The Michigan Daily-Friday, September 10, 1982-Page 5 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES NO LONGER FREE 'U' to charge departments By KRISTINSTAPLETON University departments that thought they were get- ting free legal, accounting, and personnel services from the administration received a rude shock this summer. Nineteen departments that do not receive money directly from the University's general coffers will now be charged for all business and finance-related services they use, including lawyers, auditors, clericals, and accountants, according to Harlan *Mulder, assistant to Vice President and Chief Finan- cial OfiCer James Brinkerhoff. THE CHANGE should save the University "hun- dreds of .thousands of dollars," Mulder said, but it will also cost the individual departments anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000 per unit. That cost, in turn, will be passed on to patrons of the departments, clinics, programs or stores being charged. That increase could force some popular departments, such as Health Services, to start boosting student fees. The cost transfer will begin with the 19 University departments which ranked highest on the ad- ministrative services cost list. The cost shift will take two years, with departments paying 50 percent of the fees this year and 100 percent in 1983, Mulder said. ALSO INCLUDED on the administrative "charge list" are the athletic department, parking operations, the Michigan Union, and the Michigan League. Not on the list are all departments that receive their money primarily from the University's General Fund. Mulder's explanation of the charge relies mainly on the University's recent drastic loss of state ap- propriations. In addition, he said the State Auditor General recommended such a move last year, and it has been under consideration ever since. AS CAN BE expected, the departments involved were not enthusiastic about having to pass on higher costs to their customers, especially to students, Mulder said. He added, however, that most depar- tment heads agreed with the need and the logic behind the move. University Health Service Director Caesar Briefer said his department will try to escape hiking student fees but when the cost for the administrative services goes up to $40,000 next yar, he will be hard pressed to find alternatives. The Michigan League, according to one official, will be forced into discontinuing its check cashing policy because of the new accounting costs. OFFICIALS AT THE athletic department said the charge should not have too much effect on its budget, if any at all, because it stocks its own administrative facilities. The next round of charges is currently under study, Mulder said, and may include those departments which are lower on the cost list. iEcon arson trial begins; Judge allows confession i By GEORGE ADAMS After a two-month search and seven months of pre-trial investigations, testimony for the prosecution Wed- nesday opened the trial of the man ac- cused of setting the University's economics building ablaze last Christ- mas Eve. Arthur Arroyo, 30 also is charged with breaking into the 125-year-old K tructure and stealing a typewriter a month before the fire. ASSISTANT Public Defender Mit- chell Nelson, Arroyo's attorney, tried unsuccessfully at a hearing Tuesday to stop prosecutors from using as eviden- ce a confession made by his client shor- tly after his arrest. Arroyo testified that he had made a tearful confession to both crimes to Ann Arbor detectives Daniel Bronson and 4raig Roderick on the flight from California, where he was apprehended in February. Nelson argued that the detectives should not have discussed the charges with Arroyo. He said an attorney, Molly Reno, had asked police not to question the defendant until he reached Ann Ar- bor. ASSISTANT Prosecuting Attorney Robert Cooper said that Reno's request did not reach the officers until they *rrived in Detroit-after the confession has been made-and that Reno had not been formally retained as Arroyo's at- torney. Cooper also said Arroyo made the confession voluntarily, and signed a statement waiving his right to remain silent until consulting an attorney. Arroyo had testified that he signed the statement because he "felt it was too late." Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Henry Conlin decided to allow the confession as evidence, saying it was given voluntarily, WEDNESDAY'S start of the non-jury trial included testimony from prosecution witness Shawn Slotnick, the University security guard who discovered the building had been broken into last November 27. Slotnick said he found two basement windows broken, and an interior win- dow shattered. Prosecutors also called Shannon An- derson and Donna Smallwood, both secretaries in the economics depar- tment. Anderson and Smallwood testified about the typewriter Arroyo is accused of stealing, and about the building's floorplan. Nelson made no opening statement, and after the recess he would not com- ment on his plan for Arroyo's defense. The State Center for Forensic Psychiatry ini Ypsilanti earlier found Arroyo criminally responsible for his actions. The charred remains of the economics building, the oldest struc- ture on campus, were demolished this summer. Arroyo's trial will continue today at 2 p.m. in the Washtenaw County Cour- thouse. AYLA. ANN ARBOR CLOTHING AND SHOES FOR WOMEN 323 S. 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