LOCAL/STATE 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. o } .: : <'>: ; . XLI1iK [)YiR What's happening in Ann Arbor today jU: : : , , >:: ': w: