LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 10, 1998 - 3 CRIME SACUA rejects creation of faculty regent Man reports a mugging on S. State Street A man called the Department of Mfublic Safety Tuesday morning to eport he was mugged on the 400 block of S. State Street by three individuals, reports state. Two males tackled the victim, while a female went through his pockets and stole $80. The three assailants then fled south through Mason Hall. The victim refused to give out his name and hung up the phone before the operator could obtain further informa- tion. Ann Arbor Police Department Officers reporting to the scene did not locate any suspects. Thieves break into cars, escape A man contacted DPS early Saturday morning to report that a cellular phone, battery and headlight cover were stolen from his vehicle, DPS reports state. fhe car was parked on the third level of the carport on Church Street. Police said another vehicle was bro- ken into less than five minutes later. Thieves broke the passenger side win- dow of a Ford Taurus on the third level of the carport to steal the cellular phone and other items. Reports indicate that the suspects, six males driving a recent model of a black Ford Taurus, have not been opprehended. Drivers report road collapse Two University bus drivers called DPS on Friday to report a sink hole on Bonisteel Boulevard, reports state. The drivers told police they could feel the road sinking and could see pavement cracking. Officers reporting to the scene ound that the North Campus road's surface had dropped 1.5 feet within a 24-hour period. Police contacted the University plumbing and plumbers said they believed the ground settled as a result of a prior water main break. Eastbound Bonisteel was shut down at the plumber's request, and barricades were erected to protect e area until the road could be paired. Man tries to break into vehicle An Angell Hall computing site work- er called DPS on Friday to report that a woman was screaming for help at the corner of N. Thayer Street and North University Avenue, DPS reports state. Ghe victim said a male was trying to orce his way into her vehicle. AAPD and DPS sent officers to the scene and a warrant check on the 28- year-old male suspect was negative. The man was arrested and transported to AAPD for processing. Change pilfered from West Quad soda machines DPS received three calls yesterday or before reporting that three men were breaking into the soda machines in the lobby of the West Quad Residence Hall. After the rob- bery, the suspects walked onto Thompson Street and fled eastbound on Packard in a blue Toyota Camry. Housing security told police that the en would have large amounts of Iange and a tool used to break into the machine. Officers met with Knights Vending Company, whose representa- tives said that nothing was stolen. . Three hours later, Washtenaw County Police told DPS they found and stopped the suspect vehicle. Officers identified the driver and filed a report. An arrest was not made at the time. -Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jason Stofer By William Nash Daily Staff Reporter The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the faculty's advising committee, defeated a motion to take steps toward placing a faculty member on the Board of Regents as an ex-officio member yesterday. The motion was rejected in a 5-3 vote. If passed, the motion would been discussed by the Senate Assembly, the faculty's governing body, for future action. The idea of having a faculty representative on the Board of Regents has been discussed for the past two years by SACUA. SNRE prof. Bunyan Bryant, SACUA member who sponsored the motion, said he would like the SACUA chair to be on the board. "We need to step up to the plate," Bryant said. "Having faculty involvement in Board of Regents' meetings is a potentially exciting idea" Bryant noted that 22 of 108 universities across the nation have faculty members on their boards. Of the 22 members, 12 have voting privileges. "We need to break out of the box we're in and break tradition heading into the 21st Century," Bryant said. Another advantage of placing a faculty mem- ber on the board would be having faculty involvement in administrative matters, regard- less of whether the president was an individual not as faculty-friendly as University President Lee Bollinger, Bryant said. But other SACUA members did not greet the motion with the same positive reaction as Bryant. The disadvantages of pushing to get faculty on the board outweigh the possible advantages, said many SACUA members. "It is an excellent idea in principle, but for one reason, the SACUA chair might only represent himself and not the rest of the faculty," SACUA member Gordan MacAlpine said. SACUA also discussed a failure to explore cur- rent options for access to the board. Bollinger has granted SACUA liaisons the right to speak in front of the regents and could possibly let them sit at the table, said SACUA Chair Louis D'Alecy. "it could be a potential embarrassment," said D'Alecy, a physiology professor. "We would be asking for more interaction when we have not pur- sued our current level of interaction" Bryant said that asking Bollinger for a seat for a SACUA member at every regents' meeting is a hassle. "Being on the table is different from asking from permission," Bryant said. "There is a certain psy- chology behind asking every time to sit at the table." Any SACUA member, or other community member, can attend a regent's meeting. One reason why some SACUA members haven't attended board meetings is the faculty's lack of direct participation in the board, said SACUA member Lewis Kleinsmith. "I never go to watch racquetball," Kleinsmith said. "I have no interest in being a spectator, but it's different being a participant." Though turning down the motion dealt a blow to the concept, the issue is not dead, said SACUA Chair-elect William Ensminger. After the flood Hate crimes at 'U' mark national trend By Jason Stoffer Daily Staff Reporter Business junior Corey Fryling found hate signs on his door, had a garbage can full of water spilled into his room and received an indirect death threat while living at Mary Markley Residence Hall last year. He said these incidents were malicious hate crimes that stemmed from his active membership in the University's gay com- munity. Hate crimes such as those against Fryling have not been uncommon on the University's campus in the past year. The Triangle Foundation, a national gay rights group, reported a 34-percent increase last year in hate crimes against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen- der communities on college campuses. "Misinformation abounds on this campus about gays and lesbians," said University Affirmative Action Representative Jim Toy. "There are 5,000 entering students every year and they bring their prejudices with them." The increase in hate crimes wasn't limited to universities - overall inci- dents rose two percent nationally and 12 percent in Michigan, the foundation reported. The University is a microcosm of society, and several highly publicized hate crimes on campus this past year indicate the University has been unable to shirk the national trend, Toy said. During the past year, University groundskeepers controversially removed gay rights chalkings from the Diag, while perpetrators defaced a gay rights sticker in Angell Hall and ripped down a gay organization's Diag bulletin board. Fryling said anti-gay incidents are most common in residence halls, where first-year students of contrasting back- grounds live side-by-side. "In residence halls you have a large diversity of students coming together, and a lot of students want to come out," Fryling said. "Other students just came to Ann Arbor from communities wherc they had little contact with gays. "Because you have to live with each other, (residence halls) are where a lot of problems happen," he said. Jeff Montgomery, the Triangle Foundation's interim director, said that although reported hate crimes have increased in each of the past eight years, it is hard to gauge how many crimes are unreported. "For the most part, I think (the increase) is because people are reput- ing more," Montgomery said. But the large increase in campus hate crimes was not due entirely to increaeC reporting, he said. "U of M, (Michigan State Universdy and Wayne State (University) are geier- ally very good," Montgomery said. "ac problem is with smaller schools. "Michigan is fortunate because they have the best model (Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender) office o any school in the country' he said. Toy said a change in college stu- dents' political beliefs might be anothe: factor in the rise of hate crimes. "College students are more conserva- tive than they were a few years agolan. conservatives are generally more likel- to commit these crimes,' Toy said. Fryling said that Ellen Degenere: coming out on television, in combination with the growth of queer rights move- ments, led to increased public visibilit' for the nation's gay community last yeai. "There's definitely a correatiol between increased visibility in the. ga, community and an increased numbe hate crimes," Fryling said. "I think you'l see even more hate crimes, but I thins that's a natural tendency and will causc people to start a dialogue. JOHN KRAFT/Daily Maintenance worker George Woods and Resident Adviser Arle DeJong help to clear East Quad Residence Hall's Green Lounge of water yesterday. Water from a leak on the second floor caused water to leak through the ceiling. U' to celebrate women's history By Rachel Edelman Daily Staff Reporter The accomplishments and legacies of women throughout the years, as well as those of contemporary women, will be honored with events, speakers and panels as the University celebrates national Women's History Month this March. "I think it's important to reflect on what women have done so far, in making strides in the feminist movement, and what we still have left to do," said LSA senior Puja Dhawan, who is coordinating an event to celebrate the month. The women's studies department has organized one of the first major series of events for Women's History Month in many years. The series, titled, "Rocking the Boat: Women in the Labor Movement," will be held March 26-30 and focus on both contemporary and his- torical perspectives of women's involve- ment in the labor movement. "We thought that (the labor movement) was one of the most important parts of women's history" said women's studies program associate Donna Ainsworth, stressing that it involve women of all ages and cultures working together. The series will feature a keynote address by Martha Ojeda of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladores sched- uled for March 26; a dramatic reading by Aurora Levins Morales about the history of working women around the world scheduled for March 29; and an intergen- erational panel scheduled for March 30 that will feature many generations of women labor organizers. A film series and a photo exhibit of the Detroit news- papers' strike are also planned as a part of the celebration. Ainsworth said the department's recog- nition of the month stems from an editor- ial that ran in The Michigan Daily in 1994 that criticized the University for not orga- nizing enough events for the month. "We were doing some programs with our limited resources," she said. "This is the first big thing that we've organized." The African American Programming Task Force is planning a celebration focusing on black women, titled "To Thine Own Self Be True: Affirming the Black Woman." "We thought it would be nice if there was a way to celebrate black women's history as well as every women's histo- ry," said LSA senior Shanon Muir, an organizer of the event. Muir said the events will focus on the mental and physical health of black women. The events include a discussion about sisterhood among women of color scheduled for March 16, an address by Nursing Prof. and Director of the School of Nursing's Office of Multicultural Affairs Patricia Coleman-Burns on "Black Women in the Diaspora: Issues of Class" scheduled for March 18 and a mixer to strengthen ties between black female faculty and students on March 22. Artemesia 1998: A Conference on Women's Issues, which will take place this Friday through Sunday, will focus on issues of relevance to women, including violence against women, women in lead- ership, gender roles, multiculturalism, women's health and activism. "It's appropriate that in a month where we celebrate what women have achieved, we celebrate what women in Ann Arbor have accomplished," Dhawan said. The conference will feature Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon, U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor), state Sen. Alma- Wheeler-Smith (D-Salem Twp.), state Rep. 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