C ' Regents to hold meeting this week TheUniversity Board of Regents will head to the Dearborn campus on Thurs- day for the discussion and public com- ments portions of its monthly meeting. . The regents annually hold part of a monthly meeting at the University's commuter campuses, which are lo- cated in Flint and Dearborn. ' The meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Discussion items include pre- sentations on the University's living- learning programs and Dearborn in- ternship programs. At 4 p.m., the regents will listen to public comments on the Dearborn cam- pus. Community members can sign up in the Regents' Office of the Flem- ing Administration Buildingto speak. The regents permit up to 12 people to speak for up to five minutes each. On Friday, the regents plan to re- turn to Ann Arbor for the business portion of the meeting, which is sched- uled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Regents' Room of *the Fleming Administration Building. Vending machine shorts in East Quad East Quad residents spent almost an hour outside last night, but not to enjoy the spring weather. Smoke caused by an electrical short in a juice vending machine on the north side forced students and staff to evacuate the building. Lt. Don Dally of the Ann Arbor Fire Department said that the short was probably caused by crossed wires and that the machine was being re- moved from the building. No injuries were reported. Honors students to be inducted tonight The Golden Key National Honor Society will hold its last spring induc- tion ceremony at the Michigan League at 7 tonight. In the future, the group will switch to afall induction so members will have another year to participate, said Vice President Sumit Gupta, an LSA senior. The ceremony will include the in- duction of the new members - the top 15 percent of the junior class based on grade-point average-and a food drive. Approximately 300 students will be inducted this year, said incoming presi- dent, LSA junior Shenia Coleman. The amount is down from previous years because the eligibility requirements were raised. The canned food donated will be forwarded to Food Gatherers of Washtenaw County for distribution. LSA delays vote on Pass/Fail changes Students would no longer be able to use the pass/fail option for their fourth term of a foreign language if a proposal made at last Monday's LSA faculty meeting passes. ' The LSA curriculum committee formulated the proposal after its re- search indicated that students use the pass/fail option much more often in foreign languages than in any other classes. They also discovered that the grades of students taking the class pass/ fail were lower than those of students taking the class for a grade. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporters Patience Atkin, Cathy Boguslaski and Ronnie Glassberg i Cs A1The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 13, 1995 - 3 Restaurants go smoke-free for health, money By Jason Wine For the Daily Both Richard Schubach, managerofRed Hawk Bar and Grill, and Chris Ames, manager of Park Avenue Cafe, indicated the health of their custom- ers and staff prompted their decisions to become smoke-free restaurants. Monetary factors, such as the loss of smoking customers to other smoking establishments, also come into play when a restaurant decides to become smoke-free. Ann Arbor City Councilmember Peter Nico- las (I-4th Ward) has faith that "the market system is working in Ann Arbor." Nicolas, who sits on the city's IndoorClean Air Ordinance Task Force, believes that "there are enough people in Ann Arbor who desire a smoke-free environment and more (restaurants) will go smoke-free." Local restaurant owners say their experiences "With all other factors being equal, I would choose a restaurant that does not allow smoking." - Brent Plater SNRE senior and non-smoker support Nicolas' views. Schubach said he does not regret the decision to go smoke-free. "Some smoking customers have gone someplace else, but their numbers have been more than offset by new non-smoking cus- tomers," he said. Michigan state law requires any restaurant choosing to allow smoking to reserve at least 50 percent of its total seating area for non-smoking patrons. Certain restaurants, such as Amer's Mediterranean Deli on State Street, take this law quite literally with an aisle dividing the smoking area on the left from the non-smoking area on the right. However, the non-smoking section in the front of the restaurant is often very smoky, a problem that alarms Ann Arbor clean-air activist Rosalind Lloyd. "Wafting smoke does not know that these sections are designated as smoke-free," she said. Nicolas said he would like to see the Ann Arbor City Council adopt an ordinance forcing Ann Arbor restaurants that allow smoking to limit their smoking sections to 25 percent of the total area. Nicolas said such an ordinance would reflect a population that is 75 percent non-smoking. Some- smokers, like LSA sophomore Neil Mitra, aren't deterred by non-smoking policies. "I choose restaurants based on their quality of food. not whether I can smoke in them or not," he said. Al Allam. an Engineering junior. said he fre- quents Amer's over other restaurants because of its tolerant attitude toward smokers. "I choose restau- rants based on my ability to smoke in them," he said. Brent Plater, an SNRE senior, is a non- smoker who favors restaurants that are smoke- free. "With all other factors being equal, I would choose a restaurant that does not allow smok- ing," he said. Parties differ on Leadership 2017 funding, purpose By Amy Klein Daily Staff Reporter With Michigan Student Assembly elections 10 days away, candidates are taking decisive stands on many issues like Leadership 2017, a University- sponsored conference that trains stu- dent leaders during the summer. The administration selects students An Ann Arbor police officer surveys the damage after yesterday's car accident on South Division Street. Car swerves, crashes into house for the program, approximately $5,000, including a stipend to attend educational train- ing. Members complete a self- designed project beneficial to the University or a student group. While most MSA executive office candidates have fervently opposed Leader- ship 2017, there remains some paying participants I think peple wl bashing oI know any about the program.0 By Frank C. Lee Daily Staff Reporter A green Ford Thunderbird was headed northbound in the center lane on South Division Street near East Jefferson Street around 5 p.m. yester- day when it swerved to avoid hitting a white Toyota Camry, witnesses said. The Camry was in the right lane and moved into the center lane - pulling in front of the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird jumped the curb, crashing into concrete porch steps and overturned. The driver of the Thunderbird, whom police declined to identify, was taken to University Hospitals. Ann Arbor Police Officer Gary Oxender, a trained accident investiga- tor, said, "He's probably been treated and released. There were no serious, life-threatening injuries." Dave Schroeder, an Engineering junior who witnessed the accident, said, "He probably had some broken or bruised ribs, but other than that he appeared OK." James Wang, the driver of the Camry, and the passengers, his wife and 2-year-old son, were not injured. The accident, however, reduced the steps of a house in the 300 block of East Jefferson Street to rubble, sending chunks of concrete crashed through the house's front window. The Thunderbird's fender was crumpled; the Camry sustained no damage. Police are still trying to determine the cause of the car accident. Police Officer Alicia Green, who was one of the first to arrive at the site, said she did not believe alcohol was a factor. "I don't know exactly what the cause is," Oxender said. "It could have been speeding or changing lanes." Wang, 33, who is not affiliated with the University, said, "He was driving real fast. I was just changing lanes - going downtown." Oxender said, "The white car was in the right lane going northbound trying to move into the middle lane. The green car in the middle lane might have swerved to avoid him." New technology detects diseased tissue By Danielle Belkin Daily Staff Reporter Elasticity imaging, a new technol- ogy used to determine the hardness of body tissue, may be a major medical breakthrough for detecting diseased tis- sues such as those with cancer. "It's physically simple to use, it's inexpensive, and for some applications, it could be the best method for deter- mining if there is cause for concern," said electrical engineering and com- puter science Prof. Matt O'Donnell. Elasticity imaging is a method developed by O'Donnell and Uni- versity researcher Stas Emelianov to detect masses, scars or blockages within the body. Testing on human tissue should begin within the year, O'Donnell said. The researchers use gelatin and vary its thickness to simulate the harden- ing of diseased tissues in the body. While applying pressure to the gela- tin mass, an ultrasound transducer - the same machine used to monitor the development of a fetus - creates an image using calculations figured by a computer. The output is a representa- tion of what is hard and diseased, or soft and healthy in the body. The first application of the tech- nique will try to monitor the body's response afterkidney transplants. If there is a problem with the body's acceptance of the donor organ the tissue hardens, signifying the rejection of an incompat- ible kidney, O'Donnell said. Tissue elasticity can also be moni- tored with the technique during an angioplasty, a procedure involving the detection of blockages in coro- nary arteries. O'Donnell expressed hope that the technique could be used after a mammogram as a second test in detect- ing breast tumors. But he added that elasticity imag- ing could also be a useful tool for diseased tissue detection in any organ that changes in softness. The important function of the tech- nique is its ability to differentiate be- tween harmful tissue and other types of masses. For example, a doctor could distinguish between a calcified coro- nary artery and a blood clot. Because the technique utilizes ul- trasound machines, it will probably be picked up by companies that already manufacture such machines. They would only have to accommodate the computer processing, O'Donnell said. "Clinical trials for the detection of kidney disease will hopefully begin within a year and trials for coronary artery blockages within two years," O'Donnell said. Funding for the project comes from federal agencies. O'Donnell said the researchers purposely made the find- ings public domain. The new technology is the result of a combined effort between the University and the Soviet Academy of Sciences. split in the different stands on leader- ship training. MSA President Julie Neenan, a Michigan Party member, attended Leadership 2017 last summer and said she was selected to participate based on her student group's broad constituency. "I think that the people who are bashing it don't know anything about the program. They'rejust standing back so far and making a superficial judge- ment," she said. The Students' Party opposes the source of funding for Leadership 2017. Vice presidential candidate Fiona Rose said she thinks students should not pay for a program that trains others. "My problem isn't that it's paid and it isn't because it deals with leadership - the problem is a closed selection process where the students are hand- picked by the administration and then other students pay for it. That's unac- ceptable," Rose said. Independent vice presidential candi- date Angie Kelic said she thinks hand- picking the student leaders is unethical. "I respect the fact that the Univer- sity is trying to network, but the admin- istration handpicking people is just wrong. There are plenty of other good student leaders who are just over- looked," Kelic said. The Wolverine Party shares a simi- lar concern about student money fund- ing the conference. In response, the Wolverine Party plans to work with the Student Alumni Council to develop several leadership training programs. The Wolverine Party's programs will aim to provide year-round training during the academic terms. Funding would be solicited from alumni and other outside contributors. "Involving alumni in the process al- lows students to learn how their back- ground at the Uni- versity applies to situations in the Sth the workforce," said Brooke Holley, ho are Wolverine Party's vice presi- t dondential candidate. vfffi g"Additionally, the program will strengthen the ties between alumni and current stu- Julie Neenan dents." M- JulieNeenn Flint Wai- MSA president ness, the presi- dential candidate on the Michigan Party slate, said he thinks the problem with Leadership 2017 is that student leaders receive money from the administration. Wainess, however, agrees that an equal concern is the conference's source of funding. Like the Wolverine Party's proposal to search for outside funding, the Michi- gan Party candidates suggest Leader- ship 2017 be financed by corporate funds. "This has the potential, if funded correctly, to allow student.leaders to spend the summer months doing a lot of good for students," Wainess said. Voicing stronger opposition, presi- dential candidate Mark Biersack on the Maize and Blue party ticket ob- jects to student leaders receiving any money from the administration. "I think any program for leadership development is fine, but no MSA of- ficer or representative should be getting money in relation to their position," Biersack said. "The besttraining is found in the things you have done." Jodi Masley, an independent presi- dential candidate, has endorsed a more extreme view against Leadership 2017. "We're absolutely opposed to stu- dent leaders being bought by the admin- istration," Masley said. "I think the best way for students to become better leaders is for them to actually lead demonstrations and orga- nize other students," she said. Correction State Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) said only specific portions of Gov. John Engler's tax-cut proposal mostly benefited the wealthy. This was incorrectly reported in Friday, March 3 Daily. 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