The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 7 City Council debates addition of traffic lirht at inters ection COUNCIL Continued from Page 1 concerns to the city's School Safety Commis- sion in 1990. "We called and visited three private schools and three public schools in Ann Arbor to ask them about the safety measures they institut- ed for their students, and we also took pic- tures of their intersections and our intersection," she said. The city conducted a survey in response to their concerns but after the survey, officials said they couldn't disrupt traffic flow, Abouzahr said. Non-Muslim Ann Arbor residents also spoke at the meeting in favor of and against the installation of a traffic light. "The streets and highways of America are littered with signs and signals that were the product of hasty, emotional decisions," Ann Arbor resident David Sponseller said. He said Ann Arbor drivers depend on Plymouth Road to reach downtown. He added he considers it strange that the Muslim community built their mosque in an area where visitors would need to cross North Campus to reach it. But Abouzahr said when the Islamic Center was built, Plymouth Road was a country road and had only two lanes. Instead of a traffic light, Sponseller pro- posed that the city install a pedestrian island and crosswalk, adding large warning signs, a floodlight and a crossguard for school chil- dren if needed. Nazih Hassan, former president of the Muslim Community Association, said new signs have been added for drivers heading east on Plymouth, as well as flashing lights and floodlights. "We are strongly urging the city to add a traffic light there because the road is curved and sloped, and people turning left from either direction will not see pedestrians cross- ing until they are near the mosque entrance," Hassan said. The AAPD has provided temporary police Wv JV W W ~ N v W v' Nv patrols to safeguard the Islamic Center area and intersection during iftar time and on Fri- day afternoons, when Muslims come to the mosque to attend a communal prayer. Hassan said there have been other accidents in the past at that intersection, but not fatal ones. Most residents who spoke in favor of the traffic light at the City Council meeting agree that it is a busy road and discussed fatal accidents that occurred at other Plymouth Road intersections. Councilwoman Kim Groome (D-1st Ward) said she did not attend the meetings with Muslim community leaders but had hoped a proposal would be drafted for a traffic light installation. "I think we need something on our agenda and we need to make known our hopes to the Muslim community," Groome said. She added that she is concerned about students' safety in the North Campus area because the develop- ment of two private housing structures for students have been approved for that area. Groome said city transportation staff decid- ed to do a traffic flow study of the intersec- tion to assess whether a traffic light should be installed. Initially, the study was supposed to take 24 hours but the deadline for that report has now been extended to the week of Nov. 24, Groome said. A separate resolution to convert the Dhu Var- ren and Omlesaad junction into a four-way stop intersection was on yesterday's agenda. Groome said this resolution was likely to be approved at the meeting and questioned why the circumstances were different for each intersection. "The traffic analysis will measure traffic vol- ume at the site and then look at corresponding sections in the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices," city Chief Engineer Homayoon Triooz said about the study. He said requirements for stop intersections, pedestrian-activated traffic lights and regular traffic lights are different for the measure- ment of traffic flow. These requirements are different for each traffic device, Triooz said. STRIKE Continued from Page 1 December. "Not all those people are on strike at the moment," said Bor- ders magazine clerk Jon Okey, an employee for six years. "I'd say about 25 to 30 employees are striking. Some can't afford to go on strike." Wages are a main concern for the employees protesting. The living wage in Ann Arbor is $10.40 without employee benefits and $9.45 with benefits, said Brad Bachelor, Borders bookseller and employee for three years. Currently, starting wages are $6.50 for cashiers and $7 for floor clerks at Borders, he added. "We do get benefits at the moment but they have been scaled back," Bachelor said. "Since the union was formed about a year ago, (Borders) has put a lot of pressure on us to get us to quit. They tried to target union members and talk them out ofjoining." The average wage at Borders is $8.58 per hour, which is above the average wage in the Detroit area, according to the National Retail Federation, Roman said. Bachelor said around the time when the union formed, man- agement began implementing bag searches for employees and requiring them to show receipts for food purchases. "There should be some trust with the employees," Bache- lor said. Employees in the cafe are allowed to have a drink that is worth up to $3 for free, Bachelor said. In one incident, a long- time cafe employee was fired after he decided to take a free bagel instead of the free drink. "Job security is another big issue. People's positions were cut. Their hours were cut," Bachelor said. "There has been an aura of tension in the store." But these changes in employee requirements and job posi- tions are routine, Roman said. "Staffimg levels are adjusted on a weekly basis at all Borders stores to be at par with sales and requirements such as bag checks are common to any retail store." LSA senior Ruben Duran went to Borders to apply for a job and was told that temporary and seasonal positions were avail- able. "While I was there, they were training a new employee on the computer," he said. But Roman rebutted rumors that the strike has affected hir- ing, saying that the increase in new employees occurs every year as the holiday season approaches. Students on campus have been flyering, e-mailing and pick- eting to raise support for the Borders employees' strike. Stu- dents formed Borders Readers United to spread awareness among other students about the situation at the store. The University libraries get their new books from the store, Aidenbaum said. "We went to MSA to get the University to cut all ties with Borders," she added. The resolution "didn't get passed but we are trying to do it again because a lot of people who we knew supported it had to leave the meeting early." ELECTIONS Continued from Page 1 would have voted it down," Mironov added. There was also speculation as to whether MSA created an entirely new CSJ, disregarding the fact that there were still several active CSJ members. Jun Takayasu, a masters in business administration student, was appointed to the CSJ two years ago and claims he's still a board member. "I'm not try- ing to get my job back. ... I'm just more annoyed at the procedure that it basically violated the code," he said. Mironov said that CSJ justices were not appointed last winter term. Accord- ing to the MSA constitution, the posi- tion lasts only one year, and as such, all of the justice positions appointed in the fall of 2002 had expired. Nolan said he was disappointed with MSA. "I'm extremely frustrated at MSA's futility at this point. Two years ago ... we were actually working on student concerns," he added. "We're now at the point where the MSA president and the assembly didn't even know who CSJ is. ... The MSA president should have a good working relationship with CSJ, let alone know- ing they exist," he added. Mironov said that elections will take place as planned and that the newly appointed CSJ will function as needed to oversee possible election disputes. GEO Continued from Page 1 plans. "I think that we are redesigning how to help people make prudent choices," Hilton said. "It's a huge challenge nationally." Hilton said it makes sense for both sides not to take action until MERC comes down with a final decision. "If they find in favor of GEO's position, we'll abide by that," Hilton said, adding that he expected the same from GEO if MERC ruled in favor of the University. DRINKS Continued from Page 1 into their drinks. Lauren Musu, a waitress at the Brown Jug said she makes drinks uniformly. "Our mixed drinks have one to two shots which is one and a half to three ounces of alcohol," Musu said. Most stores in Ann Arbor stock 20- ounce plastic cups, which have the capacity to hold far greater alcohol than the amount typically accepted for a single beer or a mixed drink. Still, many students opt for cans over cups to avoid downing any mixed sur- prises. "I usually only go to places where I can drink out of a can. When people make mixed drinks it can be really open, I've seen people just pouring stuff into a pitcher," LSA sophomore-- Rachel Leifer said. She added that she thought binge drinking is much more likely when drinking out of cups, as the person pouring rarely keeps track of how much alcohol goes into the cup. LSA senior Kendon Wilson recalled a common party experience. "People try and get the most alcohol they can with a cup. At a party, when I see someone making a drink they don't stop pouring until the other person says 'stop,"' Wilson says. 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