Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 23, 1986 Students seek greater rol% in policy-making By KERY MURAKAMI decision-making power, students Last November, University have the ability to pressige the President Harold Shapiro called image-conscious University Paul Josephson into his office to through the media and high- try to cut a deal on the code of non- publicity political demonstrations. academic conduct. In this private MSA is best bescribed as a lob- meeting with the president of the bying organization for student in- Michigan Student Assembly, terests, according to Jenifer Shapiro said he had grown tired of Faigel, a former MSA presiden- the snail's pace of the University tial candidate and former chair of Council's deliberations. the assembly's women's issues The Council had been working committee. for more than a year on an alter- But while students are native to the administration's con- sometimes successful in influen- troversial code proposal, which cing University policy - as Faigel many students said violated their was in creating the rape crisis civil rights. center - they are not satisfied Shapiro, who suspected students with this role. Members of MSA's on the council of stalling, gave legislative relations committee, Josephson two options. He said he for exampi.., have been urging would allow MSA to draft its own state legislators to support a bill version of the Code if the assembly appointing students to the gover- agreed to stick closely to the ad- ning boards of the state public ministration's proposal. universities. If not, Shapiro said he would use Today's students are not the fir- his "executive powers" to st to want more real power. recommend that the Board of Throughout the 1960s, in response Regents bypass regental bylaw to increasing student activism, the 7.02 which gives MSA veto power University examined the role over any code, and implement the students play in policy-making. administration's proposals. Three ad hoc committees, formed "He gave us a choice of letting between 1962 and 1968, agreed that us cut our throats or him cutting students could offer a unique per- them for us," Josephson said at spective to University ad- the time. ministrators. Realizing that bypassing the The last of the three urged then- bylaw would generate bad University President Robben publicity for the University, Fleming to give students "a sub- Josephson considered bargaining stantial role in the making of with the administration about the decisions within the University code, iq part to gain more Univer- community." sity funds for the new campus "Student participation in rape crisis center. decision-making processes can But a strong opponent of the contribute both to the excellence code, law student Eric Schnaufer, of the University and the told the Daily about the plan and development of its students. The both Shapiro and Josephson quality and maturity of present- quickly scrapped the idea. day Michigan students make it The incident reflects the balance desirable to extend such par- of power between administrators ticipation," the report said. and students at the University. It continued, "A university While administrators hold actual See STUDENTS, Pages w et LOOK Daily Photo by ANDI SCHRIBER5Sr A Diag-bound couple tries to keep dry during Saturday's rain storm. Shortly after, Ann Arbor residents took shelter from a tornado that passed through Saline. Coalition says police negligent By MELISSA BIRKS The failure of a police officer to respond to an assault report during last month's Take Back the Night march is another example of police negligence about sexual assault, community members said Monday. Police of- ficials, however, defended the officer. Jen Faigel and Karen Cooper, members of the Ann Arbor bor Coalition Against Rape, urged the City Council to hold public hearings to investigate the alleged incident. A woman at the edge of the march had said she was pushed and shoved bya man until other women came to her aid. MEMBERS OF City Council said such hearings unlikely because the woman did not filea complaint. They added that the Council plans to review the incident report. "I'm not sure that's the best way to get action," said Kathy Edgren (D-Fifth Ward). She said groups like the Citizens' Advisory Council on Rape Prevention may be better suited to hold public forums. "I'd like to know more about the hearings, more about complaints, and come up with a program that will make sense," said Councilmember Seth Hirshorn (D-Second Ward). COOPER SAID the coalition will organize the public hearings if the City Council doesn't. Such hearings would allow people to speak out about similar experiences, she said. "Basically, it's not an individual police officer's fault," said Cooper. "It's an attitude." According to Ann Arbor Police officials, officers patrolling marches are required to remain in their vehicle unless they detect a life-threatening situation. "IT HAS NOTHING to do with the officer," said Captain Kenneth Klinge of police Special Services. "He didn't display negligence." "If somebody shot somebody, that's different - versus the fact that somebody got pushed and the complaintant didn't even want to report it," added Sgt. Arthur Hughes. The assault.victim, who wished to remain anonymous, neither spoke to the police at the scene nor filed a report after the march. "THE SITUATION happened. I kept marching; I wasn't aware of problems with the police," she said. Faigel and Catherine Fischer, also a coalition member last Friday filed a "delayed information report" with the Ann Arbor Police. They could not filea complaint because the victim did not sign the report. "Without a victim, there is no crime," said Klinge. ACCORDING TO Klinge, the officer said he would take a complaint after the march, but the woman did not file one. The information report will stay on file at the police department. "They said that they didn't consider (the incident) life- threatening," said Cooper. "I said (at City Council) that a woman is raped every two minutes and beaten every 15 seconds. Clearly, women live in emergency situations 24 hours a day." According to Susan McGee, a member of the Coalition, training for the police is with groups like the Ann Arbor Assault Crisis Center, Citizens Advisory Council on Rape Prevention (CACORP), and Safe House. Regents accept health fee increase Vol. XCVI - No. 3-S The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Friday during the spring and summer terms and Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. Subscription rates: May through August-$5.00 in Ann Arbor; $7.00 outside the city. September through April-$18.00 in Ann Arbor; $35.00 outside the city. One term-$10.00 in town; $20 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to Los Angeles Times Syndicate and College Press Service. ARTS STAFFPte. Ephross, Molly Gros,,uliie Editor in Chief ................ 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Private room big decrease in complaints, and an in- rates will rise to $490 per day from crease in compliments." $467, and semi-private rooms will cost BRIEFER CITED a computerized $485 per day instead of $462. Hospital appointment system, changes in employees receive a 5.2 percent pay illing making bills pre-paid, and ex- increase.