ANC member tells
*students of struggle
BY AARON ALIZADEH medical school in Cape Town, only
"Apartheid is legalized racism and four Blacks had been admitted into a
racism in any form demeans human- class of 120; and only 14 Black stu-
ity as a whole. People must realize dents had been admitted across South
that there is a war of liberation go- Africa to the more than 400 spaces
ing on in South Africa." stated Dr. available.
Ahmod Randeree, a member of the In 1964, Randaree was placed in
African National Congress (ANC). solitary confinement by the apartheid
Randeree spoke last night at a regime for his involvement with the
presentation sponsored by the Baker- ANC, where "four black walls were
Mandela Center, the United my only companions and, I was
Coalition Against Racism, and the awakened every four hours, so that I
Free South Africa Coordinating might remain sleep deprived for up-
Committee, entitled "Realities of coming interrogations."
Apartheid - Current events in Randaree said that four out of five
South Africa" in the Angela Davis people born in South Africa are re-
Lounge of Mary Markley dorm. garded as non-citizens, and that the
Randaree, who joined the African whites there are more privileged than
*National Congress in 1958 and now anywhere else in the world.
presides in Manitoba Canada as the "Apartheid cannot be reformed, it
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began the presentation with a history Blacks can only go to white areas as
of his own personal struggle against servants, then they must go back to ep u b ica s
Apartheid. their shanty towns, where there are
Beginning with the history of his only poverty wages, and the places
own childhood, Randaree told the au- are festering with disease," Randaree v o te fo r p a
nd school until the age of nine be- "There is now a light at the end BY DIANE COOK
cause schools in his area were re- of the tunnel. The apartheid boulder Continuing to make the creation of affordable
served for whites. is sitting at the end of the cliff. It ontin
"To get into university is like won't take much now to push it housing in Ann Arbor a priority, city council
going into the eye of a needle" said over the cliff to crush this fascistic De aot successfully halted the Downtown
Randaree. The year that he entered regime.' said Randeree. Development Authority's plans to build a 600-700 car
parking structure at the intersection of William and
Utat e s u a A ysrCouncil Republicans were one vote short of the
City Charter's required 8 votes for a-property transac-
tion for the sale of the three homes at William and
o e Ashley Streets.
eS Terry Martin (R-2nd Ward) was "annoyed" by the
last minute reservations about moving ahead with the
BY SUSAN GREENE only applies to undergraduates. project. She advocated construction of the structure,
State legislators and University University officials maintain that claiming it would keep the city flourishing.
officials continue to disagree over they will meet this goal by 1991. But Anne Marie Coleman (D-1st Ward) argued that
the terms of a 1987 dialogue on the The University's non-resident homes would be a more favorable step in the direction
percentage of out-of-state students at student percentage is more than three of city development..
the University. times greater than most other public "We are building houses for cars, not for people,"
Initiated by state budget commit- institutions in the state. said Coleman. "We have a different way of getting at
tees, the 1987 discussions aimed to Duderstadt's 1987 memo justified the same agenda."
cut the University's non-resident this inequity by stating that it re- The proposed parking structure is projected to cost
* student percentage, which was in- flects "the University's unique role approximately $500,000.
creasing by one percent each year. and mission as a research university "You can get an awful lot of housing for that kind
But the two sides differ on whether of international stature, ranking of money," said Larry Hunter (D-1st Ward).
this decrease applies to the among the very best public as well "It's welfare for the downtown merchants. They
University's entire student body or as private institutions." certainly don't need it as much as people living in a
only to its undergraduate population. Sederburg, whose constituency shelter who don't have a home or a car to put in the
On Tuesday, Sen. William includes Michigan State University,
Sederburg (R-East Lansing) released calls this attitude "arrogant." He
figures revealing that the University claims that the University fails to
actually raised its total number of meet its responsibility to the state Call 764-0552
out-of-state students by 540 last by marginalizing qualified resident university Lutheran Chapel
year, thereby increasing the non-resi- students.
dent percentage from 38 to 39. State legislators have suggested 1511 Washtenaw Ave.
Arguing that the University has that the University might find its fi- Ed Krauss, Pastor 663-5560
violated the 1987 discussions, nal state appropriation reduced Summer Schedule: Szed
Sederburg claimed that it "sneaked somewhat because of its "failure to Sunday Worship at 9:00 am
around legislation" by increasing the meet agreements." Wednesday Supper at 6:00 pm
number of non-resident graduate stu- But in an interview yesterdays,
dents as it decreased undergraduate Sederburg, who is also the chair of FOR THE BEST: CO
percentages. the Senate higher education budget Crew Cuts - Flat Tops
Almost half of the University's subcommittee, said the conflict will PrinMetons -u Military
graduate students are from outside of not affect this year's state appropria- T
Michigan. tion to the University. FrEi:SC L11:3-Turs
But a 1987 memo issued by then STYLISTS Fri: 11:30
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y spending tax dollars to shelter cars insteaa or
meless Action Committee.
fall short on'
king structure
structure," said Larry Fox, a member of the Homeless
Action Committee
Liz Brater (D-3rd Ward) was "not convinced that
additional parking is needed" and suggested the city
make use of the vacant Detroit Edison parking area in
the structure at William and Fourth Streets which is
not used in the evening.
Mayor Jerry Jernigan warned the opposition council
members that only six votes are needed by the council
to endorse the construction of a modified version of the
structure.
'We are building houses for cars, not
for people," said Coleman.'We have a
different Way of getting at the same
agenda.'
Advocates of affordable housing maintain their
position.
"It just seems as though in terms of what is needed
now, parking structures should take a backseat to
affordable housing," added Fox.
Moe Fitzsimmons, a staff member of the Ann
Arbor Tenants Union said, "We think that the city
needs to spend some money on affordable housing
before they build anymore parking structures."
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