The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 13, 1991 - Page 3 xIy 7, MSA solves room allocation problem by Jay Garcia Daily MSA Reporter The Michigan Student Assem- bly created the Michigan Video Yearbook's (MVY) room alloca- tion problem and solved it four months later, said Maurice Lot- man, MVY'S Creative Producer. Members of the MVY were never notified of University Stu- dents Against Cancer's (USAC) move into their room last Novem- ber by anyone from MSA. Last month, members of MVY went to an MSA meeting and asked to get USAC out of what had previously been MVY's pri- vate office in the Union. USAC of- ficially moved out of the 12 feet by 10 feet room a week ago. "I guess (MSA) came through, but they were the ones that put them there in the first place," Lotman said. With the problem resolved, Lotman thought back on the role MSA played in it. "I think (the problem) is exemplary of MSA's overly bureaucratic nature," he said. "I think MSA seems to focus on making policy statements and not on student concerns. "It's too bad because some people on MSA legitimately want to accomplish something and they're stifled by the parliamentary procedure," Lotman added. Lotman said USAC was coop- erative about the problem and that he appreciated the group's under- standing. "USAC was amazinglyF diplomatic," he said. "They time and time again said they under- stood our situation." USAC will now share Union of- fice space with Consider Maga- zine, Lotman said. F OR UM 9 Continued from page 1 useful to those with unclear views .,. ,:, on the conflict. "It'll let peoples' g decide for themselves which group 7H.s, they'll support," he said. Dean Woodring, another ob- server at the forum, took issue with s how UPSA promoted the event. "It almost seems like they pre- sented it as a media event... so the whole nation could see how 'with-it' the University is," she y said. M In an information sheet dis- tributed at the beginning of the. evening, UPSA asserted the event y. "should be viewed as a national'r indicator as to student opinions for the duration of the War in the Per- sian Gulf." ...... Economics Professor TomNO... Weisskopf contrasted the forum with the teach-ins on the Persian Gulf - which he helped organize k - by saying they served different purposes. "There's a case for formalized debate," he said, supporting the .. ANTHONY M. CROLtoaily mission of the forum, but added, "there's also a case for making up LSA senior Jeff Hartgen, a member of College Republicans, gives a speech on the legitimacy of U.S. for a gross imbalance in how in- involvement in the Persian Gulf at a forum sponsored by the Undergraduate Political Science Association. formation is provided to us." Tiananmen Square protesters sentenced Justify my love Rick Arnold, an LSA first-year student, starts his Valentine's Day card shopping early, yesterday. GULF Continued from page 1 aggressors," the radio said. After a meeting of foreign min- isters from 15 non-aligned nations in Yugoslavia, it was announced that a delegation would go to Baghdad to try to head off an esca- lation of the war. Meanwhile, President Bush talked over war plans at the White House with the visiting defense ministers of Britain and France, al- lies in the war. "There's some work to be done" before any ground attack, Britain's Tom King said after meeting with Bush. A senior U.S. military official said the combined-forces bom- bardment was the biggest battle- field action yet initiated by the allied forces. Reconnaissance had spotted Iraqi artillery, tanks and other ar- mored vehicles concentrating and "hunkered down" in an area of southern Kuwait, Marine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal, a U.S. com- mand spokesperson, told reporters. The battleship USS Missouri, Marine artillery and warplanes, Saudi artillery and rocket launchers opened fire. 5ORRECTION Angela Burks' father is the Director of Intercollegiate athletics at West Point. The Daily neglected to report this information yesterday. THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today BEIJING (AP) - Two longtime democracy activists were sen- tenced yesterday to 13 years in prison, apparently receiving the most severe punishments yet stemming from the 1989 Tianan- men Square protests. The court gave a six-year sen- tence to a third man convicted of sedition and released a fourth who it said was guilty but repented. Wang Juntao, a newspaper edi- tor, and Chen Ziming, the head of a private social science research institute, received the 13-year prison terms after being convicted of sedition. Robin Munro, a researcher for the human rights group Asia Watch, said authorities were seek- ing to make the two the scape- goats for the 1989 democracy movement, which drew millions of protesters into the streets of cities nationwide. "They said there was a conspir- acy," Munro said in a telephone interview from his Hong Kong of- fice. "By their own logic they had to produce scapegoats and con- spirators." Sources close to the two men's families said Chen asked the court to investigate alleged tampering with documents and tapes used against him, but his petition was turned down. They said the judges in both trials also refused to let the de- fense attorneys present new infor- mation that showed their clients' innocence, and repeatedly inter- rupted Chen and Wang when they tried to defend themselves. Asked about the sentences, Meetings Undergraduate Philosophy Club, weekly meeting. Speaker: Prof. L. Sklar. Topic: "Feyeraband and Scientific Method." 2220 Angell Hall, 6 pm. AIESEC (International Association of Students in Economics and Business), weekly meeting. B-School, Rm. 1273, 6:00. Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC), weekly mtg. Union, rm 1209, 8 p.m. EQ/RC Social Group for Lesbians, Bisexuals and Gay Men, weekly mtg. Dorm residents especially encouraged to attend. Call 763-2788 for info. Revolutionary Workers League Current Events Study Group, weekly mtg. East Quad, 52 Greene, 7:30. Latin American Solidarity Commit- tee (LASC), weekly mtg. Michigan Union, rm 1209, 8 p.m. Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), weekly outreach mtg. Michigan Union, Tap Room, 5 p.m. Students Against U.S. Intervention in the Middle East (SAUSI), weekly action mtg. Michigan Union, 3rd floor, MSA office, 6 p.m. Indian and Pakistani American Students' Council, Michigan Union, 4th floor lounge, 6:30. U of M Students of Objectivism, video presentation: "The Uminous Parallels," by Dr. Leonard Peikoff. School of Business Administration, Rm 0235, 8 p.m. IBM Computer Users Group, mass mtg. Union, 7:30. Institute of Industrial Engineers/Alpha Pi Mu, IOE- Alumni Forum. League, Rm. D, 7 p.m. Speakers "The Myth of the Newspaper," Bruce DeSilva of the Hartford Courant. Rackham Amphitheater, 4 "Dihedral Rewriteability," by Cheryl Grood. 3201 Angell, 4 p.m. "Bootstrap Recycling and the Weighted-Likelihood Bootstrap," by Michael Newton of the University |- m ..t A1M u a n m. Rajesh Walavalkar. Chem Bldg, rm 1640,4p.m. Chung Kim, speaking on a topic to be announced. Chem Bldg, rm 1650, 4 p.m. "Reconstructions in Soviet Art and Culture," by Anatole Senkevitch. Lane Hall Commons, noon-1. "Eradicating the Lie: Blacks and Christianity," part of the Black Religious History Series. Union, Anderson Rm, 7 p.m. Furthermore Safewalk, nighttime safety walking service. Functions 8-1:30 a.m. Sun.- Thurs. Call 936-1000 or stop by 102 UGLi. Northwalk, North Campus nighttime safety walking service.Functions 8- 1:30 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. Call 763-WALK or stop by 2333 Bursley. ECB Peer Writing Tutors available to help with your papers Sunday- Thursday, Angell/Haven Computing Center, 7-11:00. 611 Church Comput- ing Center, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-11. U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Club, weekly practice. Call 994-3620 for info. CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 8:30-9:30. U of M Tae Kwon Do Club, Wednesday workout. CCRB Martial Arts Rm., 7-8:30. U of M Shotokan Karate Club, Wednesday practice. Call Ravindra Prasad for info. IM Bldg. Martial Arts Rm., 7-9:00. U of M Ninjitsu Club, Wednesday practice. Call David Dow, 668-7478, for info. IM Bldg, Wrestling Rm, 7-9. Beans and Rice Dinner, weekly event. Guild House, 802 Monroe St., 6:00. U of M Women's Rugby Club, Wednesday practice. Call 995-0129 for info. Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, 10- midnight. Anthropology Faculty Reception. LSA Bldg, Executive Committee Conf. Rm, 2nd floor, 4-6. "Still Killing Us Softly," film. North Campus, Baits Library, 7-9. Defining a Career Objective. Career Planning and Placement, 4:10-5. The Job Search. Career Planning and Placement, 4:10-5. BROWN Continued from page 1 tional origin, or sexual orient- ation." There has been considerable debate throughout the country over whether these non-academic con- duct codes, which have been insti- tuted at many universities, infringe upon the First Amendment rights of university students. The extent to which verbal ha- rassment can be considered "inappropriate, abusive, threaten- ing, or demeaning actions" has also been questioned. "I think the University has in- appropriately punished a student because of the comments he made," said Steve Brown, execu- tive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union. "The University should be punish- ing students only for conducts and actions." In a Brown University News Bureau press release, Gregorian denied charges that Brown Univer- sity's "hate-speech" policy and disciplinary actions against Hann restrict free speech. "I said I would prosecute vigor- ously and seek the expulsion of persons who incite hatred... Noth- ing I said then or have done since then should be construed as limit- ing anyone's freedom of speech, nor have I revised the University's code of conduct to that effect. Nei- ther the spirit nor the letter of the code compromises this most im- portant freedom," Gregorian said. "The rules do not proscribe words, epithets or slanders; they proscribe behavior," he continued. "The point at which speech be- comes behavior and the degree to which that behavior shows flagrant disrespect for the well-being of others... is determined by an evi- dentiary hearing which considers the facts and circumstances of each case." Gregorian refused to comment on any specific case. CIVILIANS Continued from page 1 military significance in civilian settings. "The term 'surgical strike' seems to suggest something very clean and rapier-like," one mili- tary official said. "That's hyper- bole. It belies an understanding of what war is really all about." "War is a dirty business," Ma- rine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal, a spokesperson for the U.S. Central Command in Saudi Arabia, said. "Unfortunately there will be col- lateral damage," he said, using the military euphemism for civilian casualties. Heavily bombarded Basra, a city of 1.5 million providing key logistics support for troops in nearby Kuwait, "is a military town in the true sense," Neal said. "It's State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler said the admin- istration finds them "deeply trou- bling. "No prison sentence imposed: for non-violent activity could be considered lenient," she said. "The speed of the verdicts, the limited opportunity afforded defendants to prepare a defense and the inability. of independent observers to attend! the trials inevitably raises ques- tions of justice, fairness and dues process." important to understand that Iraq assumes the responsibility by mov- ing (military facilities) into civil- ian-type structures." The Pentagon claims an accu- racy rate above 90 percent, but even that achievement would leave a margin for devastating er-7, ror when thousands of tons of bombs are being dropped daily. And John Lehman, a former secretary of the Navy, was quoted in Newsday as saying Pentagon contacts had told him that laser-, guided "smart" bombs are hitting:, their targets about 60 percent of' the time. Iraqi authorities, after being silent about civilian casualties in the first days of the war, are now aggressively accusing the allies of war atrocities in the bombing. 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