'U' needs police, officials say By MELISSA BIRKS flashlight, clipboard, and radio; if Although the University's Depar- they determine a situation to be tment of Public Safety is understaf- dangerous, they have to call the Ann fed, with sometimes only three officers Arbor police. And they do not have the working.shifts, University safety of- authority to arrest on "probable ficials say the real problem with cause." preventing crime on campus is the The University pays the salaries of lack of a University police force. seven uniformed Ann Arbor police of- The University is the only Michigan ficers, two detectives, and a part of state college without deputized of- the salary for police captain Kenneth ficers. This prevents public safety of- Klinge, who acts as a laison between ficers from making arrests or the city and the University. initiating legal proceedings against "We're satisfied with the Ann Arbor suspects. police," said public safety officer Public Safety officers can "escort" Vickie Juopperi, "but would like to trespassers out of buildings and can handle our own affairs as they come make "citizens arrests" if they see up." someone in the act of committing a The issue of whether to create a felony. SeeSAFETY,Page15 BUT THE officers carry only a SeSAEYPae1 Say 'Da-Da' Daily Photo by CHR Detroit residents Gary Soule and his young son, Ian, relax in the shade during last week's Art Fair. IS TWIGG Two compete for Dem nominatiori By PETER MOONEY The candidates for the Democratic nomination in the second congressional district this Tuesday - display very different approaches to the issues and styles of cam- paigning. Democrats Dean Baker and Don Grimes are both seeking a chance to unseat Republican congressman Carl Pursell. Pursell is running unopposed for the Republican nomination. BAKER, A doctoral candidate in economics at the Un- iversity, is an activist who has worked against U.S. inter- vention in Central America. According to Baker's cam- paign manager, Mark Weisbrot, "The only way to beat Pursell is to have a grassroots campaign." Baker's campaign support has come largely from ac- tivists in the Latin American Solidarity Committee (LASC), the Michigan alliance for Disarmament (MAD) and other local peace groups. Crimes, a researcy economist with the Institute for Social Research, has received widespread support from Democratic party organizations including the UAW and AFL-CIO and most of the county party organizations in the second district. Perhaps because of this support, Grimes claims not to be taking Baker seriously. He says that though he has spent $25,000 so far, "it's not necessary to spend that much money to beat Dean Baker." GRIMES, in contrast to Baker, is running a media oriented rather than grassroots campaign. He says that "we've done a lot of direct mail advertising and we've run television ads in the Jackson area." Weisbrot says that the Baker campaign has spent "in the neighborhood of a few thousand dollars." He says the campaign will make up for its lack of money with a com- mitted corps of volunteers engaged in door to door can- vassing.. The Baker campaign originated in the successful cam- paign to pass Proposal A in the April city election, which stated opposition to U.S. policy in Central America, as well as in protests which took place at Pursell's Ann Ar- bor office. Baker says his decision to run came "primarily when Pursell voted in favor of aid to the contras." Though the Central America issue is the focus of Baker's campaign, he says, "there are a number of things I disagree with him (Pursell) on." BAKER ALSO supports more aid to middle class far- mgrs and less to wealthy farmers, and a shortened work week to boost employment. He says he would redirect spending away from defense toward human services. Besides his campaign, Baker says that he will continue opposing Pursell's stand on Central America "by protesting and holding sit-ins." Grimes is emphasizing issues which he feels have a more direct impact on his constituents. He says that "his (Pursell's) priorities don't match up with those of the people of the second district." GRIMES CITES an Adrian newspaper report which quoted Pursell as advocating the phasing out of social security as an example of Pursell's detachment from his constituents. Grimes took a poll last January which he says shows that, "district-wide the biggest concern was old age and large medical bills, social security issues, the second biggest concern was unemployment." Grimes says that he will make sure, "the citizens of this district know that Carl Pursell is in favor of phasing out the social security system and instead reallocating that money to the defense budget." Grimes also criticizes Pursell, "as one of only 82 congressmen to vote against the Clean Water Act." He says that Pursell was the only member of the Michigan delegation to vote against an amendment to the revenue sharing bill which "would have meant tens of millions in additional revenue to Michigan." Grimes believes that polling is a good way to determine the priorities of the district. Weisbrot, however, argues that Grimes is overly dependent on polling data. Weisbrot says Grimes came to a LASC meeting in the summer of 1984 and said he "did not want to discuss Cen- tral America in the campaign, he didn't think you could win a campaign discussing the issues." Weisbrot added that he believes Grimes is now willing to'discuss Central American issues solely because of new polling data he has recieved which shows opposition to Contra aid. Outside Ann Arbor the major second district Democratic organizations are lining up behind Grimes, but within the city there seems to be some division. Jeff Epton, (D-Third Ward) city council member, is suppor- ting Baker because, "it's necessary to have a candidate who articulates progressive positions in an unambiguous way." Jeff Whiting, a city Democratic director of voter ser- vices, supports Grimes because, "I think that Grimes realizes that this race is not simply a local Ann Arbor race but has a wide importance throughout the district and he,, has a good chance of unseating Pursell."