The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, October 9, 1990 - Page 3 Committees formed to discuss LSA 1e port !.Julie Foster :aily Staff Reporter I.....- Consultants to Four committees appointed to discuss changes in the undergraduate curriculum are in a state of "furious 4rganizational activity," and may have further recommendations by the dof the year, English Prof. Robert eisbuch, chair of the central com- mittee, said yesterday. The committees, appointed by LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg are dis- ussing recommendations made this fall by the Planning Committee on the Undergraduate Experience within Jhe College of LSA. The report, released in the begin- Iing of the semester, offers numer- recommendations for improving e quality of undergraduate educa- tion. The report focused on four major areas of undergraduate education which the committees will be ex- ploring in more detail. They are graduation and distribution require- ments, pedagogy, counseling, and the Atheneum. The Atheneum is a proposal de- *gned to improve the first two years of undergraduate education. It would be both a building and an ideology, pffering special counseling services, more student-faculty contact, and more tenure-track professors teaching gpurses designed for first- and sec- ond-year students. "The committee isn't set up to institute the idea," said Diane Kirk- trick, chair of the committee. The ommittee was formed to review the proposals more carefully and present refined ideas to the faculty and stu- dent body for consideration, she said. LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg re- cently appointed faculty to chair each committee including an overseeing centralcommittee. Some proposals will be discussed and implemented sooner than others, *e said. While it may take "more than five years for the Atheneum (to be approved), to get more faculty in- yolved in student affairs could hap- pen more quickly," Weisbuch said. Weisbuch hopes the report and future efforts of the committees will show students that "There is a lot of interest in undergraduate education here." "If we don't get things done that really change the undergraduate edu- cation, it will be one of the biggest disappointments of my life," he said. help, trash by Donna Woodwe Daily City Reporter The Ann Arbor Ci wrote another chapter int city garbage collection night. The council unanimo a resolution allowing fo of a consulting firm to1 packages for the privatiz city's garbage collection held a joint working se the city's solid waste de discuss various proposa efficient and cost effectiv4 procedures. The resolution auth Administrator Del Borgs the Coopers and Lybrand firm for $5000. Acco memorandum from Borg council, the firm was hi reputation, previous wo city, proximity to Ann overall cost. "The more input w better we'll all feel when policy) hits the streets,' said. The city hired an out tant to ensure fair comp tween private companies solid waste department, A2 with pickup :I both prepare bids to handle the city's ty Council garbage collection and disposal. The the ongoing contract will go up for bid Nov. 15. nsaga last After the resolution was ap- proved, city solid waste department usly passed officials joined councilmembers r the hiring around the council chamber's table prepare bid to listen to presentations from other ation of the municipality officials and swap in- n, and then formation gathered by the city ad- ession with ministrator and John Newman, direc- partment to tor of the city's solid waste depart- Is for more ment. e collection "Tonight's session is designed for the exchange of communication" be- orizes City tween the various city departments dorf to hire on the issue of solid waste, said d consulting Councilmember Liz Brader (D- rding to a Fourth Ward), co-chair of the Solid ;sdorf to the Waste Commission. "No decisions fired for its will be made tonight," she said. rk with the Arbor and Brader said she couldn't project when the council will reach a deci- sion regarding the garbage.collection ,e get... the and disposal issue. iit (the final " Borgsdorf The city's solid waste department is seeking ways to make up for its $1.7 million deficit. Under consider- side consul- ation by the council is a $1-per-bag petition be- user fee, privatization of collection and the city and dumping and cuts in the city's which will general fund to make up the deficit. Rejoice Andrea Goldstein, an LSA senior, visits the "Sukkah" that the Chabad House set up on the Diag yesterday to recognize the Sukkot, or "Season of our Rejoicing." The Sukkah is a structure built to celebrate the fall harvest. 2 U.S. soilders die in plane crash i n Saudi Arabia Associated Press Two U.S. pilots died in a jet crash in Saudi Arabia today, and the Navy was searching for two Marine helicopters that vanished over the North Arabian Sea with eight crew members aboard, military officials said. Also today, warships upholding the trade embargo against Iraq forced two Iraqi ships to stop in the Gulf of Oman and submit to searches. The military officials in Saudi Arabia said the RF4C Phantom re- connaisance jet, belonging to a unit of the Alabama Air National Guard, crashed in the southern Saudi Arabia penninsula shortly after 1:00 p.m. The names of the pilots were withheld pending notification of rela- tives. A military spokesperson, Navy Cmdr. J.D. Van Sickle, said he could provide no other details other than that the crash was being investigated. . Meanwhile, the Navy searched for eight Marines missing after two UH- 1 helicopters disappeared during a training flight in the North Arabian Sea earlier today. As night fell, there was no word on the outcome of the search. Navy officers ruled out hostile ac- tion in the incident, which occurred well outside the Strait of Hormuz leading to the Persian Gulf, and 500 to 600 miles from where ground forces are deployed in the Saudi Ara- bian desert. They also said there was no indi- cation that the two UH-I Huays might have collided as they were re- turning to the amphibious assault carrier USS Okinawa. Each helicopter carried two pilots and two crew members The jet and the helicopters are part of the multinational force that was deployed in the Persian Gulf re- gion after Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2. British, Australian, and American warships fired warning shots across the bow of one of the Iraqi ships halted in the Gulf of Oman. The freighter was empty and allowed to continue, presumably to Iraq, British defense officials said. No shots were fired at the second Iraqi ship, and it was still being searched late today, they said. Borgsdorf waits for Las Vegas job offer NOW panel discusses 'Right to Die' proposal by Donna Woodwell Daily City Reporter Ann Arbor City Administrator Del Borgsdorf is still waiting in cold and rainy Ann Arbor for a job offer in warmer climates. Borgsdorf is one of seven finalists for the city manager job in Las Vegas, Nevada. A final decision for the position may be announced as early as Oct. 25 after Las Vegas city officials review finalists' credentials. Borgsdorf had no comment on his chances for the the Las Vegas position, saying he was "busy working right here" in Ann Arbor. Councilmember Joe Borda (R- Fifth Ward) said Borgsdorf has a right to apply for positions in other cities if he wants to, but "everyone on the council would like to see him stay if we can work things out," he The city council held a meeting several weeks ago to discuss a plan of action if Borgsdorf is hired. If Borgsdorf accepts a new position, an interim administrator will be appointed by the council until a nationwide search for a new city administrator is undertaken. On Sept. 25 Borgsdorf lost the bid for appointment as Fresno, California's city manager to the Cincinnati Deputy City Manager Mike Bierman. City officials in both Frenso and Las Vegas approached Borgsdorf and encouraged him to apply for the positions. The Las Vegas city manager's annual salary is $90,000. Borgsdorf earns $84,000 as Ann Arbor's city administrator, the city's chief executive officer. Correction Eric Kuvit and Jennifer Balaban are co-chairs of University Activities Center (UAC)'s Laugh Track - information which was incorrectly reported in yesterday's paper. THE LIST Wat's happening in Ann Arbor today, Meetings University Students Against Cancer (USAC) - Mass meeting. Henderson Rm., Michigan League, 7:30 p.m. Contact Melissa Gedis: 764-7038. Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry - Weekly meeting. Hillel, 1429 Hill St. 7 p.m. Speakers "Uzbekistan: Report from So- viet Central Asia" - Dr. Jisi Wang, Visiting Scholar at the Cen- ter for Chinese Studies. International Center, 603 E. Madison, Noon. "Computers, Visualization, and the Scientific Uses of Pic- tures" - Dr. Fred Bookstein, Dis- tinguished Research Scientist, Cen- ter for Human Growth and Devel- opment ,Institute of Gerontology, School of Public Health. 300 North Ingalls Bldg., 10th level Rm. 1000, Noon. "The Development of Marx- ism: Building a Science of Revo- lution" - Spark Revolutionary History Series. B122 MLB, 7 p.m. "U.S. Intervention in the Gulf: A Teach-In" - Teaching Assistants for Social Change. B116 tional Church, Dearborn, MI and Larry Visser, Organist of Zion Lutheran Churn, Chelsa, MI. Blanch Anderson Moore Hall, School of Music, 11 a.m. Chamber Music Concert - Works of Cesar Franck. Jeffrey Gilliam, Director, University of Michigan Chamber Ensembles. School of Music Recital Hall, 4 p.m. Carillon Recital - Don Cook, Associate Organist and Carilloneur, Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloom- field Hills, MI. Burton Memorial Tower, 7:15 p.m. Recital - Valeri Rubacca, Pro- fessor of Organ, Odessa Conserva- tory, U.S.S.R. Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m., Career Planning and Place- ment - Expo Information Session. 2011 MLB, 4:10 p.m. Career Planning and Place- ment - Employer Presentation: Anderson Consulting. Pendleton Rm., Union, 7 p.m. Career Planning and Place- ment - Employer Presentation: Pepsi-Cola Company. Kunzel Rm., Union, 7 p.m. Safewalk - Operating out of the UGLi (Rm 102). 8-11:30 p.m. Call 936-1000. by Erica Kohnke Daily Staff Reporter People should be protected from interference in their personal matters with legislation and should continue to protect themselves from intrusion in a technologically advancing world, said a panel of speakers last night. A "living will" panel comprised of state legislatures, a doctor, and a minister discussed state legislation that, if passed, would allow individ- uals' "living wills" to supersede the wishes of their friends or relatives. A living will is a legal document drawn up in order to specify whether or not one wishes to be sustained on machinery once one is declared to be in a "persistent vegitative state," or unconscious for a period of time. The legislation discussed by the panel would protect an individual's right to deny treatment, despite the possibility of objections from the medical community or relatives. Introducing each of the panel members was Arelene Law, who heads Ann Arbor's National Organi- zation for Women (NOW), which sponsored the meeting. The panel on the "living will" included State Rep.Perry Bullard, (D-Ann Arbor) and State Sen. Lana Pollack (D-Ann Arbor), both sup- porters of "Right to Die" legislation. Also on the panel were Ken Phifer, minister of the Unitarian church and Dr. Ron Bishop, a retired physician.r Each gave their views on proposed legislation, from a legistative per- spective, to a religious and a medical view. There were about 30 members in the audience, some of whom, includ- ing Jean King, a local attorney, questioned the "Right to Die" bill's clause which makes the living will ineffective in the case of. pregnant women. Some resented the need for such a clause and felt it declared pregnant women were "second-class citizens." It was considered anti-Roe vs. Wade legislation by King. "Mere existence is not an abso- lute value," said Phifer in presenting a religious perspective. He gave a broad view of many religions, in- cluding Western and Eastern faiths. Religion in general would approve of the concept of a living will as a form of respecting life, Phifer ex- plained. "Some people respect life by fighting death, and some people re- spect life by accepting it," Phifer said. Religion in general opposes unnecessary suffering, he asserted, and supports autonomy - a per- son's right to choose their own fate. "Write things down, so your wishes may be followed" urged Dr. Bishop, who stressed that people constructing living wills should be careful with their terms, and discuss decisions with their physicians and family. kinko's* COPIES with this coupon 8 1/2 X 11. whitesed save or auto fed only pie 1 s/1/91 Open 24 Hours STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP)- Two Americans whose discoveries led the way for successful human or- gan and cell transplants were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine yester- day. Joseph E. Murray, 71, discovered how to prevent tissue rejection when organs are transplanted in people, and the work of E. Donnall Thomas, 70, diminished the severe reaction that grafts cause in recipients, the Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institute said in awarding the prize. "I really thought this work was too clinical to ever win the prize," Thomas said yesterday morning from his home in Bellevue, Wash. "There are many scientist-re- searchers out there who are eligible. U.S. scientists win Nobel for this prize. "It's a long shot at best, and it would be a mistake to waste tiie thinking about winning it." Americans have won or shared the prize in medicine 32 times in the past 21 years, compared with 19 winners from all other countries combined. Murray and Thomas did their groundbreaking research in the 1950s and 1960s. Murray's and Thomas' discover- ies are crucial for those tens of thou- sands of severely ill patients who e- ther can be cured, or be given a di- cent life when other treatment metb- ods are without success," said the 50=member assembly of Sweden's largest and oldest medical university. j ~1 Businessc :%: sJ2 tI9 L37¢eck 1991- r Make reservations now and SAVE! BAHAMAS $419 JAMAICA$4* from Detroit 8dars/ 7n ights 4H I 11 l rl