TODAY A little warmer; High: 32, Low: 22. TOMORROW Partly sunny; High: 45, Low: 32. tat n whNS DE The University and the AIDS virus. See FridayFOCUS Page 5. One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vol. CiI, No. 48 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, December 6, 1991 Gopre "ig =:19l .Engler abandons prepaid tuition by Stefanie Vines Daily Government Reporter Gov. John Engler abandoned a prepaid tuition state program in fa- vor of his state-backed savings bonds plan Wednesday following endorsement of the plan by the Michigan Educational Trust (MET) board. The new investment program is *intended to be an alternative to the old MET program in which parents pay a lump sum and MET promises to cover tuition at any state public university when the child reaches college age. The MET board, which approved Engler's savings bond plan, is com- prised of state treasury officials, lawyers, and University President James Duderstadt. The new plan does not affect the 55,000 current MET contracts, but does prevent interested parents from investing in MET until the spring when the board will recon- vene to evaluate the old MET sys- tem. MET President Sabrina Keeley said the new plan is not a substitute for the old program. "The bond plan is not a measure intended to replace the current pro- gram. Instead, it is a new plan to help the state meet the increasing tuition rates," Keeley said. Keeley added that current MET contracts are guaranteed. "People who are holding MET contracts right now shouldn't be worried. They are definitely"safe." If the state honors the MET con- tracts, though, it may put new bur- dens on the budget, according to See TUITION, Page 2 CC Rep. Muir to vie for seat on A2 Council Festival of Lights More than 60,000 lights adorn Riverside Park in Ypsilanti last night for the sixth annual Festival of Lights. 'U' bank machines may make loans, tuition payments easier by Ken Walker Daily City Reporter LSA senior, Conservative Coali- tion MSA representative, and Michigan Review Executive Editor Jeff Muir announced his intention to run for the Ann Arbor City Council yesterday. Muir will be a Republican can- didate for the council's 5th Ward seat, currently held by Democrat Thais Peterson. Peterson previously said she intends to seek reelection. He is the second University stu- dent to declare his candidacy for the City Council in next April's elections. Joe Borda, city chair of the Ann Arbor Republican Party, said he en- couraged Muir to run for the coun- cil seat. "I think he'll make a great can- didate," Borda said. "He's a very in- telligent guy, he's got some great credentials, he works at a substance abuse project, he's married, he's a representative on the student gov- ernment - I don't know how he finds time to do this stuff." Councilmember Mark Ouimet (R-4th Ward) said he has never met Muir, but said that he has heard "very positive things, that he's very hardworking, energetic, and very fo- cused" in discussing him with party officials. A news release announcing his candidacy included Muir's state- ment, "I want to bring independent thought and sincerity back to the fifth ward councilseat." Muir's statement continued, "Councilwoman Peterson has merely been a yes-vote for Mayor (Liz) Brater, and has yet to distin- guish herself as a positive force for the fifth ward or the city." In an interview last night, Muir said, "I think there are some real problems in city government, and I think there's also ... a lack of lead- ership in the 5th Ward with Thais Peterson. "I grew up in the 5th Ward. It means a lot to me. I'm from there and I just don't like to see it not be represented at the city level." Ouimet agreed with Muir's de- scription of Councilmember Peter- by Tami Pollak Daily Staff Reporter The University is considering in- stalling automatic teller machines (ATMs) to make student-Univer- sity transactions more convenient. If preliminary plans make it past the drawing board, University cashier Jim Middlemas said stu- dents will be able to use their ID cards at special ATMs to make payments on student accounts - tu- ition, housing, University telephone bills - as well as access financial aid or student loan money. Students will be able to make payments either by transferring fi- nancial aid or loan money, or de- positing cash or checks through the machine. "It would eliminate the need to go down the office in the first two weeks of school and stand in line to get your financial aid. This way, students could drain their excess moneys at their leisure," Middle- mas said. Middlemas said that if the idea does get off the ground, it will be a phase-in program, meaning that ex- panded features could be added as part of its development. "We would eventually want to make it so students could access their grades or incomplete tran- scripts on the machines. Added ser- vice would evolve," Middlemas said. Students said they are interested in the new ATM concept. "I think it would make things Skinner gets nod as Bush's chief of staff WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- d'ent Bush named a team of trusted advisers to lead the White House and his re-election campaign yester- day, and boasted he could win a sec- ond term even if the battered econ- omy remains in a slump. With polls showing him with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, Bush said that "when the economy goes down, a president takes the hits." Yet, he said, "This economy is not going to stay down forever. . Bush appointed Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner to replace John Sununu. For his re-election campaign, .Bush named Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher as general chair, pollster Robert Teeter as campaign chair charged with plotting strat- egy, and businessperson Fred Malek as campaign manager responsible for the nuts and bolts operation. All were key players in his successful 1988 campaign. Also tapped for key campaign roles were Mary Matalin, chief of staff of the Republican National Committee, who will join the cam- paign full time as a senior official. GOP consultant Richard Bond was tapped as a senior adviser. No nominee was announced to replace Skinner as Transportation Secretary. Muir son, saying, "It's pretty much Liz pulls the string as to how high they dance. There is no availability for individual thought. These people are told when to vote and how to vote." The Democrats currently hold an 8-3 majority on the City Council. Peterson was not available to re- spond to Muir's allegations, but Councilmember Bob Grady (D-3rd Ward) disagreed with that charac- terization of Democratic council politics. "Generally, if somebody wants to make a comment like that, they could make it about everybody in the Democratic caucus - in which See MUIR, Page 2 'U' sells research to foreign investors by Barry Cohen Daily Staff Reporter The University is one of the top 100 educational institutions across the country selling research and de- velopment, financed by American taxpayers, to Japanese investors, says the report "Buying the Ameri- can Mind," sponsored by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Dr. Alan Steiss, director of the University's Division of Research and Development Administration, acknowledged that some University projects are sponsored by Japanese companies. "Obviously, we offer the same opportunities to any American companies interested in supporting research," Steiss said. He added that the University seeks sponsorship from U.S. companies first. But Steiss said U.S. companies do not have the foresight that Japanese companies do, choosing immediate results rather than long-term in- vestment. "Japan is more prone to take See RESEARCH, Page 2 Blue battles LSSU for conference lead by Andy De Korte Daily Hockey Writer Since becoming the coach of the Michigan hockey team in 1984, Red Berenson has seen one constant within the CCHA standings - Lake Superior State leads Michigan. In Berenson's tenure, the Wol- verines have clawed at the Lakers' coattails only twice. In his first year, Michigan finished ninth to ,LSSU's eighth, and last year, the teams finished first and second. This weekend, Michigan travels to Sault Ste. Marie for two games in an attempt to prove it has finally surpassed the Lakers and should win the CCHA this season. displayed last season, it did not enjoy success against LSSU, going 1-3-1. The Wolverines' last loss against the Lakers came in a 6-5 See ICERS, Page 14 Snowin' in the wind Roger Green paves the way for students crossing the Diag yesterday afternoon. Fifty years later, Pearl Harbor still evokes memories of horror by Brian Dykema It is hard to read a newspaper or watch television lately without see- ing something about Pearl Harbor. The 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the United States has prompted a another look at World War II and U.S.-Japanese relations of the time. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese navy aircraft launched a Political science Professor John Campbell said, "The fact that Japan decided to go to war with the United States was a mistake and a tragic, tragic decision." Yet Campbell added, "It was certainly a brilliant military maneuver as anyone would say, to have an entire carrier fleet sail all the way across the Pacific un- detected and then launch, destroy a Yoshimi Miyake, a lecturer in Japanese language at the University, said she is disappointed with the fo- cus on apologies. "It is a little upsetting," she said. "It should not be an issue of whether America should apologize or Japan should apologize." Graduate counselor and history Professor Roger Hackett - an American born and raised in Japan I. 11 * *~~'