…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 104 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, February 24, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Divestment case dropped in state court Greenthum b ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily LSA senior Christen Martinez works on a project for her Biology 301 class in the greenhouse attached to the Natural Science building. BY PATRICK STAIGER The Michigan Supreme Court ruled yesterday to end the Univer- sity's six-year b...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - IN Friday, February 24, 1989 Divest Continued from Page 1 Joseph Owsley, director of the University's News and Information Services, said, "Morally, the University had agreed to sell off the stock in South Africa-related companies; what it disagreed with was the legislature ordering the Uni- versity to do so." Bullard last month criticized the way the in which he said the University regents use the autonomy is...…
…CPhillips BY VERA SONGWE He is the third Black president of the Michigan Student Assembly. He is a forceful speaker, has been em- broiled in campus issues, and has been criticized by both University regents and students. His name is Mike Phillips, and on April 4 he will finish his term. "I always wanted to grow up and be somebody," said Phillips, an LSA senior who grew up in Detroit's west side Brew- ster housing projects. "Compared to the guy...…
…aq OPINION Friday, February 24, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily South African crisis distorted By the Steering Committee of the United Coalition Against Racism Over two years ago the South African Apartheid regime instituted extensive censorship of national and international media's coverage of the political situation inside the country. This news -blackout was put in place, to cover the crimes of Apartheid - the detentions, torture, an...…
…The Michigan Daily ARTS Friday, February 24, 1989 Buddy Page 5 Experts agree: Guy can play BY LIAM FLAHERTY THE blues is an art that does not allow for a lot of variation. Either you are playing them or you are not, and there is not a more embarrassing sight in the world than someone who thinks they're playing them, and an entire, unmoving floor that knows they're not. Buddy Guy has never even approached the outer limits of. this, as h...…
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…w , Basketball vs. Iowa March 4, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Iowa State Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Friday, February 24, 1989 M' wrestlers ready to take title BY STEVEN COHEN The fourth-ranked Michigan wrestling team's training schedule is designed so the team "peaks" four times during the season. Next week's Big Ten championships in Purdue on March 4 and 5, is one of those times. "Since 1974 we've bee...…
…Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 24, 1989 Bud's team looking to keep winning ways intact vs. MSU BY ADAM BENSON Last month, the Michigan State women's basketball team stymied the Michigan offense on their way to a 47-45 victory at East Lansing. Currently, the Spartans are holding their opponents to a 39 percent shooting percentage from the field. Yet Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege looks for more offense tonight when the two teams h...…
…Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 103 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, February 23, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Verses BY JONATHAN SCOTT The book whose author currently has a $5.2 million bounty placed on his life was officially released in American book stores yesterday. In solidarity with a demonstra- tion held in New York City to de- fend Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses,aUniversity professors and Ann Arbor...…
…Paje 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 23, 1989 Group BY NOELLE SHADWICK A group organizing local partici- pation in an April 29 march on Washington met for the first time last night to plan promotional and fund raising activities. The march, sponsored by the All People's Congress, a national group dedicated to progressive causes, and endorsed by at least 160 other groups, will protest eight years of cutbacks in social spending by t...…
…ACLU to challenge abortion a statute LANSING (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union will go to court on behalf of a 15- year- old girl rape survivor and try to overturn a ban on state- funded abortions for poor women, the head of the Michigan ACLU said yesterday. Howard Simon, executive director of the state ACLU, said the Detroit girl became pregnant as a result of a brutal rape by three men list month and her family can't afford an aborti...…
…I PINTON Page 4 Thursday, February 23, 1989 b + idaig iaiI Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 103 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Feminists far Pesticide is poison T HE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency's February 16th fai...…
…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Thursday, February 23, 1989 Page 5 California needs to raise Raisin BY SHEALA DURANT For years, many Americans have grown up with the stereotypical images of Black Americans in advertising-particularly in the.pro-a motion of domestic and food products. Some of the more popular spokespeople are, Aunt Jemima, UnclesBen, Sambo and most re-' cently, The California Raisins. In the California Raisin com- mercial...…
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…ARTS The Michigan Daily Thursday, February 23, 1989 Page 7 Kronos kick out the Brahms BY MICHAEL PAUL FISCHER A hot avant-garde combo, on the road in sup- port of a new album blazing up the charts, takes to the stage wearing spiked haircuts, psychedelic costumes, and sunglasses. Cranking out a set of brand-new tunes, the San Francisco-based outfit employ a colorful light show and stage props in their effort answer the unprecedented exp...…
…Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 23, 1989 I '. I Holy heroines! Comic books portray women not I i ke you'd think BY ANDREA GACKI B RIGHTLY colored pictures remain black and white in comic books. STATE OF THE With only pure good and only pure evil, comic books have invariably been the antidote to all earthly afflic- tions, to all inconsistencies and all unjust acts. Little boys too skinny to effect any damage on the s...…
…Basketball vs. Iowa March 4, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Iowa State Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Page 9 Thursday, February 23, 1989 'M' TRIES TO END SLUMP IN COLUMBUS OSU is missing JOSE JUAREZIDa y Michigan's 126- pounder John Moore, demonstrating the form that has made him a contender to qualify. for the NCAA tournament, looks to squeeze a dream from a Cyclone this Sunday. Success is Moore sweet for w...…
…Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 23, 1989 11 View's the sporting views the sporting views Detroit, Dallas do pI j 1 Wteewt * ti ' .rtIr e Aguirre brings Dantley disservice ,.testo peace to kingdom he subr 111 views + th e spor in views he siat i A4 BY JAY MOSES Nothing is more unsightly for the management of a professional sports team than not having a nose. The Detroit Pistons must deal with just that scenario. They cut the...…
…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No. 102 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 22, 1989 Copyright 1989. The Michigan Daily Protestors Students question editorial policy say Daily is anti -Jewish BY LISA FROMM About 200 students and faculty, protesting what they called the Daily's anti-Jewish editorial policy, demanded an explanation for recent Daily editorials yesterday during a rally in front of the Student Publicatio...…
…q Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 22, 1989 I Plane crash lawsult begins DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge yesterday dismissed the U.S. government and two companies from lawsuits filed by relatives of the victims of the nation's second-worst air disaster. ,U.S. District Judge Julian Cook ruled that Texas Instruments Inc., National Car Rental System Ins., and the government couldn't be in- cluded in the legal complaints and or...…
…Malcolm X recalled in brother BY MICAH SCHMIT Last night, on the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Black civil rights activist Malcolm X, more than 100 people gathered in the Michigan Union's Anderson Room to listen to his older brother, Wilford Little, speak about Malcolm X. "We have everything we need to make heaven on Earth. Instead, we make a hell out of it. We want heaven for ourselves and hell for everybody else," Little said. "W...…
…S Pag I r-OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, February 22, 1989 The Michigan Daily 40 e il4afn aiftj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 102 Ann Arbor, M 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Anti- Semitism calls false f Engineered image PRESIDENT ...…
…Prof. sees teaching as more than ajob BY MARION DAVIS Teachers are more than robots who program students with statistical information. That's what Architecture and Urban Redevelopment Prof. James Chaffers would tell you. And he might also throw in something about personal expression and mutual respect. "(Teaching) is an extremely personal and social activity," Chaffers said. He prefers the seminar class format, in which students can share thei...…
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…ARTS Wednesday, February 22, 1989 The Michigan Daily Page 7 The Mighty Quinn: You'll not see nothing like this film BY TRICIA ROBINSON Yeah, mahn. This is what drama is all about, mahn. Some action,va bit of comedy, a touch of mystery and all the way live reggae music. The Mighty Quinn opens with Rita Marley (Bob Marley's wife) belting out a reggae tune, which helps to set the tone of the entire movie. The setting is trop- ical. No one n...…
… Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 22, 1989 True Believer Drama will make one out of you BY TONY SILBER One of the better films of 1987 was Suspect, in which Cher played an unconventional attorney defending a homeless man suspected in the killing of a Washington, D.C. woman. The film, half of which be- came a charged courtroom drama, exposed many social problems of law enforcement cover-ups and far- reaching conspiracies. T...…
…k+ Basketball vs. Iowa March 4, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Iowa State Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 22, 1989 Page 9 Pease puts pieces together BY DAVID HYMAN "It would take a year." These are the words Michigan's junior wrestler Zac Pease heard from his doctor after having rehabilitation knee surgery in December 1987. In the second round of the 1987 as Vegas Classic, Pease's heel caug...…
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…Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 101 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily IRA bombs British army barracks LONDON (AP) - The Irish Republican Army bombed a British army barracks in western England early Monday, but most of the men had been evacuated before the three explosions, and only one soldier was injured. A half-hour before the blasts, a sentry spotted two intruders and fi...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Soviets schedule PLO peace talks CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Soviet Union on Monday invited Egypt's president to Moscow and scheduled meetings in the Egyptian capital with Israel and the PLO in quest of a Middle East peace confer- ence. But Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Arens told reporters after 90 minutes of talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that they made no progress on the k...…
…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 21, 1989 - Page 3 Fed pushes interest rates higher; economists fret WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite objections from President Bush, the Federal Reserve Board has forced in- terest rates higher in an inflation- fighting battle that some economists fear may wind up pushing the coun- try into a new recession. The Fed's credit tightening efforts have been blamed for sending a vari- ety fo interest rates, includin...…
…9 OPINION Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily Fight AIDS through mass action By Members of LaGROC The opinion piece entitled "Unite to fight AIDS" written by Cathy Cohen and David Fletcher of the United Coalition Against Racism (Daily, 2/9/89) provides a fundamentally correct basis for developing the political struggle in the national - and international -fight against the AIDS crisis. We, of the Lesbian and Gay Right...…
…____na__sARTS The Michigan Daily _ _________Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Page 5 Traffic stalled by problematic script Dreams avoid the 'R' word BY BETH COLQUITT IN the Traffic of a Targeted City is -a play which mixes present-day New York characters and historical voices from Hiroshima to inform the audience about the tragic results of a nuclear attack. It is supposed to be unsettling. It is probably in- tended to make one's jaw drop open ...…
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…Basketball vs. Iowa March 4, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Iowa State Sunday, 1 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Page 7 'M' coach makes splash with third straight Big Ten title BY JAY MOSES In the end, Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson was in the pool. That's the way it goes. In football, the coach gets carried off on his players' shoulders. If he's really lucky, he gets Gatora...…
…9 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 21, 1989 Supersub Martin sparks tumblers I Mike Gill i M ol - BY JEFF SHERAN Coaching the Michigan men's gymnastics team this season has been like trying to start a car in the Upper Peninsula during winter. Once it gets going, it runs well, but getting it started can be very difficult. This held true Saturday, as Michigan took second in a four-way meet at Crisler Arena. They finished ahea...…
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…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No.100 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, February 20, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily La. Rep. refutes election controversy NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Newly elected state Rep. David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader, said yesterday that Blacks and Jews have nothing to fear from him and scoffed at the notion he would be banned from the GOP and not be seated by the Legislature. "I repudiate any ra...…
…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 20, 1989 Coffin speaks on society, and envi BY ANDREW KAPLAN into a moral stupor and that Einste Rev. William Coffin, President of the "Imagination is more important thanl SANE/FREEZE national nuclear disarmament should be posted at every college. organization, gave a sobering yet inspirational Furthermore, he proposed that cv address last night on the topics of nuclear disar- of the senior class ...…
… Students, residents protest center BY JESSICA STRICK Yesterday morning 50 to 60 Uni- versity students and Ann Arbor resi- dents protested the counseling procedures of the Pregnancy Coun- seling Center, a non-medical clinic in Ypsilanti, which they say is strongly influenced by anti-abortion sentiment and perhaps supported by the Right to Life campaign. The protest was triggered by in- formation about the clinic which has been gathered for the...…
…0 OPINION Page 4 Monday, February 20, 1989 TheMchigan Pcc exposed as hypocrites By Hilda Beltran Fifty or so women and men met at 8 o'clock Saturday morning to join the Committee to Defend Abortion Rights (CDAR) in the protest against the Preg- nancy Counseling Center (PCC) in Ypsi- 'Janti. As we were outside chanting and picketing -- with the Ann Arbor News, reporters from the Daily, and the TV gang filming away - volunteers from th...…
…Regents raise 'U' housing rates by The Michigan Daily -Monday, February 20, 1989 - Page 5 6.3% next yr. BY FRAN OBEID University housing rates will in- ocrease by 6.3 percent for residence halls and by 5.9 percent for family housing apartments as voted by the University's Board of Regents last week. The increase amounts to $214.72 for a single student in a double room with about $133 designated for gen- eral inflation, and $24.49 appropri-...…
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…ARTS The Michigan Daily Monday, February 20, 1989 Page 7 Hp phope The 'New school' of rap and hip hop artists are more concerned with brands of politics than brands of gym shoes. Toots: Trenchtown comes to Memphis BY SHEALA DURANT L AST Monday, as part of Black Istory Month, Black - or rather Afican-American - students took to the Diag kicking off a weeklong celebration by the Black Student Union of the life and work of Mal- Wim X. Stud...…
…Page 8-- The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 20, 1989 BY JILL PISONI As I was leaving the production of The Trojan Women, I repeatedly heard the word "spectacle" being used by those who had also just seen the performance. I'd agree with that de- :w~kription -- Andr6 De Shields' inter- |Oretation of the Euripides play was both unusual and remarkable. After -Nears of hearing the mythology of .tte fall of Troy told from the point .of view of t...…
…-5 SPORTS The Michigan Daily Monday, February 20, 1989 Page 9 M' netters win two at home i } i4 4 ai a{ a t e _ si '.i '4 s *I h 1 i # r E r1 3Y M ty A p i+ Ii r- t F k k+ 4 , Ff i 9 t i 1 1t 1 w rt i} ii f rp i I t i' r it r q It 1 11_ pb r xF f t s 4 M h R ^_:.. _. a 3 R M{ ;i ! 8} it i #f., : ; ; Y ji ,,i ,+ BY LORY KNAPP Finally. After many weeks of frustration, the Michigan women's basketball team has finally shown that it is ca...…
…Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 20, 1989 Champs Continued from Page 1 It was still DeMaat, though, who turned in the Wolverines' best per- formance. The junior swimmer set a Big Ten record time of four minutes 46.13 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle, a meet record of 2:14 .64 in the 1650 freestyle and a pool record 4:19.39 in the 400 individual medley relay. S"The competition was great and I was all fired up," she said. "I j...…
