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…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No.68 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 5, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily U.S. shoots ' WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Navy jet fighters shot down two Libyan MiG-23 jets yesterday after the Americans were ap- proached at high speed in what Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci called "a hostile manner" in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea. Carlucci said the two American F-14 T...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial/freedom Vol. IC, No. 69 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, January 6, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Frats, residents spar over noise BY BRAD ROTH AND MIGUEL CRUZ The Ann Arbor City Council has taken another step in its four-year effort to reduce tension between North Burns Park residents and fraternity members sharing the neigh- borhood. Last month, the council voted to raise the maximum noise violation fin...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. I C, No. 70 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 9, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily British jet crashes: Ten killed LONDON (AP) - A jetliner bound for Northern Ireland with 125 people aboard slammed into a highway embarkment in central England yesterday while trying to make an emergency landing, authorities said. At least 10 people were reported killed. The Civil Aviation Authority said the ...…

…Ube Mdtgan al Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No 71 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, January 10, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Studeni BY MARION DAVIS The Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Committee - organized by the University's vice-provost's office - is being criticized by students concerning their impact on the committee's decisions in observing the national holiday. "Students were involved in the 'process', but th...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. I CNo. 72 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 11, 1989 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Students criticize *Soc. 303 prof. BY DAVID SCHWARTZ Students upset with Sociology Prof. Reynolds Farley - who was accused last term of being insensi- tive to issues of racism and sexism * by some of his Sociology 303 stu- dents - will meet with the Sociol- ogy Department's Executive Com- mittee next week ...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 73 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 12, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Medal winner pleads guilty TAMPA (AP) - Olympic diver Bruce Kimball unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty in his drunken-driving manslaughter trial yesterday, admitting he sped into a crowd of teenagers last summer, killing two and injuring four. The plea came as trial testimony began. The first witness,...…

…Weekend Magazine: 1988 in review:sThe University, politics, sports, music, and films " John Shea's farewell column Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom I i Vol. IC, No.74 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, January 13, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Bush finalizes cabinet WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent-elect Bush completed his Cabi- net yesterday, picking retired naval chief Fames Watkins, an expert on nuclear power, as energy...…

…MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, '89 "Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right." -Martin Luther King, Jr., April 3,1968 For more of the civil rights leader's words, and photos of the weekend's events, see page 5. For a list of today's events see page 3. b riyitgannaBeayfefe Nine...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No.76 Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Tuesday, January 17, 1989 Copyright 1989. The Michigan Daily Campus celebrates King ROBIN LOZNAK/DaIly About 2,000 people gather yesterday for a noontime rally on the Diag to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. -March BY KRISTIN HOFFMAN AND VERA SONGWE Although this year's traditional Unity march drew about 2,000 students, faculty and members of the community, the ...…

…Ube idto atI B ail Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 77 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 18, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily i Players plead no contest to assault BY JOSHUA MITNICK AND ANNA SENKEVITCH Four University students were ar- raigned in 15th district court yester- day on charges of harassing two women on campus earlier this month. The women filed the misde- meanor harassment charge against four men ...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No.78 Ann Abiin TusyJ ay91989 Ch ily V. CN.78Ann Arbor, Michigan -Thursday, January 19 99Copyright 1989. The Michigan Daily GEO hopes *rally will Emergency City panel begin BY SCOTT LAHDE The Graduate Employees Organization will show the Univer- sity they are anxious to bargain their 1989-91 contract, by carrying a symbolic table from the Diag to the Fleming Building today at noon. One of G...…

…0 In Weked Maazie Is Proposition 48 racist? " Dick Vitale rocks and rolls in Ann Arbor - A resum6 writer confronts life Wteirtotrni Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Adk - Vol. IC, No. 79 Ann Arbor, Michigan.- Friday, January 20, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Regents may cut MSA funds ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Students demand more University AIDS research in front of the Union yesterday. Members of Lesbian and Gay Rights ...…

…i Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 80 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 23, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily ,Solidarity ready to negotiate GDANSK, Poland (AP) - Soli- darity yesterday welcomed the gov- ernment's offer to negotiate legaliz- ing the trade union movement and said talks should begin as soon as possible to combat Poland's chronic economic and social ills. A Solidarity statement, released after a ne...…

…41vJr4V Ninety- nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 81 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, January 24, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Quake ravages * Soviet village; up to 1000 dead Harassment MOSCOW (AP) - A pre-dawn earthquake in Soviet Central Asia unleashed a 50-foot high wall of dirt and mud that buried a mountain vil- lage and swept through at least two others Monday, killing up to 1,000 people as they slept, offi...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. I C, No. 82 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, January 25, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily MSA calls for meeting with regents BY ALEX GORDON In response to last week's harsh criticism and threats from members of the University's Board of Regents, the Michigan Student Assembly voted to publicly call for a meeting of the regents and the as- sembly. MSA President Mike Phillips said last night tha...…

…r iiuugaiv Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 83 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 26, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Michigan gets an'F' 0 * ALEXANDRA BREZ/Daily in the Ann Arbor Figure for the Fraser Precision on waste PIRGIM criticizes state's toxic cleanup Slip-Sliding away Members of the Hockettes Precision Skating Team, Skating Club exhibition yesterday at Veteran's Competition, which takes place Sat...…

…Ini Weekend Magazine.: The 12th Annual Folk Festival invades Hill " Take a dip into the Real Seafood Co. - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. I C, No. 84 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, January 27, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily 'U' toxic waste sites BY PATRICK STAIGER Two University-owned sites of envi- ronmental contamination may pose health hazards to the people in surrounding areas, but ha...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No. 85 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 30, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily 'M' ends Iowa's 99 meet streak BY STEVEN COHEN SPECIAL TO THE DAILY INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Saturday, the fourth-ranked Wol- verines ended Iowa's 99 match dual- meet winning streak with a 23-17 win in the finals of the Great Amer- ican Duals Classic in Indianapolis. The Hawkeyes, winners of nine of the past 11 ...…

…( Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 86 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, January 31, 1989 Copyright 1989, The Michigan Daily Doctoral students scrutinize Deans Associated Press One whole propeller aseembly of the crushed Sunday night Canadian C-130 aircraft. The crash which killed eight Canadian special forces soldiers occured Sunday night. 'Six klled in air disaster BY JONATHAN SCOTT In response to last week's rejection of a ...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 5, 1989 Local Salvation Army store closes BY FRAN OBEID Ann Arbor's Salvation Army Red Shield Store closed its doors Dec. 31, under an extension granted by Washtenaw County, which bought the building in 1987. A Salvation 'Army official said yesterday they hope to relocate in the city within a year. "The county wanted the property and offered us a fair price," said Sal- vation Army Capt. Roger Se...…

…Pgge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 6, 1989 Noise (ontinued from Page 1 Friedman admits that fraternities have been ir- responsible, and on occasion, still are. However, hesaid his fraternity has taken positive steps and has recently received encouraging feedback from neighbors. Friedman added that his house "has no choice b to comply" with city laws, citing a threat m Police Chief William Corbett to "padlock tk Sigma Alpha Mu house...…

…Page 2 --The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 1989 JOHN MUNSON/Daily Demonstrators march from South University Ave. to the Diag on January 18, 1988, in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, The march was sponsored by the Commemoration of a Dream Committee. Diversity Continued from Page 1 memorate MLK Day, and some blockaded entries to buildings, pre- venting students from attending classes, and encouraging them to at- tend alterna...…

…Page 2-- The.Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 10, 1989 Charges Continued from Page 1 The victims were first approached around 2 a.m. at the corner of North University and State streets by four men who were yelling. obscenities and threats of a sexual nature, said one of the victims. When the vic - tims arrived in the Diag. the men allegedly positioned their car in front of the two students to block their path and continued to yell obscenitie...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 11, 1989 Board LANSING (AP) - Detroit Pub- lic Schools should balance their books, but not by cutting back on quality, members of the State Board of Education said yesterday. "To turn over educational matters to accountants would bring education to an absolute standstill," said Gumecindo Salas, state board mem- ber from East Lansing. Salas said much of the Detroit schools financial problems ste...…

…rage 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 12, 1989 K in Students at Harvard and Princeton Universities Both schools, however, will have a memorial also have the day off, but instead of commemo- service in honor of Dr. King. Continued from Page 1 rating Dr. King's life with activities and speak- At Howard University, a traditionally Black "Students are always very interested in big ers, many plan to prepare for the next day's college in W...…

…01 Page '2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 13, 1989 I Medical Continued from Page 1 charged rent, he said. Besides not having space avail- able for new research projects, other problems result from the lack of space. Without space, the Medical School is unable to garner funds for new projects, and must use laborato- ries that are often outmoded for to- day's research. Every researcher submitting a , grant proposal must inform the foun...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 16, 1989 The path to a national holiday IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports - MLK Day BY VERA SONGWE The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the 14th American, the third black, and the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In November of 1983, he became the fourth American to be honored by a national holiday. To the world, he was a great leader for peace. To America i...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 1989 nqurnghotographerCompiled by Tara Gruzen InquringPhoogra herPhotographed by Jose Juarez Question: Are you planning to attend any events today in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday? / ;MIIIIII I .... Rachel Williams, Music School graduate student "I'm doing the march and I participated in events Friday. It's a reminder of your history. We have to keep the dream alive." Paulo ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily --Wednesday, January 18, 1989 Court Continued from Page 1 tion and that athletic administrators have not discussed it. Berenson said the team members did not violate any team rules. "We don't want (the players) going to bars," he said. "They know that. We don't tell them how to talk to girls. We expect them to behave." While Berenson sees the incident as "serious for the boys involved," sault charge, or rape. But i...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 19, 1989 Israeli Defenise Minister faulted JERUSALEM (AP) - Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin walked out of a stormy parliament debate yesterday after opposition members harassed him about increased bloodshed in the occupied territories, and demanded he resign. The opposition reflected growing unease many Israelis feel about the army's handling of the Palestinian upiising in the occupied territories...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 20, 1989 Costs Continued from Page 1 "The University has too many vice presidents, vice provosts, and their staffs," he said. "That's why our student money is being wasted." In October, a Daily study found that the number of administrators had grown 22 percent since 1980, while the number of students and faculty had grown by less than five percent. Phillips said. having so many administrators is u...…

…,-age 2-- The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 23, 1989 Students BY STACEY GRAY On Friday night, students tired of fraternity parties, house parties, bars and clubs were offered another option - a chance to dance for charity. The dance, sponsored by the South Quad Council and the Residence Hall Association, raised close to $2,000 for the Muscular Dystro- phy Association (MDA). Over 150 students danced to the sounds of three live bands in the ...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 24, 1989 Groups unit for Israeli tree project BY ANDREW KAPLAN Trces, say three Jewish student groups on campus, should not have to suffer because of human differences in the Middle East. So, said Union of Students for Israel member Danya Hoffman, members of the three groups are working to replant Israeli trees they said were razed by arsonists. According to an article distributed by the Jewish...…

…0 rage 2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 25, 1989 Ann Arbor blood supplies down BY STACEY GRAY The demand placed upon blood supplies by the number of people who wait until after the holi- days to have their elective surgery done is prompting blood shortages throughout the area. "We have been experiencing a shortage for the past two weeks," said Carleen Parks, an administrative assistant at the American Red Cross Washtenaw County Ch...…

…Pgge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 26, 1989 Waste Continued from Page 1 to do their part: enact laws that en- sure that the Bond will clean up the state." Michigan currently recovers be- tween $2 million and $3 million from polluters through legal action, said Marion Gordon, spokeswoman for Attorney General Frank Kelly. "I don't want anybody to think there aren't any laws (that can be used to compel cleanup), but I also don't wan...…

…0 Ppge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 27, 1989 Center BY NOELLE SHADWICK AIDS is not just a medical prob- lem, it is also a behavioral problem, says Psychiatry Prof. David Ostrow, director of a new University center that studies behavioral and psy- chosocial aspects of the disease. The newly-implemented Midwest AIDS Biobehavioral Research Cen- ter, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, collects and coor- dinates AIDS r...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 30, 1989 Korean Cpntinued from Page 1. fered.at the University of Indiana, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, University of California at Berkeley, Brown University, the university of Chicago, and Western M4ichigan University, Lee said. *The need for a Korean studies frogram is particularly timely, said Lee, because Korea is at the forefront dhf~he world economy. Korea leads in bu...…

…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 31, 1989 Deans Continued from Page 1 "According to the cardinal notion of utility Cross uses, the extent to which the individual maximizes some subjective state, such as jolts of happiness, can be both quantified and measured. This is perhaps the silliest notion of human na- ture ever employed in a social science," he said. Harvard Professor of Economics, Juliet Schor, said the "cardinal utility ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 5, 1989- Page 3 he ictors Michigan players and supporters hail the champions of the West. ROSE BOW1 PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES" I JOHN MUNSON/Doily The drum section of the 225-member Michigan Marching Band warms up before marching in the . Tournament of Roses Parade. ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Roses mark the site of the 75th Rose Bowl Game in sunny Pasedena, California. JOHN MUNSON/Doily 1983 LSA graduat...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 6, 1989 - Page 3 Former BY MARION DAVIS William Haber, renowned labor economist and former LSA dean, died at his Barton Hills, Mich., home on Dec. 30. He was 88. In addition to his duties at the University, Haber was a member of the advisory council that drafted the nation's first social security law and was the principal drafter of Michigan's un- mployment insurance law. Former University President Robben...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 1989- Page 3 Reagan federal WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Reagan sends Congress his final budget proposal Monday, a $1.15 trillion spending plan that would award the military a hefty increase while calling for the elimination of scores of domestic programs. But Congress is already looking beyond Reagan's budget to see how President-elect George Bush will keep his campaign promises to boost spending fo...…

…LSA seeks input for dean BY LIZ ROBBOY The search committee for the next dean of the College of Literature, Science and Arts is "apparently for the first time" soliciting students' nominations through newspaper ad- vertisements, said William Kelly, chair of the search committee. According to the advertisements, which were placed in Friday's and Monday's editions of the Daily, "suggestions are greatly appreciated, and vital to this process." "L...…

…Budget would *cost Mich. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan's proposed budget for 1990 would deal Michigan's finances a $200 million blow through revenue reductions and increased responsibility for programs, state Budget Director Shelby Solomon said yesterday. Reagan in his final budget set federal spending at $1.15 trillion but included in his proposal a host of cutbacks that Solomon said would have great impact on Michigan. Federal funding f...…

… The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 12, 1989 - Page$ CBS show will visit 'U'in Feb. BY LISA FROMM Three years ago it was Willard Scott and Bryant Gumbel. Next month it will be Kathleen Sullivan and Harry Smith. Sullivan and Smith, anchors of the "CBS This Morning" news pro- gram, are expected to bring their show to the University next month, as Scott and Gumbel did in 1985 with "The Today Show." Barring any technical difficulties, the two...…

…The Michigan Dily-- Friday, January 13, 1989 -Poge3 yr, Profs. plan other w lessons on MLK day Students get alternatives to class on Diversity Day BY MARION DAVIS AND TARA GRUZEN Cancelling classes for Dr. Mar- tin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a long-awaited victory for those who have participated in marches, protests and sit-ins in past years, but it's only a first step toward educating students and faculty members about his mes- sage....…

…The Michigan Daily -Monday, January 16, 1989- Page3 California Assembly Speaker honors King s ideals during speech BY ROSE LIGHTBOURN Calling for equity for all people in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, The Honorable Willie Brown Jr. last night advised that social change must be an integrated effort, while criticizing President Reagan's policies toward the disadvantaged. Brown, presently the longest- serving speaker of the California S...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 1989 - Page 3 t a a j a Regent addresses University workers BY ANNA BONDOC "It is the best of times. It is the worst of times." Quoting Charles Dickens, Uni- versity Regent Nellie Varner (D- Southfield) spoke yesterday to University staff members about the University's struggle against what she called an atmosphere "plagued by racism and bigotry." The half-hour convocation at Crisler Arena was the o...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 18, 1989 - Page 3 'U' college starts new recruitment program BY JUDITH ABRAMS In an attempt to address low minority enrollment, the University's School of Natural Resources is re- cruiting Wayne County Community College's top students. According to the University's 1987 Minority Stu- dents Report, only 11 minority students attended the School of Natural Resources, one of whom is Black. This term, the sc...…

…Forum focuses on 'AIDS and law BY MARK MENDELIS In addition to the obvious physical and emotional problems AIDS carriers must contend with, * many must grapple with a legal system that is largely against them. Emphasizing this message and advocating increased legal and civil rights for AIDS carriers, Rick McHugh, a UAW attorney and member of the AIDS Legal Com- mittee of Detroit, led a discussion lost night at the Guild House. The discussion, ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 20, 1989- Page 3 Soviet troops to remove nuclear arms t VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The 1050,000 Soviet troops being pulled out of Eastern Europe will take the niuclear missiles and other arms un- der their control with them, the So- viet foreign minister said yesterday. A NATO spokesperson welcomed the announcement by Foreign Min- ister Eduard Shevardnadze as encour- aging. U.S. arms negotiator Stephen Ledo...…