Kimball receives 17 year 'sentence TAMPA (AP) - Former Michigan and Olympic diver Bruce Kimball yesterday was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a high-speed drunken driving accident last summer in which he drove into a group of about 30 teen-agers, killing two and injuring four. You must suffer the consequences of drunken driving. We must stop it. We can't seem to get a hammer on it, " Hillsborough Circuit Judge Harry Lee Coe III told the 1984 Olympic silver medalist. Calling the Aug. 1 accident a "terrible, terrible tragedy," the judge said he hoped the sentence would "scream out to young people".about the dangers of drinking and driving. Coe revoked Kimball's drivers license and said his prison term would be followed by 15 years probation to . include community work aimed at teaching young people the dangers of alcohol. A model prisoner could expect to serve one third of his sentence, r meaning Kimball could be free in five or six years, according to defense attorney Fran Quesada. Prosecutors said his car was traveling at about 75 mph and skidded 397 feet from point of impact, hurling victims 30-60 feet, sideswiping several cars and leaving a trail of blood. ubhei ( inion The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 31,1989- Page 3 MSA and SODC me BY ALEX GORD A proposed m Michigan Student dent Mike Phillips Susan Overdorf, S tion Development Director Brad Borla ident for Student Johnson, in respon; lems between the t was canceled ye Johnson was out of The University gents passed a dire quiring the Michi sembly and SODC consultative way." meeting earlier t Johnson and Borlar for following the d reluctant to meet w Today's cancel point that Johnson. just lying" and th playing games," P terday after learnit lation. Borland s wasn't canceled b "never set up in the SODC sent Phi week specifying tf they could meet. B not make any of th eting cai ON up an alternate meeting time of 10 neeting between a.m. yesterday. Assembly presi- Phillips said none of the meeting s, Vice-president times were during his scheduled of- tudent Organiza- fice hours and that since he is not Center (SODC) paid for his work at MSA, he should nd and Vice Pres- not have to make extra time for such Services Henry meetings. "I don't jump for the ad- se to recent prob- ministration and I don't jump for the wo organizations student body," Phillips said. sterday because Borland defended SODC, saying f town. "No ones asking him to jump for 's Board of Re- anybody, were asking him to meet." ctive last July re- He blamed today's discrepancy on gan Student As- "miscommunication." to "engage in a Rosa Lopez, SODC Organiza- At the regent's tional Consultant, said "she thought his month both it would be okay" to hold the meet- nd criticized MSA ing yesterday, but she later learned irective and being that Johnson would be out of town. ith SODC. Phillips did not know why John- lation "proved a son's presence was necessary at the and Borland were meeting, but Lopez said Johnson at SODC is "just needed to be there because it was "at Phillips said yes-, his request the meeting be set up". ng of the cancel- The meeting has not been re- aid the meeting scheduled yet, but Johnson has sche- ut rather, it was duled a meeting for all MSA rep- first place." resentatives this Thursday to discuss llips a letter last the Regents' directive. Borland said hree time periods this Thursday's meeting was called 3ut Phillips could because it was his understanding that ose times and set most MSA members did not know iceled Associated Press Kimball was sentenced to 17 years in prison yesterday for a high speed drunk driving accident last summer. Kimball's attorneys threw him on the mercy of the court after the 25- year-old athlete interrupted the start of his trial Jan. 11 and in a surprise move switched his plea to guilty on two counts of manslaughter while driving under the influence and three counts of causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence. On Monday, Kimball changed his plea again, this time to no contest, a technical move aimed at making it easier for victims to recover damages from 'his automobile insurance company. After the hearing, the athlete's mother offered an apology. She also said she found the 17-year sentence tough. Prosecutors said Kimball had a blood alcohol count of 0.2, twice Florida's legal limit, an hour after the accident, which occurred while Kimball was in training to qualify for the 1988 U.S. Olympic team. Coe said while he initially expected to give Kimball the maximum sentence of 22 years, he gave the defendant "consideration for throwing himself on the mercy of the court." Phillips MSA president what the directive was about. In addition, Lopez said she will be making a presentation defining SODC's function at the University at tomorrow's night regular MSA meeting. In the past, Phillips has branded the SODC as a "useless ad- ministrative branch". Students need required humaniti es, study says BY NOELLE SHADWICK ing Virginia Reeve said a wide variety of courses al- WITH WIRE REPORTS lows for individual differences and permits students to The University offers a wide variety of courses to explore a "diversity of thought." fulfill humanities requirements - similar to the re- "Though not everyone takes advantage of the full quirements of other four-year colleges and universities range of choices," she said, making decisions is part of - but a study released Sunday by the National En- the learning process because "That's what life is like," dowment for the Humanities says students given a she said. Poor maintenance concerns travelers I more than security Do youthink airline security on internatio"nal lis e adfequate. 1', or not? . Don't know/no answer Which do you think poses a greater danger to air travelers. terrorism or inadequate airplane maintenance? N Don't know/no answer would you support or oppose requiring airlines to hand-search all checked baggage on international flights.even if that means passengers have to show up three hours before takeoff? NEW YORK (AP) - Americans favor stringent new anti-terrorist measures to bolster international airline security, but by a wide margin they say poor airplane maintenance is a greater threat than terrorism, a poll has found. A majority in the Media General- Associated Press survey said current airline security is inadequate. Nearly three-quarters favored mandatory hand-searches of all checked bags, and half backed a ban of carry-on bags. Still, terrorism was not seen as the chief danger to air travelers. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents said inadequate airplanes maintenance was a greater threat than terrorism, while just 24 percent saw terrorism as the greater hazard. The national survey of 1,162 adults found majority backing for U.S. military strikes against countries that support terrorists if the support were proved and innocent civilians were not killed. The survey, which had a three- point margin of error, was conducted by phone Jan. 4-12, the month after a terrorist bomb downed Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland, killing all 259 aboard and 11 on the ground. In response to the attack, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines to X-ray all checked baggage on flights from Europe and the Mideast. The poll found support for other steps, considerably tougher: . Ninety-six percent said foreign airlines should be required to X-ray checked baggage. - Seventy-three percent supported requiring airlines to hand-search all checked baggage on international flights. That is the practice on Israel's El Al airline, the leader in anti-terrorist measures. * Fifty percent supported banning carry-on luggage on international flights. Fifty-seven percent said airlines should be required to announce all terrorist threats they receive, but respondants were split evenly on whether the government should announce all threats it receives against airlines. That issue arose when it was revealed that U.S. officials were warned before the Pan Am attack, but did not reveal that threat. choice of too many classes may miss important sub- jects. Researchers surveyed 504 four-year colleges and universities and found that 13 percent of the schools allowed students to choose their classes from "a virtu- ally unlimited list of courses." The figure is down from 19 percent five years ago. When students are told to choose two courses from a long list of classes and three courses from another long list, there is a high probability that they will miss some major areas of study, said Lynne Cheney, chair of the foundation. Students need a narrower range of classes to choose from, she said. But Associate Director of LSA academic counsel- University students in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts have three options for fulfilling humanities requirements depending on the distribution pattern they choose. Te first pattern requires nine humanitites credits, the second requires at least three and the.third is de- signed by the student to reflect, according to the LSA Bulletin "a variety of methodologies," however, no humanities courses are specifically required. Engineering students must fulfill at least 17 hu- manities and social science credits, as well as an En- glish composition and technical writing class. The University has not changed its distribution re- quirements in the past five years, however, some classes have been reclassified as humanity courses. Police Notes Robbery During Night Deposit A man claiming to have a gun robbed a woman at Briarwood Circle last Saturday night, according to Ann Arbor police. The two suspects approached the woman who was making a night de- posit around 9:30 p.m., said Vail. One of the men allegedly said he wanted the woman's money and that he had a gun. But according to the report, the suspect did not pull out a gun during the robbery. The suspects stole a bag contain- ing the money that the woman was going to deposit. They fled from the scene in a vehicle parked nearby, ac- cording to the police report. Police have not located the two suspects or the vehicle they were driving. The investigation is contin- uing, - By Monica Smith Unarmed Robbers Steal Wallet Two unarmed men robbed a man early Saturday morning in the north parking lot at Warner Lambert/Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Research, ac- cording to police reports. The two suspects approached the man as he walked to his car. One of the suspects allegedly grabbed the man around the neck from behind and forced him to the ground. The suspects stole the man's wallet and its contents, said Ann Arbor Police Sergeant Sherry Vail. The two suspects then fled in a car, leaving the man unharmed. The investigation is continuing, Vail said. 5% Don't know/ no answer The svey oA1. 162 .tmts. pond t.ad Jan. 4-12. had a e-point mn'"n of eo' AP/T. Ooan Cao. CORNER OF STATE AND HILL 994-4040 THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Speakers "Reflection Surveying Across High-Grade Meta- morphictTerranes; Examples From the Grenville Front, Kapuskasing Structural Zone and Valhalla Metamorphic Core Complex" - Alan G. 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