4 , 4 , 4 Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 67 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 7, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Sean ruled By STEVE BLONDER and ADAM SCHEFTER The Michigan basketball team suffered a serious setback yesterday when first-year players Sean Higgins and Demetrius Calip were declared academically ineligible to play for the rest of this season. The loss prompted Michigan basketball coach Bill Frieder to change his decision to redshirt first- year guard Kirk Taylor. Higgins was expected to receive significant playing time this year in the front and backcourts. Playing in all 12 games of the Wolverines non- conference schedule, he has averaged 9.8 points per game while providing Michigan with an explosive scoring threat. He had led the Wolverines in three point shooting, hitting 10 of 20 shots from long grange. "WE REALLY feel badly about it," Frieder said on WAAM radio. "They were very close, but they'll be unable to play. "Sean is very capable academi- cally. It's really a shame. He had a very tough schedule and he didn't cut it. It's as simple as that." It was the first time that Frieder' had lost any of his players during the season for academic reasons. The University requires that ath- letes maintain a 2.0 grade point av- erage in order to be eligible. This requirement is stricter than the Big Ten standards, which only require a first- or second-year athlete to have a cumulative g.p.a. of 1.8, according to Big Ten Administrative Assistant Eleanor Joseph. She said the individual schools are responsible for determining the eligibility or ineligibility of their Higgins athlet A sity's tions his a ment he co ineligible es at the start of each semester. Communications Department, Hig- N OFFICIAL in the Univer- gins received a D for the class, Department of Communica- which helped cause his cumulative said yesterday that Higgins and grade point average to fall below the dvisers approached the depart- required 2.0. Higgins' father said his late last semester to see what son had received a B, a C, and a D uld do for extra credit to raise in his other classes. his Communications 100 grade. However, the teaching assistants for "Public Speaking" have a rule that prohibits extra work to boost grades. Communications Chair Frank Beaver said no one from the athletic department had contacted him about changing Higgins' grade. "He had missed a lot of classes, and besides, we don't change grades," Beaver said. According to the source in the ONE OF Higgins' Public Speaking classmates said, "Higgins definitely didn't come to both days (of class) every week. If you didn't attend, you failed," the classmate said. Earl Higgins stressed that his son was not having academic problems, but rather just didn't show up to class enough. See HIGGINS, Page 9 Doily Photo by DAVID LUBLINER Booking to class Clerks at Ulrichs are blinded by blizzards of students during winter term book rush yesterday. Many students have encountered long lines while purchasing books for the winter term classes. Former president returns to familiar territory, new issues Wolverine cagers skin 'Cats, 92-69 By STEVE KNOPPER It was business as usual yesterday for the University community, but for Interim University President Robben Fleming, the first day of classes "seemed like old times." "I've known these people a long time," said Fleming, who served as president from 1967 to 1978. "People have been very friendly, and that's been one of the more heartwarming things," he said of the adninistrators, secretaries and officials he's been working with since he assumed office Jan. 4. Fleming has already moved back into the office vacated by University President Harold Shapiro, who became president of Princeton University last week. He and his wife Sally will move back to the President's House next week. "It's hard to tell he was ever gone," said Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy, who worked with Fleming during Fleming's first tenure as president. "A place like this has a certain degree of stability or momentum that seems to carry on." See FLEMING, Page 2- By PETE STEINERT Special to the Daily EVANSTON - Michigan may have been playing without Sean Higgins and a healthy Terry Mills, but one would never have guessed that by the outcome of last night's game against Northwestern at Walsh-Ryan Arena. The Wolverines (12-1) routed the Wildcats, 92-69, winning. their eleventh straight and, most impor- tantly, their Big Ten opener. Gary Grant's 31 points combined with an Achilles injury sustained by Northwestern center Shon Morris early in the second half spelled doom for the Wildcats. "I was really impressed with the way we played," said Michigan head coach Bill Frieder, whose team never trailed in the game. "We played hard, intense, together and with a lot of poise." "It was all led by Gary Grant, though. He was sensational out there." Grant added seven assists to go along with his game-high point to- tal. Loy Vaught tied his career high with 18 points and Glen Rice added 13. Despite missing almost the entire second half, Morris led Northwestern (5-6) with 17 points. Brian Schwabe tallied 16. See 'M', Page 9 Michigan closer to winning bid for collider By DAVID SCHWARTZ The state of Michigan came one step closer to winning its bid to house the world's largest supercon- ducting super collider when the number of states vying for the $4.4 billion project was officially nar- rowed from 25 to eight on Tuesday. The list of eight states was cho- sen by the National Academies of Science and Engineering's 21-mem- ber panel of experts. Department of Energy spokesperson Jeff Sherwood said the U.S. Department of Energy will likely confirm the list next Tuesday. DOE officials will choose a "preferred site" in July, but Energy Secretary John Herrington will not make the final decision until Jan- uary, 1989, after further tests are conducted at that site. The DOE accepted Stockbridge, a city located halfway between the University and Michigan State Uni- versity, as a possible site for the su- perconductor. The state had also submitted a proposal for another site near Dundee, but this site was not named among the finalists. The Superconducting Super Col- lider is scheduled to be completed in 1996, Sherwood said. It will consist of an underground, oval-shaped ring with a circumference of 52 miles. Powerful magnets within the structure will propel the atoms to speeds close to that of light, causing the particles to smash into one an- other and break into smaller parts. These smaller "quarks" will enable physicists to learn more about the structure of the atom. The largest super collider in the United States is now located in Illi- nois. But the Soviet Union is cur- rently constructing a facility 40 miles south of Moscow which will be the largest super collider in the world until the new United States facility is complete, Sherwood said. The United States' SSC will be 20 times more powerful than the one in Illinois. Physics Prof. Lawrence Jones, who has aided in the design of the SSC, believes the proximity of Stockbridge to the two large univer- sities is a bonus that none of the seven other remaining competitors can offer., "I think we have a very, very good chance (of getting the site in Michigan)," Jones said. "I think we are far and away the best facility in terms of location." In addition to the universities, Jones noted that Stockbridge is also less than an hour from .Detroit Metropolitan Airport, allowing sci- entists from around the country and the world easy access to the facility. John Mogk, the president of the Michigan Energy Resource Research Association and the driving force behind the state's proposal, said, "We see no weakness in the Stock- bridge site. (The Michigan site) happens to be located in the heart of the United States energy center. Mogk estimates Michigan's chances of acquiring the project at three- to-one. Construction of the SSC, regard- less of the location, will create more than 2,500 permanent jobs, as well as 3,000 construction jobs. In addi- tion, hotels and businesses will prosper from the influx of scientists from around the world. The facility, if built in Stock- ridge, may force 150 families to leave their homes. Many of the relocations will only be temporary, said Mogk. The state will compen- sate those forced to move. In addition to Michigan, sites in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas are still under considera- tion for the project. 'Groups plan class boycott in observance of King holiday By JIM PONIEWOZIK Student activists will encourage students to boycott classes Jan. 18 in an effort to honor Martin Luther King Day, and protest the University administration's unwillingness to make the day an official holiday. "If the leaders of the institution don't have the commitment to fighting racism, then we're calling on individuals not to go to class or work," said Barbara Ransby, a leader of the United Coalition Against Racism, which is spearheading the effort along with the Black Student Union. UCAR originally proposed the holiday last spring as one of its 12 demands for University action against racism. 'Members of the groups believe an official holiday, which would mean closing the University, would give students and employees time to par- ticipate in several activities held in connection with the holiday, includ- ing a planned "Unity March" to protest racism. "A holiday is a day to break with routine... with the presence o f racism on campus, a day of reflec- tion (on the racism problem) would be good," said Ransby, a graduate student. Ransby thinks the poor atten- See UCAR, Page 2 Proposed budget may need reduction WASHINGTON (AP) - The Reagan administration, working on a proposed $1.1 trillion federal spend- ing package, may need to go beyond a budget pact with Congress "for more savings," Budget Director James Miller suggested Wednesday. He hinted additional deficit re- duction measures might be needed to reach the $136 billion deficit level set for fiscal 1989 by the Gramm- Rudman laws Miller spoke as heads of federal departments got their first glimpse of President Reagan's proposed fiscal 1989 budget. The final document, for the budget period beginning Oct. 1, will go to Congress in mid-February. Officials saidthe budget would rr~~on mrr th n Q1 ,h . . i 1 tudent allegedly altered time cards By FAITH PENNICK A student who allegedly altered the time cards of four to eight Uni- versity employees will be arraigned. next Wednesday for embezzling University funds. Space Research Laboratory offi- ~ TY1..,.~ ' A vision of the payroll office.' "(The crime) varied over several pay periods," said Phillip Brooks, assistant director of administration at the laboratory. He said the discrepancies surfaced when time- keeping representatives called the Space Research Laboratory's payroll '~'~'. .~2