Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 31, 1991 PROTEST Continued from page 1 the MTS user could send a pre- pared message to University ad- ministrators asking them to change the bylaw. The message was programmed to be sent to University President James Duderstadt, Vice President of Student Services and Associate Vice President of Academic AU- fairs Mary Ann Swain, Jayne Thor- son, a member of the study com- mittee on the status of lesbian women and gay men, and Director of Affirmative Action Zaida Gi- raldo. Sam Kaufman, the originator of the "Zap the Dude" day, said that as of 3:30 p.m. yesterday over 250 messages were sent. An individual MTS mailbox will hold up to 250 messages. Duderstadt said yesterday at 5:30 p.m. that he had received around 200 messages. It is easy to identify "mass mailings" and read one and delete them he said. Kaufman stressed the impor- tance of changing the bylaw be- cause of its legal ramifications. "(Changing the bylaw) would in- crease the legal leverage of gay people who have been discrimi- nated against in a far more direct way than a presidential policy," Kaufman said. New Queer Agenda members said they were satisfied with the support they received from the University body. "We have been getting support from a real cross section... from every minority and majority," DeLaurier said. Soviet officials: GorbaRCHev sharing po WASHINGTON (AP) - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev is no longer in complete control of his government and is sharing power with the military, according to Soviet officials. In private conversation during Foreign Minister Alexander Bess- mertnykh's visit to Washington this week, one source told the As- sociated Press the Soviet president "can't make decisions on his own and expect them to be carried out." wer with mili1tary MSA Continued from page 1 fled candidates. "There has been no ticket set for the spring election. It's not a necessity to say anything this early," he added. Brett White, another MSA rep- resentative, said the party was close to deciding on a candidate. "We're all almost decided. (The nominee is) preliminarily chosen," he said. Rackham representative Tim Darr said the person chosen is less important than the party as a whole. "Our strength is not in any particular person. It's in our mes- sage," he said.- White said SCC members might be secretive because of MS A's campaigning rules. "We can get in trouble for campaigning early," he said. "There's a specific limit on MSA campaigns. There are some very strong statements about when the campaign begins," Green agreed. forms, is "not necessarily" among those urging the Soviet president to get tough, this source said. The crackdown has ranged from bloody assaults on separatist gov- ernment facilities in the Baltics to giving the KGB blanket authority to search foreign and domestic business offices for black-market activities. A second Soviet official said preservation of the union has be- come the single highest priority for the Kremlin, taking precedence over the political, economic and foreign policy reforms that have been thc hallmark of Gorbachev's six-year rule. "This is the most critical mo- ment in the last 100 years, perhaps in the millennium of our country's history," the source said, seeking to explain the gravity with which the government regards the situa- tion. Plans to establish democratic Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson T1tA~ FOR B~.P, Ct\\ J~N. 4 * ,. p.. . io~ CNN I'UT M'{ SODA TO 10 ~M RAG~AT ~ SO '?41-kM ~oW~R? '~W( S~4O'JL~&T ~L ..WJSTSTM 'Jr' ~ Nj IAOt~A~. o~ -~ ~ ~: "~OxY~ ~oY ~ 3Ev W~ ~S GO~ TO ~ ,- P~AAN~NTh( NOIAA~0tc. Ik~Y N ' t 31 '' Nuts and Bolts D~~T1N~ THROOGi.I N~&ATIvE ~JNF~~aVT. R5&4 HETI.KX~: ~O, LORI WAS .SAII' ~ "JU$r WAHTS~ Be. F~Rl~JL~s: YES. 5oYou-rI.4oG~o - ~R) THE MOv,&s 1O6eN~ AS FRi~Vr~s. .4 ~ - (("'>4' by Judd Winick SHliS BEiNG6 ~JFRIE4DLY! "Gorbachev is not completely in control," said the source, who is well placed to observe Kremlin decision-making. The source said the military high command is pressing Gor- bachev to go along with a nation- wide crackdown to restore order in the crisis-torn country. Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov, who is generally viewed as loyal to the president and supportive of his re- C ANDIDATES Continued from page 1 The Independent-Greens party started in West Germany in the 1960s and has been running candi- dates in Ann Arbor for the last eight years. Their main goals are peace, ecology, justice and a re- turn to a grass roots democracy, where all citizens have a part in running city government. This town meeting format of government is prevalent in many New England municipalities. Kirk Dodge, a part-time Univer- sity graduate student in the De- partment of Urban Planning, said he wants to shift the property tax burden to all taxpayers and lighten the load on retired property owners who live on fixed incomes. Dodge also said he would make envirnomental issues a priority. "I have concern for green space and environmental issues," Dodge said. "The voters don't want to see every farm and tree knocked down Do aielKlimaczewski is primar- ily concerned with development and city services. "The city should provide basic services in a reason- able way," he said. "You should get what you're paying for." Klimaczewski suggested that a Democrat elected to the second ward could tilt the balance of power. "This Republican-ruled Council has had problems govern- ing the city," he said. In the Third Ward, Meade, for- mer Administrative Manager of the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, is con- cerned with safety, responsible planning, and the environment. His campaign stresses council experi- ence. Robert Barry said he is con- cerned about providing basic city services and the money to pay for them. He is proposing "an increase in the number of police officers in areas that are beginning to see crime. "The Third Ward has six of the ten worst-condition streets that need to be resurfaced," Barry added. Dalynn Park stressed transporta- tion, housing development and issues. "here are guidline o preserve green space," she said, "but there are no teeth in it. We need an ordinance that can't be gotten around by big bucks." rule, move to a market economy and pursue a cooperative foreign policy can only be implemented if the government can stave off anar- chy and civil war, the official said. He complained, as Gorbachev has, that the separatist government of Lithuania has trampled on the rights of the non-Lithuanian minor- ity in the tiny republic, refused to negotiate for its independence and has driven political moderates out@ of the government. But the source said Western news media concen- trate only on the confrontation be- tween Soviet authorities and the elected Lithuanian leadership. One U.S. analyst said, "There is no doubt that there's been a shift toward reliance on the KGB, the military-industrial complex and the army. Gorbachev is influenced by@ them, but he may be using them, too." Park said Democrats and Greens function in many similar ways, although "we differ from the Democrats in that we are con- cerned in the long-term." Councilmember Jerry Schle- icher (D-Fourth Ward) was un- available for comment. His opponent Kurt Zimmer (R) said, "I have a city services cam- paign that is concerned with effi- ciency, accountability and the long-term cost of things." The competition between Democratic candidates Lisa Danto and Robert Eckstein will end with a Feb. 18 caucus. Councilmember Joe Borda (R-Fifth Ward) was un- available for comment.0 Danto said housing, high prop- erty tax and solid waste are the important issues in this year's race. "I am not interested in more fund- ing for parking structures," she said. "The money should be tar- geted for low-income, affordable housing." Eckstein expressed concern tha*@ future growth of the city should re- flect the values of Ann Arbor resi- dents rather than "the narrow in- terests of developers." ted their general lack. ofe ifra- tion about how affirmative action actually operates in the admissions process made them wary of t policy. te The admissions office says there are no quotas, but it does take into account race and ethnic- ity when considering an applica- tion. M AR INES Continued from page 1 lied units around the town, the Marines said. Platoon commander Lt. Michael Ragoza, 26, said the al- Kafj. "If they control the town for for the moment,' he said. campus wide talent competition with guest performance by Randy Scott, three-time Apollo winner. Day: Saturday, February 2 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Tickets: $3.00 at Michigan Union Ticket Office Proceeds go to Mott Children's Hospital For more information call UAC: 763-1107 A Saudi tank trance to the city said at least 10 rounded the town stood at the en- and the Marines others had sur- to cut off any re- A CTION Continued from page 1 Galea said that having minority students in the residence halls has been very helpful to him in his work as a resident advisor. "I have benefitted a lot by af- firmative action," he said. "There are people I can go to and talk to who havnyer beentee nd ssknow. all hired through affirmative action programs. Although affirmative action has benefitted him, Galea concedes many majority students resent it because of its "quota" implica- tions. Most students said they did not know whether the University ad-. missions office operated on a strict teat or advance by the Iraqi frces. The two sides were locked in "pretty fierce street fighting," said a Marine source who asked not to be identified. "It got pretty ugly, I'm told." Marine riflemen said their units and the Iraqis exchanged small- and heavy-arms fire for hours after dawn. At noon, the AP telephoned the Khafji Beach Hotel, and two men answered and said they were Iraqi soldiers. "We are with Sad- dam, with Arabism," one said. SOVIE TS Continued from page 1 viet soldiers still were occupying the television center and other buildings seized violently in mid- Jnay. "It is regrettable that the promises of the Soviet leadership are so often broken. ..brutally," Landsbergis told journalists at his office. The death toll in the Baltics, meanwhile, rose to 20 when Jonas Tautkus, 20, died from a gunshot wound to the head he suffered a day earlier at a military check- point. Lithuanian officials said the apparent draft-dodger was shot when he refused to get out of his car; military officials said he was ithuania oefficials said wit- nesses reported seeing troops with- draw from Vilnius, but had no con- firmation any had actually left the republic. ... Soviet Interior Minister Boris Pugo said all paratroopers have al- ready left the Baltic region and two-thirds of the "black beret" In- terior Ministry troops had also been withdrawn. Pugo, interviewed by the news- pprRobochay Tribua sad$ "allrarmy paratroop units were withdrawn from the Baltic region by Jan. 28" and only conventional forces remained. In Washington, Bush told Congress in his state-of-the-union address that the Kremlin had made representatives "which, if fulfilled result in the withdrawal of som Soviet forces, a reopening of dia logue with the republics and a move away from violence." U -... 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