"Katie doesn't know anything. She does not have a grasp of the issues in New Haven," Michaelson said. "Whenever we all speak in public, it is obvious that she is just a front for the other Yale democrats who are helping her out," he said.

Michaelson said that only the university's corporation can prompt divestiture and that the Board of Aldermen has no influence over local tax rates.

"The board of alders has no special authority to regulate taxes on commercial property," Michaelson said. "It would not only be difficult to do but it would also be improper."

Michaelson added that the posters displayed "either ignorance of what an alder does or an attempt to mislead the Yale community into thinking that she will have influence in areas in which an alder has no authority."

Kenney admitted that her posters contained several errors.

"The wording of the fliers was bad and inaccurate in several places," Kenney said.

But she denied Michaelson's charge that she is ignorant as to the role of the Board of Aldermen in New Haven's government.

To this charge, Kenney said that she meant that, as an alderman, she would have more influence to bring about changes which she personally cared about. Divestment and housing the homeless "are things that I have been personally involved with and as an alderwoman I would continue to be a spokeswoman for these issues," Kenney said.

Junior Lisa Valentovish is the Republican candidate opposing Kenney and Michaelson for the seat on New Haven's board of thirty representatives who run the city along with Mayor Biagio DiLieto. The three students are vying to represent to the first ward, which is composed almost entirely of Yale students.

A Yalie has represented the city's first district for about a decade. LESLEY

School Receives $120,000 Grant To Help Literacy

Lesley College last month received a $120,000 grant from the General Cinema Corporation to support a project, run by the college and the Cambridge public school system, that helps children learn to read and teachers to teach.

The grant funds a course in literacy teaching strategies, a study group publishing a literacy learning handbook, and the training of a Hispanic tutor for bilingual Cambridge children, said Mary Snow, associate professor of education and special education at Lesley.

The project, which started in 1983, immerses elementary school students in literacy learning techniques developed by New Zealand educator Don Holdaway.

"The project is meant to implement what we know about how children learn to read and write," said Snow, adding that Lesley College teachers who participate in the project "serve as researchers as well as teachers."

Eight Cambridge schools participate in the project. The schools establish literacy centers that immerse children in reading and writing exercises. Activities include reading in groups, literacy events, and word processing instruction.