Welcome home the troops. See OPINION Page 4. . ercrau tz rni EA TODAY Cloudy, chance of rain; High: 42, Low: 21. TOMORROW Rainy; High: 45, Low: 30. Since 1890 Vol. Cl, No. 109 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, March 12, 1991 TheMichigan Dail hiaLal ITD may enege on ResComp payment by Andrew Lev Iraq bombs rebels, destroys holy sites * Residence hall computing ser- vices could be jeopardized next. year if proposed funding cuts take place, sources have indicated. ResComp, a joint program sponsored by the Housing Divi- sion and Information Technology Division (ITD), is facing the po- tential loss of half its $600,000 budget next year, due to ITD unding cuts. A three-year agreement signed in 1989 by ITD and Housing cre- ated the current funding structure for ResComp. Under the agree- ment, Housing is responsible for 'all operating costs, as well as a $100,000 contribution to a capital 'expense fund, for a total of $300,000. ITD, in turn, agreed to mnatch Housing's contribution, paying $300,000 annually to the capital expense fund. The agreement took effect with the 1990-91 fiscal year, but ITD has only paid an estimated $76,000 of its promised payment to date. The division is planning to cut all ResComp funding for the 1991-92 fiscal year. Housing Program Director Robin Sarris refused to comment n any proposed cuts, but did mention that Housing and ITD are conducting negotiations to at least partially resolve the prob- lem. Some of those involved, how- ever, are worried about the poten- tial ramifications of a huge cut in funding. "If there is no contribution rom ITD, it will have a decided Campus computing centers could become even more crowded if proposed ITD cuts affect residence hall computer center clusters. Associated Press Saddam Hussein's troops shelled Shiite Muslim. rebels in mosques in the besieged holy city of Kar- bala, and defected by the tens of thousands else- where, opposition leaders reported yesterday. They said the Shiite fighters, as well as civilians trapped in the crossfire, were being slaughtered, and that 500 have been killed or wounded since Friday. Government officials in Baghdad claimed Repub- lican Guard troops have re-established control of the city, 100 miles south of the Iraqi capital, after sev- eral days of fierce combat. They gave no details. But Saddam's forces appear to have been concentrating artillery and tanks around centers of resistance like Karbala. Karbala, famed for its mosques, is revered by Shi- ites as the burial place of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and one of the sect's princi- pal saints. While pro-democracy forces in recently liberated Kuwait demanded their government set a date for parliamentary elections yesterday, exile leaders met in Beirut to coordinate their campaign to oust Sad- dam. Ayatollah Taqi al-Mudaressi, leader of the Shi-. ite Islamic Labor Organization, told reporters that Republican Guards were "ruthlessly and indiscrimi- nately shelling the holy city of Karbala." Kurdish officials said their forces have seized large areas of the northern provinces and were poised to attack the key oil center of Kirkuk, 100 miles north of Baghdad. "They're massacring the people there," he said. "I have sent letters to the world's religious leaders, in- cluding the Pope, to prevent Saddam's criminal regime from massacring the Iraqi people." There was no independent confirmation of the re- ports on the rebellions by the Shiites in the south and by Kurds in the north. Fighting also was reported in another Shiite holy city, Najaf, and in Basra and low-income Shiite suburbs of Baghdad. The Kurds have battled for years for autonomy for their mountainous homeland, which includes parts of Turkey, Iran, Syria and the Soviet Union. The Kurds, who make up about 20 percent of Iraqi's population, have claimed major advances since the uprising began March 1 following Sad- dam's crushing military defeat by the U.S.-led coali- tion force that liberated Kuwait. As tensions about the future of Kuwait burst into Baker, Israelis see new signsfor regional peace Associated Press the open yesterday, pro-democracy forces accused members of the ruling family of forming "death squads." Al-Hebari alleged six members of the royal fam- ily had formed private militia squads which were ex- ecuting people suspected of collaborating with the Iraqis or of not supporting the government. "We don't want Kuwait to be headed by a family or one person," said Abdullah al-Hebari, a former member of parliament and head of the newly formed Kuwait Democratic Forum. "We want a democratic government." Al-Hebari issued a list of demands topped by a call for a return of the 1985 parliament, which was dissolved by Kuwait's ruler, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, in 1986. Next came calls for freedom of the press, expres- sion and assembly, all restricted since that time. See IRAQ, Page 2 impact on the (ResComp) pro- gram," said Mary Simoni, ResComp director. Jeff Havlicek, an Engineering sophomore and a ResComp trainer, speculated on what the cuts will mean. "If ResComp's budget was significantly reduced, RA's, ResComp coordinators, ResComp trainers, and RD's might lose ac- cess to the computer loan fund," said Havlicek. The computer loan fund pro- vides computers free of charge to residence hall staff and many ResComp employees during the school year. "Users might see a cutback in open hours for each ResComp cluster. ResComp services such as learning workshops, computer usage workshops, and consulting hours might seriously drop. Basi- cally, everything that is ResComp would be a possible source of cuts," added Havlicek. LSA first-year student Scott Beal, a Bursley resident, said, "(Reduced services) would prob- ably bother me, especially if hours were reduced, because I go to clusters at some pretty weird hours sometimes." Other students living in the residence halls were disturbed by the prospect of reduced ResComp services. "I prefer that (the clusters) be open longer hours, and that there would be an attendant there all the time," said LSA sophomore and East Quad resident Jannica Groom. "It wouldn't be as easy to use MTS, and it's more conve- See RESCOMP, Page 2 Secretary of State James Baker and Israeli For- eign Minister David Levy said yesterday night they saw signs of a new Arab attitude toward the Jewish state that could provide openings for peace in the Middle East. After receiving a report from Baker, who had met with Arab foreign ministers on Sunday, Levy said, "I am pleased they are beginning to show signs of change." Baker's report was based on talks he held with Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday and then with Egyptian President Hosnii Mubarak in Cairo. Today he will meet with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, whose plan to provide some self-rule to Palestinians on the West Bank and in Gaza was re- confirmed by Levy in his meeting with Baker. Baker today denounced the stabbing deaths of four Israeli women Sunday by a Palestinian and can- celed a scheduled walking tour of East Jerusalem. Police said the assailant had told them the stabbings were meant as a "message to Baker." The secretary of state scheduled a meeting with a See ISRAEL, Page 2 Anti-imperialist party to run candidates for MSA F-j Icers oppose Big by. Ja Garcia ally M SA Reporter Six students have decided to run for seats on the Michigan Stu- dent Assembly under the Anti-Im- perialist Action Caucus (AIAC) which is the Ann Arbor chapter of the National Anti-Imperialist League. The party is not running candidates for any MSA executive offices. "We want to be 'a voice for a rogressive, militant movement in the student body. The assembly could be the center for organized mass movement," said LSA senior Paul Carmouche, a member of the AIAC party. AIAC party members insist that LISA must involve itself in taking Vositions on world issues. "All of Ideal 'last 1,000 Dre by Larl Barager Daily Staff Reporter Ushers turned disappointed speechgoers away from Rackham Auditorium last night, as a crowd of more than 1,000 Drew Westen fanatics gathered to listen to his much awaited "ideal last the issues of the world are issues that affect the students of this campus," Carmouche said. All members of the AIAC party wanted a victory for Iraq in the Gulf War. Carmouche and LSA junior Jonathan Payne, another party member, are supporters of the Revolutionary Workers League which has received criticism in re- cent months for creating friction within several student and com- munity activist groups. The AIAC party platform calls for stances both on world politics and massive changes in the run- ning of the University. The four major points of the platform are: Organizing to stop the next "imperialist" war. The AIAC party believes the recent defeat of Iraq will encourage the U.S. to start an- other war which they want to help prevent. Abolishing the University's Board of Regents. "We want the University to be under the control of students, workers, and teachers so they all have the powers of making policy," said LSA junior and AIAC candidate Chai Montgomery. E Open admissions and free tu- ition. "As long as the regents are in control, this University is the tool of big business and the mili- tary industrial complex. We want to make it the tool of the op- pressed in society," Carmouche said. The AIAC party believes an open admissions policy and free Montgomery Red in t by Matt Rennie Daily Hockey Writer While it is unlikely that Red Berenson owns any ruby slippers, the Michigan hockey coach agrees that there is no place like home. With that thought in mind, Berenson was pleased with the news that his Wolverines will host Cornell at Yost Ice Arena in the first round of the NCAA tourna- ment. Michigan received the No. 3 seed in the West half of the 12- team field. Although the Wolverines antic- ipated playing at home in the first round, no one in the Michigan camp wanted to take anything for granted. Last year, after beating Bowling Green in the consolation game of the CCHA playoffs, the nurney team expected to receive a bid, only to be snubbed by the selec- tion committee. "I don't know much about Cor- nell, but playing at home, we know the rink and we know what to expect," Berenson said. While few team members knew specifics about the.Cornell squad, their confidence was running high. "It doesn't matter who we play," defenseman Doug Evans said. "It's how Michigan plays that counts. The only team that's going to beat us is us, beating our- selves." One who knew something about the Cornell program was Wol- verine co-captain David Harlock. Harlock's college decision came See NCAAS, Page 8 tuition would help the oppressed in society. All police officers off cam- pus. "We want all cops off campus to be replaced by democratically elected defense patrols," Car- mouche said. AIAC party members say the defense patrols would be used to fight racist attacks. See AIAC, Page 2 .--glop ,. lecture' attracts w Westen followers Some 'U' you all tonight - is there a Bon Jovi concert at 8? Actually, I was thinking of not attending lecture myself but I've got a couple thou- sand dollars in it," he quipped. Westen received $2,000 dollars along with his Golden Apple trophy. ,'m going to miss Michigan a lot' - Drew Westen professor of psychology Yes, he died in 1939, thank you." Westen wasn't finished being funny. He did get down to the business of lecturing by addressing his Freud question. Citing examples, he argued that Freud's ideas about unconscious motivation extend to thought and feelings that psychologists are* beginning to document empirically today. At one point, Westen asked, half the audience to close their eyes and plug their ears for 30 seconds, promising them that the other half of the audience wasn't planning to ambush them. grads denied tenure by Garrick Wang Daily Staff Reporter Drew Westen delivered his "last lecture" with a touch of irony becuase he will soon leave the University due to an unwritten department hiring practice which discourages granting tenure to fac- ulty earning University doctorates. "There is no University-wide prohibition which forbids the hiring lecture." Westen is a professor of intro- ductory psychology and the recipient of Students Honoring Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching's first Golden Apple Award. Executive Director for Univer- "That $2,000 about doubles I 1- ~ j