LOCAL/STATE-The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - 7 MSA discusses financial matters, campaign rules By Michelle Poniewozik Daily.Staff Reporter Highlighting last night's Michigan Student ssembly meeting was a presentation on the ngoing renovations to Mason and Haven galls. "We're going to reintroduce a more modern tyle" than the "bland 1950s buildings" of the other Central Campus buildings, said Richard Reichman, the University's assistant architect. MSA representatives expressed concern about what impedance the construction will have on parking and noise during final exams, as well as how communication with the stu- dents will be handled. "We'll try to be courteous, but there will also be times when we cannot totally control what goes on. We'll do the best we can and try to accommodate," said Hank Baier, associate vice president for University Facilities and Operations. Baier also said parking on South State Street will be minimally affected. "If four parking spots are blocked off, don't call us, but if 10 are, call us," he said. Construction is expected to be complete in 2002. After the construction presentation, the assembly's business moved to fiscal matters. MSA Treasurer Siafa H lage announced at the meeting a deflated budget compared to last year due to a lack of a rollover in the previous years funds. In the past, MSA has had 550,000 to 560,000 for committees. "This year, we have even less," Hage said. MSA President Hideki Tsutsumi admitted to signing away unknowingly S1,500 to purchase a full-page advertisement in today's edition of The Michigan Daily with out consent of the assembly. The ad is part of a campaign to encourage student groups to submit funding request forms. "A lot of things didn't go right," Ilage said. "We lost a lot of checks in our checks and bal- ances system without having a financial coordi- nator." It is MSA procedure for any spending of over S 150 to be approved by MSA before actu- al expenditure. "There was no malicious intent. It was just enthusiastic people trying to promote school funding, but that doesn't excuse it," Hage said. New committee and commission chairs were decided at yesterday's meeting, with Engineer- ing senior Ryan Whiteherse, SNRE senior Jes- sica Mendelowitz and LSA sophomore Elizabeth Anderson claiming the Rules and Election Committee. Environmental Issues Commission, and Women's Issues Commission chairs, respectively. "I want to carry a big stick and let people know if they violate rules, they'll be penal- ized," Whiteherse said. "Some people saw (the rules) as being biased. I want to make sure it can't happen this year." Whiteherse will have a new set of rules to enforce this year as the REC chair. MSA suc- cessfully amended portions of the election code yesterday. The amended code will "clarify when people can campaign in residence halls," Whiteherse said, explaining candidates are now strictly prohibited from campaigning near a computer logged into the voting Website. "I want to carry a big stick and let people know if they violate the rules, they'll be penalized." - Ryan Whiteherse MSA Rules and Election Committee chair "We are depending on Housing to report any infractions," Whiieherse said. The hiring procedure code and a 55,000 dis- bursement from the MSA general fund to Voice Your Vote Commission also were amended. Passed resolutions at yesterday's meeting included support of "Affirmative Action 102." Victory Over Violence Week and a Day of Action in support of Affirmative Action, sched- uled for Oct. 19. Before Baier's presentation, MSA representa- tives and executive officers greeted students interested in joining MSA at the annual open house. "The purpose of the MSA open house is to let everybody come in and meet the representatias and committee chairs personally and up-close and get an idea of how to get involved in MSA;" Matt Nolan, MSA communications chair, said. "It's our primary recruitment night of the year."- "There are lots of energized freshman," Hl said in reference to the large turnout of interested individuals. "The big difference is their eyes are open to what they can do on campus. LSA sophomore Roger Tsai took advantage of the free cookies and stayed for most of the meeting. "A lot of people see what goes on, but it's sad people don't get involved. MSA is a gieat way to get involved and the best way to affect the University directly," Tsai said. *Police charge husband in murder after fin g note GRAND RAPIDS (AP) , A former school board presi- dent who told authorities that his wife shot herself has been charged with first-degree murder in her death. An autopsy determined that Sandra Anne Duyst had been shot two times in the head just above the right ear when she was found in the bedroom of her home last spring, Her husband, David Duyst Sr. was arraigned in Kent County District Court in Rockford on Monday and was being held without bond in the county jail. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison. His lawyer, David Dodge of Grand Rapids, said yesterday that Duyst has denied any wrongdoing. Duyst called 911 and later told investigators that he was in another room when his wife shot herself, officials said. He also told them that he removed the gun from her hand; *deputies found it lying on the bed. But detectives told The Grand Rapids Press for a story yesterday that evidence they collected after the March 29 shooting doesn't support his story. They said results of DNA and blood-spatter tests corroborate the autopsy find- ing that the death was a homicide. "I had a lot of problems with someone shooting them- selves in the head twice," said Detective Sgt. Chet Bush of the Kent County Sheriff's Department. "We were suspicious at that point. We wanted more evidence, and it takes time to do that." A mother of three children, Sandra Duyst was an award- winning equestrian. She raised and trained quarter horses at GENETICS Continued from Page 1 and Social Implications Research at the National Human Genome Research Institute and moderator of this morning's "Ethics, Law and Society" session, highlighted the ques- tions that the conference intends to address. "The issues include how best to integrate genetics tech- nologies into public health practice, how to conduct public health genetics research and how to use genetic information in public health setting," Thomson said. Thomson also emphasized the conference's role in mesh- ing interests from the genetics and public health fields. "By bringing the public health community and the genet- ics c6mmunity together to interact and share information, the end result will be the public having better access and better quality care," Thomson said. Last year's conference had fewer than 300 participants, but this year's conference boasts 374 people. In addition, cnore than 200 of those registered for the conference also attended Monday's symposium. Toby Citrin, director of the Office of Community-Based Health and a professor in the University's department of Health Management and Policy played a key role in plan- ning the conference. Citrin said lie was pleased with the turnout for this week's events. "That was far beyond our expectations" Citrin said. "We certainly consider it a success." The conference consists of large plenary sessions *hroughout the day with break-out workshops on specific topics. The conference concludes this afternoon with a clos- ing session titled, "Advancing the Public Health Genetics Agenda: Where Do We Go From Here?" in Mendelssohn Theater at 3:30 p.m. the family's Alpine Township ranch, where she also gave riding lessons. More than a year before her death, the victim had hidden a prophetic note inside her china cabinet, detec- tives said. "If anything has happened to me look first to David Duyst Sr.," Sandra Duyst wrote in the letter intended for her sister. "He could be my killer. I would never commit sui- cide. He may have killed me." David Duyst told police that his wife had been depressed and suicidal since being kicked in the head by one of her horses on Nov. 19, 1998. The note found in the china cabi- net alleged that his wife had not been injured by a horse but instead had been beaten by Duyst. "I'm not going to comment at this point on any specific piece of evidence," Dodge said when asked about the note. Duyst's father, Peter Duyst, said he stands behind his son. "There is another side to this, and we believe that," he said. Investigators declined to elaborate on a possible motive, but in court records they alleged that David Duyst had taken out a S500,000 life insurance policy on his wife and was having an affair with a co-worker. Duyst was arrested Friday at his workplace, Northwest- ern Mutual Life Insurance Co. in downtown Grand Rapids. He is an insurance and investment agent and a former board president of West Side Christian School. A preliminary hearing for Duyst will take place at the Rockford court on Sept. 28. Participants in the conference include federal, state and local public health and genetics officials, health policy-mak- ers, health care providers, faculty and students at schools of public health and other health profession schools. "I think it is going very well," Citrin said. "There is a big diversity of views and perspectives being brought to the issue, which is exactly what we had hoped for." The leaders in organizing the conference are the Univer- sity's School of Public Health and the Michigan Department of Community Health. Other sponsors of the conference include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Nation- al Human Genome Research Institute and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Citrin said the University's leading role in the field of genetic research is oie reason the conference was held in Ann Arbor. "A lot of the most significant research in genetics is going on in our university across a number of schools," Citrin said. "At our university, we feel very strongly that if we are going to be doing significant research on the technology of genetics, we also need to be doing research on the impact the technology has on society," lie said. "U of M is probably the leading institution in the United States for being able to blend these two types of research together. not just focusing on one or the other.' Bradford Therrell, executive director of National New- born Screening and Genetics, spoke yesterday morning at the plenary session on Genetics in Public health Prac- tice. "So far I have been impressed with the conference," Therrell said yesterday. "There have been some good speak- ers and I look forward to this afternoon." JOYCE LE- /Diy The Millennium Club, a new downtown dance club on First Avenue, offers window dancers to lure students inside. -.New -downt'I"own anc"e clubha By James Restivo For the Daily Where antiique lamps and pottery once now appear window dancers as an aggres tising technique to lire students to down Arbor's new Millennium Club. While most clubs have flyers and inser nightclub has "tasteful" window dancersf said Nick Easton, owner and managero club. "We do have dancers in the windows girls in their 20s that allure people to the c on said. "It's a lot of fun, but it is tasteful.' The new window dancers are now invitin and city residents alike into the new club s the owner of the already-established Ca located iii the samie building. Ann Arbor resident Cicily McClintic au dance at the new Millennium Club but was n "All the girls they picked were very simi other, in a Britney Spears kind of way. Th rethink the audience they are appealing to tic said. The club, which is an extension of t Club, has been very popular since it ope August. The two clubs.combined hold up pie and Easton says they have been filled t weekends. Originally, Easton had constructed an an in the space that is now the Millennium Cl liquor license from the Cavern Club app entire building, so he decided to conver space. He said the facilities are perfect f "Atmosphere is important, and I believe has a lot of atmosphere," Easton said. Customers pay one cover charge for b connected clubs, varying from S3 to S7. A old Cavern Club, both are reserved onlyf 'atmosphere' 2I and older. Once inside, the club boasts a size of 6,000 square feet and full bars and dance floors. were sold The Millennium Club, located at 210 South First sive adver- Avenue, hias more open space for daticing than the ntown Ann Cavern Club, which is composed of tunnels and smaller rooms. Music varies from night to night, ' ts, the new with modern techno on Fridays and top 40 on Satur- for appeal, days. of the new Easton said it is quality music that will attract the clientele. "Music determines the type of people this pretty club will attract,' he said. "We have good quality lub.' east- musicians and excellent DJs.' The club boasts three DJs and several local bands nut students operating on a rotating circuit. If someone does not pawned by like modern and pop music, a trip upstairs reveals the vern Club. rhythm and blues styling of the Cavern Club. The two clubs in conjunction bring ages ranging from 21 ditioned to to 40s, Easton said. ot picked. With such a varied crowd of people, safety is an ilar to each issue that Easton would like to impress upon clients. iey need to Police have been spotted at the club the past few ," McClin- weeks, but Easton said they do not signify problems. "We have a wholesome. clean club," he said. "The he Cavern police are always welcome and violence and safety have' ned in late not been issues. We have been very successful." o 600 peo- While success may be good news for the Millenni- lhe last few um Club, it is located within two blocks of the Blind Pig and Eight Ball, two other well-known Ann Arbor itique shop night spots. ub. But the Blind Pig bartender Jeremy Steinke said he is not, lied to the nervous about the competition. t the extra "We play two totally different genres of music," Steinke said. "Our clients come for live rock and roll or a club. music. 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