M illi ........... ig gg SPOILII Gymnasts fail to qualify for NCAA championships . Profile of 'M' catcher Julie Cooper Baseball and softball supplements OPINION Don't infringe upon a professor's rights 4 ARTS Keanu Reeves with a beard 8 4irnla Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. C, No. 126 Ann Arbor, ihgan -Monday, April9,1990 The *aiy 6,500 turn out #for MSA elections by Daniel Poux Daily MSA Reporter Over 6,500 students turned out at the polls for. Michigan Student *Assembly's spring elections, two thousand more than voted in last year's presidential elections, and two times the number to cast their bal- lots two years ago. Several schools set new records for voter turnout, including the School of Natural Resources and the Law school, which both recorded over 35 percent voter turnout. In addition, over 25 percent of * Engineering students cast ballots in the elections, and almost 22 percent of LSA students voted. "There are several reasons for the high turnout," said MSA General Counsel Mike Donovan, an Engi- neering Senior. "Both parties cam- paigned much more than in past elections, and we had many more polling sites and polling hours this time." S But MSA Elections Director Re- becca Gebes explained the large turnout in terms of increased num- bers of polling sites and the expan- sion of site hours. "There was a big turnout in the small schools because we gave them See VOTERS, Page 2 The Action Party (Act) Aaron Williams/Christine Chilimigras 2207 Conservative Coalition (CC) Robert Hershfield/Angie Williams 586 Student Impact (SI) Alexander Isaac/Denise Bach Student Activities Coalition (SAC) 155 School rep winners (ranked by points/votes earned) LSA Engineering Lisa Schwartzman (Act) William Cosnowski, Jr. (CC) Lynn Chia (Act) Brian N. Johnson (CC) Jennifer.Dykema (Act) Architecture Stephanie Andelman (Act)J Amy Arnett (Act) John Lapin (Write-in) Paula Church (Act)Ar Melissa Burke (CC) Art Aberdeen Marsh (Act) Elizabeth Moldenhauer (Act) Hunter Van Valkenburgh (Act) Social Work Rackham TIE: Results to be announced Eric Baumann (Act) Pharmacy Jeff Gauthier (Act) TIE: Results to be announced Ken Miller (Act)N Michael Kline (Act) Nursing Business Stefanie Brown (SI) Matt Benson (Indep.) Dentistry Steven J. Kahl (CC) Mike Marderosian (Write-in) Nat. Resources Education Mark Aitken (Act) Marcia A. Powers (SI) Board for Student Publications Undergraduate: Graduate: Mark T. Hiller (CC) Peter Mooney (Indep.) Jonathan Paine (Indep.) .S .i k :."..!:k.....;...;. * .'.US aS SSS:,:,."::...:........ .......... Action wins big in electilons Van Valey captures presidency; Action takes 15 of 27 by Daniel Poux Daily MSA Reporter After a record voter turnout, Jen- nifer Van Valey, Action Party candi- date, was declared Friday night the new Michigan Student Assembly president. In addition to capturing the pres- idency, Action candidates won 15 of 27 MSA seats available in the spring elections. Van Valey and her vice-presiden- tial running mate Angie Burks, an LSA first-year student, defeated Con- servative Coalition incumbent Aaron Williams, an Engineering senior, and his running mate Christine Chilimigras, an LSA sophomore, by slightly more than 200 votes. In the individual school races, Action won eight of the nine LSA seats, and most of the spots in the smaller schools. Action won all four seats in Rackham, as well as the positions for the Art, Law, and Natural Re- sources schools. "I'm so happy that our campaign was successful," Van Valey said. "We worked hard and told the truth, and the students liked that." "It's going to be a fantast she said. "People are readyt work and turn this as around." Action Party organizer an ham representative Corey was also pleased with the victory. "Jennifer's going to be president," Dolgon said. much more in touch with o dent leaders, and she's not co with her image. I know she rest of the new reps. are goi a great job." "The CC was right -- t was on trial," Dolgon said," truth was told by the stud this campus." Dolgon credited Action's to several factors. "We had a great strategy thing, and we worked damne Dolgon said. MSA General Counsell Donovan said many studen straight tickets for Action voters for CC candidates w consistent. MSA seats "Many CC candidates were cam- ic year," paigning at the sites for them- to go to selves," Van Valey explained. "Our sembly site workers were stressing 'vote Ac- tion', and that's what might have id Rack- won it for us." Dolgon The Conservative Coalition took party's five seats, including both Engineer- ing seats, a traditional CC a great stronghold. "She's The Coalition won two seats in ther stu- the Medical and Business Schools, )ncerned but the party leadership was disap- and the pointed as a whole with the election ng to do results. "I'm astonished; I don't want to he truth be too negative, but there was a lot "and the of misrepresentation that went on in Tents on this campaign," said LSA junior Melissa Burke, the only CC member s victory to win an LSA seat. "A lot of peo- ple based their vote on negative 'for one things they heard about the Coali- d hard," tion, rather than on issues." Coalition presidential candidate Michael Aaron Williams said students were ts voted confused about the campaign issues. i, while "We tried to keep our campaign eren't as as clean as possible," Williams said. See ACTION, page 2 4. 'Woman raped near Ann Arbor Public Library __ by Mike Sobel Daily Crime Reporter An unidentified man raped a 20-year-old University student next to the Ann Arbor Pub- lic Library at approximately 2:30 a.m. Friday, according to Ann Arbor Police reports. The woman told police she was walking home alone from a concert at the Blind Pig, located at 208 S. First Street, when she stopped to look at a construction site behind the Ann Arbor Public Library at 343 S. Fifth Ave. When the woman crawled under a chain to take a closer look at the site, a man in his late 20's appeared and called to her. The woman re- ported she tried to leave the area by scaling a chain link fence but the man caught up to her, seized her by the back of the neck, and threat- ened to shoot her. Police said the man pulled the woman backward and struck her twice in the face with his fist. It was unclear whether or not the man had a gun, police added. The woman told police that when she of- fered to give the man money from her purse or take him to a bank machine to withdraw cash, he told her, "That's not good enough." The man then grabbed the student, dragged her further into the construction site and raped her, police said. The woman was taken to the University hospital, treated and released, police added. The woman gave a vague description of the man to police who are still seeking a suspect. Reps. elected to Board for Student Publications Ruth Littmann Daily Staff Writer Two independent candidates and a Conserva- tive Coalition Party member won positions on the Board for Student Publications in last wueek's student government elections. Peter Mooney, a first-year law student, won the graduate position. Independent Jonathan Payne, an LSA senior, and Conservative Coalition Party member Mark Hiller, an LSA junior, won the two undergraduate positions. The Board oversees the financial operations of The Michigan Daily, The Gargoyle, a hu- mor magazine, and The Michiganensian, the University's yearbook. Elections for the Board have not taken place in recent years; instead the Michigan Student Assembly has appointed the student representatives. "We've seen elections recently in East Germany and it's great that the trend is being followed here in the Board for Student Publica- tions," said Mooney, who beat Rackham grad- uate student Henry Park by 91 votes. T amet r, r-..., nvr.nrfirnt-c wn paper which calls the administration a lot of things. The Board is another way the adminis- tration can get a foothold over the publica- tions." Payne said, as a "long-haired, ear-pierced, communist," he will not be accepted by faculty members on the Board. "I think it's going to be a very acrimonious situation," he forecasted. "I think there's no way they'll allow me to have a significant im- pact. I'll be more of a watchdog." Mooney, who served as an interim board representative last term, said, "I've never seen the Board try to interfere with the Daily's edi- torial policy. My stance will be as long as fac- ulty members on the Board respect the Daily's independence, I think we can work together on the real issues that concern the Board, which are financial issues, not editorial issues." Last week, the Conservative Coalition was criticized for publicizing its campaign with flyers which included "Daily reform" as a party goal. The Coalition posted signs on classroom blackboards stating "Get back at the Daily: "According to a recent survey, who are the top five environmentalists?" Earth Week members play Environmental Feud at their diag rally last Friday. Earth Week rally aims for group effort to save the environment by Catherine Fugate Daily Staff Writer People must unite in order to change the status quo. The Earth Week 1990 Committee made group action the theme for its rally Friday afternoon, featuring speakers, a mock game show and music. The rally focused on the positive aspects of environmental change. "We wanted to create a positive en- ergy with the audience instead of holding ,, * ., -. gether," she said. After Rosenfeld spoke, the crowd played "Environmental Feud," a game in which the audience was asked to name answers for questions dealing with envi- ronmental issues. Some of the answers were humorous, while others dealt with the more serious issue of preserving the environment. Members of the Earth Week 1990 committee then shared the findings of the Environmental Audit, a nationwide sur- lons each - of radioactive waste every year. The committee relayed good news as well. The University has one of the best energy conservation records in the coun- try, due to the steam power plant which provides electricity to all of the Univer- sity's buildings. The rally ended with a musical per- formance from Corey Dolgon, Michigan Student Assembly's Rackham representa- tive. His first number, an original work ..1 34W - L _ 9 __ -2 A . - Z