The Michigan Daily-Friday, July 15, 1982--Page 3 CITES RELIGIOUS REASONS AS OBJECTION Draft evader pleads innocent ROANOKE (UPI)- The 20-year-old son of a Brethren minister yesterday pleaded innocent to a charge of failing to register for the draft, conceding he was guilty but saying he wanted to publicly ex- plain his motives before a jury. Enten Eller, a junior at Bridgewater College who contends God's law carries more authority than federal law, was so nervous standing at the front of a federal courtroom packed with supporters and repor- ters that he almost entered the wrong plea. "ALTHOUGH I adniit that I have not registered, I would like to enter a guilty plea," he told U.S. District Judge James Turk. After a collective gasp from his friends, Eller stammered, "I mean a not guilty plea." Turk scheduled trial for August 17 in Roanoke. After his release on $10,000 personal recognizance bond, Eller told reporters he wanted a jury trial so he could make a public statement of his beliefs. He said he was not concerned about the possibility of a prison term. "CRIMINAL intent, .that simply is absent," he said. Before his court appearance, the clean-cut Eller, a physics and math major with a 4.0 grade average, led a band of 60 Christian pacifists in the singing of an- tiwar songs outside the courthouse. "I ain't gonna' study war no more," he sang. ELLER TUESDAY became the second man in the nation to be indicted for refusing to register for selec- tive service. The Justice Department singled out 160 of the estimated 500,000 young men who have not registered in an effort to persuade others to recon- sider. The recent indictment of Benjahin Sasway of San Dielo, Calif., touched off protests across the nation. If convicted, Eller faces a prison term of up to five yearsand a fine of up to $10,000. However, because-of his age, the judge has the option of setting aside any sentence or confining him for as long as six years. Eller follows the teachings of the Brethren Church, considered one of the "historic peace churches" in the United States. The church opposes the bearing of arms, but allows members to decide for themselves whether to register for military service. Eller is the son of Rev. Vernard Eller of LaVerne, Calif. He has lived in Virginia for several years. When he turned 18 in September of 1980, he wrote the Selective Service to state his moral objections to registration. Supreme Court justice assaulted in Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man screaming about "pornography and busing" ran onto a dais where U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White waited to give a t-peech yesterday and pummeled him with his fists before being subdued by onlookers. The 65-year-old justice, who suffered an abrasion on his cheek, had just been introduced as a speaker at a meeting of the Utah Bar Asociation at the Marriott Hotel about 11 a.m. WHITE proceeded to give his speech after joking "I've been hit harder than that before in Utah," a reference to his days as a college football star at the University of Colorado, where he got the nickname "Whizzer." Terry Knowles, FBI special agent in charge, said Newton Estes, 57, was charged with assault on a federal justice ina complaint authorized by the U.S. attorney's office. U.S. Magistrate Paul Badger set bail at $10,000 and Estes was being held in the Salt Lake Ciiy-County jail. If convicted, he could serve a maximum sentence of three years in prison and be ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. THE* COMPLAINT said Estes told the FBI he planned to assault White as soon as he learned he was speaking here, but that he did not strike the justice hard enough to harm him. Estes told the FBI his purpose in striking White was to get arrested and force a jury trial in which the issues of por- nography and foul language on television and of forced busing would be aired, the complaint said. The man shouted as he struck the justice that he was unhappy about White's decisions on busing and por- nography. "He's causing four-letter words to come into my living room through the TV set. The only way I know how to stop it is to go to the source," the man told reporters. iii n 4 .; ,, ,. }.. ~ , ' I ,K .. ... S . . sY ti,_. .. ,c..o. .. . ., . ..,r r °< Lights,ca Volunteer Jason Voeller puts himself, not his name, in lights Liberty. Doily Photo by DOUG McMAHON rnera... as he changes the marquee of the Michigan Theater on E. California prof who gave credit for sex seeks return to classroom LONG BEACH, Calif. (UPI) - A professor who resigned his teaching post following disclosures he gave college credit for extramarital sex and was "romantically involved" with students now wants to return to the classroom. Professor Barry Singer offered his resignation to Cal State Long Beach of- ficials while suffering a severe depression and living in fear for his life, his attorney said. SINGER, 39, recently wrote to university officials asking them to withdraw their acceptance of his resignation, but they refused. Attorney Dean Hyatt said Wednesday Singer resigned in a state of severe depression while "hiding out" in a motel room in the remote Mojave Dessert community of Boron, apparen- tly living in fear of death threats made after his unorthodox teaching methods became a subject of controversy. "He became so depressed that he sent in his resignation written on the back of a postcard," Hyatt said. He was very, very concerned about the anger of the public over his course." SINGER taught a course on the psychology of sex that offered credit for homosexual, group and extramarital sexual encounters. The class, which he taught for eight yesrs, also featured field trips to gay bars and dressing in drag. A faculty committee undertook a review of Singer's course after several Christian groups complained, but university officials suspended him for 30 days without pay in May after the professor disclosed he had been "romantically involved" with three or four students. A FEW DAYS after the suspension was announced, Singer offered his resignation. Jaffe Dickerson, counsel for Cal State Long Beach, said the university would not withdraw its acceptance of Singer's resignation. 'As far as the university is concerned, the matter is resolved," Dickerson said. "He resigned. The university's position is that it is dead, finished and over with, and that's the end of it." Hyatt said he would appeal the university's decision to the state Per- sonnel Bord under a section of the state Education Cede that allows for resignations to be set aside if they have been made "by reason of mistake, fraud, duress, undue influence" or un- der circumstances in which the instruc- tor was not acting voluntarily.