Experts
explore
*future of
M~arxism
py Bruce Shapiro
University Sovietologists and
American and East European diplo-
enats discussed the direction commu-
nism will take in the 1990's before a
packed auditorium at the School of
$usiness Administration Friday
afternoon.
The event, in memory of former
chair of the Political Science De-
partment Jack Walker, was part of
The Third Annual Political Affairs
Conference.
Winston Lord, former United
*States ambassador to the People's
kepublic of China, gave the keynote
address. The programs of President
Gorbachev, the age of information
which let the germ of freedom grow
Into an epidemic, and the accumula-
tion of dogmatism, are many of the
reasons why communism fell in
P-astern Europe, Lord said.
He said the political challenge in
F-astern Europe will be to change
from a one party system to a multi-
party system without causing politi-
cal fragmentation.
During the process of change, the
United States shouldn't implant a
Democracy in the region but should
The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 26, 1990 - Page 3
Regents postpone vote
on McC
by Donna Woodwell
Daily Faculty Reporter
Three faculty members who were
fired or suspended during the Mc-
Carthy era for alleged Communist
sympathies were not granted recon-
ciliation by the University's Board,
of Regents at last Friday's Univer-
sity's Board of Regents meeting.
The regents postponed the decision
until each case could be reviewed. ;
Sociology Prof. Gayl Ness, chair;
of the faculty governance executive,
committee, presented the faculty's
proposal for reconciliation.;
Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar-
bor) said he was concerned about
judging the decisions of other admin-
arthy-er
istrations. "They were different
times, very tough times and very
real fear," he said.
"I want a more comprehensive
view of what happened at the Uni-
versity at that time (before making a
decision)," Baker said.
Former University President Har-
lan Hatcher fired Professors Chandler
Davis and Mark Nickerson in 1954
after they refused to answer questions
about their Communist Party ties
during appearances before a House
subcommittee on un-American activ-
ities.
Prof. Clement Markert also left
the University after he was sus-
pended for Communist Party sympa-
a profs.
thies.
Ness's suggestions include: mon-
etary compensation equal to one year
severance pay in 1990 dollars, a
statement granting emeritus profes-.
sorship status, or the creation of a
"University of Michigan Lecture" to
discuss topics of academic freedom.
Nickerson said the most fitting
gesture would be the naming of an
"activist professor in residence" in
honor of the three political activists.
Nickerson is currently a pharmacol
ogy professor emeritus at McGill
University.
Duderstadt proposed to hold the
resolution until April.
Professor Kenneth Lieberthal and First Secretary Lev Orekhov were
among the members of the panel at the conference on the prospects of
communism in the 1990's.
give monetary aid to all of the coun-
tries except the USSR to implement
their reforms, he said.
"We should do as much we can
while Gorbachev is in power," Lord
said.
Gabor Szentivanyi, first secretary
of the embassy of the Republic of
Hungary, gave a short history of the
communism's development in East-
ern Europe and said, "The leaders
only wanted to change the model and
not change the system (after World
War I)." It should have been the
other way around, he said.
Center for Russian and East Eu-
ropean Studies Director Roman Sz-
porluk said communism was a reac-
tion to the threat of Western colo-
nization, and Gorbachev was the first
Soviet leader to recognize the system
didn't work.
But Lev Orekhov, first secretary
of the embassy of the Union of So-
viet Socialist Republics, said there
is nothing wrong with Marxist the-
ory, but only the way it is practiced.
He said socialism will be able to
compete with capitalism in the fu-
ture.
Today's socialism is not what
Marx saw as Marxism, political
science Professor Alfred Meyer said.
Stalinist communism benefitted the
Soviet Union, he said, but added that
the costs of Stalinism were high.
Although Angee Poley, an LSA
first-year student, said the conference
was informative, she said it would
have been better if a diplomat from
the Soviet Union had spoken at the
first panel.
'U' students demand change
in U.S. policy at national rally.
by Frank Krajenke
About 40 University students and
Ann Arbor residents participated in a
demonstration in Washington, D.C.
Saturday, commemorating the mur-
der of El Salvadoran Archbishop
Oscar Romero and demanding a
change in U.S. policy in Central
America.
Approximately 20,000 people
participated in the rally.
A Salvadoran military death squad
murdered Romero in 1980 while he
was conducting mass.
Bill Flick, a member of the Inter-
Faith Council on Peace and Justice,
said he was marching because of a
"concern about the problems in Cen-
tral America. I want the murder of
Romero remembered, and I am sorry
that another 70,000 people have
been killed by military death squads.
I know the people of El Salvador
want peace."
Nan Goldbrish, a member of the
Latin American Solidarity Commit-
tee (LASC), said she marched to
"remind the U.S. government that
they funded the weapons that mur-
dered Arch-Bishop Romero."
The demonstration's title "In
Memory of Romero: U.S. Out of
Central America " illustrates that
while it the march was held in honor
Archbishop Romero, the demonstra-
tion was a political statement favor-
ing a change in U.S. government
policy in Central America.
LASC member and graduate stu-
dent Mike Fischer said the aggregate
purpose of the march was to "get the
United States government out of
Central America."
Fischer argued that the United
States should allow Central Ameri-
can nations to develop indepen-
dently, and that Washington's for-
eign policy agenda runs contrary to
the aspirations of the Central Ameri
can peoples.
Demonstrators marched from the
Capitol Building to the White
House, carrying banners and chant-
ing slogans.
Several groups sponsored the-
Michigan junket, including the Inter
Faith Council on Peace and Justice
and the Latin American Solidarity.
Committee. Other Michigan cities,
represented included East Lansing,
Detroit and Kalamazoo.
T.A.s learn how to encourage
women to enter science fields
by H eather Fee
prauateaunuis epvterwhich encniira~iewomentcn Cftinuel
A woman in an introductory bi-
blogy course will be slightly in the
minority among her male peers.
Iowever if she stays in biology
Through graduate school she will find
fewer and fewer females. By the time
she becomes a professor she will be
outnumbered nine to one.
The LSA graduate student-
teaching assistant training program
Sponsored a seminar last Friday in
he LSA building that tried to make
T.A.'s aware of teaching techniques
CORRECTIONS
studying science
Cinda-Sue Davis, director of the
Women in Science program and
Eleanor Linn, associate director of
the Center for Sex Equity in
Schools said science doesn't attract
many students on the whole, and at-
tracts even fewer women.
In order to encourage women to
stay in science Linn suggested that
teachers work in small groups, pro-
vide hands-on experience, grade on a
The Daily incorrectly identified the position of Mary Ann Swain this
, Past Friday. Swain is interim University vice president for student services.
THE LIST
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
straight-scale, minimize competi-
tion, relate class skills to careers,
and provide female role models.
"If you ask a junior-high student
to describe a woman scientist, they
will say she's old, ugly, has no fash-
ion sense, and doesn't date because
she never gets out of the lab," said
Davis.
David Toland, second year gradu-
ate student and chemistry T.A., said
he used the seminar to improve his
teaching.
"I spent a lot of the time just
personally thinking about what I do
when teaching a class. I try to think
of how my classes go and if they are
typical of the problems brought up
here," he said.
Linn gave the example of stu-
dents who come home after a
semester of introductory science
classes. If a male student does poorly
he will be encouraged to keep trying.
A female student, however, will be
encouraged to try something else.
LSA junior Debbie Lotstein said
she sympathized with the issues dis-
cussed. "I hear, in what was said,
my own experience reflected very
strongly. When women do poorly
they blame themselves, when they
do well they say the test was easy."
A panel of experts discussed Is-
raeli foreign and domestic policies in
relation to the Arab States and Pales-
tinians at the Rackham Amphithe-
ater yesterday as a part of the Israel
Conference Day.
Forum members included;
Michael Curtis, Professor of Politi-
cal Science at Rutgers University,
Kenneth McKune, Deputy Director
of the Office of Israel and Arab-Is-
raeli Affairs within the Department
of State, Richard Strauss, Editor of
the Middle East Policy Survey and
lobbyist, and Nahum Barnea, an
award winning journalist for the Is-
raeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot.
Curtis listed several solutions for
settling the conflict over the occu-
pied territories and calculated the po-
litical costs of these programs for
the Israeli government. Curtis
stressed that throughout the dis-
course between Palestinians and Is-
raelis all parties must focus on
maintaining peace between Israel and
the Arab states.
Curtis said one alternative to the
Israeli-Palestinian dilemma was to
create an autonomous Palestinian
political entity. Curtis said he
doubted Jordan would relinquish ter-
ritory for to the Palestinians.
McKune characterized the Bush
administration's policies toward the
Middle East as pragmatic. He said
the executive branch had "no desire
to get out in front of Congress to
lead a crusade on any given issue."
Strauss contended that the end of
the Cold War krought an increased
exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel. He
said the Israeli government demon-
strated optimism about assimilating
these new citizens.
Barnea, a native born Israeli, ac-
cused Israel, the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) and the United
States of conveying hypocritical
messages intended to mislead the
public.
Barnea contended that PLO leader
Arafat wis ambivalent in his
rhetoric, worrying many Israelis and
making the negotiations tetween tfie.
Israelis and the PLO extremely difO-,
cult.
"The public opinion of Israel
finds it hard to understand Arafat'
position," he said.
There were mixed reviews of the
speakers from those .who attended.
Susan Fox found Strauss the most
interesting speaker "he was the most
vibrant and his argument was clear."
LSA junior Mohamed Khalil la-
beled Curtis' term "collaborators"
referring to Palestinians working
with the Israeli government - as-a
euphemism for people who "are
causing the arrest, beating and
killing of Palestinians."
Forum explores Israel's
foreign and domestic policies:
by Frank Krajenke
Meetings
UM Taekwondo Club -
beginners welcome 7-8:30 p.m.
2275 CCRB
UM Shorin-Ryu Karate-do
Club - beginners welcome 7:30-
8:30 p.m. in the CCRB small
gym
Asian American Association -
general meeting and sexuality
workshop at 7 p.m. in the Trotter
House
Student Initiative --- meeting
to discuss activity on campus at 7
p.m. in the Union Crofoot Room
UM Cricket Club ---
organizational meeting at 7:30
p.m. in 1301 EECS
Speakers
"Ideology, Persons, and
Spirits: The Yombe of
Northern Zambia" --- George
C. Bond speaks at 3:30 p.m. in
Room 2553 LS&A Bldg.
"Environment Under Fire" --
a video presentation and
discussion with John Vandermeer
at 7:30 p.m. in the Union
Pendleton Room
"Some Trends of
Contemporary African
Cinema" --- N. Frank Ukadike
speaks at 4 p.m. in 2520 Frieze
Bldg.
"Expanding the Hildebrand
Inventory: Runic Inscriptions
and Heroic Legend" ---
Stephen A. Mitchell speaks at
noon in the 3rd Floor Commons
of the MLB
"The Influence Texture and
Composition on the Magnetic
Properties of SrFe12019" --
Gregory Thompson speaks at 4
p.m. in Room 1640 Chemistry
Furthermore
Free Tutoring - for all lower
level science and engineering
courses; 8-10 p.m. in UGLi Rm.
307
Safewalk - the night-time safety
walking service is available from
8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. in UGLi Rm.
102 or call 936-1000
Northwalk - the north-campus
night-time walking service is
available from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
in Bursley 2333 or call 763-
WALK
Public housing tenants
criticize government
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peer writing tutors available
help on papers 7-11 p.m. in
Angell/Haven and Church
computing centers
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Free Tax Help --- tax assistance
9 a.m.-5 p.m. on the 4th Floor of
the Union
Middle East Perspective --- a
show at 6:30 p.m. on WCBN
(88.3)
Career Planning and
Placement --- alternatives to
business 4:10-5 p.m. CP&P
Conference Room
Blue Jeans Day --- a rally will be
held at noon on the Diag as part
of Lesbian and Gay Men's
Awareness Week
Peace Party --- annual "party"
celebrating the 11th anniversary of
the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli
peace treaty all day in the
Fishbowl
A Simple Matter of Justice:
Gay and Lesbian Rights in the
Workplace" --- a workshop will
be held at 7 p.m. in the Michigan
Room of the Union as part of
Lesbian and Gay Men's
by Gil Renberg
Daily Staff Writer
With fists raised, 80 people
shouted, "We're tired of it! We're not
taking it any more!" at a forum in
the Michigan Union Saturday on the
struggle for affordable housing in
Ann Arbor.
The words, following the keynote
speech by tenants' rights advocate
Bertha Gilkey, ended a day-long
series of workshops on the plight of
homeless people and those living in
public housing. Gilkey, a resident of
St. Louis, Missouri public housing,
has spent almost 20 years lobbying
local and federal authorities to im-
prove the living conditions of the
poor.
As if speaking to the government
housing authorities, she implored,
"You must see us as people. You
must treat us as people... (don't)
treat us like dirt." Gilkey urged gov-
ernment officials to see tenants as
equals, and she called for both sides
to work together. "We should not be
each other's enemies," she said.
Gilkey also criticized the officials
of doing little to solve problems be-
cause they want to keep the housing
to keep vandals and drug pushers
out.
Earlier that day at a press confer-
ence, Gilkey and members of the
three organizations which sponsored
the event: UNITY, Ann Arbor's new
organization for tenants of low-in-
come housing, the Homeless Action
Committee (HAC) and the United
Coalition Against Racism (UCAR),
accused Housing and Urban Devel-
opment (HUD) officials of subvert-
ing money meant for the poor.
Several complaints were made
about the Ann Arbor Housing
Commission's alleged failure to
maintain the South Maple housing
development adequately. Elmira
Collins, a UNITY representative,
told of houses whoserbasements are
flooded, but the tenants receive
peepholes for their doors and patios
instead of repairs on their basements.
Collins exclaimed, "What do we
need peepholes for?"
Immediately after the press con-
ference,bGilkey and approximately
50 members of the various organiza-
tions attending the event had an op-
portunity to share their concerns
with HUD representative Joann
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