AIDS laws may .harm, not help LANSING (AP) - AIDS legis- lation slated to take effect at the end Hf the month could do more to spread the deadly disease than quash it, human rights activists say. tThe bills, including one that would make it a felony for people infected with the AIDS virus to have ;sex without first telling their part- ner, were passed without much fan- fare at the end of the 1988 legislative session. The measures include increased premarital AIDS counseling, the mandatory tracing of sex partners of AIDS victims, the testing of new prison inmates and confidentiality in AIDS testing. Dr. Henry Messner, a board member of the Michigan Organiza- :tion for Human Rights, said the laws will drive AIDS victims under- ground. *"They are discriminatory and they -are going to tend to discourage peo- ;ple from being tested," he said. "They have to be responsible and ;protect themselves." Dr. Evelyn Fisher, an infectious :disease specialist at Detroit's Henry dPord Hospital, said the legislation "fools people into thinking that we can control the epidemic by passing ;laws, but that's the biggest lie in the :world." State officials estimate that up to *30,000 people are infected with the AIDS virus in Michigan. The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 1989-Page 3 Award-winning deaf actor signs to audience Associated Press DETROIT - Kevin Rashid, left, and Mike Gruber lead the way around Tiger Stadium yesterday as the Tiger Stadium Fan Club and supporters march in protest against Domino's Pizza, whose owner, Tom Monaghan also owns the Detroit Tigers baseball team, and proposed plans for a new stadium. Nazis don't show at expected BY MICAH SCHMIT When Tony-award winning star of the Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God, Phyllis Frelich, walked on stage, she received loud applause. Butsat the conclusion of her speech, there was barely any. For the enthusiastic crowd of almost 200 had turned the theater into a sea of hands. They learned to wave their hands in the air so that Frelich, who was born deaf, could see their appreciation. Frelich gave a spirited keynote address Friday afternoon in the Uni- versity's Lydia Mendelssohn The- ater, kicking-off the University's two-day conference entitled, Staged Ilands: Sign Language Translation in the Theater. A microphone-equipped inter- preter sat in the front row and relayed Frelich's speech to the audience. Both of Frelich's parents are deaf. And she is the oldest of nine chil- dren, all of whom are also deaf. "Sign language was the first lan- guage I learned," she said in sign language. "I'm prejudiced, sign language is so expressive. I tease my hearing friends, they should learn to sign. They all use their hands when they talk but I have no idea what they're saying." With that joke, the audience broke into laughter and people visi- bly settled into their seats. Accus- tomed to her (signing) delivery, the audience was now cradled in the hands of Phyllis Frelich. "Sign language is not universal, as most people think," she contin- ued. In the United States 28 million deaf people have made signing the fith most often used language. She criticized what has become the stereotypical perception that a deaf person who can speak and sign is more intelligent than one who can only sign. Frelich recounted when actor Marlee Matlin, who played the same lead character, Sarah, in the film version of Children of a Lesser God, spoke to television audiences ort Oscar night. "It encouraged the frus- tration of deaf people because i seemed to play to the stereotype that people measure non-hearing people by the degree to which they cart speak. At one point, however, Frelich humorously added, "I am annoyed at how many people are studying the language (signing) - we can't 'talk' freely in public any more, too many eyes." Frelich attended Gallaudet Unit versity, the only major university specifically for the deaf. She was told that as a deaf female it would behoove her to major in library sci- ence. That way, a woman could work in local libraries of each city while following her deaf husband around as he moved from job to jobs she said. "Well, I got a degree in library science, but I didn't have any deaf husband to follow around," shb quipped. Frelich went on to study theater, and she married a hearing person; which is almost unheard of for a deaf person to do. She now has two sons;* who are both hearing. WEEKEND MAGAZINE Fridays in The Daily 763-0379 rally, BY KRISTINE LAL Over 100 people st Saturday, protestingo Nazi recruitment drive never came, and after waiting for their arr testers went home. Members of the A mittee to Stop the N the rally was a succe Nazis did not show up. "It was a victory,"s but 100 others protest ONDE member Rhonda Laur. "Whenever pride and others of workers' rights. ood in the cold they say they're going to show, we But Laur said the groups were not an anticipated will protest and prevent them from un-unified. "I think there are groups . But the Nazis coming." who no matter what are not going to three hours of Members of other groups includ- unify. But I think everyone who ival the pro- ing the Revolutionary Workers stood on this block was here for a League, the Black Greek system, and unified idea." Ad-Hoc Com- lazis said that ss because the a. said committee the Committee to Defend Abortion Rights spoke of their groups indi- vidual causes. The groups often chanted different slogans, some shouting of Black Laur said the committee would start again if it heard rumors of an- other Nazi arrival. She said members would be prepared for a Nazi rally on April 20, Hitler's 100th birthday. Proposed law would curb landlord visits BY KRISTINE LALONDE Christine Fulton and her five roommates were disturbed by her landlord's unannounced visits to their house. The landlord would come by on a fegular basis, knock on the door, and enter if there wasn't an immediate answer. "We totally felt invaded," said Fulton, an LSA senior, of her former living situation. She and her housemates took no legal action against the disturbances. Current Ann Arbor laws make legal action against unannounced visits difficult. But a pro- Posed city ordinance, to be discussed at tonight's city council meeting, would make unannounced iisits illegal. But the ordinance process may take months to pomplete. The ordinance would require landlords to give three-day written notice to tenants, and receive tenant permission before entering the home. Ex- eptions would be made for emergency situa- ions. Current tenant laws do not define what constitutes visit notification. The Rights and Duties of Tenants , a leaflet every Ann Arbor landlord must distribute, states: "Your lessor does * iot have the right to enter your dwelling, in most cases." It's the phrase "in most cases" that has the Ann Arbor Tenants Privacy Coalition fighting for stricter tenant privacy laws. Staffers at the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union said the ambiguity of the current law makes fighting unannounced visits nearly impossible. In addi- tion, some leases override the law. For example, tenants renting from Campus Rentals must sign a lease which gives the land- lord and any managing agent "irrevocable per- mission" for entries. Claudia Green, a staffer at A ATU, said, "The landlord shows up any time, unannounced, and the tenant can't do anything about it." Michael Appel, a member of the coalition, said the landlord "can try to be nice (about vis- its), but if they don't, there's nothing you can do." The Union finds the lease of Campus Rentals particularly disturbing. The lease also states that when a tenant makes a repair request, automatic permission has been given for maintenance per- sonnel to enter the home at their convenience. If the tenant won't let the maintenance worker in, the landlord will bill the tenant for the cost of labor. Between August 1, 1988 and January 30, 1989, the AATU received 80 calls from tenants complaining of privacy violations. Privacy is one of three most common com- plaints, along with repair and security deposit complaints. The Union received 17 privacy com- plaints in February, and during the same period 18 calls about repairs were received. Local landlord Newton Bates does not see visits as a problem. "My observation over the years has been that people don't have a problem with short notice." He said he would agree to a three-day notice if a tenant requested it, but he has not received such a request in the past. The ordinance includes clauses on topics in- cluding sexual harassment, the installation of additional locks, and identification of agents of the landlords. Elizabeth Radcliffe, the coordinator for K- CORP, a local rape prevention group, said she became involved in working for the ordinance because of the section on sexual harassment. "In the larger picture, there's a lot of ties be- tween working on womens' issues and tenants' issues," she said. Radcliffe said single women with children were most affected by sexual harassment by landlords. Tom Martin, another local landlord, agrees with the law's intent, but is not sure if the cur- See Privacy, Page 8 R-R-R-Ring "Hi! I'm Karen Brown, your AT&T Student Campus Manager here at The University of Michigan. I want to tell you how AT&T can help you cut down on your long distance bills without cutting down on your calls-the best time to reach me is between 3-5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, and 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. But you can call anytime-747-9581." study in Brita in Spend a term or year at a British university through Beaver College. If you are interested in learning more about our programs in Britain, Ireland, and Austria, come meet our program representative. Date: Today Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m. or Date: Tomorrow Time: 1 2:00-1:00 p.m.n Place: The International Center 603 East Madison We will also have a table in the MUG at the Union on Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Hope to see you there! Beaver College Center for Education Abroad Glenside, PA 19038 (215) 572-2901 Close to Excitement of Cambridge/Boston .4,y { 4 ';. THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today <4P4 Gof'50/Chamber y ea g SMusic Workshop Session I - Session 1- June 5 to July 7 July 10 to August 11 Information, catalog, and application: r l Speakers "The Bible in the Second Temple Period" - Dr. Ronald S. Hendel, 3050 Frieze, 2:30 pm. "Costa Rica: The Democratic Al- ternative" - Fausto Amador, Rackham Amphitheatre, 8 pm. "Manganese Complexes as Models for the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II" - Ms. Xinhoa Li, 1200 Chem., 3 pm. "Managing the African Debt Cri- sis"- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, School of Business Adminstration, 1310 Kresge, 4:30 pm. "First Generation Arab-Ameri- cans: The Search for Identity" - Dr. Diana Abu-Jaber, Asst. Prof. @ Dept./English, 116 Hutchins Hall, 7:30 pm. "Social Support and Parenting in Low-Income Families" - Joseph Stevens, Georgia State University, 1211 School of Education, 2:30 pm. Meetings U of M Taekwondo - 2275 CCRB, 6:30-8:15 pm. Beginners welcome. Asian American Association - Trotter House, 7 pm. U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate - 1200 CCRB, 7:30-8:30 pm. U of M Women's Rugby - Elbel spectives - Michigan Union, An- derson C&D, 3:30-5 pm. Deciding Your Career (Part 2) - Career Planning and Placement Center, Conference Rm., 4:10-6 pm. Preparing for the Education Ca- reer- Conference - 2346 SEB, 5:10- 6:30 pm. Employer Presentation: Public In- terest Research Groups - Place to be announced, 7-9 pm. "Smoke-Free" - A Stop Smoking Program - Michigan League, 12 noon -1 pm. $30 registration fee with $15 refund after attending all of the four week sessions. Preregistration required. Peer Writing Tutors - 611 Church St. Computing Center, 7- 11 pm. ECB trained. Northwalk - Sun-Thur, 9 pm-1 am. Call 763-WALK or stop by 3224 Bursley. Safewalk - Sun-Thur, 8 pm-1:30 am; Fri-Sat 8-11:30 pm. Call 936- 1000 or stop'by 102 UGLi. EnglishPeer Counseling - 4000A Michigan Union, 7-9 pm. Help with papers and other English re- lated questions. Car Caravan Protesting Fraudu- lent Presidential Elections in El Salvador - Downtown Ann Arbor, 4:30 pm. Begin at Kline's parking Brandeis University Summer School P.O. Box 9110 Waltham, MA 02254-9110 (617)736-3424 CAREER PATHWAYS: A Feminist Perspective. A panel discussion for all students interested in Women's Studies and career opportunities. Included in the panel will be a business consultant, a lawyer, a health administrator and a psychologist. 0 DA DRINKA ~ 7:00 pm at 715 Hill St on March20 Come hear the Megillah! MONDAY 7'y' Free chen 19: ta F . !- This er th eg alsoe bhear in these dorms: East Quad Greeniounge Hill area go t9 Markley Cobby 9:00 pm Central Camus i