The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 3, 2000 - 5 ew development could transform Maynard St. By Kristen Beaumont or the Daily new building proposal that could mean the rth of the State Street area is exciting area usiness owners. , Jeffery Spoon, of Spoon Equities LLC, has ubmitted plans for a seven-story mixed-use )ffice building. The building will be located at 337 Maynard t., next to Nickel's Arcade between William md Liberty streets. The first floor would contain retail stores, loors two through five would be offices, and he sixth and seventh floors floors would be -dominiums. goon commented on the benefits of a mixed- ise building. "These buildings are what the city of Ann \rbor needs. They are 24-hour buildings that tave multiple purposes." Spoon's goal is to keep he building design compatible with the neigh- orhood design of Nickel's Arcade. Spoon also said that the building will be tech- nologically smart with TI, T3 and DS3 Internet line connections. The plan will go before the City Council on Oct. I1, the Historic Commission on Oct. 12, and if approved could go before the Planning Commission as early as Oct. 17. The State Street Association has already seen the plan and retail owners gave it a favorable response. "It will definitely help the area. This plan will utilize the space and it may also bring more potential shoppers to the area, which will be good for all the businesses on State Street," said Ed Davidson, Spoon's partner on this project and the owner of the Bivouac outdoor equipment store on State Street. Carl Pohrt, owner of Shaman Drum Bookshop and the State Street Association Board presi- dent, said the entire Association is looking for- ward to the new building. "The street will be more vibrant with the increase of shoppers to the area, the offices will loyees to the area for lunch, and the 11 increase the residential vitality of >b - . orhood," Pohrt said. >or Mayor Ingrid Sheldon has exam- ans for the new building carefully. nt to utilize the space in the best way There is a tremendous demand for e as well as downtown living," Shel- the building proposal is "first class" maintains community standards. :he proposal process is very exacting onsuming, we will speed the process st as possible." e building proposal receives final From City Council, Spoon will start of the old building, a former McDon- owners said they hope the project n alize. id, "There is an ecology of down- ALEX WOLK/Daily like any ecosystem, we need to look A building proposal for a mixed-use office building on the former McDonald's site maintain it." on Maynard Street is expected to help rejuvenate the State Street area. 'First Monday' recognizes victims of gun violence pasteurizing 1 By Susan Luth For the Daily In an effort to raise awareness of gun violence, Alliance for Justice, a national organization, brought its mes- sage to more than 350 cities across the nation - including Ann Arbor. A group of about 20 students and community members gathered in the Michigan Union to be a part of a cam- paign called, "First Monday 2000: Unite to End Gun Violence." The event featured a film titled "America: Up in Arms," which showed three families whose lives were impacted by gun violence. Immediately after the film, keynote speaker Clementine Barfield spoke about her experiences with gun vio- lence. "Sometimes I wonder what dif- ference 100 people makes,"she said as she spoke about the increasing num- bers of victims. "Then I remember that I could be one of those 100 people." Barfield is president and founder for a local non-profit organization called Save Our Sons and Daughters. She started the group after one of her sons was killed and one wounded during a robbery at gun point. "I don't know how many more peo- ple have to die before we come to terms with the fact that guns are for killing, she said. "People should ques- "I don't know how many more people have to die before we come to terms with the fact that guns are for killing." -- Clementine Barfield President of Save Our Sons and Daughters tion themselves about why they have them ... why they have a semi-auto- matic to kill a rabbit." Alliance for Justice chose to call the campaign "First Monday," to signify the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court's term, which always starts on the first Monday of October. In Los Angeles, a round table dis- cussion was led by U.S. Attorney Ale- jandro Mayorkas, with movie and television celebrities in attendance. In New York City, talk show host Rosie O'Donnell introduced the screening of the documentary at Pace University. Students also walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to raise awareness of the number of children who have died because of gun vio- lence. Alliance for Justice, who sponsors "First Monday," doesn't want to ban guns, but instead wants to find a solu- tion that would lower the rate of vio- lence that guns cause. "Gun violence in America is occur- ring at a rate that is phenomenal, and it doesn't have to be that way," Alliance for Justice communication assistant Scott Fairchild said. "It has been decreasing, but here it is at rates unprecedented to the industrial world." "I'm just promoting education about statistics because the facts are alarm- ing," Banov said. "My goal is to inform and educate others, and hope- fully motivate people to reduce gun violence in any way they feel comfort- able." "I am definitely for more strict regu- lation of guns' said Social Work stu- dent Jeff LoTempio, who attended last night's presentation at the Union. "I think the first step is being aware. I should learn how to take action as a citizen of America and learn to stop this problem that takes thousands of lives each year." &hite Cloud, an albino bison, and her unnamed young calf stand In the pasture near the National Buffalo Museum In amestown, N.D. The museum is accepting suggestions for naming the young calf. Teen-ager pleads gtnto rounding 6 in shooting CONYERS, Ga. (AP)-A teen-ager ntered dual pleas of guilty and guilty- ut-mentally-ill yesterday in a 1999 chool shooting that left six fellow stu- lents wounded. A judge will consider the results of nental evaluations on 17-year-old T.J. Solomon before deciding which of the wo pleas to accept. the judge accepts the guilty pleas o all 29 charges, including aggravated issault, cruelty to children and weapons violations, Solomon could be entenced to up to 211 years in prison. If the judge accepts the guilty-but- nentally-ill plea, Solomon would still go to prison but would receive psychi- atric treatment under the care of prison doctors. "Obviously, this act was the act of someone extremely sick. It was not characteristic of this man's life or his values' said Solomon's lawyer, Ed Garland. Solomon, who was 15 at the time, opened fire with a sawed-off rifle on hundreds of students in a common area at Heritage High School in Conyers, about 25 miles east of Atlanta, one month after the Columbine High mas- sacre in Colorado. Witnesses said he appeared to be aiming below waist level. He then dropped to his knees and pointed a .357-caliber Magnum revolver, first at his mouth and then at an assistant principal, but then surren- dered it to the man'with a tearful: "Oh, my God, I'm so scared!" Solomon's lawyers had argued that the teen-ager should be hospitalized for mental illness, but a Georgia appeals court ruled that he was not out of touch with reality at the time of the shootings. Friends have said Solomon was upset over a failed romance, but he was vague about his motives in a letter of apology earlier this year. Jac~sn H . Wagner 734.827.2837 One Mite West of Weber's inn $5.00 Matineest 6pm 0 &alldayTuesday $4.75 Kids & Seniors all shows $5.7 S with student 10 5.75 Late Shows Fri & Sat Q No asses or Tuesday discounts Silloited Fre, 0,1nk Oslili, & .25u CnoO Reis Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Innovations Presents a Special Advanced Screening Ludge grs attorneys over reinstating Napster injunction SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Three federal appeals judges put the onus on the recording industry yesterday, 'ling its attorneys with questions a'but why a lower court's injunction against Napster Inc. should be reinstat- ed and the song-sharing service shut down. The panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals peppered recording industry lawyers with queries, trying find out how exactly Napster's service should or could be monitored to weed ot the trafficking of copyrighted ic among what Napster claims are 32 million users. Judge Robert Beezer told Russell Frackman, a lawyer representing the Recording Industry Association of America, that asking Napster to keep tabs on music traded by its users might be too much to handle. "How are they supposed to have knowledge of what comes off of some kid's computer in Hackensack, N.J. to W er in Guam?" Beezer asked. rackman said the answer lies in Napster's ability to take a list of copy- righted song titles and redesign its ser- vice not to transmit those files. The hearing was part of the continu- ing legal battle between Napster and the RIAA, which alleges that Napster contributes to copyright infringement by allowing millions of users to search for music with its MusicShare directo- and then download directly from eh others computers. The recording industry considers this case pivotal in its batte against online piracy. Attorneys for each side had 20 min- utes to make their case yesterday. The judges adjourned without reaching a decision, which could come at any time. Through its questions, the appeals panel suggested that U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's injunction shutting down Napster pro- hibited legal uses of the music-sharing software, such as the trading of non copyrighted music. David Boies, who successfully pros- ecuted the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., said reinstat- ing Patel's injunction would cripple Napster's service. Patel's injunction against Napster in July said the small Redwood City- based company was encouraging "wholesale infringing" against music industry copyrights. But hours before Napster's comput- er servers were to power down, the appeals court stayed the injunction, keeping the company's service alive. Napster also claimed the promotion of artists who permit their songs to be shared would be hurt by reinstating the injunction, adding that the 1984 Supreme Court decision allowing Sony to continue manufacturing VCRs that can duplicate copyrighted materi- als also covers Napster's service. But Frackman argued that Napster was specifically created to aid users engaging in copyright infringement. Frackman said the music industry is not "trying to stop the Internet," but wants to stop Napster from allowing its users to swap pirated music. 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