Tha WAimin r1,;Iu Cimmar Wan6ki WnAntit nA w .irfi.cP m - inssmsieganursa y summerittevesisy - wenesay, Augus1i , What with the summer term about to end, there are many issues that need to be addressed but, as this is the final Opinion Page until Sep- tember, these issues must be discussed in a great pormanteau editorial if they are ever to make it into the Daily. This "Omnibus" Editorial focuses on many andOdy trouble spots at the University. Some aunegeat, for Lite someare small - but if each of these problems Lenin P: were solved, the Utniversity would be a mus Cure better place for all. Modem by twoI u junk mail rCAL1 Since you're here this summer, you are pro- million i bably unaware that University President James separate Duderstadt and Vice President for Student Af- by the en fairs Maureen Hartford spent over $20,000 to studets send home aletter detailing theatninistration's reeksv biased position on the code atd a questionnaire em Gre askitsg for student input. While any attempt to sake 5( gage students' views is admirable, ie letter Universi follows a pattern of Usiversity distortioss. a difficu The letter states, "We cnnot rly excu- should b sively on criminal proceedings bcause they de fedg often do not respond it a tiely way to Ue Noti University'sneedtomaintainapm-duciveleam- sites off lug environment." This rationale is unfounded languag and condescenditsg. It argues that Ue criminal atd one justice system cannot be relied upon to amsin- tat sos ister justice because it doess't respond fast guagesa enough to satisfy the administration. Tis is here ae absurd. When necessary, courts routinely isue thast M injunctions to preventitsstediate ham toose of Michiga the ptrties involved in a case. 31 unive What if the govertuent stated te same fer Mod qualmsaboutthecriinaljusticesysem asdoes theUsivi the administratioss? Tegovernenest could sim- upper-le ply have secret tribunals to routd up suspected atepogt ciminals toadmisisterjusticeita"timely way." guage. I This phony ratonale- athrow-away stence rouglsly in the letter - detmonstrates the indefetsible have ex position of the University administration. Greek; i The letter states tat Ue policy was "devel- and clas oped through consultations with studensl, fa- Greekie ulty, and staff." The policy was actually drfted is unwil by Hartford and Elsa Cole, te University's expand C general counsel - not students. A few lucky stead cal students picked by dieadministration were cosn- suted. No public earings were held, and most Offe students who were here during te sumerlad no idea that the code was being rewritten by Te selct members of the administration, footballl Periaps most critical - and most diseart- difficult ring - is Ue lack of any space its Ue letter missing dedicated to the University's comumitment o tecessar uphsoldinsg Ue First Amendmet rigts of stu- miues. detnts on campus. The code states, "It ay be Ialfime itappropriatefor theUniversity to ty to chage forte c the students' convictions, however it remais mosslir appropriateto askassudensstoelsangebelavior." Isor Thse letter - ins typical fashioss - is a food, die disappoitisgasdslanted atemptby Ueadmins- Ue lead istrationt to cunry favor for its self-idulged costry "honor~)5cLde sotwig stads w A Greek tragedy mewi IThrLL years ag iiitheiUniversity hdso a nlit Ctlt cous s i ModeLrns (ritk Ii1991, alte loby- sedyvst ing byUseeIHelleinic Ssudenst Associtisniand wt uldtpi ost etizenss ofiGreek osigi, te Unitve st peios oflteredantitssdtolieytt s e iiCiMttitttt( ttk. ethic it Sitethle pogaiishles bcomise etreely Is o tese sitccessful ntl is ttsctijiL itr epanisitn.Be Ithish cautse oftle skmspsbudigt5 pro\viedi Itsate its it i II UiveIsity, sl ta sofrdkaIo er rr porn;tis itsthue pissiisity t Istidst it ,it- s studyisng becomsing flusent itso fitslartiwithitt dditaI e siodemssitieratusse IrosisGreece. Sudetsswsilt wi uissr not be able ts readd Ue woks ofi Gere Sees topy iiis EDITOR IN CHIEF ANDREW M. LEVY OPINION EDITORS GIL RENI3ERG DAVID SHEPARDSON Unsigned editorials represent tise opinions of a majority oft/se Daily's editoriasl board. All othser cartoons, signted articles, and letters do nsot necessarily reflect te opinion oft/se Daily. Omnilbus sseusElytis,wissiers of theNobel Prie televisiosns are paid for, Ueir presence would rature, or Yansnis Ritsos, who won a tremendouslyimnpovedsieexpesiesce ofattesss- lize for Poctry. lg a Michigass football gme for silliossiof ently there is o full-time professor of people in the cominsg years. Greek; isstead, tese courses are taught professors who also teach usrelated Vendn r s rto Thse Usiversity has assounced Ua rsoftiseprograsnwill have toraise $1.5 Studests oftess cosmplaiss about Ue isaely st order to establish Modemn Greek as a highs prices of casdy asd ssacks iss Ue vending departmestwids its owsschsair. Judginsg machises arnd campus. Studests sould also Uusiasticresposseof Greek-Assericass be dismnayed to knowdshat mostUnsiversity vessd- and Ue significaist percestage of non- isgsachises tno losger cary plaisscocolae who have previously esrolled its Modl- bs. Now, evesythisg as peauts or almonsds. ,k, it does not Lovers of unadulter- nse Uat tle ated chocolate will be tyltassetsuclsdisappointed wess It goal when it Us deydiscovertlattleir ,eeager to help C last basiosn of iope, linsg prograsn. 4 UeTleeMssketeer, many unver- hve beess replaced. erthemngeof ~While we're ad- sofferehere, dresiing Ue problesn coud agu of "replacesnst," it ne o di lan LMseems a grave over- lrady taught ) 9 sigt lat Ue veding fless useful -. m achises outside the odemn Greek. C am. 4 " ' computing center its aisoneofonsly S Angell Hall - prob- rsalies Uat of- doe CJ Eably Ue msot active rss Greek, but vesding sachises on ersityoffersno 1 8 1 1 casmpus - are never ,vel or gradu- refilleduvertlewek- avmsintlselan- ed. Te result is Ua Each year's incomng class includes Ue studests using Ue cesster ott Friday snigts 150 Greek Amnericans, many of whom and Saturday aftensoosns espty Ue smachises. pressed interest its studyisng Modem TheUniversity shouldsake sut effort o restock in addition, students of anthropology these machines eachs weekend. This will besefit ;sical archsaeology may wish to leans students who work iss Ue comnputing cesser asd fore studying in Greece And yet, LSA who need a quick fix, but it will also erm more lug to furmish the funds necessary 10 mney for Ue University, wich is losinglu- tse Modem Gmeek progra,and is in- dreds of dollars of potenstial business by ignor- hung on donors to raise $1.5 million. ing a very Ihungry market. nsive lines Anne B. Hired 105,000 fans whso attend each Iome Last week, Unsiversity administrtors de- game as Michigass Stadium know how cidedlohireAtmeDuderstadt, wifeufPresidest it is to try to buy refreshments witlout James Dudertad, as ass isttutiost