The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 6,1991 - Page 3
Three-year-old assault
fincase ally goes to trial
by Tami Pollak
Daily Crime Reporter
Rackham graduate student
Harold Marcuse will finally be get-
ting his day in court today, more
than three years after he was al-
legedly kicked in the groin by
Robert Patrick, University assis-
tant director of public safety.
In November 1987, Marcuse
was one of more than 30 students
who participated in an anti-CIA
protest when agency recruiters
came to the University to inter-
view student applicants in the Stu-
dent Activities Building (SAB).
In the midst of the protest,
Marcuse says he was kicked in the
groin. Although he could not iden-
tify who had kicked him,awitnesses
later identified Patrick as the as-
sailant.
Later the same day, Ann Arbor
police detective Douglas Barbour,
who was at the SAB during the
protest, filed assault charges
against Marcuse, as did Robert
Pifer, University assistant director
of public safety.
Marcuse was then arrested on
charges of simple assault.
In the police report, University
Director of Public Safety Leo
Heatley testified that he saw Mar-
cuse grab Barbour and knee him in
the back.
At his arraignment in Decem-
ber, 1987, Marcuse stood mute.
Those charges were dropped in
the spring of 1988, when Marcuse
decided to file civil charges
against both the University and the
city, specifically naming Barbour,
Patrick, Pifer, and Heatley.
In a pre-trial hearing Monday
morning, Circuit Court Judge
Patrick Conlin dismissed the
charges against the city and the
University as a whole, but upheld
those against the individual defen-
dants.
Heatley, Patrick, and Barbour
are being charged with assault and
battery, as well as counts of mali-
cious prosecution. Pifer is also be-
ing charged with malicious prose-
cution.
"It is my belief that it is police
policy to arrest people who are
victims of police brutality," David
Austin said yesterday. Austin, an
Ann Arbor resident who was an
LSA junior when he protested with
Marcuse against the CIA, will be
testifying on Marcuse's behalf in
the trial.
Marcuse was unavailable for
comment last night as he was re-
covering from jet lag. He has been
working on his doctorate in Ger-
man history in Germany since the
fall of 1988, and has interrupted
those studies for this trial.
Both Patrick and Pifer declined
to comment on their defense yes-
terday, and Heatley and Barbour
were unavailable for comment last
night, as were their respective at-
torneys, Peter Davis and Mary
Rinne.
In 1987, Assistant City Attorney
Ron Plunkett said the attorney's
office found that Patrick had acted
in self defense.
The trial begins today at 1:30 at
the 22nd Circuit Court.
ANTHONY M. CROLUDay
Amy Bernthal, Renee Bushey, and Stephanie Brail, LSA juniors, hold candles to show their grief for those who
were injured or killed in the Persian Gulf.
Students attend Diag vigil to
m -ourn deaths caused b war
by Becca Donnenfeld
I
Cheers of victory may be
spreading across America, but
certain campus groups at Michi-
gan would rather mourn than
,celebrate.
"125,000 dead, is that some-
thing to celebrate?" asked stu-
dents attending a vigil last night
on the Diag.
Between 80 and 90 people at-
tended the candlelight vigil,
bvhich was organized by seven
campus groups.
Chanting "U.S. out now!
Hands off Iraq!" those attending
the vigil met to "express pain
and sorrow for the people who
have died and continue to suffer
as a result of the Persian Gulf
War," said LSA sophomore Ben-
jamin Sandler and a member of
Students Against U.S. Interven-
kion in the Middle East (SAUSI).
Sandler said he helped orga-
nize the event because he felt
"alienated by the patriotism and
jingoism that's going on right
now, making my mourning seem
illegitimate."
SAUSI member and Rack-
ham student Tom Abowd said
there have been well over
300,000 casualties since the war
began. "At this point of euphoria
we are trying to emphasize the
fact that thousands were need-
lessly killed," he said.
The vigil began with a
"statement of purpose" by
Rackham student Pattrice Mau-
rer, who urged the crowd to "turn
mourning into motivation."
She was followed by LSA se-
nior Deyar Jamil, who is an Iraqi
American. She said the dead
"died in vain ... they were vic-
tims of corruption."
Rackham student Rochelle
Davis tearfully described the
"devastation in Iraq." She said
the Iraqis were severely lacking
in medical supplies, including
such basic amenities as anesthe-
sia for amputations.
"Despite flag-waving and pa-
triotic cheers, we killed 125,000
people and infiltrated an entire
country," Davis said. "It's impor-
tant that people know that it's
not right to celebrate."
Sandler cited sanctions
against Iraq as the cause for
dwindling food and medical sup-
plies. "Water and electricity
have been cut off in Baghdad,
sewage is backed up, and ba-
bies' incubators couldn't oper-
ate," he said. "The Iraqi people
are starving and in poor health."
Rackham student Janise Hur-
tig said she is "concerned that
people are celebrating a superfi-
cial victory on the basis of few
U.S. deaths. The media sanitizes
our side, and makes the other
side appear satanic.
"George Bush is as equally
horrific (as Saddam Hussein),"
she said.
FDA investigates Sudafed
capsule tampering incidents
SEATTLE (AP) - A sixth sus-
pect Sudafed 12 Hour capsule was
found yesterday during examina-
tion of tens of thousands of cap-
sules as part of the investigation of
three cyanide poisoning cases, an
official said.
"You can visually see that it
was different from the other cap-
sules," Food and Drug Administra-
tion speaker Jeff Nesbit said from
his Washington, D.C., office. "Its
contents were yellowish, or cream-
colored."
The capsule was one of 20 in a
plastic-and-foil "blister pack" of
the cold remedy that had been re-
moved from a drugstore shelf.
Nesbit said the tape seal on the
box had been reglued, and the alu-
minum part of the blister pack was
broken and then pushed back into
place. The capsule appeared dif-
ferent from the others in the pack
and probably was not a regular
Sudafed 12 Hour capsule, he said.
Two people died and a third fell
critically ill last month in the
Puget Sound area after taking
Sudafed 12 Hour capsules that au-
thorities say were laced with
cyanide. The poisonings led the
maker of the medicine, Burroughs
Wellcome Co., to recall the over-
the-counter medication nationwide.
Officials advised consumers
who have the capsules to return
them to the stores where they were
bought, and to alert authorities if
anything looks suspicious.
The discovery yesterday repre-
sented the sixth apparent tamper-
ing. All have been in the Tacoma-
Olympia area, about 50 miles
south of Seattle. Investigators have
not publicly offered a motive. No
arrests have been made.
Nesbit said the third capsule
appeared similar to the other two,
except the most recent pill was
found in a 20-capsule pack, while
the others were in 10-packs. The
lot number on the blister pack also
differed from the number for the
earlier contaminated capsules.
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What's happening in Ann Arbor today
IV et"A View from Israel: the Persian
s Gulf," Dr. Eytan Gilboa. Hillel, 7:30.
Undergraduate Philosophy Club, "Toward a Toxonomy of Parenting
weekly meeting. Topic: Philosophy Young Children," Dr. Marc Born-
and Literature. 2220 Angell Hall, 6 stein of the NIH.ISR, rm 6050,4 p.m.
p.m.. "New Frontiers Revisited," Paul
AIESEC (International Association of Coverdell, Peace Corps Director.
Students in Economics and Business), Rackham Amphitheater, 7:30.
,weekly meeting. B-School, Rm. 1273, "The European Revolutions of 1848
6:00. and 1989," Robert Goldstein of Oak-
Latin American Solidarity Commit- land University. Lane Hall Commons,
tee (LASC), weekly mtg. Guild noon.
douse, 802 Monroe, 6 p.m. "Tests for a Change-Point in Simple
EQ/RC Social Group for Lesbians, Linear Regression," Hyune-Ju Kim
Iisexuals and Gay Men, weekly of Syracuse University. 1443 Mason,
mtg. Dorm residents especially en- 4 p.m.
bouraged to attend. Call 763-2788 for "Changing Images of Asia and
Wnfo. Asian Americans," Dr. Gail Nomura.
Revolutionary Workers League Union, Wolverine Rm, noon.
Current Events Study Group, "From the Anti-War Movement to
weekly mtg. East Quad, 52 Greene, Social Change," Howard Hawkins.
7:30. League, rm D, 7 p.m.
Students Against U.S. Intervention "Organic Synthesis via Transition
in the Middle East (SAUSI), weekly Metal Species. Enantiospecific Ap-
outreach mtg. Michigan Union, Tap proaches to Substituted Dihydro-
Room, 5 p.m. and Molybdenum Complexes," L.
Students Against U.S. Intervention Liebeskind of Emory University.
in the Middle East (SAUSI), weekly Chem Bldg, rm 1640, 4 p.m.
action mtg. Michigan Union, 3rd Furt her m ore
'floor, MSA office, 6 p.m.
Michigan Video Yearbook, weekly Safewalk, nighttime safety walking
mtg. Union, 4th floor, 6:30. service. Functions 8-1:30 a.m. Sun.-
University Students Against Can- Thurs. Call 936-1000 or stop by 102
cer, mtg. Union, Wolverine Rm, 7:30 UGLi.
(officers at 7). Northwalk, North Campus nighttime
U of M Students of Objectivism. safety walking service. Functions 8-
Discussion of "What is Capitalism?" 1:30 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. Call 763-WALK
by Ayn Rand. League, Rm A, 8 p.m. or stop by 2333 Bursley.
American Civil Liberties Union ECB Peer Writing Tutors available
(ACLU), mtg. Hutchins Hall, rm 250, to help with your papers Sunday-
5:45. Thursday, Angell/Haven Computing
Indian and Pakistani-American Center, 7-11:00. 611 Church Comput-
Students' Council, mtg. League, rm ing Center, Tuesdays and Thursdays,
C, 6:30. 7-11.
The Yawp literary magazine, mtg U of M Shorin-Ryu Karate-do
for those interested. 7629 Haven, 7 Club, weekly practice. Call 994-3620
p.m. for info. CCRB Martial Arts Rm.,
Undergraduate Sociology Club, 8:30-9:30.
mtg. Dominick's, 6 p.m. U of M Tae Kwon Do Club,
Wednesday workout. CCRB Martial
Arts Rm., 7-8:30.
Speakers U of M Shotokan Karate Club,
Wednesday practice. Call Ravindra
"State and Local Gun Regulations Prasad for info. IM Bldg. Martial Arts
in Michigan: How Have They Rm., 7-9:00.
Changed and What do They U of M Ninjitsu Club, Wednesday'
Mean," Brad Geller, aide to Rep. practice. Call David Dow, 668-7478,
Bullard. Ann Arbor Women's City for info. IM Bldg, Wrestling Rm, 7-9.
Club, 7-9. Beans and Rice Dinner, weekly
"Domestic Violence in Puerto event. Guild Honuse. 802 Monroe St.
Spring Break binges
blamed on brewers
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sur-
geon General Antonia Novello
took aim yesterday at binge drink-
ing by college students, complain-
ing that "Spring Break used to be
where the boys are. Now it's where
the booze is." She called on brew-
ers to stop running promotions that
appeal to underage drinkers.
"Unfortunately, Spring Break
has become synonymous with ex-
cessive and binge drinking by our
young people," Novello said.
Novello began her news confer-
ence by showing a videotape of
throngs of drunken students clog-
ging the streets of Palm Springs,
Calif., during Spring Break three
years ago.
"I want to say to our young
people that it is time to put on the
brakes with regard to their drink-
ing," she said. Novello expressed
hope the message would carry far
beyond this spring's vacations.
"This is the wave of the fu-
ture," she said.
Novello said young people have
been bombarded with advertise-
ments that lead them to believe
drinking is "an acceptable rite of
passage, a necessary path for them
to follow." -
She appealed to alcohol manu-
facturers and retailers to "take a
more responsible posture" in their
marketing and promotion tactics
during this year's Spring Break.
James Sanders, president of
the Beer Institute, said manufac-
turers in the past had provided
"diversionary recreational opportu-
nities" during Spring Break such
as contests and games to take the
emphasis away from drinking. He
said the brewers were unfairly
blamed for the wild behavior of
students who lost control and that
most brewers would stay away al-
together this year.
Novello said:
The average student spends
"more money on booze than on
books;"
Alcohol is one of the lead-
ing causes of death among young
adults;
Alcohol is a factor in 21
percent of all college dropouts;
Among those currently in
college, between 240,000 and
360,000 eventually will lose their
lives due to drinking, and;
Most college students drink
more beer than anything else.
The figures came from the Of-
fice for Substance Abuse Preven-
tion within the Department of
Health and Human Services.
Bobby Heard, a 23-year-old
student at the University of Texas,
said thousands of students already
are converging on beaches in his
state for this year's break.
Last year's break at South
Padre Island featured drinking on
the beaches, intoxicated couples
having sex in hot tubs and young
women stripping for a drunken
crowd below, he said.
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