The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 23, 1986 - Page 5 High speed train considered By DOUGLAS WOLFE dream right now," said Ann Arbor The future of Amtrack, which has A proposed high speed train linking Mayor Ed Pierce, who did not attend had financial problems for several Detroit and Chicago would require the meeting. "It is a massive under- years, remains unclear. According to railway construction in Arm Arbor, taking and I do not think our society is Fitzpatrick, Amtrack may be willing according to the chairman of a state willing to pay for it." to abolish its Detroit/Chicago line. legislative committee studying Half the project's initial $1 billion "The line is not profitable from the idea. investment would be funded by the them," he said. governments of Michigan, Indiana, Debbie Marcinian, an Amtrack Rep. Richard Fitzpatrick (D-Battle and Illinois. The states would form a spokesperson, confirmed that the Creek) said existing tracks in Ann commission to finance their shares company loses money on the route. Arbor cannot accommodatea 125 mile through bond sales. "However, we have not taken an of- per hour train because they follow the The other half would be paid by the ficial position on the high speed train tracks of the Huron River. The sharp Advanced Rail Consortium (ARC), project," she added. turns, he said, would pose safety which consists of four private sector Students, who have often com- problems. corporations, including Bechtel Inc. plained about Amtrack service, ARC would then operate the line seemed to support the high-speed "THE TRAIN would run most of its without government subsidies. train proposal. route on tracks now owned by Am- THE TRAIN, modeled after high Kiran Singh, a business school track and Conrail," Fitzpatrick said. speed trains in Britain, would shorten junior, rode an Amtrack train from "But new tracks are needed between a trip from Detroit to Chicago from Chicago to Ann Arbor Sunday night. Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor." 5% hours to 2 hours and 50 minutes. The train arrived one hour late. Fitzpatrick chairs the House Ad The high speed train would cost about "I could go for a high speed train," Hoc C mit teehon High SpedRail $45, as opposed to the $49 Amtrack he said. "I could have walked faster HcComite nihped , now charges. than this one." committee held a hearing in the Fleming Administration Building Monday to gain input from local residents. Ann Arbor may be a stop along the route. Although no University students spoke at the hearing, many travel between the two cities on Amtrak, which currently runs two trains each day. Of the 365,909 passengers who travelled between Detroit and Chicago in 1985, approximately 10,245 were students, according to Clifford Black, Amtrak's public affairs manager in Washington. THE HIGH SPEED train, however, is far from being built. "It is a pipe Subspense A woman passes in front of the soon-to-be-opened Tubby's Sub Shop on E. William. Students serve as advisors (ContinuedfromnPage 2) should be a center for creativity and innovation, criticism and challenge, debate and dissent. The vigorous assertion of dissatisfac- tion and demands for change, and efforts to influence b'oth the inter- nal policy of the University and its posture and role in the larger society, are indicative of an in- tellectual vitality that should be welcomed and fostered. The decision-making processes of the University should not be a closed system, but one constantly recep- tive to ideas and viewpoints from every sector of the University community." In apparent response, the Board of Regents would in February of 1970 form the University Council to propose rules for student con- duct, and give MSA as well as the faculty's Senate Assembly, power to veto any changes in the rules. In June of the same year, the regents also passed bylaw 7.05 which said, "Student participation in University decision-making is important to the quality of student life at the University and shall be encouraged." The regents made no formal guidelines for this participation, however, leavin- its implemepn7 ting largely to the discretion of the University's vice president fOr st- udent services. Since then, the University has considered the proper role of students in decision-making mainly to be on advisory commit- tees. Because there is no formal University policy on appointing students to committees, student leaders have complained that ad- ministrators who disagree with MSA's point of view can stack a committee against students. As an example, Josephson poin- ts to a University committee for- med last fall to review the Univer- sity's policies on classified resear- ch. The policies have been con- troversial since their implemen- tation in 1973 because the prohibit classified research that could be used to "endanger human life." Some students and University researchers have argued that research funded by the Depar- tment of Defense - a prime sour- ce of federal research contracts - violate these guidelines. Students opposed to military research on campus were concer- ned when the review was ordered and angered when President Shapiro appointed a student from the engineering-college'to serve on the review committee. MSA protested, claiming that their con- stitution gives them sole perogative in appointing students to University committees. Shapiro, however, argued that engineering students would be directly affected by the results of the review, and other ad- ministrators said the University does not recognize the MSA Con- stitution. The Regents by-laws, which govern the University, give MSA power to appoint students to several specified committees such as the University Council, but do not mention ad-hoc committees like the guideline review board. Another example, according to Faigel, is a committee set up by Henry Johnson, vice president for student services, to examine the University's policies on rape. "There were no students on the committee," Faigel said. "They let us (MSA's women's issues committee) write up an alter- native proposal to the executive officers , and they incorportated it into their report. But that was only because we had a strong working relationship with Johnson on other issues. They never consulted us in See STUDENTS, Page 11 d Show how you feel with ... Michigan Daily Personals- 764-0557 GRAND OPENING of our 2nd location 715 N. University, Ann Arbor (lowerjevel, Hamilton Square) , (3 block west of Hill Auditorium) Phone 662-0886 'Men's, Women's clothing, GERI'S shoes, men's designer suits, women's designer purses, fine gym equipment, lamps, clocks, vacuum cleaners, watches and , much more! SAVE UP TO 90% OFF original prices. 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