.. ................ . I Jill 11 liplill 11111, jo ll"I'll OPINION 4 ARTS 5 SPORTS 9 Spartans uncertain over starting tailback The real war on drugs Corridors showcases inner-city writers kiulaaina Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom ' Vol. C, No. 27 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Thursday, October 12,1989 Do M it m . ~ r - - " - - - - IMla v 7 Justice by Noelle Vance Daily Government Reporter Five of the University's top academic competitors are being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department in an inquiry fo- cusing on the way colleges set tuition rates and award financial aid. Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were notified in late September, along with 50 other private in- stitutions, that they were part of the in- quiry, according to an article in the a Chronicle of Higher Education. )ept. invi The five schools are considered by University officials to be among the University's top 10 competitors in terms of the quality of education each offers. The University does not actively share financial information with these institu- tions, but fierce competition among leading schools is thought to be one factor behind the rapidly rising costs of education, said Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert Holbrook. High costs have in turn led to significant tuition increases in the past five years. As competitors, leading schools bid for the same "top" faculty and students in the 3s estigates nation, as well as the same research grants. "We have to look at the market and at what our competitors are doing," Holbrook said. Salaries must be competitive to attract and maintain faculty, research facilities must be updated to stay on top of new technology, and financial aid must be in- creased to provide affordable educations, Holbrook said. The investigation, which began last July, is examining the ways universities may cooperate to set tuition rates. All of the schools under investigation have tuition rates higher than $8,000. 'U' competitors Early investigations focused on schools which were known to share financial in- formation of individual students to deter- mine award packages. The expanded investigation is focusing on the most expensive colleges in the na- tion and is looking at how they incorporate cost comparisons into their overall budget- ing process. Justice Department spokesperson Amy Brown refused to comment on what prompted the investigation into the 55 col- leges. So far, the investigation has only looked at the policies of private institutions, but the Justice Department has not denied that investigations into public colleges and uni- versities may follow. The University Provost annually pre- sents reports to the University's Board of Regents which includes information on how the University compares with its "peer institutions." For example, the July 1989 presentation listing in-state tuition increases for the 1989-90 school year compared the University's proposed tuition increases to nine of its peer institutions, including the five now under investigation. See JUSTICE, Page 3 LaGROC . holds rally on *the Diag by Heather Fee The Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee and its sup- porters presented nine demands to the University administration yesterday, following a noon rally on the Diag which commemorated the Oct. 11, 1987 gay rights march iii Washington. The demands were presented to Vice Provost for Minority Affairs Charles Moody because President James Duderstadt was out of town. The list of demands stressed the importance of changing regental by- law 14.02, which states that the University won't discriminate on the basis race, sex, religion, and other criteria. The bylaw does not specifi- cally mention discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. A LaGROC press release said discrimination against gay men and lesbians should be included in the. bylaw "in order to afford them the same legal protection offered to sim- ilarly oppressed minority groups on campus." LaGROC also demanded that the University give attention to gay men and lesbians in the Michigan Mandate. Not including this among the mandate's goals "shows that the University does not take us seriously because it doesn't list us in the man- LaGROC members literally "come out of the closet" for a Coming Out Day skit on the Diag yesterday. The skit was part of a noontime rally attended by 150 people. date," Bach said. Moody, who the LaGROC mem- bers said was receptive, said he would see that Duderstadt received the demands. Duderstadt was in Washington, D.C., and was unavail- able for comment. LaGROC is planning to follow up its demands by speaking during the public comments section of the next meeting of the University's Board of Regents, which will be held in Flint next Thursday. At the rally, a wooden closet stood in the center of the Diag, and observers were invited to "come out" S. African activists meet with de Klerk PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - President F.W. de Klerk told mil- itant anti-apdrtheid leaders yesterday he was ready to negotiate on Black voting rights, but they demanded more concessions before serious talks begin. The three-hour meeting with An- glican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and two other church leaders came a day after de Kerk announced his de- cision to free eight longtime security prisoners, including seven leaders of the outlawed African National Congress. "I hope today's meeting will be looked on as a milestone on the pos- itive road ahead," de Klerk said after the talks. But Tutu, the Rev. Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and the Rev. Frank Chikane, general secretary of the South African Council of Churches, said de Klerk declined to give clear-cut responses to their de- mands. "We made it clear we need re- sults," Chikane said. "Without re- sults, we can't have negotiations." The clergymen demanded the lift- ing of the state of emergency, legal- ization of the African National Congress and other banned groups, the release of all detainees and politi- cal prisoners, the lifting of restric- tions on political activity, and clemency for prisoners on Death Row. The president said his govern- ment planned to consult with a wide range of South African leaders as part of a step-by-step process to ne- gotiate a new constitution. He declined to say when the eight prisoners would be released, but other government officials said it could be within days. Nelson Mandela, the African Na- tional Congress' best-known im- prisoned"leader, is not among the eight, and de Klerk said his status was not discussed at yesterday's meeting. Mandela is widely expected to be released within the next few months. The decision to release the eight prisoners unconditionally was widely praised overseas and in South Africa. Those to be released include four other men sentenced to life n prison with Mandela in 1964 in connection with a guerrilla sabotage campaign to overthrow the white government. both by running through the model closet and by walking up the steps of the Graduate Library. "It was good, powerful, empow- ering for the people there to come out on the steps of the Grad," said LaGROC member Linda Kurtz. The goal of the rally was "to make the University aware that gay people exist, to empower gay people and allow them to see that more ex- ist and to make the demands to the University," Bach said. Organizers agreed that the rally achieved what it set out to do. "The See LAGROC, Page 2 Florida vetoes any abortion limitations TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Bob Martinez's legislative ef- fort to seek limits on abortions crumbled when a special legislative session adjourned without passing any laws yesterday, three months after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave states a go-ahead for new re- strictions. Florida's House and Senate ad- journed yesterday afternoon, just one day after convening. Lawmakers in the House and Se- nate shot down proposals that would have curbed abortion in many ways, including cutting public financing and toughening clinic regulations. The session, first in the nation after the Supreme Court ruling, had been viewed as a bellwether. More than 10,000 demonstrators descended upon the quiet Southern capital to wage the first pitched battle since the July decision that upheld Missouri abortion limits. The governor's original goals in- eluded banning public financing for abortions, requiring viability tests on the fetuses of women at least 20 weeks pregnant and requiring physi- cians to tell women seeking abor- tions about the development of their fetuses. Martinez conceded his intiative had faltered badly. "I don't think it's a moment for rejoicing," the first-term Republican governor said. "If anything, it's a moment of sadness." Lawmakers had predicted the ses- sion would accomplish little after a Florida Supreme Court ruling last week that the state's privacy amendment protects a woman's right to an abortion. The justices knocked down a 1988 parental-consent law for Florida minors seeking abortions, and also ruled the state Constitution protects women's abortion rights in the first trimester. Strum them tunes JOSH MOOREA Famous Ann Arborite Shaky Jake plays his guitar yesterday before an audience of amused students on the Diag. 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