. j TODAY Clouds and showers; High: 64, Low: 43. TOMORROW Mostly cloudy; High: 60, Low: 43. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Ooooooh, that's scary. See ARTS Page 5. Vol. CII, No. 23 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, October 30,1991 Sharpton soapbox stirs heated debate si aby Robert Patton being playedtoday is wedon't tlMaY adec ebrcue Daily Minority Issues Reporter about racism, we talk about the re Sharpton of antiSemitism, ese Audience members who paid to sponse to racism," Sharpton said. cially in relation to statements he e sthe Rev. Al Shpton at his "Rather than hite people made on his marches durin seNh e.A most controversialan bellicose ing we're causing trouble, they lnebtenBak n aii ~~"44 ""got their money's worth last night need to look at the system and Jews following the riots in Crown at a nearly-full Power Center. make it more human," he said. Heights, N.Y. " a fe i After Sharpton gave an emo- Moses Stewart, the father of Sharpton denied the charges, tional speech lambasting the gov- Yusuf Hawkinsw a Black youth who saying he thought the Hasidic ernment, the media, and others who was shot to death by whites in Ben- community got special treatment \ hav criticized his tactics, the floor sonhurst, N.Y. spoke next. His from the police. MHELEG/ was opened to questions from the speech focused not on his son's "I took a position that there has Aaudience. death but on the need for women, been preferential treatment for the cusmgrotts ess:icar omn itysp Sra os Shabpton came out fighting, ac- and especially women of color,hin e Hasidi ommunity" wha cu hose who criticized his ac- government, said. "I am not anti-Semitic to 8 tics of playing a "shell game," try- Statements made by audience question the wrong in the Hasidic MICHELLEGUDal ing to divert attention away from members during the question and Community." theliseofrsersessi e sharpl Cdie LSAfirst-year student Alex A student asks Rev. Al Sharpton a question during the open forum portion of last night's Student Soapbox. "theeol raruase ies wershand The holeturnroud gae vied.See SHARPTON, Page 2 and-white Protesters: Sharpton'spreads hate, promotes racial division i irnlemer d there are other speakers who would Open Your Eyes, a group rahrtadidetsteyad formed to protest the ideas of Rev.rathm tnisive ita smhes Al Sharpton, welcomed audience Sharpton would. members outside the Power Center Fliers distributed to guests ex- as nigt witdsh flega bla kpressed the group's view that, "Al laost nigt wdtsersdangde wthlswacks-ug and-white ribbons to symbolize re on m ssonastorderltc opposition. against white, Black against Black. Gr hoe a He calls himself a leader, but com- Gp member sn o umyead. munities live in fear of his marches " eenn sthe openfrm that-npocmtins." p £;N N Sharpon should never have been in-adpolmtns vited to speak at the University be The flier listed specific actions H UUcause it lends him a legitimacy that taken by Sharpton that the group 'x he does not deserve, disagrees with, as well as sug- } ."We are not protesting Al gested questions for audience ws sp shadrypitwontrsapr UAbri sphe r e members to ask in order to uprotesting his ideas," Ilna '\ \ ~ ~ \~.Greenfield, RC sophomore and' Platform." ..N.N N\, member of Open Your Eyes, said. Most people entering the * "He pretends to help the racial sit- Power Center either pleasantly ac- c ation but "Is dangerous because he cepted or rejected the flier, but MICHELLE GUi/aly UG ANER/aiy.spedhaeiBlc-itrl- some supporters of Sharpton ques- SRev. Al Sharpton and Moses Stewart, father of Yusuf Hawkins, addressed students during a Student Soapbox last night The program tosrasht.n"lc-ht tioned members of Open Your was sponsored by Viewpoint lectures, a part of UAC. Members of the group said See PROTESTS, Page 2 Low specialty week turn-ou i I by Lynne Cohn Daily Staff Reporter Despite hours of planning and fierce hope, campus organizers of specialty weeks such as Investing in Abilities Week are dis- appointed with the low turn-out and seem- ing disinterest of University students and staff. The University has been swamped during the last month with specialty weeks, and students, faculty and staff are feeling over- loaded with awareness. "On this campus, there is sometimes over-saturation - there is so much going on a here," said Priti Marwah, the MSA repre- sentative who planned Alcohol Awareness Week, Oct.13-18. Marwah said limiting awareness pro- grams to one week each month might in- crease attendance. "These programs involve commitment and compromise," she said. "A lot of lead- ers. on this campus are committed to the power and the role they play but not to the cause." Marwah said Alcohol Awareness Week, planned jointly by MSA and the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association, cost about $15,000. Since it was the first time these groups have worked together to plan the week, Marwah said they can learn from it and apply it to next year. About 100 programs on alcohol abuse and awareness, including a session with Danny Sugarman, former manager of the Doors, generated good-sized crowds, though Marwah was not impressed. She estimated that about 150 people came out for Sugarman, about 275 for a U- Club event, about 150 for the BYOB forum and an average of 20 people for each work- shop. "Attendance was not what I hoped for but what I expected," Marwah said. it disapp "(Alcohol) is a touchy subject on this cam- pus. Students need to start making some re- sponsible decisions about their drinking." I Marwah said that next year the planners1 should start gearing the week towards first- and second-year students, to start with new students and make it a growing tradition. Investing in Ability Week, which ran Oct. 7-11, concentrated on issues such as ac- cessibility, learning disabilities and em- ployment. Spurred by former Gov. Jim Blanchard's original idea and carried on by Gov. John Engler, this is the first time that the week has been organized on campus. Emily Singer, learning disability coordi- inting' at Services for Students with Disabilities, said attendance averaged at 15 people per event. She said she expected and hoped there would be a higher turn-out. Singer said she felt the programs were effective for those people who showed up. "Part of what kept us from falling apart that week was reaching one person more than before," she said. Despite increasing despair during the week, Singer and Brian Clapham, the campus Affirmative Action representative, have gotten some positive feedback. "I do think it was worth it," Singer said. See WEEKS, Page 2 r MSA adds environmental commission to fall ballot by Purvi Shah Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly passed a proposal last night which added a constitutional provision to formalize the Environmental Issues Commission on the election ballot. The assembly also supported resolu- tions to change University family housing to include homosexual cou- ples and extended family, and to call for The Michigan Daily to review its advertising policy. The Environmental Issues Commission was recreated this semester. The election will deter- mine the future existence of the committee. Palestinian MADRID, Spain (AP) - In a marked departure from decades-old hard-line attitudes, Palestinians sienaled vesterday that they would An amendment sponsored by Rules and Elections Chair Brian Kight, to remove the Peace and Justice Commission when adding the Environmental Issues Commission, failed. The resolution to support chang- ing the University family housing policy to include lesbian, gay, bi- sexual, and extended families passed 22-3. The resolution calls on the as- sembly to notify the Housing Office, the Board of Regents, and the University community of MSA's backing of the change. Rackham Reps. Maria Yen and Amy Polk who sponsored the reso- lution argued that the current defini- tions of family were too restrictive. LSA Rep. Jeff Muir said that equal access to family housing should be provided to everyone and that the University should not play the role of a "social engineer." However, LSA Rep. Johnathon Line voted against the proposal, stat- ing, "I make my judgements based on the law of God, not MSA or the law of the land." The assembly also passed a reso- lution calling on the Daily to donate the proceeds of "The Holocaust Controversy: The Case for Open Debate" advertisement run on Oct. 24 "to an appropriate organization, See MSA, Page 2 Police get ready for Devil'1s by Lynne Cohn Daily Staff Reporter October 30, the night before Halloween when "devils" take the town, has become a night to be feared in and around the city of De- troit. Devil's Night antics in the past have ranged from incidental crime to arson, leaving neighbor- hoods and families in fear. Detroit police officer Allene Ray said an excessive amount of crime is not unusual for the Detroit police. "Crimes happen every night in this city," she said. "Last year's Devil's Night was just like any other night." The city is trying to safeguard _ _._ot n .,, .. mhtoto*it _ is ready for conference Evident from Husseini's state- ment was that statehood has become the target of more realistic hopes, rather than a condition that Israel The conference opens today with the Palestinians attending in a joint delegation with Jordan. They hope to have an independent team when !MY