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The Michigan Daily - Friday, June 21, 1985 - Page 3
Terrorism blamed or Salvador deaths
'Obviously when terrorists open up with The leftist guerrillas have not issued any tacks in their six-year war against the U.S.-
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UPI) - The automatic weapons toward a crowd of several statements claiming they undertook the attack. backed government.
.S. Embassy and the Salvadoran army hundred people, you're going to have this many The early Thursday transmissions of their two In response to the attack, President Reagan
esterday blamed "leftist terrorism" for a lt." clandestine radio stations, Venceremos and ordered yesterday technical assistance and an
ubmachine-gun attack on crowded outdoor casualies. Farabundo Marti, also made no mention of the accelerated delivery of military hardware to
afes that killed 13 people, including four U.S. Bodies of the dead and wounded lying in pools attack. El Salvador. Reagan also said he is prepared to
larines and two American civilians. of their own blood were strewn across the floors In the past, the guerrillas, who operate use emergency powers to furnish El Salvador
Twelve people were wounded in the attack of the restaurants, while the shocked survivors primarily in the countryside, have hit specific "with additional military assets" to fight the
Vednesdav night. stood over the awaiting the arrival of medical targets and have not shot indiscriminately into guerrillas.
"A Datsun pickup truck with'anywhere from aid. crowds of civilians. They ordinarily claim "This horrendous incident has all the con-
ix to 10 men in camouflage uniforms pulled up A STATE of emergency was immediately responsibility for their attacks. notations of leftist terrorism that does not
eside a cafe in one of San Salvador's nightclub declared, a government spokesman said, and respect lives nor property, nor does it respect
istricts, and these terrorists opened fire with air force helicopters flew over the area. Hun THE EMBASSY, however, has warned the most elemental human rights," said Maj.
eutomatic weapons across what amounted to dreds of soldiers were dispatched throughout recently that the guerrillas, having lost much Armando Aviles, official army spokesman in
early a block of wall-to-wall cafes," said the city to search for the gunmen but no arrests of the intitiative to the Salvadoran army in the the military's first declaration of responsibility
)onald Hamilton, chief U.S. Embassy e countryside, would strike back with urban at- for the attack.
pokesman.
were maue.
Construction booms on campus
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sity's chief financial officer. "We're
concerned with our own projects."
KEITH MOLIN, director of capital 'It really is a slow, tedious process that
projects, said the city's building boom
receives more public attention partly seems confusing.
because "the University projects are -Keith Miolin
just taken for granted. We aren't sub-
ject to those peaks and valleys Director of capital projects
because our work is continuous."
Molin added that University projec-
ts are no less significant than city
projects, but said that after a while,
the public tires of hearing about con- firms working on the North Campus he said University construction
struction such as the Replacement projects, said simply, "It (North doesn't have the problems city projec-
t'Hospital Project. Campus) is sort of distant. They have ls do.
"A while ago, you could pick up any plans for better transportation and "There's far less controversy in-
area paper and see a front page story such, but even now, the pendulum is volved with our projects," he said.
on the new hospital," he said. "But af- back to Central Campus." "We don't have to deal with problems
t;ir a while, you've milked it, and it's MOLIN AGREES, arguing that the of low-income housing and tax
not news anymore." development of North Campus is sim- abatements. We geta lot of support."
OVER THE past decade, the em- ply based on logistics - the Univer- And when discussing the most basic
phasis on construction has tipped sity is not about to start playing point of controversy concerning
toward engineering projects on North favorites. University building, the bottom line is
Campus. "Actually, the engineering "It's a matter of geography," Molin always money.
project on North Campus has been said. "When you take a good over- VEST POINTED out that the
outlined since 1956," Molin said. view, you'll see that everything is engineering project is the first major
Charles Vest, dean of mechanical connected. Now the plans are aimed University work to be fully financed
engineering, said the college is being at Central Campus." by state appropriations in 20 years.
moved to North Campus to avoid The facts seem to jibe with Molin's Much of this aid he credits to Gov.
having it scattered in different areas. views. The most prominent of the Blanchard who, Vest said, has a
Current construction plans and current projects include: "strong commitment to higher
prices include the construction of a * A new Business Administration education."
Daily Photo by DARRIAN SMITH new engineering complex at a total dormitory at $5.6 million; "We're like all colleges and univer-
ent Paul Josephson addresses the projected budget of more than $34 . Renovation of the Business Ad- sities," Molin said, referring to the
continued funding of MSA. million. The final phase of the ministration Building at $2 million; ongoing battle for funds. "No matter
building is slated to end by early 1987. Renovation of Lorch Hall at $4.55 what they give us, we need more."
ALSO UNDER construction on Nor- million; and Yet after the recession of the late
VISA fundin th Campus is the Herbert H. Dow . Rough plan for remodeling of the 1970s, according to Molin, the Univer-
Building and Camps Instruction Cen- East Engineering Building at $10 sity has received a fair shake. "I think
ter, a major addition to the School of million. we're doing well in what we have. I
Music is scheduled to be completed by But the most significant current can't blame the state, they're as short
middle, the broad center on this cam- next April ata cost of $3.2 million. project is the construction of the new on money as we are," he said.
pus," Baker said. Vest seemed pleased with the University Hospital. The project, The University has been quite suc-
Josephson responded that in recent progress of the project, noting that the which includes renovation of Mott's cessful in using private funds to
years the assembly had become more contractors are "just about finished Children Hospital and Women's nourish its projects.
balanced and more representative, with the bulk of this work." Hospital, is running on a projected "It's tougher dealing with the
and spoke of plans for elected mem- But Vest added that the current budget of nearly $300 million. state," Brinkerhoff said, adding that
bers to keep in closer touch with the emphasis on North Campus should not And despite growing concern over at least the University's financial
student body. be interpreted as a plan to separate epidemic delays in the work, the vast situation is practically free from
KURT Muenchow, MSA's Budget engineering students from other majority of the projects are at or near disaster. "A project will not be
Priorities Committee Chairman, ad- students. "We have no intention for their original completion dates. The recommended without the funds," he
ded "We try to stay as apolitical as there to be a predominance of hospital is slated to be finished by this said.
possible in allocating funds." engineers living on North Campus," September, four months ahead of Amidst the painstaking procedure
The regents also discussed the low he said. schedule.. of gathering approval and funds for
student involvement in MSA elec- VEST WAS optimistic about But Brinkerhoff said the seemingly major projects, Molin banks on
tions. Scott Page, Josephson's changing the somewhat bleak view well-oiled machine often faces some reaping long-term University gains.
redecessor as MSA president, that many University students have of key road repairs. "It really is a slow, tedious process
assured the board that voter turnout the detached North Campus, noting "SOMETIMES WE find ourselves that seems confusing," he said. "I
was increasing, and was comparable that it also hosts the art and music short of skilled tradesman," just picture it as when you're driving
Sb tasn other major univer-schools Brinkerhoff said. "We hire from the and see some pillars on each side of
sities. "We are trying to improve the same unions as does the city. And the road. You know its going to build
Josephson said he was pleased with quality of life here (with additional even smaller things cause problems the bridge or ramp even though they
the continued funding. "We're ob- restaurants, barber shops, etc) . . . - such with the music building - just sit there. Then, eventually, there
viously very happy. Baker made Central Campus will always be the we've had to wait on special color and is is."
some very good points, and reminded focal point." materials from the sub-contractor." Tomorrow: a look at the
us of our responsibility to the studen- Jerry Metcalf, a spokesman for Molin said he also has faced Replacement Hospital Project.
ts," Josephson said. Johnson, Johnson, and Roy, one of the problems in construction projects, but
Michigan Student Assembly Presid
Board of Regents yesterday to secure
R egentsinued fromPage 1
creases - especially to boost Student
Legal Services attorneys' salaries to
parity with other attorneys. The in-
crease also covers inflation.
In the April MSA elections, which
had the highest turn-out in recent
years, students passed the proposal to
accept the increase and renew fun-
ding by a ratio of 61/ to one.
Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar-
bor) made a motion to make the in-
crease; voluntary rather than
automatically charged to the student,
but Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline)
amended the motion by making the
entire fee mandatory as originally in-
tended.
"THE TIME, effort and money to
raise 30 cents would end up costing 60'
cents," Roach said. Roach's amen-
dment passed while Baker's motion
did not.
Baker also said MSA tends to have
political leanings "far to the left" of
the majority of students on campus.
MSA "doesn't speak to the broad