The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October6, 1993- 3
.MSA votes to
support
By KAREN TALASKI -
DAILY STAFF REPORTER
V Students who went to the Union to
,,get a quick snack last night may not
..have realized it, but for a short time
,they were sitting in the Michigan Stu-
. dent Assembly chambers.
When the assembly lacked the nec-
essarynumber of members to vote on a
resolution to support the addition of
"sexual orientation" to regental Bylaw
14.06, representatives decided to turn
the building into MSA offices.
"There wasn't a quorum in cham-
bers, so the assembly voted to recon-
vene the meeting with the venue be-
coming the Union," said MSA Presi-
dent Craig Greenberg. The resolution
finally passed, 17-2.
The motion to change venues fol-
lowed a debate regarding the student
government's position on commend-
ing the regents for including "sexual
orientation" in the University's anti-
discrimination bylaw.
bylaw
LSA Rep. Tracy Robinson said
she opposed the bylaw and MSA's
resolution because these motions only
served to add another category of
students to an already long list.
"Students should appear as stu-
dentsin frontof the regents.... Idon't
think it should matter what your ori-
entation is," Robinson said. "The
University shouldn't be pro (homo-
sexuality) and it shouldn't be against
(homosexuality)."
Rackham Rep. Roger De Roo
added an amendment to the resolu-
tion to urge the regents to include
lesbian, gay male, and bisexual stu-
dents in its efforts to eliminate cam-
pus discrimination.
"It's nice to thank (the regents)
but it's also important to add a little
follow-up," De Roo said. "We need
to make sure students are involved in
changing the bylaws."
Jason Hackner, co-chairofMSA's
task force on lesbian, gay male and
REBECCA MARGOLI S/Dally
.SA Rep. Jason Hackner discusses issues on the LGMBi agenda at last night's MSA meeting.
bisexual issues, said he appreciated
the assembly's commitment to fight-
ing discrimination, but chastised
members who walked out before a
vote could be held.
"The Conservative Coalition (CC)
has made a mockery of MSA,"
Hackner said, claiming representa-
tives who did not vote belonged to
CC. "If they want to voice their con-
cerns, they need to have the courage
to do so and not run out."
In other business, the assembly ap-
pointed two MSA members and two
students to the Budget Priorities Com
mittee. Last week's vote on this issue
had been tabled due to concerns about
the diversity of proposed candidates.
Candlelight
vigil to fight
domestic
violence
By KAREN TALASKI
DAILY STAFF REPORTER
A woman is battered every 15
seconds in this country, claim advo-
cates for battered women.
The Domestic Violence Project,
IncJSAFE House is sponsoring avigil
at 7 p.m. this evening on the steps of
Rackham to remember women who
have been killed by their significant
others in the past year and to support
women who have survived these types
of assaults.
Last year, more than 400 reports
of domestic violence were made in
Ann Arbor. In the United States, ap-
proximately 3,000 women werekilled
by their husbands, lovers or boy-
friends. And an excess of one million
women were forced to seek medical
attention for injuries resulting from
assault or battery.
This is the 10th year the vigil will
be held to remember battered women
killed by their assailants and to cel-
ebrate the lives of those who survived
their assaults.
"Idon't thinkthese women should
be forgotten. We should remember
them with love," said Sandy Henes,
SAFE House manager and vigil orga-
nizer.
Henes said she and her staff deal
with the problem of domestic vio-
lence on a daily basis.
"It's important these women be
recognized due to the tragic way in
which they died," she said. "We have
to raise the awareness of domestic
violence (in this country)."
Organizers said the vigil is one of
the first events planned in October to
commemorate Domestic Violence
Awareness Month. Along with
tonight's program, the group will be
breaking ground on the construction
of their new facilities.
The shelter received funding for
the new building from a bond passed
in last year's election. It was the fiat
time such a bond passed in this couu-
try.
The improved facilities will be
able to house an excess of 40 women
and children, an increase of more than
a dozen. The organization's adminis-
trative offices will also be located
there.
Yeltsin removes 3 officials and assesses
bloody damage: 300 killed, 526 injured
MOSCOW (AP) - President
Boris Yeltsin strengthened his vic-
tory over hard-line enemies yester-
day, sacking three officials even as
tanks rolled back from Russia's smol-
dering Parliament and soldiers
searched for more dead.
Sniper fire from the blackened
parliament building died down dur-
ing the day yesterday. Russian televi-
sion said authorities suspected some
10 armed persons remained in the 19-
story building, known as the White
House.
The governmentassigned lawyers
totheleadersoftherebellion-former
vice president Aleander Rutskoi and
parliament speaker Ruslan
Khasbulatov. Officials were consid-
ering what charges would be filed
against them, as they sat behind bars
with their followers.
Yeltsin dismissed Russia's chief
prosecutor Valentin Stepankov
Monday.Yeltsin also fired two pro-
vincial leaders who had opposed him
during the crisis.
The Cabinet, led by Defense Min-
isterPavel Grachev, formally thanked
some 1,300 soldiers and commandos
who had pummeled the marble par-
liament building for 10 hours Mon-
day, igniting fires that blackened the
top third of the so-called White House.
An odor of smoke still hung over
parts of Moscow.
"A wave of hatred and death was
stopped in Moscow. The bloody re-
bellion was suppressed," the Cabinet
said in a statement. "The seeds of a
political split in Russia have been
uprooted. Now, creative work is
needed."
Yeltsin's "creative work" could
include living up to promises to im-
prove the economy, holding elections
and convicting the parliament leaders
who defied who sought for more than
a year to hinder him.
Yeltsin is beholden to those who
helped him, notably the military and
Russia's 89 republics, most of which
backed him in the crisis.
Hundreds rallied in St. Petersburg
to support a Russian nationalist TV
commentator whose program was
canceled yesterday.
"Yeltsin is amurderer!" the crowd
chanted.
The violence grew outof Yeltsin's
effort to halt parliamentary
instransigence by dissolving the body
on Sept. 21. Hard-liners barricaded
themselves inside for nearly two
weeks, until their supporters' riots
prompted Yeltsin to attack the parlia-
ment building.
Mediareportssaidatleast300people
were killed during two days of fighting
at the White House and the national
broadcasting complex in Moscow, ac-
cording to media reports. Moscow's
chief medical administrator confirmed
only that 108 people had been killed,
but added the figure would rise.
"Moscow has never before seen
such bloodshed," said the administra-
tor, Anatoly Solovyov.
Other officials said 526 people
were wounded since Sunday.
Up to 200 armed persons escaped
from the parliament before it was
taken by government forces, accord-
ing to Russian press reports.
REBECCA MARGOUS/Dally
Joseph Shapiro, author of "No Pity: People with Disabilites Forging a New
Civil Rights movement," addresses a crowd at the Union last night.
'No Pity' author O
spos
By LORRAINE AIDO0
FOR THE DAILY
Joseph Shapiro, the author of "No
Pity," urged everyone to -open their
eyes to the issues of people with dis-
abilities in a speech at the Michigan
.Union Ballroom last night.
Shapiro explained the title of his
book by saying, "It sums up the new
attitude of people with disabilities
that they don't need pity but rights."
The author emphasized the exist-
ence of federal laws that mandate
equal access for people with disabili-
ties. He said there is no excuse for
continued discrimination against
people with disabilities in the work-
place, schools and other areas.
- He told the 35 people in atten-
dance that awareness about issues
iegarding people with disabilities
:ame into the spotlight with a protest
*by students at a university for the
deaf, Shapiro said.
"Some assumptions people may
-ave are that disabled people feel sotry
for themselves, so as the non-disabled
people, it is up to them to raise money
and do other charitable events to do
something for the disabled," he said.
Shapiro discussed cases of dis-
crimination by using hypothetical
examples. He said people with dis-
abilities are often overlooked forjobs.
He discussed an example where some-
one in a wheelchair was not hired for
a teaching position because of a per-
ception that this person would not be
able to move around the classroom.
He also said people with disabili-
ties are perceived as unable to articu-
late their own desires. For example, a
waiter will often ask thenon-disabled
companion for both their meal orders.
Shapiro said the characterizations
of people with disabilities are deter-
mined by non-disabled people's fear
of "the stigma of disability."
In order to end these stereotypes,
Shapiro said society should increase
contact with people who are disabled
and "end pointless discriminations."
NASA spacecraft averts collision by rerouting orbit
Two-year-old Gamma-Ray Observatory fires thrusters in order to salvage $550 million investment
WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA cularize the orbit, or fix the orbit at cooperative effort by the United Volkswagen cars.
started nudging its massive Compton that altitude. The spacecraft was or- States, Germany and theNetherlands. Gamma rays are created by vio-
Gamma-Ray Observatory to a higher biting at 217 miles in late September. It is 31 feet long and has solar energy lent events such as the explosion of
orbit on Monday to prevent it from "The reboost is necessary to com- collectors measuring 70 feet from tip stars. The rays can be studied only
drifting too close to Earth and burn- pensate for orbit decay, which is the to top. The observatory, designed to from space because ozone in the at-
ing up in the atmosphere. result of solar activity slowly pushing operate from two to six years, con- mosphere prevents them from reach-
At 17 tons the observatory is the the satellite toward Earth over a tie- tains three instruments the size of ing Earth.
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heaviest satellite ever sent into space.
It was launched in April 1991 from
the space shuttle Atlantis.
EngineersatGoddard SpaceFlight
CenternearWashington fired onboard
thrusters for one minute shortly after
1 a.m. They will repeat the maneuver
nine more times, today and Friday,
and then every day next week through
Oct. 17. A second series of firings
will be made from Nov. 22 to Dec. 3,
each one edging the observatory
slightly higher.
The first phase will lift the satel-
lite into an orbit 280 miles high at its
highest point and the second will cir-
riod of time," said Tom LaVigna,
former deputy project manager.
Without the reboost, which had
been in mission plans from the start,
the satellite would drift slowly to a
lower altitude, eventually hitting the
dense atmosphere and falling to Earth.
NASA said that below 180 miles
the observatory could lose the stabil-
ity required for reboost.
The space agency had tried on
June15 tosend the satellite intohigher
orbit but quit because of a problem
thruster. It has been taken into ac-
count for the new attempt.
The $550 million observatory is a
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