SPO. Paper Wolverine: Daily writers join the wrestling team Men's Basketball team defeats Iowa State 101-78 OPINION 4 ARTS Lanois to play the Ark 9 MSA bungles elections Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom lk U. w Vol. C, No. 62 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, December 4, 1989 CGPVVVAO l. The M~Iv I Krenz, East German gov't resign EAST BERLIN (AP) - Com- munist leader Egon Krenz and his entire government resigned yester- day, and a 25-member panel of re- formers took over temporary leader- ship in a desperate effort to rescue the Communist Party. The new committee will run party affairs until a special party congress Dec. 15-17 and prepare for that congress. Its role in governing the country was not immediately clear. Guenter Schabowski announced the resignations of the 10-man Politburo and the 163-member, pol- icy-making Central Committee by megaphone to 10,000 cheering peo- ple who stood outside the Central Committee building. "The Politburo accepts the criti- cism raised by a large number of party members that the current lead- ership is not capable of uncovering the entire scope of serious mistakes of the members of the former Polit- buro and to draw the necessary con- sequences," Schabowski said. Soviet President Mikhail Gor- bachev praised the changes under way in Eastern Europe as he ended his two-day summit with President Bush. "I think (it) is something we should welcome because it's con- nected with the desire of these peo- ples to enoble their societies, to make them more democratic, human- itarian, to open up the rest of the world," he said. In neighboring Czechoslovakia, leaders included the non-Commu- nists in the government for the first time in 21 years, but angered oppo- sition leaders said there were too many Communist holdovers on the new Cabinet. They vowed to resume pro-democracy protests. The new 25-member committee, announced yesterday, temporarily guiding East Germany's Commu- nists includes the country's former spymaster, a lawyer for the New Fo- rum opposition group, and several well-known reformers. It is faced with the seemingly impossible task of rescuing the em- battled party. The best known member of the committee is Markus Wolf, the re- tired and respected legendary spy chief, who stepped down in 1987 as deputy minister of state security. Wolf has become a major sup- porter of reforms but also has been criticized by the opposition leaders who say he has "too many skele- tons" in the closet. The head of the committee is Er- furt party chief Herbert Kroker, who was stripped of various duties by Geunter Mittag, the economics czar under now-ousted leader Erich Ho- necker. Another working member of the committee is Grego Gysi, well known as the attorney for the 200,000-strong New Forum opposi- tion group. Gysi drafted the official petition seeking legal status for New Forum. No prominent members were ap- pointed to the committee. Partial results of MSA elections released Incumbent reps. win big in non-LSA school vote LSA and Board winners unknown by Josh Mitnick Daily MSA Reporter Incumbent candidates were the big winners in the only Michigan Student Assembly elections last week that weren't marred by ballot problems, as voters added another year to each incumbent's term. However, the assembly has not et released voting results for the SA college, so the LSA winners are still unknown. Unofficial election results for the Business, Engineering, Rackham, Physical Education, Education, Pub- lic Health, Music, and Medical school positions were released Friday - a total of 12 assembly seats. Conservative Coalition candidates won six assembly seats while the Choice party secured three positions. hree independents were successful in their campaigns. Judging from the preliminary re- sults, neither party appears to have Gelman ollution, trial be ginS by Mike Sobel Daily Staff Writer A trial between Ann Arbor's Selman Sciences Inc. and the chigan Department of Natural Re- sources (DNR) over Gelman's al- leged environmental abuses began Friday at the Washtenaw County Circuit Court. The trial is likely to continue for several weeks, DNR attorney Robert Riechel said. Originally scheduled to begin last Monday but postponed to give the wo parties time to reach a settle- ment, the trial began after out-of- court negotiations failed. The DNR case cites Gelman with pollution of groundwater, surface water, and soil near its manufactur- ing plant located off Wagner Road between Jackson and Liberty streets. The 1988 lawsuit against Gelman See GELMAN, Page 2 upset the assembly's liberal-conser- vative balance. Both the Choice and Conservative Coalition parties picked up one more assembly seat in addition to the re-elected incumbents. The election for a School of Edu- cation representative ended in a tie because only two votes were cast - one for each candidate. In addition, a referendum requir- ing that at least one Law School student sit on the Central Student Judiciary - the judicial branch of the student government - was passed by a vote of 1,073 to 713. Coalition campaign coordinator Leff Johnson said the party was right on target in terms of the seats they expected to pick up. However, he added that he was still waiting on the outcome of the LSA elections. "If everything goes as expected, there will be a working majority of coalition members on the assem- See RESULTS, Page 2 by Josh Mitnick Daily MSA Reporter Full results from the Michigan Student Assembly's fall elections continue to be withheld because elec- tion directors Michelle Putnam and Sumi Malhotra left campus for the weekend and haven't determined if defective ballots affected the elec- tion's outcome. MSA President Aaron Williams confirmed the election directors' ab- sence, and added that he didn't know where the election directors were or why they left. Although unofficial results from MSA elections in other schools were released Friday, students and candi- dates still remain in the dark about the outcome of the LSA and Board for Student Publications elections, which have been riddled with mishaps. Natural Resources junior Laura Miller, chief justice of the Central Student Judiciary, said she advised the directors last Thursday not to re- lease results from the two elections until they could validate the ballots. Miller said she was unsure how validity would be assessed, but sug- gested comparing the number of de- fective ballots to the candidates' margin of victory. Releasing questionable results now could distort the outcome if a re-vote is required, Miller said. "It's a matter of determining whether the election results were af- fected to a significant degree by de- fective ballots," she said. However, Miller said she could not make a decision on the elections until she reviewed the results with See DIRECTORS, Page 2 Nation's students lobby to end large tuition hikes by Noelle Vance Daily Government Reporter Mounds of ice were discovered melting in the University of Illinois Student Union courtyard four weeks ago. Dumped on the ground by a group called Students for a Tuition Freeze, the act was organized to show support for an end to tuition hikes. The symbolic gesture was one more in a growing number of stu- dent efforts to bring attention to and halt the spiraling costs of higher ed- ucation. Tuition at public and private uni- versities across the country has jumped dramatically in recent years. In 1988 and again in 1989, the Uni- versity of Michigan passed tuition- increases of up to 12 percent for out- of-state students. The situation is similar at other schools. Since 1987, University of Iowa and University of Illinois stu- denits have watched their tuition rise 13 to 17 percent each year, while in- flation rose no more than 6.5 percent in those years. Faced with explanations that At the University of Iowa, students lobbied effectively to bring the rate of tuition increases down from 17 percent last year to 3 percent this year. states are strapped for funds, and universities must remain competi- tive, many felt there was little for students to do but sigh and sign for another student loan. But with the cost of a degree reaching well into the tens of thou- sands - University of Michigan in- state residents now spend more than $12,000 for a four-year education, while out-of-state residents spend $44,000 - students are taking ac- tion. At the University of Iowa, stu- dents lobbied effectively to bring the rate of tuition increases down from 17 percent last year to 3 percent this year for in-state students and 4 per- cent for out-of-state students. The one-on-one meetings be- tween students and state and Univer- sity officials were "very important" to students' success, said Pepe Ro- jas-Cardona, president of the Iowa Student Association. "(Students) raised the level of awareness among legislators, who I don't think were as aware of (tuition) as an issue before," said Ann Rhodes, Iowa's acting director for university relations. As a result, she said, "Tuition and access (to educa- tion) are going to be a real issue in the campaign for governor this year." Students met independently with members of the university's Board of Regents, state legislators, and Gov. Terry Brandstadt. One of the problems University of Michigan students face in work- ing to lower tuition rates is develop- ing a unified front. "As it stands now, we've got a series of different voices," said LSA sophomore Will Curl, a Michigan See TUTITION, Page 2 The Dean JULIE Michigan's Sean Higgins dribbles around an Iowa State player Saturday at Crisler Arena. The Wolverines gave ex-Michigan coach Johnny Orr and his Cyclones a 101-78 drubbing. For more, see Sports Monday. *Alleged Detroit police scam linked to former 'U' researcher by Katy P. Kowalski A former Detroit deputy police chief accused of misdirecting more than $1 million in confiscated drug money is also a former University researcher. Ken Weiner, a former senior re- search associate for the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, eluded high-ranking police officials. Yesterday, The News reported that Police Chief William Hart's daugh- ter benefited from the scam. Hart could not be reached for comment last night. On Oct. 6, a Federal Grand Jury subpoenaed Weiner's personnel records and project information from absence," said Joseph Owsley, direc- tor of the University's News and In- formation Services. "It was his choice. He is no longer receiving a salary from the University." 'Whatever (Weiner's) police officials would comment on the investigation. As a research associate, Weiner did not teach. He was an employee ;n the Research Association Project affiliations outside the ley. "I am as concerned as anyone; I spoke with (research project heads) James Snyder and Mitch Rycus and they spoke favorably of the work he did in tk; research he was contracted to do. There were nosigns of irre- sponsibility on campus." Rycus refused to comment on the investigation before it is completed. No one here ever visited his apart- ment. We did not even know he had a residence in Ann Arbor. He gave us no local address or home phone number. Maybe that is a little bit strange; but, he was a consultant.." Residents of an apartment com- plex on Plymouth Rd. near North Campus said they saw Weiner enter- college, they did not affect his work... I am as concerned as anyone.'