Ninety-nine years of editorial/freedom Vol. IC, No. 67 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, December 13, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily U' Rosv views ';:zi~rII USC has Wolverines Bo may still have one more trick up his sleeve where it wants them BCY STEVE PRICE LOS ANGELES - Around the country it is called "the granddaddy of all Bowl games." But at Southern Cal, it is called "home." That's because the Trojans will make their unprecedented 26th trip to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2, 1989. In fact, USC has won more Rose Bowls (18) than Michigan has even appeared in (12). The Trojans (10-1) earned the right to play the Wolverines when f they defeated cross-town rival UCLA, 31-22. That game typified what USC Price is the sports editor of the University of Southern California's student newspaper, The Daily Trojan. o18,000 saved in Armenia YEREVAN, U.S.S.R (AP) - Rescuers working around the clock with everything from their bare hands to fiber optic cameras have pulled more than 18,000 people from earthquake wreckage, officials said yesterday. But the smell of decaying corpses filled the air, and hope dwindled for finding more survivors of Wednes- day's earthquake in Soviet Armenia. "People wander among the debris of what used to be their homes, straining their ears in the hope of hearing the voice of a missing sister, father, brother or simply any human voice," the official news agency Tass reported yesterday from Leninakan, near the quake's epicenter. Health Minister Yevgeny Chazov estimated the quake killed up to 60,000 people. Five days after the tragedy struck, shelter and salvage equipment remained in short supply. Soviet television showed a man and boy huddled over a fire in a small bucket, their only source of warmth during five nights spent on a pile of rubble because there were not enough tents, a television announcer said. Snow and temperatures of 14 to See Quake, Page 2 football is all about. Coming off a bout with the measles earlier in the week, quarterback Rodney Peete, who finished second in Heisman Trophy voting, completed 16-of-28 passes aise USC 1488 for 189 yards and one touchdown. He also ran for another score. Furthermore, the Trojan defense, which ranks second in the nation against the run and 10th overall, shut down UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, forcing the Bruins to settle for three early field goals when they were deep in USC territory. The Trojan offense features numerous stars in addition to Peete, who finished the year with 208 completions, 2,654 yards and 18 touchdown passes. All-America senior split end Erik Affholter, who caught a USC record 63 passes this season, can always be counted on to make the big catches, and flanker John Jackson is a speedster who continually manages to evade even the toughest of defenders. See USC, Page 11 BY ADAM SCHEFTER I have tried all week to sneak into practice. Once, I was escorted out by two offensive linemen. Well, not exactly escorted. More like thrown. Another time little Bo caught me peeping and chased me out. He almost got me, but someone 40 years younger will usually outrace his competition. I have tried everything to find out the special plays that Michigan plans to unleash against Southern Cal. You know, those crazy plays that you used to draw up with your friends in elementary school. But Schembechler is keeping the plays top secret and with good reason. They will make the difference in the Michigan victory. Schembechler has seen what a little razzle-dazzle can do to opposing defenses. It all started himself. A dip-dip-de-do, double- reverse flanker pass resulted in another seven points. And in the Big Ten clincher against Illinois, on the fourth play of the game, Bo was back to his old tricks. Erick Anderson, the blocking back in punt formation, received the snap instead of the punter. No touchdown on the play this time, but it kept the drive alive, and Michigan went on to score. Now, Schembechler has all sorts of fun things, besides Disneyland, planned for his team. Some tailback passes. Some reverses. Maybe even that old Statue-of-Liberty play will .See M, Page 11 against Michigan State. Mike Gillette ran for a touchdown out of punt formation for the deciding score. Then against Indiana, Bo outdid Brrr! Mark Binelli, an LSA said waiting for buses else who rides the bus DAVID LUBLINER/Daily first-year student, waits in yesterday's frigid weather for a North Campus bus. He in the cold is the worst part about living on North Campus. But Mark and everyone should take heart; it'll be warmer today. Hostage may face execution BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Kidnappers holding Lt. Col. William Higgins said-yesterday they have decided to execute the U.S. Marine as a spy for Israel. "We have issued the irrevocable sentence to execute this American spy" said a typewritten Arabic statement signed by the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, delivered to the independent Beirut newspaper An-Nahar. A photocopy of a picture purporting to show Higgins, the most recent kidnap victim of nine Americans held hostage in Lebanon, was plastered at the bottom of the 15-line statement. Hostage holders in Lebanon usually insert a picture with a statement to prove its authenticity. In its statement the group said the decision to kill Higgins was a retaliation for Israeli attacks against "our people in occupied Palestine" the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as predominantly Shiite south Lebanon. It also said Higgins would die in "revenge for the blood of the martyrs of the latest Israeli raid" on a Palestinian guerrilla base nine miles south of Beirut. Nine guerrillas were killed Friday in the Israeli attack. An Israeli officer also died. In Washington, State Department spokesperson Charles Redman said he had no details of the threat beyond press reports. "These hostages are all innocent victims" Redman said. "They should all be released immediately. Col. Higgins was there on a mission of peace as a member of an international peacekeeping operation. He, like the others, is an innocent victim," he said. Nancy Beck, a department spokesperson, said later: "The notion that kidnappers have the right to try their victims is grotesque... The so-called trial and outcome represent a cynical attempt to exploit the holding of hostages, particularly during the Christman season." Higgins, .of Danville, Ky., was head of an observation group of 76 people attached to the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon when he was kidnapped near Tyre on Feb. 17. The Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, believed to be made up of Shiite Moslems loyal to Iran, previously charged that Higgins used his U.N. unifonb as a cover for espionage. United Nations and U.S. officials denied the charge. Fifteen foreigners are missing and presumed kidnapped in Lebanon. The longest held hostage is American Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press. He was kidnapped March 16,1985. 2,000 to graduate on Sunday BY FRAN OBEID Wnter rnmmanrrampnt ri e e .w.ll t1a ro ..a ------------ Study finds high radon in Grad BY DAVID SCHWARTZ Students who study on the lowest lev- els of the Graduate Library may be sub- jected to dangerous health risks, if results from a Daily study of radon gas in Uni- versity buildings are confirmed in follow- up tests. The recent study of 16 University buildings and residence halls showed that only the Grad had a radon level considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Radon is a colorless, odorless, radio- active gas that has been linked to high rates of lung cancer in many recent studies. The EPA considers a level of more than 4 picoCuries per liter of air to be dangerous. The results of the Daily study showed the Grad to have a radon level of 37.7 pic- oCuries per liter. At such a level; one or more follow-up tests should be administered, said Debbie Arenberg, a health physicist for the U.S. EPA. "Radon levels fluctuate all the time and you may have just hit a peak time," she said. The University should try to alleviate the problem if further tests confirm the high radon levels, although "there's no re- gulation that says they have to," Arenberg said. "(A level of) 37 isn't anything to really panic about, but it's something that should be worried about in the long-term," she said. The University has tested more than 20 buildings in the past, but there have been no major problems, said University Plant Director Russell Reister. He said the University would test the Grad to confirm the high radon level. "If there's a problem in the Grad Library, we'd have to go in and fix it," Reister said. "If these numbers are corroborated, we'll try and find some way to provide ventilation for the area," he said. Radon is produced when radioactive uranium decays, which often happens in the soil. Consequently, radon enters houses and buildings through the ground and is much more prevalent on lower lev- els of buildings. See Radon, Page 2 One of 16 radon test kits used to perform a Daily study of University buildings. Business students stage auction to benefit Ann Arbor's homeless BY MICHAEL LUSTIG The assignment in Entrepreneurship 483 was to make money. But three business students decided in- stead to make money for a cause. "A lot of people were interested in monetary vroiects." said Dan Gehrini a Prof. of Business Administration Jack Matson, the class instructor, said the three students did "incredibly well" with the project. The auction, taking place at 4 p.m. to- day at the U Club, is officially called the "Fndi of the CSmcter lniunntR nch n tthe Professional auctioneers Braun and Hel- mer have donated their time to run the auction, Chekal said. The Business School Student Council is co-sponsoring the auction and helped defray some costs. (''mmimant to the hnmPIPCe ,ill not