Page 4 -The Michigan Daily- Friday, October 25, 1991 J le 4M id 4ja u a it i 120 Maynard Street p Arbor, Michigan 48109 Y ANDREW GOTTESMAN 747-28 14 Editor in Chief . 4: Ann A C K - d 2 - T,2 FA --sr to HAT S A tsNas-r- 146-Al N.MA' i4R 3 l AN A-rL gNTi9 1 9AVE. 0HI N0. y ,ca 1L cl-FFer\jb. -rHE NAIM. HHcw 11V b I t4 tv . ' I T, -THE.ANrT/l f!tL L rr-A5 c Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan STEPHEN HENDERSON Opinion Editor I1 1 i , - i .Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. w v a" x.v ": ........ "':L{;: " y{" }rr 4 r: :"5rP #.{" :v{: r."r 'r';{ . ".:v " d+ 77 $$$ $$^ 33;;L. d$;..... ,${r,:.vkyrr,:,: "ti:r.. .r :. r:.. r : dd:" ~ yVny {d ~C} . { v'd :;:F: { f{ '{ " .. {:L; {r ;{{ ~{ . 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The savings will be n lege Board last week shows that tuition rates at' helping middle income familic state-supported colleges and Universities are up program will eliminate loan-or almost 12 percent nationwide from 1983. make. the guaranteed loans rr Across the country, states are cutting higher students. education budgets and shifting the burden of pay- - The legislation will also se ing outrageous education fees onto students. Thus, grants, increasing the limit from a college education - the only way to avoid with a maximum family income second-class citizenship in this country -- is re- than $30,000 for eligibility. B served for those who can afford it. Unfortunately, opposed by President Bush. fewer and fewer students can. These measures are welcome . One Federal program that attempts to, lend Restructuring the guaranteed log students a hand is the Guaranteed Student Loan that can be redirected towards fa program (GSL). But this program, consisting of Expanding Pell acknowled Stafford, Supplemental Student Loan (SLS), and government's role in aiding boil Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PL-US), class families pay for college. Chas come under criticism for its inefficiency and However, these steps alone w tdependance on the private banking industry. Un- education accessible to everyoi 'der this system, students can borrow money from Ultimately, the Federal Go private banks and the Federal government -will pay States must drastically increase the interest until the student's graduation. sidizing education costs. The $4 The Higher Education Act, a piece of legisla- . teed by the Federal government tion to be debated next week by the House Educa- the bucket of education costs. I tion and Labor Committee,+attempts to revamp the extended to more families and i program by lending federal loan money directly to so that poor families have a bette the schools, thus streamlining the loan process. mobility. - Proponents . of the bill claim it. will save the . To fail to do so is to maintain government $1.4 billion in its first year by elimi- members only club. y , . -- =, J r ,- Z.L . -- ' \"'' r i . i r "i !'r ":f 1Ki": tY.'4',Ty'P:4 h'1" y1',:'.?L"y. 'lti ; Yti "":'"7 1"::.:;."...:1'S"'".'lYh".:. ".'.1". 11 ." 1 ""1'."7 X111 .1'.1: f.; ".t1ti11111" "y1 1Y ;. L"i:."i.'i 1 1; "' :"' { {11Y11Y" " '.' M.' iF.:": ti.... y..1 1 " 1 ": :."."". g b s / ' /° ~. ., , , l , i I' i f / ,,:-%' '% .0 / ( !nt must now pay to redirected towards ies. In addition, the >rigination fees and more accessible to .eek to expand Pell . m $2,400 to $4,500, ie of $50,00) rather Both proposals are ie and long overdue. aans frees up money amilies who need it. dges the federal nth poor and middle- will not make higher ane. overnment and the se their role in sub- 4,000 loans guaran- 4t are a mere drop in Pell grants must be ! in greater amounts terchance at upward tin the educated as a Alumni Club Group should decry Chinese human rights violations Daily irresponsible To the Daily: I have always considered the Daily to be a relatively mediocre college newspaper. In spite of its heavily biased reporting, it does, however, manage to print objective*newslrom the Associ' aced Press wire and the humorous Nuts and Bolts on a regular basis., However, I lost all confidence in and respect for the paper's editorial credibility on Thursday, -Ckt. 24 when I saw that the Daily had printed Bradley Smith's blatherings on the Holocaust "Controversy". His full-page advertisement contained more fantasies, half- truths, twisted statements, and outright lies than anything I have ever read in the Daily's pages. - The fact that this article was printed as a paid advertisement does not exempt the Daily from editorial responsibility. This merely confirms that.the Daily is willing to financially benefit from the printing of such trash. I. do not question the Daily's First-Amendment ri hts to print this material. Ins, I question the paper's morals and editorial credibility, which were none too high to begin with. If the Daily wishes to be seen as a iresponsible, reliable, newspa- per, it must be willing to accept responsibility -to the things it prints. Scott Cohen fourth-year Engineering student Disgusted To the Daily: Disgust is about the only word that truly expresses the nature of my reaction to the Daily's decision to accept, for money, the full page advertisement on "Holocaust Revisionism" that appeared in-the Oct. 24 edition. I am concerned about the Daily's lack of judgement in printing and distributing a piece - designed to cover up one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century. Would the Daily print a solicitation which questioned the "myth" of date rape? Or the "myth" of the genocide of Native Americans? Perhaps. an advertise- ment which sought to open the - "debaW' concerning the biologi- cal inferiority of non-white peoples. - - The Daily's decision to accept money for and print such an advertisement has not only aided those who wish for a second "final solution". to the "Jewish problem," -but has. caused extreme pain and anguish to a Jewish community for whom the six million slaughtered are no statistic for debate, but family members murdered only 50 years ago in the. gas chambers ofHider's Ger-. many. Eric Gidal second-year Rackham student Insight? To the Daily: When hateful words and. malicious accusations pass as "Insight," the intellectual integrity of the University community is- diminished: Mr. Tom Abowd's ramblings (Monisim is racism," Daily, Oct. 23, .l 991) attempt to falsely blame Zionism for the cynical use of Palestinians by. Arab nations. Somehow Abowd overlooked . the fact that the Syrian and Jordanian governments have systematically slaughtered Palestinians residing in their countries., . For some reason, Abowd failed to mention thousands of Palestinians have been removed from their homes in Syria- and . Jordan and forced into exile in Ubwon: Arab nations, despite repeated attacks on Israel, have failed to annihilate the Jewish homeland and are -now using Palestinians as political'pawns. In his attack on Zionism, Abowd's contempt for Jews is evident. Describing a country that serves as a "homeland for millions of persecuted Jews. as racist not only distorts reality, but it reveals the mind set of Israel's enemies. Jews..around the world, from the deserts of Ethiopia to the labor camps in -the soviet Union, -understand the importance of " having a homeland. Instead-of hurling unfounded accusations, Abowd would better help the cause of peace by recognizing the legitimate right Jews have to ahomelarid. to'truly rtiake the world s safer place, perhaps Abowd could direct his sharp pen toward Traia, Syria, and Iran byy pleading wi them to stop declaring holy wars against each other and Western nations. , . Yonight, the University of Michigan Alumni . Clubof Washington, D.C., will be holding a reception in the Embassy 6611 e People'sAepublic of China. Thomas Ehr and. eight other alumni oppose this event, stressing the fact that the Alumni club represents the University and holding.this reception serves as the University's tacit approval' of mainland China's human rights violations. ' While China's actions should be censured in every way possible, cancelling this event is not one of them. If the U.S. Secretary of State were scheduled to attend a reception with .a delegation. from the Chinese government, and then cancelled, citing disgust with China's blatant disregard for human rights, then.the Chinese government would be influenced in some way. Out the D.C. Alumni Club, while being. the second largest alumni club and one of the most active alumni organizations, wields very little power in a world perspective. The Alumni. Club could not exercise any influence through cancellation of the event. Rather, the meeting could, at the very least, serve as a means for the D.C. Alumni Club to exert some influence over the members of the Chinese Embassy. The Club must challenge Embassy officials on the issues of China's mistreatment of its citizens. . Having been given this rare opportunity to meet with members of the Chinese government, the Alumni Club members, as representatives of the University, should voice the concerns that students here have expressed about the human rights viola- tions in China. . It should be incumbent on' Mike Waring, the president of the D.C. Alumni Club to urge the membership to do so, lest the Club be remiss in a duty to its alma mater and to the cause of human rights. Mr. Waring seems to be convinced that attending the reception would be more productive than not.. . In order to make the best of this rare opportu- nity, he and the members of the Alumni Club must make certain that the Chinese officials hear what Michigan and its alumni think about its government. Richard Jacobs Business graduate student he Daily encourages reader espouses. Fetters should be 150 ords or less, and include the uthor's name, year in school nd phone number. They can be fled to: 420 Maynard, Ann rbor, MI 48109. 'Or they can be ent via MTS to:The Michigan ally Letters to the Editor. Shroud of secrecy Law Dean -byLee Bollinger Congressional hearings should Last week, Judge Clarence Thomas underwent a grueling and seemingly unnecessary confir- mation process. The president, The Senate Judi- . iary Committee; Anita Hill, and especially Su- preme Court Justice Thomas were .all subject to public, embarrassment during the . confirmation hearings. In response to this humiliation, Bush has stated that the Thomas hearings belonged in a closed :session rather than the televised Senate hearings that took place. Bothered by the graphic-nature of Hill's testi- mony, the President said he will offer a list of suggestions to Congress on how to avoid such "messy situations" in the future. However, Bush has failed to realize that the explicit detail in Hill's testimony necessitated a public forum. Her words needed to be heard so that the American public could draw their own conclu- sions about the nominee. By neglecting Anita Hill's statements about sexual harassment before the televised hearings, not be made private the Senate Judiciary Committee proved that they lack the responsibility to conduct a nomination hearing behind closed doors. The idea of the male- dominated Senate holding private hearings about sexual harassment or any serious issue makes one wonder about other likely cover-ups and. over- .sights. It is.already far too.easy-for a nominee to sail through the Senate hearings by dodging keyques- tions and hiding their politics. Partially closed hearings would furthercorrupt this flawed process. Congress should not implement any suggestion by Bush which would make any part of the con- firmation hearings closed. To do so.. would be incredibly dangerous. This so-called "improve- ment" to the confirmation process could, in time, lead to fully closed hearings. Bush said many Americans found the confirmation hearings deeply offensive.. But what is infinitely more offensive are public officials who try to limit the publics access to important information. .1 I was very disturbed -to read the, front page story, in the Ann Arbor News, this past Friday, Oct. 18, under the headline, "Law School's View Questioned." According to the story, the regents "noted" at their recent meeting that the "law faculty had given its blessing to a 1988 student speech code" of the University which was later declared unconstitutional by a Federal District Court judge in Detroit. Regent Neal-Nielsen (R- Brighton) is then quoted as saying that "it didn't stand very far. . This statement about the law school's role in the creation of the . 1988 student harassment code is not true and must be corrected. . Certainly the code was never presented to the law faculty as a. body, nor was any committee of the faculty convened to express a, view -as to .the constitutional ity or wisdom of the proposed policy. A few members of the faculty were individually asked for - advice as the University's :Office of Affirmative Action set about the task of creating a student code. responds- tolegents.". the following: The First Amend president responsible for oversee- ment clearly permits. the Univer.- ing and implementing the new sity to regulate some speech code. We informed that individual behavior. Ahat in our view; with the publican Under Supreme.Court prece- tion or the yellow booklet, the dents, however, it cannot be said code was unconstitutional and with certainty where constitu- should be withdrawn. That advice; .1 expressed, the view that the language pro- posed and ultimately adopted was'danger- ously vague, from a First. Amendment stand- point. t tional protection of speech begins.. My advice was to. use language forbidding only. forms of "verbal harassment" and to build into the. code a recognition that the free ' speech interests increased as one moved from the dormitories to the classroom and then to areas like the Diag. . I expressed the view that the language proposed and ultimately adopted was dangerously vague, from a First Amendment stand- point. . After the code was adopted, the Office of Affirmative Action issued a statement (known as the "yellow" booklet)' explaining what behavior would be prohib- was not taken. After the litigation against the code began, I personally felt awkward about my responsibili- ties to the University as an administrator and as a scholar. I declined that itwas inappropriate to.remain completely silent about the matter and publicly stated my belief that the code was in violation of the First Amendment. At the time, I also delivered a, lecture which was subsequently published, explaining the views I had taken on the subject of the. student codes and the Michigan code in particular. "I hope that this statement clarifies for everyone just how 'Nuts and Bolts A. DREWC YOUVE. GOT TO 'RESC'NT POUR SCIENCE T TO THE JUDGES. OH PRumw, 9BE rD.-WNAT'S THE ='r'S 08VWUS .Y A COMPRF-HeNSIVE ILLOGIRA'C" OF THE REACTION 1NVoLVINCG COEN7-YME Q , AS RELATED TO ITS PMVENTION OF L1A D A=AnY ne-nrw t v-t 1F by Judd Winick 15 IT ? IT Wo r Be ANY CON'_ AS S* A CROWD PLEA5ER AS LOR% BLOWING UP'ME