Copyriht © 1987 4 TheMichia Dail SUMMER 1Ninety-seven y:ar o editorial freedom Vol. XCVI - No. 3S Ann Arbor, Michigan -Friday, May 22, 1987 City may ass AIDS policy By JOHN EIN "While I'm willing to go on partment, commended the reso- The Ann Arbor City Council waiting for this, I think everyone lution's intent, but she cautioned may approve the city's first policy will see (the policy) as an im- that "there are implications of any on AIDS for all city employees provement," said David DeVarti (D- action in this direction." next month. The policy would Fourth Ward) Atwater warned that a city-wide protect employees who may carry Terry Martin (R-Second Ward), AIDS policy could bring un- the AIDS virus from discrimination however, warned against rushing expected liability and insurance in the work place. into a policy on a disease that is problems to Ann Arbor. "There's At Monday's city council me- still a mystery, and that could have the potential of the city putting eting, all 10 council members many legal ramifications. "I think itself in a position of being sued if decided to postpone the AIDS re- we have to have some sort of it exposes anyone with AIDS." solution until June 15 so that the policy, but it needs the full-fledged Since the policy calls for no council can have more time to support of the employees," she screening of potential or existing review the policy. It would also said. employees for AIDS, Atwater fears enable city employees to voice their John Atwater, director of opinions on the issue. Washtenaw County Health De- See POLICY, Page 3 Nea to 'U' toughens admissions By BRIAN BONET Michigan high school coun- selors have mixed reactions whether this year's 10 percent increase in the number of undergraduate appli- cations to the University has any bearing on tougher admission standards. "The number of students accepted is really down from last year," said Phil Heyer, director of guidance at Redford Catholic Central High School, who believes that admission standards for Michi- gan residents have been toughened to accommodate the increasing numbers of out-of-state students. "IT SEEMS like (Michigan) is becoming a college of the elite. There really isn't much of a diversity there," said Heyer. "If that's what they want, fine, but they're really disappointing some of our kids." Damon Simon, a counselor at Garber High School in Essexville noticed a similar trend. "Last year we were looking at a 3.3 GPA as the minimum grade point for admission," Simon said. "We are using a 3.6 instead this year." Simon said the school may change its traditionally tough grading system so students will fare better when they apply to the University. Garber was chosen this year as one of the state's ten best public high schools and is currently under consideration for similar national recognition. The University's Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Cliff Sjorgren, said that the increase in applications has unavoidably resul- ted in tougher admission standards. ACCORDING to Simon and Heyer, the University's increased standards has left many qualified students as well as taxpayers disap- pointed. "Tax payers of Michigan are the supporters of this school, yet so many students have been rejected who should have been accepted," Simon said. See HIGH, Page 4 Homeless shelter forced to relocate By VICKI BAUER Community opposition to the homeless may make relocating the city's Day Drop-In homeless shelter difficult. The shelter will lose its lease to Great Lakes Federal Bank on June 19 and be forced to leave its South Division St. location. "I empathize with neighborhood concerns, but I feel someone has got to accept us," said Kathy Zick, executive director of the Day Drop- In program. "If you want to help people get back into the main- stream, you can't just ship them off somewhere." Zick thinks it will be almost impossible to secure another site by See SHELTER, Page 8 head 'U' Physics dept. By ANDREW McCUAIG University officials will look to Homer Neal to repair and rebuild the troubled Physics department when he takes over as department chair. Neal, a top physicist and provost at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, will assume his role July 1 when he replaces the outgoing department head, Law - rence Jones. "When the search committee first approached Dr. Neal, he expressed no serious interest," current Physics Chairman Lawrence Jones said. He said Vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost See SUNY, Page 8 Everson sweet Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON Big Ten tournament MVP Greg Everson and Mike Gillette celebrate Michigan's Big Ten championship following the final strikeout of Tuesday's come-from-behind victory over Purdue. Everson won two games and saved another during the tournament held at Ray Fisher Stadium. See story, page 12. Rising skin cancer rates threaten sun-worshippers' paradise By LISA POLLAK according to Cristine Cook, executive Skin cancer is the most common cancer Professor of the University's Department of Tanning has long been a ritual among director of the Washtenaw unit of the among Americans, but Cook noted that Dermatology. Americans - especially college students - American Cancer Society. The society is Americans tend to view skin cancer as less who take pride in their bronze bodies during campaigning heavily in an attempt to alert serious than lung cancer because doctors can Dermatologists recommend sunscreens for the summer months. But, according to the Americans to the damage the sun's ultra - treat skin cancer through early detection. sunworshippers as the best prevention American Cancer Society, this ritual may be violet rays can cause. against skin cancer, and they stress avoiding deadly. Of the 500,000 cases of skin cancer each Early detection can mean survival for 80 the sun between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 The incidence of malignant melanoma, a year, approximately 25,000 are malignant percent of melanoma victims, said Dr. Hoard p.m. fatal form of skin cancer, has been steadily melanoma - a ratio doctors did not expect Dcbin, Prum ical oi he Michigan pC increasing by a rate of 3.4 percon a year, to see until the year 2000, Cook said. Dermatological Society and Clinical See CANCER, Page 2