'~~As/ v The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 14, 1995 - 3 E0 spa Groups come to rescue during National Condom Week Leak damages computers After a pipe burst on the first floor of the Institute of Science and Tech- nology, a caller reported damage to thousands of dollars in computer equipment located in a room directly below. According to Department of Pub- lic Safety reports, a pipe in Room 1216 broke Sunday morning and more than "3/4 inch of cold water" covered the floor. An officer reported that rooms 01211, 1213, 1215 and 1217J "needed to be wet-vacuumed and may have property damage." Steve Smith, who works in Room 222, directly below the leak, estimated the damaged com- puters' value at $120,000. Flag taken off crane A construction foreman working at the C.C. Little Science Building *requested "extra patrol" from DPS for his work site after a larceny oc- curred there. An unknown suspect climbed a crane at the site in order to set up his theft, according to DPS reports. Someone "replaced the Eliss-Don banner with a skull and cross bones flag," at the top of the crane, reports say. The value of the banner was esti- Omated at $100. Book, cards missing Saying that someone stole her book and Christmas cards Dec. 22 in the Graduate Library, a woman reported that she needed to officially tell DPS of the incident for her credit card company to reimburse her. The caller said she "placed the *items on the floor, turned around to look at another book, turned around again and they were gone," according to DPS reports. There are no suspects in the theft. The items were valued at $32.29. East Quad break-in A caller told DPS Sunday after- noon that his room had been entered *Friday night. The caller, a student who lives in the East Quad residence hall, said someone must have entered his room while it was unlocked. He said pieces of his property were miss- ing and he wanted an officer to come to his room to file a report. Newspaper stolen DPS received a call from a man in *Ypsilanti who said a thief had broken into his car Sunday. The man, who reported the inci- dent from the Busch's Valu-Land gro- cery store, said an unknown suspect entered his car while he was shopping and took the man's newspaper. Ceramic kidnapping An artist called DPS on Friday to *report that his ceramic sculpture of a baby was stolen from the Art and Ar- chitecture Building. The caller said his sculpture had been removed from a painting bin outside of Room 2805 within the last two weeks. The artist described the ceramic baby to DPS officers as "white in color, with large breasts, large but- tocks, fat rolls and a one-inch penis." The artist reported that there was no name on his baby. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Josh White By Katie Hutchins Daily Staff Reporter With all the Valentine's Day love in the air, many students may wish they knew more about condoms, AIDS and STDs. In recognition of National Condom Week, several local groups are coming to the rescue. It began last night when Univer- sity Health Service safer sex peer educators flocked to dorms during dinner time to pass out free condoms, posters and friendly advice. "Usually, we don't have to prompt people for questions," said Education senior Sarah Price, who staffed a table at East Quad, Price said she feels the week can serve as a "strong educational tool" to help people feel more comfortable talking about condoms and AIDS. UHS Health Education Coordina- tor Polly Paulson agreed. "We tend to cluster our activities right around Valentine's Day, because it ties right in with the theme of Valentine's Day," she joked. Tonight, many Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti bars will be hit by "blitzes," in which a small task force of AIDS educators journeys from bar to bar armed with condoms, literature and information for unwary customers. "It's sort of an 'in-your-face' ap- proach," Price said. The blitzes will be run by the Washtenaw County Human Services Group and are intended to "make people think about their risky behav- ior," said Vicki Nighswander, the AIDS/STD program supervisor. The army of educators will also carry self-assessment surveys for the clientele to determine how much they are in danger of contracting STDs. Some of the bars to be hit include the Flame, the Nectarine Ballroom and Del Rio, Nighswander said. "When people drink, sometimes their resistance goes down and it puts them at risk," she added. Other groups involved include Detroit's Midwest AIDS Prevention Project, a group that provides AIDS education throughout the state. . Eastern Michigan University stu- dents also will be participating in the blitzes in some Ypsilanti bars, Nighswander said. Price, who is a site-leader for a Project SERVE Alternative Spring Break trip that leaves for Chicago this week to volunteer with AIDS ser- vices there, said some of the group's participants will also be assisting in this week's activities. Although local groups have being doing this kind of educational blitz for National Condom Week since 1988, this is the first year the educa- tion will be spilling into some of the local cafes. "I think it's been a real good aware- ness activity," Nighswander said. Price agreed. "It hits so many people our age. It's one of those things that people think they know about, but very few people have accurate information," she said. Faculty's governing body. g By Jodi Cohen Daily Staff Reporter After numerous complaints about the grievance process at the University, areporturging timely andbinding griev- ance review board decisions was pre- sented yesterday to Senate Assembly, the faculty's governing body. The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs' subcommittee on grievances issued the first draft of the most recent faculty grievance re- port. The document summarizes cur- rent problems with the procedure and offers solutions and recommendations to restructuring the grievance policy. Committee chair Thomas Moore said, "The charge to the committee was to review procedures, see how the system was working, and suggest recommendations." The committee asked assembly members yesterday for additional rec- ommendations and feedback. Moore said assembly input "pre- vents the loss of information and en- courages people to participate in the process." Some of the problems cited in- clude that "the process always took far too long, the language of the (for- mal) procedures was legalistic and complex, and the problems could have been avoided or minimized if the ini- tial problems had been handled more sensitively by the administrators in- volved," the report states. The committee based many of the recommendations on the 20 docu- mented faculty grievances filed from 1983 to 1993. The committee said, however, that there were at least five more faculty grievances during this time, but the records do not exist. "One of the matters of consider- able concern is the lack of adequate information," Moore said, The majority of grievances by the 20 faculty members include issues regarding tenure, salary, appointment change and promotion. One primary concern the commit- tee identified was the lack of timeliness when reviewing grievances. "Eighteen of those 20 grievances extended over at least two years, four extended over three or more, and one extended over four years," the report says. The committee also identified a time lapse problem between the re- quest for a grievance review board and its formation. The number of days ranged from 30 to 1,080, with a mean of 201 days. The completion of a grievance review is usually delayed because of the failure to appoint the reviewing board's chair and a consequent delay of an initial meeting, the report says. In addition to timeliness, another concern is that many of the griev- ances are rejected by administrators before a-board is even formed. "I think when a faculty member has a grievance, they have a right for a grievance review board to be estab- lished," Shirley said. Currently, the review board's de- cision can be overturned by adminis- trators. "Recommendations of griev- ance review committees often are not accepted anyway," said Senate As- sembly member William Hosford. The report recommends that "the final decisions of GRB should be bind- ing on all parties, subject to limited appeal to another faculty body." . Assembly members generally sup- ported the report. "I think the work that was done by the committee is focused and I feel very positive about it," said Senate Assembly member George Shirley. The report recommends the griev- ant first try solving the problem through informal discussion before requesting formal review. "When these disputes arise, more effort should be made to resolve them as informally as possible at the lowest level and as expeditiously as pos- sible," the report says. MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily Sew and sew Yercho Hirochian works on a garment at Campus Tailor on State Street. In working session,City Council takes up affirmative action plan By Maureen Sirhal Daily Staff Reporter Heated debate was sparked on dif- ferent issues in a working session of the Ann Arbor City Council last night as council members discussed the establishment of an affirmative ac- tion policy and plan. Councilmember Christopher Kolb (D-5th Ward) is sponsoring a plan that creates goals to make the city's workforce reflect the racial com- position of those available to work around Ann Arbor.' The Ann Arbor Human Rights Commission would review the re- cruitment and hiring practices of dif- ferent departments of the city and implement yet-to-be-determined con- sequences if the practices are not deemed equitable and consistent. "If there is a consistent pattern where certain groups are not being hired or even applying, then some- thing is wrong," Kolb said. The goal is to increase hiring of and job application by members of minority groups that are under-repre- sented in certain departments. The Human Rights Commission would, based on the goals set, recruit a broad scope of individuals to make sure that the applicant pools are diverse. Can- didates would then have to meet mini- mal criteria set by the job description. "If all things are equal, the city would hire the candidate where the goal was placed," said City Adminis- trator Alfred Gatta, who is leaving his post April 23. "If one candidate has 20 years experience and another has 5 years and the requirement is 3 years, then they both meet the criteria and are equal." Councilmember Peter Fink (R-2nd Ward) disagreed with that philoso- phy. "I think that it is a fundamentally wrong way to hire," Fink said. "The only thing left is their classification. People would rather feel that they were hired because they were more qualified." Many council members wanted to make sure the most qualified candi- date would receive the job. "The best person available with affirmative action goals in mind will get hired," Gatta said. In addition to the hiring dispute, the funding of this policy was also addressed. Fink said it was require a lot more money. "It is effort and staff that was not there before. I know some council members would allocate the money from the general fund, no questions asked." Fink said. However, Kolb said he didn't think the funding was going to be a problem. "I am not anticipating that (the policy) would require any more fund- ing appropriated from council. If coun- cil has a goal of true affirmative ac- tion, then it will be reflected," Kolb said. Fink expressed concern over the ideas stated in the working papers. "My real problem in the policy is that it says 'to ensure equal treatment' and this does not ensure equal treat- ment," Fink said. The worksheet served as the start- ing block for debate on the revision of a plan created in 1969. Kolb spon- sored the idea and hopes to see its passage at the next regular session of City Council. Professor emeritus dies at 85 The Associated Press Claude A. Eggertsen, an educa- tion pioneer and University professor emeritus, has died. He was 85. Eggertsen died Thursday. The University did not disclose the cause of death. 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