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Monday, November 16, 2009 - 9A
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, November 16, 2009 - 9A
Police looking
for suspect in
Friday's parking
structure assault
Official says two
men approached
man who was
urinating in lot
By MATT AARONSON
Daily News Editor
Ann Arbor police are looking
for two suspects in connection
to an alleged assault in a Forest
Street parkingstructure early Fri-
day morning that left a 20-year-
old University of Michigan student
hospitalized with a broken jaw.
Detective Dave Monroe said the
victim, who was alone at the time
of the alleged assault, told police
he was urinating in the parking
structure at about 2:30 a.m. Friday
morning,whenhewasapproached
by two men. The victim told police
that the men were angered by
his urinating, and that they con-
fronted him about it, according to
Monroe.
Monroe said that, according to
the victim, one of the men then
assaulted the victim before leav-
ing the parking structure with the
other man.
The man who allegedly assault-
ed the student, described by Mon-
roe as a 5'9" to 510", 175 to 180
lbs. white male in his early twen-
ties wearing a white t-shirt and
jeans, may have mentioned being
a United States Marine or being
affiliated with the Marine Corps
during the course of the alterca-
tion, Monroe said.
Monroe described the other
man as a 5'6" to 5'7",145 to 150 lbs.
white male in his early twenties
wearing a dark collared shirt at
the time of the incident.
Monroe said the two unidenti-
fied men may be connected to a
"red-colored pickup or SUV."
Peoplewithanyinformationare
asked to call the Ann Arbor Police
Department at (734) 794-6911 or
Detective Monroe at (734) 794-
6930 ext. 49308 with any informa-
tion related to the incident.
ARIEL BOND/Daily
Rep. John Dingell speaks at the Ann Arbor Community Center on Thursday. In an interview that day, Dingell discussed the passage of landmark health care reform legislation.
DINGELL
From Page 1A
and pay for health care, Dingell
said,byprovidingsubsidies forlow-
income individuals and lowering
health insurance costs for business-
es. The thought is that this would in
turn make industries in Michigan
more competitive.
For Michigan citizens living in
the 15th congressional district,
the new legislation would provide
34,000 uninsured individuals with
health coverage, provide 160,000
families with health coverage cred-
its and prevent 1,800 families from
going bankrupt by insuring protec-
tion for health care costs, according
to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce's website.
Businesses with more than a
$500,000 payrollwill berequired to
cover all of their employees' health
insurance. But if a business choos-
es not to, Dingell said, it would be
LAWSUIT
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door. Though they didn't have
radiation protection devices like a
survey meter or dosimeter, Hart-
man continued to walk further into
the lab.
Hartman then turned to McGee
and asked him if the machine that
contained the Cesium 137 was on or
off, McGee testified.
McGee said he thought Hartman
knew what he was doing, and when
he proved he didn't know if they
were protected from radiation,
McGee said he immediately left.
McGee said he then went home
and called Joseph Miklos, an Occu-
pational Safety and Environmental
Health coordinator for the Uni-
versity, to find out if he had been
exposed to radiation.
In his testimony last Thursday,
Miklos said he told McGee that he
couldn't have been exposed to radi-
ation because the Cesium had been
inactive since December.
However, McGee said in his tes-
timony that Miklos told him at the
time that he didn't know for sure
and that Kearfott would have a bet-
ter answer.
McGee contacted Kearfott, who
became upset upon hearing that
McGee and Hartman entered her
lab without permission, contrary to
what Hartman told McGee.
The two then met at Kearfott's
lab to check on the machine and
penalized with a graduated tax of
up to 2.5 percent.
Changes to business tax poli-
cies in the legislation will allow
for improved coverage for 488,000
residents in the 15th congressional
districtwho rely on employer-based
health insurance and provide tax
credits to 11,600 small businesses in
the district, according to the com-
mittee's website.
Opponents of the new legisla-
tion say the bill is too repressive in
requiring individuals to purchase
health care and small businesses
to provide health care for their
employees or face penalties.
In response to these arguments,
Dingell said the health care system
must be reformed to address the
health care needs of the 40 mil-
lion Americans who have no health
care. Because the legislation would
provide a variety of options for
individuals and businesses, Ding-
ell said people will have the choice
between continuing their current
health care plan or to decide which
new health care option best suits
their needs.
"We cannot afford the current
system and have to make signifi-
cant changes," Dingell said.
The legislation also includes
the recently added Stupak amend-
ment that prevents insurance plans,
including private plans paid for
through government subsidies, to
pay for abortions.
For opponents of abortion, the
amendment's inclusion in the
legislation was seen as a big vic-
tory for the pro-life cause. But for
those in favor of a woman's right to
choose, the amendment was seen
as a big step back, or as "the great-
est restriction of a woman's right to
choose to pass in our careers," as
Rep. Diana DeGette, (D-Colorado)
told The New York Times.
Dingell, anoted supporter of the
pro-choice community, said that
the amendment goes too far.
"Originally we had tried in the
drafting of the bill to see to it that
the bill was absolutely neutral and
that nothing change per federal
law with regard to abortion," he
said. "The Stupak amendment goes
further than that and says that
now private policies offered on the
exchange will not, or cannot offer
abortion."
The health care bill now faces a
tougher test in the Senate, where
the Democrats hold a smaller
majority.
Dingellsaidhe can'tpredictwhat
the Senate will do with the bill but
said he is hopeful the Senate will
move the bill forward soon.
"As we go through and see how
the due legislation works, if we're
able to get it to the president, which
I contend that we shall, how it
works so that we can then figure out
what will be the next steps in terms
of seeing to it that every American
has health care and that health
care is no longer a privilege and has
become right," Dingell said.
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Kearfott found that it was off,
McGee testified.
In her testimony last Thursday,
Kearfott said the safety system pro-
tecting the source was not working
correctly prior to when the two men
entered the lab, but claimed this
would have made it more difficult for
the men to be exposed to radiation.
McGee claimed he was termi-
nated for reporting Hartman's
safety violations to Radiation Safe-
ty Service.
In his testimony Friday, Hart-
man said he wanted to dismiss
McGee weeks before the incident
because he was not fulfilling his job
responsibilities.
Hartman testified that the timing
of McGee's termination was coinci-
dental and that it did not have to do
with the incident in Kearfott's lab.
McGee started working for
Hartman in July 2007, when Hart-
man became director of the Neu-
tron Science Lab.
McGee's job was to finish the
safety systems and shielding for a
neutron generator in the lab. Hart-
man testified that McGee agreed to
have the projects completed by fall
2007,butthathe endedup finishing
the shielding in September 2007.
On Dec. 4 Hartman said he
e-mailed McGee a number of jobs
he wanted to be completed by the
end of the year, in addition to the
completion of the safety system.
Over the next two months, Hart-
man said McGee had only finished
four of the tasks on the list.
Hartman testified that he con-
tacted William Martin, chair of the
Nuclear Engineering and Radio-
logical Sciences department, about
terminating McGee at the end of
the semester.
However,.Hartman said Martin
encouraged him to keep McGee and
proposed that the department pay
for McGee's winter 2008 salary.
Hartman complied with Mar-
tin's request, but told McGee he
wanted the safety system com-
pleted by Feb. 1.
According to Hartman, McGee
constantly missed deadlines and
didn't show up to work.
In his testimony, McGee said
he had a-good relationship with
Hartman until the safety vio-
lations occurred. He cited- an
instance in January in which his
friend passed away and that Hart-
man had been very sympathetic -
letting him take time off to attend
the funeral.
But, McGee said, Hartman's
friendly demeanor changed after
the incident. He said Hartman
didn't speak to him at work.
OnFeb.19 Hartmansent McGee
an e-mail that included targeted
dates for McGee to complete his
assignments. Hartman also asked
McGee to call him to talk about
the schedule.
After McGee did not respond,
Hartman sent him an e-mail on
Feb. 20 informing McGee of his
dismissal, but said he would be
paid for the rest of the semester.
The seven-member jury was dis-
missed Friday evening after nine
and a half hours of testimony. The
trial was scheduled to resume this
morning at 10 a.m, and the jury is
expected to reach a verdict this
afternoon.
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