…Te Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 4-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, May 9, 1981 Sixteen Pages Executive committee: Eliminate Geography By SUE INGLIS The LSA Executive Committee has decided to recommend that the geography department be eliminated, a member of the geography faculty said yesterday. The faculty member said that Geography Department Chairman John Nystuen had been informed of the committee's decision on Thursday in a meeting with Act...…
…Page 2-Saturday, May 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily No motiveD in Oregon shooting spree SALEM, Ore. (AP)-Motive remained a mystery yesterday in the hail of bullets fired into a crowded rock 'n' roll tavern by a silent gunman who witnesses said reloaded his weapon twice. Four people were killed and 20 were wounded. "Thesshots range out so fast, faster than you could register and all you could see was the hand and the gun and then people lying all ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 9, 1981-Page 3 FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS HIT SOCIAL SCIENCES U research will suffer By SUE INGLIS although where the actual cuts are made will be Reagan administration's priorities for research As of yet, just how much federal money the Univer- decided by congressional committees - not program cuts is unclear. But, he speculated that the sity will lose as a result of cuts in government resear- President Reagan - the ...…
…Page 4-Saturday, May 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily 'U' employees ratify contract In Brief Compiled from Associated Press and United Presss International reports By JOHN ADAM University service and maintenance employees overwhelmingly ratified a 25-month contract proposed by local union leaders and the University ad- ministration late yesterday afternoon. Members of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) v...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 9, 1981-Page 5 'U' alumni build new Center by League By GREGOR MEYER Construction of the new Michigan Alumni Center, being built just north of the Michigan League, is well underway and should be completed by summer of 1982, according to University Alumni Association officials. The center will provide a meeting place and headquarters for the organization, and will give it needed visibility among students and al...…
…Page 6-Saturday, May 9, 1981-The Michigan Daily The robot revolution: By JOHN ADAM N AN EAST Engineering lab there is an ordinary piece of machinery. Sitting motionless, it doesn't look. like much to the untrained eye until Assistant Prof. George Lee types on a nearby terminal to activate the computer program. Then the machinery comes to life. An arm swings and the gripper hovers over the first aluminum block. Clamp! The arm lifts the block, ...…
…The Michigan Dily-Saturday; May 9, 1981-Page 7 'U' official's murder conviction LANSING (UPI)-The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of a mentally troubled administrator yesterday who gunned down a rival in a highly publicized 1978 murder at the University of Michigan's famous Neuropsychiatric Institute. The appeals court said there was adequate evidence that William James Aparicio planned the slaying of Donald Koos-a man he fea...…
…I Opinion Page 8 Saturday, May 9, 1981 The Michigan Daily -. --- The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No 4S Ninety Years of Editorial Freedom Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan The plain truth A MERICAN SOCIETY cannot afford the luxury of sacred cows. Recent allegations about the mysterious death of Navy airman Paul Trerice illustrate, if true, the inherent danger of placing some in- stitutions of government beyond the pub...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 9, 1981-Page 9 Robots enter the work-force (Continued from Page 6) T HE MOOD OF THE University's Industrial and Labor Relations Department contrasts sharply with the electric and excited atmosphere of the engineering departments. ILIR personnel aren't optimistic about the consequences of "the robotics revolution" - at least in the short run. "USUALLY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE," says Jeanne Gordus, assistant researc...…
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…4 Arts The Michigan Daily Saturday, May 9, 1981 Page 12 AND FOR OUR NEXT TRICK.. . Praise for 'Heaven's Gate'?! 4 By DENNIS HARVEY God help me, I liked Heaven's Gate, the movie that opened and closed last fall, embarrassed to the gills, like a one-night Broadway disaster, only to be recut and reissued to a slightly softer round of groans. two weeks ago. A decade ago Hollywood was gasping un- der the weight of costly flops like Tora, Tora, T...…
…The Michigan Daily-Saturday, May 9, 1981-Page 13 RECORDS Cale-tormented John Cale -'Honi Soit' (A & M) - What's this? John Cale giving it another try, on a major label, no less? I guess I shouldn't be so sur- prised, those personal demons fighting to be expressed were always what made it so necessary that Cale should produce music, and so they have made the release of this album just as inevitable. I guess I thought that his recent gravitat...…
…Page 14-Saturdey; Moy,1-981-,The MichiLon Doily Blue-MSU batsmen tangle 'M' only needs one to clinch East title By MARTHA CRALL The Michigan baseball team finds itself in an enviable position going into this weekend's four-game series with arch-rival Michigan State - that of having to win only one game to clinch the Big Ten East Division title. The Wolverines are currently atop the division with a 9-3 mark. Purdue, who has already clinched a s...…
…The Michigan Daily-S'aiuiday May9; 1981 -Page 15 SPORTS OF THE DAILY Two of Mason's counts dropped ot i TUSCON, Ariz. (AP) - Former University of Arizona football Coach Tony Mason faced two fewer charges yesterday, both dropped at the prosecution's request. Mason, a former Michigan assistant football coach, still faces 21 counts of conspiracy, fradulent practices, theft, filing a false claim and tampering with a public record. DROPPED BECAUS...…
…Sports Page 16 Saturday, May 9, 1981 The Michigan Daily Tied at the top Blue, Gophers take early lead 4 By BARB BARKER After the opening set of the Michigan first doubles Big Ten quarterfinal mat- ch, Wolverine head coach Brian Eisner appeared more than a little flustered. The premier Michigan doubles com- bination of Matt Horwitch and Michael Leach, defending champions of last year's first doubles crown and seeded first in this year's tourn...…
