The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 16, 1993 -Page 3
Council votes to extinguish
cigarette smoke in City Hall
by Christine Young The original resolution mandated However, even if the Democrati
Daily City Reporter that the council make plans to con- Caucus room is not converted by the
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Smokers at City Hall may be
forced to break the habit.
In response to a January
Environmental Protection Agency
report citing second-hand smoke as
the cause of 3,000 deaths per year,
the City Council unanimously
passed a resolution to make City
Hall smoke-free beginning May 1.
A Smoke Free Task Force, under
the leadership of Councilmember
Nelson Meade (D-3rd Ward), devel-
oped the proposal after months of
investigation. The group tried to
draft a plan that would make City
Hall a smoke-free building, but pro-
vide smokers with an alternative
place to smoke.
Meade said, "As I get older and
the world gets more complicated ...
I lose my enthusiasm in changing
other people's behavior. But I feel
strongly on this issue."
vert a room currently used by the
Democratic Caucus - located on
the second floor of City Hall - into
an environmentally isolated room for
use by smokers. The room would be
ventilated so cigar and cigarette
smoke would not spread throughout
City Hall.
Meade said it is important to pro-
vide a smoke-free environment for
non-smokers because, "You have to
change air 100 times a minute to get
air free from cigarette smoke
contamination."
The council passed an amend-
ment to the resolution that would
make the Smoking Task Force re-
convene to detail how the
Democratic Caucus room would be
converted into an isolated room for
smokers. The amendment was pro-
posed by Councilmember Robert
Grady (D-3rd Ward).
deadline, the building will still be
considered smoke free on May 1.
Mayor Liz Brater said she has re-
ceived complaints from employees
on the second floor who are
constantly being exposed to smoke.
"We are setting ourself a
stringent deadline," she said.
The councilmembers reacted
positively to a smoke-free City Hall.
Councilmember and smoker
Larry Hunter (D-1st Ward) said, "In
a public place a person should not
have to be exploited to other
people's habits."
He added, "If we really care
about our employees, we should be
sensitive to all of them."
Councilmembers Hunter and
Grady added that City Hall should
propose to start a program to help
city employees quit smoking.
Student Leader Board members express their concerns about student and University affairs during Sunday's
mission-planning meeting.
Student Leader Board organizes to
increase student- 'U' communication
by Adam Anger
Daily MSA Reporter
In the midst of heated debate
during Michigan Student Assem-
bly elections, the new Student
Leader Board (SLB) is organizing
its structure and preparing to join
in the fight for student concerns.
The SLB, a group of student
organization leaders, met Sunday
for the second time to approve a
mission, develop a structure and
elect members to the coordinating
committee.
The board agreed upon a mis-
sion to provide interaction be-
tween leaders of student organiza-
tions and "to establish effective
communication with University
administrators."
The SLB will not take a partic-
ular stance on student issues, but
will provide a network to discover
common concerns of students and
speak about these concerns to the
University administration.
A 10-person coordinating com-
mittee plans to meet periodically
with Vice President of Student
Affairs Maureen Hartford to
discuss issues examined in regular
SLB meetings.
Four members of the elected
coordinating committee are the
coordinator, assistant coordinator,
secretary and treasurer - each
holding office from January to
December. The remaining six ro-
tating slots are filled by monthly'
elections.
The SLB will develop task
force committees to discuss and
research issues of particular con-
cern to student organizations.
Elected Coordinator of SLB J.
Davis said it would be the respon-
sibility of each student to bring up
issues discussed at SLB meetings
to University administrators.
Members also said each stu-
dent is there to represent their
views and the views of their orga-
nizations.
SLB members discussed their
relationship with MSA at the
meeting.
MSA President Ede Fox pro-
posed that SLB assign a member
of the coordinating committee the
duty of attending weekly MSA
meetings to ensure communica-
tion between MSA and SLB. She
said she wishes SLB would have
more affiliation with MSA.
However, some SLB members
expressed concern that the board
would remain forever "under the
wings of MSA," and suggested
that it be the responsibility of
MSA to send a member to the
SLB meetings.
"The structure of this organiza-
tion is that every organization has
an equal voice," said first-year
Engineering student Brian Elliott.
Candidates had different views
on the affiliation of SLB with
MSA.
"It should not be incorporated
with MSA," said Conservative
Coalition vice presiddntial candi-
date Michelle Toger said. "If they
came up with an idea that would
improve the academic environ-
ment of U of M, MSA would fund
it."
i
Keg
Merkl
become
Party Candidate Taryn
said the SLB should
unified with MSA.
Michigan Party candidates said
the SLB is a good idea, but that it
should be separate from MSA.
Time keeps on ticking
Every day between 12:00 and 12:30, Margo Halsted plays the Bell Tower chimes to the delight of busy students,
staff and faculty rushing to class.
Car repossessed,
not stolen, from
hospital garage
9 A man called the DPS Sunday
afternoon after two men took his car
from a parking garage at the
University Hospitals.
The man told DPS officers that
the men had told him they were tak-
ing the car because he owed money
for repairs performed on the vehicle.
However, neither DPS nor the
Ann Arbor Police Department had
received any calls forewarning them
of repossessions that day.
Investigations by the two de-
partments found that the car was in-
deed legally repossessed because of
leasing debts, and that the keys had
been turned over to the leasing
agency.
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Shoplifter caught
in action
University Hospitals staff called
in DPS officers after apprehending a
suspected shoplifter at the Hospitals'
gift shop Saturday.
According to police reports, a
member of the Hospitals House-
keeping staff set off a detector at the
gift shop and was found to be in
possession of two wallets, each
valued at $23.50.
The suspect was released pending
a review of the incident by the
Washtenaw County prosecutor's of-
fice to determine if charges should
be brought in the case.
EMU students
kicked out of Arb
for sledding
DPS officers found a group of
Eastern Michigan University (EMU)
students sledding in Nichols
Arboretum early Friday morning.
According to police reports, offi-
cers escorted the group, made up of
almost two dozen students from an
EMU fraternity, from the Arboretum
without incident.
Staffer suspects
child abuse
An Angell Hall Computing
Center staffer told police Thursday
that she suspected a woman was
physically and verbally abusing her
own three-year-old son.
The female employee told police
she had observed the woman - an-
other University employee who fre-
quently used the facility - "pulling
(her son) down the aisle by his ear"
and "taking him to some unknown
part of the building to do who-
knows-what." She said the child
would then return to the center in
tears.
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DPS officers found no signs of
injury or physical abuse on the child.
Officers spoke with both women,
and DPS Lt. James Smiley said the
woman accused of abusing her son
was indignant that her treatment of
her son was being questioned.
He said the woman denied any
abusive treatment of the child, al-
though she did admit to being
somewhat upset at the time of the
incident.
Police gave the mother handouts
about physical abuse and telephone
numbers of counseling centers.
Investigations are continuing.
Vandals strike
Couzens dorm
Vandals made their mark on
Couzens Residence Hall over the
weekend, smashing television tubes
and damaging a picture.
The vandals struck TVs in fourth-
and fifth-floor lounges Saturday af-
ternoon, according to University
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
reports.
Earlier the same day, a picture in
a fifth-floor hallway was vandalized.
Police have no suspects in either
incident and investigations are
continuing.
- by Will McCahill
Daily Crime Reporter
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1\EWS * SPORTS * ARTS * PHOTO * OPINION
Student groups
Q AmnestyInternational,meeting,
Michigan Union, Bates Room,
7:30 p.m.
Q Ann Arbor Committee to De-
fend Abortion & Reproductive
Rights/National Women's
Rights Organizing Coalition,
meeting, MLB, Room B119, 6
p.m.
Q Arab-American Students' As-
sociation, meeting, Michigan
Union, Crofoot Room, 8 p.m.
U The Christian Science Organi-
zation, meeting, Michigan
League, checkroom atfrontdesk,
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Q College Republicans, meeting,
MLB, basement, 6:30 p.m.
U Environmental Issues Commis-
sion, meeting for Earth Week
1993, Michigan Union, MSA
Chambers, 6 p.m.
Q Graduate Employees Organiza-
tion, weekly meeting, 5-7 p.m.;
membership meeting, 8:30 p.m.;
Rackham Amphitheatre.
U Hillel, An Evening with Survi-
vors, 7:30 p.m.; Israel Michigan
Public Affairs Committee, 8p.m.
Q In Focus, meeting, Frieze Build-
ing, Room 2420,6 p.m.
Q Kaleidoscope,undergraduateHis-
tory of Art Club, Tappan Hall,
Basement, 5:30 p.m.
U Michigan Student Assembly,
mantna t (inhannT Tni.n Dnrm
Tap Room, 12 p.m.
Q Social Group for Bisexual
Women, call for location and
information, 763-4186, 8 p.m.
Q TaeKwonDoClub,regularwork-
out, CCRB, Room 1200, 7:45-
9:15 p.m.
Q U-M Asian American Student
Coalition, meeting, East Quad,
Room 52 Greene, 7 p.m.
Q U-M Sailing Team, meeting,
West Engineering Building,
Room 420,6:30 p.m.
Q U-M Shotokan Karate, practice,
CCRB, small gym, 8-10 p.m.
Q University Students Against
Cancer, group meeting, Michi-
ganUnion,PondRoom,7:30p.m.
Events
Q Abortion and Women's Rights,
U-M Students for Life, MLB,
Lecture Room 2, 7 p.m.
Q Black Artist Series Recital, The
African-American Art Song,
School of Music, Recital Hall, 8
p.m.
Q Blood Drive, Michigan Union,
Pendelton Room, 1-6:30 p.m.
Q Center for Chinese Studies, The
Emergence of Individual Au-
tonomy as a Value in China,
Brown Bag Lunch Series, Lane
Hall, Commons Room, 12 p.m.
Q Chemical Analysis of a Single
Hi na DnA dRlnA ("niH Tha
Q Object Lesson, Tiepolo's "Ado-
ration of theMagi,"Art Museum,
Information Desk, 12:10 p.m.
Q OrganistheinzWunderlich,con-
cert, St.- Andrew's Episcopal
Church, 7:30 p.m.
Q Prospects for Peace in El Salva-
dor, International Forum Tues-
day Lunch, International Center,
12 p.m.
Q Psychology Professor Panel Dis-
cussion, Undergrad Psychology
Society, Michigan Union, Ander-
son Room, 8 p.m
Q War in Yugoslavia: Causes,
Consequences, and the Way
Out, Spark: Revolutionary Dis-
cussion Series, MLB, Room
B122, 7-8 p.m.
Student services
Q ECB Student Writing Center,
Angell Hall, Computing Center,
7-11 p.m.
Q Kaffeestunde, Department of
Germanic Language and Litera-
ture, MLB, 3rd floor Conference
Room, 3:30-5 p.m.
U 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 Psycho::ey Undergraduate Peer
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Responsibilities include budget-
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