The School of Public Health's moratorium on PPIH that restricts student admissions and faculty hiring should be revoked at today's Executive Committee meeting before it is too late. Sam Raimi returns to his "Evil Dead" series, now with a wad of money. Read Michael Thompson's review of the film "Army of Darkness." The Michigan men's basketball team held off a fiesty Ohio State squad yesterday in Columbus. Juwan Howard's 18-point, 16-rebound performance led the Wolverines to a 66-64 victory. Today Partly sunny and warmer High 39, Low 27 Tomorrow Partly cloudy; High 42, Low 30 Jr 'ml Unti One hundred two years of editorial freedom Vol C I. 5An rbr ichia - odyM rh1 19 193TeMciganG *Da.il Committee to rethink PPIH moratorium by Nate Hurley Daily Administration Reporter Students applying to the Department of Population Planning and International Health (PPIH) may get their chance to study at the University if a moratorium on admissions is reversed. Members of the Executive Committee of the School of Public Health, which oversees PPIH, will meet with Dean June Osborn this morning to discuss the future of the department. PPIH Chair Yuzuru Takeshita said the school has stopped telling prospective PPIH students they can't apply. "The assistant dean contacted me. He e-mailed me to say that they have stopped calling the applicants," he said. In December, the committee began the process for closing the department, including halting admissions. Today's meeting will discuss lifting the moratorium on admissions. Thomas D'Aunno, associate professor in the Department of Health Study Management and Policy and a committee member, said, "We're going to talk more about what process we should follow from here on out." Some members of the University Board of Regents said proper procedures may not have been followed at its February meeting. "My sense of the whole thing is these procedures were not meticulously followed," said Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor). "I think it was made clear by some of the regents that proper procedures should be followed." Osborn refused to comment and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Gilbert Whitaker could not be reached for comment. PPIH Prof. Jason Finkle said it may already be too late to help the department. "If I were an applicant and had not been admitted at this stage, I would go to my other alternatives," he said. School of Public Health graduate student Carol Miller said the University had told 33 prospective stu- dents that PPIH was not accepting applications. See PPIH, Page 2 Regents raise rent, discuss move-in date by Melissa Peerless Daily News Editor Students living in University residence halls and family housing face a 4.6 percent increase in rent for the 1993-94 school year - and they will probably get two extra days of hospitality for their money. The University Board of Regents approved the rate increase at its February meeting. In addition, the regents discussed a proposed change to the move-in schedule. The residence halls were origi- nally scheduled to open Saturday, Sept. 4. However, the Michigan football team is set to host the Washington State Cougars that day. The University is discussing opening its housing the preceding Thursday or Friday in order to avoid excessive traffic and other problems. Executive Director of University Relations Walter Harrison said the proposed schedule change is par- tially contingent upon the regents' approval of the rent increase. "The executive officers of the University asked the Housing Division to develop a plan if the fee increase was passed," he said. With the housing rate increase, a double in a University residence hall will cost $4,482.18 per semester. Thirteen meals per week are included. University Housing Division Director Robert Hughes said a committee comprised of representa- tives from the University community collaborated to arrive at the rate increase. While the regents passed the fee increase with no discussion, many board members voiced their opin- ions on the proposed schedule change. Regent Laurence Deitch (D-West Bloomfield) said a students' move- in experience should not be over- shadowed by a Wolverine gridiron contest. "The day that you leave home and go to college is a special day in people's lives," he said. "It's a magic day. It deserves to stand on its own two feet." But University President James Duderstadt explained that the date of the football game cannot be changed, however inconvenient it may be. "The game has to stay where it is," he said, adding that the University faces this conflict be- cause with Penn State University's entrance to the Big Ten, the season had to be rearranged. Duderstadt said the University is looking into changing its academic schedule in order to assuage this problem. "We are one of the few universi- ties that doesn't start our academic calendar before Labor Day," he said. "Provost (Gilbert) Whitaker is looking to start before Labor Day and get us in sync with everyone else." See RENT, Page 2 Explosion aftermath Two New York City police officers help an injured woman away from the scene near the World Trade Center Friday after an underground explosion rocked the twin towers. Investigators are blaming the blast on a bomb, possibly planted by terrorists. Five people were killed in the explosion. Two are still missing, and more than 1,000 people were injured. The offices located in the towers will be closed for at least one week. New Orleans comes alive in annual Mardi Gras festival by Robert Patton NEW ORLEANS - Last Tues- day night an entire city was overrun with a rowdy mob cavorting wildly in its streets. Even with drunkenness rampant and public displays of lewdness everywhere, local authori- ties made no attempt to stop the mayhem. In fact, police stood by calmly observing the scene. The crowd which was full of generally law-abiding citizens - including a contingent of University students - was simply honoring a centuries-old tradition. The mass in- toxication, widespread offensiveness and general craziness were all a part of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, the 12-day drunken blowout which annually draws more than 10 million people to the streets of New Orleans, reached a climax last Tuesday during the University's Spring Break. "Fat Tuesday" is the day before Ash Wednesday, which begins Lent - the Christian season of penitence and self-denial preced- ing Easter. Mardi Gras, brought to New Orleans by French settlers, was conceived as a way for participants to get sin out of their systems before Lent. The Mardi Gras festivities have their roots in ancient pagan rituals, and the scene in New Orleans last week suggested that some things ,haven't changed. During the day, colorful parades rolled through the city, and plastic bead necklaces, cups, medallions and other trinkets 'I was a little bit hesitant but when I saw the size of those beads, I knew I had to drop my trousers.' - Ralph Ohlsen chemical engineer were flung into the crowded side- walks. As day turned to night and the level of public intoxication rose, the mob swarmed into the French Quar- ter, the old section of the city. Bour- bon Street, the center of Mardi Gras activity, was transformed into a mile-long public peep show. Revel- ers exchanged the coveted bead necklaces for peeks at anatomical parts usually kept covered in polite society. Some chose to participate more fully in the alcohol-soaked celebra- tion than others. Ralph Ohlsen, a chemical engineer from Cleveland, Ohio, said he was "out here to party and drink hurricanes" - a reference to the strong, pink cocktails which are a staple of the festival. Ohlsen cheerfully admitted to showing some skin to receive a col- orful necklace. "I was a little bit hes- itant," Ohlsen said, "but when I saw the size of those beads, I knew I had to drop my trousers." The allure of the beads was also strong for Jennifer DeRosa, a politi- cal science major at the University of Florida. "I never flashed until tonight. I only flashed once tonight and I won't flash again - unless I am offered some really good beads," DeRosa said. New Orleans native Sheila Car- penter, a secretary, said she was having a great time, but drew the line at public exposure. "I don't feel like a pair of plastic beads is worth pulling down my shirt for," Carpenter said. Jon Wheeler, a recent LSA grad- uate in history and political science, made the roughly 17-hour trek from Ann Arbor. He said frustration with the dismal employment market sent him to New Orleans. "There are no jobs, so I just de- cided to go to Mardi Gras and party. I might just stay down here," he said. Not everyone was so enthusiastic about the holiday. While they said they were pleased with the boost in sales, some local merchants said the rowdiness of the crowd made Mardi Gras a mixed blessing. "I want you all to go home," said Minta, an employee of the People's Grocery on Bourbon Street. Minta, See MARDI GRAS, Page 2 U.S. sends Bosnian villagers relief Bosnian officials fear some food and medicine may not have reached intended villages SARAJEVO, Bosnia- Herzegovina (AP) - The U.S. military launched a major relief effort in besieged eastern Bosnia, dropping a million leaflets saying airdrops of badly needed humani- tarian aid were on the way. But Bosnian officials said yesterday that some of the messages missed the mark. L a noffinriai ateeid residents supply $360 million worth of arms, including sophisticated mis- siles, to Serbia and Serb-con- trolled areas of Bosnia and Croatia. Such an agreement would violate a U.N. arms embargo. The airdrop aims mostly to help Muslims suffering from cold and hunger in enclaves almost en- tirely cut off from relief for months, but they will also provide aid for Serbs and Croats. The aerial aid mission signals greater U.S. involvement in the war-torn Balkans. A 19-member U.S. government team arrived in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday. It will snrea Ait a nonia to iden- points over Bosnia. They flew more than 10,000 feet above the Bosnian countryside under cover of darkness to minimize the risk posed by Serb anti-aircraft guns and shoulder-fired missiles. However, officials in some of the villages said yesterday that no leaflets had been found. If the leaflets missed their targets, that would illustrate the difficulty of making accurate drops from high altitudes. Fadil Heljic, a ham radio oper- ator in the eastern enclave of Zepa, said "not one" leaflet landed on the town of 34,000 and people were "slowly losing hope." w AerW"lolyloin hpe"au