SPORT 0ONDA e ,The Michigan basketball team - without pleases no one. Manny Harris after a suspension - falls to PAGE 8A No.15 Purdue in West Lafayette. aPAGE1B ~be 1MIjiljan &iaIVj .F _ r . Y Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, January 25, 2010 PATROLLNG CAMPUS POLICE For problems with DPS, a choice of two distinct paths Lieutenant Carl Hein of the Ann Arbor Fire Department shows where a team of firefighters threw a burning mattress out the window of a room in Baits I yesterday. After microwave mishap starts fire, Depending on how one files a case, outcome could have different implications By STEPHANIE STEINBERG Daily News Editor The main function of the Depart- ment of Public Safety Oversight Committee is to make sure campus police officers are acting in accor- dance with internal policies and state laws governing their actions. The committee does this by addressing citizens' grievances against campus police officers and making recommendations to Uni- versity officials so that action can be taken to amend a situation and pre- vent it from happening again. When someone has a problem with DPS, campus policy dictates that acitizenhastwo options totake action: file a complaint with DPS itself or file a grievance with the DPS Oversight Committee. A grievance is essentially the same thing as a complaint, except that a different body handles the case. When a citizen files a complaint, DPS officials handle the investiga- tion themselves, and the oversight committee is only notified about it when it's completed. On the other hand, if a citizen files a grievance with the oversight committee, there is a possibility that top University officials could review the grievance. While a DPS officer may be pun- ished as a result of a complaint, Uni- versity executives have the power to change policies to try to prevent a similar-incident from occurringin the future. But a detailed look at the two separate processes sheds light on how similar issues may be handled differently by each system - and the implicationsthose differences could have on a case's ultimate outcome and its impact on campus police policy moving forward. GOING THE COMPLAINT ROUTE Any citizen who has a problem with an officer or DPS can go to DPS and directly file a complaint. With this option, the incident is not thor- oughly reviewed by the oversight committee. DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said DPS deals with complaints on an individual basis. "We look at what the initial com- plaint is, and depending on thatspe- cific complaint and the severity of See DPS OVERSIGHT, Page SA Eight students displaced from their rooms last night By DEVON THORSBY Daily Staff Reporter Eight students were unable to return to their rooms last night after a microwave mishap set a Baits II Residence Hall room on fire. University Police spokes- woman Diane Brown confirmed that fire alarms went off in Cross House in Baits II Residence Hall just before 3 p.m. yester- First seen on day for what - w was later deemed a structural fire by the Ann Arbor Fire Department. No injuries were reported. The fire started when a student tried to reheat food in a container in his microwave, Brown said. After a few moments, the food and container caught fire. Brown said the studentstopped the microwave and tried to remove the container when some of the burning material dropped onto a pile of clothes on the floor. That is when, according to Brown, "everything ignited." The student ran out of the room and was uninjured, Brown said. Because Cross House is not yet equipped with a sprinkler system, firefighters used a hose to put out the fire, according to Brown. LSA freshman Ankur Shah said he was walking from his room in Baits I when he saw a ladder leading up to a window at Cross House. According to Shah, the window appeared to be broken in, and smoke was pouring out. Shah said he and other students observed that smoke continued to come out of the room for longer than he expected. "We thought the fire was out," he said, "but apparently it wasn't." Brown said that much of the See FIRE, Page 2A Student groups bring health care reform debate to campus A2 landmark to shut its doors College Dems, Republicans look to mobilize students By BETHANY BIRON Daily Staff Reporter With the debate over health care reform raging around the country and in the halls of Con- gress, campus organizations are mobilizing to try and bring the conversation to the Diag. The most recent health care reform bill passed in the United States Senate on Dec. 24 of last year. A conference committee will now meet to reconcile the differences between the United States House of Representatives and Senate's version of the bill. The House's version will cost more than an estimated $1 tril- lion, while the Senate's version will cost about $848 billion over the next decade. The House seeks to extend health care coverage to roughly 40 million uninsured Americans by reducing the cost of health care, while the Senate's bill pro- poses to expand health care cov- erage to approximately 31million uninsured Americans through various subsidies and mandates. It also requires that Medicaid services are provided to 15 mil- lion additional people. The University's chapter of College Republicans has been bringing in experts to provide students with a conservative per- spective on health care reform and explain their opposition to the legislation. Meanwhile, the University's chapter of College Democrats has been working to garner support from students and ordinary voters for health care reform. Almost every week since See HEALTH CARE, Page 5A After 58 years, John Leidy Shop will close in February By LINDSAYKRAMER Daily StaffReporter After 58 years of selling chotchkies and china on East Liberty Street, the John Leidy Shop will close its doors at the end of February. Since the shop's opening in 1951 bytAnn Arbor resident John Leidy, the store has been known as a high-end family gift shop, which sells fine china and other goods. But, as has been the case with many mom-and-pop shops, the economy and the changing gift shop market took a toll on the store, prompting the family to decide to close the shop. "It wasn't something we decided a year ago and just announced," said Leidy's son, Peter Leidy. "It was just the economy and changing practices in the way people do theirshop- ping. It wan a recent, final deci- sion after a long couple of years heading in a direction we would have liked to turn around." Since the family's announce- ment in late December, the shop has received an outpouring of community support and has been very busy with customers who are taking advantage of their last chance to buy the store's unique merchandise. The family hopes this business will continue until See LEIDY, Page 5A A MODERN TWIST Official: Second Restaurant Week was 'incredibly successful' for local eateries Restaurants were drawing patrons to downtown Ann Arbor restaurants during packed during a usually slow time, according to Maura Thomson, director of the normally slow Ann Arbor's Main Street Area Association. month of January The event - which lasted from Jan. 17 through Jan. 22 By ROBIN VEECK - gave customers the chance For theDaily to try Ann Arbor restaurants at heavily discounted prices. Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, During Restaurant Week, par- was "incredibly successful" at ticipating restaurants offered a selection of $12 lunches and $25 three-course dinners. Some lower priced restaurants like Parthenon Restaurant and Old Town Tavern offered two-for- one meal deals. The first Ann Arbor Res- taurant Week last June drew patrons to 23 participating downtown restaurants. 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