page 2,-The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 18, 1988 Groups address 'U' regents group presents -arcastic view pf research By DAVID SCHWARTZ " Several students who want to see Inilitary research discontinued at the 4 niversity made an unusual presen- 'tation at the public comments por- tion of yesterday'scUniversity's :board of Regents meeting. Rather than condemning weapons research on campus, two students gave tongue-in-cheek speeches out- lining and exaggerating the benefits of research projects sponsored by the b" S. Department of Defense. . The presentation to the regents a his planned by a group called the Nuclear Family, which was formed about a month ago to expose mili- tary research taking place on cam- pius, member Marjorie Winkelman said. Winkelman, an LSA junior, sar- castically told the regents that mili- tary research should be continued, and even increased. "May I commend your ability to resist the small group of hard-core radicals" who are against military research, she said. During the course of the presentation, several of the regents' laughed at the exaggerations voiced by Winkdlman and Timothy Mueller, who also spoke. Even In- terim University President Robben Fleming cracked a smile. Mueller, who recently transferred from Western Michigan University, discussed specific research projects during his speech, sarcastically say- ing that these projects were signifi- cantly contributing to the UniversityI by conducting their research projects. Mueller said sarcastically, "I am excited to discover that a large por- tion of the funding for this research comes from my tuition." After addressing the regents, about 20 people in the audience stood and sang a song, mockingly supporting the military research tak- ing place at the University. Dorm staff petitons for gay rights By JIM PONIEWOZIK Over 245 members of University housing's resident staff signed a petition presented to the University's Board of Regents yesterday, calling on the regents to amend anti- discrimination bylaw 14.06 to pro- hibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The signatures represent about 87 percent of the University's resident staff. Judy Phalen, a resident director at Baits, presented the petition to the regents during yesterday's public comments section. She said that the regents' past refusal to amend the bylaw sends to students "a mixed message" which some may interpret as condoning the harassment of les- bians and gays. "(Some students) feel that it's not so bad to discriminate against gays... students know when there's not a coherent (anti-discrimination) pol- icy," Phalen said. Members of the resident staff fre- quently have to deal with homopho- bic acts by students, including abu- sive comments and destruction of fliers advertising lesbian/gay pro- grams, Phalen said. "As resident staff members, we live, work and play closely with over 10,000 students here," Phalen told the regents. "Part of this process is ensuring that people are not harassed for personal differences." The petition calls for the regents to add sexual orientation to the list of categories protected under the by- law, which currently includes "race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital sta- tus, handicap, or Vietnam Era sta- tus." Last January, the regents unani- mously voted down a proposal to add sexual orientation to the bylaw. They continued to defend the board's stance after yesterday's meeting. "I see no reason to change what we've already said," Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) said. Regent Neal Nielsen (R-Brighton) said that he be- lieved the board had already done enough to protect gays in the Uni- versity community from discrimina- tion. Bryan Winter, an LSA senior and resident director in South Quad's Frederick House, said he signed the petition in reaction to displays of homophobia he has witnessed around campus. "You can see (homophobia) every day, just walking around campus: the comments by men and women, the derogatory comments, the voice cari- catures," Winter said. "You find ho- mophobia everywhere, and the resi- dence halls are no exception." Day or evening classes " Wide array of courses in Business, Arts and Sciences, Education, Nursing " All summer courses applicable to regular Loyola University degrees - Classes at the Lake Shore, Water Tower, and Medical Center Campuses. 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But some regents were more. concerned with the assembly's cur- rent financial activities than with the fiscal report. Sunday night, LSA junior Cheryl Tilles resigned from the as- sembly and from her post as chair of MSA's budget priorities committee after she admitted altering a dinner receipt charged to the assembly. She also charged MSA for unofficial " Flexible evening hours - $4.50 - $6.50/hour plus bonuses " Build your communication skills and resume - 763-7420 " 611 church St. 3rd floor f7 wIII w 4...tr committee meetings at Escoffiers restaurant and Pizzeria Uno's. Regent Phil Powers (D-Ann Ar- bor) asked assembly leaders whether MSA had taken steps to prevent "this general class of activity." MSA President Ken Weine, an LSA senior, said the assembly will develop "a more concise definition of what is an appropriate assembly ex- penditure." MSA Treasurer Alexandra War- ren, a business school junior, said she will only honor reimbursement requests that carry written .proof of assembly-approval. She added that the Central Stu- dent Judiciary (CSJ) will review the financial activities of all MSA com- mittees since September. Tilles has agreed to reimburse MSA for the dinners in the amount determined by the CSJ. CANTERBURY HOUSE Worship Schedule (theChaplaincy of the Episcopal Church to the U-MCommunity) 218 N. Division St. Sunday 4:00 p.m. Enquirers'/ Doubters' Lenten Series 5:00 p.m. Eucharist at Canterbury (supper follows) MISSIONS CONFERENCE GRACE BIBLE CHURCH 1300 S. Maple 663-0589 Fri. Mar.18, 7-8:30pm Sun. Mar.20 9:30am-noon; 6-7:15pm MISSIONS BANQUET - Sat. Mar.19, 6pm Cost for Banquet -$7 PASSPORT PHOTOS $7.95 With This Ad. KIN KO'S OPEN 24 HOURS 540 East Liberty 761 -4539 1220 South University 747-9070 IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Government takes control of public services in Panama PANAMA CITY, Panama - The government yesterday took over major public services crippled by strikes, and heavily armed soldiers patrolled the capital to keep order after an attempted coup against Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. Leaders of the National Civic Crusade, an anti-government coalition, had planned demonstrations yesterday, but the sight of hundreds of soldiers carrying automatic rifles and tear gas canisters apparently discouraged them. A day earlier, opposition activists and public employees furious about not being paid poured into the streets in the biggest protest yet of Noriega's military rule. Plane crashes in Colombia CUCUTA, Colombia-- A Boeing 727 jetliner carrying 136 passengers on a domestic flight crashed yesterday in northern Colombia, local police said. Police in the town of Zulia said they had been told by three witnesses that the plane crashed into trees and later slammed into the earth. The witnesses said the plane burst into flames and no survivors were apparent, the police said. There was no immediate confirmation from Avianca Airlines or the Civil Aeronautics Agency. The state-run Avianca airlines jet left the city of Cucuta, about 250 miles northeast of Bogota, at 1:16 p.m. EST, the agency said. It said the plane was headed for the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, on the northern tip of Colombia. IRA buries slain guerrilla BELFAST, Northern Ireland - The Irish Republican Army buried a guerrilla yesterday alongside the trampled graves and tumbled tombstones where a Protestant gunner killed three people and wounded 68 at an IRA funeral a day earlier. Wearing shamrocks and green or black armbands on a somber St. Patrick's Day, 3,ooo mourners gathered in the Roman Catholic Milltown cemetery to bury Kevin McCracken yards from where the gunner opened fire and hurled grenades on Wednesday. - At St. Patrick's Day services, Catholic leaders appealed for calm amid fears the cemetery killings will herald new and prolonged sectarian clashes. For the second day, police reported sporadic rioting and car burning in Belfast's Catholic districts yesterday. Democrats attack dispatch of troops to Central America Democratic presidential contenders Michael Dukakis, Jesse Jackson and Richard Gephardt debated long-distance with Republican Bob Dole yesterday over the dispatch of U.S. troops to Central America, with Gephardt charging the administration had "abandoned the rule of law." Dole called for U.S. military help for the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, who he said were being "slaughtered by the hundreds." But, Jackson, campaigning in Michigan, said, "we are being told we have to be saved from the Sandinistas. There are no Sandinistas in Detroit." Jackson also included Vice President George Bush, the GOP presidential front-runner, in his verbal attack. Commenting one day after former White House aide Oliver North and three other men were indicted for their roles in the Iran-Contra money diversion, Jackson said. EXTRAS Overanxious cookie-seller jumped the gun, lost prize KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - An ambitious 8-year-old got a head start selling Girl Scout cookies and had sold about 140 boxes in the first ten days of the sale, but her enthusiasm won't translate into a sales award for the second-grader. Girl Scout officials say Opal McClurg is ineligible for the prizes because she started taking orders four days before the sale began Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. Marge Rice, a spokesperson for the Gloving Embers Girl Scout Council, said scouts and their parents are informed by letter and by a notice stamped on each sales list that scouts are not to sell before the official start. The warning is also included on parental permission slips, she said. As a third-year scout, she should know the rules, Rice said. "I do feel sort of sad like," McClurg said, "but I just wanted to be a good sport and stuff." If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. 4 4 4 I Vol. XCVIII - No. 113 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: January through April - $15 in Ann Arbor, $22 outside the city. 1988 spring, summer, and fall term rates not yet available. 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