The Michigan Daily-Friday, February 5, 1988- Page 3 Six show at MSA mass' ,.meeting By ROSE MARY WUMMEL The Michigan Student Assembly -the body that represents all University undergraduates- hoped to improve their contact with students by hosting an open house last night. But their message reached only six students. Roger Fischer, an LSA senior, arrived at the meeting early, expressing concern that the assembly chambers, a room that seats about 75 people, would be too small for the open house. But Fischer had nothing to worry about - only five other non-MSA members showed up. Fischer described himself as "active" in campus activities, citing his position as chair of a Committee for Campus Unity, but said he never worked on an MSA committee be- cause he "heard its hard to get things moving through MSA channels." He attended the meeting to find out the current goals and plans of the MSA leaders. Maria Rachmiel, an MSA representative and a senior in the Music School, said she spent hours hanging posters advertising the open house at the Music School, but the only music student that showed up was her boyfriend. Assembly members may have been disappointed with the turn-out, but said they were not discouraged. They also cited the fact that this was 'their first winter term open house and was held too close to mid-terms. "At the MSA mass meeting last fall about 70 people showed up and only one or two students got involved. Only a few students showed up tonight but maybe just as many will get involved," said Sarah Riordan, LSA sophomore and MSA representative. "We'd like to see more people come but with a small group we can get personal," said MSA President Ken Weine, an LSA senior. MSA representatives spoke informally about the goals of MSA. Committee chairs like those of the Women's Issues and Minority Affairs Committees outlined their objectives and accomplishments, and encouraged new members to join their groups. Engineering representative Dan Tobocman, an engineering junior, complained about MSA's image, "Engineers feel hostility (in MSA) and drop out quickly. Engineers don't really feel a part of MSA." Tobocman added that there's a move to reconcile the differences between :the Engineering Council and the assembly. Dole accuses Bush of i attacking his integrity By The Associated Press Republican Bob Dole confronted chief opponent George Bush yester- day, accusing the vice president of a campaign designed "to impugn my integrity" and demanding to know if Bush authorized an aide's harsh statement. The two met face-to-face on the Senate floor in a moment orches- trated by Dole following escalating tensions between their two presiden- tial campaigns. ENJOYING the GOP brawl, Democrat Bruce Babbit ridiculed Dole from afar for leaving his vision of the future "locked in a blind trust." Locked in their own tight race in Iowa, the Democratic presidential candidates crowed over Wednesday's narrow House defeat of aid to the Nicaraguan rebels. Republican candidate Pat Robert- son looked to score a victory in Hawaii's rescheduled GOP caucuses and straw vote last night. The Bush and Dole campaigns acknowledged that Robertson, who nearly doubled GOP membership in that state since December, had the numbers to win. DOLE and Bush tangled from afar in Iowa over Bush state chairperson George Wittgraf's written statement released the day before which accused Dole of "a history of mean-spiritedness" as well as "cronyism" in helping a former aide win a government contract. Dole, the Republican leader of the Senate, handed the vice president a copy of the statement by Bush's Iowa chairperson. "I wanted the vice president to tell me man-to-man that he had autho- rized it," Dole said. "He said he had authorized it but hadn't read it. So I handed him a copy." B U S H, the president of t,e Senate, was presiding during a procedural vote on aid to (h e Nicaraguan Contras. Bush and Dole both broke eff campaigning four days before Iowa's crucial caucuses to return to Wash- ington where Senate Republic'ans hoped to breathe life back into Pres- ident Reagan's Contra aid proposal. "I know a Bush set-up when Isee it and this is a Bush-league opera- tions, trying to impugn my in- tegrity," Dole said. "I told him he owed Elizabeth an apology ... If I were going to make a very personal attack on a candidate and his wife, I would want to read it and not let some state chairperson issue it and say later, 'Well I'm on the high road, I haven't read it binI authorized it," he said. Doily Photo by ELLEN LEVY A driver blatantly ignores a tow away zone marker, and parks illegally behind West Quad. The city of Ann Arbor writes 1200 parking tickets per yCity depends on ijr-hOI RAW 1AAI (Continuedfrom Page i) every year. A number, which h e says, "obviously doesn't reflect theI number(of students who have cars at chool)." "PARKING was set up originally for staff and faculty - and, there just isn't enough land to make room for student parking," said DeWolf. The parking crunch aroundr considers himself "pretty lucky" since he's only gotten two tickets this year. But, he said, "I never drive to class because it's too hard to find a place to park." Peter Binkow, an LSA senior, once got a ticket while he went into the store to get change for the meter. "They obviously go out of their way to make it hard to park so they can make money off the tickets, said 'Parking in Ann Arbor is a pain in the ass.' - LSA senior Peter Binkow campus is compounded by the lack Binkow. "Parking in Ann Arbor is a of spaces in the city, which only pain in the ass." maintains 5,000 or 6,000 spots, said But Scott said city officials are Mike Scott, manager of Ann Arbor aware of the problem and that there Parking Systems. "The State Street is "talk of a possibility of a new area is the worst place for parking, structure on South Ashley behind followed closely by South Main and Klines." The city also opened a 837- South University." space structure on Main street last As reflected by Perrin's case, the November. lack of parking spaces often leads to Valenta also explained that the tickets. The city writes 1200 tickets city needs the revenue from parking per day, and most are at meters tickets, which go into a general fund around campus, said Jim Valenta, that is divided among different city director of the city's transportation departments. "It's important to write department. tickets because not enough money is MIKE Shaw, an LSA junior, made off the meters," Valenta said. Markleyj student By ALYSSA LUSTIG The pressures and stress of a big depression, loneliness, and substanc students. This weekend, Mary Markle will host a symposium on how to h the problems they may confront at the "We want people to spend a weeke themselves, and how to feel better at said LSA junior Rosalie Toubes, Ma visor and committee member. "There ing with problems that occur." THE SYMPOSIUM, entitled" will kick off tonight with a speech 1 Klein at 6 p.m. in the School of Publi rium. Mary of her more than 20 bo Mom, the Wolfman, and Me, and about people going through transition a committee member and resident adv State jobless rate rises Although statewide unemploy- ment figures rose .9 percent last De- cember, the Ann Arbor area still has the lowest unemployment rate of all of the state's labor markets, the Michigan Employment Security Commission reported last week. Ann Arbor also had the smallest unemployment increase, rising 0.2 percent from 3.5 to 3.7 percent over the month. City Councilmember Dave De- Varti (D-Fourth Ward) said the un- employment figures are not unusual. "While the rest of the state has been dependent on the auto industry, the University provides a climate of more jobs for Ann Arbor," he said. But DeVarti stressed that the city is not free from employment prob- lems. He said small businesses and fast-food restaurants are having trou- ble getting workers for low-wage jobs because of the spiraling cost of rent. "As rents are going up so quickly, there aren't many people who can afford to live in Ann Arbor at such a low wage," he said. -By David Schwartz rorum to address PIW linesdepress ion GMAN "She writes on how to find the strength within school can cause yourself to deal with your problems," added Soni. ce abuse among On Saturday, 16 open workshops ranging from dk- ,y Residence Hall pression and suicide to massage will be held at 10 elp students face a.m., 1 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. The workshops are c4- - University. signed to promote overall mental and physical health, -nd thinking about said first-year medical student Erica Kirsch, a resident the University," advisor at Markley and committe member. rkley resident ad- - "MANY STUDENTS feel they have a lot:of are ways of cop- problems among themselves, but which are really i'i- significant in the big picture. 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