a Amnesty vigil lights 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. tos. ) v'r. - Papp 3 V. 8 4. e 4.F ivatal, ses std4 xvicds. r~c demand for ark constituL ;n, dne{ a. chas jet n assn- gotia 4 d extnd he Bract he vents in segreiT Sparent segrhga# redistri Bite utnen service appoint nmissio at potic~ temeni indeA ark ,cy im lelegateq )y emer~ AMY" LM'"'ai"y 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. IDDEN ELECTIVES"**"! } LS&A students (and others, too), -there are electives available to you outside your school. Do you need help in managig stress, improving your diet & developing an exercise program? If you are interested in these & other health topics then N223 is for you. Get a syllabus at the Health Service by calling 763-6880 or by messaging Judith Hill on MTS-UB. Sign up for Personal Health & Wellness, N223 (DIV715) 2 credit hours, TTH 11-12 Check with your advisor-this may be right for you! Sponsored by UM Health Services and the School of Nursing ates, with chemical engineering lead- ing the way at $33,380. Mechanical engineering ranks second at $32,256, sponses from 479 employers in bus- iness, industry, government agen- cies, and educational institutions. 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- h~in o.: a r.h.r f ..:ct:- A : 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 cnnnfr arv .itnvcn ot m ,na 4n wamma of itigttr Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, was founded to mark in a fitting manner 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 congratulate the following people who have achieved our high standards and have successfully completed the initiation rituals, thereby becoming active members of Tau Beta Pi: Nitin R. 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