Page 16 - The Michigan Daily - Summer, 1986
Students oppose behavior rules
When a political science class surveyed University studen- legal system and the constitutional restraints protecting
ts last term on what issued they'd be willing to protest, the accused's rights.
traditional controversies like weapons research received Such conflicting stances have stirred strong emotions.
only moderate responses. Frustrated by student opposition which has killed seven
80 percent of the students surveyed, however, said they code proposals from both the administration and a som-
would be willing to take action against a code of non- mittee called the University Council, President Harold
academic conduct. Shapiro has threatened to propose a code unilaterally to
"The Code," which would give the University's ad- the Board of Regents.
ministration power to punish students for a variety of Such a move would violate the regents' bylaw 7.02,
crimes unrelated to schoolwork, has been the focus of an which guarantees the Michigan Student Assembly's right
emotional debate since it was proposed by the ad- to approve any changes in the current rules of conduct.
ministration three years ago. MSA is the all-campus student government.
IN ONE corner are administrators, including University Despite its validity. however, the code issue has never
President Harold Shapiro, who remain adamant about the motivated a major political protest. Instead, student
need for a code. Current rules governing student behavior leaders have tried to raise and maintain awareness by
are ineffective and haven't been used for ten years, they plastering kiosks and students with such stickers as "Why
say. According to administrators, this forces the Univer- Code?," and "7.02."
sity to rely on the city police to solve disciplinary Currently, the issue is being discussed by the University
problems. Council-which is made up of students, administrators,
In opposition are many student leaders who are con- and faculty members. The council seems to be drafting a
cerned that such a code would violate civil liberties and compromise between both stances, but it's unclear
may be used to stifle political dissent on campus. Students whether either side is willing to accept any compromise.
have also called such a code unnecessary because of the -Kerry Murakami

If any issue has cleared the cob-
A webs out of the socially unconscious
A p atW minds of today's college students, it
has been the racist policies of South
* African apartheid.
Stirs Although Diag rallies and speeches
condemning the University's holdings
in companies that do business with
e n t South Africa have remained mild, the
protests have brought changes in
University policies.
The University has thus far
c O l ce r n divested $49.5 million, or 99 percent,
of the $50 millin in South Africa-
related investmentsit held in 1983.
While anti-apartheid activists on

campus demanded full divestment,
University administrators have said
they need to maintain the remaining
$500,000 in stocks to challenge a 1983
state law.
The law, which orders all Michigan
colleges and Universities to divest,
violates the University's state con-
stitutional right to make its own
decisions, administrators say.
Activists also demanded last year
that the University give jailed South
African activists Nelso Mandela an
honorary degree.
- Kery Murakami

LSA sophomore Gordon Young uses a hall telephone because his room
phone, and all others in West Quad, was temporarily removed as part of
the University's switchover to a new telephone system. The system,
designed to make campus phones more efficient, has produced incon-
veniences during its installation phase.

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