-4 WEe ti * One hundred three years of editorial freedom S. Korea to ask. China 4o intercede in standoff SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Tensions on the world's most heavily armed border escalated yesterday, with North Korea accusing South Korea of provoking war, and South orea saying it needs better security o ensure peace. South Korean President Kim Young-sam said he would ask China, North Korea's only major ally, to help ease the standoff on the peninsula. North Korea's official news agency called South Korea's plans to deploy Patriot missiles and conduct military exercises with the United tates "provocative steps ... and a eclaration of war." North Korea, after refusing to al- low full inspections of sites where it is suspected of developing nuclear weapons, threatened Monday to pull out of an international nuclear con- trols treaty. That could lead to a U.S. push for international sanctions. China has backed efforts to get North Korea to permit the inspec- *ons. But Chinese Premier Li Peng suggested yesterday that China would not support economic sanctions. "If pressure is applied on this is- sue, that can only complicate the situ- ation on the Korean peninsula and it will add to the tension there," Li said in Beijing. In Washington, State Department spokesperson Michael McCurry said inese officials have indicated their 'rillingness to work with the United States on the Korean situation. Tensions have risen sharply in the past week because of the North Korea's refusal to allow full nuclear inspections or to exchange envoys with South Korea. The envoys were to have discussed ways to make the peninsula nuclear-free. On Monday, Pyongyang renewed * year-old threat to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which it joined in 1985. The International Atomic Energy Agency, based in Vienna, referred the issue to the U.N. Security Council, opening the way for sanctions. No proposal for sanctions has been made, but the five permanent mem- bers of the Security Council were eeting privately yesterday afternoon discuss the North Korean situation. McCurry said a resolution warn- ing North Korea it risked sanctions could be ready for U.N. Security Council consideration later this week. ' ' seals all code records By JAMES R. CHO and DAVID SHEPARDSON DAILY STAFF REPORTERS Records detailing cases brought before the University's non-academic code of conduct are no longer avail- able for scrutiny by the University Board of Regents, the public or the media. The Office of Student Affairs and the University's Freedom of Informa- tion officer acknowledged in inter- views with the Daily that no one can examine expunged records pertaining to cases brought up under the State- ment of Student Rights and Responsi- bilities. However, no formal announce- ment has been made. Under the code, expunged records are supposed to be kept in a thick white binder in the Office of Student Affairs in the Fleming Building for public inspection. The change appears to violate Sec- tion 8 of the code. Under "Records," the code reads: "Two sets of records will be maintained, an expunged ver- sion for public review and a confiden- tial version for permanent records." The University contends that re- leasing information that could iden- tify students is in violation of the Fam- ily Education Rights and Privacy Act. The Department of Education is currently debating whether the law should be clarified to include disci- plinary records as part of a student's Pres. search papers will not be released By JAMES R. CHO and DAVID SHEPARDSON DAILY STAFF REPORTERS The University yesterday de- nied a Freedom of Information Act (FOLA) request from The Michi- gan Daily to release the records of the ill-advised 1988 presidential search. The records include a list of candidates, minutes, notes and records of the University Board of Regents and are contained in four heavy boxes in the Fleming Build- ing. The records were handed over Monday morning to The Ann Ar- bor News and the Detroit Free Press under a court order. See SEARCH, Page 2 academic record, and, therefore pro- tected. The move came in response to a series of Daily articles that linked the names of students brought up under the code to their criminal records. In an interview last Wednesday, Judicial Advisor Mary Lou Antieau said some of the students named in See CODE, Page 2 David Koch, an LSA sophomore, fills out his ballot for MSA yesterday afternoon. With little notice, MSA elections wrap up tonight By RONNIE GLASSBERG DAILY STAFF REPORTER In University buildings all over campus, poll sites for the Michigan Student Assembly winter elections are at- tracting students who are eager to exercise their right to vote. Or at least to support their friends. Poll workers reported mixed turnout for the election, which ends today. In the Fishbowl around noon yesterday, LSA senior Matt Disch said around 100 students voted during a 11/2 hour time period. "It seems a lot better than when I did it last semester," said Disch, who was a poll worker in the fall elections. "People seem more excited about it this year." Around 3:15 p.m. the poll site ran out of presidential ballots. MSA Election Director Christine Young said the poll site started with about 200 ballots when it opened at 8:35 a.m. LSA sophomore Julie Kashen worked for two hours yesterday morning in the Frieze Building, and during that time period only four people voted. "And one was my- self," she said. Kashen said the low voting at the site may be partially attributable to the location and early morning hour, but she also said she thought many students did not have plans to vote. "A lot of people weren't voting because they don't know enough about the candidates," Kashen asserted. Later in the day Kashen went to work at the Michigan Union poll site, where she said the turnout was high. Young, an LSA sophomore, said she did not know the number of people who voted yesterday, but expects a lot of students to go to the polls. Today's places and times to p vote in MSA elections. Bring a student ID to vote. FXB 8:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Fishbowl 8:35 a.m.-3 p.m. Union 8:50 a.m.-9:15 p.m. EECS 8:50 am.-2:30 p.m. MLB 9:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m. North Campus Commons 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Art and Architecture 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Business Lounge 11:05 a.m.-2:20 p.m. West Quad 11:20 a.m.-1:15 p.m. East Quad 11:35 a.m.-1:30 p.m. CC Little 11:35 a.m.-2 p.m. UGUL 1:50 p.m.-9 p.m. Rackham 2:20 p.m.-6 p.m. South Quad 4:30 pm.-6:30 p.m. Bursley 4:35 p.m.-6:30 p.m. CCRQ 5 p.m.-9:4 p.m. Dow Building 6:35 p.m.-9:15 p.m. Graduate Library 6:50 p.m.-9:30 p.m. "I think it's going to be a pretty high turnout because there are so many different people running," Young said. LSA first-year student Andrew Brown said he voted to prevent unqualified candidates from being elected. "I read of literature that made me feel strongly that there were very unqualified people running," Brown said. See ELECTIONS, Page 2 AATU dispute closes MSA meeting early By RONNIE GLASSBERG DAILY STAFF REPORTER The continuing saga of the stormy relationship between the Michigan Student Assembly and the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union took a gray turn at last night's MSA meeting. The meeting ended in adjourn- ment, with the assembly only accom- plishing one item of business. At the MSA meeting, about a dozen AATU supporters, AATU Ex- ecutive Director Pattrice Maurer and Lesbian Gay Male Programs Office Co-coordinator Jim Toy gathered to protest three of the assembly's ap- pointments to AATU's governing board. Maurer, who is a lesbian, has ac- cused Engineering Rep. Brent House of being anti-gay. House serves as one of four MSA appointees to the AATU board. "You all know the is- sue is Brent," Maurer said. Maurer said she may file a suit against the assembly for discrimina- tion because she said House is creat- ing a hostile environment for her as a lesbian. When the tenants' union refused to seat MSA's appointees, AATU and MSA entered into mediation. House then agreed to meet with Maurer only with LSA Rep. Jacob Stern. Not all the students who wanted to speak to the assembly had the opportu- nity to do so by the time MSAPresident See MSA, Page 2 Police, 'U' work to avoid Final Four riots Oy JAMES M. NASH DAILY STAFF REPORTER Cheap food and rock 'n' roll will thwart Final Four violence in down- town Ann Arbor if members of the Michigan Student Assembly and other officials have their way. The city, the University and MSA are joining forces for "Michigan Mad- ness," a series of events planned to imize violence during the Final 'our NCAA basketball tournament. They hope to contain the "madness" within the U-Club, Crisler Arena and North Campus Commons, where large-screen TVs will show the games. Past basketball playoffs have been marred by violence, climaxing in 1989 with a near-riot that caused massive property damage and prompted po- lice to use tear gas. Efforts to end the cycle of tourna- ment violence brought about the first "Michigan Madness" activities last year. The events, an alternative to celebrating in bars, drew more than 10,000 people. Meanwhile, police are poised to clamp down on post-game violence. They plan to concentrate patrols near Crisler Arena and the Diag after bas- ketball games. Officers from the Ann Arbor Po- lice Department (AAPD) and the University's Department of Public Safety (DPS) plan to repeat last year's largely successful patrol effort. But the AAPD will have to do without an extra $35,000 like the city set aside last year for police overtime. Still, the question remains whether Michigan will even make it to the Final Four. "We'll have to play it by ear," said Ann Arbor Deputy Police Chief Craig Roderick. "We're not planning any See RIOTS, Page 2 Effect of rap on women contested at SAPAC talk By JUDITH KAFKA DAILY STAFF REPORTER Usually a controversial topic, "gangsta rap" did not stimulate much disagreement in a panel discussion last night, although it did set the stage for debate on a variety of related issues. More than 80 members of the Ann Arbor community attended the discus- sion sponsored by the Sexual Assault (1n- +I'kfn TTaO1k immiar A r*t Vnor ravnn i r x r . ... "