W AT H E1 TODAY Partly cloudy, cooler; High : 62, Low: 44. TOMORROW Mostly sunny; High; 65, Low: 39. l41 t1 Chris Hutchinson wants to get back at MSU. See SPORTS Page 10. I One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vol. CII, No.9 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, October 10, 1991 copihe 4:1991 Bush declares his 'total * confidence' in WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush yesterday "I've g declared he still had "total confidence" in Clarence strong supf Thomas and called his embattled Supreme Court nomi- support CL nee to the White House for a picture-taking session in a there's no c public display of support. the way it's Thomas smiled for photographers and said he was Senatel feeling fine on the day after the Senate delayed his con- fended the; firmation vote pending public hearings on the allega- Thomas rei tions against him. her when th Asked if he would be able to refute the accusations, the Reagan he responded, "Just testify. Thanks." Mitchell The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings others that t tomorrow and hear testimony from Thomas and Anita Hill, the Oklahoma law professor who made the alle- gations. It also will hear from at least two other wit- ase nesses, according to the panel's chairman, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del). W ki "The process is simple and straightforward, it is to Associal focus on the issue of whether the allegations that Anita H Professor Hill has made are true," Biden said. He added country ha both Thomas and Hill will be allowed to produce wit- fear about nesses to support their accounts of what happened a their own. decade ago when she worked for him at the Education "We've Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Otto of 9t Commission. Women. "1 The hearings could last through the weekend tell their di depending on the number of witnesses, a committee But it c aide said. and women Sen. John Danforth, Thomas' chief Senate sponsor, defined. T said the nominee would "look the American people in often seem the eye" and deny he said or did anything improper to been crosse the former aide. Thomas ot strong feelings but they all end up in port for Clarence Thomas," Bush said. "I arence Thomas and there's no wavering, condition. And that's where it is. And that's s going to stay." Democratic, Leader George Mitchell de- Senate's handling of Hill's allegations that peatedly made sexually explicit remarks to hey worked together nearly a decade ago in administration. I rejected criticism by women's groups and the Senate had dragged its feet investigating See THOMAS, Page 2 focuses nationwide tion on harrassment ted Press ill is not alone. Working women around the ve joined her, crossing beyond confusion and sexual harassment to share experiences of had a real outpouring of calls," said Barbara to 5, the National Association of Working It's like they're coming out of the closet to rty secret. They're saying: 'Enough!"' an be tricky. In the minds of many - men alike - sexual harassment remains vaguely he bounds of acceptable workplace behavior murky, and victims unsure when they've Sorority sues city over issue o zonin by Ken Walker Daily City Reporter The Sigma Kappa sorority filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday, seeking to force the Planning Commission to allow it to expand its house at 725 Oxford Rd. Sigma Kappa applied in August for a "special exception use" under area zoning restrictions, requesting permission to add on to the house, but the Planning Commission de- nied the petition after hearing com- plaints from area residents. Besides charging that the com- mission's decision was unfair, the complaint filed by the sorority's lawyer, Monika Sacks, seeks to change the way the Ann Arbor ap- plies zoning ordinances to all Greek organizations. "It's our position that the ordi- nance is not valid in requiring us to apply for a special exception use" since they are not required for other group housing projects, Sacks said. "The city treats Greeks quite differently from other uses," she said. "You could plop a homeless shelter down in the area without getting special exception... No mat- ter where (Greek houses) are, they're required to get special ex- ception use." Sacks also said the zoning ordi- nances are not applied equally within the Greek population. "Some houses have been permitted to sig- nificantly expand their houses, but we are not. It seems like a funny standard," she said. - Planning Commission Chair Sam Offen said the reasons for turning down Sigma Kappa's petition in- cluded traffic in the area, parking problems and other concerns that were stated by residents present at See ZONING, Page 2 Picking plump Ann Arbor resident Phyllis Station on State Street. "I pumpkins JENNIFER DUNETZJDaiiy Perry shops for pumpkins at the Produce love Halloween and I love pumpkins," Perry d. See HARASSMENT, Page 2 said. Diag curiously clear after sacking of shanties by Erin Einhorn as the Palestine Solidarity Commit- University grounds department, houses with a white picket fence." Dixon said. For the first time since 1986, shanties no longer stand to trumpet political messages to passers-by on the Diag. The construction of the first Diag shanty by the Free South Africa Coordinating Committee (FSACC) initiated a struggle that would continue for four years be- tween the groups who built them, and those on campus who wanted to see them destroyed. The wooden replicas of homes occupied by Blacks under the apartheid system, as well as shanties built by other campus groups such Brown to kick off * campaign tour in A2 by Travis McReynolds Daily Staff Reporter Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, is in Ann Arbor today to kick off his presidential campaign tour. Brown will speak today in room 2209 of the Michigan Union at 2 p.m., and he is scheduled to address a political science class in 1500 East Engineering at 3 p.m. John Polish, a spokesperson for College. Democrats, said Brown's visit to Ann Arbor is significant be- cause the city is an important stop on the Democrat campaign tour. "Four years ago, all of the Democrat presidential candidates came to Ann Arbor, and eventually all of the candidates for the '92 election will visit, too," Polish said. "Republicans tend to avoid Ann Arbor, after President Bush's egging last spring." Polish said Brown's visit to the University officially starts the 1992 presidential campaign for Ann Arbor. Brown has not officially de- clared his candidacy. However,- early last month he filed ex- ploratory papers with the Federal Election Commission, signaling a presidential run. In a letter written to supporters in early September, Brown said, "I have decided ... to forgo a race for the U.S. Senate in 1992. I have de- cidAd to exnlore a candidacv for the tee (PSC) and Tagar, were wrecked and rebuilt repeatedly before the last remnants finally disappeared spring term. Many students, unaccustomed to seeing the Diag shanty-free, have cu- riously questioned their where- abouts. Walter Harrison, executive di- rector of university relations, said the University removed the rubble. "There was some concern about safety," he said. "They weren't shanties any more, they were just boards and nails." Fran Jade, a foreperson for the said she remembers storing leftover material. "We had taken some debris away that was in the Diag," she explained, but said her department had no part in the original destruction. Former Michigan Student Assembly President Jennifer Van Valey, who helped build the PSC shanty, said she believes the University tore them down. "The regents talked on and off about taking them down," she said. "They felt they were an eyesore on campus, but that's exactly it. They were not supposed to be little Van Valey said the opportunity was ripe for the University to re- move the shanties because too few students were on campus during the spring to notice. "The groups (that erected the shanties) are small now and don't have the leverage that they did," she continued. Latrice Dixon, coordinator of the Ella Baker-Nelson Mandela Center for Anti-Racist Education (BMC), was involved with the original FSACC shanty construction. "We wanted to remind the cam- pus that apartheid still existed," The shanty also stood as a sym- bol of the group's demand that the University award an honorary de- gree to then-imprisoned South African leader Nelson Mandela and withdraw its financial interests from South Africa. In a May 1988 Daily opinion column, FSACC member Elizabeth Paige responded to the first attack on the shanties by vowing the group's commitment to maintaining its structure. "From the beginning," she wrote, "FSACC has pledged that See SHANTIES, Page 2 Cadets accused of sexual abuse at Texas A&M Univ. by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter Texas A&M University is inves- tigating the treatment of women in its Corps of Cadets after several women complained that they were victims of sexual harassment and abuse by male cadet members. The Corps of Cadets, a civilian group, is one of the largest military training programs in the country. Although women have been admit- ted to the corps since 1974, the first sexually integrated units have only existed for a year. Of the 41,000 Texas A&M University students, nearly 22 per- cent are members of the corps. Since the incidents came to light last week, one elite cavalry unit has been suspended and 20 male cadets are being investigated and face pos- sible expulsion, said, John Koldus, Texas A&M vice president for Student Services. The investigations were ignited when a sophomore woman in the Parsons' Mounted Cavalry Unit, a horse unit within the corps, was as- saulted by two men who indicated they did not want her in the unit, Koldus said. "We are in the process of hold- ing hearings to determine who the men are," Koldus said. The woman refuses to identify her alleged attackers, possibly due to fear of further harassment, Koldus said. After the victim came forward, four more women sent an anony- mous letter to the president of the university indicating that degrada- tion of women has been a frequent activity among men in the corps for the past year. The names of the women are not being released. One woman's claim that she was date-raped has been documented and confirmed. A first-year student was raped by a senior who left the corps after disciplinary proceedings were brought against him. The woman is not pressing charges. The other allegations include beatings and subjection to deroga- tory and sexual statements. The fe- male cadets said most of the abuse came when women attempted to en- ter the traditionally all-male events or elite cadet units. Texas A&M University Pres- ident William Mobley appointed a fact-finding panel last Friday to evaluate the allegations. The See CORPS, Page 2 i Live rhymin' A man, who asked not to be identified, plays the bongos on the Diag as he improvises raps about passers-by yesterday afternoon. Fetal tissue transplant shows signs of success, stirs controversy WASHINGTON (AP) - A curing? We don't know yet," of California, San Francisco. tuses to cure genetic disorders. Two that research on fetal tissue be al- ioneerin transnlant of fetal tissue Zaniani said at the Eighth The case highlights the thorny failed, and in the third case the par- lowed. into a develoning fetus to cure a ze- &/"ilJ Gi/ls 17411%4 414 &..V L/a aa l" International Congress of Human issue of whether research using-. fetal- ents elected to terminate the preg- "Qtnnninv this tiecnP 'fmm h--ina