The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 5, 1988 - Page 3 Green party to run in '90 here BY SCOTT CHAPLIN A new state-wide political party modeled after the West German Green Party is hoping to gain access to the state ballot by 1990, said party ' coordinator Brian Wanty, although they won't have any candidates this November. The Michigan Green Party is based on the "Die Grunen," which achieved prominence in the late '70s for its popularity among young vot- ers and its tough stance in fighting for a cleaner environment, Wanty said. The party stresses the need for long-term national environmental and social policies, as well as a democratic political decision making process. Wanty likened his group's political philosophy to a Native American tradition of considering the effects of any important policy decisions on the next seven genera- tions. "If we destroy the environment, we'll have no economy [in the long run]," said Wanty. Greens seek to serve as an um- brella group for citizen groups con- cerned with environmental, peace, and social justice issues. "We would rather see the investment of (the na- tion's) capital to create employment rather than to pay for welfare pro- grams," he added. Green politics made their national debut with the North American Bioregional Congress in May, 1984. Since then, Wanty said 50 Green groups have formed around the country. The Maine and New York groups are already on the ballot, and in New Haven Conn., Greens cur- rently eight of 30 city council seats. In Michigan, local Green groups meet regularly in Lansing, Kalama- zoo, Grand Rapids, and Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor Greens emerged from the September 1987 Earthfest, a School of Natural Resources con- ference that focused on environmental and social issues. Since then, they have been meeting bi-monthly in groups of 10 to 40. M The local group is half students, said Lauren Sargent, a member. Their focus for this fall will be to press Ann Arbor City Council to do something about landfill issues. Dunn trails in campaign R 0 Riegle funds Dunn trails badly in polls, which, he said, don't mean much. He blames that on Riegle's monetary advantage. "I'm 100 percent con- vinced I'll win - if I can get the message out." His "message" includes an BY MICHAEL LUSTIG Jim Dunn says he would make Michigan his top priority if elected to the Senate, something he says in- cumbent Sen. Don Riegle doesn't do. But right now, he doesn't have the means to prove his point. Money is the important issue here. Riegle has a lot; Dunn doesn't. The senator has amassed over $4 million in campaign funds, but Dunn has only about $200,000. Dunn, who was elected to the House in 1980 from the Sixth Dis- trict (around Lansing) and served one term, said Riegle is "very good at sending our money away." He said that if federal funds allotted to states were based solely on population, every Michigan resi- dent would be $802 wealthier. Dunn, a Republican, questioned some of Riegle's business transac- tions. He said Riegle engineered a $141 million tax break for an Arkansas chicken company, which then donated $23,000 to his cam- paign and helped bail out an Arizona savings and loan, which gave him $67,000. He also earned $142,000 by investing in a company that had legislation pending in front of the Senate Banking Committee, on which Riegle serves, Dunn said. "You could make the case that Mr. Riegle has worked 12 years (in the Senate) to get rich," Dunn said. Riegle's campaign manager, Kevin Gottlieb, dismissed Dunn's charges. "He's desperate now and swinging wildly at anything he can swing at," Gottlieb said. In the chicken incident, Gottlieb said, Riegle voted to impose new taxes on poultry farms, but opposed efforts to force them to pay 10 years retroactive taxes, which would have cost the chicken company $141 mil- lion, Gottlieb said. The contribu- tions, he added, came from a lobby- ist attending a fundraiser for Riegle. DAVID WUBLINER/DaIly Republican Jim Dunn is challenging incuntbent Sen. Don Riegle (D- Michigan) for his position this November. ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Lofty work Duane Marsden, of Saline, strips paint from the stain glass window at the First Congregational Church on State and William. The savings and loan was a Cali- fornia bank, not an Arizona bank, Gottlieb said, and Riegle was asked by another senator to attend a meet- ing to answer questions. "Mr. Dunn gets his facts mixed up, if not dis- torted," Gottlieb said. across-the-board spending freeze for about two years, exempting only Social Secunty, which, Dunn said, would eliminate the deficit. Dunn would make some cuts in the mili- tary budget, and channel other funds into welfare reform and education, he said. National group urges new boycott of Nestle WASHINGTON (AP)-The people who engineered a seven-year boycott against the Nestle company to fight the promotion of infant formula in Third World nations called yesterday for a renewal of the protest on an even larger scale. Douglas Johnson, chairperson of Action for Corporate Accountability, called for a resumption of the boycott, arguing that Nestle has failed to live up to the agreements it signed in 1984 that ended the original action. This time, said Johnson, the group is expanding the boycott to American Home Products, which it said is the second largest distributor of infant formula in underdeveloped nations. While urging an across-the-board boycott of the two companies' products, protest leaders are asking their followers to focus on two products from each company: Nes- tle's Taster's Choice Instant Coffee and Carnation Coffee-mate Non- Dairy Creamer, and American Home Products' Anacin and Advil pain relievers. Johnson's group says it is im- moral for manufacturers to encourage the formula's use in powdered form in Third World countries where most mothers don't have the money, education or sanitary facilities to mix it properly. The group says that thousands of Third World babies drink form bottles filled with drastically understrength formula that does not give them the nutrients they need or infects them with bacteria. Action for Corporate Accoun- tability accused both companies of violating at least the spirit- and by Johnson's interpretation, also the letter- of the World Health Or- ganization and UNICEF Code of Marketing of Breast-milk substitutes. Spokespeople for both Nestle and American Home products denied that their companies violated the code. U.S. NewsU Tops .ws'Study T~p 10Contintued from Pa- e 1 National "Ultimately, the best measure of the University is the accom- U n ivorstti. plishmnts of its students as alumni bcause if it is used, many of the I'ale (Conn) intangibles (such as diversity and 2. Princeton(J.) living environment) are taken into 3. California Inst. of Tech. account," Moleskey said. 4. H LSA sophomore John Burton said 5. Mass. nstofthhe thinks the University's size gives . Dartmouth itdvantages not measured in the ..Y.) study. "Aecause of its size, the 9. Rice (Texas) University is a good place to come lp.U.ofChicago ) for someone who doesn't know what (The University of Michigan w they want to major in," Burton said. ranked2th.) . think that a small teacher ratio is Source: US. News & W rld nice; I think if someone is dedicated Report, Oct. 10, 1988 and wishes to learn, he or she can be successful in almost any academic environment." I THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Speakers "Is there a future for educa- tion In the University?" - Prof. N. Harris McClamroch, former SACUA chair. Alumni Center, 12:30 pm "History of the Black Physician" - Norman McCrae, Chair, Dept. of Social Studies, Detroit Board of Education. Ford Amphitheatre, University Hospital. 7 - 9 pm. "A Model for Dynamic Mar- kov Chains" - Statistics Prof. Dermot Duggan, 451 Mason Hall, 4 pm. Coffee served at 1443 Mason Hall, 3:30 pm. Organic Chemistry Seminar - "Recognition of Substrates by Glycosyl Transferases". Ole Hindsgaul, University of Alberta. 1300 Chemistry Building, 4 pm. Meetings UM Asian Student Coalition - 2439 Mason Hall, 8 pm. For info, call 769-8478. Stilyagi Air Corps/Science Fiction Club - Michigan League, 8:15 pm. Women of the University Faculty - Fall Meeting, "Humor- in Aging," Prof. Marjorie Jackson. Glacier Hills, 1200 Earhart Rd. 7 pm. (5:45 - dinner) UM Students of Objectivism - Discussion of a critique of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism exerpted from "The Philosophic thought of Ayn Rand" .Open to the public. 2209 Michigan Union, 7:30 pm. Film Series - A discussion of the film Rape Culture. 447 Mason Women and Science Work- shop - Anderson Room, Michi- gan Union, 7-9 pm. Pre-Interviews - Conoco, 1303 EECS, 6-8 pm; General Electric, 1311 EECS, 6-8 pm. Sharpening Your Interview Skills - Career Planning & Placement, 3200 SAB, 4:10-5 pm. Business Opportunities with a Liberal Arts Degree - CP&P, 4:10 - 5 pin. On-Campus Recruiting Pro- gram Information Session - Angell Aud. B, 5:10 - 6:30 pm. Furthermore University Lutheran Chapel - Holden Village Vespers, 1511 Washtenaw Ave. 9 pm. In Vain - at The Beat, Ann Arbor's only Rock-n-Roll Night Club. 215 N. Main St. 9:30 pm. $3 Cover charge. Beans & Rice - Central American food and talk. Guild House, 802 Monroe, 6 pm. Star Trax - Record your own vocals over taped music - free! At Mountain Jacks, Stadium 'and Maple St, 8:30 pm - 12:30 am. Engineering Career Fair - North Campus1Commonsmand Chrysler Center, 10 am -,4 pm. Handbells Ringers Club - 900 Burton Tower, 4 pm. New- comers who read music are wel- come. UM Taekwondo Club - 2275 CCRB, 6:30 - 8:15 pm. UAC/Laughtrack - Comedy of student Eric Champnella and professional Michael Blackman. U- Club, 10 pm. $2.50 admission. C onoco SUPPLY & TRANSPORTATION AND NATURAL GAS & GAS PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM All December, May, and August Graduates of the COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING are invited to attend a presentation/reception on career opportunities with Supply & Transportation and Natural Gas DATE: We( TIME: 6:0( & Gas Products Departments dnesday, October 5, 0 to 8:00 p.m. 1988 I