The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 22, 1990 - Page 3 Bullard calls for student activism by Christine Kloostra Daily Government Reporter Urging members of the College Democrats to become activists for Ocuses they believe in, State Repre- sentative Perry Bullard (D-Ann Ar- bor) said students are the real hope for change in this world. "We need to have a popular movement in this country that de- niands social and economic justice," Bullard said. Bullard chastised Republicans at local, state, and national levels for failing to address the needs of Amer- ican citizens, particularly in the areas of health insurance, tenants' rights, and abortion. x Because the U.S. lacks a compre- hensive national health insurance, "most families have a certain fear or worry... that they could be without the essentials in life," Bullard said. Bullard said the Republican ma- jority on the City Council "tends to retard innovations." He added, "These Republicans are not as bad as Re- publicans at the national level. They're not dogmatically Reaganite in their thinking." Bullard condemned both the local and state governments for neglecting to preserve tenants' rights, saying, "It takes students organized to try to give tenants more rights." Also on the local level, Bullard Regents criticize 'U' president's secrecy by Noelle Vance Daily Administration Reporter Several University regents criti- cized University President James Duderstadt on Friday for not inform- ing the Board of Regents about dis- cussions which may lead to Penn State's inclusion in the Big 10 con- ference. The Council of Big 10 Univer- sity Presidents has been considering the admittance of Penn State into the conference since early fall. But the news did not reach university cam- puses until December, when the me- dia began carrying the story. The council wanted to see if there was sufficient interest in inviting Penn State into the conference before it went public, Duderstadt said. He said the council had to con- sider Penn State's academic standing as well as its athletic program. As soon as the council deter- mined its interest in Penn State, the presidents "rapidly contact(ed) groups on the campuses" and started con- sulting with them, said Duderstadt. . But Regent Deane Baker ques- tioned whether the several governing bodies of the Big 10 schools would have an effect on the conference's fi- nal decision. "Is there an agreement or an understanding the situation will be discussed?," he asked. "Without the vote of the Board of Regents, the union can not proceed," Baker said. Duderstadt maintained that Penn State's admittance to the conference was not "a done deal." The Univer- sity could oppose Penn State's ad- mittance in June, when the council is expected to make its final deci- sion, he said. But he added the con- ference is incorporated, and will make its decision based on a major- ity vote. University of Illinois Pres. Stan- ley Ikenberry said, in a telephone in- terview yesterday, the only reasons Penn State wouldn't be allowed into the conference would be if the con- ference "was unable to reach an agreement on the final details of- scheduling, contracts, or policies." "The marriage won't be con- summated until there's a majority vote," Ikenberry said. However, hel didn't foresee major problems to Penn State's admittance to the con- ference. Thegmatter merits discussion, said Regent Philip Power. He said the process set in motion by the council was "an attempt to do some- thing quietly and in stealth." State Representative Perry Bullard, speaking at last night's meeting of the College Democrats, encourages students to become involved in and fight for the issues that they believe in. 'U' students will take to the air with cable television show stated his support for the proposal to make Ann Arbor a "zone of repro- ductive freedom." The proposal is fashioned after the current marijuana law. If abor- tion is declared illegal by the state or federal government, the proposal would make an abortion in Ann Ar- bor a misdemeanor punishable by a five-dollar fine. As for the state, Bullard expressed his concern about the gradual gain of seats by the Republicans in the leg- islature and its effect on current and future legislation, including the parental consent bill for abortions. The bill is presently awaiting Senate debate. Bullard expects an amended ver- sion of the bill to pass the State Se- nate, but foresees a veto from Gov- ernor James Blanchard. Expressing optimism for the fu- ture of the Democratic party, Bullard said, "In a world context, we have two conservative parties. The democrats are just less conservative. It's up to people who still believe we can have a better and fairer soci- ety to make this more than just a lit- tle less conservative party. But that's going to be a long time." Azerbaijani soldiers fire on .troops, citizens mourn dead by Ruth Littmann Daily Staff Writer A new student-run, cable televi- sion show will premiere this Febru- ary, when Michigan Student Televi- sion (MSTV) airs "Michigan Stu- dent Forum," a campus-oriented talk show. "It seemed funny to me that stu- dents hadn't utilized TV media be- fore, so I looked into it," said MSTV founder, Joe Hart. "MSTV is not just an exercise in TV produc- tion," he said. "It's something we want to provide for the student body." MSTV shows will be aired on cable channel nine as part of Com- munity Access Television. LSA senior Josh Klein, co-execu- tive network producer, said, "We ba- sically want to provide a vehicle for student expression in a format be- sides print." Both students said that their aim, in part, was to "avoid the bias in campus print media." Klein added, "Joe and I, as the ex- ecutive producers of the show, do not intend to propagate any specific political views. We plan to air a wide array of opinions." Recently recognized and partially funded by the Michigan Student Assembly, MSTV will tape its first show on February first. The show will air later that month. Plans include eventually produc- ing two thirty-minute to one-hour shows per week. Hart described "Michigan Student Forum" as a "cross between 'Donahue' and 'Crossfire."' He said, "One of the most important parts of the show will be audience involvement." "Michigan Student Forum" will address issues such as abortion and college life. Hart and Klein want to balance this "hard-hitting talk show" with a lighter, bi-weekly show cov- ering campus sports, bands, comedy, and other extra-curricular events. Both students admitted that the undertaking is ambitious but said it is "do-able." "Originally, I was saying 'Hell, let's go for twenty hours of air time a week,"' said Hart. "But that's not realistic. It takes around twenty hours of work for a few minutes on the air." The time commitment is worth MOSCOW (AP) - Dozens of moutinous Azerbaijani military cadets fired on Soviet troops patrolling their capital yesterday, and tens of thousands of people mourned vic- tims of a bloody crackdown on their republic's nationalist uprising. The cadets, joined by comrades from the neighboring Caucasus re- public of Georgia, battled for 20 minutes in the morning and sporadi- cilly throughout the day with Soviet soldiers at Baku's garrison and mili- tary academy, Arif Yunusov of the Azerbaijani Social Democratic Group reported. The downtown garrison was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting when thousands of troops stormed into Baku, the southern republic's capital, early Saturday and broke through barricades erected by mili- tants. Sporadic fighting has continued since. On Saturday, in the first re- port of soldiers dividing along ethnic lines, a local activist said 125 Azer- baijani soldiers fought a pitched bat- tle with those sent in to restore order. Occasional shots rang out else- where in Baku yesterday, Yunusov and Radio Moscow reported. The ac- tivist said by telephone from Baku that one bullet broke a window in his apartment building. Rebels also have thrown grenades and Molotov cocktails at soldiers' military vehicles, the official news agency Tass said. A correspondent for Moscow's state-run TV and radio service was briefly held hostage. The Interior Ministry reported 51 civilians and six soldiers dead, and 287 civilians and 36 soldiers wounded in Saturday's action. That brought the total number of casual- ties for the week at 129 dead and more than 500 wounded. Activists reported much higher figures, and Interior Ministry offi- CORRECTIONS The Daily published a vague description of a robbery suspect in Friday's paper. It is against Daily policy to print vague descriptions because they are generally not helpful and may foster stereotypical beliefs. The Daily apologizes for this mistake. THpE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today cials said they received too many conflicting accounts to confidently update their figures. Foreign reporters were barred from Armenia and Azerbaijan, so it was difficult to reconcile the con- flicting information. Tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis gathered yesterday outside the Com- munist Party headquarters in Baku to mourn those killed when Soviet troops moved in, Yunusov said. They also demanded that the state of emergency imposed in the capital early Saturday be lifted and that So- viet troops pull out, according to the Azerbaijan's People's Front, which has organized anti-Armenian protests. Gorbachev told a nationwide tele- vision audience Saturday that troops were sent into Baku as the last resort after two years of trying to solve the ethnic conflict peacefully. Stanwyck dies at age 82 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Stanwyck, who began show busi- ness as a Ziegfeld Follies dancer but went on to play some of the tough- est ladies in film and TV, was re- membered by colleagues yesterday as an uncompromising professional. Miss Stanwyck died Saturday of congestive heart failure at St. John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, said agent Larry Kleno. She was 82. Her 60-plus years in entertain- ment spanned the chorus line, vaudeville stage, silents, talkies and television. She plotted murder with Fred MacMurray in "Double Indem- nity," played a horrified victim in "Sorry Wrong Number" and ran the ranch with an iron hand in the series "The Big Valley." She earned three Emmys, four Academy Award nominations and an honorary Oscar for her work in more than 80 films. D.C. mayor Barry will seek rehabilitation WASHINGTON (AP) - Mayor Marion Barry, acknowledging that he needs "to heal my body, my mind and soul," but declining to mention drug abuse, announced yesterday that he will seek help following his ar- rest on a cocaine possession charge. "He has reached the hour of reck- oning," said his wife, Effi. At times blinking back tears, the mayor provided no further details on what kind of assistance he will seek, except to say that social activist and self-described nutritional expert Dick Gregory has been consulting him on how to get help. An aide said Barry's main problem was with alcoholism. Top advisers to the mayor, speak- ing on condition of anonymity, said that the mayor is considering check- ing into the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, Calif. and two un- named clinics in the Washington area. Barry's brief statement was the latest chapter in an unfolding drama that has riveted the nation's capital since the mayor. was arrested on drug charges last Thursday night. Barry, surrounded by clergy in a broadcast appearance in front of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church near his home, clasped his wife's hand and said he has come "face to face with my deepest human failures." Barry said, "these ministers have helped me to keep the strength I need... I'm going to find a way to heal my body, mind and soul." The mayor did not take questions and turned the podium to Mrs. Barry following his brief statement. Atten- tion has been focused on Mrs. Barry in part because the mayor was lured to his arrest by a woman with whom the mayor had become friendly. Turning to the mayor, she said, "For you to admit that you have a problem... that you need to make yourself whole again is truly a bur- den lifted from our souls... for our own family it is just the beginning." it, Hart and Klein contend. As se- niors they want to contribute some- thing to the University before gradu- ating in May. "After we leave," said Hart, "we hope MSTV will persist. We hope it will eventually evolve into a daily news show with a weekly sitcom." Anxious to channel their produc- tion, acting, and scriptwriting skills into MSTV, 100 students attended last Wednesday's mass meeting. Hart said broad-based student in- volvement was important to the new organization. "MSTV can pool to-$ gether a lot of student resources and use them to create something new." Former Director of Broadcasting for the University, Hazen Schu- y macher, expressed enthusiasm about the project. "I think it's great, ter- rific," he said. Schumacher, who worked in broadcasting at the University from 1950 until last year, said attempts to establish a professional University TV station in Ann Arbor were finan- cial failures. "It costs around three million dollars just to get a full- powered student TV station on the air, not to mention the operation costs," he said. Schumacher is more optimistic about MSTV, which will cost less since it will be aired locally, on ca- ble. "They will discover it's very time-consuming," he said, "but two hours of air time a week sounds manageable. I hope they can carry it off." Hair Styling with a Flair - 7 Barber Stylists for MEN & WOMEN - NO WAITING!!! DASCOLA STYLISTS Opposite Jacobson's 668-9329 Meetings Basement Arts - The theater troupes' mass meeting is at 6:15 in the Arena Theater (1501 Frieze) Asian American Association - mass meeting and pizza party at 7 p.m. in Trotter House. Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Club - 7:30-8:30 in the CCRB small gym; beginners welcome Special Olympics Partners' Club - Mass meeting at 7 p.m. in the Union Wolverine Rm. Speakers "Residual Analysis for Dis- crete Longitudinal Data" - Prof. Persi Diaconis of Harvard at 4 p.m. in 451 Mason "Bahadur-Kiefer-Type Pro- cesses" - Prof. David Mason of the U of Delaware speaks at 4 p.m. in 451 Mason "Santiago, Rome and Furthermore Career Planning & Placement Programs - Searching for a Summer Job/Internship from 4:10-5 p.m. in the CP&P Conference Rm.; Applying for Graduate School from 4:10-5 p.m. in CP&P Rm. 1; Resume Writing for Education Students form 4:10-5 p.m. in 2334 SEB; Intro to CP&P from 4:30-5 p.m. in The CP&P Library; Interviewing Lecture from 6:10-7 p.m. in the CP&P Library The Michigan Foreign Student Career Conference - informational meeting from 3-5 p.m. in the International Center Recreation Rm.; the International Center is renting a bus to take students to the conference at Michigan State Muslim Student Association - all students invited to the semi- annual reception at 6 p.m. in the League Henderson Rm.; refresh- TRY US FOR LUNCH! Pizza, Subs and Salads Eat-in or OCrry Out FREE DELIVERY! (11 a.m.-2 p.m.) Corner of State and Hill 994-4040 FREE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FORi e ~STUDENTS WHO NEEDe vMONEY FORCOLLEGE Ie- Every Student is Eligible for Some Type of e ARE YOU THICK AND TIRED OF IT? The Weight Control Clinic at The University of Michigan Nutrition Seminars, Exercise Classes, Counseling, Body Composition Testing, Computer Diet Analysis, Personal Exercise Training I- Winter Program Begins January 29, 1990 . I.