Since the U-M Board of Regents holds full power over students on this campus, it would make sense to have a student on the board to represent our views. You've seen their show, now read the book. Penn & Teller explain how to stab a fork in your eye and more in their wild and crazy new book, "Penn & Teller's How to Play with Your Food." The Michigan women's basketball team opens its season tonight at Crisler Arena against the Toledo Rockets. The Wolverines hope to avenge last year's 89-69 loss to Toledo. Today Cloudy and cold; High 37 Low 25 Tomorrow Still more clouds; High 40, Low 26 W Etttl Un41V One hundred two years of editorial freedom Vl III No. 4An ArbrMihia.-ueda, eemer1,192©192Th*Mc ia Dily Court bucks Guam's law on abortion Supreme Court upholds 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling IKtiSTFF I U L UIL T II aiiy Brick break Sophomore Tiffany Brandt reads a paper on a window ledge while waiting to talk with her English professor for help on a paper in Haven Hall yesterday. MSU searches for newpresident Associated Press The Supreme Court sustained women's basic right to abortion yes- terday, voting 6-3 against reviving a 1990 Guam law that would have prohibited nearly all such operations. The justices refused to review lower court rulings that had declared the U.S. territory's sweeping law' unconstitutional. Yesterday's action, which ac- tivists on both sides of the national debate had expected, marked the first time in 20 years that the high court declined to review a major abortion dispute. "There are apparently some ap- plications of the statute that are per- fectly constitutional," said Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia, along with Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Byron White, voted against the court's brief order. Scalia said a federal appeals court wrongly stuck down the Guam law "on its face." Michigan abortion activists saw the decision as another sign that the high court will restrict - but not ban - abortions. "The fact that they're not going to hear Guam is good news for the pro-choice movement. My under- standing is what it means is they won't be overturning Roe this term," said Sarah Smith-Redmond, the ex- ecutive director of the Michigan Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. Barbara Listing, president of by Shelley Morrison Daily Higher Education Reporter Michigan State University offi- cials expect to complete the search for a new president by September 1993 despite having to comply with the state Open Meetings Act, which they fear will intimidate prospective candidates. MSU is seeking to fill the void left by former President John DiBaggio, who left the university last year to become president of Tufts University. But university officials say the task is hampered by Michigan's Open Meetings Act, which requires them to release detailed information about finalists including credentials and references. The act applies only to those se- lected as finalists by more than half of the eight-member Board of Trustees. Board member Jack Shingleton called this stipulation a detriment to the selection process. "The bottom line is that candi- dates are reluctant to put their names in the hopper if their strengths and weaknesses will come under public scrutiny," Shingleton said. "Ideally we would like to have candidates be able to have informa- tion about credentials kept confidential." Terry Denbow, MSU vice presi- dent for university relations, agreed. "In my opinion, you will not get the breadth of candidates if their strengths and weaknesses will be discussed publicly," Denbow said. "It's a balance between the peo- ple's 'right to know' and the candi- dates' right to privacy," Denbow said. Denbow also said DiBaggio probably would not have undergone the selection process if it had en- tailed a public critique of his record. "I think to call it a 'secret search' is a misnomer. I personally would not want my weaknesses to be dis- cussed in public," he said. The presidential selection process See MSU, Page 2 I Women say religion not a factor in sorority choice Right to Life of Michigan, said the ruling was not surprising. She said it reinforced what the court said in June when it upheld parts of a re- strictive Pennsylvania law but said women still had the right to an abortion. "They had ample opportunities in (the Pennsylvania case) and made a decision not to and were very em- phatic that Roe vs. Wade stands. This is another message from that court that they're not ready to take another look at the decision," she said. U-M Professor of law and public policy Kim Lane Schepple agreed. After the Pennsylvania decision, she said, "It was clear that all total bans on abortion are going to be de- clared unconstitutional." Schepple, who tracks the abortion issue, said the justices may have wanted to duck the issue. "The abortion issue is so con- tentious on the court right know that the justices don't want to have to talk about that any more than they have to," she said. "Taking up the Guam case puts the spotlight on the court again. What they were saying in the case by their decision is they don't want to be at the center of the issue again." Portions of the Pennsylvania law upheld by the court in June included a waiting period, a requirement that women be given information about the risks of abortion, and parental consent for minors' abortions. U-M, city examme research accessibility by Jonathan Berndt Daily City Reporter The U-M needs to make its prod- uct-related research more accessible in order to benefit local industry, university officials said last night. Ann Arbor city and U-M leaders met to brainstorm ways to pool re- sources in order to help local science and technology industries. Officers outlined ways in which U-M research - specifically from the College of Engineering - could benefit Ann Arbor area industry. Jay Hartford, U-M executive di- rector for technology transfer, spoke about a concept that would allow new manufacturing firms to use re- search findings to create new local businesses. "The university needs to work with manufacturers in southeast Michigan and small companies with great promise on how to commer- cialize technology," Hartford said. He specifically cited current re- search in the electronics and com- puter-software related fields. "The research in the Solid State Electronics Lab takes 30 years to by Jen DiMascio Daily Staff Reporter Engineering sophomore Julie Pinsky says there is more to choosing a sorority than religion. "It picked me. I just didn't want to be a part of a house that is basically just one thing. I want to be friends with people who are every- thing," said Pinsky, an Alpha Delta Pi member. Pinsky, who was one of six Jewish women in her 43-person pledge class, said she sought diversity in a potential sorority rather than homogeneity. Many women echoed Pinksy's sentiments, saying that religion did not factor into their de- cisions to join a particular sorority. LSA sophomore Chrissie Johnson, a mem- ber of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, said she thinks students often segregate themselves by religion when choosing to live outside the Greek system. She added that living in the Theta house has exposed her to diverse religions and customs. However, LSA sophomore Royce Bernstein, a Sigma Delta Tau sorority member, said religion was definitely a factor in her choice of houses. Bernstein said she began rush not wanting to join an all-Jewish house, but said she chose her sorority because she felt most comfortable in a predominantly Jewish house. She added that being Jewish is not a re- quirement to join her sorority, but "it just kind of works out that way." Panhellenic President Laura Hansen said See RELIGION, Page 2 Ann Arbor store merchants optimistic about holiday sales * Local employees report healthy sales during holiday weekend by Will McCahill U Daily Staff Reporter When Sunday finally arrived after last vigorous, even compared to recent holiday seasons. A recent forecast by U-M economics Prof. Saul Hymans and researchers Joan Crary and George Fulton predicted that the state economy will have to wait for the national economy to strengthen before it sees substantial growth. But many area merchants said yesterday