In Weekend Magazine " A look at an area homeless shelter - Sam Kinison - 'Bird' - The List A preview of Michigan hockey in the supplement on pages 12 & 13 Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No. 27 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, October 14, 1988 Copyright 1988 The Michigan Daily M looks to poke, out Is BY JEFF RUSH The I's - Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois - have it, unless Michigan has anything to say about it. Michigan travels to Iowa City on Saturday for its first of two consecutive conference games that will play a big part in deciding the Big Ten championship. The Wolverines (2-0-0 in the conference, 3-2-0 overall) play the Hawkeyes (1-0-1, 3-2-1) at 3:30, in a game televised by ABC. Michigan follows the Iowa game with its homecoming game against Indiana next Saturday. The Hoosiers play at home against Minnesota this week, and should they win, will come into Ann Arbor undefeated in the conference. Illinois, the only other team without a loss in the conference, plays at Wisconsin. "I think by the time the next two weeks are over, we can pretty much chart our course, don't you?" asked Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. "This is a big game because both (Michigan and Iowa) have ambitions to win the championship," Schembechler said. "It would be a devastating blow to either team to lose." And recent history isn't on the Wolverines' side: Michigan last won a game at Iowa City in 1982. In Michigan's 6-6 season of 1984, the Hawkeyes won, 26-0. In 1985, Iowa's Rob Houghtlin kicked a field goal as time ran out, giving the Hawkeyes a 12-10 Victory. And though Michigan blew Iowa out in Ann Arbor last year, 37-10, Hawkeyes' quarterback Chuck Hartlieb put on a passing display against the Wolverines that hasn't since been matched. He connected on 27 out of 43 attempts for 362 yards passing. One of Hartliebs favOrite targets, tight end Marv Cook, also had a big day last year against Michigan, catching three passes for 105 yards. See rs, Page 14 Regents to rewrite by-laws Meetings of athletic board may be closed Associated Press Vice President George Bush and Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis shake hands before their presidential debate last night. The debate took place at Pauley Pavillion on the UCLA campus. Student reaction divided on debate BY STEVE BLONDER The University's Board of Regents is preparing to rewrite its by-laws so meetings of the board which governs Michigan athletics can be closed to the public. "A change in the by-laws will most likely be recommended to the regents in November, and could possibly be enacted by December," regents' secretary and University Vice-President for Government Re- lations Richard Kennedy said last night. Making this change would allow the athletic department to close meetings of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics whenever they see fit, although Michigan Athletic Director Bo Schembechler said the change would not lead to all meetings being closed. "WE JUST want to be able to have a closed meeting once in a while," said Schembechler. "We're not trying to totally shut you guys out." Kennedy added the change is not an attempt to skirt the Open Meetings Act. The act requires that public bodies hold open meetings unless they are discussing personnel decisions, the purchase of real estate property, or strategy involving labor negotiations.. "We are more interested in making sure everyone understands this board is like any other Uni- versity committee," Kennedy said. Regents, however, are unaware, that any change is being planned., "There may be a movement to change the by-Taws, but I don't know anything about it. The regents are always the last to know," Regent Deane Baker (R- Ann Arbor) said. THE BOARD in Control of. Intercollegiate Athletics is com- prised of students, faculty members, and alumni, and has the authority to make decisions regarding athletic department policies. Any decision made by the board is subject to review by the regents, since the board is officially the regents' advisory committee for athletics. The board makes decisions in- volving areas such as ticket prices, fund raising, schedules, and the ad- dition or removal of varsity sports. Last night at its monthly meeting, the board voted to continue studying a petition to create two new varsity sports - women's and men's soccer. Both sports are currently club sports, and some question exists whether the athletic department can currently afford to add these new sports. "There is no way we can support 21 sports without getting additional revenue. The only additional revenue is in the general funds and that doesn't seem to be available," said Senior Associate Athletic Director Jack Weidenbach. BY ELIZABETH R OBBOY WITH WIRE REPORTS Michael Dukakis, an underdog seeking a debate-night breakthrough, said last night that Republican George Bush stands as an "apostic of the status quo." Bush de- scribed his rival repeatedly as a liberal and cited their differences on arms control, the death penalty, and the Supreme Court. And, as usual, fans of both camps claimed their candidates were victorious. "(Bush) was fantastic, a clear knock- out," said LSA junior Navid Mah- moodzadegan, the president of Students for Bush-Quayle. "He was strong on defense, foreign policy, and social security." See Debate, Page 2 Steinem defends abortion funding BY LISA WINER Gloria Steinem, feminist leader and co-founder of Ms. magazine, urged a receptive crowd of Ann Ar- bor voters yesterday to continue their fight against ballot Proposal A - which would discontinue Medicaid payments for abortion in Michigan - and stressed the national repercussions of the proposal should it pass. The People's Campaign for Choice sponsored Steinem's short speech at an informal reception at the Michigan Theater. The fund- raiser, which attracted more than 250 people, will pay for advertising to respond to anti-abortionists' rigorous media program, said Margy Long, a People's Campaign representative. Steinem, who lived in Michigan as a child, spoke this week in Lans- ing and Kalamazoo and will stop next in Detroit. Although Colorado and Arkansas have similar proposals on their November ballots, Steinem said she "thought (she) had to come here." Having lived as a child in Clark Lake; a small town 12 miles south of Jackson, she has a personal inter- est in Michigan, she said. Michigan's unique position as the only large, industrial state with such a proposal on its ballot also attracted Steinem here. If the proposal passes, Michigan "would set the tactic for the anti-abortion people for the rest of the country," Steinem said. The proposal is the first step toward a constitutional amendment prohibit- ing abortion, anti-abortionists say. Steinem told the audience about a teenager who babysat her when she was a child in Michigan, who died as a result of an improperly performed illegal abortion. The teenager's pregnancy was a product of parental abuse, she said. Since Proposal A provides no provision for rape or incest, "this kind of woman would be abandoned" if the proposal passes, Steinem said. Steinem refuted the notion that Proposal A will save tax dollars. An abortion costs about $300, she said. The estimated cost of a pregnancy and government support for a young mother is $3,000, she said. "The proposal is wrong at every level," she said. "This is one of few cases where freedom and frugality go hand in hand." 500 protest rape at U. of Illinois JESSICA GREENE/Daily Feminist leader Gloria Steinem encourages Ann Arbor voters to fight Proposal A, which would discontinue Medicaid payments for abortion. Steinem spoke yesterday to over 250 people at a reception in the Michigan The- atre. URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Univer- sity of Illinois students, shaken by a series of rapes, are taking steps to protect themselves and to fight the sexism many blame for the attacks, student leaders and school officials say. The attacks around the campus stopped when police identified a suspect, but students are labeling sexism a factor - a message under- scored with a candlelight march and rally Wednesday night. "The message at the rally was that sexism is in our society and it is the cause of a lot of things that go wrong - rape, discrimination, and women feeling low self-esteem," Jane Brouwer, president of the Pan- hellenic Council, said Thursday. "A lot of people just don't think about INSIDE LSA Dean Peter Steiner's resig- nation furthers anti-racist goals. See Opinion, Page 4 Is their name a plea for recyclable paper? We don't know, and Screaming Trees aren't talin g. See Arts, Page8 sexism," Brouwer said. ABOUT 500 students demon- strated Wednesday, carrying candles to draw attention to the role of sex- ism in the series of assaults that po- lice attribute to a serial rapist. "We-have a suspect," Champaign Detective Gerald Schweighart said Thursday. "He was identified just before the series of rapes stopped - around Sept. 10." Police are awaiting results of tests on the suspect's blood and have made no arrest, Schweighart said. Investigators believe about nine rapes have been committed by the same man since spring, said Schweighart. THE RALLY Wednesday united groups as diverse as the Pan- hellenic Council, the campus chapter of the NAACP, and a political coalition, United Progressives. The aim was to stress the role of sexism in society, from pin-up cal- endars and pornography to references to women in casual conversation, participants said.. "We need a general respect of men and women for each other," Brouwer said. "If we are serious, we can make a change." JENNY KELLER, a senior' at the school majoring in political sci- ence who identified herself as a vic- Money BY TARANEH SHAFII "RINGWORM, JOCK-ITCH OR CHRONIC URTICHARIA (hives) . Earn $100-250. Volun- teer for U of M research study." "VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Males 18-35 for gastric motility. $100 for approx. 10 hours of stuy. entices subjects herself and claims that she has earned approxi- mately $100 over the past five years. By participating in experiments people help researchers and at the same time earn "tax-free" money. LSA sophomore Casandra Spaulding has taken the opportunity to make some extra spending money by participating in such experi- videotaped while telling anecdotes about her life. Her tapes were viewed by a group of students chewing gum, and another group empty- mouthed. Researchers found that those empty- mouthed mimicked Horowitz's facial expressions more, and could better understand how she felt. "I was looking for some ways to get extra