The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 22 - 3 Democratic prosecutors support Wolpe for state gubernatorial race LANSING (AP) - A group of prosecuting attorneys announced yes- terday their support for former U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe in the Demo- cratic race for governor. Wolpe, of Lansing, is one of four Democrats hoping to take on Gov. John Engler in the November general election. * The 14 Democratic prosecuting attorneys, headed by Wayne County Prosecutor John O'Hair, said Wolpe is the best primary candidate on crimi- nal and social issues. Metzger e addresses academic freedom By MPATANISHI TAYARI DAILY STAFF REPORTER In 1954, three faculty members of the University were suspended, two later fired and one Harvard graduate subsequently imprisoned after refus- ing to testify about their political views before a congressional committee. Less than 40 years later in No- vember 1990, the University Senate Assembly adopted a resolution that denounced the University's 1954 ac- tions and established an annual lec- ture series on Academic and Intellec- tual Freedom in honor of H. Chandler Davis, Clement Markert and Mark Nickerson, the three instructors who were punished for invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-in- crimination. Walter P. Metzger, emeritus pro- fessor of history at Columbia Univer- sity, delivered the keynote address at the Fourth Annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Intellectual Freedom held in the Rackham Am- phitheater yesterday evening. Along the lines of his advocation of academic freedom, Metzger discussed "A Walk Along the New Frontiers of Academic Freedom" on three levels. "When I think of academic free- dom, ... I visualize three academic ar- eas," Metzger said, the first being the "freedom of inquiry, which (includes) the freedom to pursue any type of inves- tigation or research. "The second area would be the free- dom to teach students what (instruc- tors) professionally know-even if it is in contrary to the beliefs of those who hire them - and last, but certainly not least important, freedom of faculty ;members as citizens," he continued. Metzgerwent onto cite cases where he felt instructors at various universi- ties received inappropriate treatment on one of these levels. One such case that sparked interest from the audience was of two professors in the State Uni- versity of New York (SUNY) that al- legedly made racist remarks. AccordingtoMetzger,Prof. Michael Levin made it known that he felt Black students were "dumb" and had an intel- lectual capacity lower than any other ethnic group. At the same time, Prof. Leonard Jeffries was making anti- semetic remarks. Metzger said he be- lieved that SUNY's treatment of Levin was overly harsh "Howard Wolpe will be strong on crime," O'Hair said. O'Hair and other prosecutors said Wolpe's stand on crime and his com- mitment to sentencing reforms at- tracted them to support his campaign. There are 26 Democratic county prosecutors in Michigan. A Wolpe spokesperson said other prosecutors are expected to endorse Wolpe, but some had not been reached or were not endorsing primary candidates. "We don't need to get tough on crime talk," said Bay County Pros- ecutor Joe Sherran. "We need leadership. He won't just talk tough on crime, but will be a leader." "No issue in our lives has more urgency than our personal safety and that of our families," Wolpe said. He plans to announce his programs on crime and sentencing reform in a few weeks. He said he will demand truth in sentencing to force criminals to serve their minimum penalties. But he said that would not necessarily mean more prisons. "I don't want to see us building more prisons," Wolpe said. "I think we can use the space we have. The issue for me is better use of the dollars we have. I want to reserve the prison space for (violent criminals)." O'Hair also said he is encouraged by Wolpe's commitment to crime pre- vention as well as punishing crimi- nals. "We need to be smart enough and get tough enough to tackle these prob- lems on the front end of people's lives, rather than try to clean up the mess after the fact," Wolpe said. Bill Ballenger, editor and pub- lisher of the political newsletter In- side Michigan Politics, said the en- dorsement can only help Wolpe's campaign. "All the polls show that the No. 1 issue is not the economy, school fi- nance or school taxes like we've been reading about. It's crime and related issues like drugs and violence," Ballenger said. "(Any candidate) who can show support from elements from the law enforcement community has got an immediate leg up on his or her com- petition." Wolpe served in Congress from 1979 to 1992, when his district was reapportioned and he did not run for re-election. He served in the Michi- gan House before going to Congress. Other Democratic candidates are state Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Lan- sing, state Rep. Lynn Jondahl of Okemos and former Michigan State University Trustee Larry Owen of East Lansing. I WANT TO RIDE MY BICYCLE 'U' releases 1988 pres. search papers By JAMES R. CHO DAILY STAFF REPORTER After nearly six years of legal wrangling over the University Board of Regents' ill-fated presidential search, officials yesterday reluctantly handed over minutes, a list of candi- dates, detailed notes and rating sheets. The University released the docu- ments to The Ann Arbor News and the Detroit Free Press early yesterday morning. Excluded are the 100 or so resum6s from candidates received by the regents. The move was in compliance with a Feb. 11 decision by Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Conlin requiring the University to release documents pertaining to the presidential search to the two news- papers. The decision awarded the News and Free Press the documents, which included the list of candidates. Under the agreement worked out between the News, Free Press and the University, the two papers will not publish any stories about the docu- ments until Saturday. Meanwhile, other media outlets are working to receive the documents. University officials say under state law, other media outlets will not be able to obtain all the information given to the News and Free Press. Lew Morrissey, the University's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer who is handling the release of the documents, said, "Requests for the documents will have to be re- viewed to determine what informa- tion can be released under FOIA." Some information contained in the documents are protected under FOIA to protect the privacy of candidates. The latest move ends a five-year lawsuit filed against the regents by the News and later joined by the Free Press. The lawsuit questioned the le- gitimacy of the presidential selection process but did not seek to overturn the selection of James J. Duderstadt as University president. In September, the Michigan Su- preme Court found the University guilty of violating the Open Meetings Act when the regents held closed door, sub-quorum meetings in evaluating presidential candidates. Duderstadt, who feels he is the victim in the case, said earlier this month, "I went through the search under the auspices of the Open Meet- ings Act. I'm kind of the innocent in all of this." SARAH WHITING/Daily (left) and Kenny Simon fix bikes at Campus Bike & Toy yesterday afternoon in preparation for spring. Phil Lagigne AATU director to urge MSA to remove 3 board members By JUDITH KAFKA DAILY STAFF REPORTER Pattrice Maurer will make one last plea before the Michigan Student Assembly tonight, and this time she's bringing supporters. Maurer, executive director of the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union (AATU), has visited MSA before, and although she says her past experience left her disheartened, she's trying once again. Maurer is asking MSA to re-evalu- ate its decision to appoint Engineer- ing Rep. Brent House and LSA Reps. Jacob Stern and Mike Christie to sit on the AATU advisory board because she feels the men are anti-gay and will create a hostile environment for her as a lesbian. Maurer said she has had concerns about the appointments from the be- ginning, since the men were members of the Conservative Coalition, which she feels has a discriminatory attitude toward homosexuals. "I almost couldn't believe it," she said. Maurer alleges that she person- ally saw House posting anti-gay fly- ers on North Campus and that on another occasion he threatened her lover. In addition, she has dealt with House in person since his appoint- ment and felt his behavior was threat- ening. Maurer also said she was told that Christie walked out of MSA meetings in which gay issues were discussed. "I do not feel comfortable work- ing with these people," she said. "I know how people can conduct ha- rassment without ever breaking the rules, and I'm not willing to tolerate that possibility." House could not be reached for comment, but Christie said the alle- gations are unfounded. "She is mak- ing a judgement but she's never met me. I have nothing against homo- sexuals," he said. Maurer has written and spoken to MSA before, hoping that, as she put it, "members of the assembly would hear about the human side of it and do the right thing." In the past, however, MSA has not responded as she would have liked. In addition, AATU initially op- posed the appointments, saying that its bylaws only allow for one MSA representative and three students, in- stead of the three MSA representa- tives and one student that were ap- pointed. However, MSA President Craig Greenberg claimed this was merely a different interpretation of the bylaws, and that for the past three years all the appointees had been MSA represen- tatives. "It's never been a problem be- fore," Greenberg said. "This was clearly political." The tenants' union and the assem- bly eventually reached a compromise through mediation two weeks ago and the men in question attended their first meeting last night. Maurer, however, chose to send an administrative report in her place. "Obviously I can not continue to do that," she said, which is why she is speaking to MSA again tonight. "I can and will file a civil rights suit, but I'd prefer not to," Maurer said. Maurer sent letters to people and organizations either connected with or friendly to the lesbian, gay male and bisexual community, asking for their physical and vocal support at the meeting. She wants the assembly to hear from additional people on the prob- lems associated with discrimination based on sexual orientation. Jim Toy, co-coordinator of the University's Lesbian Gay Male Pro- grams Office, will attend the meeting in support of Maurer. "I hope some people will hear us, and make the proper corrections," he said. New faculty members elected to SACUA By LISA DINES DAILY STAFF REPORTER Three faculty members emerged triumphant from the Senate Assembly meeting yesterday. Their prize? Long hours of hard work as ambassadors to the administration. Thomas M. Dunn, Ronald J. Lomax and Alfredo Montalvo were elected to three-year terms on the 10- member Senate Advisory Committee on University Af- fairs (SACUA). SACUA makes recommendations to the administration and Senate Assembly about issues which concern the faculty. Chemistry Prof. Thomas Dunn said he thinks faculty governance needs to include more faculty members. He feels the University should focus on long-range educa- tional goals. Engineering Prof. Ronald Lomax pledged to continue to deal with current SACUA issues such as faculty governance, grievance procedure reform and the trend towards nontenured faculty. Professor of Art Alfredo Montalvo said he wants the faculty and administration to keep an open and construc- * tive dialogue. He also thinks the administration needs to ${ pay more attention to the opinions of the faculty. The senate announced that Kate Warner, associate pro- fessor of urban planning, will serve a two-year term on the University Police Grievance Committee. The board reviews complaints against University public safety officers. Lomax Rep. Miller enters race for U.S. Senate Montalvo 3 U LANSING (AP) - Former state Rep. Judith Miller declared her candi- dacy yesterday for the Republican nomi- nation for the U.S. Senate. Miller, a Republican from Birming- ham, kicked off her campaign in her home city. "I'm running for the U.S. Senate because we have a leadership crisis in this country," she said. "Too many elected officials focus far too much on partisan politics and not enough on public policy." Miller joins a GOP race with front- runners Spencer Abraham, a former state Republican chair, and Ronna Rom- ney, a former Republican national com- mittee member. Her announcement makes official a candidacy that began when she filed organizational papers earlier this year. William Ballenger, a former state lawmaker, said she faces an uphill fight against Abraham and Romney. RESUAt, SHMESUMI, f 5 s I can't handle all this PRESSURE! relax Man! Just go to Kinko's. They'll make you look like a pro! At least on paper I-1 r Group Meetings Q Arab-American Students' As- sociation, Amer's on State, 8:30 p.m. Q Archery Club, Coliseum, 7 p.m. Q Asian Pacific Lesbian-Gay-Bi- sexual Support Group, 3116 Michigan Union, 5:30 p.m. Q People Opposing Weapons Research and Proponents of Economic Conservation, An- gell Hall, Room 444C, 8 p.m. Q Rugby Practice, Oosterbaan, 9:30 p.m. Q Sailing Team, 420 West Engi- U Undergraduate Law Club, 1640 Chemistry Building, 4 Michigan Union, Room 4121, p.m. 10:30 am.-1 pm 7evergSJor 1' -d1 I a ~ a. . .aa. U Wolverettes Dance Team, IM Building, 6:30 p.m. Events " Career Forum, alternative ca- reers in science, sponsored by the Residential College, 126 East Quad, 7 p.m. [ "MALAYSIA: A Cultural Per- spective," Janet Yong, Interna- tional Lunch Forum, Interna- tional Center, noon. Student services Q 76-GUIDE, peer counseling phone line, call 76-GUIDE, 7 p.m.-8 a.m. Q Campus Information Center, Michigan Union, 763-INFO; events info., 76-EVENT; film info., 763-FILM. Q International Center, practical training, 10 a.m. Q North Campus Information Center, North Campus Com- I