IM OPINION Campus democracy dies 4 ARTS 9 SPORTS 13 Shawn Colvin goes beyond Dylan-esque 'M' cagers thrash Chicago State 84-57 *000*wloolom Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom - - Vol. C, No. 68 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, December 12,1989 Judiciary rules MSA election invalid by Josh Mitnick Daily MSA Reporter For the first time in the Michi- gan Student Assembly's history, the results of its LSA elections were de- clared invalid by a unanimous ruling pf the Central Student Judiciary. Because MSA election directors destroyed the ballots last week, the judiciary decided candidates had been denied their rights to a recount and reversed the election court's earlier decision validating the ballots. As a result of the decision, nine seats - almost a fifth of the assem- bly - are now vacant. Student Gen- eral Counsel John Coleman said MSA would not sponsor any new elections to fill the positions. According to the assembly's con- stitution, no new elections could be held for 65 days, meaning the elec- 6Oons would be held within weeks of MSA's spring elections, Coleman * said. Coleman said the LSA Student Government would be responsible Court says LSA ballots m ishandled for filling the vacancies created by the court decision. Jennifer Clough, LSA-SG presi- dent, said last night MSA president Aaron Williams told her LSA-SG "Panama has now come to the Univer- sity of Michigan' - Conservative Coalition candidate Joe Sciarotta should appoint representatives to fill the vacancies. She said despite William's request that she make the appointments herself, the entire LSA-SG will decide who will fill the spots by the first MSA meeting next term. Two weeks ago, the results of assembly elections were questioned when it was discovered that defective LSA and Board for Student Publica- tions ballots had been distributed to polling sites. One candidate's name was left off Board ballots and as many as four Choice candidates were left off some LSA ballot sheets. The justices also recommended that MSA enact legislation to set a time period for retaining future bal- lots. Currently, there is no provision in the MSA constitution that speci- fies how long ballots should be re- tained. "We don't want to set a precedent saying the court system condones elections where people's rights are violated, " CSJ Chief Justice Laura Miller said. The landmark decision was heard because three losing Choice candi- dates - Jason Krumholtz, Nick Mavrick, and Jennifer Van Valey - appealed the election court's finding. Yesterday's decision surprised both Choice and Conservative Coali- tion candidates. Mavrick, who was ecstatic upon hearing the decision, said, "I'm pleased that CSJ declared the election results invalid because the election results weren't representative of the student constituency." Van Valey called the decision "fair" and added that she would have supported the decision even if it had been made in avor of the Coal- tion's candidates. "Anybody should have a right to a recount," she said. However, MSA President Aaron Williams called the appeal a "childish action" by the losing can- didates, explaining that if the votes were recounted, the outcome would not have been changed. Conservative Coalition candidate Joe Sciarotta agreed. "Panama has 'I'm pleased that CSJ declared the election results invalid be- cause the election re- sults weren't repre- sentative of the stu- dent constituency.' - Choice candidate Nick Mavrick Tuesday had the appeal been denied, said the judiciary's decision was po- litically motivated. "There are people on CSJ that obviously don't want Conservative Coalition members to take their seats," Sciarotta said. Election directors Michelle Put- nam and Sumi Malhotra threw out all election ballots one day after the Election Court handed down a verdict last week that the misprinted ballots had not affected the outcome of the elections. In their appeal, Choice candidates claimed it was impossible to contest this since all evidence had been destroyed. Putnam refused comment and Malhotra could not be reached for comment last night. The now-invalid elections for LSA seats saw the Conservative Coalition score a decisive overall victory, capturing 14 of 21 assembly seats - including eight of the nine LSA seats. The Choice party won six total seats. now come Michigan," would have to the University of he said. Sciarotta, who joined the assembly next ~.A. N ¢ ' 4 414 n : > y~w ,Q $ . p r ° t; State panel urges race relations class Richard Eisen Bowl win will make for a Wolverine sandwich By Vera Songwe Daily Minority Issues Reporter The Michigan Civil Rights Commission yesterday recommended that Michigan colleges develop a "zero tolerance" policy in regards to racism and require a course in ethnic relations to improve campus race re- lations. The recommendations stemmed from the commissions discussions with administrators, students and faculty from the University of Michigan, and Michigan State, Fer- ris State and Western Michigan uni- versities. "It is our hope that universities will look at these recommendations as a guide and use them to imple- ment a program of this sort on their campus," said Commission chair Benny Napoleon yesterday. The ethnic-relations class would be required for all first-year students. The class is supposed to sensitize individuals to racial issues and con- cems. "I believe race relations should be spread around in all courses not stuffed into one," said Western Michigan President Diether Haenicke. "I don't think the course would be very useful," he added. At the University of Michigan, a proposal for a student graduation re- quirement on race, ethnicity, and racism - written by Philosophy Prof. Peter Railton - failed by a 140-120 faculty vote last April. The proposal followed the United Coai- tion Against Racism's March 19,87 See PROPOSAL, Page 2 by Richard Eisen Daily Football Writer, The Michigan Wolverines will win the Rose Bowl for onei important reason - because they're: Michigan. This reason never used to be a valid one. I mean, Michigan never won the big one. Never. Despite fantastic regular season per- formances, the Michigan football team never went into the Rose Bowl and kicked major tail. Each winning year, it seemed, Michigan would dominate the Big Ten, beat Ohio State and then gag once it hit the Rose Bowl grass. Even when the Wolverines seemed in control of the Rose Bowl game, something would come out of left field and screw things up. Like good 'ol Charlie White, for instance. Before he went on to screw up his professional football career, White threw a monkey wrench into Michigan's well-oiled football machine in 1979. You see, White spiked the football before he got into the end zone. See EISEN, Page 16 FILE PHOIU Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler hopes to continue his recent Bowl success against the USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl. Nt I Trojan writer reflects on his Michigan past Allies cal German WEST BERLIN (AP) - The four Allies of World War II held their first meeting in 18 years yes- terday and stressed the need for sta bility at time of convulsive change in East Germany, where the Com munist Party has lost its grip. The Soviet Union requested the "Four Power" meeting of ambas- sadors last week because of its con cern about the rapid pace of events in the Communist nation it create after the war. A joint statement issued afterward said: "There was a common under standing of the importance of stabil ity, and confidence was expressed that the United States, United King 11 for stablity dom, France and Soviet Union could contribute to that on the basis of the quadripartite agreement of 1971." It was the first meeting since the 1971 session that produced the agreement on improving the links between West Germany and Berlin, e which was isolated within East - Germany. - After World War II, the four vic- torious Allies divided Berlin into J four sectors. They still have the final say in its affairs. A Soviet diplomat in East Berlin - said privately after Monday's 2-1/2 - hour conference: "In principle, for all d the four powers, it was a very im- See ALLIES, Page 2 By Jeff Bechphold The Daily Trojan I was born in Livonia and raised a Michigan fan. I've also been pretty fond of Notre Dame throughout my life. But at USC, where there is no basketball program worth mentioning, football is everything. And in four years of cheering for and writing about USC football, I have yet to see the Trojans beat a team from Ann Arbor or South Bend. Needless to say, I'm pretty tired of it. Everyone knows the story of USC and Notre Dame. The Trojans played the Irish as well as anyone this season, but came out of Indiana a four-point loser. In my first year, in 1986, Rodney Peete and the Trojans pounded Lou Holtz's team all day but lost on a last second field goal. But enough about the Irish. This is Rose Bowl time and the two most prolific Rose Bowl teams, USC and Michigan, are preparing to square off in Pasadena for the second straight year. For me, this matchup brings See TROJIAN, page 16 USC coach Larry Smtih, once an assistant under Schembechler, is looking to even his 0-1 record against his mentor. Similar cast stars in Rose Bowl sequel by Adam Benson Daily Football Writer It's like a movie sequel - Michigan vs. USC in the Rose Bowl, Part II. "We ~ nnear.ly the c~aA tam .. show will be a hit or a flop. "I can do a lot of different things to help our team," Taylor said. "Last year, we basically gave the ball to (running backs) Leroy (Hoard), have a good day throwing. We can't just throw for 100 yards (as Taylor did against Ohio State) and beat USC, we'll have to do better than that." Greg's and Chris' talents. We are going to try and get them the ball. Hopefully they'll be able to contribute in this game, because we are going to need them." 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