News: 76-DAILY Advertising: 764-0554 Jr t * tt One hundred six years of editoria/freedom Thursday April 3, 1997 ---~~~~~~~~~ ~ --------- ------------ Mi ll F. I. Groups gather for campus -safety wall By Katie Plona Daily Staff Reporter Students and community members veyed campus streets from the athletic c pus to North Campus last night in an effo raise awareness about campus safety issu The Michigan Student Assembly initi esterday's Campus Safety Walk and 1 combined efforts with eight other can organizations. Organizers designated I1 i ferent campus areas to visit, including locations on North Campus. MSA Campus Safety Commission C Jennifer Genovese said roughly 100 pe attended the event. "I think that sends a strong messag administrators that this is one of our r concerns," Genovese said. Genovese said the purpose of the Can Safety Walk involves encouraging discus of safety issues and creating solutions. I group provided feedback after the wal include in a comprehensive report outli: ways that safety on campus could improved. The )roposals will be takei University administrators and Ann Arbor officials, she said. Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon, participated in the event, said the walk al 'eople other than students to gain a real s of the students' experiences in terms of , ty. "That is really the real benefit so v you're making decisions you can have a k er sense," Sheldon said. "I think that is o the primary purposes of this." MSA Vice President Olga Savic said dents will be able to stress their safety cerns more directly to administrators they have hands-on experience. "I think by going on this walk ton hey'll be able to see it from our perspect Savic said. "So if we show them what it's - that might make all the difference." Ben Hess, a Safewalk dispatcher, Biology Prof. Lewis Kliensmith answers quo virtual university in the institute for So Virtual Un spaksdism y Chris Metinko ly Staff Reporter Can technology actually hurt the University? University professors tried to answer that question at a forum on the "virtual university," held yesterday at the Institute for Social Research. 'U' Hospitals predicting fiscal gain for 1997 By Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporter With three months remaining in fiscal year 1997, University Medical Center officials are predicting an annual gain - a stark contrast to its balance sheet one year ago. Larry Warren, interim executive direc- tor of University Hospitals, reported yes- terday that the Medical Center grossed a $2.8-million operating gain through the month of February. Last year, the hospi- tal reported a loss of $11 million during the same time frame. "We would expect by year's end to stay on this course and we will make money" Warren said. The Medical Center's total revenue from July through February increased from $595 million to $598 million. Expenses in payroll and clinical faculty also dropped from $606 million to $595 million. Operating losses and gains (in millions) 1996k12 19954 24 1994 1993 61.6 1992 1991 14i t1990 5,7 1989 5.7 1988 25 1987 6 1986 24-6 Source: University Medical center JONATHAN SUMMER/Daily Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon walks with a group of students down South University Avenue during last night's Campus Safety Walk. The Medical Center's operating budget for fis- cal year 1997 is about $900 million. Warren attributed the gains to the hospitals' cost-effectiveness program, which aims to trim $200 million from the Medical Center's operating budget over the next three years. Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison said the surplus of revenue over costs is a testimony of the leadership of Warren, Associate Dean of the Medical School Lloyd Jacobs and interim Dean of the Medical School Lorris Betz. "In the end, I'm sure we all measure the success of the Medical Center by the lives it's helped, but it's gratifying to know that we can do that in a cost- effective way," Harrison said. "It's gratifying, but the real challenges still lie ahead." The first phase of the cuts was implemented last July, resulting in the elimination of 1,055 job posi- tions - half of which were achieved through attri- tion. The number of beds in service were also reduced from 847 to 793, including the elimination of 10 patient beds at the Kellogg Eye Center and a EIIsSA BOWES/Daly 32-bed general care unit in the main hospital.. The second phase of cuts is still being formu- lated by a redesign coordinating committee head- ed by Jacobs. The proposed'cuts will be subject to approval by the University Board of Regents this summer. "The cost-effectiveness program is intended to position us to try to make revenue," Warren said. "Our costs were too high and employers were telling us day in and day out that unless we reduce our costs, patients will go elsewhere." John Forsyth, former executive director of University Hospitals, estimated last July that the hospitals' cost-per-case was about $2,698 higher than its competitors. The high costs are due to the dual responsibilities of the Medical Center as an academic research facility and clinical care. In the past 12 years, the hospitals have reported a cumulative operating gain of $218,289,000. It reported yearly operating losses in 1996, 1990, See HOSPITAL, Page A the Campus Safety Walk participants should be pleasantly surprised by how safe the campus really is. He said the event will hopefully educate students about the ser- vices on campus, which aim to increase students' safety. 'That would be a great outcome,' Hess said. "The things that are there - you just have to use them." Joel Allan, manager of security services for the University's Housing division, said although they are primarily concerned with North Campus lighting, the mix of individu- als participating in the walk will help improve all aspects of campus safety. "With the variety of people we have here, I think the impact of who is actually out there See WALK, Page 5A Holocaust humanitarian celebrated By Susan T. Port Daily Staff Reporter Even though University alumnus Raoul Wallenberg disappeared from public view more than 50 years ago, his face will soon resurface at post offices across the nation. In an attempt to keep the memory of Holocaust hero Wallenberg alive, the U.S. Postal Service will honor him with a 32-cent stamp, which begins circula- tion April 24. As a Swedish diplomatic in Hungary, Wallenberg saved at least 70,000 Jewish lives during World War II, and is a well-known figure at the University, where he received an Architecture degree in the 1930s. The University will unveil the stamp in a ceremony at Rackham on April 27. Among those presiding will be President Lee Bollinger and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.). Program Coordinator Vi Benner said the ceremony is intended to rec- ognize Wallenberg for his coura- geous acts. "He took action when no one else would," Benner said. "He is very important to the University especially considering the heroic deeds he did." Benner said one of the presenta- tion's goals is to raise awareness among students about the story of Wallenberg. "Students are a necessary compo- nent to Wallenberg," Benner said. Ann Arbor Postmaster Jim Gibbons said Wallenberg's actions show how one person can make a difference. "He cuts across all the boundaries" Gibbons said. "He made the utmost sac- rifice for others:' Wallenberg saved thousands of Jewish people from Nazi death camps by issuing false 0 Swedish passports. Without thought to----- his own life, he threatened a Nazi general and prevented the bombing of a Jewish ghetto. Gibbons said Wallenberg's bravery is a source of pride for the University. "Wallenberg graduated from the University with honors," Gibbons said. "The honoring of Wallenberg is a humanitarian recognition of the remembrance of a hero." Irene Butter, a former University public health professor and a Holocaust survivor, noted that in See STAMP, Page 7A U' president highest salarin ed AJA DEKLEVA COHEN/Daily estions after his lecture yesterday on cial Research Building: iversity ,ussio technology in higher education and was sponsored by the University chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the Academic Women's Caucus and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Panelist Lewis Kliensmith, a University biology professor, said By Chris Metinko Daily Staff Reporter Thirteen of the 15 presidents at state universities in Michigan receive salaries above the national average of $119,219 for university presi- dents, according to statistics recently released by the College and University Personnel Association. The highest-paid of these presi- dents is University President Lee Bollinger at $275,000. "The salary for the President of the University of Michigan is cer- tainly quite appropriate," said Lisa dent's salary based on salaries at other institutions. "We look at the salary data, and we determine it from the numbers," Bugbee said. "We make sure it's attractive enough to recruit and retain a president." Bollinger can understand that phi- losophy. "All salaries are in a market,"- said Bollinger, stating that university. president salaries are no different from other professional positions. The second-highest-paid Michigan public university president is Wayne Top five presidents' sales at state public universities 1.. Lee Bollinger $275,000 University of Michigan 2. David Adamany-$186,680 Wayne State 3. Peter McPherson $185,400 Michigan State 4. Curtis Tompkins $174,868 ,Michigan Tech 5. William Shelton $162,500 Eastern Michigan University) Board of Governors hold an evaluation to determine if the president will receive a merit increase,' said Robert Wartner, department of media relations for Wayne State. However, Wartner said the board had not decided yet what the deter- minants will be for a possible increase this year. Although Bollinger's salary is Fruit causes hepatitis outrea DETROIT (AP) - Her family thought it was just a stomach virus. Then Amanda Bischoff began vomiting constantly and the little girl's eyes turned yellow. "She looked like a daffodil;" Patty Bischoff said of her daughter. Amanda ended up among about 150 Michigan schoolchildren and adults whom authorities believe contracted hepatitis A from tainted frozen strawber- ries that were part of a federal school lunch program. She recovered before her ninth birthday Friday, but thousands I I