LOCAIL/sItAirt The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 14, 1995 - 5 DPS officer nabs car stereo thief Department of Public Safety of- ficers stopped and arrested one man Wednesday after finding his vehicle filled with stolen equipment. Just before 6 a.m., a DPS officer observed a vehicle "pulling into (lot NC-31) and occupants leaving toward Bursley," DPS reports say. The officer inspected the vehicle and noticed that it was "filled with tools (and) a disconnected stereo *amplifier was visible," reports say. After one person returned to the car, the vehicle left the lot. According to reports, the officer then pulled the suspicious vehicle over to the side of Baits Road near Broadway. Upon searching the inside of the car, police arrested the driver. "The suspect was arrested after numerous stolen car stereos and com- *ponents were located in the vehicle," reports say. More than five reports of theft from a vehicle were called into DPS headquarters on Kipke Drive near Crisler Arena following the arrest. The reports came from lots on North Campus near both Bursley and Baits residence halls. Owners of the vehicles that were entered reported as stolen items such as car stereos, compact disc players, sunglasses and personal objects. The suspect allegedly entered the vehicles by smashing out windows, reports say. Police believe the reports are linked to the arrest made earlier Wednesday and are investigating the case. East Quad resident reports harassment A resident of East Quad residence hall called DPS at 3 a.m. yesterday to report that she was being harassed by two unknown men. According to DPS reports, the resi- dent had been having "problems with unknown persons leaving obscene *messages on her door, as well as pick- up/hang-up calls." Yesterday morning, the resident called DPS after she was awakened by two suspects attempting to remove the "peephole mechanism" from her door, according to reports. "The suspects fled, yelling her name and obscenities," reports say. "peeping Tom' stopped after 2 or more incidents DPS officers reported to the M-22 carport near the hill dorms Wednes- day morning just after midnight fol- lowing a call of a window peeper in the vicinity. * Upon arriving on the scene, an officer found an "occupied vehicle in the lot possibly watching" the Mary Markley residence hall windows, re- ports say. The officer checked DPS vehicle information and found that the ve- hicle had been spotted in the area at least two times before under similar circumstances. After speaking with the suspect, the officer determined that the man was a resident at University Hospi- tals. The man was told to leave and he complied, reports say. -Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Josh White Students, faculty offer views on pass/fail option By Deborah 0. Weinstein For the Daily It is official - beginning with this fall's 1995 entering class, the pass/fail option for the fourth semester of foreign languages will no longer be available, and students have mixed views on the decision. Until this fall, the only restriction on the pass/ fail option was that students could not take classes pass/fail in their area of concentration. Choosing pass/fail means the class is not calculated in the student's cumulative grade point average, but a student must earn at least a" C-" grade to earn credit. Michael Martin, LSA associate dean of undergraduate education, said last week there was a consensus among faculty that the pass/fail option reduced foreign language class quality. Some faculty said they feel students may work harder without the pass/fail option. LSA senior Boaz Weinstein, who is in his I feel it is an important option for students that don't need the language for what they are studying." - Joanna Wares LSA sophomore . .. fourth semester of Hebrew, agreed that students may put forth more effort for a graded class. "It is reasonable that people take it for a grade," he said. "The core requirements at the University are tepid in comparison to many other universities, so in this case it is reasonable to require fourth-semester proficiency, not fourth-semester non-failablility. "I think in general students will work harder (if a class is not pass/fail). I believe in pass/fail, but not for language," Weinstein said. LSA sophomore Joanna Wares, also in her fourth semester of Hebrew, disagreed. "I feel it's an important option for students that don't need the language for what they are studying," she said. "(With pass/fail), you could learn the subject without worrying about it af- fecting your GPA. I struggle with language more than anything else. Not having the pass/ fail option would have hurt me." Wares said she sees a difference in students who take a class pass/fail, but added, "The fact that the student is taking a class pass/fail also probably shows a lack of interest. Putting that grade in their GPA is not fair to them." LSA junior Chip Silvis, currently enrolled in second-semester Japanese, took his class pass/fail. "I didn't want to bring by GPA down. I don't see why they aren't going to do it before fourth semester," he said. Many students studying Western languages seem to share Silvis' opinion. "I have no problem with the policy, be- cause it is going to force people to actually learh the language," said LSA junior Brigham Smith. "I can also argue that the University should do it whole heartedly or not at all. Get rid of pass/ fail. I went through it, it didn't kill me." But Smith said he did not see a difference among students who used pass/fail in his Ger- man class. "I didn't have a clue who was taking it pass/fail; mostly the TAs didn't want to know but if there weren't a correlation between student quality and pass/fail, the University probably would not react." -_ Study: Women have less p olitical involvement By Jennifer Fried For the Daily Women are generally less politi- cally active than men because they lack resources, according to a recently released study by a University politi- cal science professor. Nancy Burns, along with Kay Lehman Schlozman of Boston Col- lege and Harvard University Prof. Sidney Verba, published the study - "Gender and the Pathways to Partici- pation: The Role of Resources" -in the November issue of The Journal of Politics. More than 2,500 people were sur- veyed about their involvement in a wide range of political activities, such as voting, protesting, marching, dem- onstrating and involvement in politi- cal organizations and local govern- ments. "I wasn't surprised that women didn't have the same number of re- sources as men. What surprised me was how significantly different it was," said Verba, who studies gov- ernment. "If women were as well-endowed with political resources as men, their overall levels of political activity would be closer to men's, and their financial contributions would be con- I wasn't. surprsed that women didn't have the same number of resources as men" - Sidney Verba Harvard University Professor siderably closer to men's," the study stated. The study found that women who are active in politics devote more time, but are less likely to become involved in the first place since women have less money and less control over it in their households. This limits contri- butions to political organizations, the study stated. "The money seems to matter a whole lot," Burns said, adding she thought time would be more of a factor. "Women should have access to just as much money as men have," she said. Burns said women should earn as much as men and have equal con- trol over household funds, which would increase political involvement. The study also found that women are less likely to develop the civic skills important in political involve- ment such as good communication, organization, and time and money management. The study said females are less exposed to positions where these skills are taught. They generally receive less graduate-level education and hold fewer jobs than men that foster these skills. Women usually gain these civic skills in non-political organizations like religious groups, which can lead to political involvement. But the study notes that "since the work- place produces on average more skills than do religious institutions, men wind up advantaged in terms of civic skills." Burns said, "I think we need to develop a richer understanding of what the gender gap is, and what its causes are" in order to equalize the level of political involvement by gender. A young author KRISTEN A. Stephanie Gerus, author of "My Parents Have HIV/AIDS: Some Advice from an Eight-year-old," signs copies of her book at Borders last night. She and her mother Kathy, left, spoke about their battle against AIDS. U U 'Dental School 3' file pre-trial motion By Michelle Lee Thompson Daily Staff Reporter The attorney for three former Dental School employees who al- lege racism was involved in their firing filed a pre-trial motion yes- terday, requesting that they be rein- stated to their positions until the case goes to trial. Washtenaw County Circuit Judge Karl V. Fink denied the motion, say- ing he would not rule on the employ- ees' reinstatement until he hears evi- dence from the University and the defendants -- Dawn Mitchell, Theresa Atkins and Delano Isabel. The three were fired last Decem- ber from their positions as instru- ment processors at the Dental School. Inspiring rallies and dem- onstrations the next month for their cause, the former employees, dubbed the "Dental School Three," filed a civil suit against the Univer- sity, alleging racial discrimination and harassment. In January, the University offered to rehire all three employees and place them into different positions. Detroit attorney George Washing- ton, who represents the former em- ployees, said, "Basically we said that there was no reason they should ac- cept jobs at the back of the bus. "We think it's really outrageous that they should have to wait six months or a year to get what should be rightfully theirs right now," Washington said in reaction to Fink's decision to deny the preliminary injunction motion. Washington pointed to the former employees' records and asserted that their firing was inappropriate given their history of service. Fink told the court that he would not comment on the merits of the persons involved. No testimony has been given in the case, although the affidavits of Dental School supervisors Linda Vachon and Ruth Willamen state that on one occasion, the former employees were referred to as "you people" and that Isabel was called "boy." Tim Howlett, the University's at- torney in the case, said last night that he would not comment on the mo- tions or Fink's denial because the case is still pending. 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