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Campus group
to protest
:Contract' on
Digtoday
At noon today, a campus umbrella
group plans to display petitions con-
taining 4,000 signatures opposing the
GOP's "Contract With America" on a
40-by-5 foot banner on the steps of the
Graduate Library.
The banner will then be sent to Wash-
ington to be displayed in front of the
White House as part of a national vigil
against welfare-reform legislation.
The petition campaign was conducted
by the University-based Coalition
Against the Contract "On" America,
which is composed of more than 30
campus and community groups. Since
its formation, the coalition has also con-
tacted elected officials to urge them to
vote against "Contract" legislation and
organized demonstrations.
DNR public hearing
set for today
A public hearing on environmental
protection is scheduled for today from
7 to 9 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 101 in
the Morris Lawrence Building at
Washtenaw Community College by
the state House Democratic Task
"Force on the DNR Split.
The Task Force, appointed by state
House Democratic Leader Curtis
Hertel, will investigate the impact of
the breakup of the Michigan Depart-
ment of Natural Resources on envi-
ronmental protection policies.
State Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Ar-
.bor) chairs the task force.
"Thisais an opportunity forthe public
to have direct input in the policy-mak-
ing process at a time when drastic
changes are being proposed and adopted
in state laws affecting natural resource
*protection, pollution control and clean-
ups,
pI urge people to come out and let us
know what they think," Brater said in a
statement.
Forum planned to
discuss workplace
discrimination
A free panel and discussion titled
"Employment Discrimination: Sexual
,Orientation and the Workplace" is
scheduled to be held at the Law School
today in Room 120 in Hutchins Hall
from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
A reception in the Faculty Dining
Hall is set to follow the panel discus-
sion.
The scheduled speakers include
Tamra King, entertainment director of
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defa-
mation; Amelia Craig, executive direc-
tor of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and
Defenders; Prof. Roderick M. Hills Jr.,
plaintiff's counsel for Evans vs. Romer;
Dr. Jayne Thorson, assistant dean of the
Medical School.
O-VisitingProf. Paula Ettelbrick, legis-
-ative counsel for the Empire State Pride
:,Agenda and former director of Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund,
will also speak
The panel is sponsored by the Rain-
bow Law Students Alliance, the Em-
ployment and Labor Law Association,
and the Aut Bar.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Laura Nelson
EMU
looks into
arrest of
student
YPSILANTI (AP)-Eastern Michi-
gan University is investigating the ar-
rest of a student during a brawl after
some black students complained he was
unfairly singled out.
Aaron Johnson, 21, from Detroit
was arrested last Tuesday. Campus
officials said he was charged with
aggravated assault after he deliber-
ately punched campus Officer Ken-
neth Hardesty, splitting his lip and
chipping his tooth. Johnson is also
accused of taking Hardesty's pepper
spray.
But supporters say Johnson, a 21-
year-old English major, was merely try-
ing to break up a brawl involving 20
female students and inadvertently el-
bowed the officer.
"Aaron is breaking up a fight between
women, the officer shoots pepper spray
on everyone and then arrests Aaron,"
said Mondarell Ross, president of the
Black Student Union. "That's injustice,
and when you need someone to police
the police, that's a bad situation."
Ross said his organization wants as-
surances from university officials that
minority students can expect to be safe
from police harassment.
Yarisha Green, who witnessed the
fight, said the 6-foot-3-inch Johnson
was trying to separate the combatants
when he inadvertently elbowed the of-
ficers. She said she believes he was
targeted for arrest because of his size
and dreadlock hairstyle.
A second student also was taken into
custody and later released.
"When the officer walks in, sprays
Mace, grabs Aaron by the hair and
puts his knee into his back, I'd say he
was picked out of the group," Green
said. "I can't say (the incident) was so
much racial, but when police arrest
two males and everyone around is
female, that's over-reaction at the
least, and targeting black males at
worst."
Cathy Tinney, an EMU vice presi-
dent, said two university officials have
been assigned to investigate the arrest.
Hardesty has been placed on paid ad-
ministrative leave until a full report is
completed.
Johnson declined comment because
of the pending charges.
Elias hired
as Ann
Arbor city.
attorney
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Safety first
University students celebrate in the bitter Ann Arbor cold after the Wolverines score a safety, the second score in Saturday's
game. The Wolverines beat the Boilermakers, 5-0, in a game at which the wind chill was -8'F.
Athletic Department byla
draft postponed one mionth
By Amy Klein
Daily Staff Reporter
A draft of bylaw changes that would
tighten University control over the Ath-
letic Department will not be ready by
Thursday's Board of Regents meeting,
President James J. Duderstadt said Fri-
day.
This will mark the second delay for
the bylaws, which were originally sup-
posed to be ready for the regents' ap-
proval at last month's meeting.
General Counsel ElsaCole and Chief
Financial Officer Farris W. Womack
are members of the committee working
on the draft of the new bylaws, which
are now scheduled to be presented at
the regents' December meeting.
"We sign contracts for tens of mil-
lions of dollars," Duderstadt said Friday
in an interview with The Michigan Daily.
"Significant policy implications and
public relations implications are things
the regents will want to weigh on."
Duderstadt said the new relationship
between the Athletic Department and
the central administration will be mod-
eled afterthe system of communication
established with University Hospitals.
"I want to make certain these changes
tighten financial and personnel con-
trol," Duderstadt said.
The committee is now checking the
changes against regulations of both the
Big Ten Conference and the National
Collegiate Athletic Association.
The NCAA will begin certifying ath-
letic programs during the next year, and
Duderstadt said the University's de-
partment would be one of the first to be
considered.
"I want to be absolutely certain we're
squeaky clean when we go through,"
Duderstadt said.
The board asked Duderstadt in July
to investigate the relationship between
the Athletic Department and the admin-
istration, following the department's
decision to buy out the remaining
$386,026 of former football coach Gary
Moeller's contract.
By Maureen Sirhal
Daily Staff Reporter
After nearly a year of searching, in-
terviewing and debating, the Ann Ar-
bor City Council has approved a con,
tract to hire Abigail Elias as city attorT
ney.
The unanimous approval occurr
during the council's regular meetir,
last Thursday. It was the last meeting
forthree retiringmembers:PeterNicolas
(I-4th Ward), Hal Smith (D-3rd Wat)
and Peter Fink(R-2nd Ward).
Elias had previously declined
nomination for the position because'she
worried it would prevent her from
spending time with the child she afnd
husband Terry Collins are adopting.
She voiced these concerns in a letter
written to the council and to Mayor
Ingrid B. Sheldon last month.
Elias is expected to begin by Aprilf:,
and the contract gives her sevedl
months before she would need to move
to Ann Arbor. The city charter te-
quires top officials to maintain city
residency while serving in their posi-
tion.
The contract also gives Elias an an
nual salary of$84,928 and up to $2,090
in relocation expenses. In additiob,
Elias may take 20 days paid vacati.
Unlike the contract ofher predecess ,
former City Attorney Elizabeth
Schwartz, Elias' contract does nothave
a guaranteed term, but, as writtepn
the city charter, the council mayterne
nate Elias at any time.
Councilmember Jane Lumm (Rpd
Ward) said she believes Elias wasof-
fered a contract similar to those giveno
other city employees.
Councilmember Patricia Veie&i-
Dixon (D-I1st Ward) said that incotii g
council members will have a mirih
easier time now that the attorney aPA
city administrator positions have been
filled. Council members who were
elected last week take office today.
Elias is a graduate of Harvard Law
School and Brandeis University. Prior
to her work as a lawyer for the Detroit
branch of Miller, Canfield, Paddo'k
and Stone, Elias served as head coun$il
for the city of Detroit.
Elias could not be reached for con-
ment this weekend.
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Laurence Deitch (D-Bloomfield Hills)
and Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann Ar-
bor) for plotting to oust Duderstadt from
his position, but members of the board
firmly denied the governor's statements.
John Truscott, the governor's press
secretary, said yesterday that the truth
is finally coming out. Engler and
Truscott were in Haiti until yesterday,
visiting with members of the Michigan
National Guard.
"The governor wouldn't have said
what he did without knowledge of the
problems on the board. It was poor
judgment on the part of some of the
(regents)," Truscott said. "He exposed
it and now it's out in the open."
Following the governor's statements,
Deitch said in September there was no
information that could implicate any of
the regents in Duderstadt's resignation.
"I don't expect anyone - regents or
administrators -to say anything about
this because there is nothing to say,"
Deitch said.
Truscott said that while the governor
does not plan to speak again on the issue
of Duderstadt's resignation, the letter
supports the theory of a conspiracy.
"Clearly there were a few (regents)
that really wanted him gone," Truscott
said. "It's too bad because they've
driven away a world-class president."
But Harrison said that there is still no
evidence of a coup. "I certainly don't
think the document speaks to any con-
spiracy," he said.
Duderstadt also has continued to deny
any regents' involvement in his deci-
sion to resign. In an interview taped last
Thursday that aired yesterday on
WXYZ-TV, Duderstadt said he did not
know of a board conspiracy.
"I was unaware of any particular plot
to oust me as president," he said.
Uprooted tree kills one,
injures two in car crash
By Zachary M. Raimi
Daily Staff Reporter
An uprooted tree smashed into a pick-
up truck on Washtenaw Avenue early
Saturday afternoon, killing one person
and injuring two others, an Ann Arbor
police officer said yesterday.
The deceased, a 36-year-old man,
was riding in the right front seat. The
driver was a 38-year-old man, and a 41-
year-old female was in the back seat.
Police did not release the victims' names
yesterday. AAPD Sgt. Richard Blake
did not know the extent of their injuries.
Blake said the incident occurred at
1400 Washtenaw Ave., near the inter-
section of South University and
Washtenaw avenues.
Blake said the tree was blown by the
strong winds that whippedthrough Ann
Arbor on Saturday. He added he did not
know what kind of tree it was.
Blake said the damaged vehicle, a
Ford Ranger, was "not driveable." The
truck had to be cut in order to remove at
least one of the passengers, Blake said.
"There was some extrication, but I
don't know to what extent," he said.
The Ann Arbor Fire Department aided
in the rescue efforts.
The officers on the scene, Gary
Oxender and Staff Sgt. Dennis Betz,
were not available for comment yester-
day.
Blake said no similar problems were
reported in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
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San Francisco, is traveling across
the country with a caravan of 200
followers, teaching his religion of
'conscious awareness,' love, and
non-violence to all people who will
listen.
"Last night, he brought his phi-
losophy to 650 people who gath-
ered in Rackham Lecture Hall. ..."
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L Burning Bush Campus Ministry,
930-0621, Michigan Union,
Watts Room, 1st Floor, 7-8:15
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761-8251, Intramural Sports
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Bookshop, 315 South State
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Q "Cultural Discrimination in Hous-
Ing Evictions: Qualitative Qualifi-
cations of a Quanititatlve
Model," Richard Lempert, spon-
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U "Explaining Illusions," Daniel
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Q English Composition Board Peer
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