1 In ~VeekendNagazine: Our society's obsession with thinness a Tnterview Prexton Neshitt J7 e The List ohn Logie MW1 AW X T X%/U V . fV " Z X XA .V A . ..L- ~W ~ . al rrrn Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom 4&, Vol. XCVIII, No. 37 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, October 30, 1987 Copyright 1987, The Michigan Daily Detroit radio DJ taken off - airwaves By STEPHEN GREGORY WWJ AM radio talk show host Mark Scott - who last week said the anti-Apartheid shanties on the Diag should be "bulldozed" - was taken off the air yesterday, radio station officials said "He is no longer on our air and that is a permanent decision," said the station's news director, Bob Kaiser. But Kaiser said Scott's remarks attacking the shanties and condoning racist jokes did not prompt the station to take him off the air. During his daily radio show last Thursday morning, Scott said the shanties are an "eyesore" and that if students are concerned with conditions in South Africa, they should write letters to newspapers instead of building shanties. Scott also said he found "nothing wrong" with racist jokes. "I am intimately aware of the re- marks, but it was not anything he said or did on the air that forced the decision," Kaiser said. Scott has been unavailable for comment. Joe Archer, WWJ general manager, agreed. "There was no one incident that precipitated this," he said. Archer said the station has "established guidelines with respect to taste" to which Scott could not .ahere. Kaiser said Scott and the station had a "difference in philosophy" and they "could not rectify that difference." Dick Kernan, the Vice President of the Specs Howard School of Communication Art in Detroit, said that WWJ as a news talk station may See WWJ, Page 3 Ginsburg nominated to Court Tough confirmation battle mar ensue Daily Photo by ANDI SCHREIBER LSA Junior Larry King and LSA Senior Manali Desai participate in a funeral procession for those in Nicaragua who have been killed by the Contra rebels. The processional marched from the Michigan Union to the office of U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell (R-Plymouth) yesterday. Pursell has in the past supported sending aid to the Contras. March protests Pursell WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan, making good on his promise to pick another hardline conservative, nominated federal appeals court Judge Douglas Ginsburg to the Supreme Court yesterday, raising the prospect of a second confirmation battle in the Senate. Reagan praised Ginsburg as an advocate of judicial restraint and a believer in law and order. He said Ginsburg "will take a tough clear- eyed view" of the Constitution "while remaining sensitive to the safety of our citizens and to the problems facing law enforcement professionals." Ginsburg sits on the same bench as Judge Robert Bork, whose nomination to the nation's highest court was rejected by the Senate last Friday. Ginsburg and Bork are generally viewed as being ideo- logically similar. If confirmed, Ginsburg would be one of the youngest justices ever to sit on the court. He. is 41. Ginsburg, a former Harvard Law School professor and head of the Justice Department antitrust division, would be the first Jew to sit on the high court since the resignation of Abe Fortas in 1969. Seeking to head off the lengthy debate that led to Bork's defeat, Reagan said, "If these hearings take more than three weeks to get going, Ginsburg ... receives court nomination By DAVID SCHWARTZ About 200 people gathered at the Michigan Union yesterday in the latest of numerous protests held by local Central American activists against U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell's (R- Plymouth) support of the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. At a rally, demonstrators mourned the deaths of more than 20,000 people they say have been killed by the Contras, and called for urging the representative to vote Pursell to vote against a $270 against a $100 million Contra aid million Contra aid bill expected to be bill proposed by Reagan. proposed by President Reagan. Recently, Pursell announced his Pursell, who could not be reached support for the Central American for comment, has voted in the past peace plan proposed by Costa Rican for sending government aid to the President Oscar Arias., which would Contras. In March,1986, 118 pro- end U.S Contra funding. testers were arrested in a week-long "Pursell, stand by your promise series of sit-ins of Pursell's Ann See 'FUNERAL', Page 5 Arbor office. The protesters were M looks to rebound against NU Wildcats By DARREN JASEY The old Homecoming spirit and excitement just aren't the same this year. For both Michigan and Northwestern, opponents in tomorrow's 1 p.m. contest at Michigan Stadium, a trip to the Rose Bowl on Jan.1 is out of the question. The Wildcats (1-3 Big Ten, 1-5- 1 overall) continue to build their program, while the Wolverines (2- 2, 4-3) aim to to salvage the season by winning the rest of their games. MICHIGAN has not been mathematically eliminated from the conference race, but Indiana would have to lose three, Michigan State two, and Minnesota two of its last four contests with Michigan winning its remaining games, in order for the Wolverines to claim a See TAYLOR, Page 12 the American people will know what's up." Ginsburg was reported to be the choice of Attorney General Edwin Meese, while White House chief_ of staff Howard Baker was urging the appointment of federal appeals court Judge Anthony Kennedy o f Sacramento, Calif., who would have been a less controversial choice. Sources familiar with with the struggle said that the chances for Kennedy's nomination collapsed when Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) threatened to filibuster a Kennedy nomination on the grounds he was not conservative enough. Officials agree on summit agenda MOSCOW (AP) - The superpowers agreed on a summit agenda and cleared the way for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to meet President Reagan in the United States later this year, a Soviet spokesperson said yesterday. No date was announced, but one official said privately that the Soviets are proposing the two leaders meet the first week in December. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Boris Pyadyshev told reporters the leaders would sign a treaty to scrap intermediate-range nuclear missiles and discuss cuts in long-range strategic arsenals. See SOVIETS, Page 2 INSIDE State Senate OKs bill to deputize campus police. By STEVE BLONDER The State Senate yesterday approved a bill which would allow the University to deputize its public safety officers, a move which has received mixed reactions from officials, administrators; and students. Under the bill's provisions, the University would not be required to deputize it officers. The final decision would be left up to the Board of Regents, who would decide whether to allow public safety officers to carry guns on campus and make arrests. Before toting guns, officers would have to undergo state-financed training at the state police academy, deputized police force - said the University is a safe environment, but said the potential for crimes do exist. "It's not any unsafer walking across the Diag than any other campus. Our campus is as safe as any. But the potential for a problem is always there," Heatley said. Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) said the bill is a positive move that should increase safety on campus. "On the whole, I would support the* deputization. It is clearly a more effective way to protect students than currently exists," he said. All other Big Ten schools currently have their own police force operating in the campus area. Indiana University Police Department Lt. Halloween party Dolly Photo by ROBIN LOZNAK Local children, residents of Hikone, a low-income housing community, celebrate Halloween with members of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. The second annual event drew over 200 participants, including Beta Theta Pi mem- bers, the kids, and their parents. See story, Page 5. Speak out Rape survivorsshare stories By ELIZABETH ATKINS Beth Meyerson, a University graduate, said she was raped at Dennison University when she was 18 by a man who "didn't look like a rapist" - he was upper- class, a fraternity member, and a Christian. One rape survivor read a satirical monologue in which the victim was blamed for the rape because of her behavior and clothing, with the theme, "boys will be boys" and women should accept that. "The speakout is a good opportunity for community The current proportion of out-state students at the University is jus- tified. OPINION, Page 4 Keith Jarrett and his Standards Trio will perform at Hill Audi- torium Saturday night - early enough for trick-or-treating. ARTS Paverp7 i i i