.PN.N 4 AT:.:S7 .f '.,,,;,.t'..:;tu t ? r ;".................... x: :::::: :..::.: r;"o.c.::"o-::a? -:: ...:. J:".v. OPINION 4 ARTS 7 SF SORTS 9 0 Duderstadt responds to anti-Semitism on campus Turtles come out of their shells Men swimmers compete in the NCAAs {% .. ::: } i. i'. 4 . :i ...:: .'C...!CC }:ti\'.. ...'{}:.'}\h .?.......... . . . . 'y.1 .44.. .. : Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 114 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Thursday, March 22, 1990 TheMchiganDay Duderstadt vows to use * bylaw 2.01 by Noelle Vance Daily Administration Reporter Until the University adopts guidelines for disciplin- ing students for their non-academic misconduct, Presi- dent James Duderstadt says he will use Regental bylaw 2.01 to levy sanctions on students when he feels it is necessary. "It's my responsibility for the campus and for pro- tecting various elements of the campus in the absence of any kind of rules or codes for student behavior," Dud- erstadt said in an interview yesterday. Duderstadt recently used the bylaw, which grants the president the right to take action in order to maintain the "health, diligence and order among the students," to place ice-hockey player Todd Copeland on academic probation for damaging a sorority house. The decision to use the bylaw once again raised doubt among some students about the University's need for a non-academic code of conduct, which the president has said he will begin gathering input on next year. The conduct code, which has not been drafted, would provide University officials with a mechanism for disci- plining students for their out-of-classroom behavior. Students have opposed such a code in the past be- cause they said it would infringe on students' rights. see CODE, Page 2 'U' wants to get Mandela as speaker by Noelle Vance Daily Administration Reporter University officials are attempt- ing to attract African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela to visit the University and accept an honorary degree awarded to him in 1987, said President James Duder- stadt yesterday. "We're quite interested in arrang- ing for Nelson Mandela to come here," Duderstadt said. "We put it immediately on our agenda when he was released." Duderstadt said there had been discussions between University offi- cials and those who are deciding Mandela's travel schedule, but said the nature of the discussions had to remain undisclosed. Mandela was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in abstentia from the University in, 1987. At the time, several regents op- posed awarding the degree because Mandela was in prison and could not attend the ceremonies. But the University made an ex- ception said Regent Paul Brown (D- Petoskey) "because he's an excep- tional case and an exceptional man." Mandela, who was released last month after spending 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa, has said he will visit the United States, but has not announced a date. According to officials at the African National Congress office in Washington D.C., several universi- ties are vying to attract Mandela to their campuses. "He intends to go many places where he's been invited," said Zeph Makgetla, assistant to the chief rep- resentative for the ANC. "But we don't talk about Nelson Mandela's See MADNELA, Page 2 It's not as easy as you think Two competitors foul up the baton handoff during last night's intramural relay meet at the Track and Tennis Building. 'University sued for barring NORML Diag rally by Tim Gammons The National Organization for the Re- form of Marijuana Laws (NORML), on be- half of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against the University yester day morning in response to the University's refusal to let NORML members rally on the Diag at the April 1 Hash Bash. "NORML needs to preserve its right to speak on the issue of legalization and have itself heard," NORML member Rich Birkett said. Last November the University granted NORML a permit to use a sound system on the Diag during their rally in support of the marijuana legalization. However, in Febru- ary the University withdrew the permit be- cause of past criminal conduct at the Hash Bash. University General Counsel Elsa Cole explained that the permit was mistakenly granted by clerical staff who were unaware of an earlier agreement between the University and NORML in which the permit was con- tingent upon University review of NORML's 1989 participation in the Hash Bash. The University proposed instead that NORML hold their rally at an alternate loca- tion. "We counter-proposed to start the rally in the Diag and march to a second location, but this was contingent upon having a sound system in the Diag," said Birkett. "We were. unable to reach a compromise that was satis- factory to both sides." University Director of Student Affairs Frank Cianciola headed negotiations with NORML, said Birkett. Cianciola was unavailable for comment yesterday. Last Sunday night the Washtenaw County ACLU chapter voted to accept NORML's case against the University. County ACLU boardmember Jim Johnson said, "This is a political speech on a politi- cal issue. The University by its actions is at- tempting to restrict NORML's right to free speech. It is in violation of the First Amendment." NORML and the ACLU will attempt March 28 to get a preliminary mandatory in- junction requiring the University to reinstate the permit by April 1. ACLU cooperating attorney Robert Car- beck is confident the permit will be rein- stated. "I expect that we will be successful. The University is restraining NORML's right to free speech based purely on the con- tent of their message." Minority leaders offer no consensus on racism course by Mark Katz Daily Minority Issues Reporter Minority student leaders ex- pressed a variety of views on the proposed requirement that students take a course on racism and/or eth- nicity, in interviews yesterday. The proposal, a similar one of which was narrowly defeated last year, is scheduled to be voted on April 2 by the LSA faculty. "I definitely support it," said LSA junior Crystal Gardner, a member of the Black Student Union. "White people need to be more edu- cated (on racism). We've learned and studied their leaders for years, but they don't know anything about us. If they learned Black history, there would be a lot less racism because there would be a lot more respect be- tween groups." Former Michigan Student Assembly Minority Affairs Com- mission (MAC) chair Delro Harris said although he supports the pro- posal, he is concerned that student input hasn't been solicited. "Theoretically, (the proposed re- quirement) has to do with the cam- pus environment," he said. "We're here in this environment in a way that these professors aren't, so it would make sense for the students to be contacted." He added that one rea- son last year's proposal didn't pass was because "students weren't aware of what was going on." Harris said he was also concerned about what courses would be consid- ered eligible to fulfill the require- ment. United Coalition Against Racism steering committee member and LSA senior John Tyler said UCAR would not support this latest pro- posal because it does not satisfy the demand UCAR presented to the Uni- versity in 1987 for a specific course on racism only. The new proposal would require incoming students to take a course from a list of classes which fit criteria designated by the LSA Curriculum Committee. "(The proposal) is a detour the University is taking to satisfy its conscience," Tyler said. The re- quirement would not satisfy UCAR's demand because "it's very general and very ambiguous... it doesn't deal with racism specifi- cally." While LSA junior Raul Medina, president of the Puerto Rican Asso- ciation, liked the idea of courses on racism, he disagreed with establish- ing a requirement. Some people won't gain anything from the class if it is imposed on them, he said. Medina compared the mandatory course on racism to a mandatory English class students are forced to take in Puerto Rico. "People have to take the English class, but they see COURSE, Page 2 Close shave Opting for the military look, LSA senior Neil Rocking gets his hair buzzed by a Church St. barber. /^V IN IN " 7 Michigan lses key . Gorbachev prohibits gun use, recruit to Tar Heelst Res sales in Lithuanian republic by Steven Cohen All-American and Parade first team Rt dI Mt# F VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) - solved by negotiations," she said. Gorbachev said despite previous :.:..:.:.::.;::.(A)YDaily Basketball Writer All-American, faced with the burdens _ X M.td au kr 12FJ IJ Q~ President Mikhail Gorbachev in- "We are not getting too worked up directives from the Kremlin, "the Yesterday,the intense recuitment of family, friends, hoop-crazy Ho creased pressure on the breakaway about this. We hope common sense Lithuanian parliament and govern- of Indiana schoolboy basketball star osier fans, and his own desires. Lithuanian republic yesterday by will preval." ment continue passing bills that vio- Eric Mntross, considered the The decision also left Michigan ordering its citizens to turn in their orbacv has proclaimed th late the rights of Soviet citizens and nation's top high school center, coach Steve Fisher, who faces the guns and telling the KGB to dcrtin f the sovereignty of the U.S.S.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i. finally came to a conclusion. The 7- foot-one inch, 245-pound center chose North Carolina, over Indiana and Michigan. In a 4:30 press conference at Indianapolis Lawrence North High unenviable task of replacing four seniors and possibly, junior Sean Higgins, in a compromising posi- tion. Montross was termed a "must recruit" by several observers, who felt that Fisher needed to land the Montross, who earlier had said that nearly every school in the country had contacted him, had good reasons for each of his final three choices. Several of Montross' relatives attended Michigan. incliudinu hip strengthen controls on the republic's border.. In a decree certain to heighten tension between Lithuania and the Kremlin, Gorbachev also temporar- ily banned the sale of firearms in but Lithuania refuses to recognize his authority. In issuing the decree, Gorbachev used powers given to him when he was elected to the new, more power- ful presidency last week. Access to firearms is severely re- stricted in the Soviet Union, and it is unknown how many weapons might be in the hands of Lithuanian residents.