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…In 1987, the University pledged a comfortable environment for minorities through the Michigan Mandate. Faculty of color speak out on the realities of being a minority at the University. Steve Martin is a talented comic, but the Daily's Michael John Wilson thinks his latest film, "Leap of Faith," should take a flying leap. SPORTSWednesday What a week for Michigan sports. Over the course of seven days, the Wolverines won the Great Lakes Invita...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 6,;1993 LGMPO Continued from page 1 second floor of the Union as well. Minority Student Services, the Student Organization Development Center (SODC), and Project Community offices all received new carpeting and a new paint job. SODC acting director Shay Willis said she was "really happy" with the renovations, adding that the offices had been waiting for the changes for many years. "The walls neede...…

…The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 6, 1993 -Page 3 I City may *boycott anti-gay states by Christine Young Daily City Reporter The City Council Monday tabled a proposed resolution that would prohibit the city from doing business with states that have laws discrimi- nating on the basis of sexual orientation. The resolution, proposed by Councilmember Robert Eckstein (D- 5th Ward), states that Mayor Brater would direct City Administrator Al...…

…0I Page 4 -The Michigan Daily- Wednesday, January 6, 1993 1E Mtcxitgan &titt l -~ 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 Editor in Chief MATITHJEW D. RENNIE Opinion Editors YAEL CITRO GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represe...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 6, 1993 - Page 5 The flip side of the 1A sing at the U but so are departures by Karen Sabgir Daily Staff Reporter _ Many University administrators praise the Michigan Mandate as the key impetus for increasing the number of faculty of color at the University. But while the Four-Year Progress Report, shows that more minority faculty have been hired since the Mandate's imple- mentation in 1988, the ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 6, 1993- Page 7 'U' leads university research spending by Nate Hurley Daily Administration Reporter The University ranks first in the country for the amount of money spent on research and development among public universities and col- leges - and second among all uni- versities and colleges, according to a recently-released National Science Foundation study. University Vice President for Research Wil...…

…01 ARTS TheMihian.alyWeneda, Jauay,199 PaeI Disaster 'Leap' Steve Martin's latest in a long line offlops by Michael John Wilson unbehevable the crowd's swooning Steve Martin may be a fine comic becomes. It's about as close as we're actor, but his taste in scripts is chroni- going to get to see Steve do stand-up cally impaired. In corn like "Father of nowadays. And his cynical, unsenti- the Bride" and "Housesitter," and pre- mental attitude...…

… Sports Wednesday Trivia When was Michigan's last undefeated football season? G4e , YCi t tt t ttt1 Inside Sports Wednesday Football Basketball Hockey 3-5 6 7 (For answer, see page 3) W E D N E S D A Y I TheMicigaDilyWdns r-I oses are Iue, 38- I Husky defense aids Blue revenge by Albert Lin Daily Football Writer PASADENA - For Michigan players and fans, this was a long time coning. So they savored the moment together, ne...…

…*I Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Sports Wednesday - January 6, 1993 OF COARSE WE CAN It's Our Motto. Enough Said. WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER A a 1 40 c ° ON ALL NEW TEXTBOOKS TO STUDENTS USING THEIR ENTREE PLUS CARDS. GOOD THRU JAN. 31ST. MICHIGAN UNION BOOKSTORE Ground floor of the Michigan Union 0 Open 7 Days a Week -995-8877 ENTREE PLUS, VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS 01 III i's <; …

…The Michigan Daily -Sports Wednesday- January 6, 1993 - Page 3 Josh Dubow Clean slate signals new Michigan era Y PASADENA - When Gary Moeller walked off the Rose Bowl field last Friday, he had achieved in three seasons what it took his prede- cessor Bo Schembechler 12 seasons and six trips to Pasadena to accomplish - a Rose Bowl triumph. Now, Moeller can set his sites on a jewel Schembechler never found - a national champ- ionship. Schembe...…

…0 Page 4-The Michigan Daily- Sports Wednesday - January 6, 1993 I C H I G A N 3 . Dream Weaver Tony McGee fashions storybook ending to career Wheatley Rushing Player Att Yds Avg Lq Wheatley 15 235 15.7 88 Davis 9 35 3.9 7 Powers 6 28 4.7 24 Legette 5 12 2.4 4 Grbac 1 -2 -2.0 -2 Total 36 308 8.6 88 Passing Player C-A Yds TD Int Grbac 17-30 175 2 0 Receiving Player No Yds Avg TD .McGee 6 117 19.5 2 Smith 3 19 6.3 0 Alexander 3 18 6....…

…The Michigan Daily - Sports Wednesday - January 6, 1993 - Page 5 ,*- I I A S H I N 0 T 0 3 1 g FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Crowd is small, but Wheatley plays big by Josh Dubow and Matthew Rennie Daily Football Writers PASADENA - The Rose Bowl crowd of 94,238 was the smallest Rose Bowl crowd since 1955, when the Ohio State- USC game drew 89,191 fans. In fact, this was the fifth largest crowd the Wolverines have played in front of this seas...…

…Page 6 -The Michigan Daily - Sports Wednesday - January 6, 1993 NoKA01 Continued from page 1 "Adonis does a lot of things besides scoring. Defense (especially)." Kansas (9-1) fell to No. 4 with the loss. Michigan's 79-78 victory over the Tar Heels Dec. 29 put the "classic" hack into the Rainbow Classic. Both teams displayed Final Four intensity throughout, and with 2:53 remaining, the scoreboard read 73-73. Tar Heel forward George Lynch, who...…

…The Michigan Daily - Sports Wednesday-- January 6, 1993 - Page 7 Penalties *plague 'M' icers in 2-2 tie by Tim Rardin Daily Hockey Writer For the second-ranked Michigan hockey team, Saturday's 7-1 blow- out of Alberta was as easy as Sun- day's 2-2 overtime tie was ugly. The two teams combined for 24 penalties in the second game, with Michigan contributing 13 to the cause. Five of those infractions oc- curred in the second period, as the Wolv...…

…Page 8-The Michigan Daily- Sports Wednesday - January 6, 1993 01 Welcome Sack Universit of Michigan Students If you're new on campus, you may have noticed that other students spend a lot of time at Kinko 5. Drop in and discover why Kinko's is the most popular hangout on campus. We're saving a place for you. r L- - i p_ R 1 1 1 p p p p Quality copy services A f' 0 Full color copies In-store computer rental Presentation mat...…

…0P Me]N4 The Gargoyle is the University's humor magazine,. but no one was laughing when a printer refused to publish the current issue. Thankfully, cooler heads and First Amendment rights prevailed. Most critics agree that director Rob Reiner's "A Few Good Men" is fine film, but the Daily's Aaron Hamburger speculates as to how much Reirvr had to do with it. Riding the crest of a nine-game winning streak, the Michigan men's basketball team op...…

…Page 2--The Michigan Daily- Thursday, January 7, 1993 CLINTON Continued from page 1 Clinton did not back away from his call for higher fuel efficiency standards, which the auto industry opposes. Poling said Clinton told the group he is still in favor of tougher standards but "he didn't want to do anything that was detrimental to the auto industry." The carmakers requested the meeting; Clinton invited Bieber. Aside from Poling, the industry w...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January7, 1993 - Page 3 Bush warns Iraq must ° dismantle weapons WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is preparing a 48-hour ultimatum to Iraq to remove its surface-to-air missiles from a no- fly zone protecting Muslim Shiites ° or risk allied military retaliation, U.S. officials and Western diplomats said yesterday. Final wording of the warning was being discussed by American, French, British and Russian ...…

…Page 4 --The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 7, 1993 be fEiditoran &Ciu Editor in Chief 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 MATHIEW I. RENNIE Opinion Editors YALE (ITRO GEOFFREY EARLE _7-iHE HOLIDAYS ? r ~To 6jvE -ri r~- Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters...…

…ARTS Rob Reiner's' Men' provide a few guilty pleasures murder one of their own during an illegal hazing incident. Enter Demi Moore, an average lawyer who has been working on the case and wants Cruise to put the two men on trial because she believes they were acting under orders issued by base commanderNathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson). "A Few Good Men" skips along entertainingly, breezily, intermittently combining jokes with big dra- matic set ...…

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…The Michigan Daily- Thursday, January 7, 1993- Page 7 British continue oil spill cleanup SUMBURGH, Shetland Islands (AP) - Oil pouring from a wrecked tanker spread along the coast yester- day, and Shetland Island began to w count the cost of the disaster in dead birds, endangered fish and smeared pastures. Stormy seas churned around the wreckage, and controversy swirled as to whether the crew caused the disaster by abandoning the tanker too s...…

…0 Page 8- The Michigan Daily -Thursday, January 7, 1993 A 1 [I'1 I1 Al '' I~;II II Silent Scream Movies without sound are often really annoying, I mean really annoying. The actors flap their arms and make strange contorted facial expressions at the audience. The plots are melodramatic and the actors, the actors... Erich von Stroheim's "Greed" has all those things, yet it remains as one of the most important pieces of cinema since the medium'...…

…Women's Basketball vs. Purdue Sunday, 2 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Lehigh Saturday, 7 p.m. Keen Arena TeMcia DilyThrsa, Jauay ,1995.* Page 'M' begins run for Big Ten title Wolverines hope to derail Boilermakers in conference opener by Ken Davidoff Daily Basketball Writer After a relaxing month of taking on such cupcakes as Duke, North Carolina and Kansas, the Michigan men's basketball team finally gets down to business tonigh...…

…Page 10-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, January7, 1993 nn n AAAAAAAAItItAAA 1. Indiana 6. Illinois 2. Notre Dame 7. Michigan I A 3. Wisconsin 8. Iowa 4. Northwestern 9. Drake 5. Miami (Ohio) 10. Western Michigan Michigan players ranked: 23. Kalei Beamon (singles) I Wolverine Fitness Center Powerhouse Gym Absolutely The Lowest Rates In Town HOCKEY NOTEBOOK Depth rises to lead 'M'during holidays by Tim Rardin Daily Hockey Writer Going in...…

…When a city slicker spends winter break in the Wild, Wild, West, culture shock is inevitable. Read Melissa Peerless' account of her four-day experience on a Texas dude ranch. Nerd finds love Down Under in the Australian coming-of-age movie, "Flirting." Read Michael John Wilson's review of this John Dugan film. Michigan opened the Big Ten season with an 80-70 victory at Purdue, giving the Wolverines their third victory over a top-10 team in f...…

…Page 2 -The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 8, 1993 ENGLER Continued from page 1 Reed said. "The state economy's poor health is much a reflection of the national economy's problems." With the current 55-55 stalemate in the state House, Reed predicted Engler will have a working philo- sophical majority in the legislature and will be better able to implement his agenda in the second half of his term. The report supported the Engler administrati...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 8, 1993 - Page 3 'U' sports solar car at Detroit auto show by Michelle Guy Daily Staff Reporter DETROIT - Ford and General Motors are not the only ones displaying concept cars at the 1993 North American Auto Show. A model of "Maize & Blue" - the University's new solar car - previewed yesterday at Cobo Hall. The car, currently under construction, will compete in Sunrayce 93, a 1,000 mile inter- collegiate ...…

…01 Page 4-The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 8, 1993 ig Midbtgau tEirI s " art; , -_._ -, f r '.r t.4 r s/. ! ! DAN, ApLtAci OF fr1W'cUE -C TREATED' FOR 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 Editor in Chief MATTHIEW D. RENNIE Opinion Editors YAEL Cf FRO GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR -- Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan 1 ' Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 8, 1993 - Page 5 T!r x . V 9r "~ r s?3 A ULD LA NG SY NE M E ETS T H E We sat on the bales of hay surrounding the As I surveyed GUI- group, though, I dance floor, plastic cups of champagne poised lieved to see that I was not the only one and ready. a little out-of-place. With the exceptio Three ... two ... one ... 1-appy Ncw Year. brother, my hunily seemed to be a bit unc We tossed streamers, confetti and...…

…01 Page 6 --The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 8, 1993 01 ................. LOST & FOUND FOUND: Sunglasses found on 12-16 on S. U. near Stucchi's. 761-8753. Describe. * FOR SAL E 1986 HONDA ACCORD, good condition, loaded, $4500/neg. Call chris 761-8382. ADVENTURES IN CHESS. Your complete chess supplier. 414 Kellogg. Call 665-0612 for Appointment, CHEAP HOUSING, stop throwing away your $$ away on renting, INVEST! Own nice mobile home, ga...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 81993- Page 7 California family in stable condition after rescued from storm CEDARVILLE, Calif. (AP) - As coyotes howled, James Stolpa trudged on frozen feet, desperately seeking help in the snow-covered desert for the wife and child he had left sheltered by a sleeping bag hanging from a rock shelf. After 22 hours of wandering through waist-high drifts, Stolpa spotted a highway worker yesterday, and his ...…

…ARF-S TheMiciga Daly ridy, anury ,193 Pge A nerd finds love Sleeping beauties wake by Michael John Wilson Why does it take a non-American to make a good film about growing up? Nearly all the classic coming-of-age tales are foreign films, from "Fanny and Alexander" to "The 400 Blows" to "Murmur of the Heart" to "My Life as a Dog." And what do the Americans make? "A River Runs Through It," "Dead Poets Society" and "Home Alone." lirting Direc...…

… Women's Basketball vs. Indiana Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Wrestling vs. Lehigh Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Keen Arena *FULL COURT. PRESS Clutch Rose play keys Wolverines' late rally by Ken Suguira Daily Basketball Writer WEST LAFAYETTE - One down, 17 to go. While no one's going to call their first step toward a Big Ten title the most treacherous they'll take, make no doubt it wasn't an easy one, either. In the aftermath of the Wolverines...…

…Page 10 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 8, 1993 Wrestlers start by Michael Rosenberg Daily Sports Writer After traveling to Wisconsin, Ohio, and Nevada to participate in tournaments that don't count, the Mich- igan wrestling team opens its regular season Saturday in Ann Arbor. Three teams will visit Cliff Keen Arena tomorrow, and the 12th-ranked Wolverines are prohibitive fa- vorites against all three. Ferris State, Morgan State and Leh...…

…Under the guise of trying to avoid a confrontation, University President James Duderstadt missed an opportunity to stand up against government discrimination. If you're interested in finding out what's wrong with American culture, go see "Hoffa." However, if you're interested in seeing a good movie, look elsewhere. Last season, Wisonsin gave the Michigan men's basketball team a wake-up call in the second game of the conference schedule. This...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Monday, January 11, 1993 RETIREMENT' Continued from page 1 yearly - adding on top of that would be genuinely inefficient," he said. "It raises questions of what tenure means.... If the (University) changed it's policy, (it) would be- come less attractive to faculty as well as students." The 1991 state legislation was implemented to counteract a provi- sion of the federal Age Discrimination Act. The federal Age Discr...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 11, 1993 - Page 3 Elvis fans purchase li*ckable portraits by Will McCahill Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor postal employees re- ported 36,000 Elvis sightings Friday as the long-awaited "young Elvis" stamps went on sale at 12:01 p.m. "You could tell by the way the customers were reacting that sales would be huge," said Dennis Zajac, acting superintendent of the United States Post Office Nickels Arcade bran...…

…Page 4-The Michigan Daily- Monday, January 11, 1993 . ... Editor in Chief MATTHEW D. RENNIE No WARNW , DtONTT ?Af(E ThtE REPLACEMEN.T" 'E?S'aNALLY, IaLT I HAVE A DIF FEPEP47T Vi Sio". FoR -rHE ~Fu1URE.OF THE-wPREIDNTiAL- COUNCIJ- ON PHYSICAL F7W5S5. - I. . . N -1 . ; , ' "; , .. ,' -. . . . -. C .' 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 Opinion Editors YAEL CITRO GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by...…

… ARTS TeMcia Dily onayJauar ,193Pg5 'Hoffa'sucks, just like our culture by Jon E. Altshul "Hoffa" epitomizes how culturally rotten this country is. It's the kind of - movie thatlegitimizes anti-intellectual- ism and perpetuates illiteracy. Overstated? Screw you, I'm a ro- mantic by nature. flj Hoffa Directed by Danny DeVito; - ,written by David Mamet; with Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito and Kevin Anderson. r l Theproblem with "Hoffa" is that ...…

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…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 11, 1993- Page 7 Clinton left to face Republica WASHINGTON (AP) - Ronald Reagan marched into the White House a dozen years ago with a budget he said would erase the fed- eral deficit by 1984 and proclaimed, "There is nothing wrong with America that we can't fix." But last week, President Bush - had to admit that the budget President-elect Clinton inherits is still badly broken, despite 12 years of Reagan-...…

…Page 8- The Michigan Daily -Monday, January 11, 1993 Levinson's 'Toys' is probably the worst movie of the year Dy Camiio Fonteciiia A question lingered in my mind after departing the theater where I Toys Directed by Barry Levinson; written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson; with Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright. and LL Cool J viewed this movie: was Barry Levinson attempting to make a movie for chil- dren that would appeal to adu...…

…Women's Basketball vs. Michigan St. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena SPORTS Men's Basketball vs. Indiana Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. CrislerArena ThmicianDil ona,Jaur 1,193Pg Michigan passes history lesson Ryan Herrington Blue gets revenge, beats Wisconsin easily, 98-73 Road vi*ctorites show 'M means business MADISON - It was a see-saw battle through much of the first half of Saturday's Michigan-Wisconsin matchup. By Wisconsin coach Stu Ja...…

…Page 10 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 11, 1993 Swimmers breeze past Northwestern, 183-114 'M' stars shine in fy ,f. by Charlie Breitrose Daily Sports Writer The matchup of the top two women's swimming teams in the Big Ten showed that things haven't changed. The Michigan women turned in an impressive performance and proved, in front of family and friends, that they are still the power of the conference. "We're the kind of team that...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 11, 1993 - Page 11 WISCONSIN Continued from page 9 Wolverine center. After the game, Fisher was humble in talking about the victory. "I am not only pleased with winning," he said, "but in the way were winning." That "way" was quite evident in Madison. Rather than play down to the level of their opponents, as this team has been known to do in the past, the Wolverines attacked the Badgers on defense, causin...…

…Page 12-The Michigan Daily- Monday, January 11, 1993 Wrestlers win three; ready for Penn State by Michael Rosenberg Daily Sports Writer The 12th-ranked Michigan wrestling team opened its season with three wins Saturday. Wolverine opponents Morgan State,. Ferris State, and Lehigh lost by a combined 80 points. However, Michigan's Sean Bormet, currently ranked second in the country at 167 pounds, was not pleased with the victory. "We need to i...…

…The First Amendment is on the line when the Ann Arbor Board of Education votes tomorrow on how much control public school officials should have over student publications. Mstislav Rostropovich is a noted cellist, but his performance Sunday at Hill Auditorium didn't live up to his reputation. Read Kirk Wetters' review The Michigan men's basketball team will host Bob "Mr. Sunshine" Knight tonight, as his No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers visit Crisler Ar...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, January 12, 1993 GM offers new paint I jobs for peeling cars DETROIT (AP) - Peeling paint work out deals on affected cars, with on some General Motors Corp. cars GM paying up to the full cost of a and trucks has led the automaker to new paint job. tell its 13,000 dealers to cut deals That's not good enough for the with customers for new paint jobs on Center for Auto Safety, the Wash- affected vehicles. ...…