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Black activist holds on to ideals of BAM
By Debbie Herz
Darryl Gorman did not abandon
his ideals after he graduated from col-
lege.
Twenty years after he helped or-
ganize the first Black Action Move-
ment (BAM) at the University,
Gorman still dedicates his life to
progress.
"I've always tried to maintain my
idealism, which wasn't always easy
during the Reagan years," he said.
He continues to do volunteer work
in areas of health care, nutritional
progress, and legal rights for low in-
come people in Washington.
Gorman, who was a panelist at
last weekend's BAM conference, was
the spokesperson for BAM I in
1970, communicating with newspa-
pers and radio stations. He was also
involved in drafting the BAM de-
mands and negotiating with campus
officials - such as SACUA and
Black faculty members - to try to
get a consensus.
In 1970, Gorman was the first
Black elected to the University's
Student Government Council, the
campus-wide student advisory com-
mission (presently MSA). He ran
for office because he thought Black
students were not adequately in-
volved in campus politics.
Gorman saw increased Black en-
rollment as the top priority for the
University when he was a student.
"This is a state institution and at the
time there was only three percent
Black enrollment," Gorman said.
"This was not nearly representative
of the qualified population or of the
money Black taxpayers were pay-
ing."
Another factor which influenced
Black enrollment was the climate on
campus, Gorman said. He added that
the University was often not a place
where Blacks felt comfortable.
Gorman still takes issue with cer-
tain admission standards at the Uni-
versity. While not necessarily in
support of quotas, he thinks a stu-
dent's potential should be considered
rather than just looking at standard-
ized testing scores and high school
records.
"The University can slip into a
pattern of becoming a finishing
school instead of being a place where
'I've always tried to
maintain my idealism,
which wasn't always
easy during the
Reagan years.'
- Darryl Gorman
former BAM organizer
students are challenged academi-
cally." Gorman said he would like
to see more underprivileged students
who have the potential for im-
provement come to the University.
Gorman is currently program
manager for the National Science
Foundation in Washington. He fo-
cuses on the development of women
and minority-owned businesses based
on science and engineering in
Michigan. Gorman thinks progress
in these areas is vital to remain
competitive with the European
Community and Japan.
Minorities and women will pro-
vide a major pool of researchers in
the near future, Gorman said, ex-
plaining there has been a decrease in
non-minorities in this area of study.
"Blacks have historically been
pushed toward social progress em-
ployment; these are areas that don't
necessarily focus on dramatic
change," he said.
Gorman graduated from the Uni-
versity in 1970 and received his law
degree from Harvard in 1973.
ELECTIONS
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"That kind of thinking limits
who you speak to," he said. "The
job of the MSA President is to
speak to students, not minority stu-
dents or female students...to speak
to one group on campus is not what
MSA's job is."
Williams added that he has in-
creased the autonomy of the Minor-
ity Affairs Commission (MAC) in
his past term, and has always sup-
ported the decisions of his commit-
tee and commission chairs, including
MAC and the Womens' Issues
Commission.
The campaign has seen a media
blitz overshadowing past elections,
and highly critical campaigning from
all sides. All five parties have made
very ambitious campaign promises,
and have pledged to end the deadlock
that paralyzed the assembly this pre-
vious semester, and prevented any
significant MSA action on pressing
campus issues.
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Not snow again!
A woman walks past a car covered in snow on North University. Other cars yesterday morning were also
covered, and one even had to be jump-started.
IN BIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
House approves $2.4 billion
for Nicaragua and Panama
WASHINGTON - The House yesterday approved a $2.4 billion
spending bill that includes money President Bush is urgently seeking for
new democrats in Panama and Nicaragua.
The bill, with $720 million for the two Central American nations,
would mark the first step use of a "peace dividend" from reduced Pentagon
spending. It still needed Senate action, which appeared unlikely by tomor-
row's deadline Bush had set for completion of the measure.
Lawmakers approved the bill on a vote of 362-59 after defeating a
series of amendments that would have cut foreign aid amounts in the bill.
Those amendments brought caustic reaction fiom the bill's supporters.
"I am amazed at the number of flat-headed members in this House who
are all too happy to spend whatever it takes" to support wars "but
wouldn't spend a penny to prevent the necessity to fight those wars in the
first place," said Rep. David Obey (D-Wisconsin).
Israel launches 2nd satellite
JERUSALEM - Israel sent its second experimental satellite into
orbit yesterday, showing off its advanced rocket technology at a time of
rising Middle East tensions.
Israel denied the Ofek-2 satellite was part of a program to spy on its
Arab neighbors, but Iraeli leaders boasted that the launch showed the
country's scientific and military superiority over Arab countries.
Israeli space agency director Yuvaal Neeman emphasized, "It is not a
spy satellite and has no military significance," although military analysts
have long noted that Israel's space program could give it immediate intel-
ligence on Arab military moves and the rocket technology involved also
could carry more lethal payloads.
The rocket was launched from an undisclosed site, aimed westward over
the Mediterranean to avoid giving Arab countries a look at it.
The Ofek-2 -"Ofek" is Hebrew for "horizon"- will range from 130
miles at its lowest point, to 923 miles at its highest, according to Israel
Aircraft Indistries, which developed the satellite.
Lithuania talks with USSR
MOSCOW - A delegation from the rebellious Baltic republic of
Lithuania met yesterday with a major advisor to President Mikhail
Gorbachev, and a Lithuanian legislator later called it a sign of hope in the
confrontation.
"We are very, very, encouraged," legislature Egidius Bickauskas,
Lithuania's representative in Moscow, told the Associated Press. "If there
are people who at least want to listen to us, it's very good."
He earlier told reporters a three-member delegation, including Deputy
Premier Romualdas Ozolos of Lithuania, was meeting with Alexander
Yakovlev, a Politburo member recently appointed to Gorbachev's new
Presidential council.
Also yesterday the Supreme Soviet parliament approved a bill setting
procedures for secession from the Soviet Union. The law, which goes into
effect when it is published in the Soviet press, requires approval by a two-
thirds vote in a referendum and a waiting period of up to five years.
Fuel mileage requirement
clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON - A bill designed to boost the typical new car fleet's
gasoline mileage to 40.2 miles per gallon cleared a Senate committee yes-
terday over the protests of automakers, who warned of a consumer revolt.
The Senate committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ap-
proved the bill 14-4. Under an agreement between its chief sponsor, Sen.
Richard Bryan (D-Nev.), and Majority Leader George Mitchell, the bill
probably will not reach the floor until June.
Under current law, new car fleets are required to average 27.5 miles per
gallon.
"The auto industry is lining up a phalanx of lobbyists to oppose it,"
Bryan said. "They'll be trying to convince people it would be a disaster.
We're going to have a tough battle."
EXTRAS
Snow kills April flowers
Pranksters and cold weather lovers alike may revel in delight, for April
Fool's Day seems to have extended into a week-long joke of Michigan
weather.
We thought the cloudy skies during Sunday's Hash Bash were only
temporary, due to the congested lungs and air on the Diag. But the haze
has lingered over Ann Arbor, and it probably isn't because people are cel-
ebrating the new $25 pot law.
Then, as if the dreary, damp weekend wasn't enough, students experi-
enced mutant snowflakes assaulting their mouths and eyes on the way to
class yesterday.
Oh, what a delight it is to celebrate an Ann Arbor spring in boots and
a snowsuit.
Ski resorts re-opened their doors, students whipped out their quartz
heaters, and department stores restocked their shelves with winter apparel.
Whatever happened to the groundhog's prediction?
-Josey Ballenger
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BUSH
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Earlier yesterday, Bush declared
the Ravendale Area Revitalization
Project the 107th "Point of Light."
The project, sponsored by the Joy of
Jesus Community Center of Detroit,
is aimed at ridding the community of
crime, drugs, and unemployment.
Members of Bush's audience in-
cluded former Michigan Governors
George Romney and William Mil-
liken, Co-chair of the Republican
National Committee Jeanie Austin,
and Michigan Republican Commit-
tee Chair Spencer Abraham.
BILL
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