffs, he was 0-3 with a 7.65 ERA. Dan Gladden started the Minnesota eighth with a single. One out later, Kirby Puckett doubled to left, scoring Gladden and chasing Alexander. Mike Henneman relieved Alexander and walked Kent Hrbek intentionally. Henneman followed with a walk to Gaetti and that brought on Hernandez. Baylor hitting for Randy Bush, singled for the tie-breaking run and Tom Brunansky followed with a See TWINS, Page 10 By STEPHEN GREGORY State legislators said yesterday that a bill which would impose stricter penalties for racially motivated crimes may help curb the number of racist attacks in Michigan. But some University minority leaders said the difficulty of proving the racist intent of an attack against minorities may hinder the bill's effectiveness as a deterrent. The state House Judiciary Committee endorsed the legislation Tuesday by a margin of 12-0, and the bill is expected to clear the House next week. State Rep. David Honigman (R- West Bloomfield), one of the bill's sponsors, said steeper damage payments may be the legislation's most effective deterrent against racist attacks. Under the bill, those found guilty of a racially motivated attack would be' required to pay three times the amount of damages they caused. Honigman said damages would include criminal fines and the victim's legal fees. "It attacks the infrastructure of the hate groups," he said. The bill would also require those guilty of bias-motivated attacks to spend an extra two years in prison on top of the amount required for the crimes they've committed. Adoleena Gonzalez, co-chair of the Socially Active Latino Students Association, said she is unsure of the law's effectiveness because of the difficulty in proving racist intent behind a crime. "How can they really tie it to racism?" she asked. Gonzalez also thinks that if the bill passed, potential attackers would hide any racial overtones during assaults. But Honigman said proving intent in any legal case is difficult and that proving racial intent shouldn't be any harder. "If (accused attackers) did not evidence it in any way, it could be difficult to sustain a conviction," he said. Black Student Union Vice President Stefan Tibbs said that if See OPINIONS, Page 3 Pocket bibles Daily Photo by KAREN HANDELMAN Chester Fisk, a member of the Gideon Organization, passes out pocket- sized bibles to elementary kids on campus yesterday. The Gideons-a group of Christian businessmen-has distributed over 350 million Bibles to hotels, motels, hospitals, and other institutions in more than 130 coun- tries. i Law professor studies racist incident origin By MARTHA SEVETSON Law Prof. Sallyanne Payton - one of two mem- bers of a commission appointed to assess a racist inci- dent on campus last winter - is currently preparing a report for University President Harold Shapiro on how to cope with racial abuse on campus. "The overwhelming question is 'How does it come to be that young men and women on this campus who define themselves as white can abuse with impunity young men and women they define as Black?"' Payton said. "Why do they think that's acceptable behavior here? Because it's not." Last winter, Payton and University Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy proposed a hearing for LSA senior Ted Sevransky and LSA sophomore Peter Gonzalez, the two students responsi- ble for the racist jokes aired on campus radio station WJJX. The hearing, designed to assess the students' behav- ior and possibly impose academic sanctions, met with strong opposition from both the Michigan Student Assembly and State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor). "The proper way to address racism problems is to improve recruitment and retention programs," said MSA President Ken Weine. "I want to see the Univer- sity address racism proactively rather than reactively." Weine acknowledged that the administration has taken positive steps to combat institutional racism, such as the six-point plan agreed upon by Shapiro last March. However, he maintained that imposing aca- demic sanctions for racist remarks would infringe upon students' first amendment rights to free speech. Payton said she has studied the implications of the first amendment as part of her report, but that she does "not view the first amendment as an issue in this case." See COMMISSION, Page 3 ACLU lawyer calls all-male cheerleading squad 'sexist' Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Political Science Professor Ray Tanter speaks about the Persian Gulf situation at Hutchins Hall yesterday. 'U' profs. speak on aspects of Persian Gulf incident By LISA ORKISZ Three University Profs. discussed legal and political perspectives of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf yesterday at a forum sponsored by the International Law Society. About 50 people attended the lecture on the issue, highlighted re- cently in the news because the 70 ships in the Gulf - including 35 U.S. and 6 Soviet ships - comprise the largest collection of potential war ships in the world today. According to Political Science Prof. Ray Tanter, one of the forum speakers, the United States sees two reasons for involvement in the Per- sian Gulf: keeping control over the By JEFF HUGHES Sending only the all-male cheer- leading squad to away football games is a "sexist tradition," according to a letter sent by American Civil Liber- ties Union lawyer Jean King to University President Harold Shapiro last week. "It seems clear to us that so long as women are excluded from (the University's) traveling cheerleading squad, the University is violating both federal and state law," said King's letter. King's letter was written in re- sponse to a Sept. 30 Ann Arbor News article in which Athletic Ad- ministrative Assistant Don Triveline said all-male cheerleading squads were based on "tradition." University Regent Veronica. Smith (R-Grosse Ile) objected to taking all-male squads to away games in early September, but did not wish to comment on the current situation involving the ACLU. According to squad captain David Kaplan, a junior in the School of Business Administration, the NCAA restricted the number of cheerleaders allowed to travel to away football games this summer to six. Before the ruling, both the entire male and co-ed groups were brought to games with universities such as Ohio State, Michigan State, and Notre Dame. oil and combatting the threat of So- viet influence in the area. Tanter said the Soviet threat is the most pressing, but keeping the area clear for oil shipping would save the U.S. billions of dollars ev- ery year. He added that the Strait of Hor- See U.S., Page 5 The squad for this weekend's game against Michigan State will consist of three female and three male cheerleaders, according to a re- gental request. The remaining away games will consist of the all-male squad. Triveline said he denies that the policy is sexist, adding that the all- male squad has been cheering at football games since the 1940s. The co-ed squad was created four years ago after the elimination of the pom- pom squad. "In the past, the male football (cheerleading) squad has always trav- eled except when a host institution See CHEERS, Page 5 INSIDE The U.S. Government attempts to suppress PLO criticism of U.S. policies. Angry parents rally against racism in Ann Arbor schools By EDWARD KLEINE More than 100 concerned parents of Black children in the city's public schools gathered last night at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church to change what they call a racist public school system. The Black Student Parent Support Group is also protesting what they see as a light punishment for the Ann Arbor Huron High School biology teacher who made a racial remark to a group of Black students in his attending the University said they are upset about demands to fire Greiner. LSA sophomore Cornelius Harris, who took Greiner's biology class, called him a "very supportive" teacher. He said that while he thought Greiner had made "a bad choice of words," the incident did not reflect his attitude toward Black students. Harris said he had also talked with Huron High School faculty members, "and they supported him." Ti, nrantc. ,. ,na nt rAA mAn nlir fA*, *n ri Hollywood Kross bring Blind Pig. See OPINION, Page 4 metal band Redd s its gaudy act to the See ARTS, Page 7 W~'. i i