…Page 2-Sunday, March 27, 1983-The Michigan Daily Snow flower This snow sculpture created by Terri Dover of Traverse City was originally a 10 caused the flower, which took 16 hours to create, to topple over. AP Photo foot tall daisy. But warm sunshine Drug may aid sickle-cell victims By JAMES BODNER The alteration of DNA molecules through molecular genetics has been psed experimentally to treat sickle-cell anemia and another blood disease, ...…
…4 Page 2-Tuesday, March 29, 1983-The Michigan Daily Drunk drivers face stiffer laws LANSING (UPI) - Backers of Michigan's tough new drunk driving laws, which kick in after midnight tonight, believe the legislation will result in more arrests and fewer high- wax deaths - but they also warn the battle is not over. "It's a big step forward," said Lee Landes, spokesman for Mothers Again- st -Drunk Drivers, the group which helped spearhead last y...…
…4 Page 2-Wednesday, March 30, 1983-The Michigan Daily MSA calls Daily irresponsible By BARBARA MISLE misquoted sources and misrepresent( The Michigan Student Assembly news. voted 15 to 2 last night to endorse a MSA Dental School Representati petition asking for The Michigan Daily David Austin, who made the proposalI to publicly admit to acts of irrespon- support the petition, said he has bei sible journalism. personally offended by the Daily ...…
…Page 2-Thursday, March 31, 1983-The Michigan I Committee LANSING (UPI) - Lawmakers yesterday ap- proved Gov. James Blanchard's proposed $225 million budget-cutting executive order, charac- terized as the last step in getting the state's finances in order. Treasury Department officials, meanwhile, said release of some of the more than $500 million in dpferred aid to colleges, community colleges, schools and local governments should begin within...…
…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 1, 1983-Page 3 Morris wins primary By RITA GIRARDI Vowing to show voters that Mayor Louis Belcher is not what he appears to be, City Councilmember Leslie Morris (D-2nd Ward), emerged victorious in the Feb. 21 Democratic mayoral primary. Morris defeated University law student Thomas Blessing by a vote of 2,046 to 1,602, while Belcher ran unop- posed in the Republican primary. "I PLAN to get the message across...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 2, 1983-Page 3 Council passes lock law for city rental housing By JACKIE YOUNG Peterson who first proposed the or- insulate their residences won't receive Both City officials and landlords have dinance, said he thinks it's (the law) a such glowing landlord support. "The praised a new housing safety law "milestone." "It is the first security lock law went through Council because requiring landowners to inst...…
…HAPPENINGS Highlight Photographer Carl Sams will present a seminar on his craft tonight at the School of Natural Resources. The seminar, sponsored by the Wildlife Society will begin at 7 p.m. at 1040 Dana Building. Films Classic Film Theatre - Rock 'n' Roll High School, 7:30 p.m., Kids Are Alright, 9:15, Michigan Theatre. Center for Japanese Studies - The Bamboo People with speaker Nancy Moldenhauer, noon, Lane Hall Commons Room. Women's Studi...…
…Burford u WASHINGTON (AP) - Anne McGill 8urford, administrator of the embat- tIed Environmental Protection Agency, s urged the White House to back 4way from its claim of executive privilege and give Congress complete access to all the disputed documents it wants, close aides said last night. x She believes the president's refusal to do so is hurting his ability to govern the country, the aides said. "THE KEY is to restore confidence in the pro...…
… The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 5, 1983-Page 3 Kohl confident of win in West German elections BONN, West, Germany (UPI) - Chancellor Helmut Kohl was so certain of victory over Social Democrat Hans- Jochen Vogel in tomorrow's crucial national election he said yesterday he was already planning official trips abroad. Vogel, trailing in the polls, accused Kohl's Christian Democrats of in- sulting him by calling him Moscow's man in discussio...…
…3 Four anti-Klan protesters arrested in minor scuffle From AP and UPI SOUTHFIELD, - Four robed Ku Klux Klan members, led by Im- perial Wizard Bill Wilkinson, dodged eggs and rocks as they pcketed briefly yesterday outside the offices of subur- ban Detroit television station. The four white-robed and hooded Klansmen protested outside the offices of the Southfield-based WXYZ-TV because the station - under public pressure - had cancelled a deba...…
… 17 The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 8, 1983-Page 3 computers added to help financial aid office By BARBARA MISLE Three-hour waits outside the Univer- sity's financial aid office may be a thing of the past next month when 17 new computer terminals arrive to help speed up work, officials said yesterday. Each financial aid conselor will have a terminal in his or her office which will make student records more easily ac- cessible, said Harve...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March9, 1983-Page 3 'U', MSU share minority woes By SHARON SILBAR While minority enrollment figures bhae edged upward in recent years, the . total number of black students on cam- pus has dropped steadily. Statistics recently released in East Lansing show that Michigan State University is ex- :periencing the same problem. MSU lost 12 black students this year over last - far fewer than the Unvier- sity of Michig...…
… The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 10, 1983-Page 3 Reagan warns of Soviet buildup From AP and UPI WASHINGTON - In a blaze of or- chestrated publicity, the ad- ministration yesterday issued a report which President Reagan said gives Americans the "straight facts" on a Soviet buildup to military superiority on the ground, in the oceans, the air and even space. "The Soviets have not slowed the pace of their enormous military buildup," said the...…
…The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 11, 1983-Page 3 HAPPENINGS- Highlight "The Future of 1984," a conference sponsored by the Department of English continues throughout the day today. The conference opens at 9:30 a.m. with a speech by former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy and will in- clude lectures by scholars from the University and from around the country. All events will be held in the Rackham Amphitheater. Films Alternative Action - Mata Hari...…
…I The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 12, 1983-Page 3 Cambridge University to accept 'U' women in fall By JERRY ALIOTTA Who says dreams can't come true? Studlents longing to attend England's reknowned Cambridge University can now make that fantasy a reality, thanks to the University's Center for Western European Studies. New Hall College, one of 26 colleges at Cambridge University, has agreed to accept qualified female University of Michigan ...…
…-HAPPENINGS- Sunday Highlight "A Glimpse into Darkness: Conference on the Holocaust" will begin today with a discussion by the Rev. Franklin Litell of Temple University entitled "The Importance of the Holocaust to Christians" at 2:30 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Cantor Harold Orbach will present "Songs from a World that is No More" at 7:30 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Union. All events are free and open to the public. Films AAFC - Na...…
…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 15, 1983-Page 3 -H APPENINGS Highlight The Michigan Union Dance Series will present a preview of the University of Michigan Dance Company's spring concert, featuring guest choreographer Alvin McDuffie, at 12:10 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. Films AAFC - Breathless, 7 p.m., Weekend, 8:40 p.m., Angell Aud. A. Hill Street Cinema - The 81st Blow, a chronological documentary of the Holocaust pr...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 16, 1983-Page 3 H APPENINGS- Highlight The Research Policies Committee will hold an open meeting this afternoon at 2 p.m. at 102 Lorch Hall to explain proposed policies for monitoring un- classified research at the University: The meeting will include time for the public to express opinions to committee members. Films Cinema II - I'm No Angel, 7 p.m., Bus Stop, 8:40 p.m., MLB 3. AAFC - Cabin in the Sky, 7 p...…
…HAPPENINGS- Highlight It's St. Patrick's Day and in honor of Ireland's rich cultural history, Prof. Bert Hornback will be reading some selections from the work of poet William Butler Yeats at 8:30 p.m. in the International Center. At 7:30 p.m. a film, Yeat's Ireland, will precede the reading. Films Women's Studies - Nobody's Victim and A Jury of Her Peers, noon, MLB. ;2. Conf. on the Roles of Women in the Changing Middle East - A Veiled Revolu...…
…Secret paper details future military policy WASHINGTON (UPI) - A secret Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Pentagon blueprint urges spending The document, which goes into great nearly $2 trillion in the next five years depth about the U.S. need to meet a to bolster America's military might, military challange to its expanding directing deployment of long-range "vital interests" around the world, em- nuclear missiles to supplement MX and phas...…
…The Michigan Daily-Satuday, March 19, 1983-Page 3 Hard start aids black women in 'later life, By TRACEY MILLER Black women are better prepared to deal with old age because they have had to cope with adversity throughout their lives, says a new study from the Un- versity's Institute of Gerontology. "Our survivor hypothesis now suggests that when blacks reach old age, they are not just physical sur- vivors, but also may be psychological survivo...…
…The Michigan Daily-Sunday, March 20, 1983-Page 3 For a real tax break: 4" free help on your return: i. s How 'bou t a belt? Daily Photo by JEFF SCHRIER Sondra Loucks of the Mule Skinner leather shop joined the throngs in the Track and Tennis Building yesterday for the 5th annual 50 percent off Extravaganza. The sale ends at 6 p.m. today. By SHELLY EBBERT While many students spend spring af- ternoons out on the Diag tossing a frisbee or j...…
…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 22, 1983-Page 3 Reagan asks Ruckelshaus to help unsnarl EPA WASHINGTON (AP) - Wiliam Ruckelshaus, fired when he refused to rescue President Nixon from the tangle of Watgergate, was chosen by another president yesterday to help unsnarl the political mess at the Environmental Protection Agency. President Reagan announced Ruckelshaus' nomination as EPA ad- ministrator at an impromptu news con- ference where he...…
…HAPPENINGS- Highlight The Union Arts Program is holding a preview of the music school's production of the opera "The Marriages of Figaro," at 12:10 p.m. in the Pen- dleton Room of the Union. Films Alt. Act. - Hollywood on Trial, 8:30, East Quad, Rm. 126. Cinema Guild - Manhattan, 7 & 9 p.m., Lorch. Cinema II Sunset Boulevard, 7 p.m., Model, 9 p.m., MLB 3. Hill St. - The Andromeda Strain, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Hill St. CFT - M*A*S*H, 7:30& 9:30 p.m., ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 24, 1983-Page 3 Settlement averts Eastern strike .HAPPENINGS Highlight University fraternity men will put aside their Greek insignia and preppy garb tonight just long enough to help decide who will be crowned this year's Mr. Greek Week. The third annual pageant, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theatre, is a spoof of the Miss America contest. Contestants from 33 campus fraternities are schedul...…
… Reagan signs The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 25, 1983-Page 3 jobs bill WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan signed into law last night anti- recession legislation that includes $4.6 billion for food, shelter and public works jobs as well as funds needed urgently by more than half the states to pay unemployment benefits. Final congressional approval came on a voice vote in the House in the af- ternoon, two days after the Senate cleared the co...…
…University co-op council .'honors 50th anniversary The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 26, 1983--Page,3; Aom 04 rtAJ yIC By JACKIE YOUNG Cooperative living in Ann Arbor celebrated its 50th birthday last night as 200 co-op residents packed into the First United Methodist Church for a celebration. Today's residents were brought up to date on what cooperative living was like in the past. Co-op membership coordinator Gigi Bosch, who came to 'Ann ...…
…The Michigan Daily-Sunday, March 27, 1983-Page 3," Reagan stands by his 1 41 decision WASHINGTON (AP)-As President Reagan defended the record of the En- vironmental Protection Agency, his administration moved this week to clean house at the embattled agency where all but three top appointees have now departed. Administration officials privately have expressed the hope that William Ruckelshaus' appointment as head of in EPA scandal the EP...…
…gan Daily-Tuesday, March 29, 1983-Page 3 I FLOC targets state LANSING (UPI), - The Farm Labor Organizing Committee is targeting the tomato and pickle fields of southern Michigan for what it believes to be the first major effort to unionize the state's farm workers, a spokesman said yesterday. Baldemar Velasquez, president and founder of FLOC, said unionizing effor-' ts will be concentrated on 500 to 1,000 acres producing vegetables under c...…
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 30, 1983-Page 3 China opening to west, profs say By SHELLY EBBERT Communist China's relationship with the western world will continue to change as the Chinese government seeks a more open attitude toward western influence, according to two professors from the University's Center for Chinese Studies. Political science professors Michel Oksenberg and Leonard Woodcock discussed their observations of China yest...…
…Feb. economic jump *surprises officials The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 31, 1983-Page 3 t . WASHINGTON - The government's main economic forecasting gauge rose 14 percent in February, the sixth straight monthly increase and an en- couraging sign that recovery from the recession can be sustained. The gain reported yesterday for the Commerce Department's Index of Leading Economic Indicators was less than half the 3.5 percent of January - he...…
…I OPINION r- Page 4 Tuesday, March 1, 1983 The Michigan Daily' How to be an All-American By Barry Witt SThose of you who were out of town ;during Spring Break missed some :really big doings up north last week. No, the biggest news wasn't li'l An- thony's decision to forego his studies in favor of fame and fortune, disappoin- ting Papa Bo who had brought Carter to Ann Arbor for a valuable physical education degree. The big news came o...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, March 2, 1983 The Michigan Daily. PARADE oversimplifies class of '83 I By Steve Masse Sunday papers (Feb. 20) all over the country were carrying the Parade magazine, which ballyhooed the "Surprising Class of '83." Since I usually read the Sunday paper, I did not boycott this issue even though my teeth were grinding at the thought of yet another "analyst" rambling on and on about the so- called changes of col...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 Thursday, March 3, 1983 The Michigan Daily Protest on military research overblown I By Kevin O'Connor From reading The Michigan Daily and the remnants of propaganda around the University (not to mention the graffiti) one would think that the University is engaged in some God- awful, unrestricted, murderous types of research, and the students are fed up. In reality, a small number of students who have access to large a...…
…0 OPINION Page 4 Friday, March 4, 1983 The Michigan Daily Toure: Organization key to uniting blacks 1 .Kwame Toure (formerly Stokely Car- michael) was one of the seminal figures in the '60s black activist and civil rights movements. He now continues his activism 'with the All-African Peoples Congress, an organization working for the unification of Africa. 'Recently, Toure was at the University for it conference on the civil rights movem...…
…4 OPINION Saturday, March 5, 1983 Page 4 The Michigan Daily e IItd4gau iatj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Stewart I t1 h4A ~ o'.T TRAT iZlON L-1f I- L~NA_ W YonJ pR Su vN Vol. XCIII, No. 120 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board A fix for the state N LESS THAN 30 minutes, House l Democrats were able to override Republican opposi...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 The Fights: Art Sunday, March 6, 1983 The Michigan Daily school and others r- HE CRUCIBLE continues and it is the School of Art now under the fiscal flame. Last Thursday art students and faculty filled Chrysler Auditorium on North Campus to plan a reaction to the Budget Priorities Committee recommendation to cut the school's budget by 25 percent. School of Art Dean George Bayliss outlined a campaign that he said would b...…
…0 Page 4 OPINION Tuesday, March 8, 1983 The Michigan Daily. ;{ Walker tackles the NFL farm system By Mike Bradley p Herschel Walker accepted millions of dollars from the evil new United States Football League and everyone in the establishment is crying foul. The junior running back from Wrightsville, Georgia and the University of Georgia decided to ditch his final year of his quest for a college diploma by walking off with an estimate...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, March 9, 1983 The 'U, and change in The Michigan Daily South Africa By Patrick Mason The University's attitude toward the issue of divestment from South Africa must be publicly labelled for what it is - a cruel and callous farce bred in arrogance, ignorance, and greed. The administration would have us believe that because they have begun to con- sider divestment from four firms operating in South Africa tha...…
…0 OPINION Page 4 Thursday, March 10, 1983 The Michigan Daily S SEdie maan Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Military research:Apathy or action will determine policy Vol. XCIII, No. 124 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board x Administration arrogance. In time of sacrifice, another executive A T A TIME when the rest of the rest of the Unive...…
…4 OPINION Page 4 Friday, March 11, 1983 The Michigan Daily Progress and problems with China IM U. S. - Chinese relations have progressed a tremendous amoun- tsince President Nixon's historic visit to mainland China over a decade ago. The two nations have since normalized relations and begun , economic, cultural, educational, and diplomatic ex- changes. Michael Oksenberg, a University political science professor, is an ex- pert on China...…
…4 OPINION . ... .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ........ - -------- -- Page 4 Saturday, March 12, 1983 The Michigan Dail- &W IIithtigau Ial Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 'Specter' of communiE more imagination than fact . Vol. XCIII, No. 126 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial BoardI Big Brother and the FBI By Vladimir Solovyov '" ...…
…4 OPINION - ./ Page 4 Sunday, March 13, 1983 The Michigan Daily Biggest ax yet iimed at School NIVERSITY administrators were not able to keep one of the campus' biggest secrets under wraps for long. Against the wishes of a key University budget committee, the education school dean showed her faculty the results of the school's 10 month review this week. The report is infor- mation University officials had wanted to keep confidential ...…
…C OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, March 15, 1983 The Michigan Daily'. Unions keep unemployment rates high By Mark Gindin it has always struck me as odd that the United Auto Workers, or any other labor union for that matter, has never been prosecuted un- der the same anti-trust regulations that govern the rest of the country. Labor unions meet all the qualifications for prosecution. They are well-versed in the arts of price-fixing, collusion, ...…
…q OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, March 16, 1983 Thq Michigan Dai Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Guilty as charged; newspapers' Vol. XCIII, No. 129 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial BoardI Compromise for Europe FTER MONTHS of talks, U.S. and A Soviet diplomats have negotiated themselves into a virtual standstill in the Geneva talks on nuclear...…
…OPINION . - - __ a ,. Page 4 Thursday, March 17, 1983 The Michigan Daily- RHA eats soup on Campbell's By David Monks Having spent the last five weeks at- tempting to get the Residence Hall Association to'endorse the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's boycott again- st Campbell's Soup Company, I can safely say that the association lacks overall credibility in representing University housing residents. Judging from the actions and at...…
…OPINION Page 4 1!hen does top Friday, March 18, 1983 The Michigan Daily faculty cost too much? By Jonathan Ellis At a recent Campus Meet the Press ap- pearance, Regent Gerald Dunn referred to keeping quality faculty at the University at "the first consideration." This sentiment is echoed so often by President Shapiro, Provost Frye and other University leaders that it begins to seem unquestionable. Who are these "quality faculty" to be ...…
…OPINION Page 4 Saturday, March 19, 1983 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Bringing community values to hardened institutions Vol.:XCIII, No. 132 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, M1 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board Bigger burden for students S INCE 1981, the Reagan administra- tion and Congress have cut more than $2 billion out of student aid programs. ...…
…40 OPINION Page 4 Sunday, March 20, 1983 The Michigan Daily Mayor, IT HAS ALL the makings of a major scandal,, and once again it was uncovered by an ac- cident. The script even has a cast of colorful characters. But this time the leading man isn't King Richard and his cabinet, it's King Louis and the City Council. Ann Arbor's scandal may not be as far reaching as Watergate, but already city of- ficials have begun to call the mayor's Ann...…
…OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, March 22, 1983 Getting the picture of Colu By Bob Wojno wski Last month you probably read newspaper reports that went something like this: Criminal charges against two former Michigan Daily editors were dropped today by the City of Columbus prosecutor's office. Charges against former sports editor Bob Wojnowski and former photography editor Brian Masck for gathering the news, being students, and having first names ...…
