LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 14, 2000 - 3
CRIME
Graffiti found
on University
vehicle at Hill
A University vehicle was grafffit-
ed while parked on Hill Street on
Tuesday morning, DPS reports
state. It is suspected that the graffiti
was-gang related.
DPS did not report having any
suspects.
Packages stolen
from South Quad
ackages were reported missing
m the west desk at South Quad
Residence Hall on Monday after-
noon, DPS reports state. The
employee at the desk reported the
theft and DPS reported having no
suspects.
Man found asleep
in bathroom stall
a West Hall
An unidentified man was found
aleeping in a men's bathroom stall in
Nest Hall on Tuesday morning, DPS
reports state. The man was cited for
trespassing.
Laptop stolen
from Med School
A laptop computer was stolen from
*North Ingalls Building on Tuesday
aftemoon, DPS reports state. DPS did
not report having any suspects in the
incident.
Man wanders
around campus
A male subject was seen wandering
around the Dana Building on East
UYversity Avenue on Tuesday evening,
rding to DPS reports.
When asked what he was doing, the
man °stated he was "just looking
around."
Coputer breaks
[hen dropped
computer in the Industrial
ELgineering Building was damaged
STyesday morning after it was dropped,
f reports state.
he incident was listed as accidental
property damage.
West Quad door
hinge damaged
One of the hinges on the front
doors of West Quad Residence Hall
was broken by an unknown subject
Sunday evening, DPS reports state.
00 did not reports having any sus-
pects in the incidents.
Student taken to
'U' Hospitals
A South Quad Residence Hall
resident was transported to
University Hospitals early
Wednesday morning after his room-
nmate requested an ambulance, DPS
reports state. The man was having
tlble breathing.
Parking permit
stolen from staff
A blue staff parking permit was
stolen from a vehicle in the Thayer
Street parking structure sometime
between Dec. 18 and 20, DPS
rcports state. DPS reported having
p uspects.
irror at Music
School broken
AWunidentified subject broke a mir-
ror at the Earl V Moore School of
Music on Monday morning, according
to DPS reports.
The incident was listed as accidental
property damage.
udent reports
ard stolen
A student's MCard was stolen at
Mary Markley Residence Hall early
Wednesday morning, DPS reports
state.
The card' was reportedly taken
from the cafeteria.
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Dave Ender s.
Mich. cities push to maintain local control
By Hanna LoPatin
Daily Staff Reporter
Should state legislatures be able to consistently
supersede their municipal counterparts?
This is the question being put to Michigan cit-
izens by local government officials across the
state.
And they are hoping that the answer will be
no.
Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon and other
mayors across the state are exploring the possibil-
ity of adding a measure to the November ballot
that would limit state control of local governments,
she said.
The measure would add an amendment to
the Michigan Constitution requiring a two-
thirds majority to pass legislation regarding
municipalities.
Sheldon, who is also president of the Michigan
Municipal League, said she and other local gov-
ernment officials believe the amendment will
force state lawmakers to give greater thought to
Municipal offcials want
voters to limit state power
such legislation before passing it.
"We realize some legislation transcends juris-
dictions," she said.
"But in the same breath, each community has its
own personality. We want to be partners (with state
lawmakers) to provide good governments for all
citizens"
The drive to limit the state government's role
was sparked by a bill passed last month concern-
ing residency requirements for public officials.
The bill limits a city's ability to require local
public officials to live within the city limits.
Presently, Sheldon said, Ann Arbor requires its
department heads to live in the city.
Sheldon said the recent piece of legislation
showed "a lack of respect for local governments to
make their own decisions."
Another proposal that caused a stir in Ann Arbor
last spring was a measure passed in the Senate just
prior to last year's Hash Bash on the Diag, which
will require greater penalties for marijuana posses-
sion than the city currently enforces.
Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem Twp.) was
the only senator to vote against that bill, which is
now stagnant in a House committee.
"Ann Arbor did this for good reasons," she
said, referring to the current policies, which
include a $25 fine. "I am a firm believer in local
control.'
Smith also voted against the bill to relax resi,
dency requirements and said she was "frustrated''
that it passed.
Sen. William Van Regenmorter (R-Hudsonville)
said he hadn't yet heard of the possible legislation
but he does support local control.
"I'm a former local official," Van Regenmorter-,
said. "I think government is best at the local
level.
Sen. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia) said he felt
local governments have a right to full jurisdiction in.
terms of zoning requirements, but he opposes the
bill's stance on residency requirements.
"If they're talking about stopping people from~
living where they want, that's another issue,"
McCotter said.
The Michigan Municipal League has made no
official announcements to proceed with the peti-.
tion drive yet.
"If we do go forward with it," Sheldon said, "we.
want to be confident."
U' students travel to Iowa to
support candidates in caucus
Students for Bradley and Students
for Bush participate in last-minute
activity for first primary
By Yael Kohen
Daily Staff Reporter
The race is on as presidential candidates prepare for the Iowa
caucus, the first chance for voters to express who their choice
is for president.
With the Jan. 24 caucus approaching quickly, the campus
chapters of Students for Bradley and Students for Bush are
traveling to Iowa this weekend to participate in last-minute
campaign efforts to bring citizens to the caucus sites.
"There's always last-second activity to be done," said Del
Chenault, executive director of Texas Gov. George W. Bush's
Michigan campaign.
"The Bradley campaign really needs a lot of help out there,"
said Students for Bradley co-Chair Amanda Beaumont, an
LSA senior who plans to travel to Iowa this weekend.
There are 20 students from the University who will travel to
Iowa to help with grassroots campaigning by going door-to-
door, making phone calls and stuffing envelopes, said Students
for Bradley co-Chair Josh Cowen, an LSA senior.
"The Bradley campaign has really strong student support"
Cowen said.
Students for Bush will be taking eight to 10 University stu-
dents to Iowa.
"The campaign is lost without them' Chenault said.
"They're providing enthusiasm for the campaign" while gain-
ing firsthand experience in campaigning, he added.
Students for Gore co-Chair Michael Masters, an LSA junior,
said Gore has a 30-point lead in Iowa so "we would be better
served staying here in Michigan."
"We're working really close with the county organization
and state organization," Masters said, adding that part of the
students' campaign efforts is to get "students out working in:-
the community."
Such community efforts include outreach efforts and educat-
ing senior citizens, union workers and high school students about
the electoral process and voting in the Michigan caucus, Masters
said.
Students for McCain also will not be traveling to Iowa this
weekend, co-Chair Will Rubens, an LSA junior. The McCain cam-
paign has decided not to spend its funds in Iowa, he said.
But Students for McCain are actively campaigning on cam-
pus by participating in a voter registration drive, volunteer
recruitment and fliering, Rubens said.
KIMITSU YOGACHI/Daily
Rackham student Jessica Curtin hands out fliers in the Fishbowl yesterday
to promote Martin Luther King Day Jr. activities.
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holiday for students, Williams said.
Since the protest the University
has held the symposium, although
President Robben Fleming did not
cancel classes in 1988 but later pro-
posed that the regents approve a
class-free day. Classes were can-
celed for the first time in 1989.
Williams said as students and oth.
ers became increasingly involved in
the symposium, "one day couldn't
house it anymore" and the program
expanded to its present form.
This year the memorial lecture
will be given by Henry Louis
Gates Jr., who serves as director
for the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
for Afro-American Studies as
well as the W.E.B. Du Bois
Professor at Harvard University:
The event is scheduled for
Monday at Hill Auditorium at 10
a. m.
At 1:30 p.m. ABC news corre-
spondent Carole Simpson is sched-
uled to lecture in the Business
School's Hale Auditorium about
King's efforts and accomplish-
ments. Other events will allow stu-
dents to participate in community
service.
Despite the variety, some students
said the events do not stimulate them.
"I don't know anyone who's
going to the events," said
Kinesiology senior Andre Bell-
Watkins. Bell-Watkins said student
involvement would increase if pro-
fessors incorporated activities into
class lessons.
Administrative Associate in the
Office of Human Resource and
Development Bonita Cowan-Tucker,
who also serves on the MLK
Committee, said while a day off is
helpful, eliminating classes does not
recruit every one into action.
"What happens is that you are
preaching to the choir," Cowan-
Tucker said, adding that those stu-
dents who attend the MLK events
would normally attend them if
classes were not canceled but that
the students who would benefit
most from the programs usually
remain at home.
University Associate Provost for
Academic Affairs Lester Monts said
the symposium's purpose is to pro-
mote King's ideals of "social justice,
the necessity for diversity of higher
education and basic human interac-
tion in a multicultural society."
Kinesiology junior Kendra
Stevens said she went to the events
in the past and plans to attend again
this year because it provides her an
opportunity for personal growth.
"Every time you go, you come out
with a different attitude and a sense of
(wanting) to make things better,"
Stevens said.
While University students have
the day off, students at some uni-
versities will be attending class on
Monday.
Pennsylvania State University's
official policy encourages students
to attend events between their reg-
ularly scheduled classes, said Penn
State Public Information Officer
Karen Trimbath.
While the school offers com-
memorative events such as a bell-
ringing ceremony and a keynote
speaker, Penn State Undergraduate
Student Government member
Lauren Grason said many students
are not satisfied. Last semester, the
USG unsuccessfully attempted to
convince the university to give stu-
dents the day off
A number of student organiza-
tions responded by developing the
inaugural MLK Day of Service,
said Grason, the project's director.
The "student led, student run, stu-
dent driven" initiative includes vol-
unteer work sponsored by about 50
student organizations.
Along with the main campus, 16
of Penn State's 19 commonwealth
campuses are participating in the
day's events.
Thomas Poole, Associate Vice-
Provost of Education Equity at Penn
State said teaching King's value in
class is the most effective way to
promote the values King espoused.
Poole also teaches a class titled
"The Life and Thought of MLK Jr."
Last year was the first year
Michigan State University students
were exempt from classes on the day.
Associated Students of MSU mem-
ber Michael Webber said the univer-
sity decided on a three-year trial peri-
od after a student government initia-
tive. More than 20 activities are
scheduled throughout the month.
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Mtection:
U LSA senior David Eklund was misquoted in yesterday's Daily. Mellman Group Vice President Margie Omero said,
"The government doesn't play a very big role in students' lives.