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Wednesday, June 28, 1995 - The Michigan Daily - 3
Board of Regents
approves student
representative

he lighting will soon Improve in the Diag, as well as on surrounding streets.
egents pickup for campus
afety, plan to upgrade lghin
By Dara Schoenwald campuswide with betterlights, and to install the area bounded by State Street, South
Daity Staff Reporter lighting where none presently exist, said University, Church and Huron - esti-
Even after nighttime campus walks, Beth Hall, public informationofficer of Uni- mated to cost $2.4 million.
task forces and recommendations, safety versity business operations. MSA President Flint Wainess said he
remains a concern in the University com- "It's just a matter of resources. We'll was pleased with the decision, but is still
munity. This month, the University do as much as we can, as quickly as we worried about cooperation. "The central
Board of Regents acknowledged this is- can. It's important. People should feel problemremains getting the city of Ann Ar-
sue by approving a recommendation that safer," Hall said. bor and the University to work together on
tlined the first of several phases to up- The first phase, which costs decisions about property that is not on cam-
grade campus security lighting. $400,000, includes the central 40 acres pus, but affects University students,"he said
The action request was proposed by of the Diag area that is currently under Sean Carter, an LSA junior, said that
Executive Vice President Farris W. construction. As renovations are com- he never noticed any problems with
Womack this month, after several sur- pleted, lighting in that area will be up- lighting. "I've never felt threatened, or
veys indicated that upgrading campus graded to lights with greater intensity. felt that it was too dark while walking on
lighting was a primary factor in improv- Hall said the majority of the Diag light- campus, so I don't know if the lighting is
ing campus safety and security. ing replacements will be finished this the problem," he said.
The necessity for advanced lighting summer, and the remaining fixtures will Others said that improved and additional
was later recognized and brought to the be completed in early fall. lighting was a step in theright direction.
attention of the administration by the The lighting around the Shapiro Li- "I think students will feel safer and
ichigan Student Assembly. Last Octo- brary is already finished, and the Randall more at ease," said Lauren Kernis, ajunior
ber, MSA arranged and conducted a Laboratory will be finished by early Sep- in the Business School. "Just by knowing
nighttime Campus Safety Awareness tember. Phase one also includes areas east that there are more, brighter lights on cam-
Walk-Through, examining various cam- of the laboratory and West Engineering. pus will probably intimidate potential at-
pus areas to determine which were in need In the next phases, the project will be tackers, making them more frightened
of either additional or improved lighting. expanded beyond the initial 40 acres, to about being caught. It might not be the
"We owe a debt of gratitude to MSA include replacements of all lighting within whole solution, but it's a start."
and other student groups for helping us
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lot and in the stairwell in every level all clubs, businesses, and
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the next four or five years, as funds are avail-
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By Deborah G. Weinstein
Daily Staff Reporter
After three years of student lobbying,
the University Board of Regents at its last
meeting approved the Michigan Student
Assembly's proposal for a student repre-
sentative to the regents.
"Students from Michigan and MSA
have begun to focus on issues critical to
students and student life," said Maureen
A. Hartford. vice president for student
affairs. "Part of that is communication
that is two ways with the regents. I think
this symbolically and literally is a way to
ensure that."
MSA Vice President Sam Goodstein
said he felt that students benefit from this
decision. "It was a great day for students,
MSA and the Michigan Party," he said
after the regents meeting two weeks ago.
Regent Shirley McFee (R-Battle
Creek) opened the discussion of the stu-
dent representative and outlined the
scope of the student representative's ac-
tivities.
"I think we have come today with the
resolution which was initiated through
me by (Flint Wainess) wbich he, as
president of MSA, would like to see this
communication (between the Board of
Regents and MSA) develop," McFee
said. "(There will be) a permanent place
designated in the regents' room to be oc-
cupied by the president or vice president
of MSA, monthly reports from MSA will
be included in the regents' report, and the
biannual report to the regents with spe-
cific student concerns."
McFee said that the dates of the bian-
nual reports were not yet set, but sug-
gested that the student representative ad-
dress the regents in September and in
April.
Although the student representative
will not have the power to introduce
resolutions, MSA president and subse-
quent student representative to the re-
gents Flint Wainess said that he was
pleased with the regents' unanimous vote.
"We could yell and scream at public
comments, or be like an executive of-
ficer," Wainess said at last week's MSA
meeting. "We now have the same status

as an executive officer of the University."
With the inability to introduce reso-
lutions, the student representative will
rely on the regents to place student con-
cerns on the agenda. Once introduced,
the representative will be able to speak to
the regents.
"It is a resource in place. We will be
moving forward. It is a good thing to
try," Wainess said at the regents meet-
ing.
Regent Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann
Arbor) said that although she supported
the student representative, she ques-
tioned the timing of the proposal. "I am
surprised about today's resolution during
student absence from campus. Students
on every other issue are concerned about
the regents acting in the absence of stu-
dents. I support the recommendation in
substance," she said.
Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor)
said that the student representative's
power or activity will not increase in the
future. "This (is) a foot in the door not to
be expanded," he said.
The student representative is unique
in that the students now have a formal
voice that University faculty do not have.
However, George Brewer, the chair of
the Senate Advisory Committee on Uni-
versity Affairs, said that the administra-
tion and the regents have also worked to
improve communication over the last
year.
"As far as faculty, we're in good
shape on communication with the re-
gents. SACUA meets with the regents on
a fairly regular basis," Brewer said. "We
often have social interactions with the
regents and feel we have informally
pretty good communication."
SACUA member Prof. Ronald
Lomax said that although SACUA had not
spoken specifically about the creation of a
faculty representative, the student repre-
sentative may be a model.
"I haven't had time to think of the
ramifications (of a student representa-
tive). It sounds like if you have a student
representative, it would seem to make
sense to have a faculty representative too,"
he said.

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