Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC,1 N6)135 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, April 17,1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Student charged for riot actions BY KRISTINE LALONDE A University student who stole a double parking meter the night of the NCAA championship riot on South U. was arraigned Friday in the 12th district court on the charge of larceny. Joseph Ubaldo, an LSA junior, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, $2,500 fine and restitution. Ubaldo's preliminary court date is set for April 26th at 9 f a.m. A Student Legal Services attorney is assigned to Ubaldo's ~ n case. Police Det. Neil Ehnis, who is in charge of investigating the crimes r committed during the riot, said three=~ of the five people arrested for crimes have been arraigned. A 20-year old who assaulted three people with a metal crutch at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity on State St. is awaiting arraignment for a } charge of felonious assault. The man was angered because the fraternity members would not let him into a private party. When he was told to leave, he grabbed the crutch of a member at the door and £ n... began flailing it at anyone he could _ hit, said fraternity member Tom Hamilton, an LSA junior. Three people were injured by the man, including a University student, an Eastern Michigan University stu- dent and another bystander. Hamilton said one of the injured suffered a concussion and was carried unconscious into the house with his head bleeding. Hamilton added that about five fights occurred with people who tried to force their way into the fraternity. Ie said one man must undergo facial A woman cheers wit See Riot, page 2 Group protests BY JOSH MITNICK the incon that the p It wasn't business as usual for the merchants One p of downtown Ann Arbor on Saturday. mous, sai About 100 demonstrators occupied the parking the wrong lot behind Kline's department store on Main St. think that from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. to protest the city's it. They'i failure to provide enough low-income housing. fun it the The protestors - who prevented potential pa- The H trons from parking their cars in the lot for ten ing decis hours - set up mock cardboard-box homes in Council t every empty space to represent the plight of Ann rather tha Arbor's homeless community. ing. The c Saturday's demonstration climaxed fourteen ing for the weeks of weekly pickets organized by LSA se- At 11: niors Renuka Uthappa and Earl Uomoto, mem- whom we bers of Ann Arbor's Homeless Action Commit- Jim C tee (HAC). homeless Uthappa said one of the demonstration's aims making a was to show the city what HAC is capable of house to doing. "We're serving notice to the city that with me i we're aware of what they're spending money on to do it - and we will not allow that kind of spending to go Peg on.' less com Reaction from merchants and customers in the city that area was unsympathetic. Patrons were upset by A city tha Women 'Take ba BY LAURA COUNTS More than 2,000 women chanted, "Fight back, women unite! The streets belong to us tonight," as they marched through the streets of Ann Arbor Saturday night to protest rape and violence against women and children. This year's 10th annual "Take Back the Night, Take Back the Power" rally and march was organized by the Ann Arbor Coalition Against Rape. The group added "Take Back the Power" to the name of this year's march to show that "sexual assault is not merely an issue of safety in the streets at night. As individuals, we are denied power every time a rape occurs," according to the rally's statement of purpose. "It's such a change from the usual to see so many women so empowered," said LSA junior and marcher Debbie Sobeloff. The evening began with a rally for women and men at the Federal Building which featured speakers, music, a poetry reading, and self defense demonstration. Women who wished to identify them- selves as survivors of rape, sexual assault, or domestic violence wore white armbands; purple armbands were available for sur- vivors of lesbian battering. Many speakers drew links between sex- ism and racism saying: "This is a deliberate attempt to end the silence and invisibility of women of color," said one speaker. Making connections between race, class and gender oppression, Tracey Matthews, director of the Baker-Mandela Center for Anti-racist Education, urged the crowd to make a long-term commitment to "take back every night." Christina Jose, a lecturer in the Women's Studies Department, spoke on the need for women to fight against all stereotypes for unity among all women. Rally leaders announced the "winners" of the annual Sexism In Advertising contest, sponsored by the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Rape Prevention. The most sexist local ad - for theasecond year in a row - was a Brown Bag It Lingerie ad with the caption, "Don't make her beg. Oh, march to ti ek' night maybe just a little." The winner in the na- tional category was Major Damage Jean- swear, for its ad showing a woman wearing nothing but ripped up jeans, falling off a bed. Announcers said this ad implies "the aftermath of a rape. Natasha Raymond read poetry she had written and selections from other women poets. Musician Ami Robinson played two pieces on the violin dedicated to her god- child who had been sexually abused. Five women from the Alkebu-lan Martial Arts Federation in Detroit performed a self- defense demonstration, which included kicking, punching, and breaking boards with their hands and feet. The demonstra- tion prompted exclamations from the crowd like "I'd hate to make the mistake of See March, Page 2 Men also hold a rally for support, BY KATHRYN DEMOTT As over two thousand women Saturday night were marching down Ann Arbor's streets chanting "Take Back the Night," about 100 men rallied to break the silence about other is- sues such as oppression of women of color and gay and lesbian rights. The men's rally, held at night fall on the steps of the Federal Building, was sponsored by the Men's Outreach Committee at the Uni- versity's Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. Men are excluded from the "Take Back the Night, Take Back the Power" march to empower women and assure their solidarity, said David Keiser, a member of SAPAC and LSA senior. Ron Wheeler, a member of Lesbian and Gay Male Program Office (LGMPO) and sec- ond year law student, spoke of the disparity plaguing not only women, but women of color. "Women of color have 50 percent less See Men's Rally, page 2 JESSICA GREENE/DoIly th over two thousand others at Saturday's rally for women's rights. city's lac venience and owners expressed concern rotest would hurt business. atron, who wished to remain anony- d he thought the protestors were using g means to deal with problem. "I don't 's a very effective way of going about re just taking up space having a little sun out there," he said. omeless Action Committee is protest- sions made by the Ann Arbor City to spend funds on parking structures n providing for more low-income hous- council had said it would provide hous- e homeless. 30 a.m., a string of speakers - two of re homeless - addressed the protestors. :lough, a member of Ann Arbor's community, told the protesters, "I'm challenge to anybody who has a good come out and spend a couple of days f they think they can make it. I've had - why can't they?" y Lewis, also a member of the home- munity, urged Ann Arbor to become "a says people matter more than parking. at says people matter more than politi- k of housing cal double talk and economic heresy." In addition to the speeches, demonstrators car- ried signs, shouted slogans, and chanted songs proclaiming: "Give us affordable housing to rent! City dollars should not be spent on parking!" A spokesperson for Kline's department store was unavailable to comment. First-year student Aric Parness helped block the entrance to the lot as surprised patrons drove by. He said before he came to school, he had only heard about the plight of the homeless. The East Quad resident said many homeless people congregate by a heating grate outside his dorm. "There are a lot of homeless people. Taking up land just for parking structures is going the opposite way to solving the problem," Parness said. The only police presence was a patrolling of- ficer who served notice to Uthappa that the demonstration wouldn't be broken up, but protestors would be held responsible for business lost to merchants. Terming the demonstration a "success," Uo- moto, the rally's coordinator, said it was every- thing that they had hoped for. JESSICA GREENE/Daily A member of Ann Arbor's homeless community lies in a cardboard box to protest the city's lack of affordable housing at Saturday's demonstration. Groups scuffle over abortion BY JESSICA STRICK The Washtenaw County division of Operation Rescue launched a strike against Planned Parenthood in Ann Arbor on Saturday, causing the clinic doors to remain closed to pa- tients for several hours. About sev- enty-five of the 200 anti-abortionists were arrested. Charges against the protesters in- cluded tresspassing, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, and assault and battery. Planned Parenthood - supported by about 60 pro-choice protestors Saturday - said they plan Leaning BY ROLLIE HUDSON Some 50 people packed the downstairs of an old building on North Fourth St. Friday to round off another year of success for the Lean- ing Post program - a local youth support and tutorial group. Yet, those who showed up to sip punch and eat egg salad sandwiches in this downtown Ann Arbor, com- prised only a fraction of those in- volved in the program. Approxi- mately 62 families and over 100 University students participate in ei- ther "big brother/big sister" or tuto- rial volunteer work. Leaning Post has been active in the local area since 1983 when it was first developed as a ex-offender sunnort nrogram, said Lucille Porter. Post raps Both the families involved, 90 percent whom are African American, 95 percent low income, and 87 per- cent female headed households, have welcomed the service in their homes. "The tutoring and Big Brother/Sister programs have been extremely successful both in terms of exposing area youths to the uni- versity students and, in turn, the students to the community... as op- posed to doing nothing with their lives," said Ruth A. Spann, grand- mother of Quincy Brown, a 6th grader who has been involved in the program since last September. Janice Brown, Quincy's mother, spoke enthusiastically about her son's recent academic improvement. "I come home and he's got his up year not have the resources and funding to spread the program to as many families as possible. She added that See Post, Page 5 JESSICA GREENE/Daily Carol Love of Ann Arbor is taken away on a stretcher in front of the city's Planned parenthood. Love was with Operation Rescue. "I"