Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 99 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, February 29, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Doily 'M' falls to Iowa, 95-87 By PETE STEINERT Special to the Daily IOWA CITY - Two weeks still remain in the Big Ten basketball season, but the race for the conference championship is all but over. Iowa's 95-87 victory over Michigan Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena made sure of that. The loss leaves the second-place Wolverines (22-5 overall, 11-3 in the Big Ten) two games behind first- place Purdue with four games to go -and no longer thinking Big Ten championship. "Yes, our focus is now on the NCAA tournament," Michigan coach Bill Frieder said. "You can forget about the Big Ten. Purdue isn't going to lose anymore, except maybe to Michigan." WHEN THE WOLVERINES erased a 54-43 halftime deficit against the Hawkeyes and took a 71-63 lead midway through the second half, it appeared next Saturday's game with the Boilermakers in West Lafayette would decide the conference winner. But as the Hawkeyes did in the first half, they came from behind and took the lead for good, 86-85, when center Ed Horton sank a turnaround jumper with 2:41 left. Iowa outscored Michigan, 16-4, in the closing five minutes. Detroit native B.J. Armstrong aided in sealing the win with four free throws late in the contest as Rumeal Robinson, Mike Griffin, and Terry Mills all See SHUCKS, Page 11 Fleming redrafts roposal Revised conduct code to be released By STEVE KNOPPER Interim University President Robben Fleming said yesterday he will publicly release a "very substantially revised version" of his controversial draft document to deter discriminatory behavior through academic pun- ishment today. The new draft, he said, will be published in today's University Record. He said it will respond to commu- nity criticism that the original draft limits students' First Amendment rights and fails to set up a legitimate hearing process for students. lHe would not elaborate further. Vice President for Government Relations Richard Kennedy said Fleming plans to discuss the new docu- ment with the executive officers during a meeting to- day. Fleming's original draft has invoked much debate - written alternatives, formal suggestions, and public protest - since it was released in early January for community review. The first draft would impose suspension or proba- tion for students who harass other students through physical contact or written or spoken language. Hear- ing panels set up by the deans of the 17 schools and colleges would judge a student's guilt or innocence. Many have praised Fleming's proposal for taking the first step in battling racism on campus, but others have maintained that Fleming's proposal is a unilateral attempt to control student behavior. In his original draft, Fleming said he would invoke regental bylaw 2.01, which allows the president to provide for the "maintenance of the health, diligence, and order among the students." In doing so, he said he would bypass bylaw 7.02, which states that any change in behavioral rules must pass through the University Council, a nine-member board of students, faculty, and administrators. It also must be ratified by the Michigan Student Assembly and the faculty's Senate Advisory Committee on Uni- versity Affairs. So far, MSA, the faculty's Civil Liberties Board, and several regents have commented on the draft. Last month, MSA passed a written alternative that would impose no sanctions upon students unless they have been found guilty by the civil court system. Coming nome ""aily"* "" '"' y"^ Students return to Ann Arbor at the Amtrak station yesterday after a week-long spring break. These students, who came from Chicago, Kalamazoo, and "points west", and others face two more months of classes until finals and then ... Summer. 'U', state officials confer on budget By ANDREW MILLS Special to the Daily FLINT - In a meeting with state senators on Friday, University officials stressed the "disappointing" increase of only one percent in state aid, saying Gov. James Blanchard should make higher education a top priority in his budget. "(The State of Michigan) has a his- toric strength in the education field," Interim University President Robben Fleming told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education. "If that strength is to continue... it seems to me it .has to be made one of the highest priorities in the state." "I am disappointed that the executive recommendation failed to give a higher priority to higher education," he said in a written response to a subcommittee questionnaire sent to all state universi- ties. "In the context of what is possible, I would recommend that a greater share be invested in higher education because it is so critical for the future growth of our state." The meeting was the second of four hearings the subcommittee will have at locations around the state to hear from each of Michigan's public universities. Both Fleming and James Duderstadt, University vice president for academic affairs and provost, emphasized the shift in the American workplace away from a "blue collar," labor-intensive society toward a "white collar," knowledge- based one. "Knowledge workers are becoming the cornerstone of the economy," Duderstadt said. He added that the uni- versities' role is to produce those knowledge-workers for society's benefit. Fleming also stressed the decreasing financial contribution by the state into the University's general fund - the $500 million main operating fund that, among other things, pays salaries and buys library books. If the governor's proposed budget is enacted and tuition is raised 10 percent, the state next year would carry 47 per- cent of the general fund budget, and tu- ition would carry 44 percent, Fleming said, hypothetically. This, he added, re- flects a broader trend in the state's rela- tion to the University. Although officials won't be specific at this time, most are talking about double-digit tuition increases. Sen. William Sederburg (R-East Lansing), chair of the subcommittee, has predicted tuition hikes of 10 to 13 percent across the board for Michigan public universi- ties. See FLEMING, Page 7 Protesters interrupt interviews with CIA By RYAN TUTAK The Central Intelligence Agency's plans to recruit Univer- sity students for the second time this year were cut short by protest when six of eight interviews with law school students were cancelled Friday. The CIA has not determined whether the interviews will be rescheduled. The agency was interviewing first-year law students for a ten- week law clerk program for the summer of 1989 when ten student protesters followed the third candidate into a small interviewing cubicle. The protesters demanded to de- bate CIA policy with candidate Chris Slater, a first-year law stu- dent, and agency representative Gregory Hill, taunting him with questions like "can you teach us about drug running?". and "what do you know about the psychological effects of guerrilla warfare?" Hill said he could not answer any questions about the CIA or its alleged actions. Hill and Law School Dean Lee Bollinger, seeing that the interview with Slater could not progress, met outside of the cubicle and agreed to postpone Daily Photo by ROBIN LOZNAK .Old forts never die .. .. The ruins of Fort Union stand in the middle of the New Mexican desert. The fort, built during the Civil War to protect travellers on the Santa Fe trail, also served as a base to wage war against the Indians of the South- west. See Photostory, Page 5. Riegle: Donation did not L robe Tr" ,n fsT'T, f A Ts T, T ' C' .. . 1-s.. h, :. . . . . -Associated Press Ground support Northwest Airlines flight attendants and ground crew members gather on the tarmac of Detroit Metropolitan Airport in a show of support for the flight attendants, still working through Friday night's strike deadline. Negotiations between the union and Northwest management continued last night. Judge OKs rent IN.81E controlfor ballotf By PETER MOONEY The drive for a city rent control law got a boost last Friday when Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Edward Deake ruled that the rent control referendum could remain - A ...1 A A..... A. . ... Winifred Northcross approved the rent control petitions in violation of the state's Home Rule Cities Act. The Ann Arbor Apartment Association brought the case Feb. 5. One section of the act specifies how the city amends ch arters o