The Michigan Daily-Saturday, March 20, 1982-Page 3
Campus forum examines
ways to prevent crime
By NANCY MALICH
Students with a sharp eye and a little
caution can help prevent crime,
panelists at a campus security forum
said Thursday.
The open forum, part of the Michigan
Student Assembly's Security
Awareness Month, brought city and
University officials together to discuss
current security problems on campus.
The special month .was sparked by an
MSA poll in December that showed
security to be a major concern of
students.
Students attending the forum raised
several questions on campus security
problems such as poor lighting ij
residential areas, confusion concerning
where to report crimes, and failure to
publicize where rapes occur on cam-
pus. Concern was raised by students
about a March 12 rape occurring outside
Baits housing which was not reported to
the press.
Panelists agreed that students
become more aware of dangers after
word of a crime, such as the recent
rape, is spread. This"awareness can be
the best tool for preventing crime, city
and University security experts
agreed.
One way students can help stop crime
is to look out for suspicious behavior
around residences. Students should not
hesitate to report unusual behavior, ac-
cording to Housing Security guard
Gerry Bradshaw.
"STUDENTS see a whole heck of a lot
more than security does," Bradshaw
added.
John Atkinson, an Ann Arbor police
sergeant, suggested that student
vigilance could have prevented the
murder of two University students at
Bursley Hall last April. Leo Kelly, a
University student and Bursley
resident at the time is charged with the
shooting deaths.
"Someone must have seen him
(Kelly) bring the shotgun and am-
munition into the dorm," Atkinson said.
ANOTHER WAY to prevent crime is
to exercise more caution, said Ann Arbor
police detective Jerry Wright, who
reported in an earlier interview that a
large amount of break-ins occur
because of improper locks or because
locks are not used.
Students may fail to take more
precautions for several reasons, in-
cluding time pressure and preoc-
cupation with schoolwork, Wright said.
Many students are also used to living at
home where parents look out for their
safety, Wright suggested.
The MSA Security Awareness Month
has suffered from some lack of interest,
said Chris Kolb of the MSA Security
Task Force. Kolb said the low turnout
was "frustrating." A crime prevention
workship conducted by the Ann Arbor
police earlier in March attracted only
seven students.
WRIGHT called students the "least
interested" of all groups in taking
preventative reasures against crime.
Students become vocal, however, after
they become victims of crime, said
Wright.
"The solution is not to have a cop on
each block. People don't want a polie
state," Wright said. "Students need to
take time out of their daily routine to be
safer."
City Councilman Lowell Peterson (D-
First Ward) disagreed that students
are less conscious of security. Student
activism has helped get many safety
projects, such as the recently launched
all-night-dial-a-ride, underway, Peter-
son said.
Dave Foulke of Housing Security,
recently suggested that "students
raising concerns" are one of the most
effective ways of getting funds for
University safety projects when money
is tight.
The Security Awareness Month will
conclude on March 31 with a special
"Security Day" in the Fishbowl.
Wallets-sized cards with emergency
numbers and Nite-Owl bus routes will
be handed out to passersby.
Daily Photo by MIKE LUCAS'
UNIVERSITY PHILOSOPHY Prof. Frithjof Bergmann (left) anid moderator George Rosenwald field audience
questions at a televised discussion on the future of American working life.
Televised community discussion
debates "future labor options
By BEN TICHO plicated system to get the community with his lecture series, Bergmann said,
Naylor to explain robotics at 'U'
Ann Arbor Community Access involved, Schmidt'added.
Television, with the help of a University BERGMANN'S program is unique in
professor, is trying to bring public par- that it incorporates pre-recorded
ticipation to local television, material (video lectures) with live and
The community cable network is community-oriented discussions.
holding an open discussion this after The discussion will center around
noon featuring University philosophy Bergmann's ten-part video lecture
:Prof. Frithjof Bergmann and members series, Culture After the Elimination of
.of the community. The discussion, Labor, which is broadcast weekly on
located at the Ann Arbor Public Community Access. The library will be
Library, will be broadcast live on showing past episodes today to help
Community Access cable channels 8 prepare the audience for the event.
and 9. Bergmann emphasized that the show
THE DISCUSSION is a new way of provides an opportunity to air and en-
stimulating public interest and in- courage valuable input from the com-
volvement with television, according to munity.
Martha Schmidt, coordinator of Coin- "THE TV lectures raise very impor-
Munity Access. tant questions," he said. "But the
"The live sessions are very exciting, discussions propose possible answers."
because they get the community in- Bergmann said he was pleased with
volved in a television dialogue," Sch- the response to the discussions. "A
midt said. great diversity, of people discuss the
Several modes-of viewer participation problems thoughtfully and seriously,"
have been tried throughout the country he said. "It's been quite astounding,"
such as recording responses from home showing all the best aspects of a town
viewers via computers,,Schmidt said. meeting."
The smaller-sized cominity 'of Ahn Anyone is welcome to attend the
Arbor- does not require -such a. com-. ,discussion, including those unfailiar
HIGHLIGHT
The School of Music Dance Company will present its Spring Concert at 8
p.m. today in the Power Center. The concert will feature choreography by
University faculty members Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, Vera Embree,
Susan Matheke, and guest artist Manuel Alum. Also contributing to the con-
cert are composer Gregory Ballard and the Current and Modern Consort, a
local ensemble devoted to the performance of contemporary music.
adding that two previous library
sessions have drawn a diverse crowd.
- BERGANN'S discussion will focus on
the effects technological advances may
have on the amount of work an average
person does. Conflicts between the need
to work-for social, cultural, and finan-
cial reasons-and technology's
escalating ability to make many jobs
unnecessary has created what
.Bergmann calls "excess labor."
To combat what he sees as an
inevitable increase in unemployment,
Bergmann proposes to reduce the
amount of time each person spends at
work, opening up more time for in-
dividual pursuits. Only a redistribution
of work will ensure that a large section
of the population will have a source of
income, Bergmann said.
The response to Bergmann's lecture-
discussion sessions on technology's ef-
fect on work has been "overwhelming
and positive," Schmidt commented.
Other cable companies in Detroit and
Lansing have expressed interest in the
series as well, she said.
By SCOTT.STUCKAL
Ever since Gov. William Milliken's
High Technology Task Force recom-
mended the development of robotics
as a way to diversify the state's
economy, the proposal and subsequent
developments have become points of
continuing controversy and discussion.
A forum, entitled "Robots and High
Technology: A new direction for
Michigan?", to be held today in
Rackham Hall, is the first major public
forum for discussion of the high '
technology issue.
ANN ARBOR has been the focal point
of the state-wide debate because the
Task Force has recommended that the
$200 million robotics center they
proposed last year be located in the
area. The center has been named the
Industrial Technology Institute.
The ITI, however, is not just a
robotics institute, according to Arch
Naylor,-the institute's acting director
and a featured speaker at today's con-
ference. "Robotics is just a small part
of what ITI is going to do," he said. The
urgent area is flexible automated
manufacturing."
"Flexible automated manufacturing
is created by merging small, cheap
computers with robotics machinery,"
Naylor said. The computer systems
will tell robotic machinery what to do in
order to maximize efficiency.
NAYLOR CITED increased
manufacturing productivity as an ad-
vantage of technological advancement.
"We've been automating every shred of
industry in the U.S. for as long as I can
remember,,and we've increased
productivity," he said.
Although ITI was formed with the
eventual goal of $200 million over a
period of ten years, the institute does
not have a physical presence aside
from its office in the Department of
Highway Safety.
In a research park land development
agreement the University signed with
lawyer Richard Wood early last month,
20 acres were specifically set aside to
be sold to ITI if it wanted to buy them.
JAMES LESCH, University director
of research and development, said this
clause "was a 'come on' by Mr. Wood to
attract ITI to the research park.
Lesch and James Brinkerhoff,
University vice-president and chief
financial officer, are presently
negotiating a master plan for the
development of the research park with
Wood. The park is located on almost 400
acres of land on Plymouth Road east of
U.S. 23.
According to Wood, "The Univer-
sity's role is in planning the park,
designing it with the Johnson, Johnson ,
and Roy architectural firm, and deter-,
mining what companies meet the high-
technology criteria." In return, Wood .
will sell the land that his investors own
to high technology companies at fair'
market value, which Wood will deter-
mine.
ONE ISSUE that will be raised at
today's robotics and high technology
conference is the propriety of the
University, a teaching institution, being
so closely tied to the development of a
private robotics high technology in-
dustry in Michigan.
Naylor stressed that ITI is not a part
of the University and said, "I think the
flow of the resources will be in the
University's favor."
ITI will work in conjunction with
CRIM, the Engineering school's Center
for Robotics and Integrated Manufac-
turing. Parts of the University will also
"conduct separate investigations that
will aid ITI in its day-to-day job,"
Naylor said. He added: that this could
include studies of the impact of the
robotics and flexible automated
manufacturing.
Naylor said that the ITI is an impor-
tant part of Michigan's economic
recovery because "the state is in a
worldwide economic competition.
Chicago bans new
handgun
CHICAGO (AP) - A ban on new
registration of handguns was approved
yesterday by the Chicago City Council,
with Mayor Jane Byrne calling it the
"first step in a nationwide campaign"
for tighter gun controls.
Besides prohibiting ownership of
handguns not alredy registered with
police, the ordinance requires holders
of registered weapons to renew their
applications every two years. A $5 fee
was established to cover all handguns
owned by a registrant.
THE BAN, proposed in January by
s e
registration
Byrne and passed by a 30-11 vote, takes
effect after its official publication in
council records, expected to take
several days.
"I'm very gratified,", Byrne said.
The ban does not apply to on-duty law
enforcement and military personnel.
Police Superintendent Richard Br-
zeczek said there are some 717,000
registered handguns in Chicago, the
nation'l second-largest city with a
population of 3 million. He estimated '
that up to 1.5 million illegal handguns
are in the city.
FILMS
I
Mediatrics-Altered States, 7 & 9 p.m., MLB 3.
Alternative Action-Marathon Man, 7 & 9:15 p.m., MLB 4.
Cinema IID.O.A., 7,8:40 & 10:26 p.m., Aud. A, Angell.
Ann Arbor Film Co-Op-Tess, 6 & 9 p.m., Lorch.
Classic Film Theatre-Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 4, 7, 8:45, 10:30 &
midnight, Michigan Theatre.
PERFORMANCES
Musical Society-Tokyo String Quartet, 8:30 p.m., Rackham Aud.
School of Music-Piano Recital, Xiao-Li Ding, 2 p.m.; Piano Chamber
Music Recital, Rebecca Happel, 4 p.m.; Clarinet Recital, Yoshinori Nakao, 6
p.m.; Piano Recital, Youngsun Koh, 8 p.m., Recital Hall.
Canterbury Loft-"You Can't Hurry Love," by The Clown Conspiracy of
New York City, 8 p.m., 332S. State.
Eclipse Jazz-Woody Shaw, 8 & 10:30 p.m., U. Club.
Ark-Utah Phillips, The Golden Voice of the Great Southwest, 9 p.m., 1421
Hill.
Barbershop Quartet Concert-"Barbershop '82," 8 p.m., Pioneer High
School Aud.
MEETINGS
A2 Go-Club-2-7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall.
Graduate Christian Fellowship-Worship, 7 p.m., Rms. D & E, League.
MISCELLANEOUS
WCBN-FM-Patchwork: A folk music radio show of Irish, British &
American music hosted by Adam Price & Jeanne Greenblatt, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,
88.3 FM.
Trotter House & Eclipse Jazz-Jazz Demo Workshop with Woody Shaw,
5:00 p.m., Trotter House.,
Committee on Ethics, Humanism & Medicine-9th Conf. on Ethics,
Humanism & Medicine, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Thomas Francis, Jr. Bldg.,
SPH, 1420 Washington Heights.
Affirmative Action, Career Planning & Placement, Sixth Annual
Women's Career Fair, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., MLB.
Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra-"Viennese Spring Gala," dinner & dan-
cing, 8 p.m., League ballroom.
School of Metaphysics-Crystal Ball Expansion Project, food, entertain-
ment & dancing, 7:30 p.m., 1029 Fountain.
Baits dorm-International Night, food, 8 p.m., North Campus, Baits.
Were you closed out of the Dorm l otteiy?
OPEC to cut production
and stop oil price collapse
(Continued from Page 1)
the University of Virginia.
Demand for oil has fallen sharply
worldwide due to recession in the in-
dustrialized West and to the huge oil-
pice increases of the 1970s.
THE PRICE of oil on spot markets,
where oil not sold by contract is traded,
has dropped far below the official levels
quoted by OPEC producers.
At the retail level, gasoline prices in
the United States have dropped about 10
cents a gallon in the past year to an
estimated average of $1.25.
Prices in "Europe are well above $2 a
gallon at the gas pump, but some coun-
tries have seen modest reductions in
the past year.
SECURITY authorities, mindful of
the 1975 attack on OPEC ministers in
Vienna that left three security men
dead, called in police reinforcements to
protect the delegates.
Guards with submachine guns
flanked the doors of the minister's hotels
and the restaurant where they had lun-
ch. the ministers were hurried from
their limousines by phalanxes of
bodyguards as they went to their ap-
pointmnents.
Passers-by were not allowed in the
immediate vicinity whenever the
ministers went outdoors.
The international terrorist "Carlos"
was said to be the mastermind of the
1975 attack in which the terrorists seized
OPEC headquarters for 2 hours, then
flew to Algiers with 41 captives, in-
cluding 10 OPEC oil ministers.
How many Foreign
AlMedical Schools
have requested N.Y.
State approval for
Clerkship Training
Programs?
Only NORESTE.
AiWhy?
1. Fine Faculty
2. Good Facilities
3. Small Classes
Noreste partci pates in Guaranteed
Student Loan Programs to $8000 has
a 4 year program and a WHO listed
School of Medicine
Tampico. Mexico
Universidad Del Moreste
Admissions, Inc.
120 East 41 St NY NY 10017
212 594-6589
UNIVERSITY TOWERS
now has the winning numbers!
d
-accommodations starting at $ 1 0250
per person*
-your own bedroom from $ 5
-heat included-furnished apartments
-plus convenient location
-- - ,_ .
1