I. SPOR Blue takes on lowly Hawkeyes Page 10 Page 5 WEg f 6 1 *rr~ jWtWml ator r One hundred three years of editorial freedom VoL CIV, No. 31 Ann Arbor, Mich~~~~~~IN- eNER.y eray1,1940 TeMcia al I I 3rd woman reports rape clinton against state anti-gay ballot proposals By HOPE CALATI DAILY STAFF REPORTER The number of reported rapes from this weekend rose to three. A 20-year-old woman reported rly yesterday morning that she was aped at 6 a.m. Sunday. TheeAnn Arbor News reported that police said the woman had left a party with an acquaintance. When the two arrived at the woman's apartment on the 900 block of Mary Street, the man raped her twice. This rape, like the two others re- ported this past weekend, are acquain- nce rapes. Acquaintance rape is more com- mon than stranger rape, said Emberly Cross, counseling line director at the Sexual Assault Prevention and Aware- ness Center (SAPAC). The alleged stranger rape that oc- curred near South Quad last semester was one of a more publicized, but less common type. "I'm not at all surprised that three pes happened over the weekend. m surprised that three people re- ported it," Cross continued. Last semester, of 45 reports of sexual assault received by SAPAC, 26 were acquaintance rapes and 8 were stranger rapes. Information was not available on the other 11 rapes. The rapes reported to SAPAC did not necessarily occur in the semester that they were reported. Of the cases where information was available, six were reported to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), five were reported to other police departments and one case was reported both on and off campus. DPS has not released statistics from 1993. DPS has expressed concern about the rapes on and near campus last weekend. Bob Pifer, associate director of DPS, said that DPS does patrol the structure and supply emergency phones where the alleged rape took place. But, he said, "We can't make any place 100 percent secure." He noted that the University has on-going programs to install more lights and emergency phones on cam- pus. & Ne Vd MARY KOUKHAB/Daily Signs like this one have been posted throughout the campus by SAPAC. THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - President Clinton has come to the support of homosexual rights groups with a let- ter strongly opposing anti-gay ballot initiatives in states across the coun- try. "Those who would legalize dis- crimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the values that make our nation strong," Clinton said in a letter to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. "The essential right to equality must not be denied by a bal- lot initiative or otherwise." The letter was dated Monday and - with the blessing of the White House - was released yesterday by the group, a political action commit- tee that supports openly gay candi- dates. At the start of his administra- tion, Clinton found himself embroiled in a political controversy over his campaign pledge to lift the ban on gays in the military, an issue that the administration has just managed to put behind it with the final release of Pentagon regulations on the subject. After that difficult beginning, the White House made an effort to recast Clinton's image in less' liberal terms. But with his unequivocal letter to the victory fund, Clinton placed himself squarely in opposition to a major drive by conservative religious groups to promote such ballot measures. Ac- cording to the victory fund, at least 11 states are considering the initiatives. Clinton described the effort to defeat such measures "a battle toapro- tect the human rights of every indi- vidual" and said that the "simple prin- ciple of justice" that people should be judged on their merits "has come un- der assault in several states this year." Clinton's letter came a mere five days after the Gay and Lesbian Vic- tory Fund and other gay rights groups wrote to the president to ask for "a 'U' seeks to redefine view of sexual assault ByJAMES R. CHO DAILY STAFF REPORTER The University hopes to tackle olence against women on campus y bringing about fundamental change in cultural norms. Last November, after a rash of reported sexual assaults on campus, faculty members and students in the School of Nursing banded together and asked the University administra- tion to take a stronger stand against sexual assaults on campus. University President James Dud- 4stadt agreed. "I have been meeting with the dean of the School of Nursing and other people in pubic health to launch a program to discuss the issue of vio- lence on campus," Duderstadt said in 'We have to educate and broaden the University community to bring about change at the University campus.' -University President James Duderstadt an interview yesterday. The task force consists of Rhetaugh Dumas, dean of the School of Nursing, a graduate and under- graduate nursing student and two staff members. The goal of the committee is to address violence against women of the University community, with the hope of providing long-term services and educational programs to bring about changes in cultural norms. "We have to educate the broader University community to bring about change at the University campus. We live in a culture where violence against women is accepted," Duderstadt said. Bonnie Metzgar, chair of the task force and associate professor in the School of Nursing, said, "The rape last year behind South Quad brought the issue to the forefront." Some of the recommendations may include: mandatory discussion of sexual violence to students during orientation, support services for women who have been victims of sexual assault, and services to men who do engage in violence and may need help. The task force is in the process of drafting recommendations to present to Duderstadt. Dorothy Henderson, a graduate student and committee member, said the way sexual assault is perceived needs to be changed. "Sexual assault is a man's prob- lem perpetrated against women. It needs to be addressed as a man's health problem," Henderson said. Henderson added, "Students who have to walk to class in fear of being assaulted is unfair. Women are sig- nificantly hampered by the fear of violence." strong response" from him opposing such initiatives. William Waybourn, executive di- rector of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, said he was both surprised and pleased by the rapid and emphatic reply. He said he had gotten the signal from White House officials in ad- vance of sending the letter that the administration would be receptive to the request. "They understood the importance of this and what we wanted to do with it," Waybourn said. With' some gay rights advocates still bitter about what they view as the president's abandonment of his pledge to lift the military gay ban, the White House's willingness to take a strong stand was a welcome change. "I think it's clear: there are two President Clintons and you've seen them both," Waybourn said. "The political Bill Clinton realizes he's going to catch a lot of heat for this but the personal Bill Clinton understood it was the right thing to do.... What- ever in political capital it will cost him he's let histrue feelings be known." A senior administration official said he saw little political cost to Clinton in sending the letter. "He was going to have to take a position on it eventually," the official said of the ballot initiatives. "I don't think it's a big thing." But a spokesperson for a conser- vative religious organization that is supporting such initiatives called the letter "a clear demonstration that the president is beholden to this special interest group." Mike Russell of the Christian Coalition said, "It's funny that he talks in his State of the Union about getting in touch with main- stream America and getting in touch with people of faith and turns around at the first opportunity and panders to this lobby." Neighbors remember Drake's owner By LARA TAYLOR DAILY STAFF REPORTER Truman Tibbals, owner of rake's Sandwich Shop for 65 years, died in his sleep last Wednesday at Glacier- Hills Retirement Center. Tibbals bought the shop in 1929 and worked there almost every day until he was diagnosed with lung and bone -cancer three months ago. He remained actively involved with the store up to his death and was well- liked by the people around him. "He was a great neighbor," said Bud VanDeWege, owner of Moe's Sport Shop, located next door to Drake's. "He did things like shovel our walkway when he shoveled his. He was just a real nice guy." 'U' may 0H 0 support assault, leis lation % JUDITH KAF'KA DAILY STAFF REPORTER Despite predicted opposition, when the Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights is reintro- duced in the state House next week, it may have the University's support. Keith Molin, associate vice presi- dent for government relations, ex- lained that he has been working with 4jp. Tracy Yokich (D-St. Clair Shores), sponsor of the bill, and other Michigan universities on amendments that will alleviate the University's concerns. "I think we will ultimately have a piece of legislation that we can sup- port," he said. The Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights bill, to be re-introducedIn the state House, would mandate state colleges and universities to do the following within 120 days after passage. Create a comprehensive sexual assault policy e Provide education to the campus community Molin said. But he added that the University did not feel Yokich's bill was the solution. The bill would require all institu- tions of higher learning in Michigan to establish, and implement within 120 days of passage, a policy ensur- ing the rights of sexual assault vic- tims. It contains a list of rights that ev- ery school's policy must include, such as the right to have sexual assault treated with seriousness and the right to be informed of campus organiza- 'U' Study: By JAMES M. NASH DAILY STAFF REPORTER America's urban melting pot reached only a slow boil during the 1980s, concludes a just-released Uni- versity study of residential segrega- tion patterns. Boom towns of the South and West led the nation in desegregation be- tween 1980 and 1990, while racial separation persisted in most indus- trial communities of the Midwest and East, according to the study by Uni- versity researchers Reynolds Farley and William Frey. Their report, based on data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses, is published in this month's edition of American Sociological Review. The pace of integration - set in Segregation motion during the Civil Rights move- ment of the 1960s - quickened slightly in the '80s, the study shows. Of the 232 metropolitan areas stud- ied, 194 experienced declines in resi- dential segregation, Farley and Frey found. Overall, however, their report de- picts a nation in many ways still cling- ing to old housing patterns. "In some ways this is good news, but I was hoping there would have been a greater decline in segregation during the 1980s," Frey said. "It's encouraging to me that in areas with a more dynamic economy, we're see- ing a fairly strong trend toward inte- gration." But integration is lagging in the manufacturing cities of the so-called decreasing Rust Belt, chief among them Gary, Ind., Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland, the report shows. Michigan cities Saginaw and Flint also rank among the ten most segregated. Leaders in desegregation included university communities and state capi- tols. "More tolerant racial attitudes are linked to greater education," Farley and Frey explained in their report, "and, in the case of state capitols, government employees may have a heightened awareness of open hous- ing laws." Ann Arbor ranked nominally above average on the 100-point index of segregation, indicating a moder- ately integrated community for the See SEGREGATION, Page 2 Kelly announces bid for U.S. Senate LANSING (AP) - State Sen. John Kelly joined the rapidly grow- ini field for the Democratic U.S. Sen- the race. They are state Sen. Lana Pollack, Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga. weren't lining up behind a single can- didate. "That's not going to hanen. I