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Students file suit against 'U,
for withholding information

by Joey Barker
Daily Staff Reporter
Two students have filed suit against
the University for allegedly not expe-
diting Freedom of Information Act re-
quests.
According to the Michigan Free-
dom of Information Act, public bodies
must release every document within
five days of its request date - with
limited exceptions.
LSA senior ToddOchoaand former
graduate student Jeff Hinte filed their
first Freedom of Information requests
September 23, 1991. They requested
documents regarding the deputization
of the campus police force.
Ochoasaid the University filled their
firstrequest with all thepertinent docu-
ments, but denied or denied in part later
requests.
Ochoa said he feels later requests
were refused because the documents
were more critical to the University's
happens
Jaimie Madigan,
Molly Clover,
and Michelle
Hunscher
separate
compostable
from recyclable
garbage on
Thompson
Street Saturday
morning during
the Ann Arbor
clean-up with
Brownie Troop

decision-making pr
"When we bega
cal questions, and r
ments to answer th
'When we beg
more criticalt
and requeste
documents to
those questio
University bel
out some of t
critical docun
asked for.'
University began t
the more criticalc
asked for," OchoaE

ocess. Ochoa and Hinte were prompted to
n to ask more criti- file suit because their last Freedom of
equested the docu- Information Act request was denied.
ose questions, the Kate Duhamel, Ochoa and Hinte's
lawyer, filed suit March 30. The Uni-
versity responded April 15, after the
an to ask 10-day deadline.
questions, While the University submitted a
d the Motion for Summary Disposition to
answer expedite the suit process, it also re-
)ns, the questedanearly July hearing date when
gan to leave an earlier one is possible.
tan tolreave Ochoa and Duhamel said they feel
he more the University is using "stalling tac-
nents we had tics."
"Their Summary Disposition states
- Todd Ochoa thatwehavenolegalgroundsto file this
LSA senior suit.If thisis thecasethen whyarethey
stalling?" Ochoa said.
AttorneyCindyWilder,whoishan-
o leave out some of dling the case for the University's Of-
documents we had fice of the General Counsel declined to
explained. comment on the case.

HEATHER LOWMAN/Oe
Obstructing justice
Construction equipment blocks the path to the law library yesterday.
UGLi to house Physics
library; Engin relocates
by Valerie Levieux


The Engineering and Transporta-
tionLibrary-located on the3rd floor
oftheUGLi-willsoon berelocatedto
the Herbert Dow Building on North
Campus.
Bob Schwarzwalder, the coordina-
tor of information services for Basic
Sciencesand EngineeringLibrary,said
the library will remain open until the
first day of Spring term finals.
The move will start June 29 and
Schwarzwalder expects the new loca-
tion to open by July 8 or July 10.
Schwarzwalder said relocating the li-
brary at this time would inconvenience
the least amount of students.
The space available in the UGLI
will be used to house the Physics Li-
brary.
Dan Van Loon,an LSA senior who
has been workingatthelibraryfor three
years, said that several thousand older
and less frequently used books had al-
ready been moved to Buhr Library in
ordertofacilitatemovingthelargequan-
tity of books.
Schwarzwalder said weeding the
collectionpriortothemovemadesense
since 10 percentof the library's collec-
tion accounts for 70 to 75 percent of
library circulation.
Thenewlocation willutilizea"com-
pact shelving" system, where back to
back shelves will slide on rails in order

to provide more space for books,
Schwarzwalder said.
An official opening ceremony for
the new library is planned for early
July.
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