:;; , < k", . ._.. ,, ., ; ; " ,.. rte .. . . <:a ° .. SPOP4 N Men's Basketball: Here's to Mr: Robinson Women's Basketball: Deck the Halls D Sean Higgins: Michigan's misunderstood man OPINION Resist "the Code" 4 ARTS Weekend in review 5 ,,., 4Wd4r4&W Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Bi Vol. C, No. 81, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 29, 1990 ell. s4 t ., . U CopyrightMA1990 The Michigan Daily oiMSA jeopardizes autonomy by Noelle Vance Daily Administration Reporter For the Michigan Student Assembly's two main parties - Choice and Conservative Coalition - last November's elections were a chance to upset the Assembly's lib- eral/conservative balance and end some of the internal division that has plagued MSA. But in a scenario some have equated with a botched Central American election, such a resolution was not forthcoming. Instead, mem- bers of the Assem- bly watched as the elections turned first, into a mesh of errors which raised questions about MSA elec- Sophomore guard Char Durand, driving here against Michigan State forward Cherie Swarthout, scored eight points off the bench as the Wolverines defeated the Spartans 71-65 in overtime. Terry Mills watches Rumeal's final shot fall through the hoop against Michigan State Saturday as MSU's Matt Steigenga and Steve Smith look on. News Analysis ing.him if there was any way to cir- cumvent the MSA Central Student Judiciary's decision to invalidate the original election results. The CSJ - the student govern- ment's judicial branch - invalidated the elections because destruction of the election ballots prevented verifi- cation of the election's results. Choice party members had chal- lenged the results of the election be- cause of errors and problems with election procedures. Nineteen people voted on ballots which were missing up to four can- didate's names. A candidate's name was omitted from the Board of Stu- dent Publication's ballot and under- graduates and graduates were included on the same ballot for the student publications' board. Reports that law students were not allowed to vote added to the controversy. The Conservative Coalition claimed the Choice party's request for a recount was nothing more than a last resort for a party that clearly was not wanted by the student body. Under the original election re- sults, Conservative Coalition took 14 of 21 seats, while the Choice party took six seats. The Conservative Coalition re- fused to accept CSJ's invalidation and appealed to the University's Board of Regents for help in over- see MSA, Page 2 Basketball teams sink by Mike Gill Daily Basketball Writer For Michigan basketball fans, the past few days have been one's to savor. Winning is nice. Beating Michigan State is even better. And the Wolverines did it twice over the weekend. First, Leslie Spicer sank both ends of a one-and-one to seal the women's team upset of the Spartans, 71-65, at Crisler Arena Friday night. Then the men's team took to the court Saturday afternoon and dismantled the Green-and-White, 65- 63, as Rumeal Robinson drove and lofted a right hook shot just before the buzzer to give the Wolverines the win. Maybe women's coach Bud VanDeWege put it best when he said "To win in overtime, against Michigan State with a big crowd - you just can't ask for anything better." But men's coach Steve Fisher couldn't be very far behind when he assessed his game. "It was a hard fought slug fest where both teams tightened up, toughened up and went to war," Fisher said. "That's what M SU Michigan-Michigan State is all about." A perfect weekend for basketball in Ann Arbor you could say. Nice weather, big crowds, loud crowds, tense games - and in the end, a Michigan victory. tion procedures, and afterward, into another chance for party bickering. In the aftermath of the election, controversy over the handling of the elections drew the University admin- istration's attention, and now threat- ens MSA's independence. The Choice party has blamed the Conservative Coalition for the Assembly's problems following the elections. Members of Choice have attacked MSA president Aaron Williams for going to University President James Duderstadt and ask- Two Michigan wins. Michigan State losses. A weekend to be a Spartan. Two tough Michigan's universities call for more state by Christine Kloostra Daily Government Reporter Presidents of Michigan's state universities issued a report last week urging the state legislature to in- crease funding for Michigan's 15 public universities. The officials cited the need to maintain reasonable tuition rates as the basis for the rec- ommendations. "The public universities are strongly committed to moderating tuition, yet to do so will require an- nual increases in state appropriations that adequately cover rising institu- tional costs," the report stated. The report was released by the Presidents Council, a committee comprised of presidents from Michi- gan's state universities. The council said funding for higher education must increase by at least 8.5 percent in order to restore the state "to a position of national leadership in support for public higher education." "We not only fall significantly below the national average in our support, but it is clear that we are slipping farther behind with each passing year," University President James Duderstadt told the Associated, Press. According to the report, Michi- gan is ranked 35th in state appropria- tion to higher education. During the past year the state fell from 26th to 32nd in state funding per student. In 1988-89, Michigan alloted $3,766 for each student, compared to $9,879 for first-ranked Alaska. The council recommended that the state reach a national rank of 15th in state funding per student by 1995. Sen. William Sederburg, chair of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, called the proposal "reasonable." "I'm not really optimistic about eight percent. That would be un- likely. We will try to take their re- quest into consideration," Sederburg said. The report also pointed out that Michigan's universities are becom- ing increasingly dependent upon tu- ition, rather than state funding, to support their operating costs. Michigan is currently ranked seventh in the nation in dependence on tu- ition as a percentage of total rev- enue. The council proposed two policy options to the state legislature that would allow Michigan "to improve its national competitive position in support for public higher education." One proposal was an increase of appropriations for state universities by "realigning" the state's budget priorities. The other option sug- *unding gested a tax increase to provide addi- tional funding. Other recommendations by the council included full funding for new facilities and increasing expenditures for construction, maintenance, and remodeling. The council also sug- gested a $26 million appropriation for special maintenance projects in fiscal year 1991 with an additional $2 million appropriated each year until 1995. The Associated Press con- tributed to this report. Espresso cafe brings business to Main St. Fighting stops near key Soviet battle site by Jennifer HirI Daily Staff Reporter In the theatrical world the saying holds, "There's no business like show business." But among Ann 'Arbor merchants the saying stands as "There's no business like Espresso Royale." And since the cafd on State St. has been a smashing hit, the owners have decided to provide an encore at 214 S. Main St. And at the new caf6, the coffees *won't be the only attraction. The new location will feature a Caf6 Theater which is a joint venture be- tween Espresso Royale Caf6 and the Ann Arbor Repertory Theater. "Since our store on State St. is doing very well, we decided that we would like to fill the niche that is not filled in Ann Arbor. There are a lot of people in that area (S. Main) that would like to go," explained Manthri Srinath, a managing partner of the caf6. While the two organizations will work closely together, they will finntirn wanaratni'u The Ann A rb~r music, and dance theater. Workshops in playwrighting and aerobic move- ment will also be offered. Marcus Goller, regional manager and owner of Espresso Royale, dis- covered the Ann Arbor Repertory Theater at a Kerrytown playhouse. Impressed with the variety of shows and dynamic performances, Goller's interest peaked with the idea of start- ing a joint operation. "I noticed they had an impressive dedication of qual- ity," he said. The Ann Arbor Repertory The- ater's recent performance of "A Shayna Maidel" at Hillel received numerous awards from the Ann Ar- bor News, including best drama, best director of drama, and best actress in a drama. "The heart and soul of our orga- nization is the development of new work," Simone Press, the artistic di- rector of the Repertory Theater, said. With this goal in mind, the Ann Ar- bor Repertory Theater expects the caf6 to develop a greater community MOSCOW (AP) - Armenian and Azerbaijani fighters began withdrawing from a key battlefront yesterday, and the bitter enemies agreed to discuss extending the truce to other parts of the volatile region, activists reported. The Armenian National Move- ment agreed to conditions demanded by the Azerbaijani People's Front for peace talks that are to begin Wednesday in Riga, Latvia, accord- ing to the Latvian People's Front, which is sponsoring the talks. Both sides now say they will dis- cuss troop withdrawls, refugees and other humanitarian concerns, but not the pivotal territorial dispute that triggered the hostilities, said Artis Erglis of the Latvian People's Front. Armenians demand control of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave of Azerbaijan populated largely by Armenians. Azerbaijan is predomi- nantly Shiite Moslem, while most Armenians are Christians. The two Soviet republics have feuded inter- At least 197 people have been killed in the neighboring republics since Jan. 13. The nationalist movements in the Baltic republics offered to mediate the conflict, a sign of how much clout the burgeoning movements have gained in the past year and their concern over unrest that re- quires Kremlin intervention to con- trol. Yusif Samedugli, a board mem- ber of the Azerbaijani People's Front, confirmed in a telephone in- terview from Baku yesterday that Azerbaijani representatives would attend talks in the Latvian capital. Samedugli said the People's Front in Tbilisi, the capital of neigh- boring Georgia, also volunteered to mediate, and the Azerbaijanis will send a representative there as well. Georgia, the three Baltic re- publics, Armenia and Azerbaijan are among several of the 15 Soviet re- publics that have sought greater in- ;:vim.