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UM.Serve sponsors student fee increase
~U Engineering
4emeritu1s dies
Mechanical Engineering associate
*of. Emeritus Joseph Akerman died
.eb. 12, at St. Joseph Mercy
.tospital.
Akerman, an expert in heating and
air conditioning, joined the University
faculty in 1956 after 20 years on the
mechanical engineering faculty at the
~University of Wisconsin. Akerman also
researched in the fields of heat transfer
ahid thermal fluid during his profes-
sional career. Akerman taught engi-
d ring skills in heating and air condi-
1 lonng through combined courses in
the College of Architecture and Urban
Planning.
Akrman reev hi B. fo
193, danug.S.erom thrie Urndiversien
9,and ea Ph.D.in cand icalhengi-
Website offers
~help on papers
Infonautics Inc. recently launched a
new website dedicated to research top-
ics and ideas for student project papers.
The site, located at http://www
~searchpaper corn, will contain more
an 2,00 ideas on more than 100 dif-
ferent topics for use in research and
term papers.
The research page covers topics in
~five different areas including art and
literature, history, science, business and
society. The service also allows stu-
dents to link to the Infonautics Electric
Library and a leading research engine.
The website offers a writing center
Oat gives a 17-step method to writing
research papers as well as a discussion
area that allows students to share ideas
and views on a variety of topics.
The structure and original idea for
the website were adapted from Arco
books' "10,000 Ideas for Term Papers,
Projects, Reports & Speeches."
AATA looks to
expand busing
options
The Ann Arbor Transportation
Authority is working to provide work-
ers in the downtown area with an alter-
native to driving in downtown Ann
Arbor. AATA has begun to improve bus
routes as well as provide park-and-ride
Soptions as an inexpensive solution to a
*ck of parking areas.
*Many local businesses already have
begun to provide subsidized passes for
workers, as well as holding meetings to
inform employees of the new options.
The University is providing morc than
2,500 employees with subsidized bus
passes that allow University employees
to avoid the downtown traffic and park-
* Emplyesand employees can obtain
more information about commuting
tions by calling AATA at 973-6500
or 677-3901. AATA also has a website
*available at http://theride.org.
Kaplan to COn-
~puterize GMAT
The Kaplan Educational center will
be holding the Graduate Management
dmissions Test (GMAT) two more
mes as a paper-and-pencil test this
year.
After the tests administered March
15 and June 21, Kaplan will only offer
thIe Computer Adaptive Test. A recent
C Kaplan survey showed that nearly 70
percent of students either don't know
jiow the test works or have never heard
ofit.
ompiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Jeff Enderton.
* $1 increase would fund
students community service
groups
After students voted against a fee increase in
last term's Michigan Student Assembly election,
UM.Serve will sponsor a revised fee increase bal-
lot proposal in MSA's March election.
The ballot question will ask students to approve
a $1 -per student, per-semester fee increase to fund
student groups for community service purposes.
Money from the fee would be allocated by a com-
mittee comprised of five students representing
community service groups, five other students and
three faculty or staff determined by UM.Serve and
the Community Service Forum.
.Service organization members collected 1,159
signatures to put the new question on the MSA
ballot. At least I ,000 signatures were needed to
bypass an assembly vote for a ballot question.
LSA junior Jill Manske, a member of the
Campus Programs Leadership Team, said students
seem to support the revised question.
"(Conducting the petition) gave us a chance to
talk one-on-one to people who would be affected
by this," Manske said. "(Students) seemed to be
really receptive, especially after we explained."
In the November MSA elections, students
rejected an initial UM.Serve proposal that asked
for a $1.50 per-semester fee increase from stu-
dents. Last semestcr's question specified how
some of the money would be spent.
MSA Student General Counsel Dan Serota, who
proposed the initial ballot question last semester,.
said the purpose of the petition was to make stu-
dents aware of the new proposal.
"It helped to sort of inform students," said
Serota, adding that members of more than one ser-
vice group pitched in. "It's been a very broad pro-
ject."
RC senior Carmen Tomshack, a Campus
Programs Leadership Team member, attributed
last term's ballot question failure to numerous rea-
sons, including student apathy and misinterpreta-
tion of the ballot question.
Several organizers agreed that students may have
incorrectly assumed the money would go only to
UM.Serve and the Black Volunteer Network.
"The intention has always been to distribute to
all student service groups" Tomshack said.
Tomshack said the new question is more concise
than last semester's proposal "I think the question
is more inclusive of many student groups. this
time:' she said. .
Serota said he expects students to support this
semester's effort to allocate more funds for cdmi-
munity service.
"Students; I think, will support (the ballot ques-
tion)," Serota said, adding that he would like to go
and talk to student groups about the ballot ques-
tion.
However, RC first-year student Jordan Bates
said he plans to vote against the $l fee increase.
"I don't think you should force anybody to
donate to a group they don't necessarily support:'
Bates said. v~
Bates suggested that individual students he
way to check "yes" if they want the fee ada o
their tuition bills.*
about
By Sam England
Daily Staff Reporter
to observe classes,,
celebrate teaching:
Only minutes into his lecture Friday,
Witold Rybczynski acknowledged that
he was addressing a troublesome issue.
The renowned architect, author and
urban scholar told the crowd it can be
difficult to stay upbeat about the future
of the nation's cities.
"It's a depressing subject because
Americans are so down on their cities,
by and large," Rybczynski said. His lec-
ture, titled "What Kind of Cities Do We
Need?," gave historical insight into the
importance of cities in western cultures
and the role of cities today.
He spoke seriously with the packed
Art and Architecture Building's lecture
hall, where many people in attendance
brought copies of Rybczynski's most
recent book, "City Life," for him to sign.
"All cultures have had cities," he
said. "Cultures are cities."
The role American cities will play in
the future is unclear, Rybczynski said.
"You can't have cultures without
cities, but what are cities? What kind of
cities? Those are the questions we need
to be asking ourselves," he said.
Rybczynski said a national trend of
negativity has made cities less impor-
tant to people.
"There is no sense of social responsi-
bili ty in this country for its cities.
They're pretty much on their own," he
said. "The result is there is no single
place that stands for the country the
way it does (in European nations)."
Changing his focus to college cam-
puses, Rybczynski spoke about the role
of urban campuses. Surrounded by the
By Janet Adamy
Daily Staff Reporter
Although many students like to keep
their parents as far away from campus
as possible, graduate student instructors
are inviting parents into University
classrooms for a day.
More than a dozen GSIs invited par-
ents to attend classes this week as part
of a weeklong celebration of graduate
teaching across the country.
Graduate Educators Organization
Secretary Erie Dimnbach said GEO is
encouraging the invitation because par-
ents don't usually get the chance to speak
with the GSIs who teach their children.
'We just want everyone to realize
that we make a crucial contribution to
the University" Dirnbach said. "GSls
teach over 40 percent of the classes here
at Michigan and parents often don't
have the chance to see the work we do."
GEO Vice President Darcy Leach
said GSIs sent more than 600 letters
asking parents to attend classes. While
dozens of GSIs sent the invitations,
only about 25 parents have confirmed
their attendance.
"Logistically, it's going to be difficult
for every parent to conic, but we're still
extending the invitation to everyone:"'
Dirnbach said.
LSA first-year student Keisa Reed
said that although none of her GSls
invited parents to sit in on her classes,
her parents would not have been able to
attend anyway.
"I would probably invite them, but
most likely they wouldn't be able to.
conic because they work during thie
time when I have classes:' Reed said.1
Leach said she invited parents to her
Sociology 100 section because she
thinks most parents do not really know
what is going on in the classes.
"I just really wanted people to know
that I care about teaching and that I
have been trained and that sometirnes I
have more contact with the students
than the professors do - but that that's
not necessarily a bad thing" Leach said,
noting that two parents are planning to
attend her section this week.
Leach said she thinks the visitation
will help give GSIs a niore positive
image. "A lot of GSls have internaliied
this negative image of GSls," Leach sgid.
"I think having parents come will be'an
very empowering experience for then."
LSA first-year student Jason Perla said
that although the GSI for his Amcrican
Values class invited parents to attend the
section, his parents do not plan to corpe.
"It's nice to do, but I wouldn't cnn-
sider having them come'" Perla said~ "I
don't think it's going to be, like, hell ful
or anything:'
GEG is scheduled to join gradijate
students nationwide Thursday for a
"National Day of Action" to celebrate
graduate student teaching. A rally v'ill
begin at noon on the Diag.a
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Urban planner, architect and creator of Home magazine, Witold Rybczynski, spoke
Friday about the problems, cultures and potential of the nation's cities.
more open lands and quiet forests of
North Campus, Rybczynski cited the
popularity of urban schools. "All
Americans, 1 think, want to go to col-
lege in cities:' he said.
"I'm always struck by the fact that
Americans send their kids away to col-
lege," he said. "I dare say, there aren't a
lot of people here who are from Ann
Arbor."'
Rybczynski closed his 45-minute
lecture by retlecting on the complexity
of the issue.
"There are going to be certain cities
that succeed and certain ones that fail,"'
he said. "But that's the way it's always
been."'
Following the lecture, several audi-
ence members asked Rybezyn ski about
Detroit, a city attempting to recover
froni hard economic times.
"We can't have a casino in every city.
We can't have a tourist center in every
city," he said. "I don't think I'd go to
Detroit on vacation."
After the lecture and questioning ses-
sion, Rybczynski signed books and
fielded questions on a variety of topics,
including the relationship between the
University and Ann Arbor.
"In the past, there were always col-
lege towns," he said. "And I think Ann
Arbor was part of that."
Rybczynski said Ann Arbor reflects
the national situation. "In nmany cities,
the University supports the city'"he said.
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LANSING (AP) - If"ajourney of a
thousand miles must begin with a sin-
gle step," a bill to ban garbage imports
to Michigan is taking that first step.
Not only does the legislative road
stretch before it, but its effectiveness
depends on Congress giving Michigan
power to take such action. And federal
cooperatipn with state wishes never
comes easy.
But state Sen. Loren Bennett (R-
Canton) portrays his bill as the means
to let Michigan quit being a dumping
ground for garbage generated in other
states and Canada. His Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs
Committee is scheduled to begin dis-
cussion of the bill this week. i
"I'm trying to say to the people of
Michigan that we need to turn up the
heat on our federal legislators" Bennett
said. "It's important to start that ball
rolling. I'm trying to get the attention of
the federal government."'
The bill is a short one. It says a solid
waste hauler can't transport or dispose
of waste in Michigan if the garbage was
generated in another state or country.
But it also depends on Congress pass-
ing a law authorizing the states to regu-
late the transportation and disposal of
solid waste within their borders. The
courts have held that a flat ban violates
interstate commerce, and experts say
that to get around the rulings a state
must be able to demonstrate there is a
valid state interest in protecting the
health, welfare and safety of its citizens.
"Michigan is currently a net importer
of certain solid wastes;' Bennett said.
"This is not a legacy we wish to leave to
our children, nor is it a title to which we
want to lay claim while attempting to,
increase our tourist trade.
S"Michigan should not be a dumping
ground for its neighbors, the rest of the
nation and ... not another country," he
said.
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