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 is ie 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. Poice5 Beat69 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. SO - *6 Barber Stylists *No Waiting!!! DASCOLA STYLISTS Liberty off State 668-9329 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 he ichigan D aily N ISVARP ve got it all 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 A dvicinnr 1anrtmPnt ro f P. I The Michiganensian Yearbook is looking for a business manager for the 1993-94 school year. Responsibilities include budget- ing, promotions, distribution, and other duties. Applications are due by March 22nd. If you have any questions or would like an appli- cation, stop by the Student Publi- cations Building -420 Maynard St., or call 764-9425 and ask for Randy. The Michiganensian Yearbook is looking for an editor-in-chief for the 1993-94 school year. Duties include design, writing, and staff i 11 I 41