I I The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 1, 1988- Page 3 CIA protester Marcuse to receive trial date By MELISSA RAMSDELL would handle the pro Graduate student Harold Marcuse, charged with as- said. Rose refused toc saulting a police officer and a University Public Safety BOTH ALLEGE administrator, is expected to receive an official trial date frontation between s during a pre-trial session this morning. Marcuse officers, and police d pleaded not-guilty to the charges at his Dec.10 ar- at CPP last Novemb raignment. 30 protesters attempte Defense attorney Jonathan Rose and prosecuting at- cers into the area whe torney Ronald Plunkett, the assistant city attorney, ductee police repor will meet with Judge Pieter Thomassen this morning bor Detective Dougl to exchange information about witnesses and testi- against him with hi: monies that will be used during the upcoming trial. player would block" Marcuse was charged with assaulting the officials at tempting to knock hir a student protest during recruiting interviews by the Barbour was able t Central Intelligence Agency at the University's Career out of the hallway a Planning and Placement office last November. held, the report says. I MARCUSE said the charges against him could be soreness in his back. dropped before the pre-trial due to new evidence - In a second attem photographs of the alleged assaults taken by one of the cers said they observe demonstrators - but he said this is unlikely. He said of Public Safety Rob Plunkett met with Rose to see the photos Friday. the back, and knock h Neither attorney could be reached for comment yes- AT THIS point, terday, but Plunkett said Wednesday that he did not groin. Marcuse craw plan on dismissing the case before the pre-trial. and was arrested for Marcuse also disclosed plans Wednesday to file a the scuffle was over. civil suit against Assistant Director of the University Patrick later told Department of Public Safety, Robert Patrick, for kick- incident that he kick ing Marcuse during the same November demonstration. to protect himself an Patrick claimed the incident was in self-defense. report did not include Marcuse said he and Rose were still compiling a nesses of the attacks1 testimony and would not say when he would file the but several studentss suit. If a suit is filed, City Attorney Bruce Laidlaw See M today secution against Patrick, Marcuse comment. D assaults stemmed from a con- . tudent protesters, campus safety uring CIA recruitment interviews er. Fighting broke out when the ed to force their way past the offi' ere the interviews were being cori t describing the incident, Ann Ar- as Barbour said Marcuse pushed s shoulder "much as a football , and shoved him into a wall, at- m down. to restrain Marcuse and move him where the interviews were being, Barbour complained afterwards of pt to rush into the hallway, offi- d Marcuse grab Assistant Director ert Pifer from behind, knee him in him to the ground. Patrick kneed Marcuse in the 'led away from the scene in pain assault by Detective Barbour when a police officer investigating the ed Marcuse because he was trying d Pifer from being assaulted. The e any testimony from student wit- by Marcuse on Barbour and Pifer, said they saw Patrick assault Mar- ARCUSE, Page 5 Doily Photo by ROBIN LOZNAK Skinned alive A group of students celebrate a Washington Redskins touchdown in the first half of the Super Bowl in the T.V. room of West Quad's Michigan House. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... SALSA celebrates Chicano history By JIM PONIEWOZIK The Socially Active Latino Stu- dent Association (SALSA) is spot- lighting the cultural heritage and so- cial concerns of Mexican-Americans in its celebration of Chicano History Week, which begins today. The an- nual event will place greater empha- sis this year on political problems facing Chicanos, said SALSA co- chair Adoleena Gonzalez. The week's activities will begin today at 6:00 p.m. with an invita- tion-only dinner and opening cere- monies at the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union, featuring guest speaker Dennis Valdez, assistant professor of Chicano studies and history at the University of Min- nesota. SALSA member Elsa Barboza said Vice-Provost for Minority Af- fairs Charles Moody may not be able to speak at the dinner due to illness. SALSA is also sponsoring a po- litical forum addressing Hispanic concerns Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., with speakers Juan Andrade, execu- tive director of the Midwest Voter Registration Education Project, and Joan Carasco, coordinator of the Cristo Rey Counseling in Lansing. On Friday night, SALSA will host a showing of the movie "La Bamba" at 7:30 p.m. in the Goddard Lounge of Oxford Houses. Experts discuss racism, 1st amendment rights . ......................................................... - - ii...".""".: .""..".".: ".-.. ."......."......."...""...".........."."."".*....."-........... .. ".... "."....*. "'ii" i " 'ip ''1'- iii"."ii Iowa paper backs Dole and Simon in caucuses DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's largest circulating daily newspaper yesterday endorsed Re- publican Bob Dole and Democrat Paul Simon in the state's Feb. 8 presidential caucuses. The Des Moines Register, in departing from a tradition of not en- dorsing candidates before the cau- cuses, rejected Vice President George Bush for supporting the Iran-Contra deal and said Democrats would not have to apologize if any of their party's candidates won, except Gary Hart. The newspaper gave its approval to the two senators from nearby Midwestern states in side-by-side editorials and explained its decision to make the unusual endorsements in a separate column by editor James P. Gannon. No other large Iowa daily so far has endorsed candidates in the precinct presidential selection pro- cess, which provides the first voter test for six Republican and seven Democratic candidates. The Register, which has readers across the state, where candidates have focused' much of their early campaign, said that while it dis- agreed with Senate Republican leader Dole of Kansas on a number of is- sues, "it is usually possible to tell where he is coming from. And it is from a good place - traditional midwestern Republicanism." The paper noted Dole has teamed up with liberal Democrats to back civil rights and food stamp programs in Congress, characterizing his per- formance as one of "pragmatism, shrewd politics and compassion all at once." It also said it would be a relief to have a president who would work with Congress, rather than against it, especially because of the need for cooperation to cut the deficit. "The clincher is that Dole seems to sense what the nation needs, after years of obsession with building military strength," it said. "Dole emphasizes turning to domestic concerns such as education, child care, health and community service." The Register said it believes Si- mon, from neighboring Illinois, is the best Democratic candidate, in part because of a long and unwaver- ing record that shows "a man who has decent instincts and sticks by them." "He offers the correct diagnosis: The United States has diverted too much of its resources into the mili- tary rivalry with the Soviet Union while Japan and Western Europe, less burdened by military expendi- tures, forge ahead in the economic rivalry," the newspaper said. The Register questioned Bush's judgment on leading foreign policy issues and his role in the Iran-Contra affair. By STEVE KNOPPER Special to the Daily DETROIT - Racist speech is protected by the First Amendment, two legal experts said during a forum Friday at St. Mary's Community Center. But a University law profes- sor told the audience of about 60 students, alumni, and local citizens that racial attacks by students ought to be punished. The debate, sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit American Civil Liberties Union, was prompted by Interim University President Robben Fleming's recently relea'sed draft proposal to impose punishments, including academic probation or suspension, against students who verbally or physically harass others. Erwin Ellman, a Southfield attorney, criticized punishment for speech. "Racial epithets - however offensive, however mean-spirited - unless they imminently threaten a riot or public disturbance, are per- missible and protected by the First Amendment," Ellman said. "By what logic can we say that a much less stringent standard can be applied at a public university?" ATTORNEY R O L L A N D O'Hare also defended people's rights to free speech of any kind, including racist speech. "Freedom that is the most difficult to protect is the right to express opinions that people loathe," O'Hare said. "The more people who loathe them, the more we need to protect them." "At the moment, there is a certain level of zealotry about the eradica- tion of evil in our society - sexism and racism," O'Hare continued. "That zealotry is a threat to the First Amendment. The difference is that this is done by 'good people."' But University Law Prof. Sallyanne Payton argued that racist behavior is more abusive than generally offensive behavior. She cited last year's incident in which two students aired racist remarks on WJJX campus radio, and an alleged incident in a campus elevator where two white women lifted up a Black woman's dress to see her "tail." "It's the University's positive duty to provide a non-discriminatory environment," Payton said. "We're not trying to enforce general behav- ior. If (students) call each other 'fat' or 'dumb,' that's okay; they can be as rude as they want to be, and be- lieve me, they are plenty rude. This racial stuff seems to be outside of the general comfortable abusiveness that comes out of the undergraduate population." PAYTON EMPHASIZED that students' remarks can be more offensive than those of adults, be- cause "these are young people who maybe are not aware of what they're doing." Students do not always un- derstand the implications of racially insulting remarks, she said, even though their speech is protected by the Constitution. Payton distributed copies of Fleming's proposal at the forum, but said she was not prepared to dis- cuss specific points in the draft. Several students who attended the forum were upset that Payton only mentioned students' racist behavior and said her remarks were conde- scending. "As a 23-year-old University stu- dent, I am deeply offended by your remarks, as well as your repeatedly referring to University students as little children," Rackham graduate student Brian Haus told Payton. "My mother gave up trying to tell me what I can say many years ago. I don't see how I can relinquish that responsibility to an administrator at the University." LSA JUNIOR Mike Phillips; chair of the Michigan Student As- sembly's student rights committee, said, "You've made it seem like the bad people here are students - that's wrong. You can't create an ivory tower by kicking out the students you don't want." Ellman took issue with Flem- ing's proposal to set up hearings within the 17 schools and colleges for students who break the proposed rules. "Does the University automatically have the right to as- sume a substitute prosecutorial funcution?" Ellman asked. "If so, what safeguards are to be employed? The same as we expect from the po- lice? These are the kinds of questions which perplex me." If a student commits a crime, Phillips said, the case is more ap- propriately handled by the Ann Ar- bor police and civil courts. But Payton, who agreed that Fleming's proposal would give the University "police power," said most other universities would take action against some kind of assault. TLHE IST What's happening in Ann Arbor today uoiiy rnlOTO Dy LIa VV^ Watch out!Dh Seven-year old Andrea Terry and her little friend pay heed to a warning sign while walking through Barton Pond Park Friday. Robertson holds 'rump' convention at primary (continud fmPage) control of their petty little political to New Hampshire to speak at the fiefdoms." "rump" convention, told his sup- He called the planned convention porters "what we have seen in a "renegade" meeting and swore to Michigan is an attempt by a few to carry the battle to the Republican mislead a vast number, to maintain National Convention in August. Speakers Herman Suyemoto and Keith Taylor - "Guild House Writers Series," 8:00 p.m., Guild House. Nugget Burkhart -b"Exercise in the Treatment of Diabetes," 7:30-9:00 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church. Meetings UAC/Comedy Company - mass meeting, 7:15 p.m. Rm. 4224 East Engineering. Amnesty International - 7:30 p.m., Rm. 439 Mason Hall. United Jewish Appeal - Solicitation training, 7:00 p.m. Pendleton Rm. of the Union. 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