Ninety-eight years of editorialfreedom Volume XCVIII - No. 23 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Monday, October 12, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily Michigan tosses game to MSU Seven interceptions lead to downfall By ADAM OCHLIS Special to the Daily EAST LANSING - Since spring practice, Michigan football head coach Bo Schembechler has worried about his defense, while saying his offense would be just fine. For the second time in five weeks, those words came back to haunt Schembechler and the Wolverines. Saturday, they lost to Michigan State, 17-11, in large part due to offensive mistakes. The Spartans intercepted Michigan quarterback Demetrius Brown seven times - four by safety John Miller - and Heisman candidate Lorenzo White ran for 185 yards and two touchdowns en route to Michigan State's first home victory over the Wolverines since 1969. "Yes, it feels good to beat the University of Michigan and still I have compassion for Bo," said Michigan State head coach George Perles. "Johnny Miller's four interceptions are unheard of. Seven interceptions are more than you ever expect." Despite the miscues on offense, the Wolverines were still in the game entering the fourth quarter. An 11-point deficit quickly becanle three when Brown found halfback Jamie Morris curling across the middle for an 18-yard touchdown. A successful two-point conversion (Brown to John Kolesar) closed the gap to 14- 11 with 12 minutes to play. MICHIGAN STATE (3-2 Daily Photo by SCOTT ITUCHY Michigan State's Lorenzo White helped lead the Spartans past Michigan, 17-11, in Saturday's game. overall, 2-0 in the conference) then abandoned the conservative shell it had gone into at the beginning of the second half and marched 47 yards on ten plays. Kicker John Langeloh booted a 42-yard field goal that barely made it over the upright. Michigan (3-2, 1-1) was still in a position to go ahead with a touchdown and extra point. This time, however, it was not to be. Michigan's drive, which started on its own 24 and included two third- down conversions to keep the drive alive, ended the same way six other Michigan drives did - with an interception: With just over three minutes left, Michigan State's Harlon Barnett intercepted a ball thrown very short of receiver Greg McMurtry at the Spartan 10-yard line. After Barnett scampered 36 yards upfield, it was time for Michigan State and its fans to start celebrating. This one was over. Just like in the Notre Dame game, when Michigan self-destructed with seven turnovers in losing, 26- 7, the interceptions Saturday were heart-breaking to the Wolverines and inexcusable to Schembechler. "Our offense is just sporadic and disappointing to me - particularly with the turnovers," said Schembechler. "I just can't fathom that many turnovers. "Actually, I don't know how it happened, turning the ball over as frequently as we did. It's amazing See 'M', page 15 Burma airplane crashes, kills 49 RANGOON, Burma - A Burma Airways plane caught fire and crashed about 20 miles short of a popular tourist town in central Burma yesterday, killing all 49 people aboard, including 14 Americans, the government said. The official News Agency of Burma said 36 foreiigners, nine Burmese passengers and four crew members were aboard. It was the airline's second disaster in less -than four months. The agency said twin-turboprop Fokker Friendship 27 "caught fire in midair" and crashedsoutheast of its destina- tion of Pagan, a town whose ancient Buddhist temples attract many foreign tourists. The brief announcement did not give the causes of the crash. The agency said besides the Americans, seven Swiss citizens, five Britons, four Australians, three West Germans, two French citizens and one Thai died. Engineers keep up thanks to U' broadcasts By STEVEN TUCH First of a three part series Behind the inconspicuous door of Room 1020 of the Dow Building lies the multi-million dollar Michi- gan Engineering Television Net- work, the first to broadcast en- gineering instruction directly into industrial worksites -around Michi- gan. "(METN) is a way of allowing people in industry to be involved in the engineering college without traveling people around," s a i d Dwight Stevenson, director of the network. Stevenson said METN saves companies money and time. "I think that was the principal motive. That is why we set the system up in the first place." People in industry can use METN to receive credit for graduate-level engineering courses and to keep up to date on new engineering technology without coming to a campus. PRESENTLY, the network broadcasts 11 courses, all of which are actual classes offered on campus to engineering students. Broadcasts are live and interactive, with an occasional taped class airing. The students and auditors around the network can participate in discus- sions and ask instructors questions by utilizing touch-and-talk phones supplied to each viewer at the receiving sites. The majority of the courses are on the masters level. The classes are primarily in applied mechanics, electrical engineering and computer science, and mechanical engineering. "What I do is try to determine among our subscribers what courses1 they would be interested in of the courses we're offering for a particular See CREDIT, Page 7 Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Ridha Benmrad sits behind the controls during Professor Brian Schunch's Electrical Engineering 542 class. Under Benmrad's direction, the class is being broadcast around Southeast Michigan. 0 ~See 14, Pae Savants look past Bork to next nominee diK IN SIDEii~ SUIIL$ U ~1'. ;e 5 By KENNETH DINTZER The apparent defeat of Judge Robert Bork's Supreme Court nomination has the Washington soothsayers trying to figure out who President Reagan will nominate next and if the nominee will face the same scrutiny that Bork encountered. Though Reagan claims he has no list of alternative nominees, he is perhaps the only politician in Washington without one. The tmn mnc ci C1anmfant lint maker are Attornev Meese, devoted to Reagan ' agenda of reversing the decisions which legalized abortion and banned organized prayer in public schools, may push for another candidate similar to Bork. A Yale professor and prolific' writer before becoming a judge, Bork appealed to conservatives because of his well- documented views. It was these same views which caused a clash between the judge and the Senate Judiciary Committee. A nominee such as U.S. Annellate Court Judge Richard Thne name or names submitted by tBaker will probably include moderately conservative judges who can appeal to Democrats. Jamie Ridge, an aid to Senator Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), explained why the conservative Democrat refused to back Bork: "he wants a conservative justice, but he wants one in the conservative mainstream." DeConcini offered a list of men he found acceptable. These included Judge Patrick u:-:ainhnhnmof D ruc n rlcrPClifnna, name from consiueration, even tnoug it three Senators have officially declared they will vote against the nominee. By forcing a showdown vote Reagan may place the Senate in a no-win situation where they are unable to reject the next nomination, whoever it may be. Fred Schauer, a professor of constitutional law at the University, said that while Bork's nomination has made the Senate take a more active role in judicial appointments, he admits t Mainstream media Pentagon reports to Persian Gulf. uses only explain the OPINION, Page 4 HUsker Du brings their mini-tour to the Nectarine Ballroom tonight. ARTS, Page 9 I I