2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, Novermber 8, 1994 LIBERTARIANS Continued from page 1. race. The Libertarian Party was founded in 1971 and since then has had a wide variety of support and its candidates has run for major office. Libertarians still draw on some ide- ologies of both the Republican and Democratic parties. "We agree with the Republicans in keeping government out of financial matters and we agree with the Demo- crats about keeping government out of personal life. Sort of the best ofthe two major parties," Karpinski said. Democrats and Republicans react differently to Coon's candidacy and to new interest in the Libertarian Party. "When we had the debates, Bob Carr had truly believed that (Coon) deserved the opportunity to be heard," said Craig Sutherland, spokesman for theDemocratic candidate for U.S. Sen- ate. Sutherland also indicated he be- lieved that Coon had a good chance to gain the five percent needed to have a I primary for his party. "The largest constituency is independent. If a third party gets more people involved then it is better for everyone," Sutherland said. However, Republican Spence Abraham's spokesman, Steve Hessler, offered a different comment. "Spence wanted all the candidates to debate or else just the major par- ties," Hessler said. "We challenged the Carr campaign and when Jon Coon wanted to get in on it, Spence fought for the remaining candidates to get involved." The election is unique because the Libertarian Party has so many loyal followers, Karpinski said. "Our supporters are dedicated," she explained. "No one is paid and the funding is totally individual. The other parties are out spending 20 times as much." While the race for the U.S. Senate might seem a little far out of the Libertarian's reach, it may mean a significant amount of recognition for a party whose ideas seemed radical only 23 years ago. GOP Continued from page 1 gan, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania, all with close Sen- ate races. Clinton's remarks to a campaign rally in Minneapolis, where Demo- crats have their best chance to pick up aRepublican-held Senate seat, seemed to be a tacit acknowledgment that control of Congress is at stake. "Why would we want to give the Congress to people who want to take us back to what almost wrecked us in the 1980s?" said the president, who finished a week of nonstop campaign- ing with a rally last night in Wilmington, Del. "Say no to them. Say yes to our future." Even if Republicans don't gain an outright majority, conservatives are al- most certain to gain working control of Congress, Democrats concede. Clinton would likely be forced to shift his agenda to the right, on such issues as welfare reform, taxes and health care reform, or else adopt a veto strategy that would lead to further stalemate. CAMPAIGN Continued from page 1 Wolpe arrived in the middle of Jackson's speech and drew his warm praise. "We have here a man of integrity, a man of credibility," Jackson said. "He is a professor, an African scholar, an activist, a man who knows the value of coalitions." Jackson alluded to the ex-U.S. representative's fight as head of an Af- rican Affairs subcommittee in the House for American pressure to end to white- minority rule in South Africa. "There is some reason why one of the firstpeopleNelson Mandelawanted to see (after his release from prison) was Howard Wolpe, because he's been there in the trenches," Jackson said. Wolpe said Detroit voters have the power to confound the polls and send him to Lansing in Engler's place, "With your help, we are going to generate John Engler's worst night- mare, which is a huge, unprecedented voter turnout, and we'll be able to celebrate together tomorrow night." Tomb of Patriarchs* opens in West Bank;* Israelis fortify site The Washington Post HEBRON, West Bank - Israeli authorities changed what they could, grafting electronic gates onto ancient stone walls and ringing the perimeter with cameras. When the Tomb of the Patriarchs reopened here yesterday, eight months after a Jewish settler gunned down 29 Muslims at prayer, the army had built it into a fortress. Yet if the structure stood trans- formed, the attitudes of its claimants had also hardened. In a cold, driving rain, Jews and Muslims came to vent their rage at sharing the site where Abraham and his progeny-regarded as patriarchs in both religions - were laid to rest. Yesterday, at least, the new ar- rangements held. Zealous Jews tried to disrupt Muslim prayers, but all they could do was shout and pound on the tall steel doors erected to divide the antagonists. Islamic militants threatened to stage an attack, but none took place. Every entrant to the tomb passed through two metal detectors and a phalanx of police. Only 300 of each faith could go in at a time, and Jews and Muslims were prevented from mingling. Embarrassed at theirghetto connotations, the army hastily re- moved new signs reading "Passage for Jews" and "Passage for Muslims," but separate entrances and prayerhalls remained. Outside the tomb, Hebron remains a focal point for struggle between Jews and Palestinians - a struggle that is violent and spiteful. No one speaks of a "peace process" here. Eats side claims the same place, every inch of it, and there is not a voice of com- promise to be heard. "You can'tcommand all the people to behave in a non-violent way," Mustafa Abdel-Nabi Natshe, the PLO- appointed mayor of Hebron, said in an interview. "Maybe one expresses his point of view in a political way. Others, they behave violently. We ar. afraid the Arabs or the Jews will com- mit a new massacre." The talk of killing was not far beneath the surface. Ephraim Rosenstein, a Jewish set- tler from Kiryat Arba, praised the man who committed last February's massacre. Baruch Goldstein,:the American-born physician who brought his assault rifle to the tom and fired into the mass of kneeli Muslim worshipers, was actually pre- venting a "massacre of the Jews," Rosenstein said. "In 100 years they will say (Prime Minister Yitzhak) Rabin and (For- eign Minister Shimon) Peres were small players in the era of Goldstein," Rosenstein said. Leaving the tomb, he collected a .45 caliber pistol from soldiers who now require enterin* Jewish worshipers to check their guns. Said Tamimi, whose son Nidal died recently in a confrontation with soldiers, expressed the Palestinian view. JUDICIARY Continued from page 1 in the modifications, we've taken out the part about signing the statement," he said. Sophomore Brian Gitlin, an LSA Student Government representative, said the student government supports the policy as well as the modification. "We felt that it might scare stu- dents away and it's expensive," he said. "In terms of the legality, it is just not necessary to have students sign." The college will draft the state- ment with help from faculty and stu- dents. Schoem said the college hopes to have it ready by next fall. Also, starting Jan. 1, the proce- dures governing cheating cases will change. Students accused of cheating will be able to choose between an informal administrative hearing and the formal LSA Academic Judiciary hearing. Under the new policy, faculty would not need to bring the evidence to the hearing, rather the college will hire an outside "case investigator" to gather information. After a decision is reached, the assistant dean for stu- dent academic affairs will determine all sanctions. Currently, faculty must bring all evidence, and students must go through the lengthy formal hearings. The judiciary determines the sanc- tions. Schoem said faculty and students found the current process too time- consuming. Faculty often avoid the process and handle the cases them- selves, he said. Schoem added he hopes the new procedures will encourage faculty members to use the process. "It is the lack of due process in addressing cheating that is dangerous to both students and faculty," Schoem said. "Cheating is a violation of col- lege policy not a crime ... against the individual faculty member." Eugene Nissen, assistant dean for student academic affairs, will handle punishments under the new policy. He said the college hopes to achieve uniformity in sanctioning. Nissen has been testing the new procedures on a voluntary basis this semester. The college is giving stu- dents accused of cheating the option of an informal hearing with Nissen as both investigator and sanctioner. Un- der the test, students not satisfied with the decision could ask for a formal judiciary hearing. Nissen tried 18 cases under tOr test conditions. Fourteen students were found guilty and one appealed the decision in favor of a formal hear- ing. The judiciary upheld Nissen's decision in the case. "All in all my experience with using the new procedures were quite positive," he said. Student and faculty complaints also led the policymakers to requir the college to give a public report o all cheating cases and sanctions. Nissen said he feels that while publishing is necessary, the college must ensure that names cannot be matched to cases. "One has to be very careful to protect rights of privacy." 04,14n N IkT I S.- 4 F 17 l *M ,5r E t ,' . ~ i . ..u F A Nq 0 /CHIGP +*1994 LEAF COLLECTION SCHEDULE*+ u6C N06 rnoov acoP 2 OCFT24 .NOVYis_ 3 OCT 2S .NOV1 ~~~WE H lO ____ I O -IW1 Ii I ' Di tt..p..p r r. VII~rIo~oc aITQNIS: II