713 TODAY Cloudy, late snow; High: 26, Low: 9. TOMORROW Partly cloudy; High: 33, Low: 15. rrruu4a =NSIDE.. The Katzenberg who would be King. See ARTS Page 5. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vol. CII, No. 47 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, December 5, 1991 Copyrght :191 the Mr'han aily -- Captors release last U.S. hostage DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Journalist Terry Anderson, the last American hostage in1 Lebanon, was set free yesterday by pro-Iranian Islamic radicals and said faith and stubborn- ness helped him survive the nearly seven-year ordeal. His release ended a brutal saga in which Shiite Muslims kept 13 Americans in chains, killed three and bedeviled two U.S. presiden- cies. A joyous Anderson grinned broadly, raised his arms and warmly greeted friends as he en- tered a conference room at the Syrian Foreign Ministry. He later left to meet his 6-year-old daughter, Sulome, for the first time. Anderson said sheer determination got him through his captivity. "You just do what you have to do. You wake up every day, summon up the energy from somewhere ... and you get through the day, day after day after day," said the AP's chief Middle East correspondent. "I was lucky enough to have other people with me most of the time. ...My faith. Stub- bornness, I guess," Anderson said. His appearance was delayed for hours. U.N. officials said they believed he had been delayed by a snowstorm in Lebanon. Anderson's kidnappers turned him over to Syrian security officials who delivered him to U.S. Ambassador Christopher Ross in Damas- cus. Anderson, wearing a white shirt and a dark cardigan he received only Tuesday from his captors, joked about tight-fitting shoes. He said they were his first new pair since he was kidnapped. "You can't imagine how glad I am to see you," an emotional Anderson told reporters. "I've thought about this moment for a long time and now it's here, and I'm scared to death. I don't know what to say." He hugged and kissed Alex Efty, an AP correspondent. Ending the news conference, he explained: "I have a date with a couple of beautiful ladies and I'm already very late." He was referring to Sulome and her mother, Madeleine. Asked what his last words to his kidnap- pers were, he rolled his eyes and said simply: "Goodbye." Anderson was to leave later in the evening for Wiesbaden, Germany, where recently re- leased hostages Joseph Cicippio and Alann Steen are resting and undergoing medical ex- aminations. Anderson was being accompanied by Larry E. Heinzerling, AP's deputy director of the World Services division. A U.S. military doctor in Wiesbaden said Steen suffered brain damage and was subject to periodic seizures because he was kicked in the head during his captivity. President Bush called Terry Anderson in Damascus "to express the love and admiration that all Americans have for Terry," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. A flurry of contradictory reports early in the day about Anderson's whereabouts mir- rored the agonizing cycle of raised and dashed hopes for release from his 2,455-day ordeal. See HOSTAGES, Page 2 Double your presents, double your fun Terry Shubell, South Quad Office Assistant, puts the finishing touches on the South Quad Christmas tree as a menorah glows brightly nearby. State debating ofME T by Stefanie Vines Daily Government Reporter A state pre-paid tuition program could be changed to a new savings-bond plan if Gov. John Engler has his way. Board members of the Michigan Education Trust (MET) met yesterday to discuss Engler's proposed change from the guarantee that MET would pay a child's tuition bills to a new program where the government would issue state-backed, tax- free bonds designed to help families save for college. Under the current MET program, es- tablished in 1988 by former Gov. Jim Blanchard, parents pay in a lump sum and MET guarantees to cover tuition at any state public university when the child reaches college age. University President James Duderstadt is a member of the MET board and will help decide the future of the program. The state has sold 55,000 MET con- tracts. The Financial Aid Office estimates that only one or two University students currently use MET to pay for their tuition, although more are expected to use it in the next five to 10 years. * Rep. Pat Gagliardi (D-Drummond Island) said Engler's move is politically motivated. "He never liked the program because it was established under Blanchard, and he has also refused to take on universities that are increasing tuition rates," he said. Mary Dettloff, spokesperson for House Speaker Lewis Dodak (D-Montrose), said she is concerned about the current MET contracts. "Our concern is that Engler's new pro- posal doesn't guarantee that you can cover the cost of tuition if you invest in MET. Also what about all of the current MET contracts? Will they be honored if the cur- rent program is scrapped?" she said. 'What about all of the current MET contracts?' -Mary Detloff Pat Brown, spokesperson for Rep. Morris Hood (D-Detroit) and co-chair of the Higher Education subcommittee, was also concerned about the guarantee for cur- rent MET contracts. "I just hope that all of those parents and grandparents using the program will be guaranteed by MET," she said. John Truscott, Engler's press secretary, said Engler wants the current contracts to be guaranteed. "Engler has asked the legislature to guarantee the current MET contracts, but in 15 years when many of these students are college-age the contracts may not be honored if the Governor in power then does not have the funds or integrity to do it," he said. Truscott said former Gov. Jim Blanchard never actually made provisions to guarantee MET contracts. "It is not accurate to say that the Blanchard administration was going to guarantee tuition, but Engler has taken provisions to do that. The American people were lied to by Blanchard," he said. Executive Director of University Relations Walter Harrison said the University's main concern is for the future students who have MET contracts. "Right now there are very few students using MET, but in five or 10 years many people will want to use it. Since many of these people plan to send their children to Michigan we have a vested interest in the program," he said. "The Governor is playing politics with MET because the program was initiated under Blanchard and it was popular," Brown said. "Engler wants something with his stamp on it, but there is no guar- antee that you can cover the cost of the program, especially under him." Gagliardi said the main problem now lies with universities like Michigan. "The real failure lies with universities that increase tuition. They need to keep it more under control," he said. Israel doesn't show, Mideast talks recess WASHINGTON (AP) - Mideast peace talks recessed in less than an hour yesterday amid recriminations on both sides. Israel de- fended its decision not to attend the opening session and suggested technical discussions in the coming days. Palestinian delegates rushed back to the State Department to discuss the Israeli pro- posal. "We have suggested holding a meeting to talk about logistics, so that when our delega- tions get here Monday we can save time," said an Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity. The Israeli delegation is expected to arrive Sunday. The State Department also expressed dis- appointment with the false start and said it would keep trying to bring the two sides to- gether this week. It invited all parties for a 10 a.m. session to be held today. The State Department slammed the gov- ernment of Shamir for starting up a new set- tlement on the West Bank. "Settlements are an obstacle to peace," spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler said. "We are particularly disturbed at this development on the eve of the resumption of bilateral talks." Israeli Ambassador Zalman Shoval said the United States no longer would function as a "mailman." Benjamin Netanyahu, a close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, said the Arabs had asked U.S. officials to con- vey a list of 15 proposals to Israel and were turned down. "We told them, 'take it to Israel,"' Ne- tanyahu quoted an unidentified U.S. official as saying. State Department spokeswoman Tutwiler said she was "totally unaware there is a See TALKS, Page 2 'U' study predicts " slow improvement for stalled by Barry Cohen Daily Staff. Reporter A University study by the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE) is allaying fears that the economy will suffer a "double-dip" recession, say University economists. "The double-dip could happen, but it would be driven by a spread- ing lack of consumer confidence, not by driving economic principles," said Dr. Janet Wolfe, economics professor at RSQE. Economists de- fine a "double dip" as a recession, then a slight recovery followed by a * deeper recession. The study predicts that the na- tional unemployment rate, holding Students hold celebration of Zionism with rally, election economy at 7 percent, will drop to 6.5 percent by the end of 1992 and decrease to 6.1 percent by the end of 1993. The gross national product will increase 2.2 percent by the end of 1992 and another 3 percent for 1993, consumer price inflation will slightly decline, and household pur- chasing power will slightly in- crease, the study said. During 1992 and 1993, interest rates are predicted to stay low, car and light truck sales will improve, and housing production will slowly increase. But Dr. Richard Curtin, Director of Survey of Consumers at RSQE, said that the economy is currently at See ECONOMY, Page 2 l. by Lauren Dermer Daily Staff Reporter wI About 20 students showed their support for Israel yesterday by singing Hebrew songs at a snow-bound rally on the Diag, and others offered their opinions on Israeli politics in a mock election. The events were part of "Proud to Be a Zionist Day," sponsored by the Union of Students for Israel (USI) and Tagar, a Zionist student activist group. "The purpose of the election is to show that Israel is a democratic system and to get people involved and informed," LSA senior Jeremy Schwartz said. "We want to get an idea of where students stand on the is- sues and how students feel." The 12 parties that have at least two seats in the Israeli parliament were included on the mock ballot, and a brief description of their positions regarding so- cial and economic policy, foreign affairs, and state and religion was posted. The results of the mock election, which were simi- lar to those of an election on campus two years ago, showed a roughly even split between the Labor and Likud parties, but.more than half the votes were split among various other parties. G Shapiro returning for December graduation by Bethany Robertson Daily Administration Reporter Former University President Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Shapiro served as the 10th president of the University 1 IL... .: ... .