Page 2 --The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 1989 JOHN MUNSON/Daily Demonstrators march from South University Ave. to the Diag on January 18, 1988, in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, The march was sponsored by the Commemoration of a Dream Committee. Diversity Continued from Page 1 memorate MLK Day, and some blockaded entries to buildings, pre- venting students from attending classes, and encouraging them to at- tend alternative workshops. "The picket line is symbolic," said LSA senior Eric Williams, a UCAR member, during last year's events. "It forces you to make a de- cision. If you're supporting institu- tional racism here, you'll have to either go through us or around us." Members of .the administration admit that student: have played an "important role in prodding the "University to cancel classes and pro- 'Vide alternative education on issues of race. "Any movement we have at this 1institution, we have to give a lot of Vthe credit to the students," said Vice- Provost for Minority Affairs Charles Moody. "We have to move ahead, some of that [student activism] con- tributed." But the administration's attitude appeared different last year. In January 1988, Interim Presi- dent Robben Fleming said he would not ask the Board of Regents to de- clare Martin Luther King Day an of- ficial University holiday. He said that lost class time would inconve- nience professors who had already planned their schedules. This decision came in a month filled with racial tension. Days be- fore the MLK Day events, students held an overnight sit-in at LSA Dean Peter Steiner's office protesting al- legedly racist remarks he made at a meeting with LSA department heads and directors in September 1987. Fleming eventually proposed that the regents approve a class-free day, allowing for a more focused obser- vance of King's birthday. Fleming is vacationing in Florida and was un- available for comment last night. "Why do students have to have sit-ins before the administration takes action?" asked LSA senior Francis Matthews, a member of the Black Student Union. "Now, I'd like to see them (the administration) do something on their own," he said. Matthews, also a member of the Michigan Student Assembly's -Mi- nority Affairs Committee, added that he is leery about the administration taking a "we-gave-you-this-now- shut-up attitude." "This day is a cosmetic type of event - it's trying to make every- thing look nice. I'm not belittling the day at all because its very important to recognize Dr. King and his achievements," added Matthews. "But as far as concrete issues them- selves, this is an easy way out of doing things." There are much greater problems related to com batting institutional racism that the University adminis- tration should be working on, he said, such as minority recruitment and retention, and the availability of financial and academic resources. Still, the administration is con- tinuing to highlight "Diversity Day" in a much more positive light then others might be. "One does not have to dwell on the negative past to build a positive future," Moody said. "My greatest hope is in the quality and care of the students' character. [I hope] that stu- dents, faculty, and the community at large will attend the events planned. Very, very, significant things are happening. Dr. King is everywhere. in the University." Diversity Day comes as part of See Diversity, Page 7 INBRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Soviets face budgetary woes MOSCOW President Mikhail Gorbachev said in a speech published yesterday that the Kremlin is besieged by financial problems that may require a cut in defense spending and are sapping public faith in his reform efforts. Gorbachev's speech to writers, editors, and artists painted a picture of a leadership struggling to solve budget deficits, improve labor productivity, and implement price reforms while consumers blame reforms for shortages. In the speech, published in the Communist Party daily Pravda, the Soviet president complained that intellectuals spend too much time bickering among themselves. The Soviet leader has said repeatedly he wants to lessen international tension to devote more resources to his domestic reforms. In addition, officials have not been able to halt a 20-year spiral in which wages have risen faster than labor productivity, nor decide how to reform prices, Gorbachev said. Hirohito to lie in state TOKYO - Emperor Hirhohito's body was wrapped in a white cloth and placed in a coffin yesterday to lie in state for six weeks of funeral rites that the Cabinet announced will culminate in a Feb. 24 burial. Thousands of police were deployed to prevent attacks by radical leftist and rightist groups who equate the emperor with Japanese militarism and nationalism. Hirohito died of cancer after a 62-year reign that stretched from Japan's descent into militarism and defeat in World War II to its recovery into an economic superpower. Chief palace physician Akira Takagi said doctors knew in September 1987 that Hirohito had cancer in his upper intestinal area, but "for various reasons" did not announce it or tell the monarch. Japanese doctors and family members often do not tell people. they have cancer as it is considered demoralizing and because of their belief the disease is almost always fatal and the patient will become discouraged. Church closings finalized DETROIT- Cardinal Edmund Szoka announced yesterday that 30 city churches would close and 25 others had one year to improve their status, the biggest such retrenchment in U.S. Catholic history. Szoka's decision slightly softened a Task Force recommendation in Stember that 43 churches be closed and a handful of others merged into parishes with more members and greater resources. The decision concluded more than five years of study begun toshore up parishes in neighborhoods that lost large numbers of Catholics to the suburbs ovce the past 20 years and to deal with the shortages of priests and the cost of maintaining underused buildings. The closings, most of which are scheduled to take place in July, and the mergers leave 82 parishes in the city, including the 25 whose survivability is considered questionable, Szoka said. Tornado cleanup begins in Illinois, Kentucky National Guardspersons was called out in Illinois and Kentucky as cleanup began yesterday in three states struck by tornadoes that injured more than 50 people and damaged or destroyed scores of homes and businesses. Illinois Gov. James Thompson sent about 100 National Guardspersons to prevent looting and help clean up Allendale, where more than a third of the homes and commercial buildings were destroyed in the Saturday evening storm. In Indiana, three people were injured in one county, and another county estimated damage at half a million dollars. In Allendale, about 130 miles east of St. Louis near the Indiana border, a tornado Saturday evening cut through a 10-block area that makes up about half the town of 600, leveling buildings and uprooting dozens of trees. EXTRAS' Falcon finds new home SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Peregrine falcon who decided to hang out on a skyscraper picked an appropriate one- the home of the state Fish and Game Department. Office workers in the 17-story government office building have dubbed the bird that perches on a rooftop railing "Claudette" because of its deadly claws, which it uses to snatch prey. Peregrine falcons, which are considered the world's fastest- moving predatory species, are an endangered species. Since Claudette has a band around its ankle,'it was born in captivity and then released, probably by wildlife experts who have been trying to increase the number of peregrines mating in their natural habitat. David Dick of the Fish and Game Department said its unusual but not unheard of for peregrine falcons to live in urban settings. The number of perregrine falcons fell drastically in the 1960's and early 70's because of the use of the insecticide DDT, which weakened the eggshells of the birds. The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: for fall and winter (2 semesters) $25.00 in-town and $35 outrof-town, for fall only $15.00 in-town and $20.00 out-of-town. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Student News Service. PHONE NUMBERS: News (313) 764-0552, Opinion 747-2814, Arts 763-0379, Sports 747-3336, Cir- culation 764-0558, Classified advertising 764-0557, Display advertising 764-0554, Billing 764-05$0 0 0 9 r^ WHAT'S HAPPENING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MAJORS! 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