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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 12, 1997 - 3
MSU student
killed in train
accident
A Michigan State University stu-
dent killed in a train accident last
Wednesday was legally intoxicated,
according to tests done by the
Ingham County medical examiner.
Bernard Gibbons, an MSU
Education senior, had a blood alco-
hol level of .18, said Medical
Examiner Dean Sienko. A level of
.10 is considered legally intoxicated
for driving, according to state law.
Gibbons, who was originally from
Howell, was killed after he fell from
a moving train car onto the tracks,
the State News reported.
He and two friends had driven into
Lansing to ride the trains after visiting
some East Lansing bars, said Lansing
police officer Loren Glasscock.
DePauw sorority
faces hazing
allegations
Members of Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority at DePauw
University are facing possible
charges from the university, their
national organization and the county
prosecutor's office stemming from
an alleged hazing incident this past
Thursday.
DePauw police said they learned
in interviews this weekend that
sorority members allegedly served
three or four pledges hard liquor and
branded them on the hip with ciga-
rettes, The DePauw reported.
The university temporarily sus-
pended DePauw's Iota Chapter on
Friday from all activities except
house meetings.
None of Kappa's pledges has
*depledged from the sorority since
the alleged hazing incident, said
Vice President of Student Services
James Lincoln.
DePauw's chapter president,
senior Leanne Bailey, said the house
had "no comment" regarding the
incident.
GWU head offers
students a deal
George Washington University
President Joel Trachtenberg has
offered 48 students at a district
junior high school a free ride to col-
lege when they begin applying in
five years.
Trachtenberg spent an hour last
month with the seventh and eighth
graders at Northwest Washington's Paul
Junior High School as part of Teach for
*America Week, The Hatchet reported.
The students thought he was going
to teach a math lesson, but instead
he offered them a tuition-free educa-
tion to George Washington.
But the offer is not without limits.
Students must first be accepted to
George Washington on the merit of
their high school records and test
scores.
More than 100
*protest Illinois
mascot
A crowd of more than 100 marched
to the University of Illinois' Memorial
Stadium on Saturday, protesting the
university's symbol of Chief Illiniwek
as the school's mascot.
Following the march, the protesters
stood silently in a line in front of the
stadium entrances for more than an
hour before the opening kickoff
Protesters said they feel that the
Chief Illiniwek mascot is a desecration
of sacred Native American culture. It
perpetuates racism and a damaging
stereotype that hurts Native Americans,
the protestors said.
Members of the People Against
Racism, the Alumni Against Racist
Mascots and the Progressive
Resource/Action Cooperative organized:
the protest.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Megan Exley from the University Wire.
UNC explores campus-planning options
Officials come to campus to
examine successes in the way
city, University interact
By Heather Kamins
Daily Staff Reporter
The 105-person delegation visiting campus
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill agreed not to talk about two subjects with
University representatives - basketball timeouts
and football.
When not dodging conversations on sports
rivalries yesterday, representatives from UNC and
the University of Michigan discussed problems the
two schools face.
The conference on public and private partner-
ship is being sponsored by the University to assist
UNC and the city of Chapel Hill in campus plan-
ning.
"This is something we've done seven times:-
said tNC Chancellor Michael Hooker. "We'xe
gone and visited other universities whose towns
look like Ann Arbor. We want to see how these
communities deal with town and gown issues,
such as parking, environment, performing arts and
integration into the community."
Yesterday's events allowed UNC and Chapel
Hill representatives to learn how the University
and the city of Ann Arbor deal with town and
gown issues such as campus unity, parking and
transportation.
"A lot of people say that our area looks a lot like
Ann Arbor 15 years ago:' said Stick Williams,
president of the Public-Private Partnership in
Chapel Hill. "There is a lot we can learn from the
decisions Ann Arbor has made."
University President Lee Bollinger spoke to the
audience of city planners, professors, business
executives and the UNC chancellor about the
development the Universil campus has faeed.
"The Uni ersitv ofM a like mostn er-
sities and colleges during the last 10 to 15 Years,.
has undergone an unprecedented building on cam-
pus.' Bollinger said. Campuses are adding
tremendously to their figural space and land-
scape.
Bollinger warned that the campus' physical
expansion risks a sense of'"centrifugal sprawl"and
explained his reasoning for hiring the architectural
firm Venturi, Scott Brown to construct a master
plan of the campus.
He said that to make the campuses cohesive
etforts must be made to work closely w ith the city.
"We'd like to learn from you how this is done,.'
Bollinger said.
University of Michigan Community Relations
Director James Kosteva, the event's planner, said
UNC and Chapel Hill officials asked the
University to host the conference and submitted
topics they wxanted to learn about.
"We just soug outthe experts and people in
these aireas in the I' nixersity and Ann Arbor,"
Kosteva said.
Kosteva said the conference will be helpful to
t NC and the University.
"It's a mutual dialogue over the next two days
that will allow mutual benefit:'Kosteva said. "We
have similar campus concerns. None of us here
have the magic answers to the dilemmas in the
University and Ann Arbor. We are in similar situa-
tions and the object is to share ideas and gather
some insight."
Williams said the diversity of the conference
members adds to the learning experience. To
ensure diversity among the group, Williams
said his organization raised S20.000 to fund
everyone vho wanted to make the trip to Ann
Arbor.
"We work to make it diverse." Williams said.
MSA seeks students for
five University committees
By Susan T. Port
yaily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Student Assembly is
searching for a few good students.
Thirteen positions are open on five
University committees ranging from
Information Technology Division issues
to multiculturalism. MSA's Campus
Governance Committee members will
pick the students within two weeks.
CGC chair Dan Serota said the posi-
tions are open to all University stu-
dents, who must submit their applica-
tions by 5 p.m. Friday at MSA's cham-
bers in the Michigan Union. Serota said
the committee is looking for students
who want to enrich their knowledge of
campus affairs.
"We are looking for people who are
interested." said Serota, an LSA senior.
"Each position has its own unique char-
acteristics."
Besides discussing committee
appointments, MSA members allocated
$44,000 to different student community
service projects during last night's
meeting.
MSA President Mike Nagrant said
soliciting the services of willing stu-
dents helps CGC members avoid
choosing MSA representatives to fill
positions on the five committees.
Nagrant said by appointing students not
affiliated with MSA, student involve-
ment increases on campus issues.
"We've always tried to avoid picking
MSA representatives, so they can make a
difference in their and peers lives on a
daily basis:'said Nagrant, an LSA senior.
Serota said recent efforts to recruit
students for a variety of other
University committees already have
been successful. Non-assembly mem-
bers currently serve on University com-
mittees including student relations.
research policies, academic affairs and
community service funds.
Nagrant said students can gain
understanding about the University by
serving on the committees. He added
that in past years, two or three students
applied for each open position.
"(By) involving the student body as a
whole (it affects) their own lives,"
Nagrant said. "A big, big student
turnout."
MSA Vice President Olga Savic
agreed that committee members reap a
variety of benefits.
"Serving as a student representative
on a University committee gives them a
lexel of insight and access to the
University that they might never have
had" Savic said.
The lTD student issues committee
was formed this year. LSA Rep. Barry
Rosenberg said he and Engineering
Rep. Mark Dub created the committee
after meeting with lTD officials.
Dub said the committee will be able
to answer students' questions.
"Rather than students griping, their
concerns are addressed," said Dub, an
Engineering junior. "On lTD's part, it's
been very receptive towards working
with MSA and students."
Some goals that the new ITD
committee will address are improve-
ments in current lTD services and
modifications to the ITD monihly
funding system.
DAN CASTLE/Daily
Engineering senior Mike McGahey, who is a member of the University's Micro
Truck Team, primes his maize and blue truck for a Nov. 19 competition.
Students engineer
truck for contest
19 inches of snow carpets U.R
By Reilly Brennan
Daily Staff Reporter
With start-up funding from the
University and sponsorship from com-
panies such as Chrysler and Bosch,
eight Engineering students spend their
free time constructing a truck similar to
a child's radio-controlled car.
The students are members of the
University's Society of Automotive
Engineers, a worldwide collective of
engineers, business executives,
teachers and students who share
ideas and information about engi-
neering concepts and development.
"Think of off-road, slot-car racing
- this is what we're working on"
said Engineering senior and SAE
member Mike McGahey.
The students comprise the
University's Micro Truck Team, an
extra-curricular organization that
develops a small-scale truck for com-
petition against other colleges and
universities in a yearly matchup.
The truck looks much like a gar-
den-variety radio-controlled car, the
difference being that it must travel
through a multi-terrain obstacle
course completely on its own without
receiving external input from the stu-
dent engineers.
The group, mostly upperclass
mechanical engineers, designs and
fabricates many facets of the project
such as engineering the vehicle, han-
dling the business and sponsorships
and designing the presentation -
with little help from faculty. When
asked who was the faculty adviser,
the group had to forage through piles
of paper and tiny motors before find-
ing a name scribbled in a notebook.
McGahey said the organization
helps foster connections with major
companies and organizations.
"The competition is held at the
SAE Truck and Bus Expo. which is
organized and run by major manufac-
turers" McGahey said. "This allows
for contacts within the auto industry."
McGahev said the Micro Truck
Team benefits members by helping
them realize that their education
extends beyond the classroom.
"Being a part of this team gives us
the chance to apply classroom expe-
rience to real-world function,"
McGahey said. "The small team
atmosphere also is a better environ-
ment for us to work in."
The Nov. 19 event marks the third
year of competition for the team.
McGahey said last year's competi-
tion did not produce the results the
team was hoping for.
"Last year's team got its ass
kicked," he said.
Engineering senior William Pudyk
said this year's team is better pre-
pared than before, adding that the
new development of the team's truck,
especially the newly assimilated
design of four-wheel-drive, will bring
the team success next week.
"We've grown as a group" Pudyk
said. "We expect to do well because
team-wise we're great."
Pudyk said the contest, to be held in
Ohio, is usually dominated by schools
with larger teams, such as Carnegie-
Mellon University, which boasts more
than 10 registered trucks and a more
people working on each truck.
UPPER PENINSULA (AP) -- As
snow continued falling yesterday in
Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of a
storm that already dumped a foot of
snow in some spots. Terry Thompson's
mind drifted.
With Saturday's opening of
firearms deer season within his
sights, the Marquette County man
with a high-powered rifle ready to
perhaps bag a buck takes the latest
snowfall in stride.
Literally.
"There's no place we (hunters)
can't get to even with this amount of
snow," Thompson said by telephone
from the Marquette Chamber of
Commerce, where he works as a
Michigan Business Development
Center counselor.
"As I've gotten older, I wouldn't
mind if Saturday was a comfortable 50-
degree day," said Thompson, 63, a resi-
dent of Ishpeming just west of
Marquette. "But this snow's light and
fluffy, and it should make tracking deer
easier."
As of 4 p.m. yesterday, 19 inches of
snow had been recorded at the
Marquette County Airport -- seven
miles west of Marquette - since the
snowfall began on Sunday and near
Redridge, in Houghton County on the
Upper Peninsula's northern tip. In near-
by Houghton, the downfall totaled 13.
inches.
"Last night, one of my mechanics
went into the grocery store and came
out a half hour later to two incheson
his car," said Jim Aho, owner of a
Houghton business that rents gntw-
mobiles and sells snow blowers.;It
was really coming down."
And it was expected to confiniue.
An additional eight inches to a dot
of snow was forecast for today in
Munising.
In Marquette, an additional. six to
eight more inches were expected.said
Mike Evans, a National WeQier
Service meteorologist.'
"There's going to be snow opnd
off across Michigan right intorthe
weekend," he said.
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