', w rr d ... r.. _. i _ £ .... . : .. '_'3 ..._ ._ f' «u« ;'l ...,_"., r i! .:' 4 .w. e. 3 8 .. .. SPOR Inside women's athletics Michigan hockey drops two 'M' football coverage OPINION 4 ARTS10 Timbuk3 has a new prescription Date rape is more than a women's issue k iuulai Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 39 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, October 30, 1989 cpiefti m. The MM~a WT Speech by Kristine LaLonde Daily Administration Reporter The 10 members of the new student advi- sory committee on the University's anti-dis- crimination policy face a momentous task: they must decide what an incongruous stu- dent body wants to see in such a policy. The committee will have Daily no mandate from student News groups to fall back .on; Analysis instead, it must sift through a myriad of opinions and ideologies to make concrete suggestions to give the administration. The students must also overcome the dis- parate views within the committee itself. Committee members hold positions in groups ranging from University Christian )utreach to the Lesbian and Gay Men's tights Organizing Committee (LaGROC). policy panel faces difficult job "We're all human bein'gs and human be- ings are entitled to the same rights regardless of what they believe," said committee mem- ber Arnold Lumsdaine, a member of Univer- sity Christian Outreach. "Everyone has cer- tain preconceived notions, but I think every- one has a common ground." Tracy Ore, president of Rackham Student Government and a member of LaGROC, agreed that the members must find common ground. "We have to put aside our own per- sonal agendas and have a group agenda," she said. Even if the committee does succeed in coming up with a set of suggestions, the University may override any recommenda- tions it makes. The committee's status as an advisory rather than decisive body disturbs many of its members. "I think any policy that affects students should be decided on by students," said Nick Mavrick, a committee member and chair of the Michigan Student Assembly's Student Rights Committee. "The administrators don't have the same perspective (as stu- dents)." "I'm not optimistic about working with the administration on this policy," he said. "They haven't shown good faith in the past. Their effort has been really superficial." Shirley Clarkson, assistant to University President James Duderstadt, is organizing the student advisory committee. "It's the president's responsibility to establish policy, but he wants a broad range of opinion to help him develop the policy. In the end it's his responsibility, and he can't delegate it to anyone," Clarkson said. Clarkson said the co-chairs of the committee, Nick Mavrick and Delro Harris, will meet with the president for the first time this week. The committee has yet to convene. Still, University officials say they will consider student input. "It's a student policy, and we firmly believe that students should have a voice," said Executive Director of University Relations Walt Harrison. Ore said she is concerned that administra- tors can disregard the committee's advice and still say they included student input in the policy. "They're only doing this because if they didn't, (students) would make a big stink," Ore said of the administration. "(The com- mittee) was set up as a distraction." GROP STAE.. .. t olicy ppar : p::>::e" s .9and ...... . Fire destroys garages on student by Mike Sobel Daily Staff Writer Five Ann Arbor fires, which started early yesterday morning in a heavily student-populated area, caused two garages to burn to the ground and several cars to explode, fire officials said. Charles Torrey, chief of the Ann Arbor Fire Department, said it took "all the resources of the department" to combat the fires, which occurred within a block of each other where S. Forest, Oakland and Church Streets intersect. Three dumpsters and two garages were set on fire between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m., Torrey said, adding that no houses caught fire and no one was injured. About 200 people emerged from area houses topwatch the events. Student witnesses have speculated that the fires were caused by arson. Ann Arbor Police Lt. Craig Roder- ick would not comment on such charges,'saying a police investiga- tion will begin today. LSA junior Jeff Schlusser, who lost his S. Forest house's garage to the fire, said the police called him yesterday afternoon to confirm they believe it to be arson. LSA senior Laura Weidig, who block lives on Oakland across from one of the burned-down garages, said she witnessed that fire. "Our cable went out and then we heard a pop," she said. "At first we just figured it was a party... then we saw the flames and the fire trucks and the people." She said a dumpster fire had been started behind her own apartment building. Brad Walworth, an engineering senior, lives on Church between two of the garage fires. "I heard a pop or a boom and saw the fire leaping over the house... then I saw another one behind us... I thought that one was more dangerous to us so I woke ev- eryone up," he said. LSA seniors Richard Learner and Howard Katz watched yesterday as the fire burned down the garage of their Church St. house. Two of their housemates' cars, they said, were de- stroyed. Katz reported that he saw some- one rush in and out of their house during the fire. "Someone ran into our house to loot," he said. Learner said the 35-foot flame was not caused accidentally: "It was arson," he said. Jim Schecter, a University alum- nus who was visiting friends across See FIRE, page 2 DAVID LUBLINER/Daily Above: A member of Sigma Delta Tau wraps her arm around a Kappa Alpha Theta member in a struggle for the ball during the mudbowl Saturday. The morning ended in victory for Kappa Alpha Theta, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon triumphed over Phi Delta Theta. Below: Michigan's Tony Boles accepts applause following his sideline-running, 91-yard touchdown. Boles made three touchdowns during the game. Wolverines romp over Boles gains 156 yards; .4...' Thompson held to 90 by Richard.Eisen 1 y rd ; Daily Football Writer r Michigan tailback Tony Boles had entered the game with hardly no spotlight at all. Most of the light was cast on Indiana tailback and Heisman Trophy candidate Anthony Thompson, who was on the verge of breaking the NCAA career rushing touchdown record. But the Michigan defense took care of Thompsona while Boles took care of Michigan, rushing for 156 yards and three touchdowns in the Wolverines' 38-10 homecoming victory. In addition to Boles, tailback Allen Jefferson ran well, gaining 96 yards in only 8 attempts. "We're better. We're improving," Michigan coach Bo Schembechler said. "We're, a good offensive team. We've got backs that can go all the way and if you jump those receivers, they'll run right by you." Boles ran for touchdowns of 91, 23, and 16 yards as quarterback Michael Taylor passed for 43 and 18-yard touchdown strikes. But the main story was Anthony Thompson's inability to run the ball successfully against Michigan. "We wanted to come out and shut Thompson down," Michigan linebacker Alex Marshall said. "We didn't want him to come out and break the NCAA record on us." More than 70,000 rally in S. CROWN MINES, South Africa (AP) - More than 70,000 Blacks chanting in triumph welcomed freed leaders of the outlawed African Na- tional Congress yesterday at the largest anti-government rally in the country's history. "Today, the ANC has captured center stage in South Africa," said Walter Sisulu, 77, the group's former general secretary, from a podium erected beneath huge ban- ners of the ANC and the South African Communist Party. He and six ANC colleagues were freed un- conditionally from prison October 15. All but one had spent at least 25 years in prison. Virtually every aspect of the rally, including repeated praise for the ANC's guerrilla campaign,-vio- lated security laws, but police kept their distance. Government-run television re- Africa blocks nearby and searched vehicles, but few security force personnel were visible at the stadium itself. Sisulu said his movement would never abandon its guerrilla campaign unilaterally but would consider sus- pending violence and entering talks if the government freed all political prisoners, legalized the ANC and lifted the 40-month-old state of emergency. "To date, we see no clear indica- tion that the government is serious about negotiation," said Sisulu, who urged intensified economic sanc- tions. "All the utterances are vague." The government gave permission for the rally to take place, part of an attempt by President F.W. de Klerk to promote Black-white negotiations on a new constitution. But a magis- trate had warned organizers that speakers should avoid promoting ANC aims. W m