Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 13,1989 Panel: minorities key to By Mark Katz Daily Staff Writer The struggle for reproductive choice is an is- sue that women of color cannot escape, United Coalition Against Racism member Barbara Ransby said. She spoke at a panel discussion entitled "Reproductive Rights and Women of Color" last night at the Michigan Union Ballroom. The dis- cussion was part of Reproductive Rights Awareness Week The presentation featured Ransby, also a board member of the Ella Baker-Nelson Mandela Center, and Women's Studies professor Christina Jose-Kampfner. The speakers stressed the need for a thorough understanding of the pro-choice movement. "Choice comes with mutual understanding- more understanding of the issues that affect women of color today," said Jose-Kampfner. She added that being pro-choice "means that you must address the problem of poverty. You have to have basic needs so you can really make choices." Ransby agreed that the pro-choice movement involves more than just the right to have an abortion. "In order for the movement to move forward, we must find a definition of choice in the broad- est terms possible, which means to fight for so- cial and economic justice as well as reproductive freedom," she said. Ransby asserted that in Michigan, with the reversal of medicare funding for abortion, "Roe Pro-Choice vs. Wade has already been denied for poor women." The event was sponsored by the Ann Arbor Pro-Choice Coalition which includes the Ann Arbor chapters of the National Organization for Women, the Committee to Defend Abortion Rights, and Planned Parenthood. LSA junior Anna Stubblefield, a member of the education committee of CDAR, stressed the necessity of turning to women of color for lead- ership in the pro-choice movement. "It's easy for women who are college stu- dents, who are from middle class families and primarily white, to forget that there are different perspectives," she said. "It is very important to listen to leaders of the movement who are women of color." ADVISORY Continued from Page 1 Clarkson is an administrative member of U-Council. MSA Student Rights Chair Nick Mavrick said he thinks the advisory committees, which will have three to five members each, are a token gesture on the University's part. "Three students are going to rep- resent the student interest, you've got to be kidding me?" Mavrick said. "It won't represent the students and that's the major concern that student 'It won't represent the students and that's the major concern that student groups have with this policy, the lack of student participation.' --Nick Mavrick, MSA groups have with this polio lack of student participation." cy, the tion than just three," said Mavrick. Although MSA President Aaron Williams said he has not decided on a procedure for making the nomina- tions, Mavrick said that MSA would make the deadline. "We're going to get students on this committee... but we're going to try to get more student representa- SACUA Chair Gayl Ness said the group, which advises the faculty senate, will peruse lists of faculty available for committee positions and make its nomination decisions at its Monday night meetings. Members of the Academic Services Board were unavailable for comment. MINORITY Conti~med from Page 1 that students know there are prob- loms with minority recruitment at the University. "The biggest thing that brings in students is word of mouth," Harris said. "People know there are prob- lems, and by talking with people they know there aren't any solutions to those problems." - Asian enrollment increased from 2;024 to 2,249 students. Asian stu- dents now account for 6.8 percent of the student body. LOBBY Continued from Page 1 Supporters of the bill don't view the measure as creating class injus- tice because they hope "the Government will educate minors as to their rights," said Tim Goodrich, an administrative assistant to Rep. Welborn. Goodrich added that there are many pro-choice advocates who sup- port the parental consent bill. Profit told the lobbyist that he supports the bill because he believes it is a family issue and not a matter of outlawing abortion. A planned parenthood volunteer, however, told Profit that her father would have beaten her if she told him that she needed an abortion. "Incidents where minors have been raped who are too scared to say 'my father raped me' will be helped by the bill because this will help them get help and the judicial review will be completely confidential," said Goodrich. Goodrich said he doesn't feel the status of the bill will change after yesterday's lobby day, adding that it was "very important for opponents and members of any group to let their views be known." "What we are really talking about now is whether the Governor will veto or sign the bill,and then if it is a veto will we have the power to override it," said Goodrich. Yesterday's lobbyists said Blanchard will probably veto the bill. "This is not the last that the legislators are going to see of us... we learned a lot today and one of the biggest lessons is that we are com- ing back," said Sally Kagerer, presi- dent of the Flint Planned Parenthood. , ad 7"ec eel444 L- IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Bush pushes for Giuliani NEW YORK - President Bush beat the drum for Republican candidates from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Gracie Mansion yesterday, ending up by urging New Yorkers to vote for "America's greatest crime- fighter" - mayoral hopeful Rudolph Giuliani. Bush capped a day of campaigning with an effusive speech at a fund- raising dinner in Manhattan expected to reap upwards of $1 million for GOP candidate Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor. Latest polls indicate he is trailing badly in his bid to keep Democrat David Dinkins from becoming New York's first black mayor. Dinkins defeated incumbent Mayor Ed Koch for the Democratic nomination in September. Painting a bleak picture of a city beset by "neighborhood tensions," crumbling bridges, homelessness and a declining school system, Bush said, "Rudy's the one to turn around New York City." German official rejects reform BERLIN - A high-ranking East German official yesterday rejected the democratic reforms embraced by some of the nation's Communist allies and said socialism will continue to dominate society. Another top official said the government will listen to "all parts of the population" clamoring for change as long as they are not committed to scrapping the current social order. Despite the staunch public commitments to socialism, there were signs of strong differences within the leadership over how to grapple with the growing public demands for a freer society. Reports persisted that 77- year-old Erich Honecker, the nation's hard-line leader, was in trouble. West Germany's mass-circulation Bild newspaper, quoting unidentified Communist Party sources, reported yesterday that Honecker would be re- placed Oct. 18. Swedes free man accused of murdering prime minister STOCKHOLM, Sweden - An appeals court yesterday freed a 42- year-old career criminal convicted of killing Prime Minister Olof Palme ruling there wasn't enough evidence to blame him for the crime that traumatized Sweden. Christer Pettersson, who maintained his innocence throughout his sen- sational trial, walked away from Kronoberg prison hours after the Svea Appeals Court threw out his July conviction. Petterson was convicted even though no motive was established, no weapon was found, and no witnesses testified to seeing the Swede fire five shots at Palme. Thursday's ruling could dash any hopes authorities have of bringing Palme's killer to justice. Palme, a four-term prime minister and prominent international figure active in socialist causes and nuclear disarmament, was shot from behind in February of 1986 as he walked home from a movie in downtown Stockholm. Ford to sell steel subsidiary DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. and a company led by a former execu- tive of Weirton Steel Co. have signed a memo of understanding in which Ford's Rouge Steel subsidiary will be sold, the automaker said yesterday. Few details, including the sale price, were released. Ford Vice President Peter Pestillo said he hoped the deal could be completed by the end of the year. Rumors about the potential sale of the 65-year-old steelmaking busi- ness have been circulating for years. During the past several months, the rumors intensified. Pestillo said Rouge Steel operations would continue "substantially as we know them today." He said he anticipated no change in size of the work force of about 3,300 hourly and 750 salaried. Existing labor agreements would continue in force, he added. There was no answer yesterday evening at United Auto Workers Local 600, which represents Rouge Steel workers. EXTRAS Daily Brushes with Greatness ala David Letterman I was walking along South State Street in front of the LSA Building yesterday when a man approached me and asked for directions to the Michigan Union. As I looked up to answer the pesky stranger, I realized that he was none other than Denny McClain former Detroit Tiger, exconvict, and current radio personality. I told the former Cy Young Award winner that it was the next big building on the right. He then thanked me and the two of us went our separate ways. "But isn't there more to that story?" 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