TODAY Cloudy, some rain; High: 62, Low: 45. TOMORROW Mostly cloudy; High: 55, Low: 38. . Y ti Scorsese's Fear is scary but trite. See ARTS Page 5. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vol. CII, No. 37 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, November 19, 1991°6Y°9° .Islamic Jihad releases Sutherland, Waite DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Shiite Muslim kidnappers freed British hostage Terry Waite and American Thomas Sutherland yes- 0 terday, and Waite said the remaining three Americans held hostage in Lebanon would be released by month's end. "Terry Waite and I are very happy to have received our first gulps of Lebanon and Syrian fresh air but we have to wait to tomor- row to meet the sunshine," Suther- land said on his arrival from Beirut. Their release by the group Is- lamic Jihad was a dramatic advance toward ending the hostage ordeal. The United Nations has been leading diplomatic efforts to gain freedom for Western hostages in Lebanon in exchange for the release of Arab de- tainees held by Israel. Sutherland and Waite's release raised speculation that the Israelis may have made a commitment to free Sheik Abdul-Karim Obeid. Waite said at a news conference that his captors told him before they set him free that American hostages Joseph Ciccipio and Alann Steen would be released within the next five days, and Terry Anderson by the end of the month. He said he did not know when the three remaining hostages - two Germans and an Italian - would be released. U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said all See HOSTAGES, Page 2 Student files against ROTC Police arrest 4 protest by Ken Walker Daily City Reporter Ann Arbor Police officers ar- rested four members of the Home- less Action Committee (HAC) for trespassing in a vacant floor of a downtown office building yester- day afternoon. The four carried sleeping bags and backpacks to the fourth floor of 110 N. Fourth Ave. and at- tempted to establish residence in the vacant offices on that floor. Those arrested were Renuka Uthappa and Jeff Gearhart, Ann Arbor residents; David Noel, a taxi driver who has been homeless for the past five years; and LSA junior Michael Sasson. The four were part of a raly staged by 20 to 30 HAC members and supporters who marched on the sidewalk in front of the building. HAC distributed news releases before yesterday's rally claiming that the First of America Bank had foreclosed on the building's mort- gage and was the sole owner of*the building. See PROTEST, Page 2 by Gwen Shaffer Daily Higher Education Reporter A gay Eastern Michigan Univer- sity student is trying to receive a U.S. Army scholarship, despite hav- ing dropped out of ROTC last win- ter because of the military's policy forbidding homosexuals from 0 enlisting. Sophomore Lee Neubecker has filed both a harassment complaint and a discrimination complaint against ROTC with the university. Neubecker claims his military sci- ence professor repeatedly made ho- mophobic remarks, including, "No gay, faggot, homosexual drug-users are allowed in here." Neubecker is meeting with the university's Access and Equality Committee today to discuss the charges. The EMU incident is one of many recent controversies over the U.S. military's anti-gay policy. Sev- eral universities, including Harvard, have kicked Reserve Officer Train- ing Programs off their campuses be- cause of discrimination. The Univer- sity of Michigan faculty voted last June to formally oppose the na- tional policy, but ROTC has not been asked to leave by University regents. Neubecker said he was awarded the three-year Army scholarship, which would pay his tuition and provide him with a $1,000 annual stipend, his senior year in high school. Neubecker was uncertain of his sexual orientation at the time, but dropped out of the program when he realized that he would have to lie, he said. "The first few days of class we were handed a form that asked us to check a box identifying our sexual orientation. I stayed in the class for the whole first semester. I could not say anything because I had not completely accepted the fact that I am gay," Neubecker said. Neubecker said he dropped the class in December during his first semester. "I knew the forms would be See ROTC, Page 2 An Ann Arbor police officer handcuffs Renuka Uthappa, an Ann Arbor resident and HAC member, for trespassing in vacant office space. Polls open today for MSA elections by Purvi Shah Daily MSA Reporter A common precept argues that fate is written on the wall, but the Michigan Student Assembly's fate may be inscribed on candidates' campaign fliers as voters take to the year. There are 38 candidates vying for the 25 assembly seats up for elec- tion this term. The slate of candi- dates includes 15 members of both the Conservative Coalition (CC) and the Progressive Party and eight candidates running as independents. Even though every school does not have a vacant seat, all students can vote in the election since two referenda are included on the ballot. The referenda consist of propos- als for automatic student group recognition and the addition of the Environmental Issues Committee. In order for the referenda to be passed, two-thirds of voting stu- dents must voice their approval. Although candidates have criti- cized the election campaign for fo- cusing on petty partisan politics, each side has voiced heated opinions on issues ranging from administra- tion-student relations to students' rights. See VOTE, Page 2 Students express lack of interest in MSA, elections See the Daily's special MSA election coverage on page 3 polls today and tomorrow. This fall's MSA election has featured charges against campaign fliers ranging from libel to ob- struction that some argue stemmed from election suits filed during last semester's presidential election. Progressive Party co-manager Todd Ochoa claimed last winter's $5 fine given to Common Sense vice- presidential candidate Angie Burks for forging another candidate's sig- nature damaged the party at the polls. Ochoa said success of the suit against Burks led to the filing of petty complaints during this year's campaign, but it still remains to be seen whether any of the charges will adversely affect either party this by Jennifer Silverberg Daily Staff Reporter Michgan Student Assembly can- didates will be looking for a stu- dent mandate today and tomorrow - but similar to past elections, the resounding student message will probably be one of apathy. Students said they do not plan to vote in MSA elections because they are either unaware of the assembly and its purpose or are disheartened by the ineffectiveness of past and current administrations. "There's a general overall sense of apathy. They (MSA) don't do as much as they used to and no one cares anymore," said Carl Fowlkes, an LSA senior. "It's ineffective be- cause it's the student government and they never have as much power as we'd like them to have." Many first-year students do not plan to vote because they say they are unaware of the issues and candi- dates involved. "I don't think I'll vote because I don't think I'm really into Michi- gan yet," said Jimmy Poh, a first- year student. "I'm a freshman here and I don't know what's going on yet." On the other side of the spec- trum, many seniors are apathetic about voting due to their pending graduation. "I'm not going to vote because I'm leaving and graduating and I don't really care," said LSA senior Tom Bacon. Other students don't plan to vote because they claimed they haven't seen the assembly accom- plish anything in the past. "I'm probably not going to vote," said Business senior Andrew Pillsbury. "I don't think it's an ef- fective organization and I don't want to waste my time." But students who plan to vote say it is the only way to voice stu- dent concerns. "You might as well exercise your right to vote if you are paying dues," said LSA senior Glenn Eden. Most students who plan to-vote have aligned themselves with one of the two parties vying for the 25 open seats on the assembly. "If I were to vote I'd probably vote Progressive because I define myself more to the left," said LSA junior Michael Schreyer. LSA senior Mark Matouka dis- agreed. "I'm leaning more toward the CC or the independents because I don't believe in the things that-the Progressive Party wants," he said. Other reasons for not voting in- clude a lack of publicity by MSA. Many students said they have seen the posters but they don't know where the election will take place. See INTEREST, Page 3 On strike University alum and Ann Arbor resident Lawrence Finn pays a visit to the bowling alley yesterday on his day off. i 'U' spends most for research, survey says by Andrew Levy Daily Research Reporter A National Science Foundation report leaked to an official in the University Division of Research Development and Administration shows that the University ranked first among public universities na- tionwide in research spending for the fiscal year 1990. The announcement, made by Vice President for Research William Kelly at last week's Board of Re- gents meeting, shows that the Uni- versity's approximately $310.6 million in research spending edges out the previous leader, the Univer- sity of Wisconsin at Madison, by more than $700,000. "That's the kind of No.1 ranking we all like," University President James Duderstadt said. Among all universities, public and private, the University ranked third, behind leader Johns Hopkins University which, with a $668.9 million research budget spent more See RESEARCH, Page 2 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 o 1986 1987 1988 1989eN990 (in millions) Source: National Science Foundation ~ by Tami Pollak Daily Staff Reporter Little progress has been made in substantiating stories circulating about a rape in front of Stockwell Hall last week, although the Uni- versity Department of Public Safety (DPS) has confirmed an incident of sexual assault at the back entrance to East Quad on the morning of Nov. 9. DPS Lt. Vernon Baisden said yesterday that the East Quad inci- dent should have appeared on sum- mary reports released early last week, and said he could not explain why it did not. "It should have .been there," Baisden said, adding, "We have taken Attack near Stockwell remains unconfirmed what procedure housing security followed in notifying residence hall staff, but said he would look into it this morning. Baisden added he too had been hearing stories about an incident in front of Stockwell Hall since last Thursday, but said neither DPS nor the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center have been noti- fied of an attack. However, the woman who was attacked at the entrance to East Quad last Saturday, who requested to remain anonymous, said the secu- rity officer who took her report told her the description of the man who attacked her matched that of a * Fake ID users trying to enter bars may face penalties f . 1 . -- --- -- t - r - -- I - - is - - ellt- - - Ir e" - - - - Tl% - -3 - -