LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 27, 2000 - 3 C R I M E 3 vie to replace Daley in Ward V Council seat Victim receives electrical shock A University electrician received an Actrical shock while fixing wiring in W basement of Randall Laboratory on Monday morning, Department of Public Safety reports state. The man was treated at University Hospitals emergency room and returned to work the next day, DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said. Streets closed after oil spill A University waste disposal truck ke a hydraulic fluid line yesterday tndring, causing the closure of sev- eral city intersections as safety crews cleaned up the spill, Brown said. The truck was on its way from the School of Pharmacy to the heavy gqtpment garage on Kipke Drive, and left fluid on Church, [Hill and Greene streets. The incident happened shortly after *0 a.m. and the intersections were reopened by 8:15 a.m. Unidentified man runs, screams through Bursley An unidentified man ran screaming through hallways in Bursley Residence Hall early yesterday morning, accord- i to DPS reports. The man also sed minor property damage and attempted to flee when officers arrived at the scene. The man was subdued and because he appeared to be tinder the influence of drugs or alcohol, he was taken to University Hospitals emergency room for evaluation. Students break, hrow furniture from West Quad A group of students in West Quad Residence Hall broke and threw fur- niture on to the roof Tuesday after- noon, DPS reports state. A janitor in the building said he could identify sus- pects in the incident, but the persons suspected were not present. Rvo sets of hockey equipment stolen from Markley Two separate sets of hockey equip- ment were stolen from a female student's room in Mary Markley Res- idence Hall on Wednesday night, a 3rding to DPS reports. PS has no suspects. East Quad wall spray painted DPS officers investigated a case of malicious destruction after "peace sigris" were found painted at various locations in East Quad Residence Hall on Wednesday afternoon, reports state. has no suspects. IPing pong table found damaged A table tennis table in Bursley Resi- dence Hall was damaged early Thurs- day morning, DPS reports state. DPS h no suspects. Miniature seat stolen during UM-State game A hard-back seat support was stolen from a woman during the Michigan versus Michigan State football game Saturday, DPS reports state. PS did not report having any sus- p s. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter David Enders. By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter Democrat Elisabeth Daley has chosen not to run for a fourth term representing Ward V in the Ann Arbor City Council so she can finish her master's degrees in public policy and business at the University. In Daley's wake are three can- didates eager to step up to the plate. Democrat Chris Easthope, Republican Todd Hagopian and Libertarian Larry Purdy are new- comers to the political arena. Easthopean attorney, has lived in Ann Arbor his entire life. "People of my generation need to start giving back to it," he said. Hagopian said although he is a Republican his main objective is to eliminate partisanship from the City Council. "If I ran as an indepen- dent and said there should be no parties, I'd look like a 20-year-old radical," said Hagopian, who is a part-time student at Eastern Michigan University and a loan officer at TCF Bank. Purdy, one of three Libertarians seeking elec- tion to the City Council, said his party has a wide appeal. "I really think that in general," Purdy said, "many people hold Libertarian points of view, they just don't realize it." Purdy said the litmus test he uses involves asking people whether they want bigger govern- ment in their life. If the answer is "no," Purdy said he feels he's found an ally. "I'm running in an attempt to peel away some of the layers of governmental control that the city ofAnn Arbor subjects it's residents to," Purdy said. With urban sprawl taking its place as one of the biggest issues in Ann Arbor, the candidates have taken a stand on what they think needs to be done --and what needs to be left alone. "If the economy is going to keep going ... then we're going to have to see the economy take its course," Hagopian said, adding that he thinks some areas in the city should be sec- tioned off but he does not think Ann Arbor's growth should be limited. "You can't keep the environment and keep the economy growing," he said. Purdy, director of purchasing and estimating at Wexford Homes, talked about the difficulty he has trying to build in Ann Arbor. In Saline, getting a pennit takes seven to 10 working days, he said, while in Ann Arbor the wait is around seven to 10 months. "Unless the city really likes what you're doing," Purdy said. "It's impossible to get any- thing done at all ... which is really frustrating when you hear Ann Arbor espouse the need for affordable housing." Purdy said he wants to cut property taxes to create more affordable housing. "The people who own student housing will be able to pay less money in property tax and pass that on as less money for the students," Purdy said. But Easthope said urban sprawl needs to stop. "It hurts ecosystems. It hurts the environ- ment," he said. To combat urban sprawl and soaring hous- ing costs, Easthope said lie wants to start a community land trust. The group would purchase and renovate existing homes and sell them at below-market prices. When the owner sells a house back to the land trust, a smaller equity would be paid to keep it pcr- manently affordable. Then, Easthope said, the city would have "a permanent stock of affordable housing." Ann Arbor City Council Ward V Ci Chris Easthope Democrat Challenger Todd H agopian Republican Challenger Lawrence Purdy Libertarian Challenger Part four of a four-part series on City Council candidates Sneak peek DAVID KATZ/Daily Third-year Rackham student Jeff Anker and fourth-year School of Music student Ariel Lauren Barnett look at photographs yesterday of Arthur Miller, taken by his wife, Inge Morath. These images are on display at the Art Museum. aw cange alows parental notification Students rally at Berkeley By Robert Gold Daily S taf Reporter One week after University students rallied in support ofaftir- mnative action, students at University of California at Berkeley held a Day ofAction rally yesterday. Students from University of California at Davis and com- munity colleges also came to Berkeley in hopes of reversing the state's ban on affirmative action. "We're building a new civil rights movement here," said rally organizer Hoku Jeffrey, a member of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary. The University of California regents voted in July 1995 to eliminate the use of race in their admissions process. Sixteen months later, residents voted to ban affinnative action statewide. Jeffrey said students on several of UC's nine campuses were gathering signatures for a petition to support the ban ofaffirmia- tive action to be delivered to its regents Nov. 16. Regent William Bagley said he hopes next year to gather support for eliminating the regents' 1995 decision. The mea- sure would be symbolic because the state law on affirmative company action would still have to be followed. "We will adhere to (state law) 209, but let us rid ourselves of this reputation for starting this damnable movement," Bagley said. Student government board of directors at Berkeley, called the Senate, voted last month to co-sponsor the day's events. The group provided more than $2,100 in funding. T'he Senate also passed a resolution last month calling for the reversal of the affirmative action ban. Not all Senate members were happy with the student gov- ernment's stance on the rally. Senate member Lauren Bausch voted against sponsoring the events. She said she was unde- cided about- whether affirmative action was the best way to reach diversity on campus. She said she supported providing fumds after the total amount given was cut almost in half. Senate member Richard Schulman said he personally opposes the use of race in admissions but voted in favor of sponsoring the rally. "I think if we didn't have that, it would have said to a lot of students we didn't care about them." Jeffrey said he made the trip to Ann Arbor for last week's rally, which drew a crowd of more than 2,000. "I really felt the strength of the movement there,"lie said. First United METHODISTS at the MICHIGAN Theater 603 E.. Liberty, Ann Arbor i our renovation, please join us at the Michigan for worship, 9:30 a.m. each Sunday in October. irst United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor 734-662-4536 By Jodie Kaufman Dai- Staff Reporter Students around the country and here at the University may not be able to hide their drinking habits any longer. A change in a 25-year-old federal Family Educational Right to Privacy Act which shields most of a student record from public view, means colleges are now permitted to inform parents when students tinder the age of 21 violate the school's drug and alcohol laws. Combined with stricter drinking-and- driving laws around the country, it may be harder for minors to get away with drinking. Early this week, President Clinton signed the first ever federal drunk driv- ing standard, which sets the legal blood- alcohol limit in all states at .08 percent. Michigan law currently sets .10 as the legal limit. The change comes as part of the 2001 Transportation Act, the result of a three-year battle between Clinton and the Republican-dominated Congress. At Duke University, officials are con- sidering changing their parental notifi- cation policies. "First-year students who are caught possessing alcohol on their second offense get a letter sent home notifying their parents that their housing license is in imminent jeopardy due to their violations," said Sue Wasiolek, Duke's assistant vice president for stu- dent affairs. In addition, Wasiolek said, "first-year students caught distributing alcohol on their first offense have their housing license put in imminent jeopardy and a letter sent home notifying parents of the circumstances." The University of Michigan has no parental notification policy in the case of alcohol violations for students living in residence halls, Office of Student Conflict Resolution Director Keith Elkin said. But "if a minor requires hospitaliza- tion for alcohol-related causes, parents will be notified," said Carle Svitil, a sta- tistical clerk in the Office of Housing. The Department of Public Safety sends an officer to the scene of all alcohol- related incidents to evaluate the situation and decide if an ambulance is needed. The Division of Housing takes care of notifying the parents, DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said. "We as law enforcers do have a legal obligation to notify parents if the student is 17 or younger, regardless of if hospi- talization is necessary," Brown said. Duke students, on the other hand, are not punished for alcohol violations requiring them to go to the hospital. According to the Duke University health and safety clause, "if a student needs medical assistance and gets that atten- tion and they don't break any other rules no disciplinary action will be taken," Wasiolek said. But students are required to meet with an abuse specialist and determine iftreat- ment or alcohol education classes are necessary, and those steps may be taken, Wasiolek said. Elkin said he does not know of any plans to change the University of Michi- gan's current regulations. reinstates access bill1 LANSING (AP) - Ameritech cus- tomers will have about $5 added to their November bills as the company rein- states its monthly access fee and charges customers for the time the $3.28 fee was off their bills. The move to reinstate the fee and charge customers a prorated amount retroactive to Oct. 13 comes a short time after a federal appeals court judge allowed Ameritech and Verizon, owner of GTE, to temporarily continue charg- ing the fee prohibited by a new law. After November, customers will see the $3.28 fee regularly appear on their bills until a full court hearing is held on its effects. The fee was taken off bills beginning in September to follow a provision in the new state telecommunications law signed by Gov. John Engler in July, Ameritech spokesman Mike Barnhart said yester- day. Republican state Sen. Mike Rogers of Brighton, whose amendment to the leg- islation prohibited the companies from charging the fee, noted the company's quick reinstatement of the charge. "Ameritech moves quicker to collect money than to fix service," Rogers said, referring to recent complaints through- out the Midwest about slow repair ser- vice and installation. "It's wrong to go back and re-charge customers." GTE spokesman John Van Wyke said that company never took its state access fee off its bills as executives waited for the federal courts' decision. Chicago-based Ameritech and Irving, Texas-based GTE sued Engler and the Michigan Public Service Commission shortly after the legislation was signed, charging that the law would financially hurt them. Verizon has said elimination of its monthly $3.50 fee would cost the com- pany $34 million a year. The cut is expected to cost Ameritech $157 million a year. A federal court judge also issued an injunction blocking the three-year rate freeze provisions in the telecommunica- tions law. Ameritech Michigan handles 5.4 mil- lion customer phone lines in the state,. nearly 30 percent more than a decade ago. It is the main provider of local phone service in Michigan. Verizon han- dI 800 000 lines A During Fi Kn W KU KU THECALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend FRIDAY Chapel, 1236 Washtenaw Court, Baits Dr., North Campus. Free. 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