The Michigan Daily - Sunday, July 8, 1984 - Page 5
MSU releases 4 candidates' names
Michigan State University released the
names of only four of 66 current can-
didates for president of the university,
a position Cecil Mackey will vacate
when a new president is found.
COLLEGES
The names were released in response
to a request filed under the Freedom of
Information Act by Booth Newspapers,
Inc. The four candidates whose names
were released are Lawrence Ianni,
provost at San Francisco State Univer-
sity; Robert Morgan, dean for
academic and professional affairs at
the California School of Professional "
Psychology in Fresno, Calif.; Michael
Riccards of the political science depar-
tment at Hunter College in New York;
and Irving Weiner of the psychology
department at the University of Den-
ver.
The other candidates' names were
not released because they have
requested confidentiality.
"These four people waived that right
in writing," said Terry Denbow, acting
Freedom of Information Officer and
press liaison for the committee in
charge of finding a new president.
"These names shouldn't be seen as
good, bad, or indifferent. This must not
be seen as a sample group (of can-
S didates)."
- The State News
Public drinking prohibited
at Penn State
Due to an ordinance passed last mon-
th by the State College (Pa.) Municipal
Council, students at Pennsylvania State
University will no longer be allowed to
drink beer in public.
The ordinance, passed in response to
complaints about the behavior of
drunken spectators at a bicycle race
last April, was generally supported by
student leaders.
Rick Riegel, president of Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity and chairman of next
year's race, told the council he was
surprised that a town the size of State
College did not already have such an
ordinance.
State College's police chief proposed
an open container ordinance two years
ago, but the idea was shelved because
councilmembers thought such a move
might be perceived as an attempt to
legislate morality.
Violating the ordinance is punishable
by a fine of $25 to $300 or up to 30 days in
jail. Police Chief Elwood Williams said
police will probably give warnings at
first and toughen enforcement as
residents become aware of the ordinan-
ce.
- The Weekly Collegian
Ore. prof charged with libel
In a highly unusualaction, the direc-
tor of black studies at Portland State
(Ore.) University sued a faculty
colleague for libel after a local
newspaper published her letter
challenging recommendations for a
multicultural curriculum in the public
schools.
Darrell Millner charged that history
professor Susan Karant-Nunn had ex-
posed him to "public hatred, wrath,
contempt, and ridicule" and damaged
his reputation by accusing him of
"falsification of history."
In her letter to the newspaper,
Karant-Nunn told the superintendent
and school board of Portland to "study
with healthy skepticism" the recom-
mendations made by Millner.
Millner said the public school
curriculum should acquaint students
with the contributions minorities have
made to American society.
But while Karant-Nunn agreed that
"inaccuracies and comfortable
stereotypes about the past should be
corrected,' she said that "to attempt to
bolster the self-esteem of any in-
dividual or group through the further
falsification of the past is a disser-
vice..."
The American Association of Univer-
sity Professors defended Karant-
Nunn's letter as "an entirely ap-
propriate public statement, consistent
with academic tradition in a free
society."
The case will go to trial in early
August.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
Texas sends student to
fight national drinking age
The Student Senate at the University
of Texas appropriated $1,000 to send a
lobbyist to Washington to fight the
national drinking age, but several
students objected to the measure
because of "the way you have to fund
lobbying."
Student government president Rod-
ney Schlosser said the dissenting
senators objected to the fact that a
budget and itinerary for the trip cannot
be concretely established.
The legislation, which is expected to
be signed by President Reagan, would
require states to raise their legal
drinking age to 21. States which do not
comply risk losing federal highway
funds.
The University of Texas has been
joined by 10 other Texas schools in a
fight against the legislation.
Graduate senator Tammy Cornwell
said she did not think a student lobbyist
would be able to get through secretaries
and red tape to the necessary represen-
tatives in Washington.
- The Daily Texan
Ga. instructors allegedly
sold grades
Two teaching assistants who taught
Spanish at the University of Georgia
face charges of "grade selling" after
allegedly awarding "A" grades to three
undergraduates in exchange for cash.
The two teaching assistants resigned
soon after the situation was brought to
the attention of faculty members by
another student, according to director
of judicial programs William
Bracewell.
The five people involved face univer-
sity hearings to be held this summer as
well as possible criminal charges if the
district attorney recommendsthem.
Two of the undergraduates sub-
sequently received their degrees.
Bracewell said the university could
consider revoking the degrees after the
hearings are completed.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
Compiled by Daily staff writers
Dov Cohen and Eric Mattson.
textbooks
textbookscan't go down anymore with
both stores already discounting 5%.
Lowering the book prices even more
would make selling textbooks an un-
profitable business."
Musser said that within the past 20
years five different businesses have
made attempts at selling textbooks in
Ann Arbor and all found it a losing bat-
tle.
"I'm sure I wouldn't be willing to in-
vest the kind of money that Barnes and
Noble will have to," said Musser. "It
will be interesting to see how much
money the parent company will invest
to keep the Ann Arbor store afloat."
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New bookstore in Union
(Continued from Page 1) to retrieve books similar to U-Cellar's.
the country," said Maloney, "and we "WE'LL JUST wait and see what
were glad to be given the opportunity to kind of store opens up in the Michigan
open up a store. It really was an oppor- Union,"said Bruce Weinberg of U-
tunity which we couldn't pass up." Cellar. "I know Barnes and Noble will
The Union plans to clear out all of its be paying more rent than we did, but
offices and the ticket office from their the market will determine the success
space on the ground floor to make room of the operation."
for the new tenants, but most of the ar- Weinberg said U-Cellar and at least
chitectural arrangements have not yet two other companies looked at the
been made. The store tentatively plans available space in the newly renovated
to have sa self serve system for students ground floor, but all doubted that a suc-
mall will sell
cessful college textbook store could
.survive with the high rent and the in-
tense competition in town.
For Barnes and Noble to successfully
compete, textbook prices must be com-
parable to Ann Arbor's other two
stores which mark down prices 5%
from the list price.
"A third bookstore in town takes
business away from everyone, and no
one likes to lose business," said Tom
Musser of Ulrich's Books. "Prices on
Dearborn judge accused of drunkeness
DETROIT (UPI) - A hearing was scheduled to resume Dearborn judge seemed to be impaired during a 1980 Law
tomorrow into charges brought by the Michigan Judicial Day speech.
Tenure Commission that 19th District Judge Virginia Judge Sobotka, 48, has served on the district court bench in
Sobotka has appeared on the bench while drunk. suburban Dearborn since 1977 but was suspended without
On the first day of hearings Friday, an attorney who says pay after the charges - which she denied - were filed by the
he often argued cases before Judge Sobotka testified the commission in March.
Britain, Nigeria free planes after 2 days
(Continued from Page3) President Shshu Shagari, was grabbed which seized power in a coup last Dec.
MEANWHILE, Britain and Nigeria i from his home near London's Hyde 31, reiterated its denial that it was in-
freed each other's planes and flight Park, police said. volved in the attempt to return Dikko to
crews, which had been held for two NIGERIA'S military government has his homeland.
days. denied any involvement in the affair, A special announcement said the
In a move apparently aimed at but it grounded a British Caledonian government would "certainly not
reducing diplomatic fallout from the jumbo jet with 222 London-bound authorize any such acts which may'
incident, authorities in London and passengers in apparent retaliation for violate British laws."
Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, agreed to the detention of the Nigeria Airways But questions remained, and any
release the aircraft and flight crews cargo plane that Britain says was to proof that Nigeria had a direct hand in
held in each capital since Thursday. take Dikko to Nigeria. the crime could damage relations bet-
Dikko, 47, former transport minister In a broadcast monitored in London, ween Britain and its biggest trading
in the civilian government of deposed the Nigerian military government, partner in Africa.