…Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom VOLUME XCVII-- NO. 115 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1987 COPYRIGHT 1987 THE MICHIGAN DAILY B AM takes action against ' Picketers hold Union boycott By WENDY LEWIS and EUGENE PAK In one of the largest protests on campus this year, more than 350 Black students converged on the Union yesterday to begin a new Black Action Movement. BAM organizers called for a 24-hour economic boycott of the...…
…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 19, 1987 Gays present list of demands to Shapiro IN BRIEF ---A - By SUSANNE SKUBIK Following recent reports of violence against homosexuals on campus, gay and lesbian activists demanded yesterday that University President Harold Shapiro help combat sexual orientation discrimination. Members of the newly-formed Gay Political Action Caucus members sat calmly at the round table in the Regents' ...…
…Photographer shows lifestyles of the poor I The Michigan Daily - Thursdpy, March 19, 1987 - Page 3 Cheerleading tryout means smaller team By ALYSSA LUSTIGMAN "What is American Pictures?" asks signs blanketing campus. On Thursday, March 19, the University will find out. Sponsored by Students in Social Action, American Pictures is a journey through the side of America that many of us are unfamiliar with. The slide show is a production using o...…
…OPINION_ Page 4 Thursday, March 19, 1987 The Michigan Daily LETTERS Editen stuetsaUi vichig an il Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Will this madness ever stop Vol. XCVII, No. 115 420 Maynoard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a ma jority of the Daily's Editorial Board All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Grant UCAR dem...…
…ARTS The Michigan Doily Thursday,I March 19, 1987 Page 5 'American Empire' falls By Geoffrey Ricklin If a movie consists entirely of conversation, the conversation had better be quite good. The Decline of the American Empire fails boringly because its script never manages to stir up much interest. The film features six or seven people discussing and harking back to their sexual experiences. Writer- director Denys Arcand apparently inte...…
…Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 19, 1987 i II - -. I - I ) I :4 7134- 4~j7 mn LOST & FOUND FOR RENT FOR RENT PERSONAL HELP WANTED BRASS COLORED GLASSES w/ purple flowered cloth in brown case. Lost Sat. night. If found, please call Gail, 763-2720. COAT MISSING- From ATO party March 14. Long, wool, tan/wht herring bone. Call 764-7757 or dro off at W. Quad front desk. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. LOST a long grey coat wit...…
…Women's Gymnastics vs. Bowling Green Crisler Arena Saturday, 2 p.m. The Michigan Daily SPORTS Thursday, March 19, 1987 Men's Tennis vs. Northern Illinois Liberty Tennis & Fitness Club Friday, 1:30 p.m. Page 7 .,. pm Grapplers set sights on NCAAs THE SPORTING VIEWS - Some fearless forecasts for '87 major league baseball By PETE STEINERT Training camps are in full swing, and opening day for baseball is only a few weeks away. With that in m...…
….4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 19, 1987 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Nets snap Pistons'win PONTIAC (AP)-Orlando Woolridge made a free throw with five seconds left in the game to finish with 33 points last night and give the New Jersey Nets a 113-112 NBA victory over Detroit, snapping the Pistons' seven-game winning streak. Woolridge, fouled by Sidney Green on an inbounds play, made the first of two free throws, breaking a 112-112 t...…
