LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 25, 2002 - 3 CRIME Tuition costs on state candidate Man needs more * than directions A woman reported that she saw a man masturbating in his car early yes- terday, according to Department of Public Safety reports. The woman stated that she was approached by the man, who was driving a small light blue car and asking for directions. After seeing the man, the woman went to the Union and called DPS. Nigerian e-mail thought to be a money scam The LSA Building received a strange e-mail message Wednesday morning from Nigeria, DPS reports state. The e-mail was promoting a money-making venture believed to be fraudulent. Money reported missing almost two months later It was reported Tuesday morning that $65 was stolen from a desk in East Hall, according to DPS reports. The incident occurred between Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 of last year. Bench stolen from Arboretum An unknown person stole a memor- ial bench from the Geddes entrance of Nichols Arboretum Tuesday morning, DPS reports state. A second bench was also found damaged. Husband arrested after hitting wife A man was arrested for assault- ing his wife at the University Hos- pitals emergency room early Wednesday, according to DPS reports. The man had struck his wife in the face while arguing about their pending divorce. DPS responded and arrested the man for assault, parole violation and violation of court orders. Trespassing man escorted out of graduate library A person was found trespassing on the second floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Monday afternoon, DPS reports state. The person was informed of the trespass- ing policy and escorted out of the building. Student pushed at demonstration A University student was pushed off the steps of East Hall Monday afternoon at an affirmative action demonstration, according to DPS reports. He was not injured. SMan falls in right place; injuries promptly treated A man stated that he slipped and fell by the front desk of the main entrance of the University Hospitals Monday night, DPS reports state. He had minor injuries. Male suffers from morning sickness A person called DPS and said a male resident of Alice Lloyd Resi- dence Hall was dizzy and throwing up Tuesday morning, DPS reports state. The caller indicated that the male was conscious and alert. Ann Arbor Fire Department and Huron Valley Ambulance were contacted. * Clocks stolen at the Media Union Staff at the Media Union report- ed the theft of six clocks early Wednesday morning, according to DPS reports. The clocks were taken from six separate interview rooms at the Media Union some- time over the weekend, and are val- ued at $30 each. -Compiled by Daily StaffReporter Jeremy Berkowitz. Editors Note: This story has been reprinted in its entirety due to an error in yesterday 's printed issue. By Tyler Boersen and C. Price Jones Daily Staff Reporters LANSING - Although Gov. John Engler did not speak about growing tuition costs in his State of the State address Wednesday night, the candidates for governor from both parties guaranteed to tackle the rising costs of higher education. Engler promised to leave the future governor with a healthier budget than when he took office in 1991, though he did not endorse any specific candidate. "I will not leave to the next governor the mess that was left to me," Engler said. Both Attorney General Jennifer Granholm, a Democratic candidate, and Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus, a Republican candidate, agree on monitoring universities' abilities to raise tuition above inflation rates. "I recommended the creation of a Michi- gan tuition savings plan so that families can save for college with tax free dollars," said Posthumus. He added his support for a plan that would reward universities who maintain low tuition rates and punish those do not. "It is not acceptable to raise rates on the backs of students when there are other means of securing funding," said Granholm. "You have got to haul (the university boards) in and tell them that that funding is going to be compromised if (they) don't keep tuition at a reasonable level," she added. Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem Twp.) plans to use student scholarship money to bol- ster overall higher education funding. "We've got to look at delaying the tax cut, but (Engler) says he's not going to do it," Smith said. "I would certainly look very hard as governor of the state at the money we've set aside for the merit scholarships. ... I can serve a lot more students by putting those dollars in higher education." Sen. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek) defended Engler's past commitment to higher education. "Because it wasn't an integral part of the State of the State message doesn't mean that it hasn't been discussed intensively and in agendas detail," he said. Schwarz is running for the GOP nomination. "The 15 state universities would consider it a triumph if there were no cut. ... I have that opportunity (to maintain funding) as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education," he added. U.S. Rep. David Bonior (D-Mt. Clemens) said that as governor he would address the single business tax and income tax to ensure the availability of resources for higher educa- tion. Former Gov. James Blanchard, also running for the Democratic nomination, was absent Wednesday. In total, seven candidates have announced their intentions to run for their par- ties nominations. The Republican and Democra- tic primaries will take place in early August. r Mmm Mmm Good! Court gives Hope college police power off-campus PHOTOG/Daily HOLLAND (AP) - The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Hope College police officers deputized by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Depart- ment can enforce laws off campus. Ottawa County Assistant Prosecutor Jon Hulsing said the ruling is "a huge- ly important decision" for the sheriff's office. "This is the first appellate opinion we have addressing this issue," Huls- ing told The Grand Rapids Press for a story yesterday. "From that perspec- tive, it's important." Local judges ruled earlier that Hope police can be deputized and enforce laws beyond the campus bounds. A motorist convicted of drunken driving challenged that assertion and appealed to the higher court. Motorist David Lee VanTubbergen argued that the relationship between the sheriff's department and college's Department of Public Safety violated constitutional protections that separate church and state. But in an opinion issued Wednes- day, the appellate court in Lansing decided that the arrangement is legal and denied VanTubbergen's appeal. Judges Richard Griffin, Hilda Gage and Patrick Meter signed the ruling. Hope police arrested VanTubbergen on July 15, 1997, in Holland while the two officers were driving from one college-owned property to another. Holland District Judge Hannes Meyers Jr. rejected defense motions to suppress evidence arising from the arrest and convicted VanTubbergen in a bench trial. Ottawa County Circuit Judge Edward Post later affirmed the ruling. Defense attorney Donald Hann argued that Hope College police offi- cers were not authorized to make traf- fic stops and arrest anyone off college property. It violates state and federal A worker at New York Pizza Depot on Williams St. takes freshly cooked pizzas out of the oven yesterday Driling ban OK'd by House LANSING (AP) - The Michigan House overwhelm- Township, Ken Bradstreet of Gaylord, Clark Bisbee of ingly approved legislation yesterday to ban additional Jackson, Steve Vear of Hillsdale, Susan Tabor of Eaton drilling from the state's shoreline under the Great Lakes. County's Delta Township and Cameron Brown of Sturgis The legislation wouldpermanently prohibit the state voted against the drilling ban. from issuing drilling leases. It would extend the federal Drolet said he's worried the ban would force more oil government's ban on drilling for oil and gas under the to be shipped across the Great Lakes to Michigan. Great Lakes, which ends September 2003. "It's better to get oil from below the lakes than to bring "We don't care what the federal government is doing," in oil four inches from the water," he said. "This ban may about drilling, said Rep. Scott Shackleton, the Sault Ste. further endanger the lakes." Marie Republican who introduced the bill. "The Great The bill goes to the state Senate, which will likely, Lakes belong to the Great Lake states." approve it. A number of House Republicans failed to amend the Gov. John Engler has been a supporter of drilling under bill to end it at the same time as the federal ban. They the Great Lakes. He says a drilling ban isn't scientifically said lawmakers should evaluate the state law after the fed- justified and that drilling can be done safely. eral government completes its study on drilling. "We can continue to move forward with drilling in The House voted 98-7 to approve the bill. Republican the state of Michigan without an impact on the lakes," Reps. Larry DeVuyst of Alma, Leon Drolet of Clinton Engler spokeswoman Susan Shafer said yesterday. Wayne State president looking to upgrade university's image "It allows people who are paid by non-governmental agencies to enforce the law." - Donald Hann Defense attorney constitutions, he said. Hann also argued that using employees of a religious school - Hope is affiliated with Reformed Church in America - had the effect of improperly advancing religion because "knowing their paycheck comes from a Christian college could greatly affect the (officers') actions" and "allowing a Christian college to become a public police force is an excessive entanglement." But the appeals court found "no intent on the part of the government to either aid, promote, restrict, hinder or otherwise affect religion or any reli- gious organization." It said the danger of Hope officers intentionally or inadvertently imposing personal religious beliefs was mini- mal. The officers are bound by state laws, not college rules, while off campus, the appeal court ruled. Hann said he wasn't surprised that his appeal was denied but expressed concern that the ruling gives sheriff's departments sweeping powers. "It allows people who are paid by non-governmental agencies to enforce the law," he said. Hulsing said the Legislature intended to give sheriffs the power to deputize. DETROIT (AP) - Irvin Reid wants Wayne State University to shed its image as a low-profile commuter school. As its president since 1997, he's worked tirelessly to make Wayne State - already Michigan's third-largest university, with 30,000 students - a bigger player in the state's higher edu- cation scene. That effort has included drawing students not just from metropolitan Detroit but also from around the world; upgrading the level at which its sports teams compete; and scouring the country for donations. Outside of Michigan, "when you say 'Wayne State,' people say, 'Where is it?"' Reid said in a report yesterday in the Detroit Free Press. "Ninety percent of our students come from within a 50-mile radius of the campus. I'm try- ing to broaden our reach." Some students and faculty members grouse about cutbacks to academic programs and steadily rising tuition under Reid's regime. Others find him more accessible than his predecessor, David Adamany, now president of Temple University in Philadelphia. "Reid has involved faculty in as many things as he can," said Seymour Wolfson, a faculty member for 26 years and president of the Wayne State Academic Senate, which represents 3,000 faculty members. "He talks to us about budget issues. He will come to the policy meetings of the Academic Senate, and we would never get that with Adamany." Under Reid's guidance, Wayne State has: Begun building an $18.5-million welcome center and a $6-million bookstore, scheduled to open in August. Received $127.9 million in pri- vate gifts from fiscal year 1997-2000, about 40 percent more than the $78.6 million received in fiscal year 1993- 1996. Begun construction of the univer- sity's first dormitory, an $18-million structure that will house 360 students, starting in August. It is part of a plan to have 5,000 beds on campus by 2022. Begun upgrading all of its athletic teams to NCAA Division I - the highest level of college athletic com- petition - from Division II. Reid's critics wonder whether these and other initiatives are causing acade- mic quality and affordability to suffer. Freshman tuition for 15 credits increased from $1,620 per semester in 1997 to $1,944 in 2001. During the same period, a semester's tuition for master's degree candidates taking 12 credits rose from $1,908 to $2,492. Reid said he explored ways to mini- mize the impact on students before every tuition increase, but declining state funding effectively forced him to raise tuition each year. "The school is blaming the state" for decreased support "and the state is blaming the school," said Rodney Day, a freshman computer science major from Detroit. "Then, we're the ones who get hit the hardest." Budgets for academic programs, meanwhile, have lost nearly $3 million under Reid, according to the Free Press. 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