PENN STATE Continued from page 1 on the immediate financial ledger. While Tate may be content to let the future determine her school's economic fate, Duderstadt and his athletic department have an idea wvhich would immediately help Michigan's financial status. Interim Athletic Director Jack Weidenbach sees this situation as an opportunity to change the current revenue-sharing program which governs the confer- ence. .Unique to the rest of college ath- letics today, the Big Ten splits all bowl, tournament and television rev- ' nue evenly among its 10 members. n addition to the post-season reve- 6ue sharing, gate receipts and ticket price increases are also shared eqally. With the addition of Penn State, the necessity of sharing with Another school leads Weidenbach to resent the obvious alternative: 4hanging the current format. "The University of Michigan Would like the revenue sharing re- iewed," Weidenbach said. "I believe it you're going to admit somebody 4lse to the conference, it's an appro- priate time to review that. We share |evenue, but everyone has a different xpense base. While we have high revenues, we also have higher than normal expenses." Duderstadt agrees. "In terms of inances, there are a whole number fcimplications about that," he said. Whrt of the difficulty we have had is that the Big Ten has for years had tis rather bizarre policy of 50-50 sharing in gate receipts for football, Mhich gives the University of Mich- igan an incredible balance of pay- ipents problem; a couple of million dollars a year go to subsidize other schools in the Big Ten." But every other school in the Big Ten, especially those with lower ex- tenses and smaller budgets, are not i4n- favor of changing revenue shar- ing. s Even Ohio State, which would probably be a recipient of increased } DESTINATION: STATE CLEGE. Minneapolis S Ann Arbor " :., ,. $2;:>$:: STAECOL L EG E owaCChicago 33$LafayetteC21 u ttsburgh ....: Chanpaign Wshington, DC 4 Bloominton N 22 " ALL flights to State College: Pa. are routed through either:. Pittsburgh or Washington, DC. Iowa City uses Cedar Rapids' airport.: Bloomington flies from Indianapolis. Ann Arbor and Lansing fly out of Detroit. 4 The Michigan Daily -Thursday, March 29, 1990 - Page 3 Report finds 'U' Towers pesticide applied correctly by Ian Hoffman Daily Staff Writer In their recently released report concerning the alleged misuse of "4 the Birds" pesticide by the extermi- nation company Michigan Terminix, The Michigan Department of Agri- culture (MDOA) concluded they found no evidence of wrongdoing. MDOA initiated an investigation of Michigan Terminix following a complaint last November by the Humane Society of Huron Valley. The Society said Michigan Terminix had applied the pesticide in the wrong way on the roof of the Uni- versity Towers building. The pesticide is designed to make birds' feet, specifically those of pi- geons, sticky to discourage them from roosting in treated areas. The Humane Society based its complaint on reports that many pigeons had died in the area of the building last year. Humane Society volunteer Carol Akerlof said the pesticide also covers birds wings, making it impossible for them to fly and often causing them to fall to the street below. However, Pamela Griffin, general manager of University Towers, said she wasn't surprised by the report's conclusion. "I had understood all along that we had it applied cor- rectly," she said. "It's really for hu- man welfare we're doing it." Pigeons droppings can cause many diseases in humans including the lung condition histoplasmosis. While the report clearly stated -University Towers and Michigan Terminix acted legally, it did not ad- dress whether the University Towers' application harmed the pigeons in' question. "Our main purpose is to deter- mine if the pesticide was applied ac-, cording to the directions on the la- bel, and in this case it was," said Jean Meiner, a pesticide and ground- water specialist at the MDOA, who conducted the investigation. "It's impossible to say for sure where the birds were poisoned with- out knowing what other buildings in the area are using. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack." Akerlof said she was disappointed by the report's conclusion and added that "this shows that products such as this are not humane even when applied according to the law." funds with the abolition of revenue sharing, is not in favor of changing what has been called by some confer- ence officials the "cornerstone" of the Big Ten. "If my council asks me for my recommendation, I would insist on keeping the current revenue-sharing program," Jones said. "The way we share revenue is the strength of this conference and we shouldn't tamper with it." And, of course, the smaller schools are also vehemently opposed to changing the economic status quo. "I would think we would def- initely need to look long and hard at any changing of the revenue-sharing process," Northwestern Assistant Athletic Director for Intercollegiate Affairs Betsy Mosher said. "Chang- ing it would obviously affect us." Regardless of the Big Ten's feel- ings, Duderstadt doubts Penn State will join the conference with the current plan. "There's no way in the world Penn State is going to enter the Big Ten with a stadium that seats 85,000 and be restricted by that," Duderstadt said. "So in that sense, Penn State joining could be an advantage for us because it might get us to open the opportunity for more rational shar- ing of gate receipts, so we're not subsidizing Northwestern to the degree that we are right now." But Duderstadt's perception of Penn State may be incorrect. Steve Garban, Penn State's senior vice president, says the Nittany Lions are committed to the Big Ten's current plan. However, Penn State Director for Fiscal and Personnel Planning of Athletic Administration Paul Etters was unable to take a stand on what the Nittany Lions would be inter- ested in because "not enough infor- mation has been disseminated to us. We haven't seen any hard facts," Etters said. "But I can tell you that the $1 million take we get from football gates would (decrease) upon joining the Big Ten." And while Penn State would seemingly enhance the value of the conference's current ABC television contract, which lasts until 1996, Big Ten Director of Communications Mark Rudner said renegotiation of this contract "will not happen." ABC refused to comment. Penn State is also locked into an unescapable television deal with ABC and the College Football Association - which represents the majority of Division I football schools - lasting through 1995. Even when a new contract is ne- gotiated, though, Penn State's addi- tion does not guarantee a financial windfall. With the recent multi- million dollar contract to Notre Dame, the emphasis on paying for specific conferences instead of indi- vidual institutions is seemingly shrinking. In addition to the Big Ten's prof- itable television contract, football bowl games are another large source of revenue. Penn State, many foot- ball experts argue, would add another team to the conference's traditional entourage of four to six teams in postseason games. And another team would seemingly mean additional revenue to be shared. However, as Wisconsin Athletic Director Pat Richter points out, Penn State's dominance may not be so beneficial. "When you look at bowl games," Richter said, "if they [Penn State] are as good as they are now in the future, that will push one of the traditional Big Ten teams out of their bowl opportunity because they probably will not be having a .500 season." Until the actual numbers have been figured out, though, bottom- line figures are pure speculation. "It's too early to draw conclu- sions," Minnesota AD Bay said. "But I think preliminarily it's hard to find additional revenues finding their way back into the Big Ten just because we've added Penn State." Lithuania backs off border guard plan i i i ii i t i 1 THE LIST t What's happening in Ann Arbor today VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) - Lithuania's government backed down yesterday on one of its hottest points of conflict with the Kremlin, a plan to establish its own border guard, and said it wanted to avoid clashes with Soviet troops. It also told citizens not to resist if Soviet officials try to seize their weapons. Red Army troops refrained from entering Lithuanian buildings or rounding up more Lithuanian mili- tary deserters, a day after the first vi- olent confrontations in the standoff with the republic. However, the Soviet military stepped up a war of words against Lithuania, complaining of increased attacks on soldiers and accusing it of a campaign to discredit the Soviet army. President Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania said his government sus- pended its plans for the border guard for fear of sparking clashes with So- viet troops. "At present, establishing border points would be stepping up con- frontation," Landsbergis told a news conference in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. Lithuanian officials said they had pushed for the border guards in hopes of winning formal recognition from foreign governments of their March 11 declaration of independence. Landsbergis said even discussion of the subject had provoked conflicts with Moscow, and he said there had been reports of Soviet troops trying to control the roads between Lithua: nia and Latvia, the neighboring re- public. Meetings Socially Active Latino Student Association - 7:30 p.m. in Angell Hall Rm. 221 'Earth Day Organizing Com- mittee - meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 1040 Dana Bldg. Michigan Video Yearbook --- meeting at 7 p.m. on the fourth jfloor of the Union t Amnesty International --- cam- pus group meeting 6 p.m. MLB '2012 UM Cycling --- team meeting and s rollers riding 6 p.m. in the Sports 'Coliseum oAnnArbor Libertarian League --- meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Dominick's .Palestine Solidarity Committee Meeting --- meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the International Center Tagar --- meeting at 8 p.m. at Hillel (66 Trees) UM Biological Society --- meeting with museum tour at 8 p.m. at The Ruthven Museum Students Fighting Anti- Semitism --- meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Hillel ACLU --- meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 120 Hutchins Hall Collegiate Entrepeneurs Club- -- meeting at 7 p.m. in Room 2413 Mason Hall "Multifractals in Diffusion, Aggregation and Reaction Kinetics" --- Shlomo Havlin speaks at 4 p.m. in Room 1640 Chemistry Bldg. Furthermore Flamenco dance demonstration - room 1202 Education Building at 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Romance Language Department. Women's Club Lacrosse - practice 4-6 p.m. in the Coliseum (5th and Hill) Northwalk --- the north campus night time walking service runs from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. in Bursley 2333 or call 763-WALK Safewalk --- the night time safety walking service runs from 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. in UGLi 102 or call 936-1000 ECB Peer Writing. Tutors-- peer writing tutors available for help on papers 7-11 p.m. in the Angell/Haven and 611 Church. St. computing centers Free Tutoring --- for all lower level science and engineering classes 8-10 p.m. in UGLi Room 307 Music at Mid-day --- members of the Academy for Early music perform Renaissance-era music at 12:15 p.m. in the Union Pendleton Room "Small Happiness" --- a film presented by the Feminist Women's Union at 7:30 p.m. in East Quad's Greene Lounge Tony Bird --- performs this evening at The Ark "Homosexuality -- What's in it for You?" --- an advanced gay rap at 9:30 p.m. in the Benzer Library of East Quad Don't Give a Damn (Lo Som Zayin) --- film concerning a crippled Israeli soldier to be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Hillel Women's Seder --- planning session at 7:30 p.m. at Hillel Gates of Heaven & The Thin Blue Line --- documentary double feature at 8 and 9:45 p.m. at Food Buys AMERICAN SUBS 715 N. University (Next to Supercuts and Alphagraphics) QUALITY & VALUE for your $$$ Variety of Subs * Soups * Salads " Platters CORRECTIONS The Daily incorrectly indentified New York Times law correspondent David Margolick in yesterday's paper. Steve Edlestein, General Motors Volunteer Spirit Award winner was incorrectly indentified in a photo appearing in Monday's Daily. IODINE(ยง ,. . } !* r a RAINCOATS AS YOU LIKE 'EM. Eat-in Carry-out $1.00 OFF PITCHERS $1.25 ICED TEAS NOW WE DELIVER! Introducing our new 5Og off SALAD BAR ,of Reg. 2.39 , L OFFER EXPIRES APRIL 7, '90_1 Speakers "Environmental Responsibility and a Fulfilling Lifestyle: An Amish Farmer's View" --- David Kline speaks from 7:30-9 p.m. in Room 1040 Dana Bldg. S"Guatemalan Indian Children of War" --- a panel discussion from 7:30-9 p.m. in East Quad Room 126 "Capacity of Constrained Optical Channels" --- Aaron Wyner speaks at 4 p.m. in Room 1200 EECS "Human Reproductive Ecology" --- Virginia Vitzthum speaks at 4 p.m. in the East Lecture Room on the 3rd floor of Rackham Joel Katz --- graphic designer speaks at 7:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Art & Architecture Bldg., Room 2104 SENSE OF SMELL AND THE OPOSSUMS I MARCH 29 9:00 P.M G , p [. i. 0