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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 8, 1997 - 3A
ITD cracking down on overdrawn users
MSU student
kidnapped,
miurdered
first-year Michigan State
University student from Saginaw, was
found slain Saturday in an apparent
kidnapping-murder, the Detroit Free
Press reported.
Karen King's body was found
arpund II a.m. Saturday in a field on
the last side of Saginaw. King had left
her home for a what was to be a quick
trip to the grocery store Friday morn-
ing. Her Chevrolet Blazer was found
*hdoned in a parking lot after the
murder.
The Lansing State Journal and the
Saginaw News reported Monday that
police received a 911 call Friday night
reporting two men forcing a woman
into a white Blazer at a grocery store
near King's home. Police would not
confirm the reports.
Kiig's resident assistant helped her
file a police complaint in September
*inst someone making harassing
phope calls. King's roommates said
they do not believe the calls are con-
neced to the murder.
A&M fraternity
indicted after
hazing incident
The Kappa Alpha fraternity at Texas
M University and one of its mem-
bers are facing criminal charges after a
pledge was seriously injured by a
"wedgie," The Chronicle of Higher
Education reported.
~.Mary Jo Powell, a spokesperson for
Texas A&M, said the alleged hazing
incident occurred during a fraternity
party in October during which "a
young man was somehow hoisted by
underwear which caused an injury
leading to the removal of one of his tes-
iles."
The fraternity has been banned from
campus until 1999.
Last month, a grand jury indicted
fraternity member Jonathan Culpepper
on charges of hazing. Culpepper could
face up to one year in jail and a $4,000
$ine Kappa Alpha faces a fine of at
least $10,000.
?ire leaves U.
Texas students
homeless
A fire during the week of final
exams last month destroyed a condo-
minium complex near the University of
Texas-Austin, leaving more than 200
dents homeless, The Chronicle of
igher Education reported.
No one was injured in the blaze,
which caused more than $15,000 of
damage, according to a fire department
estimate. Investigators have ruled the
fire an accident, dispelling rumors that
it was started with chemicals.
Students were permitted to resched-
ule their exams, but university officials
encouraged them to take the tests if
saible to avoid having to do so after
winter break.
The university is working with stu-
dents to help them relocate for the
spring semester, which began this
3egk
raduates walk
eut on UNC
jommencement
More than 12 University of North
.Carolina graduates walked out of their
1 graduation ceremony during-a commu-
ina.ions studies professor's speech,
.7hc Chronicle of Higher Education
reported.
g Prof. Michael Eric Dyson's speech,
titled "Is America Still a Dream?,"
quoted "gangsta rap" and alternative-
rock songs. The lyrics included the
*ords "nigga" and "hos."
Dyson said his point was to exhort
: people to stop ignoring or censoring
th -language of the youth.
Chancellor Michael Hooker said he
regretted the tone of the speech, but
added that he had no right to censor it.
Dyson accused the chancellor of failing
toldefend free speech.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Janet Adamy.
By Ericka M. Smith
Daily Staff Reporter
The University's Information
Technology Division began cracking
down on overdrawn accounts Monday.
Although students, staff and faculty
are given a $10 allocation at the begin-
ning of each month, $1.95 is charged
immediately for e-mail, login and stor-
age services in the University of
Michigan Computing Environment.
After that, subscribers pay a $4.40
minimum service charge for dial-in
access and $0.08 per page for printing
services - these fees tap users' month-
ly allocations, possibly resulting in sus-
pension of account access.
For example, a user who has dial-in
access would run out of UMCE funds
after printing 46 pages at Campus
Computing Sites - unless they used
alternate funding, such as self-funding.
"What we are implementing is a tem-
porary suspension of account services"
to individuals who overdraw their
accounts, said Maureen Perdomo, an
ITD consultant who is working on
UMCE's team to implement the
change.
Now, students, staff and faculty must
also have sufficient funds in their
UMCE accounts at the start of each
month to continue using subscribed-for
services, such as statistics and compu-
tation service, Lotus Notes and Confer
U.
The new policy calls for suspended
users to set up UMCE self-funded
accounts through the ITD office. A self-
funded account requires a $25 mini-
mum balance, payable by check at the
NUBS or Michigan Union ITD offices.
"(Self-funded accounts) could save a
person a lot of grief," said Kitty
Bridges, director of product develop-
ment and deployment for ITD.
"Anybody - faculty, staff or stu-
dents - who wants a self-funded
account can have one," she said. "It's
basically an account backed by a per-
son's own dollars."
Bridges and Perdomo said the
changes were necessary to help the
University become more efficient in
computing use.
"There is not enough money on cam-
pus for all users to have unlimited
amount of service," Bridges said.
Unignames, passwords and account
administration are the only UMCE ser-
vices that would not be affected by a
temporary suspension.
Students at the Angell Hall comput-
ing site yesterday were concerned more
with cost than with efficiency.
"It seems we're paying enough
money when $10 a month is compared
to $17,000 in tuition," said LSA sopho-
more David Kauffman, who was using
e-mail. "It seems to show no dedication
by the University to my education."
Kinesiology senior Steve Bigelow
said the new policy is "terrible."
"Since my freshman year it keeps
getting more expensive. I've already
had some problems where I could not
print, he said.
Bridges said, "W tried to (po out of
our way to contact those who would he
affected by it."
Engineering senior Todd Szymczak
said that even though he had problems
in the past with his account he could
understand ITD's point of view.
"It's a necessary evil." Szymczak
said.
Computer Aided Engineering
Network users have separate account
funding and are not affected by the
changes.
Perdomo said the best way to avoid
interruptions is to subscribe only to the
services needed, monitor account bal-'
ances and set up alternative funding
sources.
Baker,
Varner,
Womack leave 'U'
By Jeff Eldridge
Daily Staff Reporter
A combined 48 years of service to
the University came to an end last
month as three of the most powerful
and longest-serving officials stepped
out of the spotlight.
The Dec. 19 regents meeting was the
swan song for Regent Deane Baker (R-
Ann Arbor), Regent Nellie Varner (D-
Detroit) and Chief Financial Officer
Farris Womack. The other regents
thanked the three for their work and
reminisced about their time together at
the regents' table.
"A lot of institutional memory that
was here in the last few years is no
longer with us," said Regent Daniel
Addressing Baker, Varner said they
both share a "love for this institution'
that united them despite ideological dif-
ferences.
Baker, a vocal conservative who often
clashed with the board's more liberal and
moderate members, was praised for his
dedication to his philosophy and his
fondness for debating issues.
"You always made me think a little
more, a little harder," said Regent'
Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann Arbor).
"We have fought publicly and pri
vately," said Regent Andrea Fischer
Newman (R-Ann Arbor). "(But) you
have always been a gentleman."
Deitch said Baker's record of service
may never be duplicated, and called
Baker's contribution "enormous."
SARA STILLMAN/Daily
Audrey Jackson (left) attended Monday night's City Council meeting to speak during the public commentary section, but
wound up arguing with NWROC member Kesha Graham instead about the city's plan to lease out an abandoned armory.
NWTROC, homeless people
storm C oity Council-meeting
Horning (R-Grand
With the arrival
this month, the
board will have
a younger face.
The most senior
regent will now
be Regent Philip
Power (D-Ann
Arbor), whose
10 years on the
board total less
than half of
Baker's 24-year
term.
Baker's ser-
vice as regent
ended when he.
was defeated in
Haven).
of two new regents
"Alot of
institutional
memory that was
here ... is no
longer with us."
- Regent Daniel Horning
(R-Grand Haven)
Often softspoken
and media-shy,
W o m a ck
stepped into the
administration
of President;
J a m e s
Duderstadt in
1988 and saw'
the University's '
general fund..
grow from $300
million to $1.5
billion. He will -
now join the fac-
ulty of the
School of
Education.
I n t e r dW m
al said Womack's :
By Will Weissert
Daily Staff Reporter
Protests about the future of a potential
homeless shelter forced councilmembers
to run for shelter and halted the first
meeting of the year for the Ann Arbor
City Council on Monday night.
About 50 National Women's Rights
Organizing Coalition members, home-
less people and high school students
stormed the council meeting before it
started. The protesters were outraged by
a resolution the council was considering
that would rezone the city's armory
located on Ann and Fifth streets for the
purpose of developing condominiums.
"We are going to go up there, but I
don't think we will be there long,"
protest leader Shanta Driver told the
crowd of protesters assembled in front of
city hall. "We will say our piece and then
come back down
here and hold our
own meeting." We ha
As it turned out,
NWROC's protest lution we
was not so short
and sweet. present .
Protesters
entered council
chambers, repeat-
edly yelling,
"Equal housing is
our right - by any means necessary we
will fight."
Upon the protesters' arrival, coun-
cilmembers quickly exited and headed
for the council workroom next to the
meeting chambers.
Mayor Ingrid Sheldon said the coun-
cil left chambers in an effort to let tem-
pers cool and things settle down.
"I've found that yelling and scream-
'4
Iw
ing methods do not accomplish any-
thing," Sheldon said. "Sometimes we
need a cooling-off period."
While councilmembers watched
from the adjacent room, NWROC lead-
ers yelled into microphones around the
council table and met opposition from
other local dissenters who came to
voice other complaints.
Ann Arbor resident Audra Jackson,
who had come to speak on welfare
rights, branded Driver and other
NWROC members as extreme and self-
ish revolutionaries.
"Shanta (Driver), you come in here,
make a mess and then go back to
Detroit," Jackson yelled. "You need to
admit you have come here to take
advantage of young people who don't
understand the situation."
After several minutes, councilmem-
bers made
the decision
i a reso& to cancel the
meeting. The
wanted to meeting is
scheduled to
N reconvene at
- Jessica Curtin 8 a.m. today.
Besides
NWROC leader defending
themselves
from the
assaults of residents, protesters also stat-
ed their case in the vacant chambers.
"Society and the Ann Arbor city gov-
ernment has turned its back on (the
homeless mentally ill)," said homeless
resident Terry Bevins. "We are looked
down upon, we are made fun of - that
shouldn't happen."
NWROC members who organized the
protest hoped to present a resolution to
the council demanding the council turn
over the armory to the city's homeless
instead of to property developers.
"We didn't expect this - we didn't
expect (councilmembers) to leave right
away," said NWROC leader and LSA
senior Jessica Curtin. "We had a resolu-
tion we wanted to present to the council
but we were unable to do that"
Protesters were also opposed -to a
school-policing resolution that would
enlist city police to patrol local high
schools. The council is scheduled to con-
sider the measure at its next meeting.
"More cops in schools will encourage
more violence," said Community High
first-year student Mark Hershey. "Our
schools should not be made prisons."
During the protest, Hershey sat in
the mayor's chair at the council table
and played with her gavel.
When the protest was over, protesters
again assembled in front of city hall
where Driver led the cries of "Victory!"
But, when the smoke had cleared, not
all the homeless present agreed with the
NWROC-led disruption of the meeting.
"I thought NWROC shot the home-
less cause in the head tonight," said
Robert Wilson, who is homeless. "We
all need a big history lesson on (Martin
Luther King Jr.) and non-violent civil
disobedience."
Sheldon said despite the demonstra-
tion she did not believe the council was
ready to convert the armory into a
homeless shelter.
"Having the armory is a guarantee of
nothing and it is an enormous expense,"
she said. "The money that we would
spend purchasing that land and bringing
it up to code could be spent to help our
city's homeless in much better ways."
a re-election bid last November. Varner,
who came to the board in 1980,
announced last February that she would
not seek re-election.
"One of the great things that has hap-
pened to me in my life is that I've
earned the friendship of Nellie Varner,"
said Regent Laurence Deitch (D-
Bloomfield Hills), who said he will
often call on Varner for advice in the
coming years.
Power said Varner has the respect of
a wide array of people.
"Nellie has been a friend of many
people, and a model to many," Power
said.
Varner described her time as regent
as "a great odyssey," and said the great-
est honor of her job came from working
with good people.
legacy will be left in "the thousands of;
students in the years ahead who will
have financial aid, who will sit in build-
ings that are here because of you."
Baker, Varner and Womack were all
given framed commendations from the~
Board of Regents.
But Flint Chancellor Charlie Nelms-
took the opportunity to give Baker and
Varner more playful gifts - two large,
toy wolverines.
Neal said Baker and Varner wanted a
different present.
"Both Regent Varner and Regent
Baker were hoping for an Elmo doll,"
Neal joked.
Two new regents, Olivia Maynard (D-
Flint) and S. Martin Taylor (D-Grosse
Isle) begin their terms this month.
President Homer
Stabenow, Kilpatrick sworn in
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michigan
Democrats Debbie Stabenow and
Carolyn Kilpatrick were sworn in yes-
terday for the first time as U.S. repre-
sentatives.
And Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra
- the last undecided Republican
among the six in the Michigan delega-
tion - voted for Newt Gingrich as
House speaker despite reservations
about his unresolved ethics case.
"I've got my (congressional) pin," said
Stabenow, referring to the round pin
House members wear on their lapel to
distinguish themselves on Capitol Hill.
"It cost me $1.5 million and a year of
my life, so I don't intend to lose it," the
East Lansing Democrat joked in look-
ing back at her campaign.
Kilpatrick (D-Detroit) called her new
status "exhilarating and an awesome
responsibility."
The first day of a new Congress has
recently included family members on the
House floor-especially small children.
Stabenow brought her two nieces and
Kilpatrick sat next to her fiance, Detroit
health care consultant Robert Daniels.
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