LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 6, 1998 - 3 *CRIMEii Two stolen 'U' golf carts recovered 4 Two golfs carts were found late ast week in the Ann Arbor area, Department of Public Safety reports state. Ann Arbor Police Department officials found the first cart Thursday afternoon near the 7th Street'entrance to Ann Arbor Pioneer High School. DPS officers contacted golf course staff members to identi- fy as the No. 5 Yamaha cart. DPS officers recovered a second if cart, worth approximately t,500, at Red Oak Road and Lois Court on Saturday evening. The offi- cers contacted golf course staff members to identify the cart, and they used a tow truck to return the vehicle. They found the vehicle's keys in the ignition. Three suspects trespass in construction site Three subjects were found tres- passing in a construction site on the corner of East University Avenue and Hill Street early Friday morn- ing, according to DPS reports. An East Quad residence hall adviser told DPS officials she saw ne female and two male suspects *mp the construction site fence and enter the area. The suspects then climbed to the roof of the structure and returned to the ground. DPS officials are trying to press charges against the suspects for trespassing in a construction site. Jirefighters extinguish burning kiosk A University kiosk near North University Avenue caught fire early Friday morning, DPS reports state. A caller said she was driving by and noticed the kiosk, located between Mason Drive and the Natural Science building, in ames. DPS officers were unable extinguish the fire, and Ann Arbor Fire Department officers arrived to quell the flames. Officers extinguished the fire, then examined the cables in the tun- nel beneath the kiosk after. The fire was ruled an accident. Man wounded .fter slipping into manhole A man injured his leg Friday after stepping in a manhole in a University parking lot on East Hoover Avenue, DPS reports state. The victim did not request emer- gency medical attention, and said he only wanted to report the hole because it posed a danger to others. DPS officers covered the 12-inch *ain pipe, located between Kliff Keen Arena and Weidenbach Hall, with a orange cone. IVother calls DPS when son won't turn down TV A Northwood resident called PS officials Sunday to report her -year old refused to turn down the volume on the television, according to DPS reports. The mother told DPS officials her son had a history of violence and had destroyed a computer last November. The son did not have access to any weapons. The mother reported that the son did not take any violent actions ainst his mother Sunday after- oon. DPS officials found an outstand- ing AAPD bench warrant for retail fraud on the son, who was taken into custody. - Compiled by Daily StaffReporter Jennifer Yachnin. MSA reports year's goals to City Council By Kelly O'Connor Da i MI o~rtcr The Michigan Student Assembly reported once again that it is hard at work on issues afitcting students. The first person toItake the podium at last night's Ann Arbor (ity Council meeting, MSA President Trent Thompson addressed the council on upcoming events on this year" MSA agenda. One issue of importance to the group is student voter education. MSA hopes to register s mrany students to vote a: possible. Thompson said. Once that is accomplished, MSA will make efforts to inform student voters of the issues, Thompson said. "We want to give students as much information as possible, so they can make objective decisions when voting," Thompson said. Plans also are underway for MSA to organize two political debates that will be easily accessible to students. The first debate, scheduled for Oct. 27 will feature Republican Mayor Ingrid Sheldon and Democratic "We want to give students as much information as possible us" - Trent Thompson Michigan Student Assembly President Tentatively scheduled to print some- time in December, the book would list all off-campus apartments, houses and co-ops, their locations, accommoda- tions and last year's rent pnces. The book would offer information not previously available in one resource, Thompson said. "The guidebook would target fresh- men and sophomores and be a useful reference for those looking for a place to live," he said. MSAs next meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. Mayoral Candidate Christopher Kolb, current mayor pro-tempore. VS. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor) and Republican candidate Tom Hickey will meet in the second debate, whicLh has yet to be scheduled. Also in the w rks is an MSA forum scheduled for Oct. 2 It will target the leaders of student groups and bring them together to learn the skills of lobbying in government. Thompson also informed the council of MSAs plans to publish an off-cam- pus student housing guidebook. GM to merge domestic, international operations DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will name G. Richard Wagoner Jr. to lead a newly consol- It's expected the consolidation will result in some job cuts as redundant operations are eliminated to reduce costs. idated North American and international automotive oper- ations, putting him in line even- tually to succeed Chair Jack General Motors will name a new chair today. Wagoner heads North American operations, GM's largest and most profitable unit. Lou Hughes, who has been in charge Smith, a compa- ny source said late yesterday. Smith scheduled a news confer- ence for today to announce the changes. The No. I automaker's board met yesterday and apparently approved the long-anticipated con- solidation of (M's automotive oper- ations. GM recently moved the headquar- ters of its international operations from Zurich, Switzerland, to Detroit in anticipation of the consolidation. of international operations, will be reassigned, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Vice Chair Ilarry Pearce general- ly had been thought to be Smith's eventual successor until he was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. He remains under treatment. Smith is expected to retire early in the next decade. Ronald Zarrella, who heads GM's sales and marketing staff, is expect- ed to be named to head the North American automotive unit and report to Wagoner. Zarrella is a for- mer president of Bausch & Lomb. The reorganization follows GM's announcement in August that it plans to spin off its huge Delphi Automotive Systems parts unit by the end of 1999. That deal could be complicated by resistance from the United Auto Workers union, who enter national contract talks with GM in June. GM is just rebounding from two crippling strikes in June and July, which cut deeply into its U.S. mar- ket share. The merger coincides with GM's cost-saving efforts to produce vehi- cles from just seven global "plat- forms," the chassis and basic parts used for a car or truck. The first of GM's global plat- forms is called "Delta" and will support a line of small cars starting in 2001 in the United States. DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Heidi Hartmann speaks at the seventh annual Elizabeth Charlotte Mullin Welch lecture at the Rackham School of Graduate Studies yesterday. Lectur.Lers hontl-dor almumnus, discuss& status of womenl Man pleads guilty to having sex with girl he met on Internet By Jamie Winkler For the Daily As the nation focuses on a potential economic downturn, a group of camn- pus community members gathered to discuss the economic status of the nation's women. About 80 peorie attended the sev- enth annual li/ibeth Charlotte Mullin Welch Ietlure at the Rackham School of Graduate Studies. The lecture serves to commemorate the life and accomplishments o University alumnus Mullin Welch through presenting Ii1,male lecturers who hae "gils of crcativity, strength of character and illumination of vision,"said Carol I lollenshead, direc- tor of the University's Center for Education of Women. Mullin Welch was a prominent journalist and businesswoman during the 1940s and '50s. 'his year's speaker, Heidi Hartmann, "is a model of a woman who has contributed to her daughters and all of us as women of the econo- my," Hollenshead said. Hartmann, the founder and director of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research, spoke on the advancement of women in the economy. The lecture focused on problems of women in the economy ranging from child-care to education to unemployment. She said all women have to work together by winning seats on public offices and changing policies to better the lifestyles of all wmen. "I like that she focuses on all women in general. She didn't segre- gate women into racial categories" L SA senior Shareia Carter said. The IWPR and University researchers pulled together to pro- duce numbers and statistics that helped persuade Congress to pass the family Medical I cave Act, which allows pregnant women the right to their jobs after taking maternity leave. Ilartmann presented many graphs, charts and statistical data gathered by the IWPR tit are used to "put women 'nd the center of the analysis" and generate public policy designed to help women. Research strongly showed work experience and job train- ing help women get out of poverty flartmann addressed common stereotypes of welfare recipients as including women with several chil- dren who sit around at home. "Welfare reform we've based on these myths and stereotypes, and they're just not true,1 Hartmann said. She illustrated that two-thirds of welfare moms currently are working part- or full-time, but they need the government to top off their house- hold incomes. 'Poverty is one of the very few problems you can solve with money," Hartmann said. Some of her speech focused on European politics with respect to child care and government subsidies. Hartmann, in her discussion of these serious topics, managed to throw in personal anecdotes and jokes. "It was an incredible speech. It is very encouraging to see women in places of power," LSA senior Natasha Qureshi said. Hartmann's advice to all women was to become elected to political offices. She emphasized that the major effects on policy would be through office-holding women. "In the history of the United States, there have only been 15 women gov- ernors, three of iwhich are currently sitting, "Hartmann said. "We can do a better job than this" HOWELL, Mich. (AP) A Windsor, Ontario, man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in having sex with a 13-year-old girl he a legedly met with his father over the Internet. Damon Rivait pleaded guilty to second-degree crimi- nal sexual misconduct and agreed to testily against his Either, Adrian Rivait, also of Windsor. The elder Rivait's Livingston County trial began yes- terday. Damon Rivait, who had faced up to 15 years in prison, will serve a year behind bars under the plea deal reached Friday with prosecutors, who dropped a misde- meanor count of accosting a child for immoral purpos- es. Adrian Rivait faces four counts of third-degree crim- inal sexual misconduct. The girl has testified that she met the men in an Internet chat room and told them she was 15. She said she also talked to them about once a day on the tele- phone and invited them to visit her in Howell. She said they met at a motel April 17 and had sex. In Windsor, authorities said, investigators identified three local victims in a collection of child pornography seized from the suspects' apartment. Windsor police reportedly confiscated the computer the men used to communicate with the girl. Police also seized pornographic photographs and material downloaded from the Internet depicting girls and boys, who appear as young as 12, having sex with adults. One of the girls in the photographs - now in her mid-20s - has told police the photographs she posed for were taken a decade ago, said Staff Sgt. Jerome Brannagan. Yesterday, Adrian Rivait's lawyer, Jim Buttrey, told jurors that police and forensic examiners found no physical evidence to support the girl's claim she was sexually assaulted. The Rivaits have been held at the Livingston County Jail in Howell since their arrest. Damon Rivait remains in protective custody, awaiting a court appearance scheduled for Nov. 5. Fourth teen accepts plea bargain in Grosse Pointe rape case DETROIT (AP) - The fourth for- mer Grosse Pointe North High School student accused of having sex with underage girls pleaded guilty yesterday to a reduced charge. Robert Cooper pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He admitted he had sex with the girl and gave her alcohol. Under the deal, Cooper will serve 60 to 90 days in jail. He will be sentenced Oct. 26. Cooper, 18, of Grosse Pointe Woods was one of four students charged in June with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. They were accused of having sex with 14-year- old girls at gatherings in December and January at homes in Grosse Pointe Woods. The sex was considered rape because the girls were younger than 16, Michigan's age of sexual con- sent. The boys would have faced up to 15 years in prison plus 25 years on the sex offender registry. Co-defendants Daniel Raymond, of Grosse Pointe Woods and his cousin, James Raymond, of Harper Woods, accepted the same plea bar- gains last week. The fourth defen- dant, Daniel Granger, pleaded guilty to two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and will serve up to six months in jail. The four will be sentenced later this month. GROUP MEETINGS Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor YMCA, 350 S. Fifth St., 7-9 p.m. J "Nine-day Seminar China FaLun Q "The Ballad of Men," Film and lec- ture by Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang, Sponsored by Center for Chinese Studies. International Institute. 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