01 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 2, 1989 TRASH Ontinued from Page 1 ii IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports concern at this University. "I'm involved because pollution has to stop, waste has to stop, and we don't have much time," said Ward. "I'd like to have kids one day anid I'd like to give my kids a clean e*th." .Members of the committee handed out sheets advising students what they could do to alleviate envi- ronmental problems. Among the possible solutions was mass recy- cling. Since currently there is no ef- fektive way to recycle plastic and styrofoam, there have been proposed bans on these products. "People can ask the establish- nients they frequent not to use styro- foam or plastic when avoidable," said committee member Rachel Stevens, an LSA senior. coThe "Pyramid of Waste" was constructed to resemble the ancient pyramids in Egypt. Designers hoped to convey the notion that problems of waste are not short lived. "If we were to leave the pyramid here constructed of styrofoam it would remain here for at least 100 years." But not everyone was pleased with the location of the sculpture. LSA first-year student Sandy Snaden was dismayed because the waste pyramid was built directly on the University's 'M' plaque. - "They shouldn't have put all the garbage on the' M,"'said Snaden. "I nrean recycling is great, but they shouldn't have uut it (there)'' Art you can touch Candy Steele helps explain "the big magnet" to Heather Erickson at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The museum, at 219 E. Huron, is open Tuesday through Sunday and gives student discounts. GAME Continued from Page 1 ,r"A simulated studio is being set up with stage lights and other equipment," Greenberg said, "They're expected to begin working at, 8 a.m. It also takes about five hours to unload the set." She added that because of the ex- pensive equipment, "campus security officers will be surrounding the place." General Foods has sponsored this program at other schools including Purdue last week and Ohio State University earlier this week. "Both of those schools had a turnout of about 300 people, and we're hoping for about the same here," Greenberg said. "I'm a little worried though, since something like this has never been done before at the University. People might not know about how great it is." Those that do know about it seem excited. LSA first-year student Wendy Umphry said, "It will be a night of fun and laughs. I'm going to get my friends to go with. It's a definite change of pace from the typ- ical Thursday night." ] f r f I f l I f E f l f P t 1 I c f i 1 t f c j t I Young, fire dept. differ on r Devil's Night fire totals DETROIT- Mayor Coleman Young said yesterday there were 223 fires - six fewer than last year - during this year's three-day Devil's Night tradition of arson. Young displayed a chart showing a steady decline in the number of fires since 1984, when firefighters battled 810 blazes. But John Chakan of the Detroit Firefighters Association said he be- lieved Devil's Night fires increased this year. Firefighters responded to 710 calls during the three days, he said. However, those calls included 0 false alarms, trash fires and non-fire emergencies, he added. Young said the union distorted figures to help contract negotiations because it supports his opponent in the Nov.7 mayoral election, Tom Barrow. Police arrested 399 minors on charges of ignoring the city's three-day 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, and eight people on arson charges, officials said. Flight 255 trial progresses DETROIT - While attorneys for families of the victims of a 1987 plane crash try to prove the plane was defective, McDonnell Douglas 0 Corp. will present an astronaut to testify to its safety, company attorneys said yesterday. Northwest's Flight 255 crashed Aug. 16, 1987, killing 156 people on board and on the ground near Detroit Metro Airport. In opening arguments before a federal court jury, Northwest Airlines' and crash victims' attorneys portrayed the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet- liner as ill-designed, hard to control on takeoff, and equipped with mal- functioning electronic warning devices. McDonnell Douglas will present former astronaut Pete Conrad, now a McDonnell Douglas vice president who was involved in the aircraft's de- sign to testify that the MD-80 has had an excellent safety record and that the Northwest Airlines crew was at fault, said attorney Donald E. Shely of Detroit. Earthquake strikes Japan TOKYO - A major earthquake struck off the northeastern Honshu Is- land early today, officials said. Three coastal villages were ordered evacu- ated by Japanese authorities for fear of tidal waves and the region's main highway was closed. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, the Central Meteorologi- cal Agency in Tokyo said. That was the same magnitude as the Oct. 17 earthquake that devastated the San Francisco Bay area. The quake was centered about 60 miles off the coast at a depth of 20 miles, the agency said. Officials closed the main expressway through the affected region for inspection and overnight trains were stopped to check the condition of the rails. Sierra Club challenges laws LANSING - New Michigan laws relaxing standards for handling garbage incinerator ash violate federal law for disposal of hazardous waste, an environmental group said yesterday as it prepared a lawsuit to block the measures. Anne Woiwode, director of the Mackinac chapter of the Sierra Club, said a suit seeking to overturn the state laws will be filed in U.S. District Court in either Lansing or Grand Rapids within the next week. However, Wiowode contends that two measures approved earlier this year violate the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which prohibits any state from enacting standards less stringent than those in the federal law. "We depend in this country on ensuring that a common bottom line exists in the regulation of pollution, and that bottom line is set by federal law. The state of Michigan has wantonly defied the federal government's bottom line on hazardous waste regulation,"she said. EXTRAS Daily Separated at Birth? q 4r { BernieBush Alex Gordon "Doesn't every Pre-ned deserve a choice?" Tom Garcia, M.D. (UAG '75) Cardiologist Houston, Texas "The right choice was there when I needed it. I made that choice, and now I'm a physician. My alma mater may be just right for you. It's your choice." 11 FODBUS BON APPETITE at BON JUICE & SANDWICH NEW on campus! Q) Y Universidad Aut6noma de Guadalajara School of Medicine Guadalajara, Mexico ,. 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