Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 9 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, September 19, 1989 TeMwhgnDa Hurricane QB Taylor Hugo blasts is "All Puerto Rico PUERTO RICO (AP) - Hurricane Hugo's 125 mph winds pounded Puerto Rico yesterday after rip- ping across other islands in the eastern Caribbean and leaving at least 14 people dead and thousands home- less. The National Weather Service said Hugo, the most powerful storm to hit the region this decade, slammed into the eastern tip of Puerto Rico and skirted the northern coast before roaring to the northwest toward the Bahamas. Its winds overturned cars and stripped roofs off houses and office buildings and sent chunks of con- crete plunging into streets in San Juan, where one- third of the U.S. commonwealth's 3.3 million people live. Fifty airplanes were reported destroyed at the air- port in Isla Verde. There was widespread damage in San Juan's Condado Beach area, the site of may of the island's large tourist hotels. Looting by youths was reported. Some defied winds of 100 mph at the peak of the storm and carried out armloads of women's clothing. Hugo cut power and disrupted international com- munications to the island. The storm blew out the windows in the Associated Press office on a peninsula between the Caribbean and San Juan harbor, destroying its computers and office equipment. One staffer said he saw his furniture blown out the windows of his apartment on the 20th story of his building. "We're getting ravaged," said ham radio operator Renando Garcia in San Juan. "Part of my aluminum siding is gone, my next door neighbor's siding is gone." shook up Bo hopes UCLA won't step on Elvis' "Maize and Blue turf shoes" by Richard Eisen Daily Football Writer Last Saturday, Michigan quarterback Michael Taylor was shaken and rattled and, because of that, Elvis Grbac will roll into Los Angeles as the Wolverines No. 1 quarterback. Taylor, a fifth-year senior, suffers from not only his previous arm injury but also from a badly bruised back that knocked him out of last Saturday's 24-19 loss to Notre Dame. A new member of the Wolverine Walking Wounded is fullback Jarrod Bunch, who hurt his knee on Saturday. Bunch, like Taylor, will not play against UCLA. Based on his strong performance against the Fighting Irish, Grbac has received the nod from Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. "(Grbac) -showed some moxie for a young kid," Schembechler said at yesterday's press luncheon. "He does have a good arm and showed some presence out there. But after the touchdown, he runs down and celebrates and doesn't even check to see if we're going for one or two (points). "Had to catch him and tell him what we're going to do next," Schembechler chortled. See TAYLOR, page 10 Asoclatd Pr"s, Steve Perry stands by a large tree that smashed his a car in the Ocean Park section of San Juan, Puerto Rico yesterday after Hurricane Hugo damaged a large portion of the city. In the inset , a satellite photo shows Hugo's location. MSA rep plans to present Yn:i xi e s says: 1989 revised b by Josh Mitnick Daily MSA Reporter A Michigan Student Assembly representative announced plans yes- terday to present an alternative list of budget proposals aimed at equalizing cuts for all assembly committees. At tonight's assembly meeting, Rackham Rep. Corey Dolgan said he will present a list of amendments to the budget drafted by representatives on the summer assembly. That budget - supported by President Aaron Williams, an engi- neering senior - calls for a general cut of almost 30 percent because of deficits from the last two years. According to the summer assembly's plan, some committees will receive an 89 percent loss in funds while others are only slated for a 20 per- cent cut. Dolgan said his three-point plan calls for: "base cuts of 40 percent for all but two of MSA's committees and commissions; -additional sums of $1,000 and udget proposals 5500 to be transferred to Wie comn- Dolgan said all comm munications committee and minority commissions should char affairs commission, respectively, den of budect cuts-equally from the advertising budget; MSA Vice Presid -an incentive plan which would Karadshch said some com encourage committees to spend their scheduled for bigger cutsI funds or have submitted plans to because members who wo spend funds by a certain date or risk budget gave more mor losing all their appropriations. committees they believed Williams, a member of the active. assembly's Conservative Coalition She said she hadn' party, and Dolgan, one of MSA's Dolgan's proposal yet, b most liberal members, have faced off to suggestions. "The bot several times during their tenure on that the money is going t the assembly. Both have charged that purpose, the student body, the other's budget proposal is politi- LSA Rep. Matt Webc cally motivated, the External Relations C Williams said he plans to oppose said he has read Dolgan Dolgan's amendments. "He has no and plans to support th justification for making such pro- tonight. He insisted that posals," he said. "I don't think he's bers who are pushing fo qualified to make such proposals." budget are only concer Williams rejected charges that the budget inequities and st original budget was unfair to some the move is not politic committees, saying all representa- vated. tives had the opportunity in the Weber said the firs summer to have an input on the would cause his committ ittees and re the bur- ent Rose mittees are than others rked on the ney to the were more t seen the but is open tom line is o the same ' she said. er, chair of Committee, 's proposal he changes t the mem- r a revised rned about ressed that cally moti- t proposal ee to rede- -n f 7 :;. y Minority enrollmein by Taraneh Shafii Daily Faculty Reporter; Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles Vest restated the University's pledge to improve racial and ethnic diversity in an address to the faculty's Senate, Assembly yesterday afternoon. However, Vest also revealed that total minority enrollment including first-year and transfer students is down this year by 6 percent. Eight hundred and eighty minority students are part of the entering class this fall. According to the November 1, 1988 Michigan Mandate last year's class had 899 students of color. Compared to last year's minority enrollment figures, Vest said, this year's numbers are low. But he said the figures have been consistently increasing during the past 10 years. There has been progress in the re- cruitment of faculty of color this year, however. Forty-five new fac- Williams .. his budget faces opposition activities. "It would have a fairly harsh and adverse impact from the point of view of the student body because we lobby on behalf of them on the local, state and national level," he said. The initial proposal calls for the External Relations Committee's budget to be cut from $7,000 to S2,000. budget. fine its goals, seriously limiting its student itdowin ulty representing three minority groups - 21 Afro-Americans, "15 Asian-Americans, and 9 Hispanics - have been hired. This figure is up from 32 last year. Vest reaffirmed a "commitment to community, civility, and respect to others" and "our potential as a leading multi-cultural University." But in an interview after Vest's speech, United Coalition Against Racism Steering Committee mem- ber Kim Smith, a second-year medi- cal student, called the figures "a ma- nipulation of statistics." "There is no policy," she said. "There is no program of retention for any students on campus." Smith said while the University claims that students need not drop out due to financial reasons, many students cannot afford the high inter- est rates on loans. Students who do take out loans See DIVERSITY, Page 2 Cheney to Chiefs: Outline drug war WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday to draw up plans for using their planes, ships, radar, and troops to help stem the flow of drugs into the United States. . Cheney said he could not say how many people will be involved in the effort or what it will cost un- til the chiefs report back to him on Oct. 15 on what they can do to cut the flow of illegal drugs from Mexico and the Caribbean nations. "I believe that our military forces have the capacity to make a substan- tial contribution toward drug inter- City moves closer to mandatory recycling by Tara Gruzen Daily City Reporter Mandatory recycling has come one step closer to becoming a reality in Ann Arbor. At their regular session last night, Ann Arbor City Council members passed the first reading of the Mandatory Recycling Ordinance. The meeting was attended by about 100 citizens concerned with recy- cling. The ordinance requires residents to separate newspapers, glass, tin, and cardboard from their other garbage and bans these materials from the Ann Arbor landfill. The separated items, as the ordinance now reads, would be collected on a weekly basis. In support of the ordinance, However, councilmember Terry Martin (R-Second Ward), who voted against the ordinance, said recycling should be a voluntary pilot program and suggested that rewards be given to citizens who do choose to recycle, thus improving the chances citizens would make the effort. Although he voted for the ordi- nance on first reading because he wanted to hear more discussion on the debate, councilmember Tom Richardson (R-Fifth Ward) said mandatory recycling would increase taxes next year by SI million or more and would require two-thirds of Ann Arbor residents to start recy- cling. Councilmember Ann Marie Coleman (D-First Ward) stressed the importance of saving resources and I 1 3 V 3' I I