4 Fage 2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 28, 1989 Polish activist speaks on changes by Ruth Littmann Introduced by Institute of Social , Research Director Robert Zajonc as a 7 historian who doesn't just study his- , tory but who makes it, Polish po- litical activist and former political prisoner Adam Michnik made his , only United States appearance last night in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Rackham Auditorium. , Michnik, who has spent one fourth of his adult life in prison for his public opposition to commu- nism, spoke on the future of social- , ism in Eastern Europe. Despite his imprisonment, he , said, he felt lucky. The books he , was able to read and write while in- carcerated helped him to understand , and predict change in Eastern Eu- rope. Last night, Michnik examined 1 the evolving conceptions of social- ism. He said that most Poles rejected socialist doctrine by the middle 1970s, no longer able to relate the doctrine to the reality. "From the Soviet loudspeakers and Polish loudspeakers we heard about socialism and we had the kind of reaction that the dogs in Pavlov's i experiment had," he said. Michnik believes that the current 1 reforms in Eastern Europe, do not signify a renewal of Socialism, but rather a gradual destruction of com- munism. While" politics have changed in recent months, he said, the challenge of reforming the economies remains. Michnik opposes communism. He said under Communism, the common man is reduced to being the property of the state. Michnik referred to capitalism as "the cult of the market economy," explaining that dogmatic capitalism is a natural response to dogmatic communism. At a press conference earlier in the day, Michnik had said both are equally thoughtless and dangerous. Also during the press conference, Michnik emphasized Poland's need for a legal basis for democracy. He proposed changes in the constitu- tion, the legal code, and the laws governing property, elections, and the mass media. A long-time advocate of peaceful reform, Michnik said Solidarity's philosophy of non-violence was in- fluenced by memories of the Warsaw uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the lack of an opposition army, he explained. Adam Michnik speaks about the future of socialism in Eastern Europe last night at Rackham Auditorium. i STRIKES Continued from page 1 long as it is based on results," he said. "It's not possible to lay this down in the constitution." 1 The official CTK news agency said parliament, until now a rubber- stamp body under firm Communist control, also would be open to dis- cussion of any draft laws. Vladimir Janku, head of the state's commis- sion on church affairs, was quoted as saying these would include new laws on religion that would end state con- trol over churches and the criticized practice of licensing priests. However, protestors were not sat- isfied with these concessions. Posters demanding free elections and an end to one-party rule were plas- tered over the windows of shops, ho- tels and restaurants that closed to ob- serve the strike. At Prague's largest industrial complex, CKD, workers demanded the formation of independent trade unions. Correction The Palestinian Solidarity Com- mittee's delegation traveled to the Occupied Territories last summer. BILL Continued from Page 1 But such participation is not satisfactory to some distributors. "Being part of it is better than not being part of it," said Kent Kloster of AC3 Computing Center, which set up a booth at the last kickoff. "But the fee is not nearly enough to make up for what our business would be like if the University didn't sell computers," he said. If passed, the bill, which is currently in committee, could raise the prices at which goods could be sold at Computer Kickoff. But the bill is "so broad and so vague that in the long run it may bring more problems than resolutions," Pellerito said. There is no indication of how much difference there would be between University-sold products and retail items, Pellerito said. The bill only says that goods must be sold at "substantially lower prices" for the bill to apply without defining 'substantially,' he explained. Pellerito also said the University would need to create new guidelines to handle the problem. But something must be done, said Marty Andrews, of the Business Association for a Strong Economy, which strongly backs the bill. HUNGARY Continued from page 1 jected the referendum, they would have elected a president directly on Jan. 7. Opposition groups favored post- poning the vote until after parlia- mentary elections, saying that otherwise they could not sufficiently organize a serious challenge to Pozsgay. They hope to win strong representation in the new Parlia- meat, giving their candidate a better chance at the presidency. According to recent opinion polls, the Socialist Party is unlikely to win a majority in the parliamen- tary elections. With 91.3 percent of the votes counted, the referendum actually was failing by a narrow margin, 50.2 percent against to 49.8 percent in fa- vor: But Pozsgay and opposition parties predicted a reversal when all votes are counted. MSA Continued from page 1 While the Conservative Coalition controls the assembly's executive branch and a significant bloc of representatives, it does not command a decisive majority. Tomorrow's elections will test the party's staying power. It appears { that the coalition's opposition has consolidated - the Choice party. This will probably reduce the chance that opposition votes will be splintered. Choice, running on the experience of its candidates, has a slate featuring several current chairs of MSA committees and commissions. Nick Maverick, the Students' Rights Commission chair, Laura Sankey, Communications Committee chair, Jason Krumholtz, Health Issues chair, Jennifer Van Valey, Woman's Issues chair, and Ingrid Fey, Peace and Justice chair, are all on the Choice slate. "Our record stands for itself. We have the experience, we're the ones creating the issues," Krumholtz said. Conservative Coalition Coordinator Jeff Johnson acknowledged that his party would have to overcome this challenge and win a majority on the assembly to keep working towards its goals. The coalition's agenda during the fall term has been a mixture of measures aimed at making the assembly run more efficiently and highly politicized measures which have sparked fierce debate at MSA. In the late summer, assembly leaders attended a "retreat" where they discussed ways representatives do and could work together in spite of political differences. They also defined certain goals they felt the assembly should strive towards. Under the Conservative Coalition's leadership, the process by which assembly funds are given to student groups was centralized under the authority of the Budget Priorities Committee. However, moves like the recognition of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship and a campaign to eliminate the Peace and Justice Commission - both initiated by Coalition representatives - have caused anger and resentment. "They brought to MSA a realistic quality which we lacked before," acknowledged Choice candidate Laura Sankey. However, she said the Conservative Coalition tends to have tunnel vision, focusing on single issues and not seeing beyond them. Rackham rep. Corey Dolgan, also a Choice candidate, said the Coalition's presence has bogged down the assembly in petty debates rather than hasten its work because Coalition members challenge every issue. "We spend much more time debating issues that threaten to divide the assembly instead of acting in a positive and progressive way to improve campus life," Dolgan said. IN IEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Discovery lands successfully, CAPE CANAVERAL - Discovery's five astronauts, forced by high wind to remain in space an extra day and then an extra orbit, landed safely last night at 7:35 EST in California's Mojave Desert to end their secret military mission. After being ordered to spend an extra day in space, Mission Control directed the astronauts to remain in space at least an extra 90 minutes yesterday because of wind in Camifornia's Mojave Desert. The earliest new landing time for the secret military mission was 4:31 p.m. PST, one orbit later than planned. Astronaut Frederick Gregory was to guide Discovery to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The wind was not as strong as the 30 mph gusts that forced NASA to call off a landing attempt on Sunday, just four hours before the planned touchdown. But they were high enough at nearly 20 mph to make landing conditions unacceptable at all three shuttle landing runways. Detroit papers launch merger DETROIT - Detroit's two daily newspapers, the nation's ninth- and tenth-largest, launched their long-stalled partial merger yesterday, as union and management officials resumed contract talks. "I think the feeling is, we are close. I'm optimistic we can reach an agreement," Detroit Free Press Publisher Robert Hall said. Robert Giles, publisher of The Detroit News, said he also expected to reach an agreement with five of the newspapers' six unions by a 12:01 Thursday strike deadline. The press operators' Graphics Communications International Union ratified a contract Sunday. William Keating, chief executive of the Detroit Newspaper Agency, which runs the combined operations, said Monday-night talks would con- tinue until the two sides agree. "I am totally convinced that everything will be resolved and that there will not be a strike," Keating said. Police urge assault gun ban LANSING - Leading police officials hoping to persuade lawmakers to ban certain guns demonstrated yesterday several semi-automatic assault weapons they believe are the new "weapons of choice" among drug dealers. Grand Rapids police chief William Hegarty led the demonstration for the ad hoc House Committee on Criminal Justice, which has spent the fall reviewing all aspects of the system including prison sentencing and jail overcrowding. Hegarty said he hoped the demonstration would make legislators realize how dangerous the weapons could be. However, the lawmakers said they would have to come up with an agreement that carefully balances the constitutional rights of hunters and other gun owners with the need for safety in the streets. Hegarty said his "top 10" list of weapons that shouldn't be sold to the public include TEC-9, AR-15, and Uzi. Official calls for regulations of cholesterol screenings WASHINGTON - A U.S. health official called yesterday for federal regulation of all cholesterol screenings not conducted by health care professionals, saying booths in shopping malls and other public settings can be inaccurate and spread infections such as AIDS and hepatitis. Richard Kusserow, inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services, said testers at these screenings frequently disregard basic rules of hygiene in collecting blood samples and often are poorly trained to operate the cholesterol-measuring devices. He added that people who are tested "are going to try to depend in these results, and the results, in fact, are not very accurate." Kusserow said he is concerned that public cholesterol screenings are growing in popularity and that they are often used by entrepreneurs as a marketing strategy to promote products or by stores to increase traffic. EXTRA" Yoooooooooooou must be... The lines, the SVF's, the overrides, the time schedules, the course guides, the headaches, the wait lists... yes it's that time of year again, CRISP©. It doesn't matter who you are, CRISP© is inescapable. Even if you ate 15 oat bran muffins a day and hung for countless hours from inversion boots, your chances of CRISPing© would not be diminshed. Nothing much is new down at CRISP© central. 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