Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 51 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, November 17, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily UM-D installs chancellor BY STEVE KNOPPER SPECIAL TO THE DAILY DEARBORN - The University inaugurated the first woman head of a Michigan public col- lege here yesterday. And to a 300 member audience at U-M Dear- born's Fieldhouse, new Dearborn Chancellor Blenda Wilson revealed her agenda - to make the campus the "best in class." Wilson, former director of Colorado's Com- mission on Higher Education, outlined U-M Dearborn's history in setting her goals for its fu- ture. "We need to invent new ways, and become more successful in the established ways, of accelerating the participation of minorities in our institution," said Wilson, who took over as, chancellor in July. The University must "recognize that we are either male or female, either majority or minority and that what we perceive as reality is only the narrow vision permitted by the limited lens of our own skin, our own sex, our own age, and our own culture," she said. Wilson's speech and the accompanying cere- monies drew statewide attention yesterday, 'We need to invent new ways of accelerating the participation of minorities in our institution.' - U-M Dearborn Chancellor Blenda Wilson including a speech by Wayne County Executive and former Gov. Edward McNamara and a taped message from Gov. James Blanchard. All the pomp - the visiting dignitaries in academic robes, the colorful University flags, and the speeches about pluralism on campus - was there, as were the 20 or so members of Wilson's family. Wilson is the third Dearborn chancellor, re- placing William Jenkins, who retired early this year. She and Flint chancellor Clinton Jones re- port to University President James Duderstadt and the University's Board of Regents. The ceremonies were open to all students and faculty, unlike Duderstadt's inauguration last month, which was by invitation only. And un- like Duderstadt's investiture last month, anti-ad- ministration student protest was absent. In fact, most attending students had positive things to say about Wilson and yesterday's events. "She has good potential to get the university going," said Dearborn senior Jeannine Craig. "She'll give more recognition to UM-D instead of it being a branch." Chris Roosen, vice president of business op- erations of Dearborn's Student Government Council, said Wilson has "brought a new attitude since she's come - not only wanting to get things done, but being able to get things done." At the regents meeting two months ago, Wil- son pleaded SGC's case for a student fee increase to maintain funds for student programs. The re- gents voted to cut the fee until next term. The regents made their decision after Blanchard pressured state colleges to keep student tuition and fee increases below 10 percent. In addition, the regents' request last month for state funding subtracts $290,000 from U-M Dearborn's budget, which was balanced when Wilson became chancellor. Now, one of Wilson's biggest challenges will be to bring Dearborn back out of that hole. JOSE JUAREZ/DaNy Blenda Wilson and University Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) sing together at Wilson's inauguration as third chancellor of UM-Dearborn. Bhutto leads in Pakistan elections ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Benazir Bhutto claimed victory yes- terday afternoon (EST) after early re- turns showed her populist party lead- ing in Pakistan's first open elections in more than a decade. With 103 of the 205 districts reporting, the Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party had 52 seats in the National Assembly compared with 21 for its main rival, the right-wing Islamic Democratic Alliance. An- other 30 seats in the assembly went to independents and minor parties. Bhutto, as leader of the victorious party, would be the first woman to lead Pakistan. However, official election results were reported from only 15 districts, in which the Bhutto party won five seats and the alliance won two. Seven seats went to independents of Pakistan's federally administered tri- bal areas and the other went to a mi- nor party. Acting President Ghulam Ishaq Khan will choose a member of the assembly, presumably the leader of the strongest party, to become prime minister and form a government. But he is under no deadline to do so and, under the constitution, could wait beyond the 30-day limit set for con- vening the new assembly. In the last open election of 1977, Bhutto's father, Prime Minister Zul- fikar Ali Bhutto, won by a landslide and promoted a coup by General Zia. Prime Minister Bhutto was convicted of complicity in a murder conspiracy and was hung in 1979. About 48 million of Pakistan's 107 million people were eligible to vote and unofficial estimates said slightly more than half voted. Illit- erate millions chose their candidates by symbol - an arrow for the Bhutto party, a bicycle for the Islamic Dem- ocratic Alliance, and other symbols such as a ladder, flower, or ink pot for nearly 30 smaller parties. Final results are not expected un- til today. High wind damages buildings BY MARK MOSHER Freak winds - blowing in excess of 50 miles per hour - destroyed a storefront awning and blew out store- front and University building win- dows near central campus yesterday. morning, causing over $10,000 in, damage. Severe gusts tore the awning loose in front of Patricia Miles, a women's clothing store at 347 Maynard St., and drove its steel frame through two of the store's 8-foot-tall plate glass windows at about 11:45 a.m. "We saw the glass shaking about fifteen minutes before the awning came through the window," said store manger Jane Buck. "We started mov- ing the clothing to the back of the store and then, smash!" "It was like a tornado hit," said store owner Patricia Miles. "We could see it coming. Right before the awning smashed through the. window,j some of the ceiling tiles started to fall, to the floor." As firefighters cleared foot-long, shards of glass from the window frames and swept debris from the sidewalk, store employees scrambled to cover the clothes that remained in the front of the store with plastic bags. Firefighters came to the rescue with two huge canvas tarps, which they spread over clothing racks, until a glass repair company could arrive. The support struts that tore loose from the awning also smashed the rear window of a car parked on Maynard St., and windows in a apartment above the store, said Lieutenant Mike French of the Ann Arbor Fire Department. Patricia Miles estimated the awning would cost about $6,000 and the windows $1,000 each to replace. High winds also tore the glass front door off the Fleming Adminis- tration Building at about 11:30 a.m. "I turned around and the door was gone and glass was flying down the hall," said building receptionist Colleen Conquergood. "Not 20 min- utes before, I had called [Business Operations Director] J.P. Weiden- bach's office to say the wind was blowing the door open." KAREN HANDELMAN/Doily A firefighter enters the Patricia Miles clothing store at the corner of Maynard and Liberty Sts. through the store window. High winds yesterday tore the store's awning, and then a support beam fell through the window. Wildlife products cross border BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE From around the world, they're coming to America. More traveled than the average person - riding first class in an ear, on a back, draped over a shoulder, or in a suitcase - wildlife are crossing the borders, not by migration, but as commodities. But if the wildlife is an endangered or threatened species, crossing borders is illegal. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confiscated two cat skin coats and one cat skin hat at the Detroit Metropolitan airport. After discovering the items through the cus- toms process, Jill Schweiger, the only wildlife inspector for the Michigan-Ohio region and one of 57 in the United States, took the coats to the University's Natural Science Museum for identification. John Klausmeyer, Exhibit Museum preparator, said tourists often go out of the country and return with a product made from an endangered or threatened species. But the task of combatting those who ex- ploit animals - either for their tusks, fur, shells, hides, meat, or use as exotic pets or plants - is sometimes a futile one. The per- petrators of drug and wildlife smuggling often work together, said Klausmeyer. "It resembles the drug problem." "For every offender that is caught, count- less others go free," he said. "It's sad but true," said Schweiger. People believe wildlife products are a good investment because they are rare, she said. For example, rhinoceros horns are worth more than gold - they sell for about $1,000 an ounce and can be made into jewelry. Schweiger said many travelers are unaware of the laws and regulations governing wildlife and are "embarrassed" when their items are confiscated. Some of these regulations include the En- dangered Species Act, which prohibits the im- port and export of species listed as endangered and most listed as threatened; the Lagey Act, which prohibits wildlife trade in violation of foreign law; the CITES Treaty, a comprehen- sive wildlife treaty signed by close to 100 countries; and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which prohibits the import of marine mammals and their parts and products. Although illegal, once over the border, car- riers of a Nile crocodile purse or a wild cat- skin coat can not be prosecuted. Often people s illegally may want these rare items for social distinction, said museum officials. But to make the items, "endangered wild animals had to be killed, bringing their species one step closer to extinction," according to the text of an exhibit on endangered wildlife cur- rently on display at the museum. The exhibit items include: a Nile crocodile purse, Leopard teeth from a necklace, a Cobra skin briefcase, a stuffed Hawksbill sea turtle, a Python skin, and skin lotion made from sea turtle oil. The United States is the largest consumer of wildlife, followed by Japan and Western Eu- rope, according to a brochure addressing the problems of protecting endangered wildlife. The brochure is an effort initiated by officials to promote wildlife protection. Smokers urged to stop for a day BY VICTORIA BAUER Today all over the country, smo- kers are hiding packs of cigarettes, chewing gum, or biting their nails - anything to quit smoking for the 12th annual "Smoke Out," sponsored by the American Cancer Society. "People quit for the day - that's often the biggest obstacle. They say, 'If I can quit for one day, maybe an- Sponsors of Smoke Out '88 say quitting can save lives for smokers addicted to the stimulant nicotine. More than 85 percent of cigarette smokers want to quit smoking, but cannot because they are hooked on 10 pounds or after midterms," she said, "but I never seem to do it." In a Health Services study last year, 9 percent of first-year students reported that they were smokers. Of the national population, 26 percent are smokers, Herzog said. The recent fitness craze in the United States has drastically decreased the ranks of smokers and also created Student election results trickle in BY KRISTINE LALONDE Although all returns from the Michigan Student Assembly's fall election will not be available until University Health Services pro- vides information and support groups to help people quit smoking, but there will be no specific events on campus today.