Bush's misguided budget priorities. See OPINION Page 4. c . , t t . ti TODAY Cloudy, snow likely; High: 36, Low: 24. TOMORROW Cloudy, cold, snow; High: 32, Low: 13. Since 1890 Vol. CI, No.95 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 13, 1991 ThMichgan Dail MSA *discusses regental contact by Julie Foster Dily MSAFReporter In light of increased tension be- tween students and administrators after students disrupted last week's University Board of Regents meet- ing, the Michigan Student Assem- bly debated the merits of con- frontational versus conventional ways to deal with the administra- tion last night. * MSA President Jennifer Van Valey said the regents are not re- sponsive when students try normal methods of communication. The students who dressed up as regents last Thursday felt it was necessary to take extreme action, she said. While most assembly members agreed a communication barrier exists between students and ad- ministrators, their views on solving *the problem differed. Communications Chair Brett White said he felt the approach of the students disrupting the meet- ings was too radical. "Whose cred- ibility is hurt more - the Regents or the people dressing up?" White called for starting peti- tions, publicizing the problem in the media, organizing student strikes only when there is enough overall support for one, and writing See MSA, Page 2 I Allied guns hit Iraqis from land, sea, air Evicted .v. . Ruddy Miles, one of the three squatters at 116 W. William, sits with his belongings after a writ of eviction was posted there Monday. However, the sheriff didn't come because yesterday was Lincoln's birthday. Brown University expels student for racist remarks DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (AP) - In a foretaste of all-out war, Marine and naval gunners com- bined their fire with U.S. air strikes yesterday to bomb Iraqi tanks and artillery massed in southern Kuwait. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein welcomed a Soviet bid to try to end the Persian Gulf War short of a ground war, but he showed no public willingness to withdraw from Kuwait. The U.S. command said the land-sea-and-air barrage on south- ern Kuwait could be described as part of "our training program." Iraq's Parliament speaker said the Iraqi military has saved its "lethal developed weapons" from the non-stop air raids. In the Iraqi capital, where two government ministry buildings were struck by direct bomb hits yesterday, Soviet envoy Yevgeny Primakov presented Saddam with a verbal message from Mikhail Gorbachev conveying the Kremlin leader's view of the conflict, Baghdad radio said. The Soviets have said an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait is a first condition for peace. The radio quoted the Iraqi pres- ident as telling Primakov he is prepared to cooperate with the So- viet Union "in the interest of find- ing a peaceful, political, equitable and honorable solution to the re- gion's central issues, including the situation in the Gulf." At the same time, however, Saddam declared the Iraqi people were determined to "beat back the See GULF, Page 3 Bomb Misses kill civilians WASHINGTON (AP) - Two- thousand-pound bombs, no matter how "smart" or accurate, harm people near the targets they hit, the Pentagon acknowledges. And the bombs don't always hit their targets. The U.S. military calls that "collateral damage." Iraqi leaders, in complaints gaining increasing attention worldwide, call it the killing of innocent civilians. White House and Pentagon of- ficials say that some of the blame for such death and damage should go to Iraq for putting facilities with See CIVILIANS, Page 3 by Melissa Peerless Daily Higher Education Reporter In an unprecedented decision, Brown University has expelled a student for violating an anti-ha- rassment rule. The case was decided by the Undergraduate Disciplinary Coun- cil, an organization made up of five students and five faculty members. The student, junior football player Douglas Hann, was ex- pelled for shouting anti-Black, anti-semitic, and anti-homosexual statements in a dormitory court- yard last October. These actions were not in ac- cordance with a code of student non-academic conduct instituted by Brown University President Vartan Gregorian in the fall of 1989. The code prohibits "the subjec- tion of another person, group or class of persons, to inappropriate, abusive, threatening, or demeaning actions, based on race, religion, gender, handicap, ethnicity, na- See BROWN, Page 3 Political Science Association forum on war draws hundreds by Chris Afendulis Daily Staff Reporter Hundreds of observers gathered at the Michigan Union Ballroom last night to hear a broad spectrum * of student groups evaluate the Gulf war at a forum sponsored by the Undergraduate Political Science Association (UPSA). To highlight divergent student opinion, groups ranging from the College Republicans and College Democrats to Friends of the Revo- -futionary Workers League (RWL) "Hart, Weiner indicted *for theft DETROIT (AP) - Police Chief William Hart and a former aide who was a business partner of Mayor Coleman Young will be ar- raigned Friday on federal charges of stealing $2.6 million from a se- cret police fund. Young, who had been a target of an 18-month federal investiga- tion but was cleared of wrongdo- ing, declined to say whether he would fire or suspend the police chief he appointed in 1976. A federal grand jury on Monday indicted Hart on seven counts and former civilian Deputy Chief Ken- neth Weiner on five counts. U.S. Attorney Stephen Mark- nan said Hart would remain free until his arraignment, which was set for Friday before U.S. Magis- trate Thomas Carlson. Weiner was convicted in Oak- land County Circuit Court on Tuesday of unlawfully driving away a vehicle and larceny from a building in connection with his brief escape in May. He escaped for an hour from his lawyer's office while he was uamteino trinl in a fedferal cage were invited to discuss the legiti- macy of the war. Supporting the U.S. effort wholeheartedly, College Republi- cans spokesperson Jeff Hartgen fo- cused on the actions of Saddam Hussein. "The United States made every attempt to negotiate," he said. "If anyone can be charged with spilling blood for oil, Saddam Hus- sein can." Speaking for the College Democrats, Matt Hayek claimed the group had more mixed feelings about the conflict, but was united in their condemnation of the events that led up to the war. "We find it outrageous to con- tend that our President wanted to solve the conflict without blood- shed," Hayek explained. The RWL called for more ac- tion to stop the war, saying "liberals, pacifists, and Stalinists" are monopolizing the current anti- war movement. The forum also included discus- sion about Puerto Ricans in the military, which Puerto Rican Soli- darity Organization member Ger- ardo Gomez attributed to the is- land's "colonial status." Dma Khoury, speaking for the American Arab Anti-Discrimina- tion Committee, presented another minority view of the conflict. She commented on government surveillance of Arab Americans, and said plans to send Arabs to in- ternment camps existed. "I begin to wonder if history is once again repeating itself," she concluded, referring to the intern- ment of Japanese Americans dur- ing World War II. The United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR) failed to send a representative to speak on the sub- ject of Black minority representa- tion in the military. Joseph Englander, speaking on behalf of the Hillel Foundation - although he said his views did not necessarily reflect those of Hillel - made clear that he hoped for a settlement tohthe Arab-Israeli con- flict after the war ended. But he added that Israel wouldn't sign treaties that would be "torn up by future (Arab) regimes." Those attending the program stressed its variety of views. "The spectrum of opinions rep- resented is the idea that attracted me," said Russell Lucas, an LSA junior. LSA sophomore Julian Swear- engin felt the forum would be See FORUM, Page 3 Women learn empowerment at self-defense workshop Patriotic Students display .South Quad. dorm American flags that they hung from their windows in Rackham Student Gov. opposes war by Purvi Shah Daily Staff Reporter Not only martial artists practice self defense - or find the need to. The fear of sexual assault has spurred people, especially women, to find an answer in this form. Nearly 60 women who attended a sexual assault self-defense workshop last night said they felt more empowered and less afraid when facing threatening situations. After reading local statistics on rape, LSA sophomore Lesli Preuss decided it would be a good idea to learn to protect herself. "You can't stop rape from hap- pening, really," she said. "Women have to start taking precautions. It'd be helpful if they had more of these (workshops) throughout the year." The program was conducted by Robert Williams, a trainer for A- Step, a group which teaches self defense nationwide. He said al- though self defense is surrounded by myths which need to be dis- pelled, it remains a valid approach to protection. The two most effective self-de- fense skills are first to exhale and think what can be done to change the situation, and second to yell in a loud voice, Williams said. The inability to cope precludes people from defending themselves, hnt frei-nm , emina to thinkr tioning, women refrain from speak- ing loudly, especially in a nega- tive manner, Williams said. "What's probably more effective than yelling, is to yell 'no.' We've found that women have been con- ditioned not to use the word 'no,'" he said. Williams explained another se- ries of maneuvers to fend away at- tackers. First, the thumbs are forced into the eyes of the as- sailant - which induces the at- tacker's groin to project forward. Second, the assailant's groin is kicked and then his or her head. Third, the defender stomps on the assailant's groin and head alter- nately until the situation is under control. Societal conditioning often re- stricts women from defending themselves in sexual assault situa- tions, Williams said. "Often it's difficult to think about wielding power to defend ourselves," he said. "That's condi- tioning that tells us it's negative." Williams also demonstrated See SELF DEFENSE, Page 2 by Stacey Gray I From Anthropology to Women's Studies, students are organizing anti-war groups which approach the war from different vantage points. Rackham Student Government (RSG), the elected representatives of University graduate students, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution against the war, declar- ing: "RSG announces' its active opposition to the U.S.-led War in rate smaller groups is that each group can use their skills to do what they do best, said Lessie Frazier, a grad student and a member of both Historians Against the War and Anthropologists Against the War. Anthropologists Against the War is planning to use its anthro- pological skills to interview people about the war. Laura Ahearn, a grad student and member of the group, said they have been respon- , ,. v .a.3 :< < ... ....... .. k. .. ..... = '. .