STUDENT FIGHTS FOR SIX YEARS 'U' stays strict on residency rule By DAVID VANKER Robert Casad has tried just about everything. In his bid to be considered a resident of Michigan in order to pay the lower tuition required of residents, the 24-year-old gereontology research assistant has applied and reapplied to Assistant Registrar Larry Katz, appealed Katz's denials to Richard Kennedy, the University's Vice President for State Relations, represented himself in federal court in a suit against the University's regents, and spoken twice to the regents at their monthly meetings. CASAD CONTENDS that he meets "most of the requirements" for resident status, but officials say his intention to accept a post-doctoral scholarship outside the country disqualifies him. Katz and Kennedy refused to discuss the details of Casad's case, but they said student attempts to circumvent the residency regulations are both obvious and rare. "The aplication won't hold together if there's some abuse of the regulations in it," Katz said. "We can check the facts with various University offices." "Fortunately," he added, "it's been infrequent enough that we haven't had to consider what kind of discipline would be appropriate." MOST RESIDENT students don't give their status a second thought, but to those who come to the University from outside the state, non-residency means significantly higher tuition. For 1983-84, tuition for undergraduate juniors and seniors is $1212 per term, while non-residents of the same standing pay $3384, nearly three times as much. Non-resident graduate students pay $3428, over twice the $1598 paid by residents. Casad's most recent action in his own case was to request that the regents send his file and a copy of the regulations to the University ombudsman for a final, impartial ruling. KENNEDY SAID he will not respond to Casad's latest letter, but that the regents will announce their See 'U', Page 11 Nit-forear i afel Ninety-four years of editorial freedom Vol. XCIV, No. 13-S Copyright 1984 Ann Arbor, Michigan- Tuesday, June 5, 1984 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages Burke arrested on disorderly conduct By ERIC MATTSON One of Ann Arbor's favorite Diag en- tertainers was caught in the act and arrested yesterday for disorderly con- duct. Stoney Burke, a popular Diag comedian/philosopher, was arrested yesterday afternoon after a police of- ficer rode past on his bike three times and warned Burke to stop using ob- scenities. Burke allegedly refused each request. ACCORDING to eyewitnesses, Burke had been performing his usual act and had been lamenting the Reagan ad- ministration. "What he was doing today - if it was different at all he was milder than usual," said Dave Casper, a CAROL 1. FRANCAVILLA/Dailv graduate student. Diag comedian/philosopher Stoney Burke stands outside City Hall But Sgt. Paul Bunten of the Ann Ar- yesterday after his arraignment in 15th District Court. Burke was arrested bor Police said "I don't know that he's on a charge of disorderly conduct. Couneil vote leaves Braun Insi "The Court open to development Omaha t Series ga charge Bunten said Burke was arrested par- tly because he was using obscenities, and added that he didn't think Burke's right to freedom of speech had been violated. "WE DIDN'T arrest Stoney Burke just because he's Stoney Burke," he said. "I think the only issue is that you can't call people those kind of names," he said, referring to the allegation that Burke shouted obscenities at passers- by and police. Burke made a brief appearance at an arraignment and stood mute to the charge, which the court enters as a plea of not guilty. When the judge, Burke's lawyer, and the bailiff briefly left the courtroom, Burke leaped up and shouted "OK, that's it. We're taking over." Later, when Judge Pieter Thomassen asked Burke to approach the podium See BURKE, Page 11 de: Wolverines ended a short stay in by losing their second College World ame to New Orleans. See Sports, Page art school hopes to attract students A and other programs. See Page 3. rmation about hospitals and doctors e made public, but stitches and taped not glamorous. See Opinion, Page 6. l performers take a flight over the nest.See Arts, Page8. ide: th a high in the 80s and a chance of By ERIC MATTSON The fight over the fate of a seven-house develop- ment downtown ended last night as the Ann Arbor City Council voted down a plan to rezone the area to strictly residential use. Braun Court will remain zoned for residential, of- fice, or commercial use. Despite the efforts of the Downtown Neighbors Association, the 74-year-old development will be converted to retail use by developer Peter Allen and landlord Jan Mak. MEMBERS OF THE DNA presented the Council with a 350-signature petition opposing the conversion of the development, but the ordinance was defeated five to five (along party lines), with six votes needed for approval. Before the Council voted on the proposal, sponsored by Councilmember Lowell Peterson (D-First Ward), four people used audience participation time to ex- press their support for the proposal. Fred Horowitz, a former Braun Court 'resident, reminisced about the years he spent there. "IT'S A DAMN homely place, but it's something special," said Horowitz, now a professor at Washtenaw Community College. "It wasn't terribly beautiful, but there was something about it." Ethel Potts, a member of Citizens Association for Area Planning, also opposed the expansion of com- mercialism downtown. "We do not see a need to add to the downtown acerage house by house when there is so much See BRAUN, Page 2 16. " The from LS " Info should b toes arei " Loca cuckoo's Outs Sunny wi rain.