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LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 9, 1998 - 5
Fieger, Engler
fight over issues
So f environment
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Memorial service
this week for prof.
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) -
Geoffrey Fieger hammered Gov. John
.Engler's environmental record yester-
day, saying the two-term Republican
had allowed developers and industry to
trash the state's natural resources.
Campaigning in scenic northern
Michigan, the Democratic nominee
released an environmental policy state-
ment that accused Engler of weakening
#e Department of Natural Resources
nd making the Department of
Environmental Quality "an advocate
and protector of polluters."
"Mr. Engler has parceled out and
sold the environment," Fieger said in an
interview.
-Engler campaign spokesperson
Maureen McNulty responded, "That is
a politically motivated attack ... with no
basis in science. Michigan's natural
*sources are in better shape, the air is
cleaner, the water is cleaner."
Fieger repeatedly bashed Engler as
he wrapped up a two-day bus tour with
stops in Traverse City, Kalkaska,
Gaylord, Petoskey, Cheboygan and
Sault Ste. Marie. He accused Engler of
"running the dirtiest campaign in histo-
ry" and "trying to appeal to bigotry and
hatred."
'-He's turning to religious polariza-
tion in an attempt to keep you at home"
On election day, Fieger told a United
Auto Workers gathering in Gaylord.
"Are you going to let that happen?"
"No!" the union members shouted
back.
Despite polls showing Fieger badly
trailing, supporters insisted the race
wasn't over.
"If people use their heads and really
listen to him he'll have a chance; said
Virginia Griffith, chair of the Benzie
County Democratic Party, gripping a
wind-blown Fieger placard at the out-
door Traverse City rally.
Fieger's environmental statement
gave a lukewarm endorsement to the
Clean Michigan Initiative, a $675 mil-
lion bond issue on the November ballot
that would fund cleanup of abandoned
industrial sites, park improvements and
clean water programs.
News reports have quoted Fieger
and aides as opposing the initiative,
which has bipartisan support from state
political leaders and an array of envi-
ronmental and business groups.
But Fieger insisted yesterday he had
not flip-flopped. He said he disliked
using taxpayer money to clean industri-
al waste because it "lets polluters off the
hook." But doing so is acceptable when
it's unclear who is responsible for pollu-
tion that took place years ago, he said.
"As a general rule, if you see Engler
and (Sen.) Spencer Abraham and cor-
porations supporting an environmental
issue, something stinks," Fieger said.
But he said the state "is in desperate
need to clean up pollution encouraged
by the Engler administration."
Engler appointed Abraham to chair
a committee seeking voter approval of
the proposal.
McNulty insisted Fieger had altered
his position.
"He changes his story depending
on the audience he's talking to and
By Adam Cohen
BaRly Staft Reporter
The Department of Classical Studies
will hold a memorial service this week-
end for Prof. Glenn Knudsvig, who
served the University for 35 years.
The ser ice willdbe held tomorrow at
2 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the
Michigan Union.
On July 24 Knudsvig died in a boat-
ing accident in Key Largo, Florida.
Knudsvig was 57 years old.
His friends, students and colleagues
spoke highly of him.
"Glenn was wonderful to work
with and it definitely showed how
much he loved to teach," said
Michelle Biggs, an administrative
associate of the elementary Latin
program in the classical studies
department.
Deborah Ross, the current director of
the elementary Latin program, first met
Knudsvig while taking undergraduate
courses from him. He served as a mentor
and she later worked with him as a col-
league.
"One of the greatest contributions
that he made to the University was
that he was enormously passionate
about learning. He was an advocate,
mentor and coach for all who were in
search of bettering themselves," Ross
said.
Rackham student Cathy Person said
she greatly misses Knudsvig - her for-
mer undergraduate professor.
"He helped me out with my thesis
in chemistry and made me want to
teach. And because of him, I have
seriously considered teaching at the
University level," Person said. "He
tapped a part of me that no other
teacher could tap."
Knudsvig joined the Department of
Classical Studies in 1963. He also
worked with the undergraduate and grad-
uate departments of the School of
Business Administration.
As friends of Knudsvig wrote in his
obituary, he "was a teacher of teachers,
held himself to the highest professional
and personal standards and inspired oth-
ers to do the same.
AP DHOW
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Geoffrey Fieger rallies supporters in Traverse
City yesterday at a stop in his two-day statewide bus tour.
Attorney General
race heating up
today it wasn't politically expedient
to be against Clean Michigan," she
said.
Fieger also labeled Engler "the first
Michigan governor to agree to the
diversion of water out of the Great
Lakes;' saying he referred to an action
by Toledo, Ohio.
Tracy Mehan, director of the DEQ's
Office of the Great Lakes, said the
withdrawal from Lake Erie actually was
done by Akron, Ohio, with the concur-
,Michigan residents have ample,
rence of ill rc irt L ikes states.
H e saFid En n1cr id approved the
diversion last M irch ittcr beine assured
that Akron would LIuro at least as
much water as it removed and would
not harm water quality.
In the early 1990s, Engler vetoed a
planned diversion by Iowell, Ind., that
other Great Lakes governors supported,
Mchan said.
Fieger's environmental platform
also called for re-consolidating the
cheap fuel
"This is good news for Michigan con-
sumers as the current price is about 8
cents per gallon less this fall than at the
beginning of last year's heating season
and almost 20 cents below October 1996
prices,"the PSC said. "A return to normal
temperatures this winter will, however,
result in higher fuel oil usage than last
year."
U Electricity: Consumption is
expected to grow 2.5 percent, the PSC
said. Hot weather this summer con-
tributed to record demand and whole-
sale prices and to "brownouts."
DETROIT (AP) - The battle
between the candidates to replace
Frank Kelley for attorney general
went in a new direction yesterday,
with both camps touting endorse-
ments from influential groups.
Democrat Jennifer Granholm
announced the endorsement of a
coalition of police and corrections
officer unions. Republican John
Smietanka picked up the endorse-
ment of the Michigan Chamber of
Commerce, which often supports
Republican candidates.
And two of the state's largest
police groups have yet to make up
their mind who to support for attor-
ney general - endorsements that
could make the difference in a tight
race.
Granholm was endorsed by the
Michigan Police Legislative
Coalition, which includes unions
representing Detroit and Wayne
County police officers. She was also
endorsed by the Michigan
Corrections Organization, a union
representing about 10,000 officers.
Union leaders said they were
impressed by Granholm's record as a
federal prosecutor. And they took up
her attack against statements made
by Smietanka about a crime plan
offered by Democratic gubernatorial
nominee Geoffrey Fieger.
Granholm has said she does not
support Fieger's plan and has
accused Smietanka of distorting
facts by calling her Fieger's "hand-
picked" candidate for the job.
"Her campaign has not resorted
to untruths, stretching the truth, or
just plain lying," said Vince
Gregory, president of the union for
Wayne County Sheriff's deputies
and airport police. "Her opponent's
campaign has stretched the truth
and lied. If you can't believe the top
cop in the state, who can you
believe?"
Smietanka, an Ada lawyer and for-
mer federal attorney who ran unsuc-
cessfully for attorney general four
years ago, said in a recent news
release that "The Granholm-Fieger
plan would release 17,000 violent,
hardened criminals into our commu-
nity."
LANSING (AP) - With no recent
threats of an energy crisis, state offi-
cials predict a winter of warm, well-lit
homes for Michigan residents.
There will even be enough afford-
able gasoline for a trip.
"Michigan consumers will continue
to benefit from the ample supply and low
prices in the very soft world petroleum
market," the state Public Service
7ommission said this week as it released
its Michigan Energy Appraisal for the
winter.
The PSC said gas prices in Michigan
are cheaper by almost 18 cents a gallon
and fuel oil by 8 cents a gallon compared
to last fall. It said price increases this win-
ter are expected to be "very moderate."
Natural gas and electricity prices
will be stable and supplies sufficient to
meet demand this winter, the PSC said.
The commission issued the follow-
ing specific forecasts:
Gasoline: Lower prices are
expected to continue from summer into
1999. Consumption is expected to rise
1.7 percent in 1998, less than earlier in
the decade but more than 1996-97,
when growth dropped to less than 1 per-
cent per year.
N Natural gas: Demand is expected
to decline this year to levels 4.8 percent
below 1997. Inventory levels "should
be sufficient to meet peak winter heat-
ing demand," the PSC said. It said both
prices and supply are expected to
remain stable over the next six months.
Fuel oil: Consumption is project-
ed to increase 2.5 percent this year, but
prices nationally and in Michigan
should remain low or rise slightly by the
end of the year.
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THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
Invites all PhD students nearing graduation
to a presentation
"Why Would a PhD Become a
Strategic Management
Consultant"
The Michigan League Hussey Room
Monday, October 12th, 1998
7:00 PM
Reception to follow where members of the firm
will be available to answer questions