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Rape
. .0
victim
testifies
in court
By REBECCA COX
During a pre-trial investigation
Tuesday morning, the victim of an
alleged rape by a University student
delivered testimony regarding her
sexual assault in March.
Griffith Neal, a Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity member and student
in a University professional prog -
ram, was accused by a 21-year-old
sorority woman and University
student of engaging in "sexual
penetration... causing personal in -
jury of said victim and using force
of coercion to accomplish sexual
penetration" last month.
Neal, who pleaded "not guilty"
to charges of first degree criminal
sexual conduct last month, is facing
up to life imprisonment if found
guilty. The trial date is set for May
12.
At the pre-trial hearing before
Fifteenth District Court Judge
G.W. Alexander, the woman stated
that she sustained a 3-5 centimeter
tear in the rear wall of her vagina,
as well as bruising of arms, hips,
and legs from the assault.
She wept as she described the
incident.
Neal was silent throughout her
testimony, but smiled occasionally.
In Neal's defense, Attorney
Steven Boak said his client was not
guilty because the validity of the
woman's testimony was in ques -
tion.
At the trial, the defense will
contest the truth of the woman's
statement.
The alleged rape took place in a
second floor loft of Neal's fraternity
in the early morning of Thursday,
March 19 after the woman had
finished practicing a dance routine
for Greek Week.

The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 8, 1987 -Wage 3
'U' postpones
trial until fall

smoot} saiing Dayht
Brian Roberts, an engineering senior, demonstrates how to keep the
Sailing Club's Vanguard 470 sailboat flat in heavy winds. The club,
located at Baseline Lake, 18 miles northwest of Ann Arbor, will be open
Saturday for student use. Admission is free and students can take shuttles
from the Pound House.
Undergraduate Initiative
funding delayed till June

By MARTHA SEVETSON
A hearing originally scheduled
last month to determine if academic
sanctions would be taken against
two University students will not be
conducted over the summer, accor -
ding to the attorney representing the
students, Jonathon Rose.
Rose said he reached an
agreement with Sallyanne Payton, a
law school professor and one of two
members of the commission ap -
pointed to hear the racial incidents,
to postpone the hearings until at
least fall term.
LAST MONTH University
President Harold Shapiro called for
the commission to plan a trial for
LSA junior Ted Severansky and
LSA sophomore Peter Gonzalez,
the students responsible for the
WJJX racial incident.
"Student activism made a very
important difference in causing the
University to indefinitely postpone
this hearing," Rose said. "The
students' clearheadedness in not'
reacting to racism as censorship,
but not endorsing either racism or
censorship is very impressive."
Members of the University
community have called the hearing
a form of the proposed code of non-
academic conduct. The Michigan
Student Assembly and Represen -

tative Perry Bullard (D-Ann Arbor)
have strongly opposed the trial.
BULLARD issued a statement
on April 16 that stated the hearing
procedures were in conflict with
fundamental democratic values.
But University administrators
maintain that the propsed hearing
was not intended to set a precedent
for implementation of a code.
"I think (the hearing procedure)
is appropriate in this particular
case, but we need a different process
for handling these cases in the long
term," Vice president of Govern -
mental Relations Richard Kennedy
said. Kennedy is also a member of
the commission.
MSA Vice president Rebecca
Felton said the fall postponement
was an accomplishment, but added
that student apathy may allow the
University to impose a code at that
time.
"If theshearing goes through
when the students are around and
there is not much opposition, it
will be an easier transgression for
them to slide right into the code,"
Felton, an LSA senior, said.
The University Council, a
committee charged with the
responsibility of drafting a code,
failed to take a stand on the
controversy over the appointed
commission.

By BRIAN BONET
and MARTHA SEVETSON
Therselection panel for the
University's $1 million Under-
graduate Initiative has delayed
allocating funds until the end of the
month because the panel received
more proposals than anticipated,
according to. Vice-President for
Academic Affairs and Provost
James Duderstadt.
The panel expected to get less
than 100 proposals from faculty,
staff, and students, but instead
received approximately 150.
According to Duderstadt, the unex-
pected amount did not allow the
board adequate time to review each
submission before the May 1
deadline.
"There may be ways to fund
projects beyond the $1 million we
intended to put in," said Duderstadt.

"We already have particular funds
available."
The proposals include ideas for
curriculum changes, enlarged coun-
seling services, on-line computer
access to scheduling and health
information,

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14th Dexter-Ann Arbor Run
Saturday, May 23, 1987 8 a.m.
The Ann Arbor Track Club invites you to join thousands
of runners at one of Michigan's great traditions. Choose one
of two great point to point runs along the Huron River or new
this year our Fun Run in Downtown Ann Arbor. All of the
races finish on Main Street in Downtown Ann Arbor.
Mild spring weather combined with a rolling paved
course following closely along the river until the final mile to
the finish in the center of downtown Ann Arbor.
Bus transportation provided to the starts, running expo,
pre-race dinner, post race refreshments and food, live
entertainment, dancing in the streets.
New this year $1800 in prize money to be awarded to the
top open and masters finishers in the Half-marathon. This
along with our unique pottery awards for top finishers in the
11 age groups in both races.
Applications are available at First of America Bank
offices, Running Fit, Kroger stores, Radio 16 WAAM and
other area fitness stores and centers.
Registration by mail until May 15 and in-person at the
Ann Arbor Inn, 100S. Fourth Ave on May 16 from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Late registration will be on Friday May 22 from 11 a.m. to
9 p.m. at the Ann Arbor Inn. There will be NO race day
registration.
Results The Ann Arbor News will have a special section
with race results on Sunday May 24
Spectators are encouraged to come downtown to cheer
on the runners and enjoy the festive atmosphere of the event.
Notice: the morning of the run Huron River Drive from
Dexter to Ann Arbor will be closed to all traffic. Please be
advised to take alternate roads the morning of the 23rd.

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