Men's hoops bounces Ragnone In exhibition game J , ,,f The Add. sare enjoya-bly kooky i itle O 4 F4 LEcm *rn1 One hundred three years of editorial freedom AP PHOTO iencanrlines averts strike, chaos i Airline officials hope to fly 70 percent of ciple to end the strike and return to the schedule today, 85 percent tomorrow bargaining table immediately," Clinton told a White House news con- FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Association of Professional Flight ference. With a nudge from President Clinton, Attendants, said negotiations would The strike disrupted Thanksgiv- American Airlines and striking flight resume and remaining issues would ing travel plans for thousands of pas- attendants agreed yesterday to end a go to binding arbitration. sengers. American flew only cargo 4-day-old walkout that crippled one Don Carty, executive vice presi- on most flights. of the nation's largest airlines and dent for American, said the airline "Although we prefer a different inconvenienced thousands of Thanks- agreed only to submit to binding arbi- approach, we are anxious to put our giving travelers. tration. airplanes back in the air and put our Flight attendants said they would "Yes, there was a real risk of los- people back to work," Crandall said. return to work immediately and ing our jobs," striker Loren Pastirik Crandall said he was at least partly American said it hoped to fly 70 per- said. "I think it's going to take a while swayed by Clinton and added that cent of its schedule today and 85 for passengers to trust American again, binding arbitration was less troubling percent tomorrow. but it's a great feeling right now.... than an emergency mediation panel. "I have no doubt we'll get every- We wanted to work. We did what we Crandall said he was still concerned body where they're going in time for needed to do. We wanted respect from an arbitrator would split the differ- Thanksgiving," American chair Rob- the company." ence between American's offer and ert Crandall said. "I have spoken with both parties the flight attendants' demandscost- Denise Hedges, president of the involved. Both have agreed in prin- See STRIKE, Page 2 At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, an unidentified pilot reacts after hearing that the strike between American Airlines flight attendants and the airlines has ended. I Alice Lloyd residents struggle through elevator mishaps JEREMY KATZ FOR THE DAILY Riding the elevator to the ground floor, LSA first-year student Rob Feig quickly realized that the doors weren't going to open. Calling for help, he discovered his pleas were futile. He acted swiftly and pried the inside doors open, then searched for the hidden *ch to release the outside doors. He managed to hoist his body onto the second floor, narrowly escaping di- saster. A scene from "Die Hard 3"? Actu- ally, the above scenario may await those few, brave souls who attempt to ride the elevators-in the Alice Lloyd residence hall. The elevators, origi- nally built in the 1950s, have become a temporary trap for many students '1 felt claustrophobic and panicky when I saw that nobody was responding.' - Rob Feig LSA first-year student First-year LSA student Emily Saltzman relayed a similar incident. Trapped for more than 45 minutes, she waited until an elevator mechanic safely opened the doors. "You think it's funny when it hap- pens to someone else,"she said. "They should spend some money to fix the elevators - they break all the time." Janet Worthington, the coordina- tor of residential education at Alice Lloyd, said the dorm has received a number of complaints, "but when- ever we've called, (the elevator me- chanics) have been very responsible." Dave Seffernick, an elevator me- chanic working for the University, explained how widespread the prob- lem has been. "We receive a call ap- See ELEVATORS, Page 2 and staff members. Feig described the experience as terrifying. "Even though I was only in there for about 10 minutes, I felt claus- trophobic and panicky when I saw that nobody was responding." Union Kinko's 1o close its doors By KATIE HUTCHINS * LY STAFF REPORTER West Quad residents can no longer make copies at Kinko's in their paja- mas. Tomorrow, the Kinko's Copy Cen- ter in the Michigan Union will make its last reproduction before closing its doors for good. In a letter posted outside the store, Jim Lilliefors, the regional manager, said the copy center was compelled to *t down operations due to lack of storage space and limits in store size. In the letter, Lilliefors stated that the Union location could not maintain the image of Kinko's - offering sev- eral different services 24 hours a day, seven days per week. "We got an awful lot of com- plaints from our customers about not offering the full range of services," he *d. "They expect us to have the 'U' plant to create South Quad study, computer center By ZACHARY RAIMi FOR THE DAILY Although the University has un- dertaken renovations and construc- tion projects ranging from East Engi- neering to the UGLi, another major renovation on South Quad's ninth floor - where a computer center, library, and study area will be acces- sible to all students - is currently in the works. The South Quad renovations are subsidized through part of a $6.5 mil- lion bond issue. Other portions of this money have funded improvements in Markley Residence Hall, and else- where in South Quad, including the elevators. The ninth-floor project calls for the integration of "all academic support services, like the LSA academic advi- sor, the minority peer advisor, etc., the Rescomp site, a computer consultant, and a library in one space, ideally in a coordinate fashion," said Mary Simoni, director of the Residence Halls Com- puting Program. Because this project is considered a major renovation, the University must adhere to a 1993 building code, which calls for fire and life safety improvements including sprinkler systems, air ventilation, smoke detec- tors, and emergency exits. The high costs of the improvements might post- pone or even cancel the project, for the short term. Alan Levy, director of public af- fairs and information for the Housing division, said he is unsure of the project's future at this point. "There's real anxiousness with respect to the amount of money (needed) for the safety renovations we have to do," Levy said. "We have limited dollars for capital improve- ment that includes the remainder of the $6.5 million dollar bond issue." The Housing division will assess the situation, probably in early 1994. If the project is approved, Levy said he thinks a fall 1994 finish is "opti- mistic," with the end of the year a more "realistic" prospect. Despite the possible financial limi- tations, University officials involved See QUAD, Page 2 MARK FRiL:DMAN/Daily This sign was posted outside of the Union Kinko's yesterday. same things at all the locations." "I felt I was upsetting more people than pleasing them," he added. Lilliefors added that the location at the corner of Liberty and Maynard Streets has recently been expanded and remodeled to provide many new services and products. Because the center lost much of its storage space, it could not carry the full line of products, Lilliefors said. It attempted self-service for about three months, but customer complaints continued to escalate. The three other Kinko's locations in the area will remain open. Several students voiced dissatis- faction with the closing. The site has been particularly convenient for Jes- sica Shill, an LSA senior who uses the Union Kinko's often. "I really liked having this place available," she said, adding that it was helpful because she lives "right behind South Quad." LSA sophomore Puja Bhargava also said it will be an inconvenience. "It's really bad that it's closing be- cause this is a good location for ev- eryone. ... Most of us come (to the Union) at least once a day," she said. Union officials have not yet de- cided how to use the space occupied by Kinko's. r ,h Congress struggles to wrap up business Here are the results of last week's LSA Student Government elections. The following students were elected as representatives.