2 - The Michigan Daily Wednesday, November 16, 1994 MSA Continued from page 1 the assembly and brought it legiti- macy. "We've gone after some impor- tant issues, like campus safety and a student regent," Stern said. Also on the ballot is a question concerning funding the Ann Arbor Tenants' Union (AATU). Tenants' union funding has been a divisive issue for the assembly. Representatives disagree over whether AATU should receive MSA funding in its budget or from the Bud- get Priorities Committee. As a result, AATU has only been allocated a frac- tion of the funds they were given last. year. The ballot question proposes rais- ing the student fee by 25 cents exclu- sively to fund the tenants' union. AATU Coordinator Pattrice Maurer said she is confident the refer- endum will pass, if students turn out to vote. Maurer said she is concerned, how- ever, because many flyers and a ban- ner advocating the tenants' union cause have been vandalized in the past few days, she said. MSA election regulations forbid defacing campaign literature, flyers or banners. "Our volunteers have put up hun- dreds of fliers in the past few days that have been torn down," Maurer said. "We went through the time and effort to make a banner ... and hung it in the trees on the Diag at 2 p.m. yesterday. It was gone by morning." Maurer said she believes the van- dalism is the work of "a small group of students that are vehemently op- posed to the AATU." "Other than those students, we don't hear anyone saying anything negative about the tenants' union," she said. "It's heartening how many students have taken the time to come up to our offices and say, 'You helped me two years ago. How can I help you now?' There's a wealth of positive feeling out there, and we hope they will go to the polls." Fed raises interest The Washington Post WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised two key short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point yesterday in an ef- fort to slow strong economic growth and keep inflation from getting worse. The unexpectedly large rate in- crease -the biggest single hike since the early 1980s - indicated that Fed officials have been surprised by the strength of economic growth since they last raised rates by a half-point in mid-August, analysts said. Many ana- lysts and traders had anticipated a half-point increase yesterday. And the size of the increase also suggested the Fed probably intends to leave rates unchanged for some time -perhaps until a policy-making ses- sion set for Jan. 31 - rather than raising them again before Christmas. Major banks quickly raised their prime rates to 8.5 percent from 7.75 rates ,by percent, meaning that many consumer and business borrowers soon will be paying more on loans. Rates on many home equity loans and credit card balances are tied to the prime, as are many business loans, especially those to small- and medium-sized firms. Financial markets gyrated in re- sponse to the Fed's rate increase, the sixth this year, but the Dow Jones industrial average finished down slightly for the day while bond prices .5 pomnt were generally little changed. Following the pattern set this year of announcing the results of its policy- making sessions, the Fed said that it raised its target for the federal funds rate, the rate financial institutions charge each other for overnight loan to 5.5 percent from 4.75 percent. The large Fed move was generally praised by Wall Street analysts who fear the destabilizing effect of rising inflation on financial markets. OFFICE Continued from page I. help," he said. Both departments hope the office will establish abetter relationship with the University. The office has desks for officers, a phone connecting the front desk to the Ann Arbor Police and DPS and a conference room. "We plan to use this room to hold our meetings, or meetings with Uni- versity groups of students of faculty or whoever," said Russell, who added he is enthusiastic about the prospect of having more contact with students. "I hope we have this office open 24 hours a day at some point," he said, pointing to the fact that the comput- ing center and faculty offices are in use throughout the night. SPRING TERM *IN R APIST Continued from page I "The purpose of this letter is to appeal to a specific person -not to the community at large or to the rapist himself but to a specific per- son," Lunsford said. "This is the person who most probably is close to this individual, who most prob- ably lives with the individual and can help us identify the suspect by coming forth." Investigators suspect that some- one must have contact with the man believed to be responsible for 12 at- tacks on women. The most recent attack occurred Oct. 13 near Commu- nity High School. The letter also stated, "This man cannot stop himself, and will not stop until he gets help." "We need to get this person in custody in order for him to get that help," Lunsford said. "While most of READ THE Dn ~ the tips have been well-intended, they're not still particularly helpful." Efforts to capture the serial rapist have brought little progress, despite the more than 900 tips the task force has received. "Without question, there is frus- tration," Lunsford said. "Certainly we would like to have this person in cus- tody some time ago, however, the investigators on the task force are very enthusiastic.... We've done lit- erally everything we can in terms of physical descriptors or clothing de- scriptions to help try to get this person identified." Acquaintances of the man police are looking formay not be consciously aware that the suspect is the perpetra- tor of these attacks. "I don't believe at this point in time that we have an individual who actually knows this person has com- mitted this whole series of crimes," Lunsford said. "The task force truly believes that this is not an individual who is living totally by himself." Allegations of racism have been made by members of the Black com- munity as to how the task force conducting their investigation, b investigators said the letter will help alleviate those fears. "We are hopeful that by using these behavioral attributes, the kinds of tips that we will get will be a better quality rather than just 'I saw a Black male, 25 to 35, who was wearing a light-purple shirt,"' Lunsford said. The serial rapist is described as -a Black man with a light complexioc. between 25 and 35 years old, approxi- mately 6 feet tall, weighing nearly 170 pounds, with short hair. There is a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identifica- tion and arrest of the serial rapist. Anyone with information about the serial rapist is asked to call the task force at 994-9297. NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW ENGLAND LITERATURE PROGRAM Earn credit as you study Thoreau, Emerson, Frost, Hawthorne in their native habitat. *MASS MEETING & SUIDE SHOW* Wednesday, November 16, 8:00 PM Angell Hal, Auditorium B For Further Information Call 763-6235 I Wednesdays at Ashley's 1/3 pound cheeseburger for only $2.99 11:30am-3:00pm 338 S. State 996-9191 CLINTON Continued from page :1 voluntary prayer in school and be- lieves "there is room" to construct a way of promoting voluntary prayer in school without it being coercive. On the actual wording of an amendment, he said, "Obviously, I want to reserve judgment. I want to seethe specifics, but Ithink this whole values debate will go forward and intensify...." He concluded, "I'll be glad to dis- cuss it with them. I want to see what the details are. I certainly wouldn't rule it out; it depends on what it says." White House officials could not cite a previous definitive statement from Clinton about school prayer. During the campaign, Clinton ex- pressed concern about such prayers would become coercive, which is the crux of why liberal and civil-libertar- ian groups oppose such an amend- ment. 9, Their argument is that having prayer as an official or sanctioned part of school activities would only cause pressure or humiliation for students who decline to participate. They also argue school authorities would end up con- structing prayers and that students now can pray in school on their own. Civil-liberties groups accuse Clinton of folding in his first confro tation with Gingrich on social issues. "I am really disturbed," said Arthur Cropp, president of People for the American Way. "I think you can read the statement and insinuate he is mak- ing gestures to the right wing. I think it is a bad idea to cave into Speaker Gingrich's desires so quickly." And Richard Foltin, legislative director of the American Jewish Coa mittee, said he is "greatly disturber that the president is willing to con- sider an amendment.... It is unneces- sary and more than that it is gravely dangerous," a violation of the separa- tion of church and state. The Asian American Association and the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives invites you to a lecture on "Anti-Asian Violence" by Roland Hwang: Assistant Attorney General, President of the American Citizens for Justice / Asian American Center for Justice .,. * tr~.,.. *.. * on Friday, November 18 Anderson Room, Union 6-7 pm For more information, call Dave @ 668-7998 MARIJUANA Continued from page 1 you're really going to be compassion- ate, you have to make sure you're putting something out there that's safe." Charles Kile,'Jr., president of United Medical Marijuana Smokers of Michigan, said there are people who want to legalize marijuana for recreational uses and see medical marijuana as a step in that direction. But he said his group is only con- cerned about medical uses and has asked other groups not to piggyback on its efforts. "We didn't walk across Michigan for people who want itfor social uses," he said. Kile also criticized government for demanding scientific proof of marijuana's benefits but denying funding for such research. "I have to break the law every single day to keep myself alive," said Sandy Schutt. "You (lawmakers) s I can't have it ... It should be betwe me and my doctor and not between anyone else." Schutt, of Hastings, also made the walk from Taylor to Lansing. She suffers from chronic pain. Peterson's report, done by West- ern Michigan University, surveyed about 61,000 high school students during the 1993-94 school year. It showed nearly 20,000 students - about one-third of those surveyed - said they had tried marijuana. More than 11,000 said they had used mari- juana within the last 30 days. "Drug use climbs when percep- tion of harm falls," Peterson said. He added that the use recorded in Michi- gan is nearly twice the national aver- age. "We're not doing a good enough job of getting the message out." f aily membersca We offer a variety of positions, W it The Michigan Daily (ISSN U45.967) is pubitsned Monday through Friday dunng t h fandnU winter w e Uy students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $90. Winter term (January through April) is $95, year4ong (September through April) is $160. Oncampus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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