Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, June 14, 1985 'U' security serves campus area By LAURA BISCHOFF Though it may seem that all University security guards are uniformed the same, trained the same, and do the same job, look again, because the security guard students see in West Quad is much dif- ferent from the security guard who patrols the stacks of the Graduate Library. The University security force is broken down into three specific divisions: campus security, housing security, and medical campus security. These divisions are all under the authority of the Department of public safety, which is headed by Director of Safety, Leo Heatley. THE EASIEST way to tell these forces apart is by the uniforms and what they are doing. Campus security wears light blue- shirts and dark blue trousers while housing security wears brown and tan. Hospital security has two sub- divisions of officers. Those in brown uniforms patrol outside on the medical campus and hospital area, while the officers in blue blazers work inside the buildings and have a higher classification and more experience, said medical campus safety director Art Howison. "YOU NAME IT, we do it," claims Howison of his staff. "We kill bats, hold down psychiatric patients, hold people for police, and escort ducks across the street." Howison describes the hospital officers as troubleshooters. If nobody else is around in emergency situations his staff wil take care of it-even mop- ping upa floor if it is discomforting a patient or presenting a problem. Course Syllabus PAD -101 Course Topic: How to live comfortably and affordably on a college budget. Offered Dates: Full season with a few openings for our summer session. Instructor: Randy Pickut 665-2194 Office Hours: 10:30-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (Mr. Pickut is available for tutoringbyappt.) Course Material: The Tiffany: 736 Packard, The Colony: 731 Packard, The Madison: 316 E. Madison Course Objectives: You will learn in this course through your extensive and comprehensive first hand lab work just how easy it is to live close to campus in comfortable and affordable surroundings. The offered material will demonstrate to the student the convenience of its efficiency, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Fees: Less than you'd expect. Medical campus security will THE TRAINING and hiring respond to immediate problems, file a requirements differ for each division. report, and conduct an interim in- Campus security looks for applicants vestigation of any criminal matters with degrees in criminal justice or that are then handed over to the related fields such as social science or police. psychology and who have experience Housing security officers face odds in law enforcement or campus or in- of 650 students to one officer in their dustrial security. This experience patrols and get "thrown into a pot of brings with it a working knowledge of emergencies no matter what it is," security work. Although physical fit- said Housing director Joel Allan. tness is necessary, training in self- There is one person assigned to each defense isn't required. Heatley com- dorm, and housing officers deal with mented that his officers are en- plumbing problems-when something couraged to avoid physical confron- floods in a residence hall they get tations. called to shut the water off-and fire Heatley also like his officers to "be alarms. One day it may be an outsider able to relate to what's going on in a and the next may be a resident campus setting." For example, the of- problem for housing security, Allan ficers need to be able to see and un- said. "We have to stay very flexible." derstand student issues and recognize AS A RULE, the resident comes fir- the good that can come out of things st in the eyes of housing security, like demonstrations and rallies. Allan said. All the campus security officers are Jennifer Faigel, an MSA member, full time and are college graduates or said, however, that housing officers close to concluding their education. do very little. "They watch t.v. and TRAINING takes about three mon- hang out," she said, "I've never seen ths in all aspects of the job, Heatley them doing anything worthwhile." said. Trainees work shifts with senior Campus security, the boys in blue, officers for the first few weeks. Initial are more of a police force than the officer training is considered com- other two divisions. Most of those plete after three months and the of- hired have experience in law enfor- ficer is well acquainted with the cam- cement and have studied criminal pus and can work on the dispatch justice. These officers patrol the desk. campus, take reports, and make Additonal training in the CPR and citizen's arrests but do not carry general procedure is conducted con- firearms. stantly. Workshops, classes, and THE ESCORT system is "too slow" meetings are held from time to time and "not really an escort system," in order to update officer training, ac- Faigel said. She contends that the cording to Heatley. escort system is there for emergen- On the other hand, hospital security cies rather than something to be used would prefer someone without any twice a week for a walk home from police training. Police experience is the library. Faigel also commented, "not necessary," Howison said. Their "We, people from the women's issues basic requirements are a clean record committee, tested it out and it took and at least a high school education. them a good half hour (for an escort to HOUSING security has the best op- arrive)." portunity for training, according to Another problem with University Allan, because unlike hospital and security, according to Faigel, is that campus security, housing security "they're there to protect University gets a break at the end of the summer property" first. And at any given time when all the dorms are closed. Con- campus security has only four people centrated training in CPR, first aid, patrolling outside the buildings. "I report writing, and policy procedures find that really deplorable," Faigel is conducted in the end of August for said. housing security staff. The police and Most of the time they take larceny fire departments also instruct the of- reports or help someone out by jump ficers in subjects such as fire ex- starting a car, but occasionally they tinguishing. run into a life threatening situation Again, self-defense training is not such as when a man shot and killed required, however, classes have been two students in Bursley hall, said of- offered for those interested in it on ficer Gary Hill. their own time. Fungus is effective against PCB, researcher says EAST LANSING (UPI)-A It should also be able to degrade Michigan State University resear- chemicals based on carbon and cher, admitting it "sounds too good to chloride, bromine and other halogens, be true," says a common fungus that he said. This would include PCBs. rots dead trees apparently can also be Aust says it may require months or used to degrade dioxins, PCBs and even years to degrade large amounts other pollutants. of persistent chemicals, but calls that Steven Aust's conclusion is based on "better than the alternative." research conducted with funding from While cautioning that the process the Environmental Protection Agen- has been proven only in the cy. An article detailing the findings laboratory, Aust is optimistic about appears in the June 21 edition of possible applications. Science magazine. "For example, ina contaminate soil AUST SAYS the experiments show site, we might simply inoculate the white-rot fungus degrades DDT, site with the fungus grown on sawdust dioxins, Lindane, benzopyrene and or wood chips," he says. two kinds of PCBs. INIB From United Pr Sen. seeks death penalty for spies WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) introduced legislation yesterday to allow the death penalty for spies for "the grasping, degenerate act of auc- tioning the national security." "This legislation would punish those who betray their country by selling classified information to foreign governments with death," Stevens said, presenting his bill one day after Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said that members of the alleged Walker spy ring "should be shot" if convic- ted. House okays use of extra funds for jails LANSING-The House yester- day approved a key portion of a, plan which relies heavily on the state's budget stabilization or rainy day" fund to pay for prison construction. The bill-sent to the Senate on a 59-35 vote-specifically reduces the amount to be deposited in the fund by $60 million in the 1986 fiscal year and by another $30 million in fiscal 1987. Lawmakers also plan, over four years, to withdraw $188 million from the fund and appropriate $25 million from general revenues for the construction of seven prisons. Molestation case may involve few witnesses LOS ANGELES-The once- massive McMartin PreSchool molestation case with its 41 alleged victims may only involve four or five child witnesses if it ever goes to trial, the chief defense attorney predicted yesterday. Seven former teachers and ad- ministrators at the suburban Manhattan Beach nursery school were originally charged with 323 counts of child molestation and conspiracy. The bulk of those charges, however, have been dismissed. RIEF ess International "We have a very small molestation case that was grossly overstated," defense attorney Daniel Davis said. All 41 child-victims had been ex- pected to testify in the preliminary hearing, now in its 10th month, but Municipal Court Judge Aviva Bobb, ruling that a new state law permitting children to testify via closed-circuit television does not apply to the hearing, prompted a mass defection of witnesses. Iraqi warplanes bomb Iranian cities Iraqi warplanes bombed a string of Iranian cities and villages yesterday following a deadly over- night strikeon aTehransuburb- where a small atomic reactor is located. Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency said Iraqi bombers hit the western cities of Sar Pol-E Zahan, Bakhtaran and Karand, killing sever people and wounding 60 others. Shiites clash with Palestinian forces BEIRUT, Lebanon-Shiite Moslem gunmen clashed fiercely yesterday with Palestinian forces at two embattled refugee camps while rival militiamen battled in the heart of the capitol. At least 11 people died and more than 70 were wounded. As the fighting raged, Palestinian spokesman denounced the removal of hundreds of young Palestinians from the capital by Moslem militiamen. "It's a standoff despite the inten- sified fighting," said a Lebanese army officer. Police sources said at least 10 people were killed around the camps and 60 wounded, bringing the total casualty toll in the so- called "war for the cam- ps"-which first erupted May 19-to some 560 dead and 2,300 wounded. A third camp, Sabra, has been occupied by Amal gunmen. Vol. XCV - No. 19-S The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the fall and winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the spring and summer terms by students at The University of Michigan. Subscription rates: September through April - $35 outside the city; May through August - $8.00 in Ann Arbor, $15.50 outside the city. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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