ApA"M- j: U SP014f M Football coverage : Kourtney Thompson and Phil Price: Underrated but looking towards the majors Fisher loses his first game OPINION Regents bylaw discriminates against Lesbians and Gay men 4 ARTS 9 Samuel Ramey sings up a storm Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 57 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, November 27, 1989 TM M ws lug The h h +i Roses bloom for Blue OSU game decides Big Ten again, 28-18 by Adam Benson I , , - , : : : I !, 1 1, 7 ". : 7, '..-kagm y r Daily Football Writer Michigan-Ohio State 1988, the sequel. It almost seemed as if the Wolverines and Buckeyes were try- ing to see how close they could come to last year's game. The game swung back and forth, Michigan the early winner, while Ohio State caught up later in the game. The Wolverines would pull away in the end, winning 28-18 and earning a second outright Big Ten title and a retur to the Rose Bowl. Michigan finishes the regular season with a 10-1 record, 8-0 in the Big Ten. Ohio State, which also the Michigan victory was dampened by Vada Murray's frightening injury at the end of the game. The junior defensive back collided with team- mate Todd Plate and fell motionless to the ground. Murray had to be driven off the field, immobilized in a stretcher. The injury is not as severe as first feared. "Vada is out of danger according to the reports I got," Schembechler said. Ironically, Murray's injury came after Plate picked off a Greg Frey pass, stopping Ohio State's last ef- fort to take the lead from Michigan. Look for complete game coverage and Rose Bowl ticket information in Sports Monday. plays on New Year's Day in the Hall of Fame Bowl, finishes with an 8-3 record, 6-2 in the conference. "This is back-to-back," Michigan coach Bo Schembechler said. "We've never won (two titles) outright, back-to-back. I'm very pleased and looking forward to going to the Rose Bowl to play USC. That will be a good game as well." The joy and delirium following Now the Wolverines can focus on Pasadena and a rematch with South- ern California. The Trojans walloped the Buckeyes earlier this season, 42- 3. Ohio State players felt that Michigan would be a more than wor- thy opponent for the Trojans. "I think they can beat SC," Buckeye linebacker Derek Isaman said. "We'll find out." K\ENNETH SMLLER/cic8y Quarterback Michael Taylor celebrates after a touchdown in Saturday's game against Ohio State University. JOSE JUAREZIDI A fan raises a rose in celebration of the Wolverines victory over Ohio State Saturday. The Wolverines will play in the Rose bowl January first. Arizom Fisher' by Mike Gill Daily Basketball Writer SPRINGFIELD, MA - When Michigan took a three-point lead with less than six minutes to go in Saturday's Tip-off Classic, Michigan coach Steve Fisher had to be thinking he had at least a little more magic up his sleeve. His fourth-ranked Wolverines had erased the nine-point deficit the sixth- ranked Arizona Wildcats had accumulated. But Fisher's Cinderella endings crashes honeymoon Free Press, News workers may strike were left back in Seattle after winning the national championship along with his perfect 6-0 record. This time, when the clock struck zero, he watched the Wildcats dance off with the Tip-off trophy and an 82-75 win. "We told our kids after the game that we played poorly," Fisher said. "It's my fault more than anybody because I'm the guy that has to get them prepared. Arizona sophomores Rooks and Brian Williams, Sean along More basketball coverage on page 5 of Sports Monday with senior Jud Buechler, badgered Michigan, scoring 20, 12, and 11{ points, respectively. If anything, Saturday's game gave a resounding answer to when Fisher's honeymoon would end. DETROIT (AP) - Talks broke off early yesterday between the city's two daily newspapers and six unions, setting the stage for a strike against The Detroit News and De- troit Free Press, a union official said. The newspapers were scheduled to merge their non-editorial operations at 12:01 a.m. today under a joint op- erating agreement first proposed in April 1986 and upheld earlier this month by the U.S. Supreme Court. Talks between the Detroit News- paper Agency, which will run the papers' combined operations, and Newspaper Unity Coalition, repre- senting the six largest News and Free Press locals, broke off at 6 a.m. yesterday, said Al Derey, secretary- treasurer-elect of Teamsters Local 372. Local 372, representing about 1,100 circulation and warehouse employees, voted 603-76 last night to authorize the strike beginning 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Derey said. The Newspaper Guild of editorial workers also unanimously approved See NEWSPAPERS, Page 2 Fisher -Czech leaders -unite at rally Students desert town for turkey PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) - The Communist premier held unprecedented talks with opposition leaders yesterday, then joined bold reformer Alexander Dubcek at a pro-democracy rally before 300,000 elated, flag-waving demonstrators. Even the armed forces and riot -police, who just nine days ago beat peaceful protesters, indicated backing for the growing reform movement. "We support the democratic changes," a riot policeman told the crowd, which braved freezing weather and snow. Premier Ladislav Adamec became the first top official in 20 years to share a platform with by Noelle Vance Daily Government Reporter A lonely squirrel, clutching a nut unobtrusively by the side of a shanty, watched the last dried leaves whisk across the Diag Wednesday afternoon. The students had gone home. By 5 p.m., Ann Arbor was a de- serted town. The few students in front of the Union stood by duffel bags and suitcases, waiting for the commuter bus to Detroit. Shop- keepers hung signs saying "Will be closed for Thanksgiving," and the library and computing centers shut down. But a few stayed. The football team, in town for the Michigan- Ohio State game, shared Thank- sgivin dinner in its own dining room at South Quad after a morning of rigorous practice. A few fans, too, chose the game of Angell Hall Friday morning, dis- covered she was the bearer of bad news as one student after another asked her if the doors were unlocked. They weren't But shoppers on Friday had no trouble finding open doors. Smiling clerks bustled between counters and dressing rooms, happy to please those parents who came with stu- dents for the biggest shopping day of the year. Christmas music rang through every other store, reminding shoppers that time would tick quickly away now that Thanksgiving was over. Out-of-towners poured in for the game Saturday. Ohio State and Go Blue-stickered cars competed for parking, and though most students had still not returned, the town al- most looked normal. Finally, Sunday arrived. Church- goers mingled in the sunshine, and Thousands of people waved victory signs at a mass rally held at the Sparta Stadium yesterday which was addressed by the Czechoslovakian Premier Ladislav Adamec, opposition leader Vaclav Havel and former Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek. Soviet President supports recent reforms in East bloc countries Rfn~~f,.. . ../.A Te. . . .I. I !.2_ . _ __! -r __ _ _t r _ _r.