Icers drop OT thriller at the Joe. See SPORTSmonday Page 1. 1£4W TODAY Partly sunny, milder; High: 46, Low: 32. TOMORROW Cloudy, chance of rain; High: 54, Low: 36. y Since 1890 Copyright 1991 Vol. Cl, No. 108 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, March 11, 1991 The Michian Daily Burks out five bucks for forgery by Julie Foster Daily MSA Reporter Presidential candidate Angie Burks was repri- manded by the Michigan Student Assembly's Elec- tion Court Saturday for forging a fellow candidate's signature. The court fined Burks five dollars. The court also ruled Corey Mornon, whose signa- ture Burks forged, ineligible for.election. MSA can- didates are required sign their own declaration of candidacy. Mornon could not be reached for comment. Burks, a member of the Common Sense party, said she felt the charges were minor in comparison to other issues the court should be considering. Election Court Chief Justice Mike Troy said the court decided on a lenient punishment because Burks did not hide her actions. He said removing her from the ballot would be too stiff a penalty based on the offense. "The code says we can't take someone off the ballot unless they get fined and then do something wrong again," Troy said. "It's best to let the voters decide what they think of her actions rather than us deciding for them," he added. Burks said she was not trying to be dishonest. "If I would have tried to be deceptive, I wouldn't havej signed it (the form) because my handwriting is very distinguishable." The reason she signed the form, Burks said, was because Mornon is an African American, and the Common Sense party has a commitment to creating diversity on the assembly. Mornon was not in town and unable to sign her own form. Burks said the charges were petty in comparison to some more important issues Election Court should consider. "Something that bothers me is that we have this charge, but where are those charges when I get harassed... where is that justice when I am walking down the street and people call me a nigger?" See BURKS, Page 2 Arab nations call for peace conference RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Eight Arab governments yester- day endorsed a proposal by Presi- dent Bush that calls on Israel to re- linquish territory in exchange for peace in the region. But Secretary of State James Baker rejected an Arab request for a Mideast peace conference. "This is not the appropriate time," Baker said, reiterating the administration's stance opposing such a meeting. Baker met with the foreign min- isters of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. Avi Pazner, a top adviser to Is- raeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Israel would push a 2- year-old plan that offers Palestinians elections and negotiations on Israel's autonomy offer. Yosef Ben-Aharon, who advises Shamir on the land-for-peace ques- tion, said on state television that "if the Arabs come and tell us that territory is the primary objective of negotiations, it is a sign they're not really aiming for peace." "If they tell us they finally de- cided to recognize Israel's existence and deal with it as an equal partner, then they can place on the negotiating table any issue they wish," he said. The issue has violence between Israelis. caused renewed Palestinians and In Jerusalem yesterday, an Arab man who said he was sending a "message to Baker" fatally stabbed three Jewish women and wounded another. After the attack, angry Israelis shouted, "Baker go home!" and anti-Arab slogans. Bush, pledging to move quickly toward a lasting peace in the Middle East, told Congress last week that any settlement should be based on an exchange of territory for peace. "We support this initiative," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud said after meeting with Baker. Baker said he and the foreign ministers made "some very good progress," and emphasized the Arab acceptance of a proposal for a permanent security force to protect the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. But there was a clear difference between the United States and the eight Arab nations on a Middle East peace conference. "Our objective is to convene an international conference under UlN auspices," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa told reporters. -Painful loss Michigan sophomore forward David Roberts watches dejectedly after the Wolverines' 6-5 overtime defeat to Lake Superior State in the CCHA Championship game. Two largest assembly parties announce platforms S Common Sense party advocates both negotiation and activism by Jay Garcia Coalition leader would abolish Peace and Justice Commission Daily MSA Reporter As Michigan Student Assembly elections draw nearer, a new party has emerged, bringing with it a liberal platform. "Common Sense is about{ what's right and what's right al- ways wins," said MSA Vice Presi- dent Angie Burks.. Burks will try to gain the top executive assembly seat as the leader of Common Sense, the sec-+ ond largest party vying for seats on MSA. "One of my philosophies is to+ be useful to others. (Being presi- dent of MSA) is one way I can be+ useful to people in my environ- ment," Burks said. Todd Ochoa, the student ar- rested last year for chalking anti- deputization slogans, will run as the party's vice-presidential candi- date. Charges against Ochoa were dropped last week by the Univer- sity. "We're a party for students. I want students to feel like they can make a difference.We have a lot of integrity and we're willing to work," Ochoa said. Two Common Sense candi- dates, Burks and LSA Rep. Hunter Van Valkenburgh were both previ- ously elected to MSA under the See COMMON, Page 2 by Julie Foster Daily MSA Reporter Assembly reform will be a pri- mary focus for the Conservative Coalition's election campaign, said Presidential candidate James Green and running mate Julie Davies. Green said he would like to eliminate some of the assembly's committees. He said he wants to remove the Peace and Justice Commission because, "It is a tool for MSA to make foreign policy statements which MSA should not be making." This semester, Students Against U.S. Intervention (SAUSI), evolved from the Peace and Jus- tice Commission. The group formed an anti-war movement on campus and also sent students to Washington D.C. to march in an anti-war rally. Green said assembly members have rights to speak their minds, but he had concerns about pursuing these issues through MSA. "I don't have a problem with the state- ments, but the statements being made in the name of the students at the University." "I don't mean that these sorts of issues should not be discussed, but (the assembly) should facilitate debate and not dictate debate," Green said. See COALITION, Page 2 Burks Green POWs return to U.S. as civil unrest rages in Iraq Associated Press "Someday" finally came for 21 former American prisoners who re- turned to Andrews Air Force Base yesterday to the embrace of their families, the praise of their mili- tary bosses and the cheers of ordi- nary citizens. "Your country is opening its arms to greet you," said Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and sev- eral thousand onlookers applauded. "Someday finally came and we're glad to be home," said Air Force Col. David Eberly, the high- est ranking of the former POWs ' aboard the flight he dubbed "Freedom Zero-One" from Bahrain. Families of the returning POWs were the only ones allowed close, thousands of other welcomers were kept behind a fence. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Sta- maris was flown home apart from the others on a C-141 medical evacuation plane because of a broken leg and other injuries. The soldiers stepped off the plane and shook hands first with Cheney, then Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Eberly said he was proud to re- port "the conduct during captivity of the ladies and gentlemen beside me has been without question. Their sense of honor and duty to country was beyond reproach." The returnees had only a brief time with their families, then were taken to military hospitals in the See POWS, Page 3 Protesters rally in support of GEO by Stefanie Vines Daily Staff Reporter "We have a right to be to be treated as human beings," said Alan Zundel, a member of the Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) bargaining team to a crowd of more than 100 of the union's supporters Friday afternoon at the LSA build- ing. TAs, undergraduates, and Ann Arbor residents rallied to support GEO as they met with University bargainers in a negotiation session to debate a new contract. The current TA contract expires this Friday. After the rally, protesters waited outside the University bargaining Lottery to decide by Marc Ciagne Daily Staff Reporter opportunity to secur 'U' e a spot through parking Sept. 3 and students will have until Sept. 4 to claim their spot. DeWolf expects as many as 2,000 students to apply for the park- University Parking Services will use a lottery system to assign 500 B student narkine snaces for the 1991- a random lottery drawing. The fee is used to pay for maintenance of the lots. lighting. and snow removal, i , , . ,: .. ,.'.