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Ecology Center teaches cleanup
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
BY LAUREN OSTROV
The Ecology Center of Ann Ar-
bor is stepping up its efforts to teach
people how to clean up the ecologi-
cal system on this planet.
"We're living on a planet with
limited resources, and if we don't
take care of them we'll be in trouble
later on," said Events Coordinator
Ruth Kraut.
The center - a non-profit
organization started in 1970 - runs
,a recycling program in Ann Arbor
which provides curb-side pick-up
once a month, and a drop-off service
for recyclable items. Open Fridays
and Saturdays, the drop-off service is
located at 2050 South Industrial
Highway.
M The center recycles newspaper,
CArugated cardboard, aluminum, tin
cans, white computer paper, glass
bottles, car batteries, and used motor
.,ojl. Once the articles reach the cen-
ter, they are filtered or melted down
and reused by companies who pro-
vide money for the recycling pro-
e ess-.
- Although the program is mainly
-geared to single-unit houses like off-
1campus student housing, the center
Is working on including multi-fam-
ily housing like apartments in the
program. Currently, these people can
only utilize the drop-off spot.
The city, county, and state give
the center a contract to subsidize
their programs - which amount to
an average capital expenditure of
$129,444 a year - because funding
from just the companies is not
enough, said Kraut. "If it weren't for
the city, we would be working at a
loss."
In addition to the center's recy-
cling program, representatives from
the Ecology Center visit over 100
homes each year to explain to people
how to weatherize their home, sav-
ing them up to 20 percent on heat-
ing bills.
"Ecology starts at home," said
Kraut. From this idea stems the
household hazardous waste program,
under which potentially harmful
materials such as old paint, roach
killer, antifreeze, and used oil can be
disposed of properly, instead of sim-
ply pouring them down the sink.
Over 25 full-time employees run
the Ecology Center with the help of
over 100 volunteers who assist in
the various programs such as house-
hold hazardous wastes, energy con-
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servation, and recycling. Close to 30
work-study positions also enable
student participation.
Housing over 2,000 books, ex-
tensive periodicals, and pamphlets
on environmental issues, the center
operates a branch of the Ann Arbor
public library system.
The Ecology Center, located at
417 Detroit Street, is open Monday
through Friday, 9:30 to 5 p.m., and
Saturday, 9:30 to 1 p.m. For more
information call 761-3186.
LaGROC plans patrols near Nectarine
USSR plans reorganization
MOSCOW - The Communist Party's policy-making body will meet
tomorrow to overhaul the country's political structure and make high
level leadership changes, Soviet officials said.
The changes are key to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's goal of
taking the 20 million-member Communist Party out of the day-to-day
management of the economy and having it focus on ideology and policy
goals.
"There will be changes in the working of our political structure,"
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Gennady Gerasimov told reporters at the
United Nations in New York, where Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard
Shevardnadze was attending the General Assembly session.
Two Soviet sources dismissed speculation of an emergency or that the
meeting concerned the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Economist proposes
overhaul of doctors' income
BOSTON - A top-to-bottom reorganization of physician fees,
requested by Congress, could raise the pay of general practitioners by 70
percent while cutting some surgeons' income in half, its author said.
If adopted by private and government insurance programs, the long-
waited plan would sharply increase the pay for office visits while reducing
fees for surgery and other procedures, such as installing pacemakers.
"You can predict that under the new system, doctors will be willing to
spend a lot more time with patients to examine and council them," the
plan's architect, economist William Hsiao of the Harvard School of
Public Health, said. "Right now, physicians are being penalized
financially for spending time with patients."
If accepted by Congress, the plan will be used to determine physicians'
Medicare fees, which make up 20 percent of doctors' annual income.
Hsiao predicted if that happens, the plan will also be taken up by state-
run Medicaid programs as well as by private insurance companies.
Dukakis ridicules .tax plan
Michael Dukakis waved a $20 bill in the air yesterday and ridiculed
George Bush's plan for a middle-class tax break as worthy of Ebenezer
Scrooge. The vice president said his idea would give average Americans a
chance at a "little nest egg."
An aggressive Dukakis also accused the Reagan administration of
permitting a "Hall of Shame" to spring up over the last seven years,
citing "dozens and dozens of top administration officials who broke the
law or violated the public trust." He said he would crack down on
lobbying by officials who leave their government posts.
The Massachusetts governor promised to broaden current restrictions
that prohibit government officials from lobbying the agencies or offices
in which they work for one year after leaving government service.
Kent team hazed recruits
KENT, Ohio - Armpit and groin areas were shaved and a medicated
heating rub was applied to the areas during hazing rituals for Kent State
University ice hockey players.
The campus newspaper said police reports indicated first year students,
who were expected to attend the initiation, were led to a basement one at a
time and each was told to undress and lie on a weightlifting bench.
Each new player had his hands taped and some had ice and snow from
the hockey arena placed on his stomach and genitals, the police reports
said.
A medicated heat rub, similar to Ben Gay or Icy Hot brandi balms, was.
then applied to the rectums, genitals, and armpits of some of the players,
according to the reports.
One hockey player was hospitalized, 12 team members face
misdemeanor charges and the team was suspended for a year by Kent State
president Michael Schwartz as a result of the hazing incident at a Sept. 17
team party.
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A number of the recent assaults
occurring near campus are directed
,bagainst lesbians and gay males, Ann
Arbor police said, prompting mem-
takbers of Lesbian and Gay Rights Or-
ganizing Committee (LaGROC) to
consider the formation of patrol
groups to deter violence in the area.
Deputy Chief Ronald Lunsford
said some of the assaults - which
have occurred near the corner of East
Liberty and Maynard streets -"may
have been precipitated by perceived
sexual preference" of the victim. He
said many of the attacks involve
large, groups of people beating and
kicking individuals at random.
A total of 38 assaults were re-
ported to police between May 15 and
September 15 in the area surround-
ing the Nectarine Ballroom, accord-
ing to Det. Jerry Wright, crime pre-
vention specialist.
Johnathan Payne, an LSA senior
and a member of LaGROC, said he
proposed a plan at the LaGROC
meeting Tuesday night to have
deterrence groups stationed near the
Nectarine on Tuesday and Sunday
nights, which are commonly known
as gay nights.
Hoping their presence in the area
will deter attacks, the proposed
groups would escort people walking
alone in the area and rescue victims
if necessary, Payne said.
"Our attitude is totally non-con-
frontational," Payne said. "This is
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not vigilantism."
Payne said he was aware that
group members could be in danger.
"Yeah I'm scared," he said. "If you're
not scared, you're stupid."
If the proposed groups were a
success, he said LaGROC would
consider having groups stationed in
the area on Friday or Saturday
nights. But at this time, "We just
don't have the resources to go down
there every night."
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later reduced to assault and battery
and disturbing the peace, Scheff said.
Taher declined to discuss his case
specifically at Scheff's recommenda-
tion.
Ann Arbor police Staff Sgt.
David Lovell, who was not at the
Nazi demonstration, said it was un-
likely that the police used excessive
force.
Taher said he believes the Nazis
should not have a right to demon-
strate because of the ideas they es-
pouse.
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EXTRAS
Duderstadt tests limits of
double-speak, but is caught
It's no surprise University administrators use slick bureaucratic lingo.
But University President James Duderstadt, the self-proclaimed czar of the
information age, has ushered in a new version of double-talk: don't hide
the truth, just make it ambiguous, then no one can blame you for lying.
The Sept. 26 issue of the New Yorker put a Duderstadt quote from the
Grand Rapids Press under the heading, "How's that again? Department."
The Dude said: "It is characteristic in the state of Michigan that you
have good years and bad years. This is one of those years." Yeah, sure.
The context of the quote is unknown; the Press couldn't find it in their
files. But Shirley Clarkson, Duderstadt's assistant, said it was probably
taken out of context. Duderstadt, who passed a copy along to the:
Executive Officers, told them that this was his "new approach to PR,"'
she said.
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