IL ittam t1 Vol. CIVI Nor 126 Ann Arbor, Michigan 1U' boosts efforts to hire women faculty By LISA DINES Daily Staff Reporter In line with the Agenda for Women, the University is taking steps to increase the number of senior women faculty on campus. The agenda, announced this past spring, is designed to increase the roles and improve the success of omen at the University. University President James J. Duderstadt said the University is es- tablishing many programs with the agenda's mandate in mind. "It's a very broad activity. I've spent a lot of time meeting with various groups." The University has created a dis- cretionary fund - the Career Devel- opment Fund for Women Faculty - A provide additional funding to fe- ale faculty members who carry a large service burden. Funds have also been set aside for 10 additional fe- male professorships over the next five years. "We are seriously under-repre- sented with regards to women fac- ulty," Duderstadt said. Only 20 per- cent of the senior faculty is female despite the even gender split among dents. Barbara MacAdam, director of the Undergraduate Library, takes an ac- tive role in committees on campus and serves as a mentor for female students. "My sense with talking with other women faculty and administrators is that the kinds of pulls and tugs on their time seem greater," MacAdam id. The career development fund will distribute up to 20 awards of $5,000 each semester that can be used to lighten the burden faced by faculty members. Possible uses for the funding in- clude travel expenses, computers, bboks and teaching assistant time. Susan Lipschutz, associate pro- )st for academic appointments, said See AGENDA, page 2 Fan club fetes first Jady at banquet By ZACHARY M. RAIMI Daily Staff Reporter Like movie stars and professional atheletes, first lady Hillary Rodham inton has a fan club. And while she travels across the country this fall campaigning for con- gressional candidates, the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club of Ann Arbor will stump on her behalf. The club met last night at the Burns Park Senior Citizen Center to discuss future plans over a potluck dinner. About 50 of its 150 members attended, including Liz Brater, Democratic can- &date for state representative and a TWfe-size cut out picture of the first lady. Ann Arbor resident Janine Easter founded the local club in June be- cause people "were fed up with the treatment Hillary gets in the press," Easter said. "I quickly found out people wanted to join the group," she added. t Easter's daughter Kim, a second- ar University law student, was one such person. "It seemed like a good way to get involved in a grass roots effort, to support women in politics in general and specifically Hillary Clinton," Kim sid. One hundred three years of editorial freedom Monday, September 19, 1994 0 1994 The Michigan Daily Carter makes deal in Haiti; U.S. to occupy island today junta to leave b Oct. 15; Anstide to regain power Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - With the U.S. paratroopers lead- ing an invasion force already in the air, Haiti's top military leaders capitulated last night and agreed to step down and permit exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to return to power. A clearly relieved President Clinton announced the deal in a televised speech from the Oval Office just hours after a delegation led by former President Carter reached the terms. "Our objective was to make sure that the military leaders leave power and the elected government is re- stored," Clinton said. "This agreement meets both of those objectives." Clinton said that paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne. loaded onto 61 aircraft, were already in the air last night before Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, the army commander, and Brig. Gen. Philippe Biamby, the army chief of staff, finally agreed to quit. ' Under the agreement, Cedras and Biamby may re- main in their positions until Oct. 15 or until parliament passes an amnesty law. It was not immediately clear whether Lt. Col. Michel-Joseph Francois, the powerful Port-au-Prince police chief, would also have to leave. Aristide will not return to assume his office until the generals depart. Despite the agreement, 15,000 U.S. troops - slightly fewer than the planned invasion force - will begin to arrive in Haiti today to restore order and clear the way for Aristide's return. Clinton said Cedras and Biamby agreed to cooperate with the U.S. force. Clinton said the U.S. troops "will go in under much more favorable ,conditions than they would have if the generals had not agreed to relinquish power." Retired Gen. Colin Powell, a member of Carter's delegation, informed Cedras and his associates that the invasion force's planes had been launched and when they were scheduled to arrive, a senior administration official said. At that point, Cedras realized that his cause See OCCUPATION, page 7 As group discusses Haiti crisis, students are relieved, skeptical By AGNES MAZUR For the Daily The eleventh-hour deal struck between Lt. Gen. Raoul Cedras, leader of Haiti's army, and the U.S. delegation to Haiti, led by former Presi- dent Carter, calling for Haiti's military leaders to step down was met by relief and skepticism by University students. "I am very glad they reached an agreement," said Elisa Rosier, an RC first-year student, who attended a discussion on Haiti. LSA first-year student Hdlena Birecki. who also attended, agreed.. "It seems to me that the U.S. is always intervening for its own financial benefit in the guise that they are really doing something good for democracy. It's definitely a good thing that we are not invading. I just hope that what follows isn't just a switch from the military regime to something that also doesn't represent the people's needs. I hope it will be a true democracy." Yet earlier yesterday evening, these same students were preparing for the worst. To the rhythmic beat of drums, a soulful poem about a homeland filled with pain was sung. A University student, who was born in. Haiti and lived there half her life, shared her reactions t& the mounting irisis in her native land at the Guild House yesterday. Rosier and Birecki attended a discussion sponsored by Students Involved in a Global See REACTION, page 2 AP PHOTO Clinton speaks on the phone with Carter yesterday about the pact. C Clinton told 3 envoys to Pack em Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - Dusk was gathering in Port-au-Prince as re- tired Gen. Colin L. Powell picked up the secure telephone line kept open for the U.S. negotiating team from the Haitian military head- quarters to the White House. On the other end of the line, Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Powell's successor as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sounded an urgent warning: Wrap this thing up and get out of there.This opera- tion is on a very tight schedule, and it is not going to wait, See THREAT, page 2 ,# U.S. News rates 'U' 21st in nation, up 2 from last year By RONNIE GLASSBERG Daily Staff Reporter ' The University ranks as the sec- ond best public university in the na- tion, according to U.S. News and World Reports' annual "America's Best Colleges" issue. Only the University of Virginia ranks higher among public universi- ties. In this year's report, which hits newsstands today, the University moved up two spots to 21. "I think moving from 23 to 21 is nice, but I don't think it's significant. Little movements don't tell you much," said Walter Harrison, vice president for University relations. The University ranked ninth in academic reputation - falling two spots from its seventh place spot last year -- and ranked 41st for student selectivity, 29th for faculty resources, 42nd in financial resources, 28th in graduation rate and 49th in alumni satisfaction. Last year, the University ranked 38th for student selectivity, 32nd in faculty resources, 38th in financial resources, 25th in graduation rate and 58th in alumni satisfaction. In the report, Harvard University tops all 1,400 universities surveyed, followed by Princeton University, Yale University, Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology and Stanford University. The only other public universities in the top 25 - University of Virginia and University of California at Ber- keley - ranked 17th and 23rd, re- spectively. Regent Rebecca McGowan (D- Ann Arbor) said she does not place enormous weight on the report. "The University of Michigan ought to have enough confidence in itself that its concerned where it's with its faculty and its students," McGowan said. Harrison asserted that the rankings favor private institutions, noting that only three public universities made the top 25, because of the emphasis on financial resources. "They measure things that the pri- vates are going to do better than the publics because they're set up in fi- nancially different ways," Harrison said. But Bob Morse, director of re- search for -the study, said financial resources only account for 10 percent of the ranking. In past years, the study has steadily decreased the value placed on fi- nances. Morse said last year 15 per- cent of the ranking was based on financial resources; in 1992, it ac- counted for 20 percent of the ranking. While the University ranks high in academic reputation, Morse said the study needs to look at other fac- tors for a fair report. See RANKING, page 2 KickOff nets $6M in new computer sales INSIDE NEWS 2, 7 EVAN PETHIE/Daily Janine Foster, coordinator of the Ann Arbor chapter of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club, poses with a cardboard cutout of the first lady yesterday. By FRANK C. LEE Daily Staff Reporter If you're looking to buy a com- puter at discount prices, you might be too late. Sales did not increase consider- ably from last year. Harding attributes this to students buying computers before they arrive on campus. Harding said that computer con- More on the Haiti agreement. Haiti to receive $550 million in U.S. aid. Page 2 Haitians in Port-au-Prince celebrate peace accords. Page 7 exnvid Fn r~iihc are nnw uin mare former TUniversitv stuident said "I