4 Page 2-- The Michigan Daily- thursday, March 14, 1985 Comnmssion okays sorority house By SUSAN GRANT Despite protests from area residents, the Ann Arbor Planning Commission voted 5-2 early yesterday to allow the Collegiate Sorosis sorority to buy a new home. Although the plan to purchase and expand a home at 903 Lincoln was ap- proved, commission members said they wanted to clarify the zoning laws which were the subject of heated disagreement at the "meeting. The debate began Tuesday evening and en- ded with the board's vote at 12:30 a.m. yesterday. "THE ZONING LAW calls for diver- sity in that area. We have the obligation to house University students. But we must look closely at the zoning laws," said commission and City Council member Doris Preston (D-Fifth ward). The commission also said the effect of having a fraternity or sorority as a neighbor should be evaluated. "Everybody who lives next door to a sorority or fraternity thinks it's won- derful," said com mission member Sharon Herrmann. "However, the im- pact is greater if you live across the street." Early in the hearing neighbors testified that having fraternities and sororities on the block lower the value of the other houses in the block and make them harder to sell. PLANNING COMMISSION member Donna Richter said the decision to allow a house to be used for group housing changes it from residential to commercial property, increasing the burden on other residential homeowners.' Neighborhood resident Andrea Van Houweling said yesterday that the neighbors would be "very interested in talking with the commission about rezoning the area," although the neigh- bors have not yet had a chance to discuss the latest vote. Jane Bednis, president of the sorority's Michigan alumni group, said the sorority has no ill feelings toward the protesting neighbors. "We think we would make nice neighbors and we hope the neighborhood will agree," she said. Collegiate Sorosis plans to add 4,400 square feet to their new house, which will house 39 members and the house director, said Bednis. The proposal must also be reviewed by the city's Historic District Com- mission because the neighborhood is a proposed historical district. An ti-weatherization group renews license By VIBEKE LAROI A citizens group which two years ago opposed a ballot proposal on weatherization of rental units returned to life yesterday. The Citizens for Rational Energy Policy filed papers yesterday which allow them to campaign against Proposal A on next month's city ballot. CREP Treasurer James Morris said it was unlikely the group would mount substantial oppositon to the weatherization proposal. MORRIS SAID Proposal A, which calls for basic insulation, weatherstrip- ping, and caulking in certain housing units, will probably pass because it ap- DASCOLA STYLISTS Hairstyling with a flair. Liberty off State ....... ...... 668-9329 Maple Village....... . . . 761-2733 plies only to the 45 percent of Ann Arbor tenants who pay directly for heat. It does not apply to fraternities, sororities, co-op houses, or single- family homes. CREP, a diverse group of citizens concerned with conserving energy, began in 1983 in opposition to a somewhat different weatherization proposal that was defeated on the 1983 ballot. Although the current proposal is less restrictive to landlords than the old one, it jeopardizes a city energy program that endorses voluntary, rather than legal measures for energy conser- vation, said Morris. The program is "based on perfor- mance, not a list of standards," and the only mandatory provision is a projected heat cost disclosure that landlords must provide with the lease, Morris said. The committee's concern, Morris said, is that "once you open the man- date box, you don't know what they're going to do next." He said the city might eventually start mandating things like thermostats and other costly additions. Attorneys discuss code (Continued from Page 1) particular, Shaner stressed that giving input to police, prosecutors, and judges can make a difference. Shaner noted that if a student has been charged with a crime, members 61f the University community can ask the judge to protect the victim by setting bond with conditions. "The judge "in setting bond has an enormous amount of flexibility," Shaner said. For example, a judge can order psychiatric counseling as a con- dition of being released, Shaner said. 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Near Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan. For further information, call 764-0350 or 764-0351 Nt ENOUGH ROOM IN YOUR TRUNK?. Both attorneys agreed that an inter- nal code would be legal, but Shaner said administrative hearings can easily become unfair. "All too often the hearing officer is just a rubber stamp for whoever is bringing the charges," he said. Goldman said a code might be the best way to deal with some tran- sgressions that are often overlooked by the courts. "There's that whole realm of cases that the civil commitment laws and the criminal code are not set up to deal with," he said. These cases include emotionally unstable students who disrupt classes and students who harass other people but don't take any concrete action. 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"We tightened security," an embassy official said. "But with those bom- bings, the troubles in the south and a whole air of tension, all on top of the veto, the embassy feels anything can happen." In the Bekaa Valley, a police spokesman said Israeli warplanes attacked a target around noon about a mile west of the village of Bar Elias, 22 miles east of Beirut. Casualty figures were not immediately available. In Israel, the military said its planes scored "accurate hits" on a two-story building serving as a base for Saiga, a Palestinian dissident faction, before returning safely to their base in Israel. Army 'copter crashes, kills '12 FORT BRAGG, N.C.- A Blackhawk helicopter, built to ferry weapons and soldiers to combat zones, crashed yesterday while flying in a 100-mph training formation at this Army base, killing all 12 people aboard, officials said. Col. James Strachan, a Fort Bragg spokesman at the crash scene said there were four crew and eight passengers in the $4.8 million helicopter, which was one of three in a formation flying at 100 mph some 75 to 100 feet above the ground. The Army said the last crash of such a helicopter, a new-model UH-60 Blackhawk, occurred Feb. 26 at Fort Campbell, Ky. No one was -killed in that accident. The Blackhawk is a twin-engine, single-rotor helicopter designed as a highly maneuverable, heavy-lift aircraft for ferrying troops or weapons to a combat zone. The helicopter's prime contractor is Sikorsky Aircraft of Con- necticut. Bush meets with Gorbachev MOSCOW- Vice President George Bush had a long meeting yesterday with Mikhail Gorbachev and said President Reagan will meet with the new Soviet leader whenever the Kremlin is ready. "If there ever was a time when we could move forward with progress in the last few years, I'd say that this is a good time for that," Bush told reporters after a session with Gorbachev that lasted nearly 1: hours. The vice president said he had brought a letter from 'Reagan to Gor- bachev, but would not say whether it included an invitation to a summit meeting in the United States, as had been reported by U.S. officials in Washington. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new Communist Party chief, presided over the Red Square funeral of his predecessor yesterday before meeting with Vice President George Bush and other Western leaders who attended the ceremony. the first Kremlin leader of the Soviet Union's younger generation paid homage to the 73-year-old President Konstantin Chernenko, buried in a hero's grave at the Kremlin wall. Senate Budget Committee votes to reject Reagan budget proposal WASHINGTON- The Senate Budget Committee after days of chipping away at President Reagan's 1986 budget, voted outright yesterday to kill the entire plan. The vote in a showdown engineered by the Democratic minority was 16-4. Reagan anticipated the defeat, telling a group of businessmen beforehand he was disappointed in the committee's action. He added, "I have my veto pen drawn" for any legislation raising taxes and challenged Congress to "go ahead, make my day." What the committee is drafting, however, is a budget to serve as a target when specific appropriation and revenue bills come up. As such, it would not go to the president for his approval. The vote dramatized the widespread lack of support in Congress for the Reagan plan, with its $30 billion in proposed increased military spending and $40 billion in domestic spending cuts. The vote came after the panel in six days of work was still far short of its target of reducing the $200 billion federal deficit by $50 billion to $60 billion next year. Witness says Goetz was 'calm' NEW YORK- A mystery witness claims to have watched Bernhard Goetz act with "total calm" as he shot four teenagers on a subway train, but the gunman's lawyer said yesterday that Goetz will be found innocent "no mat- ter how many grand juries are called." The witness' account is believed to be the new evidence that prompted a judge Tuesday to authorize Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgen- thau to resubmit the case of the confessed subway gunman to a second grand jury. The new panel will begin hearing testimony next week. District Attorney Robert Morgenthau also said he had offered to protect and relocate the family of one of the wounded youths if he would testify before the panel, but the offer was refused. f 4 it 6 r r g'S Advertise in CLASSIFIEDS i I Vol. XVC - No. 128 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967-X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the Spring and Summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Sub- scription rates: through April - $4.00 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 outside the city. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate, and College Press Service. Sell your lofts, furniture, carpets and other white elephants before you leave. 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