The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 27, 1989 - Page 3 Band's trip to ellinois cancelled by Jason Carter If fans traveling to see the Wolverines play the Fighting Illini this season want to hear the Michi- gan Marching Band play "The Vic- e tors," they'll have to bring along a cassette version. The band's trip to the University of Illinois has been cancelled because of a lack of funds, Band Director Jerry Luckhardt said. "There was no lowering of band morale," Luckhardt said, "but a few people are disap- pointed." He refused to elaborate. However, there was speculation *by band members that the cancellation was more a result of poor communication between the University's School of Music and Athletic Department - the band's two main sources of funds. Apparently, both departments thought the other was going to foot the bill for the trip, and the band was pever given the money needed for the ourney, said band members. W "The Athletic Department usually pays for one trip a year. This year the department gave a budget, which Was in essence more money, but not gnough money for the Illinois trip," said Julie Vierling, a graduate assis- tant to the band. "I think that (the band) really wanted to go," she added. "It's gonna hurt that we're not going to be there," said five-year band member Jim Kondash. "In big games we are a factor. The Illinois game is probably going to be the de- ciding game of the Big Ten Cham- pionship." Kondash, who has traveled with the band to Champagne twice, said Illinois fans get very loud at home games, and the closed nature of the 0 tadium makes it even worse. He said he was disappointed the trip was cancelled, but said he won't miss the foul odor that hovers around Memorial Stadium. Jason Nuveman, a second year member of the band, said there was a trp cancelled last year. "In a letter I received before join- ing the band last year, it was stated that we were going to Iowa City," uveman said. "But the band never went." Abortion consent vote fires.debate by Vera Songwe Daily Minority Issues Reporter The National Organization for Women, the College Democrats, Right to Life, and many others groups have for the past six weeks been lobbying for or against Michigan's proposed parental consent bill for teenage abortions. Pro-Life organizations may have won the first battle Wednesday as the State Senate passed the bill by a 29-8 vote. The parental consent bill is widely considered the most con- troversial of the abortions bills now being considered by the Michigan legislature. The Michigan House of Representatives and Governor James Blanchard still have to pass the parental consent bill before it becomes a law. Blanchard has promised to veto the bill if it passes the house. "The bill that passed the senate is unreason- able and unacceptable," said Tom Scott, Blan- chard's Press Secretary. Opponents of the bill feel the state cannot legislate parent-daughter communication and should not meddle in such family matters. "I think (the bill) is horrible, it is very mis- leading. It seems like (the abortion bills) are working towards family unity, but you cannot legislate family communication," said LSA senior Julie Subrin, a member of the Ann Ar- bor Coalition to Defend Abortion Rights. "A teenager needs to talk to somebody who respects their opinion," Subrin said, adding that the parental consent bill assumes that the parents are the best people to talk to in a time of crisis. Surbin said many parents are not aware of the fact that their daughters are sexually active, so information about an impending pregnancy will annoy the parents, who then may make quick, irrational decisions. Pro-life activists, however, argue that the parent is the only one who does not have an interest other than the child's well-being at hand. The parent, then, is the person best able to help the child make such a decision. Subrin disagreed, saying that even parents have a vested interest in the outcome of a child's pregnancy. "She could talk to her peers, a counselor or a minister," said Subrin. "Why is it that all of sudden everyone knows what's best for a child better than the parent?" asked Barbara Listing, president of the Right to Life of Michigan. She said pro-choice proponents are afraid of the bill not because they think parental consent is bad, but because they think it would limit the number of abor- tions taking place daily. But Listing agrees with her opponents that there is no way a bill can be passed to legislate family communication. "We would never re- ally legislate family communication, but what is terrible in trying to enhance it?" Many families come together during a pe- riod of crisis and a pregnancy is one of the kinds of crisis that can bring families that are otherwise apart together, Listing said. The College Democrats also got into the fight, and travelled to Lansing to argue against the bill. "We are opposed to the bill, we lob- bied last week against the bill in Lansing," said LSA senior Roger Kosson, the President of College Democrats. "Teenagers who can talk to their parents usually do that," he said. "If the parent is abu- sive, the teenager has a right not to tell." Thirty-four other states have laws requiring parental consent for teenage abortion, and about half of them are in effect. Do-Wop Members of the Friars took the stage yesterday on the steps of the Graduate Library to give a preview of their upcoming concert. City Cunci considers charging for excess trash by Tara Gruzen Daily City Reporter Although the mandatory recycling ordinance was taken off the Ann Arbor City Council's agenda earlier this month, the proposal has not disappeared. City councilmembers are still considering the benefits of such a program. Currently under debate is a controversial variable can rate proposed by Councilmember Thomas Richardson (R-Fifth Ward). The variable can rate would charge an extra cost for people with excess trash who do not recycle. The cost would be calculated according to the number of trash cans over an allowed amount. Many opponents of Richardson's proposal claim that it would allow the wealthy to avoid recycling while making it mandatory for the poor. Councilmember Liz Brater (D-Third Ward) said since the variable can rate would be a regressive tax, a tax not tied to income, it could possibly cause problems. "There is an implication that people can buy their way out of recycling," she said. But Richardson said if people have an income problem, they should talk to the federal government. He said that everyone's trash service shouldn't be subsidized because some people have low incomes. "If you're worried about people not having money, give them money," Richardson said. He has proposed that the city waive the fees of a variable can rate for low-income housing co-ops, housing commission projects, and apartments that qualify under Section Eight of the the federal housing program. Section Eight is low-income housing sponsored by Housing and Urban Development. Mike Garfield, the environmental issues director of the Ann Arbor Ecology Center, said the key is not to look at the variable can rate as a way to give the city a lot of revenue, but to use it as a means of limiting the amount of trash on the curbside. He said the variable can rate needs to be instituted alongside a mandatory recycling program because if it is not, the penalty would have to be too high to successfully encourage recycling. "If the rate is set too high it's a regressive tax , but if it's set at a reasonable rate everyone is going to want to pinch pennies as best they can," Garfield said. 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