NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 3 Regents' race remains too close to ca B Aymar Jors aDaily Staff Reporter Incumbents Maynard, Taylor lead race for two seats with most votes counted Students will have to wait at least another day to know with certainty how the Univer- sity's leadership for the next eight years will shape up. With 78 percent of Michigan precincts reporting early this morning, current regents Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) and S. Mar- tin Taylor (D-Grosse Pointe Farms) led with 25 and 23 percent of the votes, respectively. Republican challengers Patrick Anderson of Bath Township and Carl Meyers of Dearborn trailed were close behind, with 23 and 22 percent of the vote. Anderson trailed Taylor by 27,676 votes. The top two vote-getters will take the spots alongside the other three Democrats and Republicans on the University's Board of Regents. The regents positions are not paid but can be influential. The regents, who are similar to the University's board of directors, vote to approve the University's budget, faculty and administrative appointments, the con- struction of new buildings and academic initiatives. In the past few terms, the regents have agreed to hold tuition to the rate of inflation, agreed to construction plans for both the new Depression Center and Central Cam- pus parking structures and decided to sup- port the University's use of race-conscious admissions. LSA Senior Nathaniel Damren, a Green Party candidate, acquired less than 1 per- cent of the vote, and most of the other third party candidates also received less than 1 percent. Taylor and Maynard, both elected to the board in 1996, have been supporters of the University's affirmative action policies. Both have also supported providing domes- tic partner benefits for same-sex couples, a policy that could potentially be challenged after Proposal 2 passed yesterday. Taylor, an executive vice president of DTE Energy Company in Detroit, has made tuition and state funding two of his key issues. The University has not stressed the importance of higher education to the economic health of the state, Taylor has said, causing part of the decrease in state funding. With a lack of funding, the University is finding it difficult to keep tuition down. Taylor also has pledged to increase minority enrollment at the University. "We need to change the dialogue in the state," Taylor said in a recent interview. "It almost now seems as though in Lansing higher education is sort of the bad guy." Maynard, president of Planned Parenthood in Michigan and The Michigan Prospect in Flint, also has strongly supported hold- ing down tuition costs and making college more accessible to middle and low-income students. She is also a supporter of the Life Sciences Institute. Anderson, who founded the consulting firm Anderson Economic Group LLC, said he would bring more accountability to the Board of Regents, including putting the race-conscious admissions procedures to a vote. Anderson also wants to pursue a more aggressive policy toward the Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Legislature in obtaining state funding. "My main theme has been to make the board of regents more active in representing the systems that elected them," Anderson said. He is also pushing for "public votes on major policy issues like admissions and cur- riculum," he added. But Anderson has noted that he holds no personal feelings against the two incum- University Board of Regents OLIVIA MAYNARD, 1,540,924 votes - 25 percent DEMOCRAT S. MARTIN TAYLOR, 1,411,354 votes - 23 percent DEMOCRAT PATRICK ANDERSON, 1,383,678 votes - 23 percent REPUBLICAN CARL MEYERS, 1,358,777 votes - 22 percent REPUBLICAN Based on 78 percent of precincts reported bents, although he believes both Republi- cans would better serve the University. "I have a great deal of respect for Olivia and Martin and what they've done for the University in the past eight years," he said. Agreeing with Anderson's assertion that the University should pursue a more aggres- sive stance toward the state, Meyers said he also supports lowering tuition costs, but believes his record as a businessman makes him fiscally responsible. Meyers is the senior vice president of investments at Raymond James and Associ- ates. Meyers said this year's new application is too difficult and needs to be simplified. A2 voters pass initiative to legalize By Leslie Rott Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor residents passed a ballot p posal, to allow the use of marijuana medicinal purposes, yesterday. Proposal C will waive fines for medi marijuana patients and their caregivers w receive the recommendation of a physic or other qualified health professional toi marijuana for medical treatment. The proposal also changes the curt law in Ann Arbor to lower the fine for third and all subsequent marijuana offen for non medical users to $100. These fi include possession, control, use, giving am or selling of marijuana. Although medical marijuana users wo avoid fines under the law, the police are required to return any marijuana that t may seize from patients. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has spoken against the use of medical marijuana, wa ing it will still be illegal to use, possess or marijuana under state and federal law. In response to the passing of Proposal Dan Solano,-a retired Detroit police offi and medical marijuana user, said the v sends a positive message to the state Leg lature. He also said he feels the vote is symbolic "It does symbolize that the public is beh amending the laws so patients will have & medical marijuana said when she has access to marijuana, she RESULTS ON PROP. C feels better. "I am a better person, in better spirits, when I smoke a joint." ro- YE 74O/ Although Proposal C has not specified for Y jES /i conditions in which it would be legal for patients to use marijuana, in general medical ical No 25%/0 marijuana has been shown effective in treat- vho ing pain and nausea caused by AIDS, cancer, ian Based on 125 precincts voting multiple sclerosis and many other disorders. use Psychiatry Prof. Kirk Bower described the pros and cons of medical marijuana use. "The ent access to cannabis," he said. major pro is to provide relief of symptoms for the Scio Township Trustee Charles Ream, patients who do not respond to conventional ses who has been promoting the proposal, said, treatments," he said. nes "Initially, (the proposal) will help only a Bower added that a major drawback of ray small number of people, and then it will grow smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes to be quite a large amount once people real- is that it carries its own risks of cancer and uld ize how many ailments (cannabis) helps." other lung problems. not Rich Birkett, who lost a bid for a City The Food and Drug Administration has hey Council seat in Ann Arbor's 3rd ward, wrote also expressed doubt and disdain toward the the proposal. "There are quite a few people legalization of medical marijuana, suggesting out who use medical marijuana in Ann Arbor," further research is needed before legalization irn- Birkett said. for therapeutic uses can be recommended sell Jan Paliza, a 50-year-old Ann Arbor resi- Medical marijuana is already legal in nine dent, is one of those people. At age 14, a car states including California, Colorado and C, on Ford Road in Ypsilanti hit her, and in 1998, Vermont. In August, Detroit passed a law cer she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, legalizing medical marijuana in the city. ote but doctors still debate whether the diagnosis But on Nov. 29, the U.S. Supreme Court gis- is correct. "Since my car accident, I have felt will decide whether or not patients have a like a doctor's guinea pig," Paliza said, add- right to use cannabis in treating their illness- . ing that her life is a constant struggle. es when recommended to do so by a medical ind "When I take (traditional) medications, I professional. The court's decision could over- afe have to deal with the side effects." But Paliza rule Ann Arbor's new law. Corey Cox of Benzie County sits In Colonial Lanes yesterday with other proposal C Is a member of the National Organization for Reformation of Marijuana Laws. 'Hieftje re-elected mayor of A2 Democrat keeps 3rd ward seat on City Council By Anne Joling and Ekjyot Saini Daily Staff Reporters Yesterday's Ann Arbor City Coun- cil elections resulted in the re-elec- tion of all current council members, including Mayor John Hieftje and 3rd ward representative Jean Carl- berg, the only two members who faced challengers. The council, currently made up of 10 Democrats and one Republican, will remain unchanged for the next MAYORS RACE JOHN HIEFTJE, 1 JANE LUMM, R L31 Based on two years. Hieftje, who won the mayoral race with 38,028 votes, or 68 per- cent, now faces his third term. His opponent, Republican Jane Lumm, received 17,270 votes, 31 percent. Hieftje was ill and unable to com- ment on his victory, but his wife, Kathryn Goodson, made a victory speech on his behalf at the Demo- cratic headquarters on South Fourth Avenue. "We're very excited about our vic- tory - there will be a great team on the council," Goodson said. "The mayor had a strong opponent and they both ran a very serious campaign." Goodson also said Hieftje will continue working on his major tenets of fiscal responsibility and nurtur- ing and protecting the environment. Among Hieftje's main accomplish- ments was supporting the Green- belt Initiative to preserve parks and reduce urban sprawl in Ann Arbor. Lumm, who served on the coun- cil for three terms during the 1990s, said she felt good about her cam- paign, despite the loss. "I want to congratulate Mayor Hieftje on running a successful cam- paign. This election really wasn't about winning or losing, though. I feel I accomplished a lot, and through DEMOCRAT the various debates and forums we cre- ated a lot of good dialogue. I feel very positive. We did one for democ- racy," Lumm said. Carlberg, who facedtwochalleng- .EPUBLICAN ers, Green Party candidate Marc Reichardt and Lib- ertarian candidate Rich Birkett, came through with an overwhelming vic- tory. She received 125 precincts voting 6,318 votes, while Reichardt received 644 and Birkett received 452 votes, as of 12:30 am. "I'm glad to have won another election. I'm looking forward to serving two more years on the city council," Carlberg said. "I think there will be a lot of good opportu- nities in the next two years to work with students and see how we can address their concerns." Carlberg, who was elected to her sixth term on the council, said she will continue to work on a variety of projects in Ann Arbor, includ- ing plans to create more affordable housing in the downtown area. Reichardt said he largely attrib- uted his loss to people who voted a straight Democratic ticket. While Birkett lost his bid for coun- "If this is what the people want, this cil, he won a victory with yesterday's is what the people passing of Pro- get. For all the "We're very excited posal C. Birkett people who seem is the primary to complain about about our victory - author of Pro- City Council, posal C, which there's no other there will be a great now legalizes answer than to . medical mari- look at how they team on the council. juana in Ann voted," Reichardt Arbor. said. - Kathryn Goodson Council Reichardt, Wife of Ann Arbor members Kim who is the presi- Groome (D- dent of the Green Mayor John Hieftje 1st ward), Party of Michi- Joan Lowen- gan, said he has no plans to run for stein (D-2nd ward), Margie Teall any public offices in the near future, (D-4th ward) and Christ Easthope but said he will not disappear from (D-5th ward), also won re-election city politics. to the council, in uncontested races. Headaches? Michigan Head*Pain & Neurological Institute is conducting an in-clinic research study evaluating an investigational msedicatton for migrsine. Participants must be 18 to 75 years old and suffer no more than 2-8 headaches per month. 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