The Michigan Daily - Thursday, July 25, 1985 -Page 3
France protests S. Africa arrests; recalls ambassador
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (UPI) -
France ordered its ambassador home yester-
day to protest a four-day state of emergency
that has resulted in 665 arrests. A banned
guerrilla group vowed to attack white areas "to
make the entire country ungovernable."
At France's request, the U.N. Security Coun-
cil called an emergency meeting today to
review the South African situation. French
U.N. ambassador Claude de Kemoularia said
France is "deeply concerned by the persisting
aggravation of human sufferings as a result of
the apartheid system in South Africa."
IN PARIS, Prime Minister Laurent Fabius
said France recalled its ambassador to protest
the "new and serious deterioration," sparked
'(Our country) cannot stand back and
allow fundamental human rights to be
flouted in such a way.'
- Laurent Fabius,
France's prime minister
by the emergency. wisdom may at last prevail in this part of the
"(Our country) cannot stand back and allow world."
fundamental human rights to be flouted in such
a way," he said. "We hope many other coun- Fabius said new French investment in South
tries will join us in order that justice and Africa "under any conditions is to be im-
mediately suspended," but made no mention of
current investments.
FABIUS SAID his government presented to
the Security Council a resolution "condemning
the practices of South Africa and proposing a
series of precise measures to the international
community."
The recall was the first major diplomatic ac-
tion taken against South Africa since President
Pieter Botha declared the state of emergency
Sunday. Many other countries have denounced
the emergency but have taken to direct action.
U.S. ambassador Herman Nickel was or-
dered home for consultations in June after a
South African raid on neighborhing Botswana,
and remains in Washington.
Slump threatens computer discount
By KATIE WILCOX grants and discounts for higher
Educational discounts by computer education.
companies have played a major role "I really don't think the slump will
in the computer boom on college have very much to do with the
campuses, but last year's slump in the University pricing," said Clare
industry led to speculation on changes Lathrup marketing coordinator for
in special pricing. the University Cellar's computer
Business publications called last department. The Cellar offers 40 to 50
year "the worst of times" for the percent off the list price for most per-
"red-ink-stained industry." Profits sonal computers. Arrangements with
were off and plants shut down tem- each company vary and often include
porarily or permanently, affecting things other than pricing, such as
many jobs. special services and availability of
BUT COMPUTER sales on cam- systems.
puses soared. Opinions differ greatly Others believe lagging sales in the
about whether the market will affect industry will hurt universities. "The
degree to which corporations are
making arrangements with univer-
sities has dropped off from several
years ago," said Greg Marks, deputy
vice president for information
technology. "There is not as much
money to go around."
STILL others take a middle-ground.
"I don't think it will be affected very
much with the big companies. There
will be scrambling around with the
smaller companies," said George
Badger, director of the Computing
Services Office at the University of
Illinois.
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Daily Photo by KATE O'LEARY
Breakin'
Street dancer Blair Shelton does some fancy footwork on Maynard Street
yesterday.
Old Coke fan receives first
case of 'Classic Coke'
BELLEVUE, Wash. (UPI) - The T-shirt, described himself as
man who sparked the nationwide "Cokeman" and said the company's
drive forcing the Coca-Cola Co. to April decision to halt production of
renew production of its 99-year-old "the real thing" affected him deeply.
formula yesterday accepted the first "When I couldn't have it, I felt hurt.
case of "Classic Coke," saying the I felt injured,"Mullins said.
company has returned Americans "to
our heritage." Although the Seattle man won
Gay Mullins, founder of Old Cola nationwide attention for his cam-
Drinkers of America, sipped his paign, which included a lawsuit that
favorite drink surrounded by cases of was tossed out of federal court, his
old and new Coke during a ceremony sincerity was placed in doubt when he
at the company's bottling plant in failed to pick his favorite drink in a
Bellevue, Wash. newspaper-sponsored taste test last
MULLINS, wearing a red Coca-Cola month.
Computer boom sparks competition
(Continued from Page1) parable. In the June Board of Regents year by a retail store that offers
computers. meeting, Douglas Van Houweling, discounts from computer companies.
THE SUPER-computer system, to be vice provost for information A MAJOR concern for Harvard is
completed at the end of August, will technology, outlined a plan to in- connecting all the personal computers
drastically increase high-speed com- crease greatly the accessibility of for information-sharing and sending
puting power available to thousands computers to students in two years. messages back and forth.
of researchers. The number of computer work Badger describes the situation at
According to George Badger, direc- stations would be multiplied seven Illinois in the same way. "There is
tor of the Computing Services Office times by the end of 1987, and clusters quite a bit of movement toward per-
at the University of Illinois, the of 25 to 30 computers would be placed sonal computers," he said.
university's place among the so- in dorms and libraries. To pay for the At Michigan, personal computers at
called "super-computer U's" is expansion, a $50 student fee would be educational discounts are available at
already attracting new faculty and charged for winter term, increasing the University Cellar, and the Univer-
graduate students. "This is the first to $100per term starting next spring. sity does "at least as well as people on
major national facility on this cam- ALTHOUGH the plan has not been any other campus that I'm aware of,"
pus," he said. approved yet, Marks expects it will be according to Marks.
The University of Illinois is also and said he hopes that 375 work sites
trying to make computers more ac- will be added this year. "We are star- IN ADDITION to expansion in com-
cessible to students, Badger said. ting to move on that program now," puters for students, computer
"We have a general policy that each he said. capability for research purposes is
student is entitled to a computer ac- Marks said the new computers becoming more competitive. All
count," he said. would help LSA students with word research - including biology,
AT THE University of Michigan, processing, improving writing style physics, and astronomy - is in-
there are currently 250 stations and quality, scientific and creasingly dependent on computers.
available for general use and 450 mathematical calculations, and The larger computer companies are
stations for business and engineering analyzing political and social sciences also looking into joining with univer-
students, who pay an extra $100 a data. sities for research projects, and the
term for the privilege. If the proposed program is ap- competition for those arrangements
The University's set-up is com- proved, the University will definitely promises to be tough.
parable to systems at peer in- be a leader in the field, Marks said. "One thing we have not had enough
stitutions. "It is in most respects quite "There is no question about that," he of is entering into cooperative resear-
similar to other programs at other said. ch and developemnt," Marks said.
large public and private institutions," IN ADDITION, by starting later "This University is at least as in-
Marks said. than some schools in creating an ex- teresting to these companies as any in
The number of public access sites is pansive program, the University can the country."
lower than is should be, Marks said, take advantage of advanced Corporate funding of university
but the system's high level of in- technology in the rapidly changing in- research has increased sharply in
tegration and the quality of its dustry, according to Marks. recent years and must grow at a
educational programs help make up But others say the campus com- faster rate to keep U.S. companies
for that. puter boom is moving away from ahead as the Japanese enter the
"THE education programs at the computing centers and toward in- market
micro-computers center, the amount creasing use of personal computers. Despite the excitement over the ex-
of (staff) assistance and seminars, is Harvard University, for example, pansion, Marks said the University is'
substantially bigger than programs at sees personal computers as the major trying to avoid the hype many other
other universities," Marks said. area of expansion in the near future. universities are using. "The message
But the University is not. content At least- 4,000 personal computers I'm sending is conservative rather
with its position of just being con- were sold during the last academic than 'boom-boom,' " Marks said.