I he Mlc igarv dily-=Soturday, July 15,19 a-Poe Columbus waves toward the Renaissance The 94-foot replica of Columbus' flagship, Santa Maria, glided past the Renaissance Center Wednesday, after con a 12-hour cruise from Sandusky, Ohio. The ship is based in St. Petersburg, Fla., and its visit coincides with the S national convention in the Motor City. 'U' cuts housing energy wastes By R.J. SMITH For some time University adminis- trators have attributed steadily rising room and board rates to exorbitant utility costs, but the Housing Office has now embarked on a long-range program designed to curb energy waste .in University housing. The Housing Office, which has already taken surveys of consumption levels and inefficiencies in the Unvier- sity's lodgings, is shooting for energy reduction of more than ten per cent from the current level. A HOUSING Office representative AP Photo estimated last year's total utility bill at around two million dollars. The effort is headed up by George San npleting Facon, the Housing Office's energy hriner's engineer. San Facon came to the University three months ago, leaving a job as a supervisor of plant engineering for the Vought Corporation. According to San Facon, various nenergy saving actions have been under- taken in the past, but none have ever been the priority subject of any branch sequences of the Housing Office. "But it's a com- ssboard." prehensive, orchestrated effort now," 1 attempts said San Facon. 's decision THE IMMEDIATE subject of atten- t data. tion has been unnecessary usage of ;h she ap- energy in dormitories closed down e Theatre totally or partially during the summer nswer, the month. explained, Dormitory workers have been told to or an hour turn off all unneeded lights, and to shut aid. down machinery such as exhaust fans, motors and freight elevators whenever grades in possible. Food stored over the summer e of which in a variety of refrigerating units has valuations been consolidated into a central e negative refrigerator. Such cutbacks are saving the Univer- xcellent," sity what San Facon says is a sizeable is "not at amount. "For instance, in Markley this bility. "No summer, we're saving well over $250 a e 7 See U', Page 14 ex an de ts) re U of in de fit wi U Vi H m an Ex-TA wants explanatio. By MITCH CANTOR Academic Records Duncan Perry, and that she "must suffer the con Wendy Schacknow simply wants an Graduate Employees Organization of academia's political che :planation from the University. She also alleges that severa The former teaching assistant (TA) It(ex lanation for re- to understand the University d University graduate student was o were greeted with insufficien nied continuation of her assistan- jection) is a question for Schacknow said althougl hip. Schacknow claims she has never proached members of th ceived a written response from the a lot of us (TAs), who never Department in search of an a niversity explaining or notifying her have the guts to ask, there decision "was never fully the decision. The Theatre Movement and they just talked to me f structor was informed of the job are too many TAs who about how good I was," she sa nial by one of the department of- are cheated and they cials in mid-April. SCHACKNOW insists her never say a w.ord." graduate school (the averag BUT SCHACKNOW, not satisfied is about 3.5) and her course e ith the decision, has written letters to former Awere not the reason for tht niversity President Robben Fleming, Wendy Schacknow response. ice-President for Academic Affairs "My teaching record is e arold Shapiro, Edgar Willis, Chair- Schacknow said, adding that an of the Speech, Communications (GEO) President Mike Clark asking for all" a matter or teaching at d Theatre Department, Director of an explanation for her position denial. A - -,In her form letter Schacknow states See EX-TA, Pag _____ FM P- Ik - Happenings ... ... start happening at 9 this morning at the Michigan Heart Information Center where you can get your blood pressure checked by a qualified nur- se. The free clinic will run until noon at 3800 Packard Rd.... if your blood pressure is okay, then hop on over to a gigantic rummage sale to bene fit the Margareth and Jillian Defense Committee. The sale will run all day today and tomorrow at 1800 Greenview Dr.... the West Park Poetry Series features readings by local poets from 2-5 p.m. at the West Park Bandshell ... popular Japanese game and folk. dancing will be demonstrated from 5-10 p.m. on Regents Plaza, where the Japan Club will hold its third Japanese festival ... SUNDAY, the Motor City Theatre will hold a short Ann Arbor committee meeting and then a long picnic for local residents at 651 E. Joy Rd. from 1-3 p.m. Bring your own meat to grill and a dish to pass. Barb, at 769- 2434, has details... MONDAY... University of Washington psychobiology professor Warren Holmes will give a talk on "Kin Discrimination in Macaques and Ground Squirrels," 12:30 at the Men- tal Health Research Institute . . William De Turk will be Burton Tower's guest carillonneur from 7-8 p.m.... finally, Eclipse Jazz sponsors a jam session of local musicians from 9:30 until 1 a.m. at Seafood story No. 1 ... Marching mollusks are munching their way through pansies, petunias, and lettuse in gardens throughout Albany, Oregon, and one outraged homeowner began fighting back - with snails stomps. But Norine Delk decided to crush the snails. in a Mexican hat dance after finding that snail bait wasn't doing the job. A retired Oregon State University snail expert told her she could eat the snails. But she wrinkled her nose: "Never!" Some people can never appreciate tasty delicacies. Seafood story No. 2 ... And as if those munching mollusks weren't enough, 18,900 pounds of delicious fresh shrimp were unfortunately dumped on the highway median of Interstate 12. While the stench was a little stronger than that delicate shrimp cocktail you cavalierly order at your favorite fish restaurant, it didn't stop residents from scavaging the tasty sea morsels. "About 6 a.m. we told the people around there they could pick up the shrimp, and in an hour and 20 minutes they were almost all gone," said truck owner Alan Mendozaof. A bit of creole, anyone? Tales of a toilet An overflowing toilet sometimes means more than a dirty floor, at least that was the case in Muskegon. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that hearings must be held to decide ifa maintenance man, fixing an overflowing toilet, had contact with the jury considering the larceny con- viction of Donald Wyrick, sentenced to several years in prison. "If anyone had ever told me when I started law school that a criminal conviction could be overturned because of an overflowing toilet, I would have doubted his sanity," said prosecutor Gerald Warner, overflowing with laughter. A spokesperson said a similar case recently occurred in Flushing, N.Y., (Get the joke??) On the outside ... We don't know whether or not to tell you to sun- bathe today because the forecasters say it will be partly sunny. But they didn't say exactly how much the sun will shine and how much it won't, so you're on your own. Then again, you probably should stay inside because there's a chance of some isolated thunder showers. The high will be 85' and tomorrow it will be partly sunny again. That brings back the old question of whether you should sunbathe. . sorry we can't be more helpful.