LOCAYL/SlrATl Smithsonian, 'U' to hold event The University and the Smith- sonian Institute will hold a free, saylong symposium on "Presenting History: Museums in a Democratic Society," on Wednesday in Rackham Auditorium. The symposium is intended to fo- cus on issues faced by museums that display controversial exhibits. "In co-sponsoring this symposium, the University hopes to facilitate aschol- arly understanding of factors and forces at contribute to a controversial ex- bit and how the museum and the public can best respond to these forces," Vice President for Research Homer Neal, a member of the Smithsonian's board of regents, said in a statement. Controversy has surrounded many recent exhibits on themes such as the Enola Gay, a World War II bomber; 19th-century landscape paintings on the American West; and the Williamsburg slave auctions. The events will begin at 8:30 a.m. with opening remarks by University President James J. Duderstadt and Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Heyman. Panel discussions will fol- low on controversial exhibits, the Enola Gay and museums in a demo- cratic society. The day will conclude with a wrap-up session and closing 'emarks. Rivers to hold town meeting Wednesday U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor) will hold a town meeting on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. at Washtenaw Community College. Rivers plans to discuss the first 100 &ys of the Republican-led Congress, higher education issues including pro- posals to change student loans, envi- ronmental regulations and tax cuts, an aide said from her Ann Arbor office. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Morris J. Lawrence Building on the campus, located at 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Currently, Congress is on its spring cess and, like many representatives nd senators, Rivers is returning to her district to talk issues and politics with her constituents. Rivers could not be reached for comment on her plans. For more information on the town meeting or other issues, Rivers' Ann Arbor office telephone number is 741- 42 10. ingineering to reward teaching The College of Engineering will give $2,500 in awards Wednesday to graduate students who have shown an outstanding ability in teaching. Engineering Dean Michael Par- sons will present $500 awards to five raduate student instructional assis- nts, who were chosen from instruc- tors nominated by faculty and stu- dents for their "outstanding teaching and communications abilities." v The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. in the atrium of the EECS Building. The winners were selected by the University's American Society for En- gineering Education Student Chapter, which said in a statement that the qual- Sy of nominees was very high, making s41ection "particularly difficult." - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Zachary M. Raimi The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 1995 - 3 Study: Accidents involving drunk drivers on decline It's tax time! AP PHOTO Carts filled with boxes of state income tax returns line a hallway of the Treasury Building in Lansing on Friday. The deadline for filing is today. Sen0A.ate returns from recs to face -M-EGA, budget issues By Deborah G. Weinstein For the Daily The number of drunk driving acci- dents in the United States has de- creased in the past 10 years, accord- ing to data released last week by the University's Transportation Institute and Alcohol Research Center. Despite the overall drop, the study found that women are increasingly responsible for alcohol-related acci- dents. Public Health Prof. Patricia Waller and Assistant Research Scientist Fred C. Blow found that, in 1980, women accounted for 15 percent of alcohol- related accidents. In 1990, the pro- portion rose to 17 percent. The study also found that while the "absolute number of alcohol-re- lated crashes caused by female driv- ers fell 33 percent from 1980 to 1990, the decrease was less than that for men, whose drinking-related crashes dropped 44 percent (from 47,297 to 26,591). " Waller and Blow's research, pub- lished in Recent Developments, called for gender-specific research so as to better understand "the role of alcohol in driving behavior." The study attributes the increase to two factors - lifestyle and physi- ology. Dawn Massie, a research associ- ate at the Transportation Research Institute, said, "More'women are li- censed to drive and are driving more miles. All this increases exposure. "This does not account for all crashes - some suggest as more women work, they are adopting more male-type behavior, drive more ag- gressively than they did." The study found that women are affected differently by alcohol than men, "Women appear to be more vul- nerable to physiological damage from prolonged alcohol use. They may also be more vulnerable to impairment of performance from low doses of alco- hol," the study stated. The research shows that the ago group accounting for the majority of alcohol-related accidents ranged from early 30s to mid-60s. Although the overall number of female-caused alcohol accidents is up, Massie said the incidence of drunk- driving accidents among the teenage group is down. "This is the effect of raising the alcohol-purchasing laws," she said. Massie also cited groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving as helping to reduce the number of drink- ing-and-driving accidents. Many campus groups, including the Greek system, have worked to reduce the number of alcohol-related accidents on campus. The Greek sys- tem offers awareness events through- out the year and alternate transporta- tion options. Panhellenic Advisor Mary Beth Seiler said, "There is one major event each year. The speaker, Mike Green, comes and speaks about al- cohol education. This presentation is open to all men and women on campus" she said. The Greek system has an alcohol policy and the Social Responsibility Committee. Part of the policy is that there must be a list of taxi services. Movement to and from social events is a consideration. "There is a lot of discussion (about alcohol use) throughout the year," she added. LANSING (AP) - The Senate re- turns from its spring recess this week, and Gov. John Engler's plan to give some new and expanding businesses a tax break is No. 1 on its agenda. The Senate approved the two-bill Michigan Economic Growth Author- ity on March 15 and sent it to the House. The House changed the plan and returned it to the upper chamber on April 5. If the Senate goes along with the House changes, the plan could be on its way to Engler tomorrow. The plan would create an eight- member board that could offer up to 20-year tax breaks to select businesses bringing new jobs or adding new jobs in Michigan. Among other things, eligible businesses would have to prove the jobs would go elsewhere without the tax break. Generally, new businesses would have to bring 150 jobs and expanding businesses would have to add 75 jobs to be eligible. But the House changed that so new and expanding businesses in an enterprise or empowerment zone would have to add only 25 jobs to be considered. The Senate also has six House- passed budget bills ready for work in committees or subcommittees. Be- fore starting its two-week recess, the House sent over budgets for higher education, public health, mental health, corrections, the Department of Education and school aid. In passing the higher education budget, the House retained the Ameri- can Indian tuition waiver program, which Engler wants to eliminate. The budget also would increase funding for the 15 state universities by 3 percent. It also includes an addi- tional $10 million proposed by Engler for Michigan State University, $1 million for Grand Valley State Uni- versity and $4 million for Western Michigan University. A Senate panel also is scheduled to begin discussing legislation that would lower standards for cleaning up toxic waste sites. The "polluters pay" bills cleared the House amid charges by environ- mentalists and some Democrats that it dismantles the state's top-notch cleanup laws. Republicans, however, Autopsy shows woman died of asphyxiation say the lower standards replace restric- tive and costly standards with more reasonable but still safe limits. Sen. Loren Bennett (R-Canton) chairman of the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Commit- tee, has said it could be two or three weeks before the three-bill package goes to the full Senate. Like underground storage tank bills already sent to Engler, this legislation would change cleanup standards from statewide levels to site- and risk-based levels. That means a contaminated property pro- posed for a new use would have to be cleaned only to a level safe for that use. Under current law, cleanups must make property safe for all uses, includ- ing homes. The toxic site proposal also changes the definition of "polluter" by holding liable only those directly responsible for pollution. Some Democrats and environmen- talists say it would be nearly impos- sible under the changes to prove who was directly responsible for some con- tamination. Are you staying in Ann Arbor for the summer? Are you looking for a fun, valuable experience? Do you like to write? Come to the mass meeting for the summer Daily toni gt at 7 p.m. In the Student Publica- tions Building, 420 Maynard. Call 76-DAILY for more information. By Josh White Daily Staff Reporter Preliminary results of an autopsy of the Ann Arbor woman who was found dead in her home last Wednesday indi- cate that she died of asphyxiation. Ann Arbor Police Department re- ports say 30-year-old Sandra Marie Anderson was found dead in the bed- room of her Hemlock Court residence just after 6 p.m. Wednesday and indi- cate that she "had been bound and gagged by her assailant." Police were called Wednesday to Anderson's home on the city's south side after her brother discovered her body and requested an ambulance. No suspects have been named in the case, but AAPD detectives are still attempting to locate James W. Klepinger Jr., the victim's boyfriend, for questioning, the AAPD said in a statement. Klepinger is believed to be driving ablack 1992 Toyota extended-cab pick- up truck, with a silver stripe and black cap, which carries a Michigan license plate number WD-8720. He is a white male, 32 years of age, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds with blondish-brown hair and a bushy mustache. The AAPD said anyone who sees Klepinger or the vehicle should not make contact, but should notify au- thorities. The AAPD can be reached at 994-2911. Klepinger resides in Romulus and has relatives in the West Branch area and in Ohio. Detectives have not released any further information regarding the crime. What's happening in Ann Arbor today 3 A. GROUP MEETINGS Q Ninjitsu Club, beginners welcome, 761-8251, IMSB, Room G 21,7:30- 9 p.m. U Pre-Dental Association, elections, 930-0533, Kellog Building, Room 1033, 7 p.m. Q Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Club, men and women, beginners welcome, 994- 3620, CCRB, Room 2275, 7-8 p.m. Q Society For Creative Anachronism, North Campus, EECS, Room 1311, 7 p.m. workshop, 8 p.m. meeting Q Taekwondo Club, beginners and other new members welcome, 747-6889, CCRB, Room 2275,8:30-10 p.m. EVENTS Reasoning," sponsored by Re- search Club, Michigan League, Kalamazoo Room, 4-5 p.m. Q "Highly-Conjugated Porphyrins. Key Components of: Biomimetic Light- Harvesting Antennae, New Sys- tems for Ultrafast Electron Trans- fer, and Molecules with Record- Breaking First-Order Hyperpolarizabilities," inorganic seminar, sponsored by Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Building, Room 1640, 4 p.m. Q "The Synthesis and Biological Evalu- ation of Flourinated Glutamates,. Folates, and Antifolates," thesis colloquium, sponsored by Depart- ment of Chemistry, Chemistry Build- ing phone line, 7 p.m.-8 a.m. U ECB Peer Tutorial, Angell Hall Computing Site, 747-4526, 7- 11 p.m. U Campus information Center, Michi- gan Union, 763-INFO; events info 76-EVENT or UM*Events on GOpherBLUE U North Campus Information Center, North Campus Commons, 763- NCIC, 7:30 a.m.-5:50 p.m. U Northwalk, 763-WALK, Bursley Lobby, 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. U Peer Counseling for Non-Traditional Undergraduate Students With Academic Concerns, 998-7210, sponsored by Center for Education of Women, call for appointment Action SportsWear Soccer equipment from the ground up. ii r. ' :r; ~ >n: :;:;:::