Bather onight: Mostly clear, low round 0°. omorrow: Cloudy, chance f snow, high 17'. wei t One hundredfive years of editorr alfreedom .Wednesday January 31, 1996 v x "IMS MEN A union lans to icket udldings Contract expires tomorrow; talks extended y Anupama Reddy aily Staff Reporter Even though the contract between :1 3raduate Employees Organization n the University expires tomorrow, he two sides reached an agreement this veek to extend talks for two more weeks. However, GEO members say picket- ng days are here. "We have scheduled a mock strike omorrow," said GEO spokesperson eter Church. "We would still perform ,ork, but create picket lines outside all >ur classroom buildings. It will look ike it would if it were a real strike." embers have said that although they on't want a strike, they want to illus- rate their value to the University hrough picketing. Since Monday, a slew of fliers has olored the floors of campus facilities ncluding the Fishbowl, the Chemis- ry atrium and North Campus Com- ions, where GEO members were landing them out to passing students n n attempt to solicit signatures of ort. LSA senior Joel Gerring, who ab- tained from signing the petition, voiced is concern about CEO's motives. "I have never heard of this group until they wanted something from (un- ergraduates)," Gerring said. "Some of heir requests are legitimate, but I don't agree with (their tactics of) rallying the roops." But LSA sophomore Charles Naaman s hispast experiences with bad gradu- ate student instructors has led him to want more changes adopted. "Some aren't prepared or knowledgable," Naaman said. "Or you can't understand them." Biweekly bargaining sessions, usu- ally lasting two to three hours, started Oct. 31, but no contract has been signed by the University and the union. he University's chief negotiator, Gamble, said the lack of agree- ment results from the numerous pro- posals GEO has brought to the table and extensive University inter-departmen- tal communication. "We have asked them on several dif- ferent occasions in different ways to prioritize them," Gamble said. "But everything to them is important." GEO President Scott Dexter ex- plained that the union spent a year de- v ping its 37 proposals, and each one wimportant in its own right. "In a membership of 1,800 people, it's not surprising that 37 proposals came up," Dexter said. 'U'paid prof. to setlesuit By Jodi Cohen Daily Staff Reporter The University has paid communication Prof. Jonathan Friendly an additional one-half of his annual salary as part of an out-of-court settlement. A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Michi- gan Daily revealed that Friendly received a check in Decem- ber for $37,500. It is not clear whether that payment is part of a larger settlement. Friendly, director of the master's program in journalism, STEPHANIE GRACE LIM/Daily Just doing our job Ann Arbor Police Department officers arrest a man with an outstanding warrant on the steps of Hill Auditorium yesterday. The police refused to release any information concerning the arrest. Okia bombing hearings begi Defense requests change of venue due to media coverage sued the University in July 1994 on two counts stemming from allega- tions he made about the communication depart- ment. Friendly contended that the University did not renew his three-year contract after he chal- lenged the depart- ment's use of Harry and Helen F. Weber and Howard R. Marsh en- dowment funds, which are used to defray the costs of internships for communication gradu- ates. Friendly claimed they were misused to pay part of his salary. The second count al- leged that the Univer- sity refused to renew Friendly's contract, violating the Whistle- blower Protection Act, a national law that pro- tects an employee who .reports information about their employer to a public body. Friendly had reported his griev- ance to Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). Circuit Court Judge Kurtis Wilder decided in October to dismiss How It Began The lawsuit between Friendly and the University began more than a year ago. Since then, the communication department has been restructured. Friendi, The Washington Post OKLAHOMA CITY - In the cold pre- dawn darkness yesterday, dozens of relatives of those killed in the April 19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building here packed the courthouse fora venue hearing and, in most cases, got their first look at the men accused of murdering their loved ones. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch of Den- ver commenced four days of hearings today on defense motions to have the trial of Timothv McVeigh and Terry Nichols moved out of Oklahoma. The defendants, charged with con- spiring to blow up the Murrah building, main- tain they cannot get a fair trial anywhere in the state. The blast left 169 people dead. In a day of mostly tedious-testimony, pros- ecution witness Donald Vinson. a California- based jury expert, said his polling and focus groups indicated that Oklahomans are no more predisposed against the defendants than resi- dents of Albuquerque, Denver or Kansas City. At least 60 percent of those surveyed in five cities, including two in Oklahoma, said that they could judge the men fairly, according to Vinson. "What we found is an intense feelings on the part of Oklahomans that they had to get this right," said Vinson, whose firm, Decision Quest, advised the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson trial. "They knew the world would be watching them closely. ... If the individuals were guilty, they wanted them punished. But they don't want to convict the wrong people." Oklahoma City has almost certainly been eliminated as a trial site, and there are many who believe Matsch will decide to hear the case in his home town of Denver. While Vinson's survey indicated that Denver might be a slightly more desirable location for the defendants than Tulsa and Lawton, Okla., the government's choices, Vinson dismissed those variations as statistically Defense attorneys spent several hours at- tempting to discredit Vinson's methodol- ogy. The defense main- tained that saturation media coverage has "demonized" the de- fendants and that all of Oklahoma was trauma- tized by the blast. As a result, it is impossible to find 12 impartial ju- rors in the entire state, insignificant. "if Iwas for my lifewolntI wouldn't b laughing." Wife of according to the de- called before a grand jury investigating the blast, was the only member of his family to attend, having driven 23 hours from Buffalo to get here. As they did at a hearing last month, Nichols and McVeigh displayed markedly different demeanors today. Nichols, dressed in a navy suit jacket and light blue dress shirt over a white turtle neck, appeared somber. By con- trast, McVeigh, in khaki pants and a maroon sport shirt, appeared relaxed, almostjocular as he talked to his attor- neys. His upbeat de- fi hing meanor was a discom- forting sight to many Ssure of those who had lost a relative or friend in the is April 19 bombing and had come here today for their first glimpse Sharon Medaris of the accused. "If I was fighting for bombing victim my life I sure wouldn't be laughing," said an indignant Sharon Medaris, who lost her hus- band, in the explosion. Doris Jones, who sat in court holding an 8x 10 portrait of her daughter, Carrie Lenz, who also died, shared the sentiment. "It's tough," she said. "He's the same age as my daughter and he's sitting up there and looking happy-and she's not." Jones then burst into tears. July 19, 1994 Friendly files a complaint and demands a trial. The case is filed as Jonathan Friendly vs. The University of Michigan, Edie N. Goldenberg, Ph.D. and L. Rowell Huesmann, Ph.D. Oct. 20, 1995 Judge Kurtis T. Wilder presents his opinion on the University's motion for summary disposition. Wilder dismisses Count II, but allows Count I to go to trial. Dec. 15, 1995 The University writes a settlement check to Jonathan Friendly for $37,500. the second count. Wilder said he did not consider Power a public body. Citing a Michigan Court of Appeals decision, Wilder wrote that Friendly "reported only to his employer, the University of Michigan, and not to a higher authority." Wilder ordered that the first count go to trial, based on months of pre-trial testimony. "The disputed testimony concerning statements made by (LSA Dean Edie) Goldenberg and (former communication department acting chair L. Rowell) Huesmann, as well as the timing and meaning of any such statements made, raises issues of material fact ...," he wrote. A few days after Wilder's decision, the two sides settled out of court and Wilder dismissed the case. As part of the settlement, both parties agreed not to disclose information about the agreement. A FOIA request for the entire settlement agreement was See FRIENDLY, Page 2 fense. Terry Nichols' family showed for the hear- ing, standing and waving as he was brought into court, already packed with reporters and spectators who had lined up hours before the courthouse opened to get seats. McVeigh's younger sister Jennifer, who last August was Yeltsin advis ciks about R envir'onment By Laura Nelson and Chelyab Daily Staff Reporter Cold War f adviser to Russian President Boris nium, have tsin said last night that radioactive radioactivity pollution in Russia may be flowing to 1 billion across the Arctic Ocean and coming The cities toward America. slope makes Alexey Yablokov, chairman of the In- on a global sc teragency Commission on Environmen- the nuclear tal Security and chairman of the Center plutonium as for Russian Environmental Policy for the tional radioa Russian Federation, lectured on "The seep into gro Russian Environmental Threat to Other ing to the Ar (ntries" at Rackham Amphitheatre. "In 40 ye "One of the worst situations we have reach Amer in Russia," Yablokov said, "is radioac- Another tive pollution." facing Russi He described the well-known submarines.I Chernobyl accident as "the biggest tech- have been su nological catastrophe in human history." west ofSibei Rnt VahlcIm said there are manv other activity to 1 i 'r Student wants 'U to use new EPA program ussian brinsk - built during the or the production of pluto- particularly high levels of y, ranging from 110 million Curies. ' location on Russia's north this radioactivity dangerous ale. River water used to cool reactors has already carried s far as the Arctic Sea. Addi- active material continues to undwater, ultimately travel- ctic Sea. ars, all this pollution will ica," Yablokov asserted. radioactive waste problem ia is the disposal of nuclear Enough nuclear submarines unk in the Kara Sea, north- ria to raise the level of radio- million Curies. By Kate Glickman Daily Staff Reporter Already adopted by 120 universities around the country, the Green Lights Program would save the University hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in energy bills and reduce pollution, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's money-saving program, Green Lights, shows institutions, like universities, how to change to the most energy-effective lighting option. This often requires switching to a new type of florescent light. The Green Lights Program reduced lighting bills for University Housing and University Hospitals this year by 30 to 60 percent. But RC first-year student Basilia Yao wants the program to expand to the rest of campus, including classrooms, li- braries and administrative buildings. "I have met with various departments and they said they're interested," Yao said, "but the whole intricate bureau- cratic business makes it difficult." Yao presented her cause to the Michi- have met A with j;v various depart- ments and they said they're interested" - Basilia Yao First-year RC student tal Health spokesperson Elizabeth Hall. "We're always looking for ways to con- serve." Hall said the University meets many ofthe requirements for the Green Lights Program right now, "but five years ago KRISTEN SCHAEFFER/Daily Alexey Yablokov speaks yesterday at the Rackham Amphitheatre. open since 1961. He said it would take more than 100 years to process the fuel. Besides problems with radioactive pol- lution.Russiahasmany otherproblems that government must do more than bale the water out - it must plug the hole and stop the pollution at its source. "I am here," he said, "partly because ,