2A - Monday, December 9, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Monday, December 9, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom OPERATING, RESEARCH BUDGET TOTAS $22,6M 'U' requests funds for expansion Sixty years ago this week Forty years ago this week Twentyyears agothisweek (Dec.10, 1953): (Dec. 9,1973): (Dec.10, 1993): ghtfidipgn~ailm 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREW WEINER KIRBY VOIGTMAN Editor isChief Business Manaer 734-418-4115 ext. 1212 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandaily.com keoigooan@michigandaily.com FOOD AND FUN The University sought about $22.6 million from the Michi- gan state legislature to cover operation costs and research efforts. This additional rev- enue represented a $2.8 mil- lion increase from the previous year. The money was also intend- ed to support the University's growing student body, which was expected to rise from 17,500 in 1953 to about 18,500 in 1954. This included a $150,000 increase to cover the cost of the 50 medical students enrolled in the medical school. Members of the Universi- ty's Gay Awareness Women's Kollective appeared before the Ann Arbor human rights department to file complaints against a local restaurant owner, Greg Fenerli, who had "clashed" with the women in the prior weeks when they attempted to visit his bar, Rubaiyat. Fenerli, who criticized the women's "openly sexual behavior," said he applied the same standards to gay couples that he applied to heterosexual ones. A study conducted by The Michigan Daily concluded new professors at the University were paid more than those with more experience. Professors working at the Uni- versity for fewer than three years earned approximately $101,000 per year on average, while those working for 30 years or longer averaged about $78,000. 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CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Precious snacks Invisible odor, Used book sale Orchestra WHERE: Mason Hall WHEN: Thursday at about 11:55 p.m. WHAT: A vending machine on the first floor was dam- aged, University Police reported. It did not appear that the subject secured product from the machine and there are currently no suspects. who dealt it WHERE: North Campus Diag WHEN: Thursday at about 10:50 p.m. WHAT: Outside the Beyster Building report of natural gas odor, officer unable to locate odor or any issue, University Police reported. WHAT: Gently used books concert from the University Library for sale along with miscella- WHAT: Unive neous items such as DVDs, monia Orchest CDs, and maps, all for low Schubert's Sym prices. 8 "Unfinished,' WHO: University Library "Concerto da E WHEN: Today from 10:00 and others. a.m. to 10:00 p.m. WHO: School: WHERE: Hatcher Gradu- Theatre & Dan T HRE THINSYOU After Michigan State's victory in the football Big Ten Championship, stu- dents and fans had to be sub- dued by police for causing a "large civil disturbance" with a bonfire, the Lansing State Journal reported.The number of arrestswas not released. rsity Philhar- ra performs nphony No. " Rossini's sperimento," of Music, ice EDITORIAL STAFF MatthewSlovin ManagingEditor mjslovin@michigandaily.com Adam Rubenfire ManagingNews Editor arube@michigandailycom SENIOR NEWS EDITORS: Alicia Adamczyk, Katie Burke, Peter Shahin, K.C. 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The sinkhole was 10 feet by 15 feet in size and the acci- dent caused no injuries. Prosecutors decline to press charges against bus driver Donor pledges $5 million to protect Detroit art, retirees Student originally charged with abandoning bus will not face trial By SAM GRINGLAS DailyStaffReporter The Washtenaw County pros- ecutor will not press charges against the 22-year-old student bus driver who left a Blue Bus unattended during his shift last month. Steven Hiller, Washtenaw County chief deputy assistant prosecutor, said charges were denied on Nov. 20. Though University Police initially arrested the student on charges of unlawfully driv- ing away of an automobile, Hiller said if the prosecutor had pressed charges, the more appropriate charge would have been akin to joyriding - motor vehicle use without authority and without intent to steal. That charge would carry the weight of a misdemeanor. If charged, a conviction could lead to imprisonment for no more than two years or a fine of up to $1,500. For a first offense, the court may reduce the pun- ishment to imprisonment for no more than three months or a fine of no more than $500.00. However, the statute does not apply in situations where the vehicle's owner employs the driver, as was the case here. As a result, there was no statute upon which the prosecutor could press charges. "There wasn't an appropriate statute that fit these facts," Hill- er said. "That happens." This situation isn't uncom- mon. When making an arrest, officers base their decision on their best understanding of the law and known facts at the time of the arrest. Later, prosecutors may find that charges aren't warranted. "So it is not uncommon for an officer to arrest, quite properly, for offense A, based on what the officer knows at that time, and later have the prosecutor charge offense B, return the case for further investigation or deny prosecution altogether," Hiller said. Though the prosecutor did not press charges, University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said the University no longer employs the student. He said he is unaware of any further conse- quences for the student. Fitzgerald also pointed out that the University has no stake in the prosecutor's deci- sion on whether or not to press charges. "It's up to the prosecutor to determine whether it's appro- priate to press charges or not," Fitzgerald said. A. Paul Schaap seeks to prevent sale of DIA holdings DETROIT (AP) - A former Detroit university professor is pledging $5 million, hoping it will spark a wildfire of private financial support to protect valuable art from being sold to pay creditors in the city's bank- ruptcy. A. Paul Schaap said he wants to help the Detroit Institute of Arts as well as retirees whose pensions could be cut as part of the city's plan to eventually exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Art purchased over the years with city money could be pursued as assets that should be sold to pay off a portion of $18 billion in long-term debt. Schaap and wife Carol want to prevent that from happening. "I believe there are more than just a few people in the metro Detroit area who would step up and see this as something we should all try to do to save the pensions and stabilize the DIA," Schaap said in an interview Fri- day. Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr hasn't said whether he will sell art as part of any bankruptcy reorganization plan. New York auction house Christie's said art purchased with city money is worth $450 million to $870 million. It's 5 percent of all art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. "We have a passion for the city," said Schaap, who lives next door in Grosse Pointe Park and was a Wayne State Univer- sity chemistry professor before starting his own technology company. "We go to the DIA, the symphony, ballgames. We're Detroiters. Maybe this is a way to help." Schaap, 68, said he was meet- ing Friday with U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen, who is serv- ing as chief mediator between the city and its creditors while the bankruptcy case moves for- ward. The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press have reported that Rosen has reached out to foundations and wealthy people to try to raise as much as $500 million to protect the museum and assist pensioners. Schaap said he read about Rosen's effort and decided to step forward, becoming one of the first to publicly make a pledge. The judge and others in the philanthropic commu- nity have declined to comment, although Orr this week said he "fully supports" Rosen's pitch to potential donors. "I've already heard from people who can't give that much but want to contribute," Schaap said, referring to his $5 million. "We will be looking for a mecha- nism to make that possible." * * * Q **U Ukraine protests continue in capital Demonstrators gather in largest anti-govt. rally since Orange Revolution KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Hun- dreds of thousands of protest- ers poured into the streets of Ukraine's capital on Sunday, top- pling a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin and block- ading key government buildings in an escalating standoff with the president over the future of the country. The biggest demonstration in the former Soviet republic since Ukraine's pro-democracy Orange Revolution in 2004 led the government to fire back. It announced an investigation of opposition leaders for an alleged attempt to seize power and warned the demonstrators they could face criminal charges. The West pressed for a peace- ful settlement. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flooded the center of Kiev, the capital, to demand President Viktor Yanukovych's ouster after he ditched ties with the European Union in favor of Russia and sent police to break up an earlier protest inthe nearly three-week standoff. "Ukraine is tired of Yanu- kovych. We need new rules. We need to completely change those in power," said protester Kosty- antyn Meselyuk, 42. "Europe can help us." Packing Independence Square as far as the eye could see, Ukrai- nians waving EU flags sang the national anthem and shouted "Resignation!" and "Down with the gang!" in a reference to Yan- ukovych's regime. "I am convinced that after these events, dictatorship will never survive in our country," world boxing champion and top opposition leader Vitali Klitsch- ko told reporters. "People will not tolerate when they are beat- en, when their mouths are shut, when their principles and values are ignored." As darkness fell, the conflict escalated further with protest- ers blockading key government buildings in Kiev with cars, bar- ricades and tents. The protests have had an anti- Russian component because Russia had worked aggres- sively to derail the EU deal with threats of trade retaliation against Ukraine. About half a mile (1 kilometer) from the main square, one group of anti-government protest- ers toppled the city's landmark statue of Lenin and decapitated it Sunday evening. Protesters then took turns beating on the torso of the fall- en statue, while others lined up to collect a piece of the stone. The crowd chanted "Glory to Ukraine!" "Goodbye, Communist leg- acy," Andriy Shevchenko, an opposition lawmaker, wrote on Twitter. The demonstrations erupted last month after Yanukovych shelved a long-planned treaty with the 28-nation European Union to focus on ties with Rus- sia. They were also galvanized by police violence and fears that Yanukovych was on the verge of bringing his country into a Russian-led economic alliance, which critics say could end Ukraine's sovereignty. "It's not just a simple revo- lution," Oleh Tyahnybok, an opposition leader with the national Svoboda party, told the crowd in a fiery speech from a giant stage. "It's a revolution of dignity." A