Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 5, 1991 4br Lurbrgau 'aiIy 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan ANDREW K. GOTTESMAN Editor in Chief STEPHEN HENDERSON DANIEL POUX Opinion Editors Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. ° r All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. '4 - r:: , {. -t :{v.;?: rf: " ~g,"r"v "y { r r ,~f ,,r, _ ,r r : f',. :i,.'srh v:J"'f .: }~o 'J r} r fr ____!,~ ,v'',;" . rC ;:""r'Y,::};:}';:" .. . ..":'d}"::"}:v:::":{}}: ;fi~i}]} }" h. .v {" }ry... ;,}Y4": :}}irv rv"r? :-0:"4";"r* ." *.' .:r: . ;.r.. gr ' '.,'..r::::v...:w:: .Y:"'r:'r{.. .___y .: "'::.g"*.*. :. v .;rF x.,ro.; J .. }'" ' ".vr { .:r ,{rr"- . rt "%" }"J "" itf ~} :f?" .}.r Y r"' Y ,g} {rv'" J r.:. . ..X":}:::{::}i'. . ?:"}{:?5:<:~}: "' . {.;;{', , }: ? j; p 14' r. US P L JTI T he Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) re- cently approved $450 to pay legal expenses for Todd "The Chalker" Ochoa. Ochoa, a member of the Students Rights Commission (SRC) and former vice-presidential candidate, was accused of "malicious destruction" of property, for writing anti-deputization slogans on Haven Hall and the Dow Chemistry Building. The incident occurred during the massive No- vember protests against the deputization of Uni- yersity security officers. MSA, through the SRC, was the major organizer of the protests. But Ochoa's affiliation with the Students Rights Committee does not justify MSA's choice to pay for his legal fees. On a campus where student groups routinely beg and scramble for small amounts of money - few groups receive more than $300 for any given event - giving nearly $500 to a single student's legal battle clearly sets a bad precedent. This act was simply the swan song of an MSA administration that has routinely doled out large amounts of money to its "pet" causes. The assembly spent $1,000 on the political pilgrimage to the West Bank last summer. The Baker Mandela Center was made a commission of the assembly - which entitles it to automatic funding - in September. And consistently, partisan politics have taken precedence over true student service. This ad- ministration has proven unswervingly that its po- litical allies come first- and others must fend for Themselves. Admittedly, the anti-deputization movement vas a laudable cause. The University deputized its security officers over the summer while students were gone, and did so with - at best - little student input. But forcing all students to pay for one of the unpleasant results of that movement is - quite simply - too much. Ochoa should have tried other means of raising the money needed to defend himself in court. If he felt his civil rights were being violated, he should have gone to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), orto the Public Defenders Office. Putting himself at the mercy of publically funded attorneys is no worse than pleading for the charity of the student government. And which legal defense will MSA decide to fund next? Will Hash Bash revelers ticketed by University officers for possession of cannabis ask for MSA money to pay their $100 dollar fines? Will some "drunken and disorderly" student un- fortunate enough to be arrested by University cops on the Diag implore the assembly to bail them out of the Ann Arbor jail? Clearly, MSA would balk at funding legal ventures such as these. But fairness then dictates that the assembly not serve as the legal defense fund forTodd Ochoa. His case is really no different from others involving the University, and therefore merits no special attention. MSA should concentrate on fairly giving out money to students and student groups which make up its constituency. The assembly has over-stepped its bounds in attempting to provide monetary legal aid for students. Hopefully, the new administration will live up to its rhetoric, and begin to fairly allocate MSA resources. If not, it will simply add another chapter in MSA's sordid history. M: fr.V+" L V. 1111/1Vr. M. 1 r."A1Vt.V.".1Y1V. W.VJ1 .14'K "MV .V::f:." Y.1V"4VJ.V. .VAV.\Y V. LN A" LRV.MJ J. + ".4MJ..4 1,4'.14:.:'J J.: V: {j:. ".:J:: "" VtJJ::::.': ': :Y:':'. }::: : ..1.. J~.{". ,44,1,y."}.. A..:M... .. A.4L1L.Y... .. h'":'.. ..1'{.,. :11.Y... . ..'},. . ...V.^..:"4""...J," . ...14",. 4:: '."1'.' ':":^AV:.V:\'6:L.": ft.. 1.1":tl:.. . ".".V'. .. :".1.'.".V.":"r1 .. ".^.R... .:.1"... .L...:L. .. :. ..1.V:."f.V.11".^.V....... . h.". 1.4 :JfrV Vr"""V "r. J V.1'JV:JV:NVtfJ'."t:.V:,Vr.:":J"1:":'J:"}':'}Y" 11".1 'J .11. ..1.11.4.1:^'. .l.. t..t. :.4.. .h..1Vh h.. .J}}:4. ..1..h.... 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Coercion Supreme Court subverts protections againstforced testimony L ess than a month after the brutal police beating Sadly, the decision comes at a time when the of Rodney King in Los Angeles, and amidst extent and the severity of police brutality and rising concern over police violence, a recent U.S. coercion have emerged in the wake of the L.A. Supreme Court opinion may exacerbate an already police beating. At a time when the court needed to grave situation. The case was decided last Tuesday send a clear message. to the law enforcement by a sharply divided court which ruled that a community against its consistent violations of civil coerced confession may not necessarily invalidate rights, the court has opted to open the flood-gates a conviction. to further violence. The 5-4 decision overruled a 1967 opinion of Furthermore, as the Bush administration and its the court which mandated that a coerced confession Justice Department publically admonish such be- would automatically overturn a conviction. More havior and initiate a nation-wide investigation of importantly, the decision has severely weakened police brutality, they have, at the same time, not the provision of the Fifth Amendment in which it only tacitly supported the court's decision but is specified thatno person "shall be compelled in presented a legal brief arguing strongly for the any criminal case to be a witness against himself." eventual outcome of the court. Although the decision does not completely nullify It is evident that the Bush administration's the provision, its effectiveness is severely curtailed moves to "condemn police brutality" are little by the court's ruling. more than thinly disguised public relations tactics Moreover, the decision may set a dangerous concealing the true motivations of Bush and his precedent by which the accusatorial system of conservative colleagues on the court. criminal prosecution is slowly mutated into an One can only hope that they will reconsider this inquisitorial one. The fundamental premise of erosion of fundamental rights and reverse this "innocent until proven guilt" will be replaced with notorious trend. Such a precedent cannot be de- "innocent until we make you talk." Without a fended. If the police are exempt from the very laws strong constitutional check upon the government, they uphold and the rights they defend, then surely prosecutors are no longer strictly compelled to more violence will follow - and more Rodney establish guilt by evidence independently and freely Kings. secured. m COLLEG EROUDIUP Censorship in Canada A couple of years ago, the Daily was seized by positional communities? Don't be silly... McGill's administration for reproducing a photo of a Woodstock television specials, "Keep On Truckin"' woman grasping her friend's penis. In the mid-60s, we bumper stickers and alfalfa-sprout cafes have told us all were nearly closed down for printing a satirical column our lives that nothing is true, everything permitted, and which alleged that Lyndon Johnson fucked Kennedy's so, get mellow, get encore. t throat wound after the assassination. They tell us speech is no longer dangerous, freedom And last week, the Royal Newfoundland Con- is complete, and nobody's at a disadvantage - exactly stabulary announced they may charge Memorial the lie countercultures have always existed to destroy. University's newspaper with "corruption of morals" for And what with all that same-sex smooching on L.A. printing erotic safer sex tips for gay men. Law, sometimes we just can't see the constraints. Corruption of morals? Did you hear that, honey? Perhaps it takes a stupid, cliched act of repression When the Queen's English is spoken with such like censoring the student press to prove how far we classic narrow mindedness, an ancient and honorable haven't come. desire stirs: the urge to yell, "Fuck you!" It makes you wonder what other boundaries could It's a pleasure our generation is often denied, because use some stretching, and who's going to do it. Entertainment? To the Daily: It is criminal what humans are doing to dolphins and whales in the name of "entertainment." When I was a kid, my family and I traveled to Sea World one summer. While I was there, I fell in love with dolphins and their amazing intelligence: they seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely with the perpetual smile shaped by the curve of their mouths. Now I am older and know the truth. Dolphins and whales are intelligent, gregarious animals which suffer and die in captivity. They are literally dying to entertain you. Fifty percent of all cetaceans captured from the wild die within two years; the average life span of a free dolphin is about 45 years - in captivity they are expected to live five years. Most dolphins die of ulcers and other stress-related diseases. Because their primary source of sensory input is sonar, living in a. concrete pool is comparable to humans living in a house of mirrors with their own reflection being hurled back at them continually. People who claim captured cetaceans are valuable for education and research have not thought out the issue thoroughly. Studying whales and dolphins in captivity is like studying prisoners at Alcatraz and trying to apply it to the whole human race. If you wish to be entertained, ride a roller coaster or go see a show. Leave the ocean "abusement" parks empty and leave the whales and dolphins in the oceans, beautiful and free. Jeffrey Flocken LSA senior Who should judge? To the Daily: This is in response to Mike Fischer's printed expression of dissatisfaction with a supreme court decision, which would allow pregnant women to decide whether they do or do not wish to work in an environment that might endanger a fetus. Well, thank heaven young proto-bureaucrats like Mike Fischer are here to set us all straight on the subjects of class, safety and freedom! In his most recent spewing of March 29, ("Where class is a dirty word") he expressed his paternal- istic desire to defend what he himself labelled as the lower class from the dangers of self-determi- nation. And who could deny that they, not having benefited from a learn- nothing, liberal arts education and a few resume-padding terms at the student newspaper, are less qualified than he to weight the risks and benefits of a particular career? Or better still, put these difficult questions in the hands of our government, whose concern for the health and safety of its citizens is so great, and whose record on these matters is so good, that it has wisely seen that oversight of its own facilities is an unnecessary exercise. In fact, its treatment of its employees is so good that it helps its poor, uneducated workers avoid the time and energy-wasting frivolity of things like strikes by making them criminal acts. After all, why strike against such a caring employer, so concerned and responsive? Unfortunately, however, the decision whether a particular job is worthwhile or not remains, for now, a problem for the child-like brains of the working people themselves, who no doubt wish some snot-nosed college-boy would come and run their lives for them. Frederick Weihe Physics graduate student Bring back Dooder State! To the Daily: It is difficult to believe that the publication of such an ingenious cartoon as Alan Landau's "Dooder State College" could be discontinued by the Daily. The brilliant and insightful political satire had always succeeded in providing comic relief as well as poignant political statements to the pages of the Daily. Although it is true that Landau's elevated humor may have been too sophisticated for some readers, those of us who understood the satire were constantly challenged and entertained by the comic. It seems inconceivable that a few intolerant conservatives could contribute to the censorship of a political cartoon simply because their political views may have been challenged by it. Therefore, it can be assumed that those who so vocally criti- cized "Dooder State College" simply did not understandit. Premises claiming that the characters were based on Univer- sity President James Duderstadt and the regents and administration could not be further from the truth. The comic was, in fact, not about a college administration (as shallow minds might perceive), but more symbolically, a biting political satire of world leaders and bureaucracy. Those immature critics who do not see past the surface of comics they call "irritating trash" only demonstrate their own ignorance as they defensively attack what they cannot understand. This is not the first time that a handful of very vocal complainers claim to represent the majority of students and staff. Perhaps those who find the interpretation of political cartoons beyond their intellect should ignore them, instead of attempting to censor them in a way which might affect the silent majority of readers who enjoy the humor of cartoons like "Dooder State College." Jeff Marx Music school sophomore ".1"::.v.VAW\Y "Y YV. VNA YYY.Y: NJ Y: r YX ~; 4'J:.::Y". : J.Y ": +YrJrA"J'AYV.Y": r ": +.h"'.YNAY YN " ".Y'.*r:.VA:YJAYh"N., .' : N."AYYr."r." J NJ "YYr.VrrX : rA'.YX.Y :::iY.Yh"'.'::: r: rr :"1 :Y i":.\':. r! YX.Y: y : !.': .'.^: rN.:Y y.:Y. '.44 ?.N;.:Y:;: J...,. :A.,::,YIL"... +:y{":L'Y .............. ..Y. . ..A........ A... . ..{."a{.... . ..a:'a"...a"}A...,........................"........:...:..... ,..:.................... .. J} ' ..v v. .. .. }.: .. J. 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I didn't want to write this par- ticular column, with its call to ac- tion, its acceptance of stalemate, and its advocacy of what - under Michigan law - is clearly illegal behavior. I hoped - as a scholar and a teacher who has de- voted six g - years to this University and its stu- dents - Mike that the Duderstadt Fischer regime would live up to its professed commitments to undergraduate education, intensive research and debate, and the kind of intellectual community that is nec- essary for both to flourish. My hopes were misplaced. Not idealist to believe that this University's teachers are more im- portant than either quadrupling the budget for the Office of the Presi- dent or initiating construction projects which will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in the course of the next decade. The University's administrative budget has increased by almost 50 percent in the last 10 years. During the same time period, TA salaries grew by 1 percent. Everywhere one looks - and foras long as I have been here-the University is engaged in a frenzy of new construction and beatification. The Diag's lawn space has shrunk by half since I arrived in Ann Arbor -a victim of endless new pathways and tulip beds. Meanwhile, class sizes increase and the number of TAsarecut, reducing whatcould be an exciting educational experience to an impersonal encounterbetween overworked TAs and bewildered, We did so because we had to- not just because we're human be- ings who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, but because we care enough about our students and their education to expect that we be allowed to teach those students at a salary allowing us to live -and in classes small enough for genuine learning to take place. Those are reasonable demands - and the University can afford to meet them. Without raising tuition, which is already obscenely high. Without subjecting this campus to the ugly and divisive reality of an impending strike. And certainly without sabotaging the educational process by cynically pitting TAs against their professors, their stu- dents and the clerical and custodial staff without whom this University could not function. Remember-as you watch TAs picketing and petitioning in the weeks to come - that it is the 0 the rebellions of our immediate forebears have been so grossly commercialized and co-opted: Sexual revolu- tion? Old hat. Personal liberation? Done to death. Op- March 18, 1991, The McGill Daily, McGill University Nuts and Bolts r WAS WYQ.TO LDPWMRANw. A VASiCTOMY DuriBSTUNT... 2,LL 5e' G CALLS Z AGO WHO A~T 2WU AI .AfluT j - , ': by Judd Winick a NMm w G A mw