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Computc
By LAURA BERNARD
"The completion date is set for
early January for a new computing
site between Angell and Mason
Halls.
To alleviate the omni-present
lines at campus computing sites, the
University is opening a 24-hour, 350
seat computing center.
Construction for the site has been
k underway since the foundation was
k laid in the summer of 1987.
Housing new work stations and
dot matrix and laser printers, the site
should alleviate some of the finals
week computer crunch as well as
everyday lines, said Deborah Masten,
assistant director of campus
computing sites.
The cost of the project is included
in a $2 million plan which includes
the renovation of classroom facilities
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with the abilities to fix the heating,
and we have notified housing a num-
ber of times about the severity of the
problem."
The director of housing physical
properties could not be reached for
comment yesterday.
Recognizing the amount of time
it would take to make extensive re-
site to open in January
surrounding the site and the
upgrading of elecrical work in the
area.
Of the funds contributed by the
Information Technology Division
(ITD), $700,000 has been allocated
to renovation, $370,000 to internal
furnishings, and $1.2 million
towards an equipment budget.
The operating budget has been set
at $370,000 per year for staff
support, supplies, and maintenence,
said Bob Moore, director of budgets
and finance for ITD.
The Angell/Mason computing
site is part of a plan to build a
computing site in the new chemistry
building, expand the center in the
North Campus Commons, and the
remodeling of NUBS, which was
reopened this week.
Nestled between Angell and
pairs in the heating system, Mito and
other faculty members have requested
two fans to circulate the hot air. Yet,
they have received no response to
this or any other request - although
some maintenance workers once
stopped by to check the heating sys-
tem.
In the mean time, Diane Max, an
RC sophomore and student of Mito's
brings her portable fan to class ev-
eryday in order to deal with the prob-
lem.
Mason Halls, it would seem likely
that certain problems would arise due
to the location's lack of accessibility.
But Jan Sawyer, construction
engineer for ITD, assures that the
area hasn't caused any major
problems. The only minor difficulty
has been in the lack of space in
which the contractors may store
equipment and supplies.
In July, a large crane which
lowered steel supports down to the
site, fell. But no time was lost on
the project and no one was hurt, said
Sawyer.
Brian Holloway, who has been
working on the site since last
summer, says construction has been
"pretty much straightforward... no
accidents due to curious students and
no electricity zaps as far as I know."
The English TA offices were
moved to the basement of Angell
Hall because of the construction, and
students and faculty are left to study
and work amidst the continual noise
and disturbance.
But teachers such as Assistant
Professor of Statistics Claude
Belisle, whose office is located on
the second floor of Mason Hall, says
that he "just got used to it...(the
commotion) was much worse in the
summer."
In some cases, the commotion is
not easily dismissed. LSA
sophomore Christa Sinz said, "the
perpetual noise is irritating. I can
hardly hear my TA."
But the noise and construction
won't last long. And the wait for a
computer should shorten, as the dust
clears and the walls go up before
winter term.
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ment's limited money and resources.
"The training issue is very critical,"
said Corbett. "But where do I get
dollars?"
Yet Corbett said he believed the
task force had valid concerns, and said
he wished to help relieve them. "We
do care. We want our officers to be
professional."
Task Force member Linda Kurtz
said she felt the meeting went well.
"Corbett has demonstrated his will-
ingness to listen and work with us."
She hopes the group will achieve
its goals - even with limited re-
sources. "I think a large part of the
money thing is a smoke screen.
There are ways to work around it if
they want to."
Task Force members asked Cor-
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assault victims, all of whom felt
they had been improperly treated by
police.
Four cases were brought up in the
meeting. But task force members
were discouraged because in one case,
Corbett could not pinpoint which
officer had acted inappropriately, and
in another the accused officer said he
had acted properly.
"It's really irrelevant who is right
or wrong because the victims felt
they had not been treated properly,"
Kurtz said.
But education of officers is of
greater importance to the task force
than the ability to accuse a specific
police officer.
"(Our purpose) isn't to stigmatize
- it ought to be to educate. These
incidents are instructional," said Ann
Arbor City Councilmember Jeff Ep-
ton (D-3rd Ward).
Although Corbett did not verify
the accusations of the assault vic-
tims, he did admit that the conduct of
the police officers involved in the
assaults could be perceived differ-
ently.
"The critical factor here is our of-
ficer deals with virtually every kind
of human emotion every day... there
may be anger, there may be violence,
there may be serious injury - it
doesn't always get communicated as
succinctly as possible," said Corbett.
Corbett and the task force have
arranged to meet again to make more
solid plans to achieve their goals.
"We have begun the process of
communicating and generating solu-
tions," said Rackham graduate stu-
dent and task-force member Patti
Myers.
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
Reagan says farewell to U.N.
UNITED NATIONS - President Reagan told the United Nations in a
farewell speech yesterday that this was "a moment of hope" for peace in
the world and that a new U.S.-Soviet treaty to sharply reduce nuclear arms
may be concluded next year.
He called for an international war on drug traffickers, terrorists, and
hostage-takers, and vowed to maintain U.S. support for an armed
insurgency against the leftist government of Nicaragua.
With his presidency nearing an end, Reagan struck a mostly
philosophical stance as he told the 43rd General Assembly session of 159
nations that civil wars and foreign occupations were giving way around
the world.
Reagan said the trend was spurred by "a new era in Soviet-American
relations" marked by the continuing withdrawal of the Red Army from
Afghanistan.
Prison hospital to be built
KALAMAZOO - A federal judge has ordered the state to begin
building a new hospital for mentally ill prison inmates to keep up with
an expected increase of 6,000 inmates in state prisons by 1993.
U.S. District Judge, Richard Enslen, ordered the hospital completed by
1993, with construction to begin within two years. He also ordered the
State Department of Corrections to open four intermediate care units by
1990 for 200 mentally ill convicts.
The order was the latest in the federal government's four-year
continuing court case against the state regarding health services at state
prisons in Jackson, Ionia, and Marquette.
The new hospital will probably be built somewhere in southeastern
Michigan and would replace Ionia's aging Riverside Correctional Facility,
corrections officials said.
Abortion ruling upheld
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday refused to stop
Flint, Michigan resident, Shawn Lewis, from having an abortion her
estranged husband, Carlton Lewis, sought to prevent.
The justices, without comment or recorded dissent, let stand Michigan
court rulings that Lewis has a constitutional right to end her pregnancy
despite her husband's objections.
Michigan's highest court had rejected Carlton Lewis' attempt to
prevent the abortion, but gave him and a the fetus' court appointed
guardian until 5 p.m. yesterday to seek emergency help from Supreme
Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, who handles emergency appeals from
Michigan for the nation's highest court.
Scalia referred the request to the U.S. Supreme Court which yesterday
denied it.
Moslem guerillas stage
attack on Afghan capital
MOSCOW - Moslem guerrillas staged rocket attacks on the Afghan
capital of Kabul and the southern city of Pulialam yesterday, killing 21
people and wounding 33, the official Soviet news agency Tass said.
Also yesterday, a bomb exploded under a military jeep in Kabul,
killing two.soldiers and injuring two pedestrians, according to a Western
diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity. It was not known if the
soldiers were Soviet or Afghan.
Tass said 16 people were killed and 27 people were wounded in a
ground-to-ground missile attack on Kabul.
The report said five people died and six others were injured by shelling
on Pulialam. It said Afghan forces confiscated rocket launchers, a rifle, a
mortar, and several machine guns.
Four Afghan jets swept into Pakistani territory yesterday, bombing
three border villages and killing six people, Pakistan's state-run television
reported.
EXTRAS
Rambo of Moon
Pie
eaters starts training
ONEOTA, Ala. (AP) - The "Rambo of Moon Pie eaters" is in
serious training to try to become the first man to repeat as the world
champion wolfer of the sweet, gooey Souther treats.
"I've been practicing," said Rodney Frazer, a stockman at an Oneonta
discount store. "I've been eating a Moon Pie every time I go on a break."
His boss, John Love, describes him as "270 puonds of rompin,
stompin genuine, 100 percent Alabama Moon Pie-eating country boy
who loves Moon Pies like a hog loves slop."
First place in the Oct. 8 contest brings $100, second place $25 and
third $15.
Last year, there were 51 contestants when Frazer won the title by
eating 15 within the 10-minute limit.
"He is the Rambo of Moon Pie eaters," Love said.
Moon Pies, made in Chattanooga, Tenn., are made of a thick slab of
marshmallow cream surrounded by thick coats of banana, vanilla or
chocolate.
"I like the banana ones best," Frazer said. "You could mix 'em up in
the contest but I don't know how they'd taste."
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