The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 7, 1989 - Page 3 City may historical by Tara Gruzen meeting a Daily City Reporter State St preserve districts at the end of last month, the reet Area Association of Despite the recent surge of devel- opment in Ann Arbor, the city has not lost all interest in preserving the historic character of the downtown area. At last night's city council meeting, an ordinance was passed on first reading to establish five new downtown historic districts. If the ordinance is passed at its second reading,tproposed changes af- fecting the exteriors of preserved buildings will have to be submitted to the city's Historic District Com- mission for approval. "We can properly mix the old and the new for an ideal city," said coun- cilmember Larry Hunter (D-First Ward). "There are some things in the downtown area that are worth pre- serving." However, many people have complained about the ordinance, say- AMY FELDMAN/Daily ing they invested their money and Browsing paid taxes, expecting to be able to LSA sophomore Gurdrun Thompson browses through the Dawn Treader Bookshop on E. Liberty where students develop their property for a prof- are often surprised to find books for 95 cents instead of the customary 95 dollars at other bookstores. itable return. At a city Planning Commission Merchants and several others ad- dressed the commission with their complaints about the proposed dis- tricts. The five districts that have been proposed include areas on State Street, Fourth Avenue/Ann Street, Main Street, East William Street, and East Liberty. as Mary Hathaway of the committee said, "In a way they represent the; townspeople who were here before us - who made these buildings or used them." The committee also reported that the districts will be the area's best way of competing with the various malls recently constructed. "These older buildings should be prized. They give our downtown an 'These older buildings should be prized. They give our downtown an image and a reality that the malls cannot imitate.' - Mary Hathaway Member of Historic Dist. Downtown Committee The final report of the Downtown Historic District Study Committee, released in October, states that the purpose of the ordinance is to protect the "character" of the city and invig- orate its downtown. The city has buildings dating back to 1836, and image and a reality that the malls cannot imitate," Hathaway said. Hunter said the historic districts will not hinder the progress of met-, chants and that he has received calls from constituents in favor of the or-. dinance as well as opposed to it. CORRECTIONS Yesterday's Daily misidentified Daniela Gobetti. She is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. 44 schools quit reporting test scores THE LIST Wh at's happening in Ann Arbor today by Jennifer Unter Forty-four colleges and universities around the country, including the University of Michigan, are planning to stop reporting the average stan- dardized test scores of accepted students. University officials say this decision was made because they feel scores from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing Program's ACT are misinterpreted by students planning on applying to the institu- tions, and the scores are misused by the press. Rather than releasing the test scores, the col- leges have agreed to do one of the following: re- port a range of test scores that cover the middle fifty percent of students admitted, require stan- dardized tests, but withhold scores, or make the tests an option for admission. Most of the participating institutions are lib- eral arts colleges. Officials signing the agreement expressed concern that students, even if they have a good chance of being accepted, may shy away from colleges that list a higher average test score then the student received. Ted Spencer, the University's assistant direc- tor of admissions, said it "doesn't make any sense for any college to say that these are their maximum or minimum scores, because in fact, colleges take many things into consideration when accepting the student. For example, in-state scores may be lower, while out-of state scores are higher; the School of Music has auditions, and so on." Spencer said, "We print ranges on the applicA-, tion, and within this range, the student has -a chance of getting in. This is something that the SAT and ACT have been doing for years." ~ "Colleges are getting smarter about this," he said. Some of the institutions that have signed the agreement are Colgate University, Harvard Uni- versity, and the University of Washington. Meetings Lesbian and Gay Men's Rights Organizing Committee - 7:30 p.m. (7 to set agenda) in Union Rm. 3100 Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry - 6:30 p.m. at Hillel The Yawp - The Undergraduate English Association publication; 7 p.m. in 4000 A Union Michigan Student Assembly - 7:30 p.m. in 3909'Union Iranian Student Cultural Club - a non-political group; 7:30 p.m. in room C at the League Time and Relative Dimensions - 8 p.m. in 2439 Mason Hall Students Concerned About Animal Rights - 7 p.m. in East Quad Rm. 124 German Club - 6 p.m. in MLB 2011 'Speakers "Of Tinkers, Turrs and Treaties: Strategies for Bird Conservation in the Gulf of St. Lawrence" - Dr. Kathleen Blanchard of the Quebec-Labrador Foundation; 3 p.m. in Dana 1046 Visiting Writers Series - Hilma Wolitzer reads from her- works; 4 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre "The Chinese Heroin Connec- tion" - Gerald Posner, author of Warlords of Crime, 10:30 a.m. in the Mendelssohn Theater "Archaeology in the Market- place: The Consumers of An- tiquity" - Enzheng Tong and Karl Hutterer; noon in 1524 Rackham "Women Lawyers and the Quest for Professionalism Community in Late Nine- teenth Century America" - Virginia Drachman speaks at 4:30 p.m. in Hutchins Hall 100; recep- tion follows "Engineering Your Major" - an information session for first and second year engineering stu- dents; 7-8:30 in the MoJo Jordan Lounge "The Global Environment Cri- sis" - Dr. Ray DeYoung of the School of Natural Resources speaks at noon at the International Center Furthermore Safewalk - the night-time walk- ing service is open seven days a week from 8pm-1:30am; 936- 1000 "Black Support of Black Busi- ness" - the video will be shown at 8:30 p.m. in Rm. 126 East "Let It Begin Here" - a new Peace Corps movie; 7:30 p.m. at the International Center Blood Battle - in the Bursley East Lounge; 3-9 p.m. "Preparing for Non-Violent Action in Our Local Commu- nity and in Central America" - the workshop explores the phi- losophy of non-violent action; 7:30 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House Pre-Interviews - Norfolk Naval Shipyard; 6-8 p.m. in 1311 EECS Voices of Women of Color UGLi film series - presents "Our People" and "Double Day" at 7 p.m. in UGLi Rm. 212 Black Perspectives - an edit- ing/assignment session at 7 p.m. in 611 Church St. Computer Cen- ter Northwalk - North campus night-time walking service, Rm. 2333 Bursley; 8 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. or call 763-WALK "Who's in Charge Here, Any- way?" - Talk to Us, an interac- tive theater troupe, performs a scene on the "group process"; 8 p.m. at Hillel Meal Sacrifice for the Hungry - if you live in a residence hall sign-up today to donate your din- ner meal; money is donated to Mazon an organization to help the hungry and homeless Free Tutoring - for all lower- level science, math and engineer- ing classes; 7-11 p.m. in UGLi Rm. 307; and 7-11 p.m. in Dow Bldg. Mezzanine CP&P Career Programs - Choosing Your Major from 4:10- 5 in CP&P Rm. 1; Marketing Your Liberal Arts Degree from 4:10-5 in CP&P Conference Rm.: On-Campus Recruitment Program from 5:10-6 in Angell Hall Aud. A ECB peer writing tutors - available at Angell-Haven and 611 Computing Centers from 7 to 11 p.m.; Sunday through Thursday Coast to Coast: Women of Color National Artists' Book Project - features artists' books of more than 200 American Women of Color; in the Slusser Gallery; 10a.m.-5 p.m. Women of Courage: An Exhibi- tion of Photographs by Judith Sedwick - portraits of 55 Black American women; Grad. Library North Lobby; 8am-5pm Arpilleras from Peru and Chile - distinctive fabric wall-hangings by women from Latin America; Residential College; 1-5 p.m. Physicists By Bob DeMayer "The Star Wars project, which is the money the United States spends on nuclear arms, is a hoax, a politi- cal step backwards, and a great waste of money." University physicist Dan Axelrod made this claim yesterday at the Technology and Society seminar en- titled, "Technology and Peace/War." Axelrod said he is not alone in this view. Four out of five scientists agree that Star Wars is a poor idea, he said. : " Star Wars is waste of money Wa be Axelrod said he believes Star rs is a hoax because it can only used for defense, even though it was intended as an offensive weapon. It will never make anyone more se- cure, he said. To prove his point, Axelrod cited the following example: Even assum- ing that Star Wars could stop 99 of every 100 nuclear bombs, if the So- viet Union were to launch 10,000 bombs, 100 bombs would still be able to reach the United States. If the United States could stop the remaining one percent, he said, it wouldn't make any long-term differ- ence because the Soviets would eventually figure out a way to defeat the system, he said. "Science will never stop," Axel- rod continued. "Star Wars will only accelerate the arms race. It is, liter- ally, a war against other people." Axelrod said that six to seven percent of the University's outside funding goes toward Strategic De- fense Initiative research. The Univer- sity currently has no guidelines lim- iting scientific research dealing with classified material or which may be harmful to human life, he said. Star Wars only protects missiles, not people, Axelrod said, because it stands in the way of negotiated arms reduction talks. "The best way to protect people," he said, "is for the nations to simply agree to develop no more weaponsA by initiating a nuclear freeze or test ban." Star Wars funding was reduced in Congress for the first time last week, from $4.5 billion to $3.5 bil- lion. Axelrod said this money should be spent on more worthwhile in- vestments, such as applied science and technology and education. University physicist Susan Wright spoke after Axelrod at the seminar. 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