0 In Weked Maazie Is Proposition 48 racist? " Dick Vitale rocks and rolls in Ann Arbor - A resum6 writer confronts life Wteirtotrni Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Adk - Vol. IC, No. 79 Ann Arbor, Michigan.- Friday, January 20, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Regents may cut MSA funds ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Students demand more University AIDS research in front of the Union yesterday. Members of Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee presented eight demands to the University's Board of Regents during the board's public comments meeting. See story, page 3. 'U'task force to study costs BY FRAN OBEID The Michigan Student Assembly will lose its University funds if work relations do not improve be- tween MSA officers and the administration consultant, members of the University's Board of Regents said yesterday during their monthly meeting. Last spring, the regents passed an amendment in response to what Re- gent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) called "student criticism of MSA" requiring that the assembly "engage in a consultative way with Student Organization Development Center (SODC)," and decreased MSA funds by 37 cents per student. But yesterday, Vice President for Student Affairs Henry Johnson told the regents that MSA did not make a complete effort to work with Acting SODC Director Brad Borland. Borland then told the regents that the assembly was "reluctant to take advice from those they should be working with and to meet half way." Johnson suggested that the re- gents withhold judgment on the as- sembly until new MSA officers prove they are "making some head- way" during their annual fee request in June. MSA holds student-wide elections for officers in March. But MSA officials say the SODC criticism is undue. "I believe it's in- appropriate for MSA to rely on someone from the administration to provide input or advice," said Vice President Susan Overdorf, an LSA junior. "I don't feel that SODC knows as much as the students working at MSA. MSA is a student organization - we're supposed to be autonomous from the administra- tion." Overdorf said SODC officials wanted to meet with the student leaders on a weekly basis and the student officers, who are volunteers, simply don't have time for another meeting. MSA President Mike Phillips, an LSA senior, said, "The regents ma- nipulate, twist arms, and force stu- dents to do what they want. I don't care what the regents think. I'm a volunteer student. The SODC is 4 useless administrative branch. The regents don't know what's going on." During yesterday's meeting, Roach suggested that Student Legal Services, ADVICE magazine, and the Ann Arbor Tenants Union - groups which obtain funding through the assembly - start look- ing for alternative funding sources because the regents may vote to take away MSA funds. Phillips, though, said SLS relies on the assembly for funds as well as organization. MSA's Vice President serves as head of the SLS Board, and the group receives 60 percent of its funding from MSA, he added. Tenants Union member and LSA junior Lisa Russ agreed, saying at- tempts to find alternative funding would be futile. "We work a lot with low income people and students," she said. "Our budget is $30,000. If they are talking about looking out- side the University, they are talking about closing the Tenants Union." BY DAVID SCHWART Z Finding ways to cut wasteful University spending - thereby re- ducing increases in student tuition - will be the goal of a special task force approved yesterday by the University's Board of Regents. In addition, the task force will be charged with discovering why the cost of higher education has in- creased so rapidly in recent years, often faster than the rate of inflation. "The University is prepared to do its part to control costs and to take measures to constrain costs," said University President James Duderstadt, who proposed the task force. "(But) until we understand what's causing these costs, we're not going to be able to constrain them." Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles Vest will head the task force and give a preliminary report to the regents by the end of the year. Vest said he is unsure who will serve on the task force, but added that he hoped to tap cost-cutting ex-' perts from the business world. LSA sophomore Julie Murray, a leader of the student group MI$$ION: Tuition, expressed hope that cutting unnecessary costs would result in fewer student tuition in- creases. - "(Cost cutting) is one of MI$$ION: Tuition's objectives be- cause the regents claim every summer that they don't have enough money, yet they do extravagant things, like Duderstadt's house." Last fall, the University spent $500,000 to renovate Duderstadt's presidential residence, which the University owns. - 44yr -1 -- .-- - -IL - "If we're in such a tight situation, these things shouldn't be done," said Murray, who is also chair of the Michigan Student Assembly's Stu- dent Rights Committee. Although many students and administrators expressed guarded optimism for the effectiveness of the task force, MSA President Michael Phillips, an LSA senior, deemed the task force "useless," saying the cuts that are needed can be made within the administration. See Costs, Page 2 Bush will reassess US-Soviet relations Celebrators, protesters WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Bush said yesterday he does not believe "we risk losing momentum" in arms-reduction talks with the Soviet Union because of his unreadiness to agree to a definite timetable. "I think the Soviets understand that my intention is not to drag my feet but to simply do a prudent re- assessment," Bush said in an interview with a group of news agencies on the eve of his inaugura- tion. The vice president also indicated he was not ready to commit to a summit meeting this year with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. "I don't think progress should be measured solely on whether there's a Student arrested for LSD BY ALEX GORDON A University student was arrested on three drug-related charges Wed- nesday, after allegedly selling 1,000 "hits" of LSD to county drug enforcement agents, a state police spokesperson said yesterday. Christopher Brown is being held in the Washtenaw County Jail with a $100,000 bond after he was ar- raigned in the 15th district court * yesterday. Court officials would not summit meeting," he said. On another subject, Bush said that a tape which the State Depart- ment says it has of a New Year's Day statement by Yasser Arafat appears to be, "from what I've read ... a setback to peace rather than an enhancement of peace." The State Department said on Wednesday that it had a tape of Arafat, the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, that amounted to a threat against moder- ate Arabs. Bush said he had not heard the tape but wants to know more about it. Bush still said he supports Presi- dent Reagan's decision to open a dialogue with the PLO, and "that policy will not change" in his presi- gear for BY PATRICK STAIGER WITH WIRE REPORTS On the day of swearing in the 41st president of the United States, pomp, circumstance, celebration - and protest - set the tone for the inaugural events. At the University, student Republicans are not planning local events, but about 100 received invi- tations to attend inaugural activities in Washington, said LSA senior Navid Mahmoodzadegan. "We're absolutely optimistic about what the new president will bring us," said Mahmoodzadegan. But several student organizations plan to protest the inauguration at the Federal Building at 4 p.m. inauguration "We're trying to represent an al- ternative that reflects real needs, not the needs of the rich," said Latin American Solidarity Committee member David Austin. "The fact that 50 percent of the people didn't vote shows that something is wrong." "It's important from day one that Bush knows that people are watch- ing him," Austin said. For the past week, Michigan Re- publicans have been enjoying a week of celebration. Wednesday night, more than 1,000 Michigan Republi- cans crowded the capital this week to join the round of parties, receptions, and spectacles culminating in a $1,500-a-plate Republican dinner. "It's a reward for party faithfuls Bush... is inaugurated today dency. Bush said that in his inaugural address today he would issue "a broad appeal to the American people to pitch in and help." involved in the election, for the Re- publican Party and activists and George Bush diehards," said Rep. Bill Schuette, a Republican repre- senting north-central Michigan. But while 2,500 Republican stalwarts and wealthy contributors feasted on a $1,500-a-plate dinner and toasted George Bush's presi- dency, protesters outside chanted "Feed the Poor, Not the Rich" and "What About the Homeless?" Several hundred protestors demonstrated for three hours, shout- ing at the limousines that pulled up to the main entrance, and dispersed peacefully as the dinner began in the mid-evening. Inside, the black-tie guests ex- pressed little concern about the mes- sage the demonstrators were shout- ing. "I feel it's ridiculous," said Thomas J. Stewart, a Seattle busi- See Bush. Paste 2 Area groups mark Roe v. Wade ruling BY NICOLE SHAW Tomorrow's 16th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court's landmark decision legalizing abor- tion, will pit campus and national activist groups against each other as they rally for their fervent beliefs. Right to Life of Washtenaw County will protest the legalization of abortion tonight at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Michigan Union. The rally will not only protest the Roe v. Wade decision, but also "celebrate the right to life victory we had in Missouri," said Rae Ann Houbeck, chair of the Washtenaw County group. IQV ~ $~