The Michigan Daily -Friday, October 12, 1990 - Page 3 .Students question officials on campus deputization 'U' chooses L Eby Josephine Ballenger $aily Crime Reporter Students questioned University :and city officials who spoke on the University's recent decision to im- plement a deputized police force during a conference yesterday. Aerospace Engineering Prof. :Harris McClamroch, a member of the University Task Force on Campus Safety and Security, said the faculty-student task force was formed in March 1989 to address "the human climate" on campus. A year later, the committee made 12 recommendations, includ- ing increasing the number of Uni- versity deputized police officers. The University administration :had two choices, McClamroch said buying more services from the :Ann Arbor Police Department or ;implementing its own private police force. The University's Board of Re- gents chose the latter this June, when it approved a proposal to in- crease the University's deputized fleet to approximately 24 officers over the next three years. firm to search for new dean Currently the Department of Campus Safety and Security (CSS) employs only two deputized police officers in addition to 18 non-depu- tized security officers. The University police fleet will be deputized by the Washtenaw County Sheriff and will enforce state and University laws, not city ordinances. The task force's suggestions, McClamroch said, responded to findings that the University placed rather high (compared to other large Midwestern universities in the study) in the ranking of cam- puses crime rates. The crimes ranked included larcenies, rob- beries, rapes and harassment. McClamroch said the task force's philosophy was that campus "safety had to be increased" and that a "University (police force) would do a better job in meeting our needs (than the city)." "The fact that it (deputization) was passed in the summer without student and faculty involvement and discussion was unfortunate," McClamroch said. A few students were dissatisfied with the notion that deputized Uni- versity police would solve, or even deter, campus crime. Corey Dolgon, Rackham repre- sentative to Michigan Student Assembly, asked for "evidence that a University police force would deter these crimes," particularly sexual assault. "You're not going to be able to stop a rapist because you won't even know it's going on," he said. "There are few (campuses) com- parable to the University's size that don't have their own police force," McClamroch responded. The task force, he said, studied other campuses with their own police forces, such as Michigan State University and University of Wisconsin. Ann Arbor's acting police chief William Hoover said that he and CSS Director Leo Heatley have "worked our way through issues Hoover (regarding the logistics of two police forces) to be successful." The University and city police forces will provide services to each other if needed, Hoover said. Whether a campus fleet will be more efficient than Ann Arbor police, "is hard to say," he continued. "We'll have to see." by Shalini Patel Daily Staff Reporter The Business School Dean search committee decided this week to em- ploy the services of Lamalie Associ- ates, a professional search firm, to help in its nationwide search for a new business school dean. Former business school dean Gilbert Whitaker was appointed to the position of University Provost and Vice-President of Academic Af- fairs this summer. In the last several years, Lamalie has conducted the searches for the University President; the deans of the medical school, the school of public health, and the dental school; and the Vice Provost of Information Technology. The committee chose Lamalie, which has been in business since 1967, after hearing presentations from four different firms on Monday. "They (Lamalie) are very familiar with Michigan and would be able to give us an accurate picture of candi- dates," said committee chair George Siedel, Business School Prof. Lamalie will help the committee identify and screen some of the 200- 300 expected applications. Siedel, who expects to "receive internal as well as external recom- mendations" said he believes the firm will help in finding the best candidate for the job. Lamalie is also expected to use its "powers of persuasion" in con- vincing qualified people to apply for the position of dean for the business school Dr. Bernard Matchen, the current dean of the dental school, said he "had no intention of coming to Michigan" from the University of North Carolina until Lamalie con- vinced him. Matchen, who has been dean for a little over a year, said he applied after Lamalie did a "selling job" on him. "They're very good representa- tives of the school," he added. Professor and interim chair of the department of sciences at the dental school, John Drach headed the search committee that found Matchen. While the committee made the decisions, Drach said, the firm saved faculty a lot of time by becoming the University's agent. Although the actual figure has not been decided, Siedel said the standard price for search firms like Lamalie Associates is one-third the first-year salary of the hired person- nel. Before Whitaker left his annual salary was $155,451. The University's Lamalie con- tact, Jerry Baker was unavailable for comment. *Law Prof. MacKinnon speaks on role of law in abortion and sexual assualt cases by Henry GoldblattM Daily Staff Reporter for equality is what white males against male aggression, she said. MacKinnon spoke briefly of There was standing room only in Hutchins Hall Auditorium last night, as more than 300 students gathered to hear Law Prof. Catharine 'lacKinnon speak on the role of the law in women's lives. MacKinnon began her speech with a history of women's issues in the United States. She views the fundamental problem with U.S. laws regarding rape and abortion as stem- ming from history. "The law was developed when women were not allowed to read and write the precedent," she said. "The *act that women have voluntarily engaged in law is a triumph of de- termination over despair." She described the United States legal attitude towards women as ranging "from anathema to af- tethought." MacKinnon stretched this analy- sis to today's debates over abortion and rape. She feels that men who make laws make them in reference to "themselves. "The implicit standard value about themselves and others... usually this means that you should be (a white male)." She said these laws are inherently flawed because few men get raped and men don't have abortions. "This reality of women's condi- tions calls for a theory of women's inequality of its own," she said. MacKinnon said men choose when it is acceptable for women to get an abortion. "Men may relate with fetuses be- cause all men have been fetuses and never will be pregnant women." She said that the analogy that the fetus is part of a woman's body part is wrong because the fetus takes much from a woman and contributes little. She expressed concern that "if the fe- tus is deemed a person, it could have more rights than a woman, espe- cially since the decision is made by men." She was equally concerned with rape and assault laws. These laws provide little or no = protection They restrict birth control access, don't provide enough social support, and undermine women in poverty she added. These laws harm women because they are not given a full choice said MacKinnon. pornography in a question and an- swer session in reference to the con- troversial photography exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe. She said the law condones exhibits such as this because they have "artistic value". "There can be no trade off be- I II SAEF-t Gr~~zIr 'Men may relate with fetuses because all men have been fetuses and never will be pregnant women' - Catharine MacKinnon, Law School Professor 4 "Women are caught between sex use and aggression on one hand and economic conditions on the other. They are prevented from having chil- dren they do want and forced to have the children they don't want," MacK- innon said. "Abortion offers the only way out. The abortion decision pro- vides a moment of power in a life led in unequal conditions, which she can't control... until this context is changed only pregnant women can choose life for the fetus." tween harm and aesthetics," in re- gards to art, she said. Students reaction was generally in support of MacKinnon's views. She made an "insightful critique of society," said Erik Lindberg, a sec- ond year law student. "She was right on the money, I pretty much agreed," said Elizabeth Abood, a second year law student. II " Truan's Gourmet Chocolates (of Detroit)! " Trebor Hard Candies (of Quebec)! . 1300 Greeting Card Designs! " A Variety of Stuffed Animals! . T-Shirts! " Baskets, Mugs, Buttons, Calendars, Kites_, and Stationery4--------- 110% OFF All Plush Stuffed Animals with this Ad! 1214 S. University " NOW open in the South U. Galleria! ji' Sunrunner racers head to Australia I. DAILY CLASSIFIEDS bit Chris Afendulis While other engineering students plug away at their studies next month, members of the University's Solar Car Team will be racing across the dusty terrain of the Australian Outback against opponents from around the world. As part of their victory in this summer's GM Sunrayce USA, the team will compete with various in- trnational professional and amateur teams from around the world at the orld Solar Challenge, a race to be held in Australia November 11-22. The first place finish of the Sun- runner in the GM college-team solar car race gave the team the opportu- nity of the Australia trip. The second and third place finishers in the GM race, Western Washington Univer- sity and the University of Maryland, Will also attend. The team has stepped up its fundraising efforts to cover the costs of the trip and subsequent modifica- tions to the car. Doug Parker, the team's logistics apid finance coordinator, put the team's current contribution total at $1.2 million. Most of the support comes from corporations, who also provide technical and laboratory as- sstance. "It's a full-blown business en- tity," said Parker, referring to the fi- nancial maneuvering necessary to make the project competitive. The Sunrunner was shipped intact to Australia on a Lufthansa 747 last Sunday. Members of an advance team will fly to Australia tomorrow to ready the car and the rest of the crew - 20 members are participating in the race - will leave on Oct. 22. The team will then have approximately two weeks to acclimate themselves to the different racing conditions. The race will span 1800 miles of the Australian outback, beginning on Nov. 11. Engineering senior and one of two solar car drivers Dave Noles said the Sunrunner should fin- ish the trip on Nov. 17 or 18. An awards ceremony will take place Nov. 22. The team will face much stiffer competition in Australia than they did this summer, racing against 29 other entries, many of them spon- sored by major corporations such as Honda, Toyota, and Nissan. To prepare for the challenge, the team modified the car by dropping weight and improving the motor said Noles. Members view the synchroniza- tion of the team's individual tasks during the race as vital to their suc- cess in Australia. Project Manager Susan Fancy, an engineering and LSA senior, stressed the team's strength in this area, attributing it to the interdependence that was needed in designing and building the car. Some team members, such as Parker, have already graduated, but the others took a term off from school to prepare for and take part in the race. Noles said he was willing to sac- rifice the time for the opportunity to race in Australia, calling it "the ex- perience of a lifetime." 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