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Student seeking
food lacked ID
A student refused to pay for his food
at West Quad on Tuesday, according to
Department of Public Safety reports.
The caller told DPS that a male stu-
dent had no student ID card or Entree
Plus service. She said the student was
verbally abusive toward her and
demanded to get into the cafeteria
despite not having any form of identifi-
cation.
Tickets, steaks,
bathrobe stolen
A man reported that tickets were
stolen from his jacket Wednesday,
according to DPS reports. He had been
keeping seven tickets to a wrestling
,event at the Palace of Auburn Hills in
an envelope in his jacket pocket.
The man said he left his jacket in the
coat room of the Michigan Union for
two hours. When he returned to pick up
his jacket, the tickets were gone, DPS
reprts state.
A noteman reported to DPS that
his bathrobe, keys and glasses were
stolen from the men's bathroom at Tyler
House of East Quad on Wednesday.
The items were taken from the bath-
room while the caller was taking a
shower for about 15 minutes.
At South Quad on Wednesday, New
York strip steaks were reported miss-
ing. It appears that they were stolen,
according to DPS reports.
Engineering staff
Complains of
annoying student
A graduate student in the College of
Engineering is constantly harassing staff,
according to Wednesday's DPS reports .
The graduate student persistently
harasses Engineering staff in hopes of
* convincing them to boost his academic
status, the report states.
V The student was contacted by DPS
-With a request to stop his "annoying"
behavior. A supplement to the harass-
ment report was added to document
staff concerns about suspicious circum-
stances.
Icy conditions
cause injury to
hospital staffer
A hospital employee who works in
the Geriatric Clinic of the Cancer and
Geriatric Center reported to DPS on
Wednesday that she slipped and fell on
ice.
The employee slipped in the staff
*parking lot near the West Medical
Center. She injured her right knee, right
0arm, right rib cage and back.
The employee reported to DPS that
sle would go to the emergency room as
.oon as she was finished at work. She
fell at about 6:30 a.m. and continued to
work despite injuries.
Puppy hit by car
on S. University
A dog was hit on South University
Avenue on Wednesday in front of the
Law Quad. No eye witnesses were able
to report a description of the automo-
bile that hit the puppy.
A large crowd gathered around the
dig and the Humane Society respond-
;d to the call. DPS transported the dog
, Animal Control. The dog was
injured, but is expected to recover.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Stephanie Hepburn.
Some ignoring party labels
By Jennifer Yachnin
Daily Staff Reporter
Amidst the banners, stickers and logos bearing the names
of five student parties, 15 independent candidates are trying
to stand out from the crowd as they compete for seats on the
Michigan Student Assembly.
"I chose to run independently so I could focus on the issues
and never feel strained to vote on party lines," said LSA Rep.
Barry Rosenberg.
Rackham Rep. Mike Pniewski has run as an independent
for the past two years - and won.
"I didn't feel I needed to be in a party to be elected," said
Pniewski, who is running for his third term on the assembly.
"One party supports this and one party supports that. I'm able
to support my own decision."'
Rosenberg was elected to the assembly last year as an
independent, although he has been a member of both the
Students' Party and Wolverine Party.
"I think parties can be good for people to educate them on
how to campaign," said Rosenberg, adding that he turned
independent out of frustration with the MSA party system.
But Rosenberg said he would recommend party affiliation
for students running in their first election.
"On most student issues, there is a pretty large degree of
consensus on what's good for students," Rosenberg said.
LSA first-year student Erik Hofer, an LSA student govern-
ment candidate, said he didn't fit into any one party.
"I really had trouble identifying with either party." Hofer
said. "Parties force you into a certain viewpoint. Joining a
party would have forced me into one side or the other."
While many party members enjoy the ease of having a
large organization to advertise for the entire party slate, many
independents rely on friends to help spread the word.
"It's harder to get elected as an independent because when
you run with a party, your friends vote for you and for every-
one in your party," Rosenberg said.
Pniewski said the small size of Rackham eases the amount
of campaigning he has to do.
"I'm not spending any (money)," said Pniewski, who has not
put up posters, but sent out e-mails and spoke with graduate
student groups. "You have to get friends to tell friends -,it's a
word-of-mouth campaign rather than a postering campaign."
Similarly, Hofer said he has not spent any money during
his campaign.
"Killing a lot of trees to make fliers doesn't make sense
because (the fliers) get overlooked," Hofer said. "If someone
cares about the election they would look into the candidates
and see my information on the Website."
Some independent candidates said money isn't so much of
an obstacle as is the time required to campaign as either an
independent or party candidate.
"The limiting thing on postering is not the cost on xerox-
ing, it's the time which is expensive for everyone," Rosenberg
said. "I've done a ton of postering.'
Nagrant addresses regents on
fail break, ibraries' open hours
KELLY MCKINNELL/Daily
Bill Briggs, an LSA junior, campaigns for a spot as LSA representative in this
week's Michigan Student Assembly elections.
MSA elections hicosnm met
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By Susan T. Port
Daily Staff Reporter
Sarron Langhold went to Angell Hall
yesterday with the sole purpose of fin-
ishing his paper.
But Langhold did more than he
expected. He ended up voting online
for the Michigan Student Assembly
representatives.
Yesterday was the last chance for
candidates to get their name out and
encourage student voters to visit the
polls.
Students have another option when
casting their ballots -- voters may
choose to vote online for convenience
measures.
Langhold said he visited the individ-
ual candidates' Websites to choose who
to vote for.
"I think MSA made it a lot easier to
vote," said Langhold, an LSA senior.
"It's important to be involved."
MSA Vice President Olga Savic said
it is difficult to get a good estimate of
the number of voters.,
"It looks slow to me," Savic said.
"Computer voting makes it difficult to
know."
Savic said she planned to vote online
after completing a paper.
"I support my party. They are a good
list of candidates," said Savic, a mem-
ber of the Students' Party. "(It's) closure
of all the hard work candidates have put
into the elections.'
MSA President Mike Nagrant said
"by 12 p.m. Wedneday, around 1,300
people voted online."
"I assume the afternoon is when vot-
ing picks up," Nagrant said.
Kinesiology Rep. Brad Holtman,
who is running with the Michigan
Party, said he has relied more on
worI of mouth than campaigning.
Holcman said he hasn't spent "a sin-
gle dollar."
LSA sophomore Nera Duffy, who
volunteered at the Angell Hall polls,
said voter turnout was not as low as she
thought.
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November t and l0th
"It's not as bad as I thought it would
be;" Duffy said. "I am going to vote on
the Internet after I read something
about each person."
Pak Man Shuen, who heads the
United Rebels Front party, said cam-
paigning was calmer in the second day
of elections.
"(URF) decided to give the voters a
cool-down period to think about who
they should vote for," Shuen said.
LSA junior Sharon Herrick said
both methods of voting are easy for
students.
"I voted yesterday morning. I knew
exactly who I was voting for," Herrick
said. "Students should vote if they
know what is going on?'
Martin Howrylak, who heads the
Liberty Party, said he voted by ballot
because he does not think paper ballot
will be around for much longer.
Howrylak said many students are not
familiar with MSA.
Howrylak predicted that the demise
of the paper ballot is manifested in
online voting. Within a year or two,
he said, paper ballots will cease to
exist.
"I voted by paper. I'm a traditional-
ist," Howrylak said.
Alex Johnson, who campaigned for
the Defend Affirmative Action Party,
said he thinks DAAP has raised aware-
ness on campus.
"I think our actions have certainly
developed consciousness,", Johnson
said.
By Susan t Port
Daily Staff Reporter
Michigan Student Assembly
President Mike Nagrant left the world
of assembly elections to speak before
the Board of Regents yesterday.
Nagrant began his speech by thank-
ing University President Lee Bollinger
for helping MSA meet its goal to keep
tuition rates at the rate of inflation.
Nagrant reviewed the past semester
of MSA's accomplishments. He high-
lighted the cutting of internal waste out
of the budget, the affirmative action
forum that occurred this week and the
creation of a nonprofit coursepack
store.
"Seeing as this board has done its
part to help students, it was MSA's
turn," said Nagrant, an LSA senior.
"MSA started by reviewing its internal
spending and was able to return almost
$3,000 to student groups."
Nagrant questioned the next step in
the relationship between MSA and the
regents. He offered three initiatives the
assembly intends to pursue.
Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) said
she thought Nagrant's speech focused
on salient points affecting University
students.
"I really liked his speech. He
(brought up) the issues with such a
wonderful sense of humor," Maynard
said.
Nagrant began with the goal of
extending library hours. Nagrant said
extending hours until 2 a.m. would
make a difference in the quality and
quantity of research students pursue on
campus.
"Currently these libraries close at
midnight, leaving the (Shapiro)
Undergraduate Library as the only
study area on campus," Nagrant said.
"Students really do prefer the architec-
ture, the ambiance
and the silence the
Law and Grad
libraries offer."
Bollinger said he
would do every-
thing in his powery
to extend library
hours and give stu-
dents another
option for a place
to study. Nagrant
"Mark the occa-
sion: I would doubt in any other time in
the century that students come to ask
for an extension in library hours,"
Bollinger said.
Nagrant said the administration
needs to work on adding a fall break
into the academic year.
"The month of October is becoming
longer and longer, with midterms and
term papers spanning not just a few
weeks, but the whole month," Nagrant
said. "We really need to look into
adding a small break to the fall semes-
ter in the future"
Maynard said she has a theory that stu-
dents need one long weekend every
month. She said that if MSA and the
administration could fit a fall break into
the University semester that it would ben-
efit students. But she said students would
probably end up studying and working
on their classes during the break.
"My theory is working people and
students fit into this category, needing
at least one long weekend every
month,' Maynard said.
Nagrant said MSA has begun working
with other campus groups to build a
speaker series. He added that the assem-
bly needs the administration's help.
"In order to foster serious intellectu-
al discussion, we need to bring in
renowned academics, artists and politi-
cal leaders of this nation to debate, to
deliberate and to speak with the student
body," Nagrant said.
Nagrant said he felt more confident
speaking before the regents than in the
past. He said he was happy the admin-
istration seemed willing to work with
his initiatives.
"I was a little nervous, conceiyably
less than before," Nagrant said. "I
thought the regents received it well and
expressed support for working with my
initiatives."
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