The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, February 3, 1993 - Page 3
Hartford
*speaks to
MSA on
Diag rules
by Adam Anger
and Jennifer Tianen
Daily MSA Reporters
Students voiced their concerns
about the recently implemented
Designated Outdoor Common Areas
Policy to Vice President for Student
Affairs Maureen Hartford at last
night's Michigan Student Assembly
meeting.
At the beginning of the discus-
sion, Hartford answered questions
regarding the need for a Diag policy.
Assembly representatives said they
Odo not recall any specific incidents
or major problems which would
make a policy necessary.
Hartford said the first Diag policy
came about 30 years ago after a
committee met in response to student
concern about the right of students to
have a place to protest.
"This policy is not a new thing,"
Hartford said.
She said the current policy has
*been under development since 1986.
In response to criticisms that stu-
dents did not have input into the pol-
icy, she said the committee which
drafted the restrictions was com-
posed of three students - one of
whom was appointed by MSA.
Hartford also said the areas
which must be addressed by a Diag
policy have changed in recent years.
*For example, she said there was a
need for the restriction of three-di-
mensional structures on the Diag in
the late 1980s. However, shanties
are not a "hot topic" anymore.
"(The 1986 policy committee)
represented many special interests of
members on it, and the policy re-
flects that," Hartford said.
In answer to the recent chalking
*on the Diag by some assembly
members, Hartford commented that
"somebody obviously had a thing
about chalk."
MSA Rep. Rob Van Houweling
questioned the ban on chalking the
Diag.
"It's not much of a nuisance. The
chalk washed off in a day," he said.
Hartford responded that assembly
members should research that par-
*lticular regulation to determine if it is
necessary.
"Is (the chalk) toxic? Does it hurt
the grass? Does it hurt the squir-
rels?" Hartford asked.
"I think students should protest
on the Diag - it is what makes the
University of Michigan special,"
Hartford said. "But, I think there
should be parameters around it."
City will encourage
tenant
by Christine Youn
Daily City Reporter
After heated debate a
Monday night, the Ann
Council unanimously;
resolution that would en
Ann Arbor Housing Co
support tenant managem
The proposal, intr
Councilmembers Robe
(D-5th Ward) and Kurt
4th Ward), would requir
ing Commission to purs
of tenants. It mandat
commission provide the
quarterly reports des
progress toward tenant .r
Zimmer said tenants
input into who is ele
Housing Commission
money is spent on public
"The tenants want to
sions on what needs to
opposed to having dec
by members of the Ho
mission who have pro
seen the inside of a put
site," Zimmer said.
Discussion became I
management
g Councilmember Nelson Meade (D-
3rd Ward) proposed an amendment
t its meeting to the resolution.
Arbor City le called for language changes
approved a in the proposal - with the amend-
:courage the ment calling for the council to
mmission to "encourage" the Housing Commis-,
ent. sion to implement tenant manage-
oduced by ment. The original resolution pro-
rt Eckstein posed that the council "direct" the
Zimmer (D- commission to take this action.
re the Hous- City Attorney Elizabeth Schwartz
ue the goals said it was illegal for the council to
es that the mandate the Housing Commission to
council with support tenant management because
cribing its the commission is independent of
nanagement. the council.
want more Zimmer disagreed with Meade's
cted to the amendment.
and how "We have been elected to set
c housing. policy. That policy is for tenants to
make deci- be able to control and direct self
be done as management," Zimmer said.
isions made Councilmember Peter Nicolas
using Com- (D-4th Ward) agreed with Zimmer's
bably never protest.
blic housing ""This amendment would give no
meaning to the resolution," Nicolas
heated when said.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Tiffany Tyuse, a junior at Huron Valley Beauty Academy in Ann Arbor, works on a mannequin trying to curl its
hair. The vocational academy is a division of the Ann Arbor Public School system.
Student organizations plan Earth Week celebrations
by Marc Olender
Daily Environment Reporter
The Environmental Issues Commission
(EIC) - a division of the Michigan Student
Assembly - resolved at its meeting last night
to get more people involved in this year's
Earth Week activities.
This year, Earth Day falls on April 22.
However, Earth Week will run from April 12
to April 18 to avoid conflict with exams, EIC
chair Stuart Kaplan said. The seven-day series
of events will include speakers on environmen-
tal issues and a band playing on the Diag.
"Earth Day has been going since 1970, and
Earth Week has been attached with it," Kaplan
said.
Kaplan said he has contacted student
groups ranging from the Native American Stu-
dents Association to the Michigan crew team
to recruit help for Earth Week.
The new Diag policy will limit the Earth
Week activities, MSA representative Linda
Stalker said.
"We're going to be responsible for security
and clean-up costs, which isn't fair, because
there are going to be 50 student groups, hope-
fully, participating," Stalker said.
Environmental Action Committee facilita-
tor Christa Williams said, "I just think it's im-
portant to inform as many diverse groups as
possible that Earth Day can pertain to them."
Williams recalled that last year's Earth
Week turnout was not large. She attributed that
to bad weather and poor publicity.
Kaplan said this year will be different be-
cause EIC will be conducting a mass mailing
to promote events planned to bring the com-
munity together.
Kaplan cited the "Spring Clean" as an ex-
ample. Traditionally, he said, the Huron River
Watershed Council invites the public to come
clean up the river each year.
"We're adapting this into Earth Week -
there's approximately 20 miles of river reason-
ably close by we're hoping to clean up, both
with students and community members," Ka-
plan said.
Indicators: Economic
recovery will continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
government's chief economic fore-
casting gauge jumped sharply in De-
cember, flashing its most positive
signal for future growth in nearly a
decade. Sales of new homes surged
during the month.
The reports, both issued by the
Commerce Department yesterday,
are the clearest signs yet of contin-
ued economic growth past midyear.
"Even if the numbers are some-
what overstated, there's no question
they show we have economic growth
ahead of us," said economist David
Berson of the Federal National
Mortgage Association.
The Department's Index of
Leading Indicators leapt 1.9 percent,
the third consecutive monthly gain
and the biggest increase since April
1983, when the nation was emerging
from the last recession.
Meanwhile, new home sales shot
up 6.3 percent in December to a sea-
sonally adjusted annual rate of
656,000, contributing to a 19.4 per-
cent rise for all of 1992, the best in
nine years.
The latest economic data came as
the Clinton administration put the fi-
nal touches on an economic stimulus
package that many analysts argue is
no longer needed.
A Democratic official, speaking
on condition of anonymity, said yes-
terday that the package will consist
of $16 billion in job-creating spend-
N ine ofthe indexs 1
leading indicators were
positive in December.
These include:
la 14 percent jump in
consumer confidence;
a drop in the average
weekly number of
unemployment benefit
claims;
an increase in orders to
factories for consumer
goods;
an increase in building
permits;
a rise in contracts for
business equipment; and,
a tenth of a n hour
increase in the average
workweek of factory
workers.
ing for the current fiscal year plus
$15 billion in tax breaks to encour-
age businesses to invest in more
equipment.
At the White House, Press Secre-
tary Dee Dee Myers said President
Clinton was encouraged by the rise
in the leading index "but feels very,
very concerned about a recovery
without a recovery in job growth."
Despite the strongest economic
growth in four years during the Oc-
tober-December quarter, the nation's
unemployment rate in December
was 7.3 percent, less than half a per-
centage point below the eight-yeat
high of 7.7 percent in June.
"A jobless recovery is not ac-
ceptable to the president," said
economist Robert Dederick of
Northern Trust Co. in Chicago.
by Lisa Dines
Yesterday's keynote speech for
La Raza - Chicano history week -
addressed the empowerment of the
Chicano people in politics today.
After opening remarks by
Director of the Office of Minority
Affairs John Matlock, Aztec
Spiritual leader Huetochti Cristino
Perez began the evening with the
ceremonial blowing of the conch.
"The current American system
works to undermine the contribu-
tions of the indigenous people,"
Perez said.
He added that division of the in-
digenous people into categories such
as Chicano, Latino and Hispanic re-
duces the unity and power of the
group.
Following the remarks by Perez,
Executive Director of the Southwest
Voter Registration Education Project
Andy Hernandez spoke about the
past and future of the Chicano
culture.
"We must never forget that we
come from civilizations and people
that are great," he said. "We are not
the immigrants, we are the original
land owners."
Speaker begins La Raza
Hernandez addresses Chicno empowerment
Hernandez said changing demo-
graphics will make Chicanos the vot-
ing majority in major electoral states
such as California, New York and
Texas by the year 2025. "Politicians
are beginning to fear and respect our
vote," he said.
"How we will exercise our power
is the critical question," he said.
"Our politics and ourmovement
stands for freedom."
Hernandez said the Chicano
movement envisions a society where
everyone has a right to their identity
and basic opportunities. He added
that, because only 2 percent cf
Chicanos will graduate from college,
it is the moral obligation of the col-
lege educated to fight for all
Chicanos.
Hernandez warned that there
might be backlash against the at-
tempts for progress.
"We should not be surprised if
there is a negative reaction to the
movement because this happens
when any group comes forth to de-
mand their rights. The irony is that
the descendants of Ellis Island that
benefited from liberal immigration
laws now try to keep others out."
Correction
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) participated in the distribution of condoms at Ann Arbor's
Community and Pioneer High Schools. This information was omitted from yesterday's editorial.
Student groups
U AIESEC, International Business
meeting, Business Administra-
tion Building,Room 1276,6p.m.
U Armenian Club, meeting, Michi-
ganUnion, Crofoot Room, 7p.m.
J Black Student Union, Isis &
Osiris Week: A Tribute to the
Sons and Daughters of Africa,
exploring ancient African his-
tory, Rackham Auditorium, 7
p.m.
U Hillel, orthodox services, 7:30
a.m.; Conference on the Holo-
caust meeting, 7 p.m.; United
Jewish Appeal Campaign, 7-11
p.m.; Jewish Feminist Group:
An Orthodox Woman's Perspec-
tive, 8:30 p.m., Hillel.
U Hindu Student Council, discus-
sion on The Hindu Mind, MLB,
Room B 118, 8 p.m.
U Social Group for Lesbians, Gay
Men, and Bisexuals, meeting,
East Quad, check room at front
desk, 9 p.m.
U Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Club,
practice, CCRB, Martial Arts
Room, 9:15-10:15 p.m.
U Students Concerned About Ani-
mal Rights, meeting, Michigan
Union, MUG, 7:30 p.m.
U TaeKwonDo Club,regular work-
out, CCRB, Room 2275, 7:45-
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7 p.m.
Q U-M Ninjitsu Club,practice,I.M.
Building, Wrestling Room G21,
7:30-9 p.m.
Q U-M Students of Objectivism,
Introduction to Objectivism,
Chapter 3, MLB, Room B 119,7
p.m.
Q Water Ski Club, mass meeting,
Michigan Union, Pendleton
Room, 7 p.m.
Events
Q ArtVideo, Antonio Baudi: A
Dream of Barcelona, Art Mu-
seum, AV Room, 12:10 p.m.
Q Campus Orchestra and Cam-
pus Chamber Orchestra, con-
cert, Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Q Careers in Law, sponsored by
Career Planning & Placement,
Michigan Union, Kuenzel
Room, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Q Electrospray Mass Spectrom-
etry: A Tool for Protein Se-
quencing and for Studying
Non-Covalent Interactions,
analytical seminar, Chemistry
Building, Room 1300,4 p.m.
Q International Coffee Hour,
Origami Workshop, Interna-
tional Center, Room 9, 5-7 p.m.
Q On-Campus Recruitment Pro-
Rram Information Session,
Commons Room, 12 p.m.
U Searching for a Summer Job or
Internship, Student Activities
Building, Room 3200, Career
Planning & Placement Center
Program Room, 12:10-1 p.m.
Q Taming the Past: Histories of
Liberal Society in American
Legal Argument, Thomas M.
Cooley Lectures, lecture III, Law
School, Hutchins Hall, Room
250,4 p.m.
Q A Teleconference-The Art of
Conversation: Speaking of
God in a Pluristic Age, Michi-
gan Leauge, Hussey Room, 9:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Q Titanium--Mediated
Methylenations, organic semi-
nar, Chemistry Building, Room
1640,4 p.m.
Student services
Q Blood Drive, sponsored by Alpha
Phi Omega, Bursley Hall, East
Lounge, 3-8:30 p.m.
Q Northwalk Safety Walking Ser-
vice, Bursley Hall, 763-9255, 8
p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Q Peer Counseling, U-M Counsel-
ing Services, 764-8433, 7 p.m.-
8 a.m.
Q Psychology Undergraduate Peer
Advising, Department of Psy-
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