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Middle-Eastern profs offer
help in CMU-Saudi dispute
BY MARK ALLEN
UF€ Asststani New* £4tor
Two Middle-Eastern faculty members plan to
meet with a University official today to discuss
Saudi Arabia's boycott of CMU.
Professors Mahmoud Moursi and Bliss 8am'o
will meet with Donald Breckon, acting dean of the
school of Graduate Studies, to offer help in
settling the situation between the University and
the Saudi government. Sam'o, professor of
political science, said the two men may offer to act
aa intermediaries
In December, the Saudi Arabian Education
Mission in Chicago sent Saudi Arabian students
at CMU a letter' telling them to leave the
University before the 1987 fall semester.
Sam'o said be and Moursi, professor of
management arid business administration, may
be able to help the University and the Saudi
government negotiate because they are from the
Middle EastAnd have University ties.
"We're dsing it not because we have influence
but because we belong to both sides. We hare a
vested interest in seeing both sides co-exist,"
Sam'o said.
Sam'o said a misunderstanding caused the
problem.
"We don't think the Saudi government haa
anything specifically against Central," Sam'o
said.
The relationship breakdown began last year
when the Saudi Mission requested CMU regulate
the Saudi Arabian students' curriculums. The
administration refused.
But now, Sam'o said, "the administration
seems to be willing to satisfy the needs of the
Saudi government."
Breckon, in an earlier interview, said the
University is ready to comply with the Saudi
government's request.
Sam'o said he thinks an agreement can be
reached.
"All the universities in Michigan have a good
working relationship with the Saudi government.
Please See SAUDI Page 9
Too long?
Gov. Blanchard set to hand out
pair of eight-year trustee seats
BY WAYNE KAMtDOf
UFE Msnsoing Editor       	
When their CMU Board of
Trustees' terms expire, a pair of
presidential elections will pass by.
The high-school class of 1990
already will have its first batch of
college graduates, and the teams
for Super Bowl XXDC will be
preparing for the big gams.
Gov. James BIsnchsrd is
expected soon to announce his
choices to fill a pair of vacated
Board of Trustees' seats — ones
the appointees are obligated to
until Dec. 31,1994.
Gordon Lambie and Mitch
Kehetian — whose terms as
trustees expired Dec 31 — are
among those vying for the spots,
and have submitted letters to
Blanchard,     asking     to     be
reappointed for a full term.
Thaf s eight years.
"Is the term too long?" asked
Kehetian, a trustee sines April
1985. "I think so. After three or
four years, it's time to get fresh
ideas."
Although the term's length does
not bother him personally,
Kehetian said an eight-year
commitment is tough for others to
make.
"Eight years is frightens a lot of
people sway — very qualified
people," said Kehetian, managing
editor of the Macomb Daily in
Mount Clemens.
Kehetian completed the final 20
months of Alfred Fortino's term.
Fortino cited time and health
reasons for his resignation in
February 1985.
Likewise, Lambie replaced
Richard Halpert in August 1983.
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Snowmobilers'
aid helps Special
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BY WENDY GENZER
LIFE Staff Wraer
CEDAR — A Detroit area
volunteer group helps make
Winter Special Olympic;
Games possible.
Wertz's Warriors are a group
of snowmobilers who ride from
Mount Clemens to the
Mackinac Bridge each year.
Their ride raises money for the
annual Winter Games at Sugar
Loaf Mountain Resort.
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been a major Special Olympics
supporter since former Detroit
Tiger outfielder Vic Wertz
began the group in 1982.
During Wertz's baseball career
he contracted polio, but recovered.
Pamela Melby, Warriors'
treasurer and secretary, said
after recovering Wertz wanted
to do something for people who
were not as fortunate as he had
been.
"Vic was so thankful he was
able to resume his playing
career he got involved with the
handicapped to try to make
their days brighter," she said.
Wertz rode with the group
until his 1983 death. Since
then, the group has grown from
35 riders and a 15-member
support crew, to 43 riders and a
support crew of about 30
members. Melby said.
Please See WARRIOR Page 14
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During the senior male alpine ski event at Sugsr Loaf
Mountain Resort. Doug Meredith of Adrian ssBs to the
end of the run, top. then cheers after discovering he did
well, left. Coach Trudy Brucker of St Clair Shores cheers
for s competitor In s snowshoeing event Friday momlng,
above.
University groups provide free condoms to curb AIDS
Free condoms are being distributed to students by University
Health Services to prevent
sexually-transmitted diseases.
The condoms are available
either through a UHS physician or
at the Health Educator's office in
Foust.
UHS Director Ed Brown said
CMU's condom distribution
should not be construed as a birth
control endorsement. What UHS
is trying to do, he said, is help
prevent Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and
other        sexually-transmitted
diseases.
Brown said the idea originated
about six months ago when a
student suggested condom distribution would prevent sexually-
transmitted diseases. Brown
helped to implement the program,
which began about five months
ago.
Brown has said, in previous
interviews, there have been no
AIDS cases reported on CMU's
campus.
Students do take advantage of
the free condoms. Brown said,
adding he thought it was worth
the funding.
"To this point, there hasn't been
an abuse of it." Brown said.
UHS Health Educator Sheila
Lynds said condoms are not only
an effective method of birth
control, but they also can prevent
the spread of most sexually-
transmitted diseases.
However, providing free birth
control to the University
community is not their main
objective, she said.
"It is just something the University Health Services is promoting
as a preventative measure against
AIDS," Lynds said.
And, she said, it's perfectly legal
for a state institution to distribute
the condoms.
"Other institutions are doing
it," she said. "I'm sure he (Brown)
wouldn't be doing it if it were
illegal to do. It's not like we're
dealing with high school
students."
Western Michigan University,
Lynds said, also hands out the
free condoms through their health
educator's office.
Brown said funding for the
condoms   is   part   of  the   UHS
budget. The UHS budget is funded
by tuition money — up to $2 per
credit hour per student — and
payments for patient services.
Glenn Starner, director of the
Office of Student Life, said the
mission of a university is to
educate, which extends to AIDS as
well.
"Information needs to be spread
out. That's a medical concern. I
think it should be handled
through medical staff, because
they have access to needed infor-
Please See UHS Page 2
KEHETIAN
Halpert resigned after two years
ss trustee because of business
reasons.
The question to ask," Kehetian
said, "is how many trustees
.actually serve the full eight
years?"
Of the eight current trustees,
four of them replaced Board
members before their eight-year
Please See TERM Page 2
Faculty forms
committee to
advise PBS
BY MARK ALLEN
LIFE Assistant News Editor	
An ad-hoc advisory committee
on public television's programming took no action at an organizational meeting Friday.
The 10-metnber committee met
with Public Broadcasting director
William Grigaliunas and received
information on CMU Public
Television's budget and programming procedures.
"It was just a get-acquainted
meeting," B.R Smith, Broadcast
and Cinematic Arts department
chairman, said.
Left unresolved b the committee's role in Public Television's
programming decisions.
"That's the one thing that
wasn't really discussed," Smith
said. "I don't know how the
committee will proceed."
Ed Grant, interim vice provost
for Academic Affairs, said the
committee will be strictly
advisory, but Public Broadcasting
will listen the committee's recommendations.
"They do plan to take the advice
of the committee seriously," he
said.
But ultimately. Grant said, the
responsibility of programming
belongs to Public Broadcasting
and, indirectly, his office.
Several faculty members have
criticized Public Broadcasting's
programming decisions — which
lead to the formation of the
committee.
Grant said programming
decisions are largely based on a
limited budget.
But some faculty said decisions
are made on the basis of ratings,
not quality.
"I think they've paid a whole lot
more attention to ratings than
educational programming," said
Martha Logsdon, associate
professor of political  science.
Grant said the committee is a
positive step, but faculty may
learn deciding on programming is
difficult.
"It basically boils down to filling
these time schedules with available programming and with available dollars," he said.
Logsdon said a channel of
communication between faculty
and Public Broadcasting is necessary.
"Until recently there was
almost no relationship
Please See PBS Page 8
LIFE LINE
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