O Rose Bowl preview Asst. Volleyball coach speaks out 'M' basketball sinks Duke MSU humbles 'M' hockey _.. <...:. ... _ . . . __ .. s OPINION Save the $5 pot law 4 ARTS 10 History revised . . . . .. ...... Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 67 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, December 11, 1989 The ~MittinO.i a w... wn 'M'edges past Duke in OT battle by Taylor Lincoln{ Daily Basketball Writer The Michigan basketball team utilized career-high scoring efforts from forwards Sean Higgins and Loy Vaught to overcome foul trouble and a relentless Duke team to win 113-108 in overtime Saturday. Michigan blew an 18-point first half lead, then rallied from five points down late in th- game to go ahead with four seconds left on a jump shot by Rumeal Robinson Duke, however, answered Robinson's shot with a Greg Koubek put-back as time expired in regulation, tying the game at 94-94. In the overtime, Higgins and Vaught filled in the void left behind by Mills. Higgins scored eight of his game-high 32 points. Vaught scored six of his 27 points. "When Terry went out, I knew I had to be the number one guy inside," said Vaught. Duke's Christian Laettner led the Blue Devils with 26 points and eight rebounds in 43 minutes of playing time. New Czech government 'A 1 I takes power PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) members each from the s - A government controlled by non- cialist and People's partie Communists took over power yes- recently broke ties with t terday for the first time in 41 years, munists. and tens of thousands of people More than 100,000 jammed the nation's streets to cele- crammed Prague's Wencel brate the historic victories of their to hear opposition leader peaceful revolution. Havel and other dissidents President Gustav Husak, the na- tied jail and harassment for tion's last old-guard Communist catalogue the successes of t leader, resigned after swearing in the for democracy. new government, which includes The embattled Commun two people who were persecuted as granted stunning concess dissidents until just two weeks ago. cluding the opening of the In a key compromise, the Justice the promise of free election Ministry, which runs the nation's elimination of their mon secret and uninformed police, will bepower. run by a leading dissident, the new Communist premier and a Commu- Czechoslovakia's Pa nist Party member proposed by the meets tomorrow to pick opposition. successor. Both Havel and A The new 21-member 'govermnt Dubcek, the popular leade contains 10 Communists, two of crushed 1968 reform m whom enjoy opposition support, have said they would accep seven non-party members and two if nominated. mall So- es, which he Com- people es Square r Vaclav who bats 13 years heir fight nists have ions, in- borders s and the opoly on irliament Husak's Alexander lr of the ovement t the post J' "JO:/ Michigan forward Loy Vaught in the first half of Saturday's basketball game pitting 6th ranked Duke against 8th ranked Michigan. Michigan won 113-108. ni E. Germans demand right to strike EAST BERLIN (AP) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators demanded more democratic reforms in East Germany yesterday, and a state-run labor union urged workers to defy a 40-year-old policy that forbids them to strike. Gregor Gysi, East Germany's new Communist Party chief, said he wants a clear separation of party and government functions, a radical con- cept in a country where the party has been all-powerful for 40 years. In another development, the four World War II Allies - France, Bri- tain, the United States and the So- viet Union - they would meet to- day to discuss the role of Berlin in East-West affairs. Tens of thousands of East Ger- mans took to the streets in protests in Rostock, Erfurt and other cities, the official news agency ADN said. Most were demanding human rights and democratic changes, the report said. Leaders of the 160,000-member scientists' union, meeting on Satur- day in Leipzig, issued the call for recognition of the right to strike, ADN said. The scientists' union is one of 16 unions belonging to the state-run la- bor federation Freier Deutsche Gew- erskschaftsbund. The scientists' call amounts to a demand for the federation leadership to recognize the right to strike em- bodied in the East German Constitu- tion. The federation has been rocked by a growing financial scandal, and a new leadership took over Saturday to make it more independent. The prospect of strikes clearly alarmed Gysi, who took over as party chief only on Saturday. In an interview broadcast late Saturday night on West Germany's ADR television network, he said that given the country's current political instability strikes would be "irresponsible." Late yesterday, the official news agency ADN said Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had sent Gysi a message of congratulations that also emphasized the "sovereign" nature of East Germany. U'may make more graduation ceremony changes Racial divide exists in tri-county area by Liz Paige DETROIT - A University sur- vey released Saturday highlights the disparities between Blacks and whites in the three Detroit counties, Wayne, Macomb, and Oakland. In the area, 37% of Blacks live with household incomes of less than $10,000. Of the area's whites, only 13.5% lived in households with the same incomes. Individual neighborhood within the tri-county area also show racial divisions. 90.5% of whites live in mostly or all-white neighborhoods; 82.4% of Blacks live in mostly or all-Black neighborhoods. The Detroit Area Study, now in its 38th year, researches the effects of racial, class and ethnic disparities on political participation in the area and to identify strategies to end these disparities. This year's study - ti- tled "Separate and Unequal, The Ra- cial Divide: Strategies for Reducing University study finds Detroit 'separate and unequal' for Blacks Political and Economic Inequalities in the Detroit Area" - was the sub- ject of a day-long conference in De- troit Saturday. Over 100 people at- tended the conference, including local leaders and community members. Detroit NAACP President Arthur Johnson reminded the conference au- dience of a warning from social sci- entist W.E.B. DuBois. "DuBois pointed out 50 years ago that people are not very influenced by facts about race, like these. Writing letters doesn't really move the government. We have to jar it, shake it up, that's the history. We cannot give up our commitment to action, street fight- ing." The study's findings are not in- consistent with national trends of inequalities between Blacks and whites. For instance, in both the U.S. as a whole and in the tri-county area, the typical Black household earns 49 cents for every dollar earned by the typical white household. "Detroit is not unique - but that does not mean that it is not dev- astated by racist attitudes and institu- tions," said Rackham graduate stu- dent Cathy Cohen, and DAS re- searcher. The study also traced the connec- tion between gap in education and disparities in employment. Of Blacks in the tri-county area, 34.2% have not completed high school, compared to only 13.4% of whites. Between April 22 and Au- gust 31, 1989 when the DAS inter- views were conducted, 19.9% of the Black work force was unemployed compared to 6.6% percent of whites. "Education is used as a means to justify adult economic inequalities," Vice-Provost of Minority Affairs Charles Moody told the audience. Perceptions of the most impor- tant problems facing their commu- nity and their responses to these problems also differ along racial lines. Law enforcement, crime and drugs were seen as the most impor- tant problem to 65.8% of Black re- spondents, but only to 25.6 of whites. Blacks are also more likely to see demonstrating, protesting, and boy- cotting a business or corporation as an effective form of political action. Whites, on the other hand, are more likely to believe that writing letters to public officials and contributing money is more effective. See DIVIDE, Page 2 by Noah Finkel Daily Administration Reporter Although the University has phased out class-wide commence- ment ceremonies in the stadium, fu- ture graduates may get a chance to celebrate graduation together. In an effort to mitigate student complaints regarding the separation of graduation exercises, the Adminis- tration's Commencement Task Force will consider an event called "Class Day" - a largely student-planned celebration of graduation- for those graduating in May, 1991. "A lot of students have a legiti- mate interest" in a University-wide commencement activity, task force chair and Rackham Dean John D'Arms said. "Class Day reinforces the idea of friendship and commu- nity." D'Arms added that Class Day rep- resents the "idea that all graduating seniors in all schools and colleges have a set of ceremonies and rituals and celebrations that they plan." The proposal may also curb complaints that the University is giving a short stick to undergradu- ates by eliminating the commence- ment address, faculty procession, and honorary degrees from their com- mencement ceremonies. This year's PhD and masters de- gree candidates will still attend a formal ceremony at Hill Auditorium with members of the Board of Re- gents, University executive officers, and deans from all the schools and colleges. The ceremony will include the distribution of honorary degrees, a commencement address, and a fac- ulty procession from Rackham to Hill Auditorium. D'Arms said the task force dis- cussed incorporating student speeches and humorous skits into the event. Class Day "is an attempt to build what seniors have been through to- gether for the last four years rather than University-planned commence- ment exercises," D'Arms said. The Class Day proposal, D'Arms said, comes "too late to pull together the interested parties for this spring commencement." However, the plan is something the University Events Task Force is "looking at very seriously," and has a strong chance of being approved for the spring 1991 commencement, he said. ,IFC 'dry rush' vote stirs opposition among fraternities by Britt Isaly Daily Staff Writer The 11 of 35 fraternities which voted last week against dry rush are voicing concern that the policy will be inadequate to curb rush drinking. Last Wednesday, the Interfrater- nity Council (IFC), the governing body for University fraternities, voted to adopt an amended policy which requires an alcohol-free, or "dry," rush, out of concern for legal liability and the rush atmosphere. IFC Public Relations Chair Mar- cel Bonnewit defined fraternity rush as "the collective effort by chapters on campus to recruit new members," and as "the lifeline for each frater- "Whereas many campuses have made Greeks go totally dry, Michi- gan is one of the few campuses with frats still serving alcohol," said IFC President Rick Woodman, "It is time to realize that dry rush is here." Eighteen University fraternities currently belong to the Fraternity In- surance Purchasing Group (FIPG). FIPG's "Risk Management Policy" states "All rush activities associated with any chapter will be a DRY rush function." Four of the 11 fraternities which voted against the amendment sub- scribe to FIPG. They said they voted against the amendment not because of the FIPG rush requirements, but icy) is of legitimate concern, and houses should agree with the princi- ple first, and then support any en- forcement of it later." Whitman said that IFC's judi- ciary, the Greek Activities Review Panel, (GARP), upon receiving a written complaint, would reprimand fraternities who disobeyed the new policy. "We've talked about enforce- ment," said Whitman, "and it will be made clear at the mass meeting (for rush) on January 18 that it is dry. But, as in the case of other dry cam- puses, it is usually the rushee that enforces (a dry rush). Rushees are sometimes more reliable." _______________________________s,___h -,.