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. fML i / waw~~~~, f LM U P J wi 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 ... 11 I I Write and Read The Michigan Daily I COOKIES f I It's COLD outside... I but it's warm at Mrs. Peabody 's!W H I SOUP'S ON!!! Come mfor a cup today Mon-Thurs 8:30-9pm Fri 8:30-5:30 Saft10-5:30 715 N. UNIVERSITY 761-CHIP The Office of Acaaenic mtic~aftrtel ita? is now accepting applications for We are seeking highly motivated college students to work with high school students in the Martin Luther King, Jr./Cesar Chdvez/Rosa Parks College Club Program. 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