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…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No.11 Ann Arbor, Michigan- Thursday, September 22, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily DSS handicapped by broken buses BY ANNA BONDOC A student who must temporarily use crutches suf- fers from calloused hands after a 30 minute walk to the Diag and must find a ride to a night class on North Campus. When he called the office of Disabled Student Services for transportation, he was told, "I'm sor...…

…4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 Soviets riot over border O . diwsputes MOSCOW (AP) - Rioters burned homes and cars as gunfire rang throughout a city at the heart of an annexa- ton battle between the southern Soviet republics of Ar- penia and Azerbaijan, the official Tass news agency re- ported yesterday. . Officials in Azerbaijan's disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh imposed a curfew and banned gatherings to coo...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 - Page,3 A Group helps tenants deal with owners }BY ROSE LIGHTBOURN Landlord-tenant disputes are commonplace in Ann Arbor, as they are everywhere else. Skyrocketing 3 rents, poor repairs, immense security deposits, and lack of privacy are just some of the gripes tenants have with their landlords. The Ann Arbor Tenants' Union, although its most recent rent control project failed, supports te...…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Thursday, September 22, 1988 The Michigan Daily 4 Allies: Israel and South Africa Dr. Ali Mazrui is a Professor of Political Science in the Center for Afroamerican Studies. He spoke with Opinion Page staff writer Rashid Taher. Mazrui will give a lecture - "Israel and South Africa: Strange Bedfellows or Natural Allies?" - tohight at 7 p.m. in Rackam Amphithe- aier. Daily: The ANC call for a "people's war" against the So...…

…PERSPECTIVES The Michigan Daily Thursday, September 22, 1988 Page 5 Resident- student rapport By Veronica Woolridge The Planet Earth. Somewhere in time. A Saturday drama takes place. Septem- ber 10, 1988. The drama proves to be a socially alarming, controversial incident. The autumn moon, proud of its grey- groomed surface gleamed in the blue-blood sky. The gleam dreamed on Ann Arbor and its "knight" whose breastplate was sten- ciled with j...…

…Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 Burma death toll at 140, riots persist RANGOON, Burma (AP) - Yesterday Gen. Saw Maung became the fourth head of Burma's government in two months. The government said troops have killed more than 140 civilians since the hard-line officer ousted the civilian president on Sunday. Troops killed 67 people, wounded 34 and arrested 100 "in the course of the government's law and order res...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 - Page 7 Japan, state to open new study center k 1 BY MARTIN OTT A Michigan higher education center planned in Japan will offer Japanese language and cultural educational benefits to students under the umbrella of a 20-year-old sister-state relationship between Michigan and the Japanese Prefecture of Shiga. Governor James Blanchard and Japan's Governor of the Shiga Pre- fecture, Minoru Inaba...…

…4 Page 8 --The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 CLASIFIED ADS 764-0557' 4 LOST & FOUND 2 EXPERIENCED Aerobics instructors needed to teach UAC mini-courses. For more info call 763-1107. FOUND--FEMALE KITTEN. A pprox. 3 mo. old, has claws, white and grey. Found in N. Division area. Call 761-8885 after 5. POUND: envelope with cash. Call Rabbi doldstein at Chabad House, 995-3276. LOST: 18 KT. COLD NECKLACE with "I 1kve you." Re...…

…ARTS P Page 9 The Michigan Daily BY MARIE WESAW "WOMEN," states Ellen Lesser, author of The Other Woman, "especially of this generation, aren't naturally going to take to the nurturing role of motherhood." Lesser is not attacking motherhood. Instead, she is defending Jennifer Gold - the main character of her debut novel The Other Woman. The novel opens with Jennifer's realization that what started as a casual relationship with her lover Rich...…

…4 Page 10 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 Ballroom blitz OK, it's three days later, which means that, if you were at the Living Colour/Soul Asylum concert at the Nectarine Ballroom Monday night, your ears may have stopped ringing by now. The two bands invaded the neon palace, pre-empting the regularly-scheduled techno-drone of New Music night, and gave the crowd not only a healthier dose of guitar rock than that establishm...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 - Page 11 ;Thompson: 'If George is the next president, I am the next Phillip Nolan' a Generation of Swine By Hunter S. Thompson Summit Books $18.95/hardcover "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! It has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every foul spirit, a haunt of every foul and hateful bird" - Revelations "I have been whipping on George Bush for two years, calling him everythin...…

…4 Women's Soccer vs. Oakland University Today, 5:30 p.m. Mitchell Field SPORTS Thursday, September 22, 1988 Field Hockey vs. Kent State Saturday, 10 a.m. Tartan Turf The MichiganDaily Page 12 Taylor-Made Quarterback gains rave reviews in starting role *1Y ADAM SCHEFTElI Like the first time you get beat ub by the school bully while all your classmates watch, quarterback Michael Taylor had no where to run or hide. In front of a national t...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 -Poge 13 Kel BY MIKE GILL It is a typical August Sunday in Detroit. The Tigers are in the pennant race, and have just taken the first four games of a five-game series from their nearest competitor, the Boston Red Sox. Life could not be better. Grab a beer. Grab a seat. Turn on the TV. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to Tiger Stadium. I'm George Kell along with Al Kaline and we're about re...…

…4 Page 14- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 22, 1988 Accident threatens to end career of Mets' lefty I I NEW YORK (AP) - New York Mets left-hander Bob Ojeda underwent successful surgery Wednesday after he nearly severed the upper one-third portion of his left index finger with an electric hedge clipper in a gardening accident at his Long Island home. The Mets said Ojeda underwent five hours of microsurgery at Roosevelt Hospital. The...…

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…iitga a Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 10 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, September 21, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Inflation rises despite - - strong economic growth Na ionat die 9 Product WASHINGTON (AP) - An improving trade deficit The government said accelerating inflation accom- Percent change from previous helped economic growth remain strong in the second panied the strong growth. One price measure ...…

….4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 21, 1988 Speech criticizes portrayal of Africa BY KELLY GAFFORD Most Americans see Africans as maleducated, cursed people who live in adverse conditions, Dr. Mutombo. Mpanyna told about 20 people during a lunchtime lecture at the International Center yesterday. "Why can't the American people depict Africa as as a little struggling guy trying to make it?" he asked. Mpanya presented data d...…

… Speech assails South Africa BY PAUL DE ROOIJ Apartheid is immoral and we should get rid of it, an Ayn Rand Institute associate told students and members of the Ann Arbor community at Angell Hall last night. But the alternative, the African National Congress program, is even worse, he said. The only acceptable alternative for Paul Schwartz, who was brought to campus by the Students of Objectivism, is one which fosters "freedom" - and freedom t...…

…4 OPINION _______ ___Wednesday, September 21, 1988 Don't The Michigan Daily blame econ. By Philip Meguire This is in answer to Mark Greer's editorial of Sept. 19. Regarding the introductory quote from Dean Steiner: while his choice of words is debatable, even perhaps tactless, two fun- damental facts remain. First, not enough American Blacks possess completed doc- torates to allow universities to hire many more Blacks into the tenure 'tr...…

…ARTS Wednesday, September 21, 1988 The MichiganDaily Page 5 I I Arlo Guthrie: Monster of folk Sept. 21: Need actors to participate in Play- writing classes. Will involve in- class work on playwright's scenes leading to workshop productions near the end of the term. Playwriting 427 meets 1:30- 4:00 p.m., Mondays. Playwriting 227 meets 1:30- 4:00 p.m., Tues- days. Actors will receive 1 credit per class. Auditions will be held from 7-10 p....…

…4 Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 21, 1988 CLSSIFIED ADS 764-0557 4 LOST & FOUND $50 REWARD. Lost kitten: orange/black mottled coat, medium length very fine fur, last seen at home on Olivia Aug. 30. Please call 668-4030. 2 EXPERIENCED Aerobics instructors needed to teach UAC mini-courses. For more info call 763-1107. FOUND--FEMALE KITTEN. Approx. 3 mo. old, has claws, white and grey. Found in N. Division area. Call 761-88...…

…Football vs. Wake Forest Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium SPORTS Field Hockey vs. Kent State Saturday, 10 a.m. Tartan Turf The Michigan Daily Wednesday, September 21, 1988 Page 7 Adam's Rib, BY ADAM SCHRAGER NFL drug enforcers... ...questionable calls Imagine approaching your car after a hard day's work and noticing a dent 'the size of a crater. Recently, the NFL found a Dent the size of a 275- pound Chicago Bear in its official drug po...…

…4 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 21, 1988 THE SPORTING VIEWS Tigers look ugly as they tumble from the top r BY STEVEN GINNS With the Detroit Tigers (79-71) alone in fourth place entering last night's action, six games behind the Boston Red Sox, it appears they won't win much of anything this season. However, that is not entirely true. The Tigers have already clinched the title for the ugliest baseball team in the mode...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 9 - - -- _ ... . Ann Arbor. Michian- Tuesdav. SAntAmhr 20 1O8 f nnvrinkf I QAA Thin AAirkinnn nrvi*iv "" ". " ." - . . , ,-, .. y... . v.,.. .vr, ..c ..vnwci w, i wv t.opyngnr 1 yao, 1 ne micnigan uauy. President unveils JJHN MUNSON/Doi"y Tennis reflections LSA junior Laura Rackmales practices her game against the backboard at the tennis courts on the hill. new: BY ALYSSA LUSTIGMAN...…

…4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 1988 PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED S. University to get shopping mall BY DAVID SCHWARTZ In addition to campus stores and the Briarwood mall, next year students will have another location to do their shopping - a three-story mall on South University Avenue. By next May, the huge hole on South U. where the Campus Theater used to be will be .transformed into a new $5.3 million mall, called the...…

…. The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 1988- Page 3 I Exchange- student ,,says he was assaulted BY NATHAN SMITH A University exchange student told police he was beaten and robbed by members of a group near the cor- ner of Liberty and Maynard streets early Saturday morning. The attack occurred shortly after another University student was assaulted by the same group, ' 'police said yesterday. Hubert Ladstaetter, an exchange student from...…

…4 OPINION Page 4 Tuesday, September 20, 1988 The Michigan Daily# MSA By Nikita Buckhoy and Elizabeth Paige The following is a story and example of the sexism women face in their'interac- tions with MSA and other elected repre- sentatives. On Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1988, Liz Paige and I discovered that the Michigan insensitive to women ately offended that MSA was giving out douches to women on campus. Histori- cally, women have been subj...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 1988 - Page 5 Library party unveils MIRLYN BY JONATHAN SCOTT The University Graduate library today will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony introducing the University library's newest computer system. The dedication ceremony, scheduled at 2:30 p.m. in the reference section on the second floor, will unveil MIRLYN, a $2.6 milion integrated information system. Library officials who organized the party said...…

…4 Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 20, 1988 CLASSIFIED ADS 764-0557 4 LOST & FOUND $50 REWARD. Lost kitten: oran e/black mottled coat, medium length very fine fur, last seen at home on Olivia Aug. 30. Please call 668-4030. 2 EXPERIENCED Aerobics instructors needed to teach UAC mini-courses. For more info call 763-1107. FOUND: envelope with cash. Call Rabbi Goldstein at Chabad House, 995-3276. FOUND: Women's glasses on 600 b...…

…I Foreign ,studies provide change BY LAURA COUNTS Melissa McCormick knew she should take off her shoes when she entered a restaurant in Japan, but she jwasn't sure what to do with the slippers provided at the table. So she put them on - big mistake. McCormick, an LSA junior, and her friends were scolded by the owner for not knowing the proper social customs: these were strictly bathroom slippers, and they could have destroyed the fragile floo...…

…4 ARTS Tuesday, September 20, 1988 The Michigan Daily Page 8 .............. ....................................... ...........:t.y : . :{ I I A Walter Salas-Humara Lagartija Record Collect It's probably unfair to compare the solo release from Walter Salas- Humara with his work as lead singer of the Silos, but in this case, it seems justified - the album features a song called "Cuba" (the title of one of the Silos' EPs) and backup guit...…

…Football vs. Wake Forest Saturday, 1 p.m. Michigan Stadium _SPORTS Tuesday, September 20, 1988 Field Hockey vs. Kent State Saturday, 10 a.m. Tartan Turf Page 9 The Michigan Daily Big loss to Miami latest in string of 'M' failures The Schef's Specialty BY ADAM SCHEFTER I know. Saturday's game is still giving you nightmares when you go to sleep. You are having trouble paying attention in your classes. You can't get it off your mind. 30-14 w...…

…4 Page 10 - The Michigan Daily- - Tuesday, September 20, 1988 Field hockey takes a beating in east BY ANDREW GOTTESMAN After three tough games in four days produced two losses and a hard- fought tie, the Michigan field hockey team returned home from Massachusetts drained, yet optimistic about its overall .500 record. The weekend began with a 3-0 loss to Boston University on Thursday, and ended on Sunday with a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of...…

…Ninety-nine years of editorialfreedom Vol. IC, No. 8 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, September 19, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily Duvalier aide takes over Haiti Military rule returns to Burma; citizens protest PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Brig. Gen. Prosper Avril, a former military adviser for the Duvalier dictatorship, declared him- self president yesterday after ousting Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy. Avril, adjutant general of the army, sa...…

…4 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988 Football empties libraries, almost BY LISA POLLAK It was Saturday and these students were ready. They woke up, put on comfortable clothes, and got psyched up for the day's events. They took their seats - which were great - and diligently studied the sights before them. After all, there wasn't much else to do. These students went to the library. This is a story about the people who car...…

…. The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19; 1988-- Page 3 Rackham Scores stalk antique mart Market celebrates 20th year BY KATHRYN DEMOTT It's 5:25 in the morning and hundreds of people equipped with flashlights are digging their way through the dark to treasures of a unique kind. These early birds, flocking from booth to booth, are serious about the biggest show of its kind in Michigan. This year the Ann Arbor Antiques Market is breaking a...…

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…4 OPINION Page 6 Monday, September 19, 1988 The Michigan Daily 4 Econ. Dept. fosters elitism 'Solving the problem of underrepresentation of Blacks on university faculties will require, among other things, a revolution in Blacks' attitudes towards higher education comparable to that among white women in the last two decades.' - LSA Dean and Prof. of Economics Peter 0. Steiner (L.S.A. Fall Newsletter, 1987). By Mark R. Greer Professor...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988 - Page 7 POLITICS '88 Sasso's style energizes Dukakis BOSTON (AP) - Michael Dukakis had already begun to fire back at George Bush before former aide John Sasso rejoined his campaign, but Dukakis has become even more combative since, his sharpened rhetoric bearing the stamp of the man he likens to a brother. Exiled from the campaign a year ago, after admitting his role in the videotape that hel...…

…4 Page 8 - The Michigan Dily - Monday, September 19, 1988 SIFIE ADS764-05574 .-I SIIDA LOST & FOUND $50 REWARD. Lost kitten: orange/black mottled coat, medium length very fine fur, last seen at home on Olivia Aug. 30. Please call 668-4030. FOUND: Women's glasses on 600 block of S. Division St. Call Kara at 665-3865. LOST-Gold framed glasses. If found call Bill 668-7529. REWARD $250: male golden retriever lost 8-28. Northwest Ann Arbor, unneu...…

…The Michigan Daily-- Monday, September 19, 1988 - Page 9 Students live politics in DC with internships BY PAMELA CLAPP What were you doing this sum- mer? You could have been a lifeguard at the local pool. Or maybe you flipped burgers at a fast-food restau- rant. But Jill Foley, an LSA senior, was at the Republican National Convention. And Navid Mah- moodzadegan, an LSA junior, spent ,iis summer researching political } parties for the Brooki...…

…4 Page 10-- The Michigan Daily - Monday, Septenber 19, 1988 Married... with children BY LAURA COHN Painted concrete walls and com- munity bathrooms are among the hallmarks of campus housing. Thousands of first-year students are shuttled in each year, and most move out by their junior year. Most students' first taste of the real world is settling into their first off-campus apartment. But for those who live in the University's married hous...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988-- Page 11 Ford probe sales soar DETROIT (AP) - With little advertising and less fanfare, the Fofd Probe is speeding through dealor showrooms, keeping most buyers waiting at least six weeks for delivery of a car that ay be carving its own market niche. Since its formal introduction last May, the Probe, built beside the Mazda MX-6 at Mazda Motor Manufacturing USA Corp.'s Flat Rock plant south of D...…

…4 ARTS Monday, September 19, 1988 The Michigan Daily Page 12 e S Despite the slick production that sometimes Colour's d( dulls and blurs Living ebut,Vivid, Reid's feedback- frenzied fretmanship is scalding enough to melt the goods in your grocer's freezer... constant gigging and tours in which (Soul Asylum) wiped the stage with headliners the Replacements and blew the flab off of Husker Du brought scads of attention from underg...…

…Page 13 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988 Hillel sponsors forum on cinema The Event: -Shanik-Fleischer Forum for 1988 -'Jews in American Cinema" Film 'Festival The Films: -His People, 7 p.m., September 19 A silent film dealing with the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American culture. Musical accompaniment by Michigan Theater organist John Lauter. 'The House of Rothschild, 3 p.m., September 25 -Crossfire, 7 p.m., September...…

…4 The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988-- Page 14 Donald Hall's latest collection filled 4 with ten The Ideal Bakery By Donald Hall Harper and Row/ Perennial Library $6.95/paperback Because Hall (who taught at the University from 1957 to 1977) is first and foremost a renowned poet, it's to be expected that his prose is filled with artistically rendered imagery. The stories in this col- lection succeed admirably on that level; th...…

…SPORTS P Page 15 The Michigan Daily Monday, September 19, 1988 Rush Delivery BY JEFF RUSH Michigan quarterback Michael Taylor had little reason to be upset over his performance in Saturday's football game. He had just thrown 16 completions, the most by tny Michigan quarterback since Jim Harbaugh threw 19 against Ohio State in 1986. Sure, 16 is far fewer than the 24 that Miami quarterback Steve Walsh threw' Saturday. But Taylor plays for ...…

…4 Page 16 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1988 Miami's Gary wary of newfound fame 4 BY PETE STEINERT Miami fullback Cleveland Gary may have succeeded in wearing out Michigan Stadium's artificial surface Saturday in the Hurricanes' dramatic 31-30 vic-tory over the Wolverines. Like a schoolboy at recess, Gary was all over the field. In only his second collegiate start, the 6-foot-2, 226- pound fifth-year senior had a hand in alm...…