7iE £idbi:a iailjj Ninety-four years of editorialfreedom Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, May 18, 1984 Vol. XCIV, No. 7-S Copyright 1984 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages DOUG McMAHON/Daily The dignitaries taking part in the ground breaking ceremony for the new engineering building yesterday included, from left to right, Regent Sarah Power, Regent Gerald Dunn, University President Harold Shapiro, Gov. James Blanchard, Regent Thomas Roach, Regent Deane Baker, and Engineering Dean James Duderstadt. Bktnchard bek gon ~~rasor new campus bidn buC & n Delay puts Leo Kelly arguments in jeopardy By LOU FINTOR A Washtenaw County assistant prosecutor may be barred from presen- ting oral arguments in the appeals trial of Leo Kelly - the University student convicted of killing two Bursley Hall residents in 1981 - because office problems prevented her from meeting a court deadline for filing a legal brief, a county prosecutor told the Daily yesterday. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Marilyn Eisenbraun failed to meet the Michigan Court of Appeals' March 17 deadline because a student legal intern who "did a substantial amount of work" on the brief left the office forcing Eisenbraun to "literally start from scratch," said Lynwood Noah, a Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attor- ney who tried the Kelly case in 1982. KELLY, A 25-year-old black Detroiter, was convicted of shooting fellow Bursley residents Edward Siwik, 19, of Detroit, and Resident Advisor Douglas McGreaham, 21, of Caspian, after fire bombing the dormitory on Good Friday, 1981. An all-white jury dismissed Kelly's insanity plea and announced the guilty verdict on June 21, 1982 following a four-week trial that drew national at- tention. On August 14, 1982, Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Ross Cam- pbell sentenced Kelly "to be placed in solitary confinement, with hard labor, for the rest of your natural life," (and he is currently serving time) at the Marquette State Penitentiary, while awaiting appeal. A spokesperson for the state appeals court in Lansing said that although Kelly's counsel, prominent Detroit at- torney Chokwe Lumumba, has been granted a request to present oral arguments to justices, Eisenbraun may have to rely on the brief which she plans to file early next week. "I CAN'T SAY whether the prosecutor's office will be endorsed for See PROSECUTOR'S, Page 11 By ANDREW ERIKSEN Gov. James Blanchard, along with University President Harold Shapiro and Engineering Dean James Duderstadt, presided over the ground breaking for the new engineering building on North Campus yesterday. "This (project) represents a renewed commitment," Blanchard said to about 150 people at the ground breaking ceremony. "This building is the first state-funded project in two decades...we've got the ball rolling again." Duderstadt said the new building is "the cornerstone to making the College of Engineering one of the leading schools it the nation and in the process it will strengthen the state's industrial base." The University regents, taking time out from their monthly meeting, also attended the groundbreaking ceremony. There is an obvious link between research facilities and high-tech jobs, Blanchard said. He said that two high-tech firms have decided to move to Michigan and one of them has decided to settle in Ann Arbor. The College of Engineering could become Michigan's Silicon Valley, Duderstadt said. "Our greatest natural resource is not our lakes or our state forests," said Duderstadt, "but our people, especially our young people." The entering freshman has a collective high school grade point average of 3.7 or higher, said Duderstadt. These students certainly represent the state's most valuable resource or its future, he said. "I'm glad I didn't apply to the engineering school," said Shapiro after Duderstadt's remarks. The state has to start planning for its long-term future, said Duderstadt. Brain power, not semi-skilled labor, could be the focus for the state's future, he said. While the ground was being broken for the new engineering building, four members of the Progressive Student Network stood outside the fence surrounding the construction area holding a banner. Tom Marx, a member of PSN, handed out pamphlets to several people attending the ceremony. The pamphlet stated that PSN was not protesting the ground See BLANCHARD, Page 11 Inside: " University regents receive negative feed- back ona proposed Department of Defense sof- twsre institute. See psge 3. - " An Ann Arbor congregation could have had a more Christisn attitude toward homeless people. See Opinion, psge 6. " Laurie Anderson supplements musical talent with multi-media effects. See Arts, page 8. Outside: " Sunny and warm with a high temperature near 80 degrees. No surprise: Berenson will return to eoaehM'eers By MIKE McGRAW falo Sabres' assistant would be returning to his alma If the athletic department was trying to keep the mater. identity of Michigan 's new hockey coach a secret, it JUST IN CASE someone missed all ofsthis, yester- didnt doavey god jo. ' day morning the message board at Yost Arena read Athletic Director Don Canham didn't hide the fact "Welcome Home Red Berenson." that the man he was after was former Wolverine All- And sure enough, at the 'M' Club Room at the golf American Red Berenson. And when it was announced course yesterday, the 1981 NHL Coach-of-the-Year three days ago that a press conference would be held stepped in front of the cameras and reporters to an- Thursday to announce the new coach, several nounce that he would be returning to Ann Arbor to try publications went ahead and reported that the Buf- to revives hockey program that has been declining in