Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 87 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 1, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Judge knocks North jury WASHINGTON (AP) - Oliver North's Iran-Contra trial quickly ran into jury-selection trouble yesterday and the judge said there could be problems with "triability of the case" because so many people had seen or read of North's testimony in congressional hearings. U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gesell said only 16 of the first 54 prospective jurors indicated on ques- tionnaires. they weren't exposed to North's congressional appearances. * The former White House aide testi- fied to House and Senate investigat- ing committees in 1987 under a grant of limited immunity from prosecution based on his testimony. North's trial on charges of lying to Congress, shredding evidence and conspiring to commit tax fraud "arises following a period of fairly intense publicity on television, newspapers, magazines" which will continue, Gesell said. Gesell wants to find 50 people out of a pool of 300 who have not been exposed to the congressional testimony of North or other wit- nesses at the congressional hearings. Gesell decided to hear arguments on how much exposure to such tes- timony ought to be allowed before a possible juror was disqualified. He said he would rule today. Defense lawyers also filed a mo- tion asking that "in the event a jury See North, Page 2 PIRGIM to petition for MSA funds BY ALEX GORDON After losing its student funding last year, the Public Interest Re- search Group in Michigan (PIRGIM) will begin a petition drive today to get on the Michigan Student As- sembly student ballot for funds again this year. PIRGIM will try to obtain 3,000 student signatures - enough to get an automatic funding question in- cluded on the ballot for MSA elec- tions this March. If the drive is suc- cessful, it would mark the third con- secutive year such a question has appeared. In last March's MSA elections, students voted by a narrow margin to discontinue PIRGIM's automatic funding. Previously, PIRGIM had received a 75-cent student fee, but students had the option to request a refund if they did not want to sup- port the group. The petition will ask students if they favor adding $2 to each stu- dent's MSA fee for the next two years. Last year, many attributed PIR- GIM's loss of funding to students who actively campaigned against the group. This year, the opposition re- mains. MSA Engineering Rep. Aaron Williams, a senior, said, "I will work my hardest to stop such a funding proposal." MSA Rep. Matt Mansfield, an LSA senior, has opposed PIRGIM in the past, and said he will continue to do so. "If (PIRGIM) wants money they should have to earn it and not just get it by default," Mansfield said, "I see no reason why they, more than any other group, should have that option." Williams said his formal plan for See PIRGIM, Page 2 Ducks on a pond Amy Loehndorf, 3, feeds the ducks Tuesday in Gallup park. MSA condemns rejection of soc. professor BY TARA GRUZEN The Michigan Student Assembly voted 34- 2 last night to condemn the LSA Executive Committee and Dean Peter Steiner for over- riding the Sociology and Women Studies de- partments' decision to select a Black woman professor for a tenure position. The resolution urges President James Duderstadt to investigate and intervene in the rejection in line with his pledge to increase minority faculty representation. "It is a legitimate function of the executive committee to rule over a department. The problem is that they didn't give a reason," said LSA senior Matt Mansfield, an MSA representative. MSA president Mike Phillips said, "If MSA can support (the proposal), there should be a lot of student support." The assembly also approved a resolution contesting a new city noise ordinance. The ordinance provides for an increase in fines from a maximum of $50 to a possible $500 and allows for the confiscation of sound equipment, according to the proposal. "It's easy for the City Council to slam on the students," Phillips said. "City Council should look into the issue more before pass- ing the ordinance." MSA Rep. Zach Kittrie, an LSA junior, said the assembly needs to focus more on city relations and that by passing the resolution, they are recognizing that the ordinance is a community problem. MSA also heard a presentation by the Student Organization Development Center (SODC) last night. MSA members requested the presentation at last Tuesday's meeting following criticism by the University's Board See MSA, Page 2 I I Football tickets to, dent pockets in '89 EMU narrows search for Pres. BY STEVE BLONDER As tuition rises, other costs associated with the University must rise as well. The athletic department is jumping on the band wagon, as the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics approved a $2 increase in the cost of next season's football tickets. The general public will be asked to pay $20 per ticket, with student costs rising from $9 to $10 for each game. Staff and faculty tickets will cost $16, according to the proposal approved Tuesday, "We have no choice," Michigan Athletic Director Bo Schembechler said. "There have never been any handling or surcharges on our tickets, as other places do. The $2 increase is really insignificant." Even with the price increase, Michigan tickets will still be cheaper than Notre Dame tickets, and will cost about the same as a ticket to an Ohio State game. The price increase is necessary to offset expenses for which the athletic department does not currently have funds. Four hundred thousand dollars in additional funds has been earmarked for women's athletics, and the athletic department is expecting a tuition increase next year. With the projected 10 percent increase in tuition, the athletic department would have to pay $4 million (up from $3.6 million). A cost of living increase in athletic department personnel salaries, would require an additional $500,000. The department also needs additional revenue in order to pay maintenance costs and set up better tutoring services for athletes. "Even though we are raising ticket prices, that's not the answer," Bob DeCarolis said. DeCarolis serves as Michigan's Assistant Athletic Director in charge of finance. Michigan is forced to split the ticket revenues with the other Big Ten schools. "When the general public pays $20 for a ticket, the other Big Ten school takes in $10. "(Don) Canham was lucky because he could stay ahead of inflation without price increases. Now we need to look at alternative ways of raising revenues or cutting costs which means cutting services," DeCarolis continued. Board member Stephen Pollock added that the increase is necessary now, and basing estimates on possible funding sources is not realistic. "Potential revenues are just that - potential. They are plans and we need to deal with reality," Pollock said. The athletic department has an Expendable Restricted Fund which See Tickets, Page 7 BY LAURA COHN Eastern Michigan University's Presidential Search Committee an- nounced five finalists yesterday morning, one of whom may become president as early as March. EMU Political Science Prof. Karen Lindenberg, a member of the 10-person search committee, said the panel has discussed 134 candidates since it formed last August. "Obviously I'm pleased with the five we presented to the Board of Regents," Lindenberg said. "They all have the appropriate degrees, which was one of the concerns of the fac- ulty." The five nominees are Ronald Collins, EMU provost and vice president for academic affairs; Joseph Johnson, president of Grambling State University in Grambling, La.; Judith Kuipers, vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Fresno; Dale Nitzschke, president of Marshall University in West Virginia; and William Shelton, vice president for institutional ad- vancement at Kent State University. "We looked for things like expe- rience in higher education, leadership and communications skills, and the ability to work with the state legislature," said EMU Director of Communications Kathleen Tinney. Th five finalists will now come to EMU for one-and-a-half day interviews with campus representatives, including members of student and faculty organizations. The groups will send comments to the regents about each candidate, and the board will take a final vote by early March. Collins, who has been working at EMU since he was an assistant chemistry professor in 1965, said he was "ready to assume this position... I can honestly say that I am both pleased and honored to have been chosen as a finalist for the president of EMU." Shelton said he has no plans yet for the university if he should win, as he has yet to visit EMU. Nitzschke, Kuipers, and Johnson were unavailable for comment yes- terday. Jerry Raymond, EMU student body president, said, "I'm pretty pleased with the candidates, but I think we need to look into just who these people are." He said the search should have been conducted in public so candidates would receive public scrutiny. Criticizing the selection criteria for being "secretly decided," Ray- mond said, "In the past, candidates have been elected as president not for the university itself, but for political reasons." EMU's Board of Regents formed the search committee. JESSICA GREENE/Daily American games A. Bartlett Giamatti, President of the National League of Baseball Clubs and former President of Yale University, spoke yesterday at Hutchins Hall on "Americans and their games." Giamatti will speak again today and tomorrow at 4 pm at Hutchins Hall. Military jet bound for Hawaii crashes, killing 17 ABILENE, Texas (AP) - A military refueling jet bound for Hawaii with 19 people aboard crashed in a ball of flames on takeoff yesterday at Dyess Air Force Base, killing at least 17 people, the Air Force said. Military military dependents were among the 12 passengers on board, said Dyess spokesperson Sgt. Al Dostal, but he did not know how many. The plane had a crew of seven, he said. with jet fuel, and declined to give details. Some of those aboard were from Sawyer, said base spokesperson Sgt. Anita Bailey. "We re trying to get in touch with the families now but it's hard, because there's some confusion," she said. "We're waiting for the confirmation that these people have been contacted." At least 17 people were killed in the crash, said Lt. Col. George Peck at Strategic Air ('nr,, n ir.A tin,,A .arc, ni n aa , .Nlkracr officials who spoke on condition they not be identified. "It was toward the end of the roll and he apparently had no choice but to press on," said one source. "But he didn't. have the power to get up for some reason," added another. Military officials said they were recording the bodies as they found them. "Any aircraft accident is bad, but the fact It was the second crash at Dyess in less than three months. A B-1B bomber crashed there Nov.8. The four-man crew safely bailed out. The KC-135, dubbed the Stratotanker, is the backbone of the Air force's refueling fleet. The aircraft, a military spin-off of the Boeing 707, normally takes a crew of four or five. It can carry a sizeable load of passengers even when carrying fuel.