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By J ff Holyfi Id
• D TROIT (AP) _ The high- ta e
proce of redrawing Michig n'
congre ion 1 di trict line ha
entered i fin 1 t ge nd four
Democratic incumben 100 to be
the big 1 rs.
A pl n unveiled 1 t wee by a
pecial three-judge panel would pit
U.S. Rep . Sander Levin and Dennis
Hertel against each other. It al 0
would leave Bob Carr and Howard
Wolpe faeing re-election bid in
mainly GOP di tricts,
Th plan al 0 would carve up th
di trict of Rep. Carl Pu 11, R­
Plymouth. However, Pursell would
have his choice of three GOP di -
tricts to run in, including the two that
Carr a�d Wolpe would be mo t likely
to run in.
A PO MAN FOR Carr aid
the East Lansing Democrat wouldn't
comment on the plan until he'd had
time to review it. Pursell's office
didn't return a call eeking comment.
Link Nicoll, a spokeswoman for
Wolpe, said he still was studying the
plan, but would seek re-election.
Wolpe lives in Lansing, which
would be in Carr's district under the
plan. He could move to get into a new
district that would include part of his
current district.
"He has always had succe in
getting support from Democrats, in­
dependents, and RepubUcans and we
don't expect that to change," she
said.
Former GOP gubernatorial can­
didate Dick Chrysler aid last week
that he'd look eriously at Challeng­
ing Carr in his new di trict. Chrysler
said he'd make a decision within a
couple weeks. •
The line for congressional and
legislative districts are redrawn
every 10 years to reflect population
shifts. Democrats now hold an 11-7
edge in the IS-member Michigan
delegation. The state will 10 e two of
those seats this year.
POLITICAL EXPERTS said
an early analysis of the plan showed
t t it ve Republica c n
clo th g p to 9-7 or e en per
n 8-8 tie.
Th p 1 of federal jud et
April 1 th d dlln for comrn nt
nd objectio to i pl n. ter t t,
the judg will decide to change or
up th current pl n. An ppe I n
be filed with th U.S. Suprem
Court, but th high court tradition 1-
ly le tand th pla put to th r by
uchpan I .
Una r the plan, i Dern cratic
and five GOP incumb nts would
have di tricts imilar to th ir curr nt
on and would eep th ir current
parti an tilt, according to early
reviews.
The Democrats are: Robert Trax­
ler of Bay City; David Bonior of
Mount Clemen ; John Dingell of
Trenton; William Ford of Taylor;
John Conyers of Detroit; and Bar­
bara-Ro e Collins of Detroit.
Ford's home, in Taylor, would
be in Dingell's new di trict, but he
would be able to move into a neigh­
boring district that contains part of
his current district.
Mike Russell, a spokesman for
Ford, aid Ford was reviewing the
plan and had no immediate com­
ment.
The Republicans are: Dave Camp
of Midland; Paul Henry of Grand
Rapids; Fred Upton of St. Joseph;
Guy Vander Jagt of Luther; and Wil­
liam Broomfield of Lake Orion.
BROOMFIELD' HOME
would be in the new district of Rep.
Dale Kildee, D-Flint, but Broomfield
could move into a new di trict that
would include part of his current di -
trict. Broomfield' office didn't
return a telephone call eeking com­
ment.
However, state Sen. David
Honigman, R- West Bloomfield, said
last week that he'd run for the GOP
nomination in the new district.
"My campaign starts tomorrow
morning. I'm ecstatic about the seat
they drew. It's the heart of my Senate
district and my home's in it. I
couldn't have drawn it better if I did
it myself," he said. Honigman said
he'd run even if Broomfield moved
into the district.
Idee' d trict ould hift to th
ulb t, to ta in more of north rn
o k1 nd County and le 0 Gene ee
County. H till would have Flint nd
o would pic up Ponti , which he
id would b a ood fit.
"It' imilar to hat my pre ent
di trict 100 lik. Th re will
many different people, but the
imilariti ar very trong," he aid.
He add d th t hi focus on education,
trade nd industrial comp titiven
and th auto industry would play
well in hi n w di trict.
Kild e aid h 'd be in two-
prong effort to r pre ent hi current
consti tuents and get to know tho e in
the new district.
Even th Democratic redi tricting
plan pitted Levin, of Southfield, and
Hertel, of Harper Wood, against
each other, 0 that part of the plan
was no urprise to either.
Hertel's hometown wa hifted
into another district, but a Hertel
pokeswoman, Mary Conklin, aid
he expected he might have to move.
Conklin said the new district in­
clude about 0 percent of the
population he now repre ents.
Levin aid he now r pre ents
about 30 percent of the new di trict
and represented mo t of the re t
during his years in the tate Senate.
"THE I U rnA T I've
been mo t active on are the issues
that tie together the southern'
Macomb and southern Oakland
counties," he said. Levin aid that
list ranges from fighting for in­
dustrial revitalization, economic
growth, fair taxes and health reform.
Levin . he 180 was gl
the redi tricting plan was almost t.
"We've been chomping at the bit to
get going, " he said. "I've been at the
starting gate, but I haven't known
what the track would be. It's a track
that I really feel I know and would
like to run in."
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12. David Boniar, Mt. Clemen
13. Barbara-R Collins, .
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14. Denni Hertel. Harper
Woods
15. William Ford, Taylor
16. John Dingell, Trenton
17. Sander Levin, Southfield
18. William Broomfield,
Birmingham
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fund construction and renovation of
higher education facilities. While
the bill would help control tuition
costs, it seems it might only keep
th m from rising, rather than lower­
ing them.
"If the state doesn't step up and
meet its role in this situation, we're
going to see increased tuition and
fees," Profit aid at a pre s con­
ference .:
Jonker said that Engler has taken
a "laissez-faire attitude" toward
higher education.
.Students .threatened by tuition' hike
State Rep calls for
ban on Caller 1.0.
By DAVID HONHART
C.p"" N.w. S.-vlc.
LANSING-Michigan State
University journalism student Stase
Ambrozateis says looming tuition
hikes could put a shadow over her
final year of college.
"My grades will keep going down
(if tuition goes up) because I'll have
to work another job,' she said.
Ambrozateis, 21, who is from Dear­
born, currently works at a campus
radio station and serves as a dor­
mitory resident assistant.
Allan Short, director of govern­
ment affairs at the Michigan Educa­
tion Association, said tuition rates
climbed an average of 9.9 percent
this year at Michigan colleges and
.universitie. With no' increase in
state funding for the coming school
year, there is talk of doqble-digit tui­
tion rate increases at some schools,
including Michigan State.
Despite the higher cost, Gov.
John Engler says college is "still one
of the best investments a. person can
make."' , •
SENATE. MINORITY leader
Art Miller, however, says skyrocket­
ing tuition rates are pricing some
people out of an education.
"Michigan must do something
immediately to oversee why the co t
of four-year institutions has gone
through the ceiling," said Miller, 0-
Warren. Bringing tuition rates
do n, however, doe not seem to be
at the top of Engler's agenda.
"How many students last year
couldn't go to college because they
couldn ' t afford it?" Engler
responded, when a reporter ked
him recently about the effect of
higher tuition rates.
Miller, who i putting hi
daughter through boo I , id Engler
"lout of touch, because he doe n't
have to worry about putting anyone
through college."
"If (Engler) had to pay for a
couple kids going to school, his at­
titude would be a whole lot dif­
ferent," added.
SHORT AID the slate ha go:
to pay its share if tuition rate in­
creases are going to be kept low.
Engler, though, said that universities
would have to look a1 making similar
cuts as the state has had to make.
Engler suggested that universities
had some slack in their budgets, and
added that there's "probably plenty
of room for improvement in
economizing," at Michigan univer­
sities ..
.. Spokesman John Truscott added,
"I think we've come to a situation
where the universities will have to
make orne of the same decisions are
the state has made."
Is this realistic? The chairman of
the House Colleges and Universities
Committee doesn't think so.
"In a government department
there may be po sible programs you
can cut," but higher education is an
ongoing institution- not one that
has an annual program to choose
from, he aid.
FORMER STATE SEN. Bill
Sederburg, who is now vice presi­
dent of Public Sector Consultants,
Inc. in Lansing, id that. tui lion
hikes don't keep students away from
campuse , rather they up them
there longer.
"It will probably not hurt enroll­
ments per se," he aid, adding, "what
happens is (students') behavior is
going to change when they're on.
campus."
Sederburg, whose former district
include MSU, explained that he ex­
pee tuden will have to earn more
money working. and will probably
take longer to graduate. By having
tudents on campus for five or six
years instead of four, he said, it
makes the system inefficient.
Sederburg said that higher costs
will also cause tudents to shift their
college plans.
Students who had planned to at­
tend Michigan State or the Univer­
sity of Michigan might end up
choosing, say, Western Michigan or
Central Michigan because of costs,
he said. Similarly, students who had
planned to attend those schools, in
tum, might choose smaller schools
or community college, he added.
"As of March 1, your phone number i no longer your own," warned
State Repre entative Maxine Berman (D-Southfield) who announced
recently she will introduce legi lation to ban Caller I.D. in Michigan.
In February, Michigan Bell began elling Caller l.D. receive to
anyone who wants one. Tho who pur has d th receiver will be able
to ee the phon num er of the person calling.
Berman's bill allow Caller LD. only wh n both caller and receiver
consent.
"THE GOVERNOR'S taken no
MARCI HOLDA, a junior at position at all," he said, adding, "he's
Michigan State, agreed with both of imply not really looked at the needs
Sederburg's theories. Holda, 20, is of higher education."
from Grass Lake. . "We want every child who wants
"(Tuition increases will) affect to go to college to go to COllege,"
my grades and extend my stay here," Engler said.
Holda said. Students setting their While college may still be a great
sights on smaller schools are very investment, it is not the same as it
realistic, she continued. was in years pa 1.
"I have seen a lot of people drop "It takes you longer, it costs you
out and. go to maller colleges be- more; and the job market's tightened
cause they can't afford thi," he., up," Short said.
said.
Rep. Dave Jaye, R-Shelby
Township, aid overpaid unverityof­
fieials are to blame for the co t of
higher education.
"The e bureaucrats have got to
bite the bullet," he said.
JA YE SAID HE will introduce 2
constitutional amendment that
would give the state control over its
chools. This might not be the olu­
tion that Gov. Engler would choo e,
however.
"Unlike th previous administra­
tion, we're not going to try to micro­
manage the universitie ," Truscott
said.
A bill propo ed by Rep. Kirk
Profit, D- Yp ilanti, would create a
Michigan avings bond program to