The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 12, 1987 - Page 5 MSA adds extra polling site By MICHAEL LUSTIG and MARTHA SEVETSON MSA election officials have set up a North Campus Commons polling site after members of the Engineering Council and the Blue party charged the assembly with preventing students on North Campus from voting in next week's elections. Last week, the council un- animously approved a resolution to call for more North Campus polling places. David Vogel, an engineering junior and Blue party vice presidential candidate, sub- mitted a petition to MSA election director Ann Shanahan outlining his party's objections. The petition accused election officials of making a "political decision to not let Engineering have increased polling hours." Last year, 25 percent of engineering students voted, much higher than the campus average of 15 percent. Vogel said election managers are restricting polling hours to help the more liberal parties. Last year, most engineering students did not vote for the relatively liberal Students Rights party. "I originally agreed that engineering students did not have as Bruce Belcher, head of MSA's rules and elections committee, said, "I actually think it's unfair to the advantage of the engineers" to in- crease polling stations. He said the polls are set up so that they are open for two-and-a-half hours per MSA seat. Last year, he said, the only polling place on North Campus open solely to engineers was in the Dow Building. much access to polling sites as other students," Shanahan said. She added that after a conference with Richard Layman, MSA's admin- istrative coordinator, they decided that increasing polling hours is unfair to other schools. "There is no way to accomodate this complaint because of a lack of staffing and resources," she said. But Roberto Frisancho, a current MSA representative and Blue party candidate, believes the assembly is attempting to stop engineers from voting because of last year's high voter turnout. Students First party stresses experience in MSA campaign (Continued from Page 1) MSA presidential candidate and LSA junior Ken Weine has been an assembly representative for two years. Weine is the chair of the Student Rights Committee and a member of the University Council. Weine says his experience comes from grassroots organizing - working with several groups to fight the adoption of a code of non- academic conduct with academic sanctions. The Students First party wants to build a network for the minority community through the MSA Minority Affairs Committee. "There seems to be a gap between the minority community and MSA," Weine said. "The way to fill that gap is to increase minority representation at MSA and to have liaisons to organizations such as the Black Student Union." The party slate includes six minority candidates. Felton and Weine both worked with the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan this term to propose a funding mechanism through MSA. Protecting students rights in both on- and off-campus housing is also a target of the Students First party platform. Felton and Weine want to send a liaison to the Ann Arbor City Council so that they will be better prepared to face issues such as the Burns Park rezoning proposal. Weine and Felton do not support assembly efforts to limit dis- cussions and resolutions to campus issues, preventing its involvement in national and international issues. WEEKEND MAGAZINE Fridays in The Daily 763-0379 Cleaning up ! Associated Press A resident of Chosica, 25 miles from Lima, Peru, struggles to remove mud from his home. The man's house was one of many homes in Chosica which were flooded by the Rimac River on Monday. AIDS spreads to young adults (Continued from Page 1) For young adults, education and frank discussion are the most important defenses against AIDS: the IOM-NAS said this age group is often misinformed about the disease. Forty percent did not know AIDS is caused by infection from a virus, and four out of 10 did not know the use of a condom helps stop the spread of AIDS according to the group's report. Two weeks ago, a University medical school faculty member submitted a proposal to the state board of health to develop a study to determine how to improve AIDS educational programs for young adults. NANCY PALCHIK, an instructor in post-graduate medical education, said the study will develop new and evaluate already existing programs focusing on this relatively unstudied group. Palchik said young adults run a risk of contracting AIDS because of increased experimentation with sex and drugs. Since 1981, there have been 30,632 cases of AIDS in the United States, with 17,542 deaths. The number of people infected with the virus is predicted to rise to 1 million to 1.5 million by 1991, with 20 to 30 percent developing into full cases of AIDS. In Michigan, there have been 280 cases and 158 deaths. AIDS results from a virus called HIV which destroys the body's immune system and can be transmitted through intimate sexual contact or by exposure to contaminated blood. Transmission A only occurs when these infected substances are introduced directly into another person, but it is not contagious through casual contact. A THE NUMBER of people vwho have contracted the disease. through heterosexual intercourse has risen, but this represents fewer than four percent of all reported cases. There are many nationwide and statewide hotlines set up to answer concerns about AIDS. Wellness Networks (800-872-AIDS or 547- 9040) is a statewide non-profit organization which provides education, information, referral, and direct support services for AIDS and AIDS-related conditions. Scott Walton, executive director of the Detroit-based service, said counselors have noticed a large increase in the number of calls in the last year. The service had 7,000 calls in 1986 and that figure has