Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. 1C, No. 126 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, April 4, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Railton Proposal voted down by LSA faculty in close count LSA faculty rejects BY MARION DAVIS LSA faculty members yesterday voted to reject the revised "Railton Proposal" for a student graduation requirement on race, ethnicity, and racism. The faculty voted down the pro- posal, 140-120, during the faculty meeting yesterday. Philosophy Prof. Peter Railton, who first proposed the graduation requirement to the faculty early last month, said, "I was struck by the closeness of the vote and heartened by the debate. The vote seemed to demonstrate the faculty's substantial interest in curriculum innovation and sends the message to the University that the LSA faculty is prepared to think seriously about some curricu- lum representation of these issues." Railton said he was pleased with the support voiced by faculty who are currently teaching courses in the areas of race, ethnicity, and racism. For example, Psychology Prof. Pat Gurin, who teaches "Ethnic and Gender Consciousness" in the expanded BY DONNA IADIPAOLO Immediately after rejecting a pro- posal for a graduation requirement on race, ethnicity, and racism, the LSA faculty yesterday adopted a motion asking the curriculum committee to study the issue and report back to the faculty next fall. The defeated proposal was intro- duced by Philosophy Prof. Peter Railton. panel The "Executive Committee Pro- posal," a second proposal also call- ing for a graduation requirement about racism, never came up for a vote. History Prof. Rebecca Scott pro- posed the impromptu motion immediately following the "Railton Proposal" vote, which failed, 140- 120. See LSA, Page 3 See Class, Page 3 Gurin ...votes for course We are National Champions! Rumeal s clutch fr with :03 give M' BY ADAM SCHRAGER SPECIAL TO THE DAILY SEATTLE - Rumeal Rob- inson's two foul shots with three seconds remaining in overtime propelled the Michigan Wolverines to their first basketball national championship in the school's history, 80-79, over Seton Hall. It was deja vu for Robinson as he went to the foul line with the opportunity to tie and perhaps put the Wolverines ahead. Robinson had seen the exact situation against Wisconsin earlier this season and missed his shot in the Badger's victory. After a John Morton miss with 10 seconds left, Glen Rice rebounded and passed the ball to Robinson. He proceeded to drive the length of the court before being fouled in the lane by the Pirates' Gerald Greene. "The call could have gone either way," Greene said. "The referee made his decision so I'm not going to complain. "I tried to cut him off and I thought that I was in pretty good position to draw the offensive foul, but obviously the referee didn't see it that way." Michigan forward Loy Vaught said: "I knew he was going to make them. And when he did a chill went down my spine. "This is a thing that you dream of and you never really expect to happen. I am blessed to be with 14 great teammates and a terrific coaching staff. I am so proud of them all that I cannot put it into words. Mills, give me a kleenex." The future of interim coach Steve Fisher remains a mystery as Athletic Director Bo Schembechler refused to give any comment on the situation. "It's a great win, I can guarantee you that," Schembechler said. "When we started the tournament, I knew we could do this. Don't worry about the coaching situation, everything will be all right." The win gave Fisher more tournament victories in one season (6) than ex-coach Bill Frieder had in his nine years (5). At the end of the game, Fisher could not contain himself and hugged every one of his players. "I proudly except this award," screamed an ecstatic Fisher as he was handed the national trophy, "on behalf of my 15 players, the fans that are here, and all of Ann Arbor." The game swayed back and forth during the final minutes of regulation as Morton, who scored a game-high 35 points, 25 in the second half, tallied six straight points to give the Hall the lead at 66-65 with 2:38 to play. With 1:03 left, Rice hit a three pointer, his fifth of the game, to ~e throws CAA title give the Wolverines the lead again at 69-68. That shot gave Rice the all- time Big Ten career scoring record with 2,441 points, surpassing former Michigan star Mike McGee. Sean Higgins hit both ends of a one and one to put Michigan up by three, but Morton countered with a game-tying three pointer with only 23 seconds left in regulation play. Michigan called time-out and set a play for Rice to take a three pointer. The tournament MVP, who also broke the NCAA tournament scoring record held by Bill Bradley missed a 20-foot turnaround with two seconds left, sending the game into overtime. See Rumeal clutches, Page 9 -1 Steve Blonder SBlonder's Ponders Just another day at the office Blue wins title SEATTLE - Last night was no big deal. Just like any other game the band came out to warm up and the players shot around while fans entered the arena. Kirk Taylor filled in interested bystandsers about his rehabitation frm knee surgery while Eric Rile'y talked a bout being red-shirted for the season. The University president made his second appearance of the season at a basketball game (the first being Saturday) and the athletic director took his usual seat. But something was different. Michigan was vying for its first national championship since the gymnastics team brought one home17 years ago. Glen Rice was aiming to set both the all-time big ten and NCAA tounement scoring record,. And Steve Fisher was hoping for a permenent job. For the first half, the Wolverines looked to please everyone except for some hostile Pirates. But still the athletic director remained in his seat. See ...another night, Page 9 Associated Press Michigan forward Glen Rice defends against Seton Hall's Andrew Gaze and held him to five points in the game while scoring 31 himself as the Wolverines beat Seton Hall in the NCAA championship game by the score of 80-79. Rice broke Bill Bradley's 24-year old NCAA tournament scoring record with a total of 184 points and was named the NCAA tournament MVP. Republicans gain seat in council; Jernigan wins again Winners of '89 city elections BY NOAH FINKEL AND KRISTINE LALONDE The Republicans won an additional seat on the Ann Arbor City Council yesterday, while Republican incumbent mayor Gerald Jernigan easily won re-election. But other things seemed more important at the Republican's victory celebration. "Right now the (Michigan basketball) game is more important. The winning (for mayor) is over," said a delighted Jernigan. Jernigan soundly beat Democrat Ray Clevenger, 9395 to 7403. The Republicans now hold a 7-4 majority on council, as they took a Fifth Ward seat from the Democrats. On the ballot questions, a parks tax renewal was easily approved, but a rollback of the Headlee tax limitation amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. "We did at least what we wanted to do - raise the issues that had to be raised," Clevenger said. "The attitude in City Hall is bad. The campaign brought out the fact that thev're nnt dnina their inh " on the ballot. Proponents argued that the rollback would help ease the city's defict problem. "It was a setback in financial stability," said re-elected councilmember Jerry Schleicher (R- Fourth Ward). He said the city has wanted the council "to tighten the belt." Democrat Jesse Levine, an LSA senior, a candidate in the Second Ward, was defeated by incumbent Republican Terry Martin, 2136 to 1263. Ann Arbor Elections '89 "We raised some issues such as the hudiet and nlid wate dinrcal Mayor Gerald Jernigan (R) Raymond Clevenger (D) First Ward Ann Marie Coleman (D) 9395 7403 unopposed Jernigan ...wins mayoral election Second Ward Terry Martin (R) Jesse Levine (D) Third Ward Nelson Meade (D) Donna Richter (R) Fourth Ward Jerry Schleicher (R) Chris Kolb (D) Fifth Ward 20,136 1236 1631 1628 2176 1418 Ms _ ..