SPOwL, NCAA reforms: good or bad? 'M' hockey 'M' basketball OPINION Troops out of the north of Ireland 4 ARTS 8 Gear goes bad kiuulai Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom l Vol.C, No. 76 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 22, 1990 CopyrightD 1990 The Michigan Daily "WI Regent by Noelle Vance Daily Administration Reporter 71 1 consider r 9 0 it A The University's Board of Re- gents considered a motion to inves- tigate last November's Michigan Student Assembly elections at last Friday's regents' meeting. Regent Deane Baker proposed the motion to review the MSA elections and possibly declare the current assembly invalid, but withdrew it on the condition University President James Duderstadt continue informal investigations of the elections.. Baker introduced his proposal saying he didn't feel the regents should normally be involved in stu- dent government elections, but said the last elections seemed to represent a "miscarriage of the democratic pro- cess." He asked the regents to "review the matter and be empowered to overturn (the decisions of the Central Student Judiciary) if necessary." The results of the fall MSA elec- tions were declared invalid by CSJ because the destruction of the elec- tion's ballots prevented the holding of a recount. Nineteen of the ballots were revealed to t candidates' names,; bers of the losing quested a recount t ballots contained r cided it could not' tions without holdir The LSA Stud appointed nine st Choice Party mem servative Coalitior one independent sti run - to fill the assembly. "The MSA stud eviewrng be missing some by just about everybody's definition, and several mem- is not a credible government," Baker Choice Party re- said. "The people who control MSA o ensure no other are not the people elected... If this nistakes. CSJ de- happened in Chicago, it would be validate the elec- called corruption," he said. ng a recount. Because the regents allow MSA ent Government to exist through their bylaws, the tudents - four board has "an obligation to oversee abers, four Con- honest elections," Baker said. n members, and Regent Thomas Roach disagreed udent who didn't with Baker, saying students should vacancies on the oversee tieir own elections. "We make a decision, in (the) by- ient government, laws as to what, if any, importance to give to the student government," Roach said. But a line must be drawn between empowering the stu- dents, and using the board to run the student government, he added. There are no bylaws specifically permitting the administration to overturn decisions made by the Assembly and CSJ and to declare the assembly invalid. However, Richard Kennedy, vice president for government relations and secretary of the University, said "(The regents) do control everything that goes on at the University," and may include interference with the student government under its "overall control." In addition, bylaw 2.01 allows the University president "general powers" for the "maintenance of health, diligence, and order among the students." The regents could possibly appeal CSJ's decision to nullify the origi- nal results, but they would have to present good reason, said Laura Miller, CSJ chief justice. She said the University would See REGENTS, Page 2 ASA elections Insults fly during Panama protest by Donna Woodwell Daily Faculty Reporter A protest of the U.S. invasion of Panama on Friday almost turned violent as de- monstrators and counter-demonstrators ex- changed insults and obscenities on the steps of the Michigan Union. Several students had to be restrained from using force. The demonstrators' chants of "Gunboat diplomacy is not democracy," and "Hey hey, ho ho, U.S. troops have got to go!" competed with invectives hurled by Community High School students. "I am absolutely fuelled by the people who are not part of the campus," said LSA Junior Linda Rosenfeld. "They are inciting a riot," she said, "but we are not fighting them." Carrying a sign reading, "Way to Go George," chair of the College Republicans Doug Morris, lead counter-protestors from the University. "We wanted to have the conservative voice heard," he said. "The U.S. is justified in their action, which is even likely to produce more stability in Central America." Morris did not welcome the high school students either. "They are not affiliated with us - these guys are out of control." Nathan Smith, an organizer of the invasion demonstration, was pleased with the turnout of about 80 students. "Noriega is a thug and a tyrant, but it was the job of the Panamanian people to depose him. I believe that this could have been possible, especially after what has already hap- pened in Romania and in Haiti," Smith said. Spark, a revolutionary communist C s organization, initiated the protest, but demonstrators represented differing political ideologies and organizations. The Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC), however, did not participate in the protest. "We were somewhat worried when LASC decided not to participate," Paul Henry, an organizer of the protest, said. "But there is so much anger that with very little time and resources we were able to pull together a respectable demonstration." Michigan Student Assembly president, Aaron Williams, watched the demonstration. "If someone were arrested, I'm here to make sure that all rights are fully protected," he said. "This is the first time in at least two years there has been a demonstration really involving something political," Williams said. "It's re- freshing to see some kind of political action on campus." Mike Rubel, an LSA junior, was one of 80 who protested the U.S. invasion of Panama Friday in front of the See PROTEST, Page 2 Michigan Union. A group of high school students demonstrated in support of the invasion. JOSE JUAREZ/Daily .... . ....... . . .... .. City Council, HAC begin dialogue on housing issue by Josh Mitnick Daily City Reporter Trying to make progress on the controversial issue of low-income housing in Ann Arbor, members of the Homeless Action Committee (HAC) met with City Council members Friday and aired their views in a roundtable discussion. The groups parted no closer than when they began. HAC and the councilmembers did not agree on any new proposals or future meetings. The meeting, attended by 70 peo- ple and broadcasted on Ann Arbor's local cable station, saw HAC mem- bers repeat their appeal for more af- fordable housing. Some council members, including Mayor Jerry Jernigan, said they would favor set- ting up a new committee comprised of city council members and HAC members to explore a solution. "We wanted to set some sort of goal on the city's housing and estab- lish a dialogue," Jernigan said at the meeting's beginning. HAC member Larry Fox said be- fore he would sit on a committee the city council must halt parking struc- ture construction. "I'm not going to get bogged down in a committee unless you show that you're sincere," Fox said to the councilmembers. "If you want us to be involved in a committee you have to show us that you're willing to do something." HAC - a group composed of Ann Arbor's homeless, University students, and city residents - is pressing the council to reallocate funds slated for the construction of new parking structures and to create more low-income housing. At the meeting, HAC members demanded. -the creation of 1500 units of low-income housing -the council rescind approval for the construction of a new parking structures until those units have been completed. -the council take care of the needs of the current homeless population. Jernigan reaffirmed his commit- ment to the development of the downtown area and said there are no quick solutions to the problem. "I'm not embarrassed that we don't have a quick answer. We're not going to resolve this issue here to- day," he said. Councilmembers have maintained that they would favor low-income housing but they lack the financial resources necessary for development. However, HAC member Laura Dresser maintained that the City Council lacks the will, not the re- sources, to build low-income hous- See HAC, Page 2 Jackson looks to expand U.S. democracy By Mark Katz and Emily Porter Daily staff writers Calling for widespread change throughout both do- mestic and foreign U.S. government policy, two-time presidential candidate Jesse Jackson addressed the Michi- gan State Bar Association Friday at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor. "I have sought to take on the struggle to expand democracy to the point of challenge," Jackson said to the crowd of almost 400 people. Speaking one day after Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession, Jackson didn't address speculation that he would seek Barry's job. However, he spoke earlier than originally scheduled in order to return to Washington to deal with "unusual circumstances" there. Jackson has said previously he wouldn't consider running for mayor as long as Barry ran for reelection. Jackson, who moved to Washington D.C. last year, stressed the need for Washington D.C. to gain state- hnod "The natinn's canita1 is under connresin1l nccu- , x< , 1 __ } - - . s...}.. M M"m I