East Germans look to Wraest v.- LEIPZIG, E. Germany (AP) - Outside of East Berlin, the country's showcase capital, East Germans live J.1 dreary and decaying cities where ,agging shortages and chronic pollu- _ion aggravate a rigidly regulated fe. "Everywhere you look outside the ity centers, where most foreigners go, the country is disintegrating. It's crumbling before your eyes," said {'Helmut Lange, a Leipzig student -+ho recently joined an exodus to the est. Although East Germany's stan- 'ard of living is the envy of its '&Eastern European neighbors, thou- ms ands are embarrassing the t Communist leadership by fleeing "shortly before next month's 40th Anniversary celebrations. Many of them come from the ,,provincial cities where life is the toughest, and the harsh crackdown on dissent is a universal complain. Travel to the West is severely re- -stricted, making the lure of freedom - at much greater. The appeal of West Germany is especially strong. Unlike most other Refugees, East Germans are granted yatomatic citizenship and help in building new lives immediately after their arrival in West Germany. Most *have left family and possessions be- hind to flee their bleak homeland. In East Berlin, the Communist !.eadership has invested millions in Modern, concrete housing blocks and '4aunched an ambitious building and restoration program - part of an ef- -fort to compete with the Western part of the city. But rural and regional capitals have withered and decayed. Provincial residents face an awesome shortage of building materials and -.Construction labor. Young singles in this nation of more than 16 million can expect to "wait up to 10 years for an apartment 'of their own. :BYLAW Continued from Page 1 But no one had received a written ---opinion from the judge detailing ex- actly which portions of the policy he found unconstitutional, so it was dif- ficult for the regents to vote on a .. new anti-discrimination policy. The University was hoping to re- ceive the opinion late Thursday or .early in the morning Friday so it ,,.could put copies in the regent's ,,,hands before a vote, but the opinion never came. The solution? Regental Bylaw 2.01, a type of elastic presidential S,,powers clause. By using bylaw 2.01, the ,-University President can make University policy without approval from the regents. Section 2.01 of the Regental Bylaws describes the duties of the President as follows: "In addition to the duties and functions otherwise provided for in these Bylaws, the President of the t University shall exercise such gen- eral powers not inconsistent with the J--,applicable laws of the State of Safewalk nighttime The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 18, 1989 - Page 9 offers security By Laura Counts Daily Women's Issues Reporter Everyone has had a night when they felt they should not be walking alone, or maybe just wished they had someone to walk with. Last night, the student-run nighttime walking service Safewalk began its fourth year of operation out of the Undergraduate Library. In previous years, students had to wait until the end of September to use Safewalk's free service. But due to an overwhelming number of re- turning volunteers, Safewalk was able to resume earlier than ever, said co-coordinator and LSA Junior Nicole Carson. Safewalk will provide a pair of student volunteers to walk other stu- dents anywhere within a 20 minute radius of the Undergraduate Library. Northwalk, the North Campus coun- terpart to Safewalk, offers similar services from Bursley Residence Hall. "We are not saying that auton- omy is bad, that you should not walk alone," said co-coordinater and LSA Senior John Seavitt. "We are there as an alternative for those who feel uncomfortable walking alone." "There is a misconception that Safewalk is for women," said volun- teer walker David Ruenorf, a third year law student. "Statistically, most people who use Safewalk are women, but it is for everyone. Men sometimes do feel unsure, but tend not to acknowledge it." Ten walkers and one dispatcher, staff Safewalk each night from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Walkers go out in pairs composed of either a man and a woman or two women, in order to keep things balanced, and to prevent women from feeling uncom- fortable because they have to walk with two men, Seavitt said. "A lot of people think it's a bur- den for us to walk them, but that's what we are there for," said volunteer Jennifer Callans, a Residential College sophomore. She added that some people feel stupid calling at first, but many start using Safewalk regularly. Carson said the number of new volunteers has grown considerably this year, bringing the total of new and returning to about 200. Volunteers are given group inter- views, and then must work one two- hour shift a week. Safewalk received over 3,000 calls last year, and Carson predicts it will expand further this year. There are alternatives to Safewalk, such as the University's Night Owl bus service. But one nice thing about having Safewalk as a choice, said Ruenorf, is that people who like to walk, can walk. 'Associated Press, Fleeing refugee Afghanistan recently has become a two-way street for refugees of the 10-year-old civil war. Officials estimate 250,000 mostly poor residents of Kabul scared by rocket attacks and battered by steeply rising prices have fled in the past six months. Blanchard helps dedi~cate ' by Ann Maurer Daily Staff Writer Governor James Blanchard partic- ipated enthusiastically in the dedica- tion of the University's new state-of- the-art Chemical Science Building Friday afternoon. The building, completed this summer, was dedicated to several of its benefactors: Herbert and Grace Dow and Harry and Margaret Towsley. The dedication of the building, named for Dow Chemical's Willard Henry Dow, was attended by over 100 people. Among the guests of University President James Du- derstadt were State Senators Lana Pollack and Joe Schwartz, the eight University Regents, and three former J'building University presidents. To begin the dedication, Du- derstadt welcomed the guests to "Chemistry 101" and gave them a brief chemistry quiz. After express- ing his enthusiasm for the comple- tion of the building, he introduced Blanchard, to whom he gave much credit for the laboratory. "It is James Blanchard's vision of excellent edu- cation in Michigan that made it all possible," he said. Blanchard, who performed a short chemistry experiment in the labora- tory before the dedication, stressed his excitement and pride for the "high-tech" building, and congratu- lated the University for producing an facility that will rank among the top in the nation. SovietC, MOSCOW (AP) - Tens of thousands of Ukrainian Catholics on Sunday joined in their church's biggest service since World War II to demand that Mikhail Gorbachev's government restore their legal status and end decades of repression. The two-hour outdoor Mass in the Ukrainian city of Lvov came on the 50th anniversary of dictator Joseph Stalin's annexation of the Western Ukraine from Poland. Western witnesses said the Mass drew up to 100,000 participants. An activist put the number at 200,000. At dusk, about 300,000 Ukrainians carrying candles ringed a central square at Lvov's opera theater and observed a half-hour of silence to commemorate victims of the 1939 Soviet takeover and the purges that followed. Candles of mourning also twinkled in some apartment windows of the city of 650,000 people. The action was designed to mirror Aug. 23 demonstrations in the three Baltic republics in which more than 1 million Estonians, Lithuanians, and Latvians joined hands to protest the annexation of their lands. The Baltics and the western Ukraine both became Soviet republics as the result of a secret pact between Stalin and Adolf Hitler. "Tonight let us all turn off the electricity and put a candle in the window to commemorate the millions who died under Stalinist repression," Ukrainian Catholic activist Ivan Gel told the worshippers in Lvov. "Those candles will also symbolize the great hopes we have for our one, our dear Ukraine." "The time has come for freedom for our church," declared Gel, head of the Committee in Defense of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. atholics I The Ukrainians carried at least 300 blue-and-yellow flags of their once independent homeland, along with crosses, images of the Virgin Mary and banners reading "freedom for our church." The outdoor service under an overcast sky was only the latest sign of reviving nationalist consciousness in the Soviet Union's second-most populist republic, where a new grassroots pro-democracy group called Rukh held its founding congress last week. The Ukrainian Church, sometimes called the Uniate Church, has up to 5 million members by some Western estimates, and is said to be the largest banned religious I oldvigl In a statement, hunger strikers charged authorities in the western Ukraine with waging, "administrative terror" against Catholic priests and believers who petition Moscow for legalization. They said some priests were being placed under administrative arrest for up to 15 days. The church's fate has been a major obstacle to improved relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin. In June, Pope John Paul II, in a clear reference to Ukrainian believers, deplored state policies that deny Eastern Rite Catholics the freedom of worship. $ PASS IT ARUD I organization in the world. In 1946, it was accused of widespread collaboration with the Nazis and forced to merge with the Lvov synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian church's property was confiscated and believers who refused to accept "the reunion" were brutally repressed or driven underground. Despite greater official tolerance of religion since Gorbachev became Soviet leader in March 1985, the Ukrainian Church is still officially banned. In May, about 200 church members including Gel held a hunger strike on a Moscow street to demand legal recognition for their faith. Michigan and these Bylaws as are1 inherent in a chief executive; includ- ing, without hesitation... the main- tenance of health, diligence, and order among the students."f Duderstadt explained, "This ap- proach allows flexibility to amend the policy should any changes be re- quired by the written opinion in the court case."t Duderstadt's use of bylaw 2.01t was its first use in recent memory. Then-Interim President Robbens Fleming threatened to use bylaw; 2.01 in Dec. 1987 to enact an origi- nal anti-discrimination policy, but1 backed off after protest from many segments of the University commu- nity. In March, 1988, the regents passed a slightly-softened policy in a 5-2 vote. Despite Duderstadt's use of a by- law which in effect bypasses the re- gents, the regents did not appear an- gry. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) termed use of the bylaw "infrequent," but "not bothersome PASS IT AROUND!I because (Duderstadt) has the author- ity to take such an action and this is only for a short period of time." Baker said he expected all the re- gents felt much the same way. Regent Veronica Smith (R- Grosse Ile) agreed with Baker. "He definitely has that power," she said. But MSA President Aaron Williams, an Engineering senior, termed bylaw 2.01 "the martial law clause." "If there's something (Duderstadt) really wants to get through, he uses 2.01," he said. Williams speculated that Duderstadt may have used 2.01 for "efficiency's sake" because he did not want to take the chance of the re- gents tabling a vote on the policy or amending the policy. T . T I I I The Secre t of Is No Weight 7 Secret! Control... The Weight Control Clinic at The University of Michigan A Comprehensive Weight Control Program t PASS IT AROUND!I Featuring: Nutrition Seminars, Daily Exercise Classes, Body Composition Testing, Counseling, Computerized Diet Analysis, Personal Exercise Training, Stress Testing. Fall Program Begins October 2 747-2722 Registration by Appointment Beginning September 11 Free Introductory Meeting September 14, 7:00-8:00 pm Room 1250, Central Campus Recreation Building . Call for More Information [or MASS MEETING f_, 4 K The University Activities Center is a student-run orgaization providing cultural programs and entertainment for students QlEPTE1UMRlP 10 I 0 /-.Wmm..\\ U a~ *~3 ~* - min* m