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percent increase over three years. This
would mean an average increase of 5
percent per year."
But SACUA member George
Cameron and others disapproved of the
measure requesting the specific salary
increase - sparking a debate over the
proposed motion.
"We don't create strength by find-
ing a number out of the air. We must
study and determine the exact economic
consequences of such an increase. I
certainly hope we don't operate this
way in the classroom," he said.
BecauseCESFis the only individual

SACUA committee allowed to present
its recommendations to the University
Board ofRegents, its recommendations
has SACUA members concerned.
"It is never appropriate for faculty
to turn over to the administration to
determine what faculty salaries should
be. It is incumbent upon CESF to come
up withaspecific number. We'll end up
with no salary increases next year," said
SACUA member Charles Smith.
SACUA approved a motion request-
ing thecommittee to consider including
a request for a 10-percent salary in-
crease for faculty in the report to be
presented to the regents at their Decem-
ber meeting next week.
But the committee could refuse to
include a specific average salary in-

creasetarget. In thatcase, SACUA Chair
Henry Griffin indicated that he would
have to relay the sentiments of SACUA
for a 10-percent salary increase to the
regents himself.
Cameron said he feels this move
could backfire.
"If the regents are getting conflict-
ing information from CESF and
SACUA, we are shooting ourselves in
the foot," he said.
Brewer disagreed, "It is hard for the
regents to pay less attention to us than
they already do. It can't get any worse.
We've been so quiet and so passive so
long, it's time they heard a voice."
Griffin lateradded, "The regents are
very concerned about the welfare of the
faculty and they support a continued
dialogue concerning faculty compen-
sation."
Last year, University faculty mem-
bers received an average 5-percent sal-
ary increase while those of administra-
tors increased an average 6 percent.
SACUA members also expressed
resentment toward the double-digit sal-
ary increases received by top Univer-
sity administrators. University Presi-
dent James Duderstadt outdid all ad-
ministrators with a 14-percent salary
increase.

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Tired of putting up with 4 a.m.
fire alarms in the middle of winter?
Sick of macaroni and cheese that
looks suspiciously like yesterday's
meatloaf? Dreading the wrath of an
angry RA when you play your music
too loud?
You can do what approximately
one-quarter of undergraduate stu-
dents do - live in off-campus hous-
ing.
Apartments, houses and co-ops
are some of the options available for
students looking to live outside the
dorms. Students can begin their
search by looking on their own or
asking friends, but many students
enlist the help of a rental companies
such as Campus Rentals, Old Town
Realty, Keystone Realty and other
local businesses.
Jim Carlson from Campus Rent-
als said, "Most groups that come in
are undergrads and have just come
out of the dorms. They have a mil-
lion questions and they get their par-
ents involved, which can be a head-
ache. It's also difficult because
they've heard all these horror stories
about landlords."
The horror stories are not all ex-
aggerations.
"Our landlords are married and
live together, but they don't speak to
one another," said Adam Bryant, an
RC sophomore.
"Once the space heater in my
room broke, so I called the wife to
replace it. I went a week without heat
because the husband wouldn't tell
the wife where the extra space heater
was in the house."
Maija Mikkola, an LSA senior
who lives on Hill Street, added, "Our
landlords take forever to do any-
thing. It took them a year to paint our
house."
Houses and apartments on Hill


Street and Packard Avenue are the
most popular for undergrads, said
Ann Williams of Old Town Realty.
Students who have lived in both
the dorms and off-campus said they
like living in a house or apartment
much better. "You have complete
freedom from rules and restrictions,"
said Mark Carmel, a graduate stu-
dent. "You eat when you want, there's
no RA looking over your shoulder."
Daniele VanDommelen, an LSA
senior, agrees. "I hated the dorms.
Community bathrooms arejust gross.
I like having my own room and a
semiprivate bathroom. Also, you
actually know what's going into your
food."
But the independence of off-cam-
pus housing is double-sided.
"Yeah, you can eat what you want,
but you also have to make it," said
Tom Zichterman, a third-year LSA
student. "We eat soup and macaroni
and cheese a lot. Plus, the dorm takes
care of utilities. We have so many
bills."
Cost is the biggest factor in de-
ciding between on-campus and off-
campus living for most students.
A single in adorm costs $5325.28
for the year, or $665.66 per month,
while a double is $4482.18 for the
year, or $560.27 per month.
"Our range is about $325 per
month for an eight-bedroom house,
and about $430 for a three-bedroom
house, not including utilities. Apart-
ments tend to be about $400 per
month," said Realtor Williams. "But
the prices vary with location."
"Prices for co-ops are approxi-
mately $300-$500 per person per
month," said Norma Barbour of the
Inter Cooperative Council (ICC).
These prices include food, and the
residents are required to do four hours
of chores per week, such as cooking
or cleaning around the house.
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an LSA junior. "And the work isn't
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The residence halls offer one thing
that some local landlords don't
quick repairs.
Bryant said, "Once, the pipes in
our kitchen blew up so it was raining
in our kitchen. Brandon, one of my
housemates, woke up for an early
rehearsal and saw it, but he was still
kind of asleep, so he thought it was a
dream.
"We had an inch of water in our
kitchen, and they had to tear our ceil-
ing apart. Now we have a hole so yoo
can see from the bathroom upstairs to
the kitchen. I mean, those things just
don't happen in dorms."
Students said living with people
that they already knew made living
off-campus more fun than the dorms.
Unlike the dorms, students can live
with people of the opposite sex.
"Guys are easier to live with,"
VanDommelen said. "You don't hav
to deal with a house full of PMS or
rivalry over guys. But the guys are
moremessy, and youcan't walk down-
stairs to get something in your under-
wear. Plus, the girls are always the
ones to buy toilet paper. I mean, we
know the guys use it once in a while."
None of the students said that liv-
ing with other people was trouble
free, but they all try to keep fight
down to a minimum.
"Just try to understand that every-
one needs privacy. Do not share a
room, whatever you do," Mikkola
said.
Zichterman added, "Lead sepa-
rate lives from your roommates. Also,
think about if you can really live with
these people. Be open-minded."
These students said they woul
recommend living off-campus to e
eryone.
"It's the best time I've ever had,"
Carmel said.
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Another Northwood resident,
Vesna Petrovich, said in a fax that the
new policy "sounds Orwellian, and
some us first thought that it was a
joke! ... Christmas trees are a poten
tial danger for the University bureau-
crats because of insurance premiums."
Plastic and metal tree substitutes
seem to be selling well in the face of
the controversy.
Bob MacGregor,.an employee of
Ace Hardware on Washtenaw Av-
enue, said, "We had an inexpensive
4-foot tree that sold better than we
expected. I guess (the policy) ha*
helped our business a little bit."
He added, several customers had
mentioned the new rule when pur-
chasing artificial trees.
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But many residents said they feel
the decision is unjustified.
John Heffernan, with the help of
his wife Nadine and neighbors, has
inundated the Housing Division and
several University publications with
various faxes expressing his disgust
with the decision. He has dubbed the
Risk Management Office "The Hys-
terical Overreactions Office" and in-
sists that the potential for fire is being
exaggerated.
"There are certain risks we all live
with, like the gas ovens in the apart-
ments," said Heffernan, adding that
watering Christmas trees regularly

makes them much less susceptible to
fire.
"You can't just change policy
when people haven't agreed to it, and
people are ignoring this. It's unen-
forceable," Heffernan said.
Doug Kreysar, president of the
Family Housing Residents' Council,
defended the decision of the Housing
Division.
"We (the Council) felt that we
should take a stand on the issue," he
said. "The decision was left up to the
Housing Division, but we felt thatthe
risk was high enough to justify this
infringement on personal liberties."
Kreysar added that this was not a
majority decision, but that it had been
discussed at length and residents were
given a chance to express their opin-


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A solar panel being removed for
replacement in Monday's spacewalk
refused to roll up for the return home.
Rather than waste time with it, Mis-
sion Control told the spacewalkers to
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pieces of space flotsam.
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end of the shuttle's 50-foot robot
crane, was lifted high over the cargo
bay. She held the 400-pound panel
over her head as if it were a trophy and
then let go.
"It looks like a bird," Thornton
said as the shuttle moved away.
"Just to watch that thing floating
through space was just like '2001.'
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