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… AIDS laws may .harm, not help LANSING (AP) - AIDS legis- lation slated to take effect at the end Hf the month could do more to spread the deadly disease than quash it, human rights activists say. tThe bills, including one that would make it a felony for people infected with the AIDS virus to have ;sex without first telling their part- ner, were passed without much fan- fare at the end of the 1988 legislative session. The measures include incr...…

… 'Journalists to meet, The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 1989 - Page 3 'U' Council at 'U' for BY DONNA IADIPAOLO Potential administrative control, advocacy journalism, and protest against biased coverage are not is- sues limited to The Michigan Daily. Within the past year, staff mem- bers at the Dartmouth Review, San Francisco State's Golden Gator, and the Minnesota Daily have also been forced to confront these issues. "I'm most concer...…

…Author speaks on Palestinian revolt The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, March 22, 1989 - Page 3 Survey says. 0 1600 par i g BY GUS TESCHKE Author and journalist Christopher Hitchens spoke yesterday evening on I'The Palestinian Revolution." The talk, sponsored by the Palestinian Solidarity Committee, touched on nany topics related to the Pales- tinian mass uprising, or intifada, and Israeli and U.S. policy. Hitchens called the intifada a rev- olut...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 23, 1989 - Page 3 Groups fight to clean up toxic waste sites BY STEPHEN SCHWEIGER WITH WIRE REPORTS Two thousand toxic waste sites in Michigan could be cleaned up with money voters approved last fall under the Environmental Cleanup Bond, if a state program patterned after the federal Superfund were to be implemented, environmentalists said yesterday. The Comprehensive Cleanup Act, proposed and supporte...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 24, 1989 - Page 3 Speaker reveals unknown artists ay Ann Maurer and lMatthew Shankin The words "women" and 'sauppression" have been synony- mous throughout history in the field of art. 'Only in the last decade have *omen artists gained acceptance and world-wide recognition. But for Scandinavian women artists, the repognition is slow coming. Last night, Danish writer Grethe iolmen spoke on the unrecognized ac...…

…I Fl- Reporters discuss college papers Y KRISTINE LALONDE AND MICHAEL LUSTIG If The Michigan Daily hosts a conference, and its editor-in-chief speaks, and if the Daily reports on the conference, is the Daily making' the news? Panelists from across the country discussed such questions facing col- lege newspapers - like journalists making the news - during a conference sponsored by the Daily and the University's communica- 'tions department on...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 28, 1989 - Page 3 I u Activists remember Three Mile Island nuclear tragedy HARRISBURG (AP) - Anti- nuclear activities marked the 10th anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident with renewed warnings yesterday that the health effects are hidden and the lessons forgotten. Scientists and nearby residents held news conferences at the state Capitol and a vigil was planned out- side the plant ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 29, 1989 - Page 3 Faculty Continued from Page 1 cruiting, how can he set up an agenda?" questioned junior Kathleen Michaud, co-host of "Women's Rites and Rhythms" on WCBN. i During his speech, Duderstadt. said other University administrators - including Provost Charles Vest and Vice President and Chief Finan- cial Officer Farris Womack - are attempting to increase the number of women faculty through a fam...…

…Forum focuses on __ The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 30, 1989 - Page 3 'An Evening with students' m BY LAURA COHN Students today consider the quan- tity of knowledge acquired in a sec- ondary education more important than the ethics involved in learning, said Nicholas Steneck, who addressed 100 people last night about "Ethics in a Diverse University." Steneck, an LSA History prof. and the director of the University's Collegiate Institute...…

…Foreign students 'gather BV BARRIE BERSON On March 17, MSA's Interna- tinal Student Commission held a conference on campus for interna- tional student association presidents. Nations such as Indonesia, Israel, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Ger- many, the Netherlands, and the United States were represented. , The ultimate purpose was "to get community members to get to know one another and discuss concerns of international students particularly a...…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Monday, March 6, 1989 The Michigan Daily 'i Vote The following proposal is a collective initiative by members of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. It is therefore proposed that the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts adopt as a requirement for graduation that each student take at least four hours of course- work devoted principally to the extensive literature on the nature, histo...…

…a OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, March 7, 1989 The Michigan Daily Rushdie perpetuates stereotypes By Muzammil Ahmed "Salman Rushdie must die." Actually, this statement is a more passionate way of saying that Rushdie's book, Satanic Verses, should not be published. There are several reasons why Muslims like myself might feel this way. First, Salman Rushdie assaults our values, our way of life, in short, our whole religion and everything relate...…

…OPINION Wednesday, March 8, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily Life in the liberated zones By Bill Gladstone This is the third in a series on El Salvador. In the last nine years El Salvador has made remarkable progress in healthcare, education, and the development of demo- cratic government. Access to hospitals, universal education, and mass political participation in local decision-making have been introduced under extremely ad- verse con...…

…I OPINION Page 4 Thursday, March 9, 1989 The Michigan Daily Men must work to stop V By Scott Englehart David Smith, in his column "Feminists far too angry" (Daily 2/23/89), does both women and men a disservice by calling himself a feminist. As a male I find his letter particularly offensive. He is a typical example of our sexist society. He pretends to be a hippy groovy liberal when in real- ity he is a hypocrite scared by his own s...…

…4 OPINION Friday, March 10, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily 3be £irbian tdQaly Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Puerto Rican experience: Imperialism and I By Jesus Irizarry and 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Vol. IC, No. 109 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. Hig...…

…OPINION Monday, March 13, 1989 Page 4 The Michigan Daily -br £ idijau flailjj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan I Threats then and now 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Vol. IC, No. 110 * THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGENTS COMMUNICATION * ITEMI FOR INFORMATION 4 "' /?70 A4 e4,, Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All oti ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do n...…

…OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, March 14, 1989 The Michigan Daily 40 be idig aniaig Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 111 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All oti'ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Victory for students f IN A PROFOUND example of the power of student uni...…

…OPINION Pdge 4 Wednesday, March 15, 1989 The Michigan Daily The price of standardized testing Di alogue I $30,000 20,000 10,000 On February 22 and 28, reporter Henry Park interviewed Admissions Office Associate Director Donald Swain about SATs (Standardized Aptitude Tests) and other standardized tests, how they are used, and how admissions policies affect the na- ture of the University community and en- vironment. The interview ap...…

…A OPINION Page 4 Thursday, March 16, 1989 The Michigan Daily a0 3be dbidea&nilQ Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 4 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Vol. IC, No. 113 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All otl ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Shanty must survive 6 THE ATTACK on the Palestinian shanty b...…

…a6 OPINION Page 4 Friday, March 17, 1989 The Michigan Daily A history of struggle The following editorial originally ap- peared on November 12, 1987 in An Phoblacht/Republican News T HE CURRENT phase of the war in the Six Counties, which enters its 20th year in 1988 has wrecked many lives. Our people are not to blame for that war, no more than they are responsible for the death and suffering which for- eign interference has brought to ou...…

…OPINION Page 4 Monday, March 20, 1989 The Michigan Daily rbe £kbign &UQail Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Vol. IC, No. 115 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All oti' er cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Protest sham election 0 Clean-up with PIRGIM W HAT IF the U.S. militar...…

…OPINION Page 4 4br 1d44jrau4ai1 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Tuesday, March 21, 1989 The Michigan Daily al Vote far-right out of MSA Vol. IC, No. 116 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All oti ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Vote u Power By Corey Dolgon MSA's elect...…

…0 OPINI The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Wednesday, March 22, 1989 Page 4 WE ARE AMERICANS AND JEWS AND WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW STATE OF PALESTINE. AT THIS HISTORIC TIME PLEASE JOIN US. This historic statement from the JEWISH COMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST has already been endorsed by more than a thousand American Jews including Jewish Professors at over 100 Universities. Whether yo...…

…" A OPINION Page 4 Thursday, March 23, 1989 The Michigan Daily Perspectives on osta Rica By the Coalition for and the public debt had reached the equiva- stricter yet. The sales tax was increased, loans and as its principle export market. In American country impoverishing itself to Democracy in Latin America lent of 234 percent of the nation's yearly the public sector was cut by 5,000 em- order to reduce economic dependence, ex- meet its for...…

…OPINION The Michigan Daily- Friday, March 24, 1989 Page 4 0 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynard St. Never again: Remember the Holocaust Vol. IC, No.119 Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All ot1 ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. FBI chief tarnishes Law School commencement: Say...…

…4 OPINION Page4Monday, March 27, 1989 The Michigan Daily 4 Who By Lucy Lippard The following article was condensed from the March 1989 edition of Zeta magazine. Who owns the stars and stripes? This month the Supreme Court will decide Whether it is the state or its citizens. Is "symbolic speech" (actions and im- ages protected by the First Amendment? This month the Supreme Court will decide whether radicals and artists are second-class cit...…

…4 OPINION The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 28, 1989 Page 4 4 abl£ kbigau aiij Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Aid for food, not for guns 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor. MI 48109 Vol. IC, No. 121 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All ot er cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. Participate in Awareness Week: Support g...…

…E OPINION 'The Michigan Dailyv Wednesday, March 29, 1989 Page 4 4 Pbr £kbljau Bailj Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan 420 Maynar d St Affirm multiracial heritage Vol. IC, No. 122 Ann Arbor MI 4$109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All oti ar cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. By Karen Downing This campus i...…

…4 OPINION Thursday, March 30, 1989 Page.4 a 41 El Salvador: a people united By Mike Fischer This is the first in a two part series. On November 15th of last year, be- tWeen seventy-five and one hundred thou- sand people marched through downtown San Salvador demanding that the govern- ment negotiate with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) to end Fl Salvador's decade long civil war. "We havn't seen anything this big ...…

…4 OPINION The Michigan Daily Friday, March 31, 1989 Page 4 I In By Mike Fischer This is the second of a two-part series The most important of El Salvador's more radical popular movements - with very strong connections to the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) - is the Movement for Bread, Land, Work and Freedom (MPTL). Though it only went public this last July, the MPTL traces its i El Salvador origins to work undertaken on behalf ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 6, 1989 -Page 5 Tower admits that he still drinks; but reconfirms pledge WASHINGTON (AP) - John Tower yesterday reiterated his pledge to stop drinking if con- Oirmed as secretary of defense, but said he saw no reason to do so otherwise and accused his detrac- tors of "hypocrisy." Tower also grew a distinction between the past "excessive" drinking he has admitted to, and an alcohol abuse problem that would d...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 1989 - Page 5 Martha Cook campus in rec leads I BY STACEY GRAY Some dormitories and campus housing units collect newspapers, some cut up their cardboard boxes, and others collect tin cans and glass. Residents of Martha Cook are familiar with all of these recycling methods - along with many others. "Next to Oxford Housing we're probably the leading recycling group," said Martha Cook resident Emily Fryd...…

…The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 8, 1989 - Page 5 Students use graffiti to remember friends Michael Lee, LSA Senior, pauses to look at graffiti in front of the Kresge building. The graffiti commemorates the death of two university students killed last year by a drunk driver. The students we their spring break trip. Survey shows major decine in student drug us BY DIMA ZALATIMO Cocaine; risk, availability and use among BY DONNA IADIPAOL...…

…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Buy me some Thursday, March 9, 1989 Page 5 peanuts. and Cracker Jack BY ALEX GORDON This pre-season preview is solely intended for the Daily readership. Any other rebroadcast or other use of the words, descriptions, and accounts contained below is strictly prohibited without the expressed written consent of myself, the Daily or major league baseball. Enjoy. National League West Los Angeles Dodgers- They o...…

…Artist. BY DONNA IADIPAOLO Museums have become public relations agents for the interests of big business and its ideological allies, photographer and art critic Deborah Bright yesterday said to about 100 students and faculty at the Art and Architecture Building. In her presentation titled "Wait 'Till Donald Trump Buys the Whitney," Bright discussed how the art market has been transformed by the demands of corporate investment and sponsorship. ...…

… The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 13, 1989 -Page 5 Writer dicusses bias in coverage of Israel BY JOSH MITNICK With a press corps of over 800 foreign correspondants, Israel is un- der microscopic scrutiny by the world media. Outside of Washington and Moscow, it is host to the largest amount of journalists in the world. Because of a "double standard" in the news media's coverage of Israel, the world holds Israel to a higher standard than ...…

…ARTS The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 14, 1989 Page 5 Don't panic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy au- thor Douglas Adams to bare The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul BY IAN CAMPBELL THE man who invented the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is coming to Ann Arbor. Douglas Adams will be at the Michigan Union Ballroom to speak of how difficult it is to adjust to Earth when you're from Betelgeuse, or perhaps just of how he created his books, includ...…

…ARTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, March 15, 1989 Page 5 'Garden grows following, hair BY MIKE RUBIN THIS evening's weather forecast calls for cold and rainy conditions, but that big bombastic boom like thunder squared and darkness doubled you'll hear at about 11:30 p.m. won't be meteorological in the slightest. Instead, the earth-splitting squall will be Seattle homeboys and A & M recording artists Soundgarden making their Ann Arbor debu...…

…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 16, 1989 Page 5 The 70s weren't that bad at all BY TONY SILBER What did the 1970s mean to your life? Perhaps after a bit of thinking and reminiscing, the lost and in-, significant decade it is often consid- ered to be may reveal itself to be a little more special than you may think. I miss the '70s. It was my youth, my initiation into an intricate world. Life was simple then, but now, look...…

…Pan Am received warning of bomb The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 - Page 5 Candidate goes door-to-door LONDON (AP) - The British Transport Department said it issued two warnings of a bomb plot in the month before Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Scotland, but the air- line said yesterday the second one came weeks late, by mail. The warnings issued November 22 and December 19, just two days before the disaster that killed 270 people, ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 20, 1989- Page 5 Free Press Continued from Page 1 logo as the Free Press, and was dis- tributed with the paper, grounds for a law suit could be in order if it is found that readers were likely to be confused, Litman said. In addition, The Free Press could bring civil suit against the distribu- tors because they interfered with the distribution of the paper, she said. Because only 3,000 copies of the "Free Fr...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 1989 - Page 3 Mich. House to, debate incinerated Sash bill today Speaker addresses Nicaraguan 'crisis' BY NOELLE SHADWICK The Michigan House of Repre- sentatives is expected to debate today whether to accept a substitute for a proposed bill that would allow in- cinerated ash to be dumped into monofill landfills. The substitute bill incorporates more stringent standards for the dis- posal of incinerate...…

… Arms control ,seminar to meet today BY MICHAEL LUSTIG U.S. and Soviet perspectives on arms control will be the topic of discussion at an afternoon seminar today. Jonathan Dean, a career foreign service officer who was U.S. ambassador to the Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Talks in 1985 and is associate director of the Union of Concerned Scientists, will give the keynote address at 1 p.m. at Rack- ham Amphitheater. Following the speech, severa...…

…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 23, 1989 Page 5 Free expression: Must be defended BY VERA SONGWE The earth beneath my feet gave way and into a new society I was 'born. A society where freedom was the most treasured and valued luxury. I had known freedom before but with it I thought was the need to comprehend the desires of my neighbors. The freedom I talk of now seemed to be rid of this. was so scared and so alone a...…

…Friday Continued from Page 1 away a woman's right to think and act and control her life," said Rhonda Laur, chair of the AACDAR. Laur called for people to join in a "clinic defense" against Operation Rescue's "National Day of Rescue," which is taking place today in recognition of Good Friday. During a "rescue," OR members target a women's health clinic which offers abortions and sit in front of its doors, praying and chanting hymns. In its "de...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 1989 - Page 5 Committee harassment reviews policy BY MARION DAVIS A proposed faculty policy on dis- criminatory acts and behavior con- tinues to undergo revision by the committee which first drafted it last summer. The 18-member committee of faculty members, administrators, University attorneys, and personnel from counseling services, met Friday to discuss provisions of the policy which may be unclear ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 28, 1989 - Page 5 Soviet editor challenges armed forces MOSCOW - (PNS) Through an arch at Pushkin Square, the visitor finds an unmarked door lead-1 ing to the editorial offices of "20th Century and Peace," published byI the Soviet Peace Committee.I The little bulletin - with a cir- culation of 90,000 - is character- ized by some Soviet scholars as "ground zero" in this country's growing debate on national ...…

…Page 5- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 29, 1989 Richter Continued from Page 1 in the Third Ward. "In that ward, probably more than in any other ward, you'll find people voting issues and for the candidate," she said. Richter's involvement with the environmental movement may make her choice to become a Republican seem unusual. She received her de- gree in environmental health from the University in 1966. Since then, she has coordinated ...…

…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Thursday, March 30, 1989 Page 5 Brady would want us to live in happiness BY TARA GRUZEN I wrote this with much help and insight from Jason Putnam I am writing this with a lump in my throat and sense of spirit in my heart at the same time. Each time I start to scream out and curse who- ever is responsible for this tragedy, I think of yesterday and of the music that was played at the end of Brady Gallagher's f...…

…Incumbent Continued from Page 1 councilmember Liz Brater (D-Third Ward). Brater said Jernigan has not shown enough involvement in com- bating the city's problems. "I think he's been a do-nothing mayor." But councilmember Thomas Richardson (R-Fifth Ward) disagrees. He said his Democratic council peers want Jernigan "to take a Coleman Young-like role in a government that wasn't made to be that way." Jernigan agrees with the Republicans interpret...…