GEO may be forced to strike because its contract talks with the University are not progressing. While this will hurt undergraduate education, it may be the only acceptable response for the TAs. Discussing the place of homosexuals in religion often opens a Pandora's Box of issues. Karen Talaski shows how the debate affects religious leaders, open gays and the campus community. When Michigan plays Michigan State Sunday at Crisler Arena, the Wolverines will be battling for a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament. However, the Spartans are still fighting for a bid. Today Windy and snowy; High34,Low 24 Tomorrow Mostly cloudy; High 36, Low 22 it 4ir t 41 Arl- --lqw zlit One hundred two years of editorial freedom I Vol. C sc, No. 89 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Friday, March 5,1993 @1993 The Michigan Daily 3 students accused of violating conduct code I by Jennifer Silverberg Daily Administration Reporter Alleged drug sales, physical harassment and stalking are the first three accusations being made against students in violation of the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities Although the policy went into effect Jan. 1, the University was unable to hear cases until this month because a hearing process had not been created. A formal process will be effective Monday. cused by a non-student of two charges: al- leged unlawful sale/possession of drugs, and physical endangerment and assault. The student, who lives in off-campus housing, has been notified of the complaint filed against him and has met with Mary Lou Antieau, judicial advisor of the policy. The student is currently deciding how he wishes his case to proceed. "I expect we will move forward, because of his due process rights, as soon as we can - as soon as he lets us know his choice," The non-student was able to file the complaint because the policy covers actions committed within 30 miles of campus. The second case - filed by a male un- dergraduate - accuses a first-year male en- gineering student of alleged physical ha- rassment in a residence hall. Antieau said she has met with the ac- cused in this case and he is deciding how he wants his case to proceed. Antieau said he is considering mediation. The third case was filed by a LSA fifth- year female accusing a male undergraduate of allegedly stalking her in the Michigan Union on several occasions. Antieau said she is in the process of for- malizing the case, and has not yet met with the accused. The University is expecting 400 com- plaints per year, Anticau said, but only a handful of those will be heard by student hearing panels. She added that she is not surprised that three cases have already been presented to her office. "I'm not surprised at all given my per- spective," Antieau said. "I've been on the campus for 16 years and I'm aware of the kinds of things happening on campus. I'm not surprised that students are bringing these forward." Antieau said other universities have had as many as 1,700 complaints per year under their policies, but generally only seven to 10 cases are presented before student hearing panels. Once a case has been formally filed in the Office of Student Affairs, Antieau has 10 days to notify the accused of the See CODE, Page 2 The first case involves a male senior, ac- Antieau said. FBI arrests suspect for planting bomb Officials arrest one man expected to reopen for a month. for WVorld Trade Center The rental agreement identified the sus- pect as 26-year-old Mohammed Salama of bombing, continue search Jersey City, N.J. He was expected to be ar- for other suspects raigned sometime yesterday night in New York City. NEW YORK (AP) - A man described The arrest came after an army of investi- as a follower of a radical Muslim cleric was gators spent the past week combing through arrested yesterday for last week's World piles of rubble at the blast site, fielding thou- Trade Center bombing when he coolly tried sands of phone calls and pursuing scores of a third time to reclaim a rental deposit on a leads. Detectives systematically checked van wrecked in the blast. garage payment stubs and viewed video- Other suspects were being sought. Law tapes of entering vehicles. enforcement sources said the bombing Investigators turned up charred pieces of appeared to be a terrorist act. the rental van around the perimeter of the Papers that the suspect presented the blast site indicating that the van might have rental agency were covered with nitrates, a held the explosives, a source said on condi- government source, speaking on condition of tion of anonymity. anonymity, told The Associated Press. Ni- The suspect had rented the van from a trates are found in some explosives; traces of Ryder truck agent in Jersey City on Feb..23 nitrates were found at the blast site. and returned less than two hours after the The arrest was a sudden, major break in explosion Friday afternoon to say it had the most notorious U.S. bombing in years. been stolen from him in Jersey City, said Just a day earlier, the FBI had said it could Paul Mascitelli, owner of a car dealership take months to crack the case. that shares an office with the Ryder agent. Friday's enormous blast in a garage be- The man wanted his $400 cash deposit neath the twin towers killed five people, in- back but was told he would need a police re- jured more than 1,000, left one missing and port of the theft, Mascitelli said. He said the sent fear through the nation's largest city. suspect returned Monday without the police The 110-story towers - the world's second- report and again was turned away. tallest buildings, home to hundreds of busi- Yesterday morning, the man called the nesses with thousands of workers - aren't See ARREST, Page 2 AP PHIO FBI Director William Sessions announces in a press conference at FBI headquarters that one arrest was made yesterday from last week's bombing incident at the World Trade Center in New York City. Letter mobilizes campus gay groups by Jen DiMascio Daily Gender Issues Reporter A letter written by seven Housing staff members to the administration has recently raised concerns within the gay, lesbian and bisexual com- munity. The letter states that the Univer- sity unnecessarily promotes gay and lesbian lifestyles in residence halls. The authors objected to displays of sexually explicit, life-sized posters in East Quad and South Quad. The letter also states advertisements for the film series, "Non-Traditional Love Relationships," supports "unnatural human relationships." In addition, the letter questions the University's funding and support of the Lesbian Gay Male Programs Office (LGMPO). The letter was exposed to the public when Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor) brought it up as a topic of discussion at the Feb. 19 University Board of Regents meeting. Baker said he wanted to discuss the letter at the meeting because housing was on the agenda and he felt the issue should not be sup- pressed. "When you have three or four University employees having con- cerns over a particular issue, I think that issue should be discussed," Baker said. He added that he planned to read the letter in its entirety at the next regents' meeting scheduled to ad- dress housing, but he did not know when that meeting would take place. When the letter surfaced, offi- cials in the Housing Division re- jected the letter as an institutional policy and gay rights activists mobi- lized. Alan Levy, director of public af- fairs for the University's Housing Division said the seven employees did not represent the Housing Divi- sion's viewpoint. Levy said the department feels the staff members were correct in voicing their concerns about what makes them feel uncomfortable, but does not support their opinion. "We need to make a distinction between acts of overt sexual ha- See LETTER, Page 2 i=-in Tk- In a letter addressed to the administration, seven members of the University Housing Staff stated their concerns regarding the promotion of gay/lesbian life- styles in residence halls: Sexually explicit photographs were displayed in South and East Quad. Notices were displayed in West Quad to solicit participation in a gay/lesbian film series. East Quad library is Swimmers devastate field on frst day by Brett Johnson Daily Sports Writer promulgated v reading mater The Univers funds to maint visible LGMPO 0 Students return from break with tans Despite warnings about skin cancer, local tanning salons bring in business .k by Saloni Janveja Daily Feature Writer Tanned bodies are a common sight around campus with students returning from Spring Break in the tropics. But while some admire the "healthy tan," skin cancer prevention advocates warn this second skin is far from healthy. A golden glow seems to benefit just about everyone involved - happily bronzed students, profit- seeking resorts and local tanning sa- lons that help students get a head- start on their tans. But with a sun-baked body comes the dangerous possibility of year, but most of his clientele are lo- cal professionals eager to maintain the summer look, rather than students. "We get a small rush in February. But after that, it gets really busy," 'What is important for people our age to know is that we do about 80 percent of the damage we're ever going to do to our bodies by the age of 21.' tan. There's a tremendous travel in- dustry in Ann Arbor." "If we had to rely only on the kids, we wouldn't be here," he added. "The college crowd only tans about six weeks in a year - for Spring Break." Nowak speculated that tanning is not as common among students in Ann Arbor as other college towns because it is a more competitive school where spare time is a scarcity. Additionally, Zolotor said USAC warns students about the dangers of cancer and recently held a special project about skin cancer called with gay/lesbian INDIANAPOLIS - The Mich- ial. igan fight song was played early and ity contributes often during the first round of the tain the highly Big Ten Championships as the Wol- at the Union. verines- dominated the first day of competition. At days end, Michigan led Minnesota by 79.5 points. "It was by far our best first day ever," Michigan coach Jon Urban- chek said. "We had a real good showing in the 500 freestyle." After a slow start in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Wolverines start- ed their carnage in the 500 free. Sophomore Marcel Wouda, who set a Big Ten Championship record 4:17.99) during the morning preliminaries, took his first-place seed and lived up to it in the finals. Wouda swam a slightly slower time of 4:18:50 to earn the win. Michigan gained the one-two-three sweep as senior Brian Gunn (4:20.87) and junior Rodney Van Tassell (2:23.39) finished second and third respectively. More impor- tantly, both Wouda and Gunn's times qualified them for the NCAA Chamninnshin later this Mareh Vn .: I -Ml