LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, December 10, 1996- 3
Fire officials
hear alarm at
2 locations
A smoke alarm originally thought to
have come from Beta Theta Pi fraterni-
ty house early Saturday morning actu-
Olly came from South Quad residence
hall.
There was no sign of smoke or fire at
the Beta house, located on the corner of
State and Madison streets. Residents
were notified of a potential fire,
Department of Public Safety reports
stated.
Fire officials discovered that the
noise was coming from a pull-station
cover lying near the exit of the house.
The cover came from a battery-operat-
ed fire alarm in the 1800 corridor of
Frederick House in South Quad, DPS
reports stated.
Beta house residents were contacted
about the mistake, according to DPS
reports.
Driver allegedly
leaves hit-and-run
accident scene
A driver allegedly hit a car and fled
the scene Friday morning in the M-18
carport at the East Medical Center.
,The victim told DPS that the suspect
stopped and was going to get his
license after the accident. The suspect
instead entered his vehicle and drove
f4way, DPS reports stated.
The suspect fled in a green
Pontiac Bonneville or Grand Am
with license plate 77 ECL, DPS
reports stated.
A license-plate check was done on
the suspept's vehicle but returned
negative.
Man runs into
racketball wall
'A man playing racketball ran into
the wall of the court he was playing
on Friday night at the Intramural
Sports Building on East Hoover
Street.
The man was conscious but bleed-
ing from his head. Staff members
advised the man to seek treatment
for a possible concussion, but he
refused to be transported to the
mergency room.
The man then was advised of the
policy concerning head injuries and
later was transported to the
University Medical Center, DPS
reports stated.
1.1
Patient's knife
allegedly stolen
A caller reported Friday her small
;pocketknife was taken while she was
being treated in the emergency room
of the University Hospital last
Monday.
The patient told DPS that she saw
hospital staff place her knife and other
personal items in a 14-by-12-inch
white envelope marked "Patient
Property Envelope"
The patient said she had all her
property except the knife returned to
er after she was treated, DPS reports
stated. The knife is described as a
pocket type with two folding blades.
The larger blade was about two inches
long.
DPS has no suspects in the case.
rChemicals spill in
back of truck
kA Metro Delivery worker told
PS he had a "biohazard spill in the
back of his truck" Thursday, DPS
reports stated.
_ :Occupational Safety and
:Environmental Health was contacted
after the spill occurred at East
Medical Center. The worker waited
by the truck until OSEH assistance.
-arrived, according to DPS reports.
OSEH responded to the scene
after 1 1/2 hours because the OSEH
fficials needed to get his equipment
and then get back to the scene, DPS
reports stated.
No one was reported injured.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Anupama Reddy.
Kleptomaniac group offers support, help
Holidays especially tough on
those who shoplift
By Heather Kamins
Daily Staff Reporter
It started with small items, such as cigarettes.
Then he moved on to clothing, which he would
sell to his friends. He was arrested a few times,
sometimes spending up to a week in jail. Last year,
he tried to stop, but as pressures built up in his life,
he just could not control the urge to steal.
His mother almost died last year, and the stress
of her illness created a void he could only satiate
by shoplifting one more time. But he was caught
again and was put on probation.
Finally, as part of his probation agreement, he
found the help he was looking for.
"I was looking for a group I could confide in,"
said the Art senior who asked to not be named. "l
couldn't find anything like it."
The court ordered him to join a self-help dis-
cussion group, Kleptomaniacs and Shoplifters
Anonymous.
Social Work graduate student Terry Shulman, a
recovering kleptomaniac, founded the Ann Arbor
branch of KASA a year ago to create a supportive
atmosphere for students and Ann Arbor residents
who suffer from kleptomania. He said the group is
currently comprised mostly of community mem-
bers because he believes students are afraid to
come forward.
"I am trying to raise the consciousness of stu-
dents, because a lot of students shoplift. I know,
because I was one of them," Shulman said. "A lot
of people who shoplift don't know that it is a com-
pulsive disorder. They don't know that there is
help."
Shulman said many shoplifters steal not because
they need the items they are taking, but because
they don't know how to express their feelings.
"Shoplifting provides a sense of relief and plea-
sure. You feel like you are gaining something for
nothing, and you can't stop," Shulman said.
Joseph Himle, University associate clinical pro-
fessor of psychiatry, said kleptomania is classified
as an impulse-control disorder.
"It involves the inability to resist an impulse to
steal," Himle said. "Many times they do not use
the item that they are stealing."
Shulman said his problem began as a way to
repress his feelings and fears.
"My father was an alcoholic, and I told myself
that I was never going to be like him. Instead, I
found a way of expressing my toughest feelings
through shoplifting," Shulman said.
For many people the holiday season is a time
full of anxiety and stress. Shulman said that while
some deal with the stress by shopping, others deal
by shoplifting.
"This time of year you will see a lot more
shoplifting and arrests:' Shulman said. A foof
students are out there being arrested.
Shulman said he is trying to increase axwareness
of KASA so the people who need support. espe-
cially during this time of year, will know that they
are welcome.
"Most people feel alone. It is a very shameful
habit, even though shoplifters are intelligent po-
plc that know that they are not the only ones \\who
shoplift," Shulman said.
The Art senior who spoke on the condition Of
anonymity said the group has brought relief to the
embarrassment of his struggle with kleptomania.
"It's been helpful. For one thing, (shoplifting} is
very embarrassing. Most of my good friends do
not even know," he said.
"We share our experiences and there is no
judgment, no one getting on your case. It's been a
safe place where I can speak about things that are
going on."
Candidate search
begins for new
Architecture dean
By Prachish Chakravorty
Daily Staff Reporter
A search team is looking to identify
candidates for dean of the College of
Architecture and Urban Planning fol-
lowing Dean Robert Beckley's decision
to step down from the school's top post
after 10 1/2 years.
Beckley, who will return to the col-
lege's faculty next June, said he had a
single agenda when he took on the posi-
tion.
"It was simply to make the college
the best in the nation," Beckley said.
As a result of the'
decision, Provost J. -
Bernard Machenf
has formed a
search committee an objec
to locate prospec-
tive replacements decision
for Beckley.
"The goal is to -
identify the most Dean ofA
outstanding candi-
dates possible for
the dean of the
College of Architecture and Urban
Planning," said John D'Arms, chair of
the search committee.
D'Arms said the committee is simply
advisory and must present three to five
names to the provost, although they are
not involved in the actual decision mak-
ing.
Although it is still early in the search,
D'Arms said the key quality they will
look for is all-around excellence.
"(We want candidates) to be consul-
tative within the college and listen care-
fully to faculty already there, and exert
significant leadership giving them a
distinctive and integrated profile,"
D'Arms said.
It is expected that a new dean will be
chosen before Beckley's contract
expires June 30, according to the Office
of the Provost, and that no interim dean
will be required.
Beckley said he will leave office
when his contract expires in June,
something he said was expected.
"I hadn't imagined serving more than
seven or eight years. I feel we've kind
of reached a plateau, and it's'an oppor-
tune time for someone else to step in."
In addition, Beckley said a teaching
position was opening up in the depart-
ment of urban design, his field of
expertise.
"It seems like just the right time for
me and the college," he said.
"The main objective is to find the
best possible peo-
ple," D'Arms
- said. "Time isn't
really an issue."
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I
Otive
Robert Beckley
Architecture and
Urban Planning
During his
tenure, Beckley
oversaw signifi-
cant changes at
the college,
including the
modification of
the doctor of
1
l
architecture pro-
gram into a Ph.D. program and allow-
ing students with undergraduate
degrees in fields other than architecture
to enter the school's master's program.
"Another thing that pleases me is our
growing international reputation and
growing numbers of international stu-
dents," Beckley said. "There's (also)
been a growth in opportunities for our
own domestic students to study in for-
eign countries."
The decision to vacate the deanship
is one that Beckley is comfortable with
on a personal level.
"We had an administrative leave a
couple of years ago and (my wife and
1) reassessed what we were doing and
decided," Beckley said. "Sometimes
you become so engaged in what
you're doing, you forget to be objec-
tive. I feel this is an objective deci-
sion."
JONATHAN SUMMER/Dd1y
The Michigan Union is being renovated and will be completed sometime In February. More than 600 student organizations: are
look to get one of the 60 designated rooms.
S
or renovated Union roo s
By Stephanie Powell specific group will be favored in the nizations, she said
Daily Staff Reporter allocation of space. With this new renovation, the oroaii-
Student organizations are lining up "We want to see more energetic orga- zations will be in a centrally locattd
for the opportunity to obtain space in nizations, not necessarily more worth- place, will have Ethernet access and
the newly renovated fourth floor in the while ones," Schwimmer said. will be provided with furniture.
Michigan Union. Schwimmer also said the space is Many student organization mefn6brs
The Michigan Union Board of much too important to waste on storage. are already excited about the possibiji-
Representatives, the Union administra- "There needs to be some use of space ties. Ziehyun Huh, chair of the United
tion offices and student organizations where new ideas can be generated," she Asian American Organization, said the
are hoping to have construction com- said. "We need to see tangible out- renovation will greatly benefit UAA4.
pleted in February, but an official date comes." "Before it was really terrible - thye
will not be set until after winter break. Lee, an LSA senior, is involved in the were three organizations in one room o
Peter Lee, president of MUBR, said renovation process. we ended up not using the space at alf"
applications will be available eight to 10 "Each group earns a space every year she said. "With this new space and many
weeks before the construction is com- by setting goals and keeping true to organizations in the same area, itRi ll
pleted. them," Lee said. "The shift should promote unity and a natural interaction"
Construction started in February focus from a right ... to a privilege." Until 15 years ago, the fourth floor f
1996, but the design phase began a year Schwimmer said that as a commitment the Union was used as a hotel. It was tt n
before that, to student life, the University should converted into an area for student orgali-
Union space is hard to come by, with invest in something valuable, like reno- zations, but the space did not fit the fu&c-
60 rooms designated for student groups, vating for student organizations. tion very well, which has prompted 1 e
a conference room open to all organiza- "This will be a hub where energy and recent improvements to the building. s
tions, and a resource room designed to activity can be generated," she said. Student organizations will be a~le
help the organizations with pubic rela- Schwimmer was also impressed by to pick up applications inte
tions and recruiting new members. the students' commitment to looking at Michigan Student Assembly off e
With 600 groups on campus interest- the broader picture, not just the interests in Room 3909 of the Michi n
ed in applying for space, the competi- of student groups. Union. The application asks "eh
tion is quite stiff. "In thinking about making ramps for group to state their goals for thfyear
Audrey Schwimmer, director of the people with wheelchairs, (students) and to meet with MUBR about tl ir
Michigan Union, emphasized that no sacrificed more rooms for student orga- application.
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Ross latest Dem. to
j oin governor race
LANSING, (AP) - Long before the
1992 presidential election, Doug Ross,
Bill Clinton and others in the
Democratic Leadership Council talked
about moving their party to the center.
The strategy worked for Clinton,
who narrowly won the presidency in
1992 and soundly trounced Bob Dole
last month for a second four-year term.
Ross, a Democrat who has worked in
the Clinton administration and who ran
the Michigan Department of
Commerce from 1984-89, thinks the
same strategy can help him win the
governor's office here in Michigan in
1998.
Yesterday he talked with reporters in
Lansing about his plans to give every-
one in Michigan a chance for a good-
paying job, good schools, clean envi-
ronment, safe neighborhoods and secu-
rity in their old age.
"What I sense most people in this
state are looking for is a government
that cares about them, but that
demonstrates that care by empower-
ing people to solve their own prob-
lems," Ross said.
The former state senator joins sever-
al other Democrats already in the race,
including East Lansing lawyer Larry
Owen, who ran an unsuccessful cam-
paign for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 1994; state Sen. Jim
Berryman of Adrian; and Edward
Hamilton, a Chrysler Corp. executive
from Troy.
Ross spent several years in the late
1980s and early 1990s running think
tanks focused on economic develop-
ment. He sees Michigan as poised to
carve out a leading role for itself in the
Information Age, as it did during the
Industrial Revolution.
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