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Monday, September 24, 2007 - 7A
SENATE
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els for K-12 schools. After vot-
ing, senators began talking again
behind closed doors, meaning
Senate action might not be done
for the night.
Granholm has not detailed
what a shutdown might look like
if no budget solution is reached
in the days remaining. But there
could be a wide range of disrupt-
ed services including fewer state
police patrols, closed secretary of
state branches and state parks,
no health screenings, and pos-
sibly the shutdown of the Michi-
gan Lottery and Detroit casinos
if state regulators aren't work-
ing. Payments to K-12 schools
and universities also would be
affected.
If the income tax rate is raised
from the current 3.9 percent to
4.6 percent, the increase would
raise about $1.1 billion, leav-
ing roughly $650 million to be
resolved through cuts or other
revenue increases.
Senate Republicans last week
offered to vote on an income tax
rate of 4.3 percent, which would
raise roughly $660 million and
leave about $1.09 billion in cuts.
Democrats were opposed to that
planbecause it didn'traise enough
money, so it was never voted on.
Senate Republicans have
approved a 30-day extension of
the current budget structure,
which would buy lawmakers a
little more time to craft a long-
LIBRARIES
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were canceled to journals with
lower demand.
Students who want to use jour-
nals whose subscriptions have
been canceled completely will
have to use the Interlibrary Loan
program to request them from
other libraries around the world.
Courant said it's possible that,
a journal might not be available
through the loan program if it
becomes too obscure for univer-
sities to maintain a copy.
"It's a real concern," he said.
Eventually, though, most of
the journals the University sub-
scribes to could be available only
online, said Bryan Skib, a senior
associate librarian.
"That's certainly the direction
we're headed," he said.
The University Library budget
has gone up by an average of 3.1
percent per year since 2004.
According to Library Jour-
nal magazine, the average sub-
scription price of national arts
and humanities journals has
increased 6.8 percent per year
since 2003. National social sci-
ence journals increased 9.2 per-
cent and national sciencejournals
increased by 8.3 percent.
In an April letter addressed
to the University's deans, Cou-
rant explained that he was ask-
ing librarians to cut 2 percent in
spendingfor the fiscalyearbecause
CAFE
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The designs, drawn up by a
San Diego architecture firm, call
for a central oval counter facing
the library's entrance. The exist-
ing walls will be removed and
replaced by an open lounge area
with tables, chairs and couches.
The caf6 will serve beverages,
snacks and health foods - amenu
similar to that of MuJo Cafe, the
coffee shop at the Duderstadt
Center on North Campus.
Although no start date has
been set, construction companies
will begin bidding on the project
in upcoming weeks.
Askwith, who graduated from
the University in 1931 and wrote
for The Michigan Daily, paid his
own tuition during the Great
Depression
StrandedinAnnArbor by aNew
York Central Railroad strike in
1928, Askwith - at the time a Uni-
versity student - rented a bus and
set up a business at the Michigan
Union to sell tickets to his friends.
After graduating, Askwith
dropped his journalistic ambitions
and moved his small company,
Campus Coach Lines, to the New
York metro area. It caught on, and
Askwith now runs the company
with his daughter, Patti Kenner.
Kenner serves on the Board
of Directors at Carnegie Mel-
lon University in Pittsburgh and
has already helped open anoth-
er coffee shop on that campus,
the Maggie Murph Cafe at the
school's Hunt Library.
term solution. Democrats have
resisted a continuation budget,
saying a long-term fix to Michi-
gan's financial problems should
not be delayed.
Frustration is building across
the state's political spectrum.
Conservative Republican Sen.
Alan Sanborn of Richmond and
a liberal leaning group called
Progress Michigan each have
called for salaries of lawmakers
to be docked if a budget deal isn't
done soon.
The House began its session
yesterday by passing bills to
extend some current fees into the
next budget year. The fees - cov-
ering groundwater discharge
permits, criminal background
checks and other services - iere
kept at their current levels. But
they would have expired at the
end of this month if they hadn't
been extended.
Rep.. Craig DeRoche of Novi,
the House's top ranking Republi-
can, called on Democrats to again
putup theirtaxincrease proposal
and allow members of both par-
ties to vote their conscience.
Avote on the proposal Thurs-
day night and Friday morning
got bogged down in partisan
bickering, as six Democrats
opposedthe measure and anoth-
er didn't vote while waiting for
more GOP support. Democrats
hold a 58-52 advantage in the
House and could send a tax
increase proposal to the Senate
without any Republican votes if
they had their own members on
board.
of $29.6 million in appropriations
withheld by the state. The let-
ter also mentioned an increase in
online-only subscriptions as a way
to save money and space.
But even if a subscription is
canceled completely, it doesn't
mean it's permanently banished
from the University libraries.
SkibsaidtheUniversityisalways
reevaluating its subscriptions, and
if a faculty member asks for a spe-
cific journal, the University would
consider subscribing to it.
He saidifsomeonesearchingfor
a canceled article or book couldn't
find it through the Interlibrary
Loan program, reference librar-
ians would work to find other
materials on the same subject.
Students don't all see the
migration of journals from paper
to the Internet as a negative.
"With the world increasingly
going online to get its informa-
tion, I almost want to see it being
offered on the Internet," LSA
freshman Aaron Kaplan said.
Others said they think online
subscriptions are more conve-
nient than print.
"I'd prefer it to be online. That
way I wouldn't have to come (to
the library) to do my research,"
LSA senior Jaclyn Goldberg said.
"Interlibrary loan is too incon-
venient for most students to
use. The want their information
quickly."
- Scott Mills contributed
to this report.
Brenda Johnson, an associate
librarian at the University who is
leading the caf6's planning, said
Bert's marks just the first phase
of changes that are being talked
about for the UGLi.
Another recent addition to the
libraryisnew peer tutoringhours,
which will be offered on the first
floor of the library starting next
week. This will be a part of the
Sweetland Writing Center's Peer
Tutoring Center in Angell Hall
that offers help for undergradu-
ate students writing papers.
While these are the only proj-
ects currently planned, Johnson
said the library is considering
other ideas. Group study spaces,
mediaandtechnicallearningcen-
ters and an exhibition space have
been discussed - all of which
would make the UGLi more like
the Duderstadt Center.
"There's hope and expectation
that we can do some new things
here," Johnson said.
Members of several focus
groups - made up of staff, faculty
and students - shared their ideas
for the caf6.
Bert's hours, for example,
though not yet set, will be altered
according to student demand
after its opening. Extended hours
during finals have also been dis-
cussed.
Some students still expressed
concern about basic problems
with the UGLi's existingsetup.
"A cafe's a great idea," LSA
senior Daniel Nutters said. "Now
all the UGLi needs is (more) elec-
trical sockets."
After the funeral for Shakey Jake Woods, mourners took to the streets of Ann Arbor, walking through the streets, blocking traffic and singing songs. They stopped at some of
Woods's favorite haunts.
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Street, Kilwin's Chocolate Shoppe
on Liberty Street - and blocking
traffic as they walked.
People packed into every nook of
the funeral home on Fourth Avenue
yesterday, content to stare at wall-
paper just so they could hear the
memorial service given in the main
chapel for Shakey Jake.
After he died, fliers, e-mail lists
and blogs publicized the memorial.
People told their friends.
So they came. There were mem-
bers of the Woods family, elderly
ladies in straw hats, a man with a
cowboy hat and black leather chaps
and local musicians.
Standing in front of an altar con-
taining Woods's guitar and photo-
graphs, four speakers talked about
their relationships with him at the
memorial. Several televisions played
a short film about him made by three
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the process after Savoy told his
story.
Savoy, dressed in a dark gray
suit with a tan undershirt and tie,
recounted to the jury and Judge
Elizabeth Hines his version of what
he did that day, including the time
he was in the tunnel.
He said he had just finished
eating dinner at the Junge Fam-
ily Champions Center, attached to
Crisler Arena, when he noticed that
the gate to the Michigan Stadium
University students in 1998.
The speeches totaled about an
hour. At intervals, one or two peo-
ple could be heard crying, butimore
often what was heard was laughter
during the anecdotes that made up
most of the ceremony.
Keith Hafner, owner of a Main
Street karate school, began the
service with a prayer, invoking
Woods's favorite mantra by saying
he was sure Woods is "on the move
in the kingdom of heaven."
Hafner said he viewed Woods as
a businessman. Woods would beat
H afner to Main Street every morn-
ing and often came into the school
with something to sell. Hafner said
after he filled a file cabinet with
things he had bought from Woods,
he would give them back. Then the
process would begin again.
He said the community's out-
pouring of support for Woods
should be an example for everyone.
tunnel was open.
He decided to- see what was
going on and take a few pictures
with his new phone. He showed the
three pictures to the jury. The first
two had a timestamp of 7:32 p.m.
and the third of 7:33 p.m., around
the same time the accuser alleged
Savoy exposed himself.
Savoy said he didn't remember
seeing the athletic trainer or talk-
ing to her, and he said he was shak-
en up by the accusation.
"This is an embarrassment, espe-
cially sne it is a female," said Savoy
on the stand. "I respectfemales. I'm
still embarrassed at this moment."
"Letthe spiritof Jake be honored
by the way we treat the less fortu-
nate in our community," he said.
The second person to speak was
Carol Lopez, owner of Peaceable
Kingdom, a small folk art shop on
Main Street in Ann Arbor. Lopez
organized the memorial and was a
close friend of Woods and his fam-
ily, having met Woods in Ann Arbor
30 years ago.
Webster Kirksey, a neighbor
from Woods's years in Saginaw, and
Robert Woods, Jake Woods's eldest
nephew, were the last to speak.
Robert Woods spoke on behalf of
the Woods family and described his
uncle in the years before he moved
to Ann Arbor. Robert Woods said
some relatives didn't want him
to move to Ann Arbor because he
would be alone and could possibly
be mistreated, but the family now
appreciates the city for the way it
embraced him.
The jury left to deliberate at 5:46
p.m. About a half-hour later, the
jury returned a not guiltyverdict.
Roumel said there wasn't suf-
ficient evidence to support the
charges. He said Savoy was relieved
he can move on with his life.
"There was no hint of a reason
suggested in court of why he would
do that to her," Roumel said.
The redshirt sophomore was
removed from the team following
his arrest on July,23, and Michigan
Coach Lloyd Carr said after Satur-
day's game that he would talk to
Savoy on Sunday to discuss Savoy's
status.
In Robert Woods's childhood,
Jake Woods was more than a fun
uncle. He said Jake Woods was a
great softball pitcher, dedicated to
extravagant fashion and a winner
with the women. Robert Woods
said he thought Jake Woods had a
wife, though he's not sure the two
were ever married. Her name was
Game Buster.
Charles Birden, a nephew that
Jake Woods liked to call Jukebox,
hugged and thanked Lopez after
the ceremony. Birden said he and
other members of Woods's fam-
ily grew close to Lopez during the
trips they took from Saginaw to
check up on him.
Birdensaidthereweremore than
30 family members spanning three
generations at the ceremony.
One of Jake Woods's relatives, a
great-nephew named Tracy Woods,
closed the community ceremony by
singing the Lord's Prayer.
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