…Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom W e y Vol. XCVIII, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, May 6, 1988 r Daily 6,000 'U' graduates celebrate Alternative graduation ceremony praises activists BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE About 25 graduating student ac- tivists pledged to "let their light shine" and to continue to work for social change during an alternative commencement ceremony last Saturday afternoon in Rackham Amphitheater. "Our goal is not to go ou...…
…~rb £diijuu Bailg Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom - -Vol. XCVIII, No. 2S Ann Arbor, Michigan- Friday, May 13, 1988 ri°x1 BUFFALO, CORNELL HEADS MAY BE CONSIDERED Regents close in on new president BY RYAN TUTAK would be selected within 30 days. said. He added, however, that the regents have the position within the last four weeks. Top candidates for the next University Though Brown would not comment on kept their search confidential fro...…
…Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII No. 3S Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, May 20, 1988 I*, 0 Regents talk about ..,j i tMSA funds BY RYAN TUTAK MSA's student fee should be split The University's Board of Re- into mandatory and voluntary fund- gents reopened debate about the ing. He said the portion of the fee Michigan Student Assembly's fund- allocated toward common student ing at its monthly meeting yesterday, services - such a...…
…be Etiguu DuIIQ Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVaII No.4S Ann Arbor, Michigan- Friday, May27,1988d Search could be finished NY Library head may be 'U' President BY RYAN T UT A K president, said the announcement of The University's Board of Regents the next president is imminent, but offered New York Public Library would only confirm that five candi- President Vartan Gregorian the post dates remain. of University President two ...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 MSA prepares budget, response' to regents' anger about actions BY RYAN TUTAK pletely antagonistic this time because our presentation Michigan Student Assembly leaders have postponed could mean whether we get funded." submitting their budget request to the University's M Board of Regents to have time to gain the board's sup- MSA President Michael Phillips, an LSA senior, port, one MSA official s...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 13, 1988 by students about comments that students on campus," he said. "For Steiner had made," said Orlando me, I found it interesting." Bagwell, the show's producer- Bagwell said his production team director. "But we found it was included the University in the Continued from Page 1 becoming a debate between students program because of student reaction ONE notable omission, some and the administration,...…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 t MSA. RIORDAN also disagreed with R e g e n t s "MSA represents the students Nielsen's funding plan. "Before a de- who take the time to be represented," cision to pursue a plan like that is Continued from Page 1 he said. "The students support what made, the regents have to be very senting students who disapprove of MSA is doing. My constituents positive that the system we have MSA's policies....…
…Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 Sh ies such as the regents must an- e a rc nounce all meetings when more than a quorum is present. The FOIA re- Continued from Page 1 quires that public bodies release pub- and less than 12 candidates remain. lic documents upon request. Brown, who has not discussed candi- Judge Ross Campbell of the dates in the past, said he would nei- Washtenaw County Circuit Court ther confirm nor deny a po...…
…The Michigan Daily- Friday, May 6, 1988-Pag.3 City council may ban downtown skateboarders BY PETER MOONEY Ann Arbor's downtown skateboarders may soon find their favorite mode of transportation subject to criminal penalties. Last Monday, the Ann Arbor City Council gave initial approval to an ordinance that would ban skateboarding in downtown shopping districts. Mayor Gerald Jernigan said he proposed the ordi- nance in response to complaints fr...…
…The Michigan Daily- Friday, May 13, 1988 - Page 3 Group pickets at Burger King to save whales BY CATHRINE STEENSTRUP About 25 Greenpeace members picketed in front of Burger King on East Liberty at noon Wednesday to protest Iceland's violation of an in- ternational ban on commercial whale killing and Burger King's continued purchases of Icelandic fish products. Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, held similar protests in 1...…
…n Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 - Page 3 destroys Diag shanty a zr>.. . '.. , x , , ~ .r. ; s ''' t f c Fake.. e 4 4,,..: ., 5 ,x ." P " . BY DONNA IADIPAOLO The painted words "Where is our anti-racist shanty?? Burned to the ground" cover the charred remains . where the Diag's anti-apartheid sym- ~ bol once stood. The wooden shanty, built in 1986 y to protest South African apartheid, was found in flames by a campus se- curity official at 3:3...…
…ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Members of various student groups help to rebuild a shanty in the Diag. The shanty was burnt down two weeks ago. Groups hpe to 4rebuikishanty BY DONNA IADIPAOLO "Are you going to put a guard out took two hours, members of UCAR When a child walking through the to watch this one?" one shanty and FSACC answered passerbys' Diag Monday afternoon cried, "What builder asked. questions about the shanty's mean- are they making, mommy...…
…Page 4 --The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 -a- - , "I wouldn't be surprised if this at an event like graduation. attitude is "hard to reconcile, and has G rad u ation was the last graduation held in the He added that the University may gone on for over 100 years." tadium," he said, adding that the make some changes for future cere- The regents distributed four hon- ceremony might be broken down to monies, such as breaking them down o...…
…Page 4 - The Michigan Doily - Friday, May 13, 1988 'U' raises Black faculnumbers BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE hiring minority faculty a priority The University has hired 12 new because of negative publicity from Black faculty members - more than recent student protests against cam- in any previous year - will pus racism, Morris said. probably hire six more minorities, There is "no doubt that the social and has 12 additional offers under protest in th...…
…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 Peace activist addresses American militansm BY JEFF HASS Peace activist Brian Willson, who made headlines last fall when he lost his legs after being hit by a train during a protest against contra aid, told Ann Arbor residents they should not allow the U.S. government to commit violent acts. "We need a revolution of consciousness so that the rest of the world can live in peace and justice," W...…
…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 Chemical spill creates anirac.smpentpotentialhazard anti-racism center BY KRISTINE LALONDE tered the building wearing air masks A University employee spilled a to determine how to handle the BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE initially funded the center, but gallon of highly flammable chemi- problem. The University's first anti-racist UCAR will seek supplementary cals in the C.C. Little Building The spill,...…
…several "positive" actions MSA has M SA taken this year, such as opposing "passing up" at football games and Continued from Page 2 improving decorum at commence- rcistnd anti - a n a ment. But he added, "they have cre- racist, and an ti-lesbian/gay ated more headaches than they have hypocrisy." But the assembly voted resolved." to rescind this clause in the face of MSA, which now receives a $7 strong constituent opposition at its mandatory stu...…
…'U' fliers oppose anti-gay bigotry BY VERONICA WOOLRIDGE A new hot pink and black "Tell Someone" poster affixed around University buildings encourages people to speak up about harassment based onsexual orientation. The University has sent 2,550 copies of the posters to University departments and academic units this spring. They are the newest addi- tion to the "Tell Someone" series, which highlights University policy on discriminatory acts bas...…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 -Page 5 Michigan rape prevention groups "MANY people believe that and unmarried people. parent to the senators," Pollack said. R p e have pushed for a change in the when you get married you get sex "Not a single voice was raised statute since the state's Criminal whenever you want it," said Steiner. Sen. Lana Pollack (D-Ann Arbor) nt ( bgle ice to te Continued from Page 1 Sexual Conduct Statutes, inclu...…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988- Page 5 ROTC students gear up for military careers BY ERIC LEMONT Many University Reserve Officer Training Corps graduates - after years of mental and physical preparation - will soon reap the benefits of their work by becoming Second Lieutenants in the United States Army. Annette Taylor, who became an officer a month ago, said she is "ready to get on to the real Army" after four years each of high sc...…
… OPINION Page 6 Friday, May 6, 1988 The Michigan Daily I Dishonorable degree Unsigned editorials represent the majority views of the Daily's Editorial Board. Cartoons and signed editorials do not necessarily reflect the Daily's opinion. A vitory for Bo THE REGENTAL DECISION-TA- give Bo Schembechler the dual positions of Athletic Director and head football coach creates a rare opportunity to applaud the Uni- versity administration. P...…
…OPINION Page6 Friday, May 13, 1988 The Michigan Daily Ecology Center should dump Domino's: .... _Compromising values Unsigned editorials represent the majority views of the Daily's Editorial Board. Cartoons and signed editorials do not necessarily reflect the Daily's opinion. Framing the question of research: D iversi*ficatio WHAT MIGHT RESEARCH have to gain from diversity? This question was at the center of an invitational Diversity Symposi...…
…OPINION The Michigan Vaily Page 6 Friday, May 20, 1988 The Michigan Daily I Republicans threaten free expression REPUBLICAN MEMBERS of City Council are threatening the open nature of our community and the rights of citizens to freedom of ex- pression by proposing ordinances which would ban postering and re- strict skateboarding. The Republicans are trying to justify the skateboard restrictions by saying they will prevent destructio...…
…OPINION Page 6 Friday, May 27, 1988 The Michigan Daily Pfl i Racism strikes at shanty I Vol. XCVIII- No. 4S Unsigned editorials represent the majority views of the Daily's Editorial Board. Cartoons and signed editorials do not necessarily reflect the Daily's opinion. Secretive search THE UNIVERSITY BOARD of Re- gents is violating the essence of the state of Michigan's Open Meetings Act (OMA) by secretly conducting their search for the Unive...…
…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Friday, May 6, 1988 Page 7 Muslim rebel's holy war in Afghanistan Tamim Adnani is a Mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan. Last week on April 28, he visited Ann Arbor to raise funds for the Mujahideen struggle against the Soviets in Afghanistan. "Mujahideen" is the collective Arabic name for Muslim fighters, and is the popular label for the Afghan rebels fighting the Soviet's Afghanistan invasion. He is a Pale...…
…PERSPECTIVES Friday, May 13, 1988 The Michigan Daily Page 7 Eve: The logic, lore, and legend By Veronica Woolridge She was a perfect woman - fresh, new, healthy, unscarred by the marks of time and age. She had a companion whose name was Adam. He was the first man and she was the first one of her kind - a woman. She was tempted by a serpent to eat a forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge and of good and evil. She ate the fruit to be wis...…
…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Friday, May 20, 1988 Page 7 F s" t Integrate curricula ._. ._ mmw y C) NOW _ Imw + BY ANNA SENKEVITCH In an attempt to address issues of diversity in the classroom as well as in public forum, the University's Department of English has imple- mented a version of academic cul- tural diversification. After June 15, every University student who declares an English major must complete an elective class which ...…
…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Friday, May 27, 1988 Page 7 "Col." Tackett writes a self defense: Raise the minimum wage BY KEN FLETCHER omy. The money would be used to economy and are hardly at risk o . pay off debt, bid up prices for going under by providing a decen Currently there is great debate stock, gold or real estate, or be working wage. Companies in sei going on throughout the nation on spent overseas. vice-oriented business em...…
…Page 8- The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 GRADUATION: Circumstance outweighed pomp at Michigan Stadium last Saturday as graduates showed there are many ways to celebrate - few of which include actually watching the ceremony. A . v . M. f , , < ,' . { a; ;: f ' ':... . a . I Seniors walk to commencement on the train tracks by Elbel Field. LSA students Susan Kelly and Jand Shulman's commencement address. …
…page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 13, 1988 Faculty Continued from Page 4 faculty and administrators . STUDENTS responded posi- tively to the hirings, but said they regretted action was not taken sooner. "It's better late than never," said Kelly Johnson, a Residential Col- lege sophomore. She added that the increase in minority faculty will give first year minority students an advantage she did not have. Currently, Johnson said the mo...…
…ARTS The Michigan Daily Friday, May 20, 1988 Page 8 Meat Puppets stir up sun-soaked sounds BY TODD SHANKER a punk/hardcore band. What was it, angst, I mean we're not just flailing. guys going "All right, line-up god- being slammed down) Ahh, much Deep in the dust-storm swirl of like being known and treated like a We've played together so long that damn it!" And then you have this better. But as far as MTV goes, fuck the Arizona extension of Me...…
…ARTS The Michigan Daily Friday Mav 27. 1988 Page8 1 Sibbles stalks to reggae beat BY TODD SHANKER reggae vocals. But as reggae music shot like an f' L EROY Sibbles, the former MX-missile from the '70s into the head Hepcat of the Heptones, will '80s, an abundance of musical inno- pussyfoot into town with his pulsat- vation quickly transmogrified tradi- . ing reggae vibes Monday night at the tional roots rhythms into a variety of, Blind ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988- Page 9 JOHN MUNSON/Dt Champagne rained as LSA Dean Peter Steiner announced the graduation of the LSA students. had their minds elsewhere during Marshall A new University alumnus cartwheels for joy on the football field. …
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…Arts Update The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 - Page 9 M r +atudayBring canned goods, old clothing, or a donation. -Tom Paxton, a real '60s folkie, ap- -Local musician Ragnar Kvaran puts M pears at the Ark at 7:30 and 10 p.m. on a free noon show at Liberty Plaza. ... Detroit's Kenny Burrell, an -The Dance Building hosts four dance -Retread night at the local song and internationally known jazz guitarist companies in Studio A at 8 p....…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 - Page 9 Arts Update your chance tonight at the Open Rick's ... Viv Aukaldren bring their Stage of Sottini's Sub Shop on Middle Eastern metal sound to the -Faculty members Cathy Lichtman Fourth Street. Festivities start at 10 *Twin brothers Sandor and Laszlo Blind Pig ...'-Kirt Suomalo interviews Living and Gay Delanghe present 5 new p.m. Slomorits form the aptly-named - Colour on his CBN show between...…
…Page 10- The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 Construction sites clutter campus BY DONNA IADIPAOLO ning study which tries to solve A deluge of new construction problems such as pedestrian cross- projects has left many central cam- ings and the development of service pus sites looking like war zones - buildings. overrun by bulldozers and surrounded Many students and faculty have by trenches. complained about the campus-wide Among the most v...…
…ARTS The Michigan Daily Friday, May 13, 1988 Pge 10 King Sunny Ade': Multi-marathon man school and ran away from home to scorching Nigerian sun. All the bag just in case Ade' and the Beats BY TODD SHANKER become a musician at the impres- while the bass player tears it up with decide to do an authentic all-night KING Sunny Ade' and his massive sionable age of 17, in the early '60s tantalizing, fleshy sounds that actu- Nigerian dance-a-thon. And...…
…SPORTS The Michigan Daily Friday, May 20, 1988 Page 10 Blue blows title chance BY MIKE GREIFENBERG Entering the final weekend of Big Ten play with a two-and-a-half game lead over Minnesota, the Michigan women's softball team's hopes of a conference championship were bright. Following the weekend, the team found themselves with its sec- ond consecutive Big Ten second- place finish. Three one-run losses at fourth- place Indiana along with a fo...…
…Page 10-- TheMichigan Daily-Friday, May 27,1988 Faculty fights Group seeks to tenure clock change $5 pot law BY JOANNA DALY their academic departments, a sub- BY PATRICK STAIGER But City Councilmember Jeff University assistant professors committee of their college, and the Leaders in Prevention, a local Epton (D-2nd Ward) called the effort have to beat a six-year "clock" in University Executive Committee, anti-drug group, last week launched a ...…
…ARTS he Michigan Daily Friday, May 6, 1988 Page 11 'That'll Be The Day' arrives with drama BY LISA MAGNINO PERFORMANCE Network puts the old saying "It's all according to your point of view" in rspective this weekend in its latest production, That'll Be The Day. Written by former Hopwood Ninner and one of Performance Net- kork's six playwrights-in-residence, 1l Sjoerdsma, the psychological rama centers on a convicted mur- erer who recites the ...…
…rts Udate The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 13, 1988 -- Page 11 Friday^mer for Bob Seger, and his band the bands and actors are scheduled to ap- Issue, headline a benefit concert for pear, and Fully Loaded will perform r Nthe Center for Independent Living afterwards. *French North African guitarist Pierre tonight at the Blind Pig ... The -The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre bluegrass to the Ark, with a little bluesy-rock of Steve Nardella's Rock g...…
…The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 - Page 11 Wolverines 'strongarm' rest of Big Ten opponents m ing the right to host this weekend's Drvesplayoffs. In the end, it was the pitching that won these hnors Ds " 'ite"the" °wBY MICHAEL SA LINSKY was the pitchers, who had to hold atnint h itr n'8- thatlea asMiciga cold nlyaddattention to the hitters in '88 - Going into this past weekend's that lead as Michigan could only add Finken's new Michi...…
…SPORTS The Michigan Daily Friday, May 27, 1988 Page 11 ROBIN LOZNAK/Daily Michigan State third baseman Jeff Bonchek successfully steals second base as Wolverine Matt Morse takes the high throw. The Spartan team was also successful as it beat the Wolverines, 4-2, in last weekend's Big Ten tournament. Playoffs- Continued from Page 1 walking only four. Michigan batters were angered by the home plate umpires calls throughout the contest, but the...…
…Page 12 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 6, 1988 A Uts date Odd Sox bop into Rick's to celebrate their recently released second single. Tue day IThe Ann Arbor premiere of Summer It's the first weekend of vacation and is tonight at the Michigan at 6:30 -U. est nls rfso ae luckily there are lots of ways to cel- itoghatheMcgnat63University English professor James ebrate thse laz h az y p.m. It's about a woman abandoned Winn presents a slide sho...…
… EXCITING SUMMERJOB " Have fun all day in the sun " Then work a few evening hours at M =C IGAPN TELEFUND " Go out with your friends after work and party! Museum tosses 'Bouquets'of art BY PREETI MALANI PICASSO and pansies? Rodin and roses? Monet and mums? Calder and calla lilies? Now you can enjoy the natural beauty of spring in Ann Arbor with Bouquets to Art, a special exhibit at the University's Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Friends of th...…
…Page 12- The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 20, 1988 'M' wins Big Ten; NCAA's next BY ADAM BENSON season dominated by the Wolverines. season's Big Ten Player-of-the Year. berg, Washington, seniors Jon Mor- we are ready to compete again. First, The sixth-ranked Michigan men's "We didn't lose a match, and that Last year, Goldberg was the NCAA ris and Ed Nagel were all members of we have to get our physical and tennis team is headed to Athens, is a...…
…Page 12 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 27, 1988 NAGEL REMAINS IN INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION Netters lose in BY ADAM BENSON Michigan lost earliert Throughout this year, Michigan's sports have their star, Robbie Wei been involved in several cliffhangers. The football player. This time we team waited till the final minute to defeat Alabama Wolverines and their st in the Hall of Fame Bowl. The women's softball After getting blown team held the con...…
…SPORTS e Michigan D oily Friday, May 6, 1988 Page 13 SBo supporters flock to defend new AD Y STEVE BLONDER The University's Board o f egents' decision to name Michigan otball coach Bo Schembechler as new athletic director has met th a positive response. "It's the greatest thing that could ave happened. Bo is the best choice >r the school, and the best choice r Michigan. That's what it's all bout," said Richard Caldarazzo, a rominent alumnus. ...…
…SPORTS rL_ i _L ___ ncl.. _ I The Michigan Daily Friday, May 13, 1988 P,,o 1' 4.1 rage I Ups and downs for Michigan Gillette leads Blue to sweep over EMU BY MICHAEL SALINSKY Michigan got the lift they needed Wednesday. After dropping three of four to Ohio State over the weekend and splitting with Toledo on Tues- day, the Wolverines enjoyed a dou- bleheader demolition of Eastern Michigan. The Wolverines won the first game, 6-2, behin...…
