8C - New Student Edition - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 6, 2000
PS works to protect campus
By Laura Deneau
Dalih"aff Reporter
Although Ann Arbor has been a
relatively safe city in recent years,
in the past decade, waves of crime
and assault brought discomfort to
its citizens. The ease currently felt
can be attributed to the successful
implementation of Department of
Public Safety and Ann Arbor Police
Department activities and policies
within the community.
Between DPS and the AAPD, city
and campus property is divided
between the two jurisdictions.
Where State street is primarily con-
trolled by the AAPD, streets on
North Campus are University prop-
erty and under DPS jurisdiction.
Where DPS is responsible for Resi-
dence Halls, AAPD is responsible
for the majority of fraternities.
Both DPS officers and AAPD
officers carry arms and have the
authority to make arrests.
"If someone is in trouble they can do as
little as lift a receiver and we will send
an officer to that location immediately."
- Diane Brown
DPS Public Information Officer
"Differences occur in city ordi-
nances that don't apply to the Uni-
versity because it is state owned
property, as well as University ordi-
nances that don't apply in the city,"
Diane Brown, Public information
Officer at DPS said.
Concerning the outreach pro-
grams DPS engages throughout
campus, Brown said there is a myri-
ad.
DPS and SAPAC co-sponsor two
night walking programs now in their
14th year. Safewalk serves students
on Central Campus fro nits office
in the Shapiro Undergraduate
Library lobby and is available seven
days a week and can be reached at
963-1000.
Northwalk, which serves the
same purpose for students on North
Campus, can be reached at 763-
WALK. Their hours are from 7:30
p.m. to 2:30 a.m., Sunday through
Thursday and 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.,
Fridav and Saturday.
Late-night ride options are also
available. Nite-Owl, a free shuttle
bus service operates seven days a
week until 2 a.m., with specific
stops around campus. Nite Ride and
Ride Home are taxi services that
will drive students anywhere on
campus for just two dollars.
The hundreds of blue emergency-
telephones erected throughout cam-
pus provide direct access to the
police department for those in
immediate trouble.
"If someone is in trouble they can
do as little as lift a receiver and we
will send and officer to that loca-
tion immediatelv," Brown said.
Residence halls in association
with DPS Housing security officers
offer self-defense workshops peri-
odically and hold discussions about
sexual assault at floor meetings.
Residents are also encouraged to
talk with officers about crime pre-
vention.
"The leading crime is theft of
unattended belongings, mostly
backpacks," Brown said.
Many believe the death of LSA
freshman Courtney Cantor in 1998,
who fell from a Mary Markley Resi-
dence Hall window on the sixth
floor after attending a fraternity
party, caused AAPD to increase its
campus party patrols.
This sort of occurrence has been
the impetus for many reforms in
public security throughout the past
decade.
Serial rapist Ervin Mitchell Jr.,
who was found guilty in 1995 on
three counts of criminal sexual con-
duct and one count of attempted
murder, was responsible for attack-
ing a University student and a Uni-
versity employee from 1993 to
1994.
Four sexual assault attacks on
women in Ann Arbor, including two
female University students, were
reported in 1996, raising the aware-
ness of the Residence Halls Associ-
ation to unanimously accept the
Residential Security Act, which cre-
ated a new security task force. Later
that year the RHA implemented
more ID swipes at the residence
halls in order to keep people from
the street out of the buildings.
Bike cops have also been on the
rise in both the AAPD and DPS
since 1993, impacting the commu-
nity positively by making officers
more visible.
"Between pedestrians and vehic-
ular traffic, it is so hard to get
around in a car," Officer Nanaette
Rush of DPS said in The Michigan
Daily in 1998. "But on a bike you
can whip in and out and get to
places a lot faster. We've done tests
where we've had a car and a bike
go to the same location and the
bike will beat the car, nine times
out of 10."
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The Shapiro Undergraduate Library offers a more social studying atmosphere.
Libraries cater to
students' needs'
By Ginnefer Cox
Daily Staff Reporter
Within the first week of classes,
new students will find themselves in
the midst of homework assignments,
projects and research papers. Finding
an appropriate place to study can be
a difficult task on such a large cam-
pus. While some students find their
special niche in a lounge, many stu-
dents will seek out one of the cam-
pus libraries for academic solace.
There are plenty of campus libraries,
along with special studying and
research opportunities for each one.
The Shapiro Undergraduate Library,
commonly known as the UGLI, is one
of the most popular libraries at the Uni-
versity. Located right in the heart of
campus, thousands of students flock to
the UGLI for group sessions, a quick e-
mail check or just to relax. Open daily
from 8a.m. to 5a.m., many students will
find themselves spending time in the
UGLI for various reasons. The library
offers individualized research assis-
tance along with their reference desk.
Furthermore, the undergraduate library
holds course reserves, a collection of
books and other materials which
instructors place in the library for stu-
dents to view for a limited time.
The undergraduate library is well
known for being both a study dwelling
as well as a social area. LSA junior
Fatima Burns recommended specific
areas of the UGLI to study and social-
ize at. "There are a variety of environ-
ments to study in. The basement is
super quiet. The I st and 2nd floors are
where people usually meet to study
with friends or have group honiework
meetings. As you work youray
the scenery is very pretty and it has a
relaxing feeling." Burns said.
Although most incoming students
become acquainted with the 1ibrary
during their Orientation tour,,Linda
TerHaar, Head of the ShapiroJtnder-
graduate Library, encourage5,,;tu-
dents to take advantage, f the
library's resources at the beginxting
of the semester. "New stude:nts
should come to the undergiaduate
library for any sort of question t*
have and for any research they want
to do. At the beginning of tho.semes-
ter it's not as busy as it gets liter cn,'
TerHaar said.
Right next to the undergraduate
library lies the Harlan HatcherGrddu-
ate Library. Accessible to the. UGL
from the third floor, the Graduat
Library is more popular for its researcl
benefits and studying areas rather t
social appeal. Barbara MacAdam, I
of Reference and Instruction for th
Graduate Library, noted that the Gradu
ate Library focuses more on researc
tools for graduate students and faculty
as well as undergraduates.
"The main difference betWeenth
Undergraduate Library and the,Gad
uate Library is that the Gr'adijat
Library focuses on the researc
needs of faculty and graduiate Stu
dents in the social sciencces.
humanities, as well as undergra
ates working on research topic.
which require extensive resources an
See LIBRARIES, Page 12
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Suzanne Jones, Coordinator of
Admissions and Student Life in the
Residential College, says that many
students who apply for the Residen-
tial College want the experience of a
small college.
"We tend to get students that con-
sidered going to a small college, but
fuind that the RC had enough of a
smaller college feel along with a big
college opportunity. I think they truly
have given themselves the best of
both worlds," Jones said
Central Campus is also home to
the Honors Program learning com-
munity. Located in the South Quad-
rangle and the Martha Cook
LAilding, the Honors Program offers
the opportunity to live with other
Honors students.
Sharp urged freshmen to take
advantage of the opportunities
offered by learning communities.
"We're here to build a strong com-
munity that a student can feel a part
of. We're here to make the University
more manageable," Sharp said.
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'U' to halt use of social
security numbers
By Yael Kohen
Daily Staff Reporter
Professors ask for it, credit card
solicitors ask for it, even the CRISP
Lady asks for it.
Everyone seems to want it, but
not everybody wants to give it.
Students who worry about the
use of their Social Security number
as University identification will be
happy to hear that campus officials
are switching over to a new ran-
domized number for student identi-
fication.
University Registrar Tom McEl-
vain said the University is in a tran-
sition period and the administration
plans to begin using a randomized
student identification number this
fall.
The University's Standard Prac-
tice Guide has a policy stating that
Social Security numbers are not to
be used for student identification
purposes.
"The real issue ... is the personal
identification that comes with the
number," McElvain said.
The policy states that students
will begin using a unique eight-
digit identification number that is
not derived at all from the Social
Security number.
The implementation of the new
system is expected to be completed
no later than 2002.
The unique identification number
already appears on the front of the
M-Card labeled as "UM ID #"
By the end of this summer, with
touch-tone registration slated to be
replaced an online system, students
will no longer use their Social
Security numbers and instead use
their unigname and password,
McElvain said.
"Professors are not supposed to
post Social Security numbers in
conjunction with grades," McElvain
said. Use of partial Social Security
numbers is permitted, he added, but
"I don't think it will happen much
in the future."
Assistant marketing Prof. Jie
Zhang said she only uses the last
four digits of the Social Security
number when posting grades. "It
has to be done very carefully,"
Zhang said, adding that the reason
she uses the number is because it is
what the Registrar's Office pro-
vides.
Economics lecturer Paula Malone
said she uses the partial number
that students fill in on Scantron
forms, which does not have to be a
Social Security number.
While some students rarely worry
about professors using their Social
Security numbers, others are
uncomfortable with it.
"I feel like its an invasion of your
privacy," said Music freshman Abi-
gaiL Sebaley, who noted that shy
always gives the ID number irha
appears on the front of her M-Card
"It's not safe because youLtSoia
Security number is like yokue life,
LSA freshman. LaChina Alg.er
said, adding that she feels that any
body could take her number.'
But LSA senior Wesley HsuPi
that although he feels uncomfort
able about giving out his Socia
Security numbers for mail-order
and credit cards, he does not nn
its use by professors.
"Usually, I trust the profesors e
use it appropriately," Hsu sa4d
There are no legal reasop ,ha
organizations must use. So a
Security numbers, said .S1
Richardson, public affairs speciali:
for the Social Security Admnristra
tion. "You have the right 'ofque
tion why they are asking f6r yo.
Social Security number."
Only in the past 10 to 12 year
has access to Social Security.'nun
bers become problematic becaus
of increased availability, sai
Richardson, noting that the mo:
common felony resulting fro1
Social Security fraud is e
fraud
"Its something that we area
tious about ... but I would not put
in something of dramatic propo
tions," SSA Deputy Commnissioni
William Halter said.
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