()N I HN DI 1)1X TWNT1YONE YEAI{S OF EDIUI( AL. FIIEED)OM Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 16, 2011 michigandaily.com CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS Michigan nurses union protests at regents mtg. Community shows overtime, reducing paid time off and requiring the union to support for nurses pay more for health insurance, among other parameters. in contract dispute "If you take away all of those things, including making us By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN pay for more insurance, we're Dacily News Editor pretty much taking a pay cut," Bokor said. "We have nurses Members and supporters of that come from Davison, Flint, the Michigan Nurses Associa- Lansing, Toledo - we service tion, clad in red t-shirts, packed the entire region. Those nurses into the Regenta' Room yester- aren't going to want to work day ready to expreaa their dis- here if they don't have thoae content with recent contract kinds of benefits." negotiations. Ora Pescovitz, the Univer- The University of Michi- sity's executive vice presi- gan Health System and the dent for medical affairs, read MNA have been negotiat- a statement on behalf of the ing contracts since April, and University at yesterday's meet- the nurses have been work- ing about the situation. While ing without a contract since Pescovitz declined to comment July. In response, MNA mem- about the specifics of the nego- bers and the union's support- tiations, she said that this past ers attended the University's week, union leaders petitioned Board of Regents first meeting the Michigan Employment of the fall semester yesterday Relations Commission to begin in the Fleming Administration collecting information to assist Building, to tackle the issue - the two sides to reach an agree- centered mostly on the nurses' ment. compensation and benefits - "We do welcome this pro- head on. cess and look forward to a Speaking to the regents, Keri successful conclusion of the Bokor, a nurse who works in negotiations," Pescovitz said. the UMHS Surgical Intensive Members of the University Care Unit, said UMHS wants to and Ann Arbor communities cut back on benefits by limiting See NURSES, Page 5 I I CHRIS RYBA/daily University President Mary Sue Coleman speaks during the University's Board of Regents meeting in the Fleming Administration Building yesterday. Coleman was given a 2.75-percent salary increase but donated the money back to the University in the form of scholarships for students to study abroad. Coleman donates 2.75-percent p arai se back o te University $15,678 allocated to study abroad scholarships By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporter University President Mary Sue Coleman received a 2.75-per- cent pay raise at the University's Board of Regents meeting yester- day but promptly returned the money. Coleman said she receives enough compensation from the University and doesn't need more than the $570,105 base salary she cur- rently receives. NOTEBOOK Coleman grant- ed the $15,678 pay increase to enhance the scholarships she and her husband, Ken, sponsor for students wishing to study abroad. Last October, the regents approved a 3-percent pay increase for Coleman and last November, the board extended her contract for an additional two years. Coleman's contract i-aus through July2014. According to an April article in The Chronicle of Higher Edu- cation, Coleman was ranked the sixth-highest-paid university president in the 2009-2010 fis- cal year, the most recent year for which data is available. The regents' personnel, com- pensation and governance com- mittee conducted a performance review before awarding this year's salary raise. Regent S. Martin Taylor (D-Grosse Pointe Farms), the chair of the com- mittee, read the regents' recom- mendation for the raise saying deserves the raise for her con- tinuing efforts to better the Uni- versity. He said in an interview after the meeting that he is not sur- prised by Coleman's donation. "Her willingness to give back to the University has been there since the beginning," Taylor said. "She's been a terrific president, and she loves this University and she's shown it time and time again." See COLEMAN, Page 5 LOCAL BUSINESSES Liberty St. Borders space to be split into three areas Local bookstore owners await effects of closure By MAAISA WINTER Daily StaffReporter Now that the doors of Bor- ders on East Liberty Street are officially closed, many students, Ann Arbor residents and local bookstore owners are wondering what will next fill the 37,000-square-foot space. Ralph Welton, chief develop- ment official for the city of Ann Arbor, said the space has been bought and will be subdivided into three different build-outs. "I think that either retail or restaurants will soon occupy the building because those are always popular in Ann Arbor," Welton said. Borders, Inc., which liqui- dated 399 stores across the country and closed the East Liberty store on Monday, was started in Ann Arbor by broth- ers Tom and Louis Borders in 1971. Local bookstore owners have mixed views on how the closing of Borders will affect their businesses. While some bookstore owners said they are See BORDERS, Page5 HALEY HOARD/Daily Members of University Unions Arts and Programs sell fresh flowers to a student shopping at the first MFarmers' Market in the courtyard of the Michigan Union yesterday. The farmers' market is a new Michigan Student Assembly initiative. MSA brings new farmers' market to Michigan Union UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Mott aims to improve patient, caregiver experience with mobile alarm technology- Assembly aims to give students local, healthy food options By YOUNJOO SANG DailyStaffReporter Students who think Kerry- town is too far of a walk to buy fresh produce, will have to travel no further than the Michigan. Union. In the courtyard of the Michi- gan Union yesterday, the Michi- gan Student Assembly hosted its first MFarmers' Market which offered local produce and plants for purchase, as well as live dem- onstrations and instructions for food preparation. MSA's new ini- tiative, which many other Uni- versity divisions also contributed to, raise awareness about locally grown food. LSA senior Monica Sangal, the MSA Health Issues Commission chair, said she came up with the idea for an on-campus farmer's market because she wants fresh produce to be available for stu- dents. "We really wanted to promote healthy eating on campus," San- gal said. "Normally, the Farmers Market (in Kerrytown) is a little too far away for getting food." See MARKET, Page 5 Nurses, doctors to use cell phones to monitor patients By SABIRA KHAN Daily StaffReporter The long-awaited C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlarider Women's Hospi- tal will open to the public on Nov. 13, complete with tech- nological advancements that will increase communication between patients and nurses. In the hospital, clinicians will operate and interact with patients through a system in which nurses and doctors will use cell phones to trans- mit alerts from patient rooms to notify them when patient needs assistance. "Patients of a really high acuity tend to have different types of monitors attached to them, and getting the alerts and alarms out of those moni- tors so that the caregivers can understand them is really important," said Christine Szumko, Information Services project manager of the new facility. In the current facility, care- givers can hear alarms from the See MOTT, Page5 Alll WEATHER HI: 68 TOMORROW LO 51 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-418-4115 or e-mail news@michigandaily.com and let us know. 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