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Amnesty
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up Human
Rights Day
by Josephine Ballenger
Last night, while most students
were in the libraries or computing
centers, about 25 people shivered on
the Diag and held candles in a vigil
for Amnesty International's Human
Rights Day.
Dec. 10 is the anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, adopted by the United Na-
tions in 1948. The document is "the
most commonly accepted record of
human rights," said Lindsey West,
Amnesty member and coordinator of
the event. It includes 30 articles
establishing civil, political, eco-
nomic and social rights of all peo-
ple.
Although Amnesty helps out
"prisoners of conscience" worldwide,
the Ann Arbor group chose to focus
on Peru and China for the event.
West said they chose the two coun-
tries because of Amnesty's campaign
in Peru this past year and China's
political unrest.
In Peru, at least 3,000 are be-
lieved to have been killed by the
government, and tens of thousands
have fled their homes, said West.
Amnesty member Anne Frantilla
read a poem by Javier Heraud, killed
by the Peruvian Armed Forces in
1963, after which participants passed
The Michigan Daily- Monday, December11, 1989 -
Anti- aparthel
leaders meet,
form strategy
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa essary to prevent possible pi
(AP) -Anti-apartheid leaders yester- tion of major state enterpris
day announced a militant strategy of as the postal and transport set
civil disobedience and political pres- Perhaps the most importa
sure and urged South African whites lution, Morobe said, was a
to join them for the "final onslaught for non-racial elections
of apartheid." assembly that would draft a c
The plans were adopted late Sat- tion establishing a one-perst
urday at a closed session of the vote system for South Africa
largest anti-apartheid conference ever
held in South Africa. It was attended President F.W. de Klerk
by 4,662 Black, white, Indian and jected the concept of such ar
mixed-race delegates from 2,128 or- bly. He has offered to neg
ganizations. new constitution that woulk
Several major Black organiza- limited political rights to th
tions either boycotted the conference majority of 28 million, but h
or were not invited. Black negotiators chosen it
But Murphy Morobe, one of the gated elections.
organizers, said the Conference for a Other resolutions urged
Democratic Future was a "roaring and students to defy school s
success. wion policies, demanded land
Business was concluded in a bution and urged young wh
spirit of unity unprecedented in any to refuse mandatory military
gathering in the past with such a Delegates also demanded a
disparate array of organizations," he meat of an independent co
said at a news conference. to investigate allegations th
One resolution urged whites "to dto stiate allego
break decisively with all apartheid death squads have killed gov
forces and side with the majority." It opponents.
urged them to conduct solidarity Another resolution demai
marches into Black townships and end to the state of emerger
proposed a campaign to create new posed in June 1986. Many de
municipalities by merging white ci- belong to groups restricted b
ties and their adjoining Black ghet- gency regulations.
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In commemoration of the United Nation's Human Rights Day, Liz Robbin and Phil Dinehart hold candles at a
vigil sponsored by the local Amnesty International chapter last night on the diag.
around and read a list of Peruvians
who were murdered, detained, or had
disappeared.
Pingsha Dong, Amnesty mem-
ber, told the group that the Chinese
government murdered 1,000 in Bei-
jing in June, 300 in Chengdu City,
and arrested 4,000 nationwide.
At the participants' feet were
banners of three articles of the
United Nations' declaration written
in Chinese and English.,
Dong passed around some names
of Chinese prisoners and their al-,
leged offenses such as "heading a,
team that was blocking vehicles.",
"We try to monitor people being
detained for unrecognizable offenses
and not let the government detain
them," said West. "Amnesty be-
lieves the government retains its re-
sponsibility to uphold the law and...,
should not (give in to) a common
denominator of brutality."
About 200 candles, with prison-
ers' names on them, were given out
during the day to people all over
campus. Those who received them
were encouraged to join the vigil or
light them at home.
"The burning candle has become
the symbol of hope for Amnesty In-
ternational. It's better to light one
candle than to curse the dark," West
''College grads will find fewer jobs this spring
Another resolution urged an esca-
lation of confrontational activity by
Black trade unions. It said workers
should be prepared to occupy the Jo-
hannesburg Stock Exchange if nec-
Most delegates were aligned t4
some degree with the outlawed
African National Congress guerrili$
movement and affiliated groups i
South Africa.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP)
- Salaries are up, but next spring's
:college graduates face a tighter job
;market, according to a national sur-
Ivey released yesterday.'
Expected hires will be down 13.3
percent compared with last year's
hiring, according to the 19th annual
,survey of recruiting trends by the
Career Development and Placement
,Services at Michigan State Univer-
sity.
While some employers will expe-
rience large increases in hiring, over-
all the employers, who last year
hired 96,420 graduates, indicate they
expect to hire 83,623 of the 1989-90
graduates.
The average starting salary for a
graduate with a bachelor's degree
will be $25,256, up 3.3 percent over
a year ago. Expected starting salary
offers for master's of business ad-
ministration graduates are $39,840, a
3.1 percent increase; $33,740 for
master's degree graduates, up 3.3
percent, and $37,111 for doctoral de-
gree graduates, a 2.4 percent in-
crease.
As in past years, engineering
graduates will get the highest start-
ing salaries for new college gradu-
while electrical engineering is at
$32,107; computer science at
$31,389, and industrial engineering
at $30,557.
On the other end of the scale, the
lowest salaries were for graduates in
human ecology-home economics,
$18,157; journalism, $18,255; natu-
ral resources, $18,840; retailing,
$18,909; and advertising, $19,662.
The survey was based on re-
Patrick Scheetz, who directed the
study, says several factors will help
shape the job market over the next
five years, among them computer
literacy, internships and work expe-
riences, a willingness to move, and
foreign language proficiencies to
meet the needs of increasing foreign
employment.
The survey also found:
Employers say the greatest job
opportunities are in the Southwest.
Next best is the Northwest, followed
by the Southeast, North Central,
South Central, and Northwest states.
Of new college graduates hired
last year, 9.6 percent were minori-
ties.
About 9.9 percent of the cur-
rent salaried employees are in over-
seas locations.
Employers say the greatest job opportunities
are in the Southwest. Next best is the
Northeast, followed by the Southeast, North
Central, South Central, and Northwest
states.
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Dalai Lama accepts Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The
:Dalai Lama accepted the Nobel Peace
Prize yesterday and said that despite
WChinese rebuffs, he remained com-
mitted to non-violence in seeking an
,end to China's 40-year occupation of
'his Himalayan homeland, Tibet.
"I accept the prize with profound
gratitude on behalf of the oppressed
everywhere and for all those who
struggle for freedom and work for
world peace," he said at a ceremony
attended by King Olav V and gov-
ernment officials.
At a white-tie ceremony in
Stockholm, Sweden, King Carl XVI
Gustaf awarded gold Nobel medal-
lions to nine laureates who won the
prizes for literature, chemistry,
physics, medicine and economic
sciences. Six were Americans.
The Dalai Lama said China's re-
jection of his 1987 peace plan was
forcing him to rethink his approach,
and he might withdraw his proposal.
' He has called for Tibetan auton-
omy over domestic matters, with
China retaining control over military
and diplomatic affairs. Beijing has
rejected the formula.
THE LIST
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Meetings
Philosophy Club - 7 p.m. in -
2220 Angell Hall
Michigan Student Assembly
Women's Issues Committee -
6 p.m. in Union Rm. 3909
UM Shorin-Ryu Karate-do
Club - 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the
CCRB; beginners welcome
Anorexia/Bulimia Support
Group - 6:30-8 p.m.; call 668-
8585
Speakers
"The Surah as a Unity: A Twen-
tieth-Century Development in
Qur'an Exegesis" - Prof. of Is-
lamic Studies Mutansir Mir 4
p.m. in 3050 Frieze Bldg.
f'Design and Synthesis of
Macrocyclic Binucleating Li-
gands and Complexes" - Dr.
Danae Christodoulou of the
Chem. Dept. speaks at 4 p.m. in
Chem. Rm. 1640
Furthermore
Safewalk - the night-time walk-
ina service is nen seven davs a7
Undergraduate English Associ-
ation Peer Counseling- 7-9
p.m. in Union 4000 A
Holiday Pet Food Round-Up
- pet food bins for donations to
the Humane Society are set up at
local grocers
Bachelor Fine Arts Student
Exhibition -7 students display
their work; 10am-5pm in the
Slusser Gallery
Piano Recital - Adelle Eslinger
performs at 8 in the Rackham
Assembly Hall
Guest Recital - Alton String
Quartet performs at the School of
Music's Recital Hall at 8
Improvisation Concert - Stu-
dents of Michele Johns perform at
School of Music Studio 2110 at 8
Michigan Leadership Confer-
ence Registration - at the Stu-
dent Organization Development in
the 2202 Union; fee is $12
Free Tutoring - all lower-level
math, science and engineering
courses; 7-11 p.m. in UGLi Rm.
307
Art and Holy Powers in the
Early Christian House - an ex-
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Nicaragua
asks U.N. to
help with
Contras
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -
Nicaragua proposed yesterday that
U.N. observers in Central America
be given new powers and personnel
to start disbanding U.S.-backed Con-
tra rebels, a Nicaraguan source said.
The Salvador government also re-
jected a truce proposed by rebels
fighting in that country.
In return for demobilizaiton of
the Contras, the Nicaraguan gov-
ernment would consider resuming its
cease-fire and "technical talks" with
the leadership of the Honduras-based
rebels, said a Nicaraguan source after
the opening of a two-day summit of
Central American presidents.
The source close to the
Nicaraguan delegation, who refused
to be identitfied, also said Nicaragua
was willing to allow the U.N. group
to verify that no weapons are sent
from Nicaragua to El Salvador's
rebels.
The U.N. observers were ap-
proved four months ago to monitor
the voluntary repatriation of the
Contras and make sure that one
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those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and
exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of
engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.
We, the officers and faculty advisors of the Michigan Gamma Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, wish to
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Michelle Armbrustmacher
Courtney Lynn Babcock
John Dickinson Baker, Jr.
Brian Paul Ballman
Della Marie Batemam
Eleni Beyko
Russell Damian Bloomfield
James Walter Borninski
Edward Todd Brown
Carl Antony Buccellato
Joel Seth Caminer
David Micheal Cassatta
Kyong-Sok Chang
Lin-Lin Chen
Margaret Rose Chisholm
Lily C. Chow
Sherry Lynn Clough
Gary Richard Collins
Julie Ann Hayden
Robert Francis Hayosh
Laura Diae Hollister
Daniel John Hommes
John Robert Hutchins
Sandra Paula Iannucci
Anup Jain
David Scott Jossi
Hojoon Jung
Steven Glen Karseboom
Kentaro Kato
John Edward Keller
Lisa Sungwoon Kim
Howard A. Klausner
King Wai Kelwin Ko
Paul Edward Krajewski
Micheal C. Kuchar
Kenneth P. Laberteaux
Beniamin M Linder
Brian Joseph Murphy
Christopher P. Nelander
Mark Jeffrey Nyquist
Shane Eric Plaxton
Stephen A. Randall
Mark Richard Rearick
David Antony Sanabria
Corey J. Schumacher
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