You're already too late to vote in the Michigan presidential primary, so don't miss your chance to vote in April's city council elections. Register now to vote. Students have always been acting out, but some University students have been doing it for credit for 75 years. The theatre department celebrates its 75th anniversary in this week's issue. Former Michigan swimmer Mike Barrowman lost for the first time in over three years at yesterday's Olympic Trials. His second-place finish still qualifies him for the Barcelona Games. Today Windy and mild; High: 62, Low: 45 Tomorrow Showers, t'storms; High 62, Low 43 V 46f L t One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vo.Cs N.8 n ArbrMihga -husay Mrc ,192(192Th Mcia Dily Library .Studies rep. cut by MSA by Jennifer Silverberg Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) has re-apportioned seats for *the first time in seven years, causing confusion and controversy between some representatives. The School of Information and Library Studies will lose their one seat and Rackham will gain a repre- sentative effective next fall. "Every term someone in MSA, it's not clear who, is supposed to look at current enrollment figures and calculate the number of seats *that each school would get," said Rules and Elections Committee Chair Brain Kight. "I can't find any evidence that it's been done since the current system of representatives was created in 1985." Eight hundred fifty students are needed for a school to obtain a seat on the assembly. Controversy emerged at Tuesday night's MSA meeting when Kight proposed an amendment that would eliminate the name of the School of Information and Library Studies from MSA's Compiled Code. "This amendment would just get rid of the name," Kight said. "The See MSA, Page 2. State Rep. Bullard may seek judgeship in '92 by Hope Calati Daily Staff Reporter Michigan State Rep. Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor), a 20-year veteran of the state legislature, may make an attempt to jump from the legislative to the judicial branch in the 1992 November elections. Although Bullard has not yet confirmed his candidacy, he has re- cruited a campaign manager for the 15th District Court judgeship race. Bullard has served as a member of the House Judiciary committee since 1981. "He has been discussing it," said Sabra Brier, Ann Arbor Democratic party chair. "Nobody, perhaps not even Perry, knows." Bullard is expected to throw his hat in the ring following Michigan's March 17 presidential primaries. Bullard's campaign chair, George Sallade, said the campaign has not 'Nobody, perhaps not even Perry, knows.' - Sabra Brier Ann Arbor Democratic party chair. officially started. But it will be "a very well run and active organiza- tion," he added.. If he runs for judge, Bullard would vacate the 53rd district seat in the House. Washtenaw County Democratic Party Chair Jean King said several people are think- ing about running for the seat Bullard is ex- pected to vacate. She speculated that potential candidates are waiting for the redistricting deci- Bullard sion, which is expected to be finalized early next week. District lines are redrawn after every national census to account for shifts in the population. The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday on the legislative redistricting plan drawn up by a special three-judge panel. 'U' Dems. hear Bullard Addresses 'State of the Party,' presidential race by Hope Calati Daily Staff Reporter "The State of the Party" and the events of the presidential campaign were the focus of State Rep. Perry Bullard's (D-Ann Arbor) discussion with the College Democrats last night. "We need a mobilizing message like Tom Harkin was trying to carry," Bullard said. "A lot of people are not participating who should be participating." Bullard expressed qualified sup- port for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. "I'm very troubled by his roots and base in such a conservative state ... I think he's completely con- servative on economic politics," Bullard said. "Clinton is the winner. Tsongas is the unimaginable as the winner," he added. "I don't know if (Tsongas) can dig into the Republican switchovers. When you run Republicans against Republicans, people will vote for the real Republican." "I'm fearful of Clinton's back- ground ... On the other hand we have to figure out how to win it," Bullard said. See BULLARD,.Page 2 Wheel of fortune Tim Kral installs training wheels on a kid-sized mountain bike at an Ann Arbor bike shop. .IDEA bill would give students new financial aid option by Barry Cohen Daily Government Reporter College students will have a radi- cally different means of obtaining financial aid if the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate pass the Income-Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) Act. IDEA provides students an alter- native to existing financial aid op- tions, such as Stafford Loans. The proposed procedure would bypass the current lending network - com- prised of banks, secondary markets and collecting agencies - to provide students with direct loans ' from revenues generated by government- sponsored securities. "We can make it so that all stu- dents can pursue a post-secondary education and save a huge amount of money," said George Conant, leg- islative aide to Rep. Tom Petri (R- Wis.), a co-sponsor of the House version of IDEA. The Senate version of the bill would be incorporated into the tax bill President Bush requested the Senate pass by March 20. The House version is likely to be proposed as an amendment to the Higher Education Reauthorization Act, Conant said. Neither version of the loan program has been debated. If passed, IDEA would begin in 1994 as a pilot program providing financial aid to 300-500 higher edu- cation institutions. A provision of the bill would expand coverage in the future. Students would have 25 years to pay back the loans, but payments would be income-dependent, giving students the option of choosing what portion of their income they wish to devote to their repayment. Because the bill does not stipu- late a fixed rate, students would have the ability to pay back the loans quickly or over a longer time period. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would collect IDEA loans by withholding income from paychecks - the same method used to collect federal income taxes. Regular pay- ments to banks, the method imple- mented by current loan programs, would be circumvented. Conant said IDEA would elimi- nate defaults on student loans, which totaled $3.6 billion last year. After 25 years, unpaid loans would be for- given. Also, repayments could be de- layed if the borrower faces difficult financial times but later recovers. Conant said a provision in the House version of the IDEA bill would also deal with defaults on other student loans, such as Stafford loans. "If students have trouble paying them off, they can convertthem into IDEA loans," he said. As a result, credit ratings would not be affected. David Carle, press secretary to Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.), a co-spon- sor of the Senate version of the IDEA bill, said its passage will face fierce opposition from both Republicans and representatives from the Student Loan Marketing Association - SALLIE MAE - Tsongas, Clinton face off in the South DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Along Florida's "condo coast" of retirement communities, the very idea of limiting Social Security increases is political poison. So Bill Clinton's suggestion that his chief Democratic rival might want to limit cost of living in- creases in entitlement programs drew gasps from the hundreds of re- tirees assembled at their poolside social hall. Retirement communities are one place where Tsongas has a chance 'Paul doesn't need a lot of golds. But he does need to show everywhere that he is a credible national candidate.' - Steven Grossman Massachusetts Democratic chair Tsongas, the former Massachusetts senator, heads into Super Tuesday with momentum from a New Hampshire win and his successful showings this week in Maryland, Utah and Washington. "Paul doesn't need a lot of golds," said Massachusetts Democratic Chair Steven Grossman. "But he does need to show everywhere that he is a credi- ble national candidate." Eight-five percent of Florida's population was born elsewhere. Its Democratic primary constituency includes thousands of transplants from the Northeast. "Florida is too big for anyone in a campaign of limited resources so he can hit the condos and the Jewish community," said Democratic consultant Vic Kamber. "You have to pick and choose but there are opportunities for him." A new poll showed Clinton leading Tsongas 27 percent to 21 percent. A plurality in the polls agreed with Tsongas' characteriza- tion of a Clinton-backed middle which is responsible for many fi- nancial loans such as Stafford Loans. "The lending institutions and SALLIE MAE had a major impact last fall with their attempt to poison the well by distributing' misinformation on (the IDEA bill)," Carle said. "The Bush administration went on record against direct lending to students," he added. But the proposal gained momen- tum in Congress after the IDEA bill won added support from Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). See IDEA, Page 2 Group to revise Union policy by Purvi Shah Daily Administration Reporter A working coalition of represen- tatives from University organizations decided yesterday to meet weekly in order to present a revised Union Access Policy to the student populace in a month. The group hopes to subsume the Union Access Policy within the Union Social Events Policy. Both policies would be changed in an at- tempt to reflect safety concerns in light of recent disturbances during social events held in the Union. "We basically came to the con- clusion that (the policies) should come up for review," said Michigan Union Board of. Representatives (MUBR) Chair Priti Marwah. "As we were dealing with the access pol- icy, we discovered that there were social events nolicies that we had to Pat Buchanan learns to place components on a telephone circuit board at an AT&T plant in Louisiana yesterday. Buchanan resists BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Presidential challenger Patrick Buchanan vowed yesterday to resist pressure from the White House and the GOP establishment to dron out spokesperson Marlin F back that "Buchanan h his senses, Buchana looney tunes on us." Bush flew to Flori GOP pressure itzwater shot Despite Buchanan's declaration as finally lost of "tremendous victory" in the lat- .n has gone est primaries, his advisers were pri- vately expressing disappointment ida and an- with his showing in Georgia. r