SummrWeekly a 4 g One hundred two years of editorial freedom Alums honor first female U.S. Surgeon General By ANDREA MACADAM DAILY STAFF REPORTER Last Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novellowasrecognizedasoneofthe University's distinguished students which include journalist Carol Simpson and late actress Gilda Radner. More than 160 University alums gathered in the Michigan League Ballroom to enjoy an after- noon meal and to honor one of their own. Former University intern Novello received theAlumnaeCouncil'sannualAthenaAwardfor her achievements as a physician, lecturer and administrator as well as for her efforts in public service. Novello came to the University in 1970 to specialize in pediatric nephrology and was se- lected as the University's Intern of the Year. She entered the U.S. Public Health Service in 1978 and held various positions at the National Insti- tute of Health before President Bush appointed her as thel4th Surgeon General of the United States in 1990. She is the first woman and the first Hispanic to rise to this position. Novello is also a clinical professor of pediat- rics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. The Athena Award was created in 1971 to acknowledge the excellence of individual female alums in their fields of work. Recipients are determined fromalistofnominees that the Alumni Association submits and one is ultimately se- lected by the council. As she accepted the honor, Novello com- SeeNOVELLA, Page 2 roeo O 'U' and city haggle over polluted land HEATHER Low AN/Daily Verna Spayth, state organizer of ADAPT, leads a protest against McKinley Properties on Monday. The protest is in response to McKinley Property's refusal to construct a ramp that would allow Natasha Franke independent access to her home. ADAPT is an activist group that pushes for the rights people with disabilities. By WILL WADE lated issues. FOR THE DAILY Huntersaid, The undeveloped land east of the Ann Arbor trade roads for t Veteran's Hospital is a political and ecological The Univers mess. On the west side stands a pristine grove of responsibility fo oak trees, some possibly older than the city of hazards that ma Ann Arbor. To the east is a federally protected As the wetlands wetland polluted from years of toxic dumping by landfill, closed the University. At the center of the mess lies a small request complicated proposal to build a road through the The state De University-owned area. (DNR) reported The planned relocation of Oak Way to allow the midst of the for the expansion of Veteran's Hospital is at the above Universi root of the problem. The original plan would classified unde move Oak Way a few hundred feet east of its Response Act a present location, plowing directly through the ' grove of ancient trees. When the plan became public earlier this year, city officials and local citizens were outraged at the suggestion to ax the oaks. tees." The Ann Arbor City Council recently asked the University to consider an alternate plan to route Oak Way through the wetlands instead of A the trees. Last week, University officials drafted DNR Envir a proposal agreeing to thenew location, if the city Brown said tha would grant some concessions. University prop While both University and city officials have dangerous. declined to comment on the details, City A 1990 En Councilmember Larry Hunter confirmed Satur- compiled by th day that the University has asked for the perma- described the a nent closure of up to six strets elsewhere in the The report s city. These include Madison Street, which runs itisknown that between West Quad and South Quad, and Keech rials in years pa Avenue,whichgoes through the University Sports lot to the east of Complex. Way, south of C City officials say they are unhappy with the cured landfill, 1 proposal that links the Oak Way plan with unre- into an adjacent "I'mnotinterestedinanyplanto rees." ity also wants to be absolved of r cleaning up any environmental y be unearthed by construction. arebordered by anold University since the mid-1970s, this is no epartment of Natural Resources d a gravel-topped parking lot in undeveloped Oak Way area lies ty Landfill No. 3. This site is r the Michigan Environmental s a danger to people. tinterested tindany tr'ade roadus',for Larry Hunter n Arbor City Councilmember onmental Quality Analyst Vicki t of three known toxic sites on erty, Landfill No. 3 is the most vironmental Task Force Report he School of Natural Resources trea. tates, "There are five sites where theUniversityhas dumpedmate- ast. These include ... the parking f Veteran's Hospital (east of Oak Glacier Way). This site, an unse- has been observed to be leaching it stream. SeeDEAL, Page 2 MSA proposes new funding plan for Student Legal Services By HOPE CALATI DAILY EDITOR IN CHEF Maureen Hartford, vice president for student affairs, will present a re- structuring of MSA fees tothe Univer- sity Board of Regents at its Friday meeting. This plan, written by MSA Presi- dent Craig Greenberg and Vice Presi- dent Brian Kight, asks for a35-cent fee increase andthe financialseparationof Student Legal Services (SLS) from MSA.The totalfeewouldrise to$6.72. Studentsapprovedthefeeincrease, earmarked for theMichiganCollegiate Coalition-astudent lobbying group, intheMarchMSAelections.Although the students voted for the fee increase, the regents must approve all items which appear on the tuition bill. MSA currently funds the legal ser- vice out of its budget. The assembly is requesting that the regents grant SLS financial independence in a move to restructure the service which provides free legal aid, mainly in landlord-ten- ant law. The regents voted in 1979 to prevent SLS from representing stu- dents in cases against the University and against other students. Greenberg said SLS eats a greater percentage of the MSA budget each year because the total assembly fee does not rise quickly enough to keep pace with SLS's needs. Kight and Greenberg argued that less money is available for funding other student or- ganizations becauseofthe demandSLS makes on the MSA budget. The costs of SLS rise with inflation and salary increases, Greenberg said. These costs currently comprise al- most two-thirds of the MSA budget. In the proposal,MSA wouldreceive$2.69 (including the 35 cent increase) and SLS would receive $3.93. This split- ting of fees allotted to both organiza- tions will make SLS completely de- pendent on regents for funding instead of MSA. "Our plan now is to separate them financially," Greenberg said while maintainingthatMSAwouldstillhave the control of the SLS board. SLS's governing board comprises five MSA-appointed students, one MSA-appointed law professor, two SLS-representativesandonerepresen- tative from the Office of Student Af- fairs. But not all MSA members support the proposal. Rackham Rep. Roger DeRoo said MSA would ultimately lose control of SLS. "An independent board - even if weappointpeople-listens towhere the money comes from." Greenberg defended the proposal. 'The Board of Regents has control over our fee but we're not under the whim of the regents,"he said. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Ar- bor) is against both the feeincrease and the separation of SLS from MSA. "I think what they are trying to do is avoid the responsibility of governing....Stu- dents created it and students are re- sponsible for it." Regent Phil Power (D-Ann Arbor) said he would reserve judgment on the proposaluntilhe discussesitwithMSA and SLS. "If MSA is responsible they should get money and decide how to spend it," Power said. Student Legal Services was re- formed from Campus Legal Aid in 1978 by a student referendum allocat- ing funds from MSA fees. - Daily Staff Reporter Sue Carmody contributed to this report.