H * ! The big question about student athletes has always been, what comes first, the student or the athlete? Find out if Michigan athletes really make the grade. What could be better than a free concert? A free concert with a cameo appearance from Blues Traveler. Check it out tomorrow at noon by the Cube. Julie Farrell-Oven house won the one-meter springboard title last night at the Phillips 66 National Indoor Championships at Canham Natatorium. Today Partly cloudy and mild; High 60, Low 39 Tomorrow Partly cloudy; High 60, Low 43 ;{ .... V 40V t Itttl "Itz One hundred and one years of editorial freedom Vol CN. 1 n Arbr Mc ia. -Fiay Ari 1,192Q '99 Te*ic iaDily Judge delays SMaurer case ruling by Ben Deci Daily Crime Reporter Amid protests outside City.Hall, a 15th District Court judge opted yesterday to delay ruling on the case of a Rackham graduate student charged with trespassing and dis- tributing condoms to Pioneer High School students in February. Patrice Maurer, a member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP), had pleaded not guilty to charges of trespassing after she stood in front of the high school Feb. 4 to distribute condoms and safer- sex fliers to students. Judge Timothy Connors said he wanted to investigate the defense's evidence further and would base his decision upon that evidence. In yesterday's pretrial, Connors heard arguments on a motion filed by Molly Reno and Helen Gallagher, Maurer's lawyers, to allow a "First Amendment defense" and a "necessity defense" at Maurer's trial. Reno argued that under the precedent of the "necessity defense," Maurer is innocent. "The necessity defense excuses See JUDGE, Page 2 Democrats light on criticism of Engler LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Demo lawmakers didn't lob the usual bombs at John Engler after he unveiled his plan tc ance the state budget. House Speaker Lewis Dodak (D-I Run) said, "I'm hopeful that the deficit be resolved quickly by cooperation bet all parties, with the ultimate aim of prov the best possible services for the peop Michigan, based on the facts of our fina situation." Engler spent an hour with membersc House and Senate Appropriations comm with members of both parties, going ov plan and answering questions. Unlike last year, Engler's proposal do propose any welfare cuts. It also contai tax increases and avoids any cuts education. Rep. David Hollister (D-Lansing), he the House Appropriations subcommitt social services, criticized Engler for le, about $45 million in the state's "rainy fund. Engler said he hoped the Legislature act quickly on his plan, so it could wr work on this year's budget and get on final work on next year's. budget cratic Gov. o bal- Regents hear Birch twtbudget proposal t will ween by Melissa Peerless iding Daily Administration Reporter Ile of The University Board of Regents yester- ncial day received an executive order from Gov. John Engler that may spare the University of the from severe budget cuts for the current fiscal nittee year. er his Engler's order proposes a plan which cuts $200 million from state programs to balance )esn't Michigan's budget. ns no The higher education budget is not af- s for fected by the order, but if the Michigan legis- lature does not approve the order, the ad of University may receive cuts in state funding. ee on The legislature will vote within the next 10 aving days. day" . Richard Kennedy, vice president for Government Relations, said the University is could fortunate not to have to suffer cutbacks, but ap up feared the legislature may not approve the or- with der. See REGENTS, Page 2 King of blues B.B. King and Lucille, his guitar, perform at Hill Auditorium last night. Two new councilmembers share ideas for future I Republican Fink seeks 'less partisan atmosphere' on council Grad. student stops Republican laughter after council victory by Travis McReynolds Daily City Reporter As City Council hopefuls braced for Ann Arbor's city election two weeks ago, Republican candidate Peter Fink was in the last place one might expect - vacationing in Florida, "hunting for alligators with my kids," he laughed. Nevertheless, Fink was elected to the City Council's 2nd Ward seat by nearly 500 votes - the second largest margin of victory this year. Fink acknowledges his politics are consistent with a conservative Republican line. However, he said his immediate goal is to create a less partisan atmosphere in City Hall. With the new 9-2 Democratic majority on the council, Fink said the Democrats can basically pass any legislation they want. "They don't even have to listen to us, if they don't want to," Fink said. Fink said he decided to run for the City Council because "basically I was complaining quite a bit. I ob- jected to some of the things that were going on with City Council, See FINK, Page 2 by Erin Einhorn Daily City Reporter One hour after Ann Arbor City Council election polls closed at 8 p.m. Monday, April 6, 1992, 21- year-old Peter Nicolas already knew the voters had appointed him to his first public office. Few others could believe it. Nicolas, a Democrat and a University graduate student in the School of Public Policy, ran in a traditionally Republican ward against an older and more experi- enced candidate. "If you were to ask someone in the 4th Ward last year if they would ever elect another Democrat - who was a 21-year-old student - they would laugh at you," said Tom Wieder, a local attorney involved with the Democratic party. "Peter stopped that laughing." When the local television sta- tion, broadcasting from the City Council chamber, asked Nicolas how he was feeling, Nicolas just smiled and said he was proud of the voters. "A lot of people may not have been expecting the victory," he See NICOLAS, Page 2 t - - - - - 'U' cancels Africenergy celebration by Melissa Peerless Daily Administration Reporter Conflicts between Black students and University administrators have caused the University to cancel the Africenergy cultural celebration, originally scheduled for Saturday. Africenergy leader Ramona Porter said the University acted unfairly when deciding to call off the concert and festival without considering the effort her group has put into planning it. "We have been planning this event since September and they wait until the two days before it is supposed to happen to cancel it," she said. But in a letter to the group, Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford said Africenergy did not adequately plan for last year's event and has not made proper plans for this year. She also said that the University does not wish to hold an event right before exams. Hartford also questioned whether the group would be able to come up with sufficient funding to pay for the event. Porter said Africenergy members were supposed to meet with University representatives yesterday, but the University did not tell the group about the meeting until one hour before it was supposed to start, so the group Candidates address economy, education PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Democrat Bill Clinton attacked President Bush's record on the economy yesterday as the worst in 50 years and said his own candidacy offers the best hope for a domestic revival. Clinton outlined his own eco- nomic plans, ranging from tax incen- tives for new investment and re- search and development to full funding for Head Start. They in- cluded blueprints to ease the transi- tion away from defense production. "George Bush's presidency has produced slower economic growth, slower job growth and slower in- come growth than any administra- tion since the Great Depression," Clinton said. Bush, speaking at Allentown's Dieruff High School, renewed his support for legislation that would permit Americans to pay for educa- tion or job training by borrowing nannet ffitu1Y rnnnn Counting chickens "t' Members of the Geology Club count chocolate eggs to determine the winner of yesterday's Easter egg hunt. Geology graduate students searched for more than 1,000 eggs in the C.C. Little building. TI ia itc iv hainaP in hvliw uisuinlikly