April 20, 1987
(vol. 97, iss. 137)
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…I OPINION Monday, April 20, 1987 Page 4 The Michigan Daily 4 I Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Israeli Vol. XCVII, No. 137 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, Ml 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. The case for a student regent…
…: Regent Baker must resign DEANE BAKER'S (R-Ann Arbor) opposition to an honorary degree for Nelson Mandela (Daily, 4/1/87) was not an isolated instance of opposition to student interests. Baker, a member of…
… Nelson Mandela has shows clearly his opposition to student participation in the decision making process. He has often said that the administration should bypass regental bylaw 7.02 which says that a code…
… of non-academic conduct be ratified by MSA. Instead, Baker has threatened to have the regents write the code and impose it on the students. (Daily, 3/20/84, 9/28/84, 3/4/87) Baker's misperception of…
… the issue is clear from his comment: "I do not really sense that there is a broad-scale dislike for the code." (Daily, 3/4/87) His wish to control student opinion has extended to the Michigan Student…
… Assembly. In 1979 he fought against mandatory assembly funding. Baker favored controlling the portion of MSA's budget which went to student organizations. (Daily, 4/21,79) With the Michigan Republicans Club…
… MIRC and they're saying MSA has adopted an attitude hazardous to the student body by allocating funds to pro- communist, anti-capitalist, anti- American groups," Baker said. (Daily, 11/16/79) Baker…
… would have cost the University $20 million from state allocations. (Daily, 7/17/81, 11/16/84) Baker has shown he is willing to go to any extreme to end student dissent. He was a leader of initiatives…
… which eventually banned Student Legal Services (SLS) from defending any student from the University and, likewise, banned SLS from aiding a student in a suit against the University. (Daily, 7/20/79, 8…