The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 28, ±993- 7 OH, GIVE ME A HOME City discusses plan to build Arb-Gallup By SOMA GUPTA "We're DAILY STAFF REPORTER tracts along Students may have the opportu- ing an inne nity to avoid wintery weather when tem," said traveling from Nichols Arboretum to sources co Gallup Park. Construction of a tunnel "We are ve connecting the two leisure areas is big factor i one possible projectbeing considered town." by Ann Arbor's Department of Parks A tunn and Recreation. Gallup par] At its meeting last night, the de- nection bet partmentdiscussedupdating themas- tral Campu ter plan for open space in Ann Arbor. pus. Park tunnel considering buying the Mitchell field," said Thomas Raynes, g the Huron river and creat- the Manager of Park Planning and r green belt walkway sys- Development. Jerry Clark, capital re- The University and the city would ordinator for the project. like to see the tunnel link created. ry aware that the river is a However, they have had problems n the quality of life in this getting permission from the railroad company that owns some property el connecting the Arb and that would involve the tunnel. k would mean adirect con- The committee has also proposed ween North Campus, Cen- getting rid of a University parking lot us, and the Medical cam- near the intersection of Lawrence and Kingsley Streets to provide a little nnel would be approxi- green space. eet in diameter and 70-80 "There is a surface parking lot , and would begin along there right now. You can get a won- the meadow in the Arb and derful view of across the river and it cross from Huron Towers would only cost the University about s. 12 parking spaces. The problem is nnection would mean bet- that with the University Hospitals to parks for everyone. It expanding the way it is, they are not vide ready access between giving up any of that space," Clark and the University's said. Within the next four to six weeks, the department should have a draft version of the blueprint it will follow for the next five years. A final version should be complete by year's end. Possible plans include the pur- chase of several pieces of land around Ann Arbor, building of a greenway along the Huron river, and the con- nective tunnel. The tui mately 8 ft feet across the edge ofj end right a Apartment "The co ter access would pro Bell field PETER MATTHEWS/Daly Geese roam as a University bus passes by on North Campus. College Republicans see surge as conservatism indicator By MAGGIE WEYHING FOR THE DAILY The College Republicans, whose mem- bership has skyrocketed from 12 to 350 in two years, said campus conservatism is on the rise. With their new power in numbers, the College Republicans are beginning to take a .ore active role on campus-taking its stand on current issues such as AIDS Awareness Week and the recent amendment to regent's bylaw 14.06. "We're really stepping up the assault on the 'politically correct' institutions here on campus," said LSA senior John Damoose, president of the University College Republi- cans. Damoose attributed the membership in- crease at least partially to a backlash against President Clinton's administration. "I think that people are fed up with the liberal agenda that has gone unchecked for years on cam- pus." Bill Lowry, an LSA senior who chairs the state College Republicans, said he sees the swing to conservatism as a nationwide activ- ity. "I think that what is happening (on campus) is reflective of a broader trend," he said. Lowry said the University environment stifles the conservative viewpoint and inhib- its some students from expressing their true viewpoints. "We want people to know that it's okay to be conservative," he said. Recently, the College Republicans has been taking its stand on AIDS Awareness Week by distributing posters stating morality and family values cure AIDS. The posters stirred opposition among the campus gay com- munity. Damoose said the fliers intended to send a message that AIDS could beavoided ifpeople live by "family values" - avoiding homo- sexuality, abstaining from sex and drugs, and knowing the sexual history of a partner. "The reaction from the gay/lesbian front was typical," said Rachel Rouse, member of the College Republicans and coordinator of the Michigan Conservative Network. "They had no problem with the educational and factual message of the posters, but they did have a problem with the moral message. Lowry emphasized taking responsibility for one's own actions. "The people that do not take responsibility of their own actions are the same people that go running to the federal government asking for more money," he said. He added, however, that these are not personal attacks, but rather attacks against the liberal philosophy of safer sex. The College Republicans also spoke out against the University's recent decision to amend its anti-discrimination policy to in- clude sexual orientation. Damoose said he finds the change inap- propriate. "The day that bylaws and human guidelines outweigh religious beliefs is the day that America is in trouble." Rouse argued that the change violates the constitution. The day that bylaws and human guidelines outweigh religious beliefs is the day America Is in trouble.' - John Damoose Pres., College Republicans "Christian groups should have the right to exclude homosexuals from leadership ormem- bership if it is in accordance with their reli- gious beliefs," she said. Lowry added, "The bylaw is a horrendous violation of freedomofreligion to force people to admit members who they have religious differences with." 'Veltsin lifts land sales barriers; rifts in government grow MOSCOW (AP) - President Boris Yeltsin destroyed one of the remaining cornerstones of commu- nist rule yesterday by lifting virtually all restrictions on buying and selling land. The action gives a huge boost to russia's transformation to a market economy and likely will lead to the breakup of thousands of inefficient collective farms. Yeltsin's earlier efforts to privatize land had been hampered by restric- tions imposed by the hard-line parlia- ment he disbanded last month. As the president pushed ahead with reforms, the fault lines in his govern- ent widened. Yeltsin accused his nrime minister Tuesday of trying to seize control of the media. The president's decree privatizing land allows Russians who own land to sell it, rent it or give it away. The decree would remove the "last obstacles" to a real free market in Russia, presidential spokesman Anatoly Krasikov told The Associ- ated Press. * Under the earlier, limited reforms,. ordinary citizens could own up to a quarter-acre, that they usually used for country homes and vegetable gar- dens. Farmers could own larger tracts but could not resell them for at least five years. The decree says the government cannot confiscate private land with- out compensation at market value. More than 90 percent of Russia's agricultural land is now collectivized on some 26,700 farms. The average farm has 20,000 acres and 300 work- ers. In the last three years, thousands of tiny private farms have sprung up. Occupying only a fraction of the ar- able land, they are much more effi- cient than the collectives and produce more than a third of Russia's produce, by some estimates. Farmers now will receive a cer- tificate guaranteeing theirrightto land. Would-be private farmers have com- plained that collective farm directors have refused to give them land, or given them only the worst plots. Russian investors also were ex- pected to benefit. Vladimir Bashmachnikov, presi- dent of the Association of Private Farms and Farm Cooperatives, told the Interfax news agency he welcomed Yeltsin's move but favored keeping some restrictions. He said land should not be sold to foreigners or to anyone who would use it for other than agri- culture. Russia's powerful agrarian lobby, which represents collective farms, opposed the decree. The president has stepped up the pace of reforms since disbanding par- liament Sept.21, and sent tanks against hard-liners holed up in the parliament building early this month. Since the fall of that clearcut op- position, his government's own divi- sions have been surfacing. Many of the disputes are over the media, especially in the run-up to new parlimentary electionsDec. 12. Many Cabinet reformers are seeking elec- tion, and have branched off into at least three blocs. Yesterday, Yeltsin's spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov accused Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin of try- ing to create his own "ministry of propaganda" by taking over the parliament's TV broadcast center. Kostikov said the move to take over the television center "may dam- age Russia's democratic image." Chernomyrdin's spokesman, Alexander Shpikalov, said the prime minister had acted properly and was surprised to learn of Yeltsin's accusa- tions. Exercise Wjrnm "StudyLw~* 1 Lounge '~ Computr tom +* audryIaciIt its 24 how ttendcd Lobe* "arne TUm Mieat and WJater lInctu4 d' $ MONEY! MONEY! $ LSA-Student Government is currently accepting applications for STUDENT GROUP Funding. 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