Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Volume XCVIII - No. 24 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Tuesday, October 13, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily 4linesota mauls M Tigers for pennant, 9-5 DETROIT (AP) - The Minnesota Twins won their first American League pennant since 1965 yesterday, defeating the Detroit Tigers 9-5 to take the playoff series four games to one. The Twins open the World Series x at, home Saturday night against the National League champion. San Francisco leads the NL playoff sernes three games to two with Game 6 setfy for Tuesday night at St. Louis. Minnesota, with just 85 victories i the regular season, has the second- poorest record of any league champion since division play began in 1969. Only the 1973 New York Mets, with 82 victories, had fewer victories. The Twins had particular trouble on the road, winning only 10 games away from home after the All-Star break. But Minnesota clinched this title in enemy territory, taking the last two games in Tiger Stadium. Minnesota exploded for four second-inning runs against Detroit right-hander Doyle Alexander, then held off a Detroit comeback keyed by Matt Nokes' two-run homer that narrowed the lead to 4-3. The Twins added single runs in the seventh and eighth and blew the game open with three in the ninth. Chet Lemon homered for the Tigers in the eighth, the 14th homer ;. of this series to set a playoff record. In the ninth, Tom Brunansky, homered for the Twins, his third hit of the game, pushing the score to 7- Minnesota Twins right fielder Tom Brunansky hu 4 and the two-team homer record to twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 yesterday aftern See TWINS, Page 10 pionship. WILSON: 'U' MUST ADJUST Prof. discusses growth LSA alters language grade requirements C-minus now necessary to receive degree credits By MICHAEL LUSTIG All incoming students will have to receive at least a C-minus in foreign language classes to receive credit toward degree requirements, following a motion passed unanimously by the LSA faculty yesterday. However, some instructors are dissatisfied with it because it creates what they perceive as a "double standard." The date of implementation is tentatively set for September 1988. Under the resolution, students currently enrolled in the University who have not yet begun taking language classes could begin a language sequence next fall and be able to receive credit towards graduation with a grade less than C-minus. But some language instructors were confused by the motion's wording and will propose an amendment next month to clear up the question of which students will be affected by the change. Language Lab Director Trisha Dvorak and French Prof. Peter Hagiwara will propose to amend the resolution so that every student beginning a language sequence this fall must receive a grade of C-minus or better to have the class count towards graduation require- ments. Romance Languages Chair Thomas Kavanagh called the legislation a "fairly minor motion" that would affect few students. Hagiwara presented statistics showing that almost 12 percent of the students in beginning French classes last winter received grades in the D range and that "E's virtually don't exist." Currently, a student taking foreign language classes for a grade can pass with a D-minus, but students taking the class pass/fail need a C-minus. Kavanaghsaid the change "eliminates this kind of baroque curlicue" and that students who receive grades lower than C-minus are probably not able to advance to the next level anyway. Some faculty members wondered if the change was the appropriate action to take, but Henry Griffin, head of the LSA Cur- riculum Committee said there is precedent for the resolution. In the chemistry and classical studies departments, for example, grades of C-minus or better are required in some prerequisite courses, Griffin said. He added that a smaller committee of foreign language instructors determined that a grade of C-minus corresponds to the min- imum appropriate level of competence a student should demotstrate. -Associated Press tugs third baseman Gary Gaetti after the noon to win the American League Cham- in minority By STEPHEN GREGORY Minorities in the United States will soon represent one-third of the population and the University and other institutions must change to accomodate this, a member of the American Council on Education said yes- terday. Reginald Wilson told about 75 people in the School of Education's Schoerling Auditorium yesterday that by the turn of the century whites will no longer be the majority in the American population. "The word minority is becoming ob- solete," he said, citing statistics showing a greater population growth among minority groups than whites. Wilson, director of the council's Office for Minority Concerns, said American colleges and universities maintain elitist attitudes prevelant from their beginnings. "Higher education has not been a democratic in- stitution." He said this attitude is one of the causes . of campus racism and by increasing minority representation at colleges, "we are trying to do something to them that was never intended to have done to them." According to Wilson, as long as the structure of these' institutions remains unal- tered, racial incidents like those at the University last winter will continue to occur. "You have to do something different to make a change in racism," he said. population In an attempt to do something different, Wilson said, the council has made increasing the number of minorities in higher education its top priority. "It will always be a peripheral issue unless we put it front and center." To emphasize this, the council will release a public statment in January to inform people of the coming demographic transition and the necessity of institutional change. Wilson said a national commission, chaired by former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and called One-third of the Nation: a National Imperitive , will make the presentation. He hopes the annoucement will spur the nation into preparing for the transition. To facilitate changes in higher education, the council will distribute a handbook in January to colleges nationwide, listing methods to increase minority representation in all levels of higher education and case studies of institutions that are already employing these methods. The book will contain "pragmatic solutions which now exist because people are already doing them," Wilson said. The book will also discuss steering college curriculua away from their current emphasis on Western civilization to ones that represent the diversity of the population. See MINORITIES, Page 3 Daily Photo by DANA MENDELSSOHN Vigil University students protesting Columbus Day on the Diag last night observe a moment of silence to support Native Americans in an attempt to abolish stereotypes. See story, page 3. peedingp House may approve speed limit bill today MA Engineering network INSIDE produces videotapes Civil Liberties Board proposal is ambiguous on free speech. OPINION, Page 4 By STEVEN TUCH Second of a three-part series The Michigan Engineering Tel-' evision Network reaches beyond simply broadcasting engineering in- formation. The network also provides produced items when Consumer Power Co. and Detroit Edison asked METN to make a tape on nuclear engineering. This project, a 400 hour, 10 course tape was completed in 1980. The network converted one The University Orchestra and Chamber Players season tonight itorium. Symphony Symphony will open their at Hill Aud- ARTS, Page 7 By NICOLE DEAN State lawmakers may hike the cnpr limit nn rural hio-hwavs to 6 Senator Doug Cruce. The U.S. Congress passed leg- i