MItI tiatl Copyri ght2bg T9 Vol. C, No.42 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, November 1, 1990 1hu Michigan Daily Bush sours on 'U' repairs 'hostage WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Bush declared yesterday "I have had it" with Iraq's mistreatment of American hostages but said the United States has not moved closer to war. He also said he was willing to ait longer for economic sanctions to hurt Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Bush expressed disappointment that the sanctions have not had more impact on Saddam. "I know some of our partners thought that the economic pressure by now would have come close to compelling him to withdraw," he said. "I've not had ,view on that." With 250,000 American troops poised for conflict in the gulf, Congress -is pressing Bush to allow more time to allow sanctions to work. The president also voiced unhap- piness that representatives of other countries are traveling to Baghdad to deal with Saddam on hostages and the gulf crisis. * "Every time somebody sends an emissary, that gives Saddam Hussein a, little bit of hope that there might be some way that he can stop short of doing what he must do - get out of Kuwait unconditionally, free these people that are being held against their will and have the legitimate government restored," Bush said. #Nineteen AYODHYA, India (AP) - Thousands of Hindu fundamentalists failed in a new attempt yesterday to storm an ancient shrine claimed by Moslems, and at least 19 more peo- ple died in violence sparked by the dispute. A government minister resigned to protest Prime Minister V.P. Singh's attempts to block construc- tion of a Hindu temple on the dis- puted site, deepening the crisis in his beleaguered coalition. plight Bush heatedly rejected sugges- tions that he was trying to divert at- tention from the budget debacle that sent his poll ratings into a nose dive just before important congressional elections. "I don't think any decent, honor- able person would ever suggest any- thing of that nature," Bush said, adding that he was offended by the suggestion. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and a British commander warned the likelihood of war in the region was increasing. But Iraq's ambassador to the United States, Mohamed al-Mashat, said he sought to avoid bloodshed and reiterated Iraq's offer to negotiate. Mubarak said the Persian Gulf crisis has become so dangerous "it could explode at any time." And he urged "our brothers in Iraq" to realize the danger their Aug.2 invasion of oil-rich Kuwait has caused. The commander of British forces in the gulf warned that an attack against Iraq is increasingly likely. Air Chief Marshal Sir Paddy Hine said a joint team culled from the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and Army is developing plans. for military strikes. See GULF, Page 2 Diag lights Lights installed on surrounding buildings by Daniel Poux Daily Administration Reporter The lights are back on on the Diag, after a lot of student complain- ing and a little administrative push. A system problem that plunged the Diag into darkness for several weeks has finally been repaired by Detroit Edison, explained Walter Harrison, Executive Director of Uni- versity Relations. In addition, ap- proximately 20,000 watts of halogen lights have been installed on the roofs of surrounding buildings to in- crease campus safety, he said. University Regent Phil Power said that, after talking to a concerned student last week, he made several phone calls to University officials. Power said he received a phone call from Jim Almashy, an official in in the Office of the Plant Direc- tor, who told the regent that, not only had his department repaired the Diag lights, but the Plant Opera- tions office had also established a "trouble line" for students to call with complaints about burnt-out lights on campus. "Almashy also said they had rigged up a truck with emergency lights, to cover areas on campus while they makearepairs," Power said. "That's a great idea - one that hadn't occurred to me." Almashy was unavailable for comment, and the Director of Plant Operations Russell Reister could confirm neither information regard- ing the complaint hotline nor the emergency light truck. However, he did confirm that Plant Operations had installed halogen lights on top of about half a dozen Diag area buildings. The additional lighting installa- tion was announced last week in a press release from the University administration, which also stated that the University will provide addi- tional lighting in parking structures, as well as an increased number of emergency campus phones. Regent Power said the campus controversy over one aspect of the new University security measures - the deputization of campus security - is unwarranted. "Everyone I have talked to has said safety on campus is a very broad ,and complicated issue," Power said, "and there's a lot of ways to work toward it." However, Power admitted that University officials have not done the best job at publicizing of the scope of new safety measures. "The administration has certainly been maladroit in allowing all the discussion regarding campus safety to center around campus security," he said. Harrison agreed that the adminis- tration's efforts have been misper- ceived. He added that, while efforts to increase campus lighting have been a part of the administration's agenda from the beginning, his of- fice has made a recent effort to in- crease publicity. "I would say that the publiciza- tion of the administration's efforts to make the campus a safer place is a direct result of the cries of students accusing us of only deputizing cam- pus security," he said. rumpkin surgery AMM Diane Tollas, a first-year student at Washtenaw Community College, carving a pair of pumpkins. That she is using three knives - each with its own very specific purpose - is proof that she is an expert. die in Hindu- Moslem clash Armed paramilitary troops blocked about 5,000 Hindus from at- tempting to re-enter the mosque in Ayodhya, which has been the center of a decades-old dispute between India's Hindu majority and Moslem minority. Hindu fundamentalists broke through police cordons Tuesday and chipped away bricks and bits of plaster from the one-story mosque, which they want to replace with a temple. At least five Hindus were killed and 20 injured when police opened fire to throw back the rioters. One of the injured died of his wounds yesterday, doctors said. Press Trust of India said at least 18 other people were killed in street battles between Hindus and Moslems in four widely separated cities. The dispute has killed at least 170 people in the past eight days and pushed Singh's 11-month-old gov- ernment to the verge of collapse. The Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew support from the governing coalition last month to protest government policy on the temple project. The desertion left Singh without a majority in Parliament, but he has said he will win a vote of confidence scheduled for Nov. 7. Moslems say it is impossible to pinpoint the birthplace of Rama and that they will not accept the destruction of the mosque. Changes made in .current SAT test Bennie loved the BOSTON (AP) - College Board trustees announced yesterday the most sweeping changes ever in the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but re- jected suggestions that charges of cultural bias prompted the revisions. The new Scholastic Aptitude Test, called SAT-I, will be intro- duced in the spring 1994, said * College Board President Donald Stewart. It will include less reliance on multiple choice in the math section and more emphasis in the language section on reading comprehension. The revisions, aimed in part at reducing students' reliance on test coaches, also will allow students to use calculators on the math section, -Stewart said at the board's annual meeting. Critics have long charged that the SAT was biased, particularly against women and minorities. "Nothing could be further from the truth," Stewart said. "The SAT has been an almost continual evolu- tion. It has never been set in concrete...." "The new SAT will combine the high, academically demanding stan- dards of the current tests with revi- sions that increase their educational relevance and quality for all college- bound students." The old SAT had 85 verbal and 60 math questions. The SAT-I will have 75-85 verbal and 55-60 math questions. The changes also include the in- troduction of SAT-II, an expansion of the achievement tests currently of- fered with the SAT. more than rearranging the deck chairs on an educational Titanic," Schaeffer said. "The SAT should be optional, and it should be comprehensively overhauled to address its problems." FairTest and other critics have claimed that the SAT tends to cover subjects that white male and affluent test-takers are more likely to be fa- miliar with. Examples in the test include the question "Dividends are to stock- holders as..." with the answer being "royalties are to writers," and the use of words such as "regatta" and "aria" in the vocabulary section. Whites as a group have outper- formed minority students, and males have fared better than females. ' In 1988, the National Organization for Women filed a law- suit that forced the New York State Education Department to stop using the SAT exclusively to award merit scholarships. The department now uses high school grades as well. The SAT, administered by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J., was first given to 8,000 students in 1926. Now about 1 million college-bound students take it annually. The exam currently consists of two multiple-choice sections that test verbal and math skills. Each sec- tion is worth 800 points, for a per- fect score of 1,600. As with the current achievement tests. the SAT-II will be an optional game me At one time, the game of football was not so complex. It didn't have to worry about corporate sponsorships for bowl games, long breaks for television, or millions of dollars hanging on a rank in a national poll. Football was M Saturday after- M k noons - where Gill you ran the ball up the middle, laughed when you. scored, enjoyed the game without too much pres- sure. It's what Ben- nie Oosterbaan loved.- And on a perfect fall after- noon for football, in a town the man grew to love - players, friends and teammates remembered the man om way who shaped their lives, and taught them this devoted love for football, and the school for which they played. The coach, who led Michigan to its last football national title in 1948, was termed "the last of the old-time football coaches at Mich- igan," by one of his successors, Bo Schembechler. Bennie died on Friday at the age of 84. And with him, he took the memories of a football game from a bygone era. Now the game is more intricate. Some of the boyhood fun is gone. Football is too much of a business. "He couldn't understand all this recruiting business and couldn't understand what these coaches all do on TV," Bo told about 200 people at a memorial service at the First Presbyterian Church. "He just coached men, loved the guys he See GILL, page 8 Former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler speaks at Bennie Oosterbaan's funeral yesterday. Oosterbaan, who led Michigan football to its last national title in 1948, passed away Friday. A trip to Detroit on Devil' by Daniel Poux Special to the Daily The city of Detroit has built up a national and international reputation for the chaos that descends on Devil's Night. Each year, hundreds of abandoned homes are set ablaze, and hundreds of underage city kids are picked up by police and detained during a three-day curfew reminiscent of the riots that tore the city apart in. 1967. 8 P.M., DETROIT POLICE u .- A Ww a . . a t AIaI Over 300 arrests fail to prevent east side blazes the street after 6:00 p.m. was hand- cuffed and brought down to the gym. The kids were booked, issued a ticket for violating curfew, and de- tained until their parents came to pick them up. Seventeen-year-olds, the oldest juveniles booked, were issued a $50 ticket, but could pay on the spot and Ps ,-p1enwd smiling from ear to ear at the atten- tion. Moments later, a more gregarious parent exited the police station, and stopped for a moment to talk with reporters. "The boy told me he was out helping some friends move," said A.D. Powell about his 16-year-old son. A.D Pnwell Jr "T'm a little S Night the mob of more than fifty people that gathered across the street from the blazing house. The police had already been dis- patched to keep the spectators out of the street. Flames were spilling out of the dilapidated building, and melting tar was dripping from the roof, sending flaming drops cascading down to what was left of the front lawn. A police helicopter circled the block, illuminating the night with a snntliiht