The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 7 - Site of South U. fire to be demolished this month From Page 1 A construction company JC Beal Construction was later hired, and the company's president Stewart Beal met with John Brink, project manager fdr the city of Ann Arbor, to discuss the demolition's timeline. Brink, who manages street permit guidelines and processing times, said the city's only require- ment was that the bulk of the demolition be done over the Uni- versity's winter break, in an effort to minimize any disruptions or inconveniences. "ThatwasthecityofAnnArbor's suggestion, and we were happy to comply with it," Beal said. To this end, smaller components of the teardown will begin on Dec. 14, but heavy equipment will not be brought in until Dec. 26, when construction will take place every day of the week. "We're going to get it done as quickly as possible," Beal said. "We know the importance of get- HURON RIVER From Page 1 most controversial issues around Ann Arbor. Councilmember Sabra Briere (D-Ward 1) stated that the dam has caused such serious divi- sion within the city that neighbors have stopped speaking to each other. City Council decided that Argo Dam was too divided of an issue for them to decide on at the time. ting it dune." Though construction is set to finish on Jan. 6 - the same day students return to class - the pro- cess could be delayed if any major snowstorms hit the area in the next few weeks. "In terms of a finite ending, it's hard to say since this is the worst weather time," Beal said. "It's all weather related - if we were 'to get a blizzard for three days it would set us three days back, or more." Tice, 'who also owns Pizza House, was less clear about what would replace the former Pin- ball Pete's property. He said that previous plans were stalled as he waited for the final passage of the city's A2D2 zoning initiative, since it would determine what types of property could fill the space. "My brother and I have been waiting for five years to know," Tice said. "Now that it's voted on, I anticipate a lot of properties being sold or redeveloped." The zoning changes, approved -last month by 'the Ann Arbor City Council, were created to imple- ment new design standards for downtown Ann Arbor, restructure the city's parking system and help simplify the land development pro- posal process. Tice said he would have torn the building down years ago if the city's new zoning regulations had been set. "That building had no or very little value as it was," Tice said. "The value is in the land." For the past five months, Tice has been negotiating a sales agree- ment for the former Pinball Pete's property with an undisclosed developer, but he said the develop- er was more interested in the land than the building itself. Ticewould not disclose who the developer is. Tice said the building was so run down and out of code that any new property owners would have likely demolished it. Tice added, "I-don't believe the fact that the building is gone is going to change their mind." . AARON AUGSBURGER/Daily Mombers of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meet yesterday in the Regents Room of the Fleming Building. The AAEC decided that the dam should be removed by a majority vote. The Park Advisory Commis- sion decided the dam should be kept, also by a majority vote. Many Ann Arbor citizens spoke at the meeting during the public com- mentary portion, which preceded the discssion of the.resolution, to express their views on the issue to their council members and urged them to vote consciously. Ann Arbor resident David Bar- ret, discussed reasons why the dam shouldn't be removed. He closed his remarks by asking the council to "view the resolution with skepticism." John Rubin, another Ann Arbor resident, argued why the dam should be removed. "Dams are inherently bad for rivers because they alter the flow function," Rubin said. BytakingoutArgoDam,theland would provide 28 acres of parkland, which he said was a much better use of the property. SACUA From Page 1 faculty and student government organizations on student issues. Harper said the "hottest item" right now is a proposal to lower the standard of evidence needed to find a student responsible for a pol- icy violation. The change calls for a move from a "clear and convincing" standard to a "preponderance of evidence" standard. Underthe proposal,preponderance of evidence is defined as the "amount of evidence that makes it more likely than not that the facts demonstrate a violation of college policy." The Uni- versity's current standard requires the reviewer of a case to be confident that a violation occurred. In essence, the change would lessen the burden needed to punish a student. Accordingto the amendment, the proposed change would bring the University's standards in line with those at other universities, which primarily rely onthe preponderance of evidence standard. Harper said concerns about the change primarily focused on sexual assaultcases. "It's been interesting because usually people are pretty blas6 about changes to the' Statement," Harper said. "But this year; there has been a lot of activity because of this par- ticular issue." Despite some resistance, Harp- er told SACUA members that most studetits are in support of the move to the prepoiderance of evidence. The other changes to the Statement include revising the document's langriage to be gender- neutral - replacing terms like "his" or "her" with "their" - and expand- ing students' ability to propose an amendment by allowing any student to propose a change to the code at any time. Currently, amendments must be proposed by either MSA, the Senate Assembly or the Univer- sity's executive officeis. Harper said the Division of Stu-. dent Affairs is trying to discourage the policychange because the office doesn't want to minimize the roles of students and faculty in revising the Statement.. "(SACUA and MSA members) are, elected by their constituents, and we didn't want to create a process "Sometimes we say stuff, and (students) hear it very differently," Harper said. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OVERHAUL GRE From Page 1 schools into usingthe GRE as part of their admissions criteria. Mitchell said that according to a Kaplan survey of 260 admis- sions officers conducted this past summer, only one-quarter of business schools would accept the GRE. Of the 75 percent that don't accept the GRE, Mitchell said only a small percentage were considering adding it. The Ross School of Business currently doesn't accept the GRE, but Admissions Director Soojin Koh wrote in an e-mail interview that the school is considering adding the test next year. The business schools at Har- vard University, Yale University and thei Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania all began permitting the GRE as a substitute to the GMAT .this year. - "This change in the GRE could have an impact on whether indi- vidual business schools decide to accept the GRE for admissions," Mitchell said.. that wo er then Harj ulty m and in; es, exp iors an over tit Hart ent no sexual( rent pu "The our nol referrit tors an SAC associa ogy an physiol er Uni involve in the p Harl commi theyw' "I th more d did 10- ally fac we're tr RobE SACUA Mardig ty's De er wha the sak Harl should diversii versity multira differei She faculty what h be min tuld in some ways disempow- Harper also outlined plans tocon- n," Harper said. duct an audit that will address the cleanliness and current condition of A CHANGING -recreational buildings on campus, STUDENT BODY admitting to SACUA members that significant renovations are needed per also discussed ways fac- to bring the facilities up to date. embers can better relate to "We think if we can restore some eract with students in class- of the hours, get it clean and get the laining how student behav- equipment fixed and repaired that sd ideologies have changed that will buy us another year to me. really understand the nature of the per said students have differ- problem and fix it," Harper said. tions of gender identity and Statistics Prof. Ed Rothman, a orientation, citing MSA's cur- SACUA member, expressed concerns sh for gender-neutralhousing. that the quality of the University's ey think we need to update recreationalfacilities does nottmatch tions- of sexuality,".she said the amount faculty pay to use them. ng to University administra- Harper agreed and said recre- d employees. ation facilities are "less than what UA member Gina Poe, an they should be in terms of hours, te professor of anesthesiol- equipment .and cleanliness." She d molecular and integrative acknowledged that many, faculty, ogy, asked Harper wheth- staff and graduate students go versity students are more elsewhere to work out like the Ann d in University affairs than Arbor YMCA. rast. Harper also said the University's per said students are more facilities need to be improved before tted to social justice than more University employees use them. ere two decades ago. "The reAlity is the poorer the sink students live in a much facilities Are, the fewer people want liverse world now than they to go," she said. 20 years ago andthat actu- Rothman suggested reducing the ulty and staff are behind, and cost of membership so more Univer- rying to catch up with them." sity employees join. ert Fraser, vice chair of However, Wayne Stark, a SACUA and assistant director of the member and professor of electrical ian Library at the Universi- engineering and computer science, arborn campus, asked Harp- disagreed with Rothman and said t SACUA could be doing "for faculty-memb'ro sonld-pay-mre e of Universitystudents." for recreational services if they were per replied that the faculty "worthwhile." be- committed to issues'of "Faculty are not going to want ty, saying that many Uni- to sign up when the treadmill is in students are biracial or front of a brick wall," Stark said. tcial and are aware of their Stark also questioned whether it nces. is realistic to renovate recreational said SACUA can encourage facilities when University adminis- members to be sensitive to trators are planningto cut $100 mil- appens in the classroom and lion out of the budget over the next dful of what they say. three years. 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