SUMMtER 1 WEEnLY Ninety-even y/r oI edtr'aLfr/d Vol. XCVI- No. 5S Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, June 5, 1987 U delays Undergraduate Initiative disclosure until fall 'U' challenges divestment bill By EDWARD KLEINE and MARTHA SEVETSON Special to the Daily LANSING - A law which would force state colleges and uni - versities to divest stock from companies doing business in South Africa is unconstitutional and "in - trudes" on their rights, an attorney representing the University Board of Regents told the Michigan Court of Appeals yesterday. Roderick Daane, the University's attorney, said the 1982 law is a threat to academic freedom and "in - trudes on turf which the (state) constitution reserves for (univer - sities) and which they are duty- bound to protect." THE UNIVERSITY current - ly has $125,000 invested in companies doing business in South Africa, less than one percent of the amount invested when the law went into effect. The University kept a portfolio of $500,00 to challenge the law, but two of the companies, IBM and General Motors, have since withdrawn their operations from South Africa. The regents filed an appeal to the ruling two months after Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Stell upheld the state law in 1985. Daane expects that which - ever party loses in the appeal will take the case to the state supreme court, "IT'S VERY important the regents challenge this law," said Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor). "It's just one more example of a political action to attempt to control the activities of the Univer - sity." But Jerald Young, the state's attorney, argued that "there has never been a showing that this legislation affects the education See REGENT, Page 4 By MARTHA SEVETSON Funding recipients of the $1 million Undergraduate Initiative have been notified this week, but their names will not be announced until fall, according to Associate Vice president for Academic Affairs Mary Anne Swain. Because many sponsors of proposals are not in town over the summer, Swain said a formal "celebration" would have to wait until September. "We're still negotiating about what exactly (the sponsors) are going to do in a number of proposals," Swain said. "The decisions aren't final yet." THE EXACT number of proposals to receive funding from the $1 million has not been officially determined, and Swain said that the selection panel has been looking for alternative ways to finance some of the suggestions from faculty, staff, and students. "There were a couple of good proposals that really weren't appropriate under an undergraduate initiative fund, and we're looking for other ways to fund them in the University," Swain said. In addition, individual faculty members who reviewed proposals or members of the final selection See PANEL, Page 11 City okays Galleria on South University By JON EIN Many people think the recently approved Galleria complex schedul - ed to be built on South University Avenue - which will include retail stores, apartments, and a park - is not needed. But others think the complex may be a worthwhile venture. Approved at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on Monday, the four story complex will be located between The Brown Jug and Little Ceasar's. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer and the first shop is expected to open this fall. An additional structure will also be built in place of the existing house at 1218 South University and the vacant Great Escape Arcade. The Galleria will contain retail stores on the first two floors, and there are also plans for twelve units of housing - either apartments or condominiums. Council member David DeVarti (D-Fourth Ward) thinks that the additional living space will benefit the community, "I like any plan that provides additional housing in the campus area." See GALLERIA, Page 5 City passes outdoor lighting resolution By ELIZABETH ATKINS The Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution Monday night to increase outdoor lighting along 51 -city streets as a way to prevent rape and crime in Ann Arbor. The resolution also authorized a $30,000 grant from the Detroit Edison Foundation to study lighting in the city. Seth Hirshorn (D-Second Ward), who works with the Off-Campus Crime Committee, initiated the plan for the Outdoor Lighting and Improvement Program. For the past seven months, the committee re- searched lighting standards and Construction N found that "crime migrates away Daiiy Photo by JOHN MUNSON srcdlight." i Preparing for the dive Hirshorn said the new lighting Construction worker Dale Wright, left, and Joseph Brown work on the policy will include making a map diving platform for the new pool and diving facility being built between of all city streetlights to evaluate the Intramural Building and Revelli Hall on Hoover Street. The pool is where light is most needed. He said scheduled to be completed at the end of the summer. the ordinance will also require all dwellings with at least three units to have a light over all entrances and exits. But Jeannette Middleton (R- Third Ward) said that although she's not against lighting, "I don't feel lighting is a real problem in this city. It hasn't been linked that darkness perpetuates crime, but lighting makes one feel safer." Middleton said the resolution is a "terrifically expensive over- prescription" for city lighting and that many residents do not want their streets "lit up like Christmas." The new policy will save the city money for lighting bills because new, more energy-efficient lightbulbs will be installed. "We expect the cost will be less than today while increasing lighting 30 to 40 percent," Hirshorn said. David DeVarti (D-Fourth Ward) See NEW, Page 4 Study abroad group to take summer trip to Africa By CATHY SHAP can countries - including Senegal, in international relations are more help destroy misconceptions about Eighteen University students are Gambia, Ghana, Benin, Dahomey readily available in Africa, and in Africa and the African Culture. scheduled to leave July 1 for West and the Ivory Coast. The program the coming years there will be iravenng ana researcn provide for a Africa, marking the first time the was inspired by a six-year Univer - many opportunities in law, public diverse educational experience as University's Center for African and sity faculty exchange program with relations, and business," Holt said. opposed to the limited education of Afro-American Studies has spon - the National University of Benin in Aubrey Scott, an LSA senior foreign culture which can be re - sored a study-abroad program to that Cotonou. and program participant, considers ceived in America," Scott said. continent for students. Tom Holt, former CAAS direc - the program a stepping stone to Walter Allen, associate CAAS As part of the program, the tor, said, he hoped the program will better understanding African culture. director, calls Africa "the continent students will visit many West Afri ; increase interest in Africa. "Careers "The program is an opportunity to See 'U' GROUP, Page 11