ne hundred five years of editon freedom City prepares itself for Art ''air's crowds, traff'ic By Brian Campbell Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor residents, along with scores of visitors, will soon flood the city streets for the annual Ann Arbor Art Fair, which begins today. The four- Oy event brings in more than a thou- sand artists and attracts half a million people. "I'm looking forward to (the art fairs)," said Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon. "It's that exciting time of mid- summer; the signal that summer is almost over." To relieve the congestion of down- town traffic, the Ann Arbor #ansportation Authority (AATA) will e running shuttle buses to the art fairs from Briarwood Mall and Pioneer High School. Liz Nowland-Margolis, from the AATA, said, "Pioneer is usually filled by noon each day and Briarwood depends on the day, but every spot is eventually taken." Shuttles will depart every 15 min- utes, and the fare is $2 for round trip and $1 each way. The AATA will also be running a trolley service between *e art fairs for $50. Nowland- Margolis added that students will be able to use their M-Cards for the bus fares. Downtown parking policies will remain the same and parking ticket officers will patrol the streets as usual, but visitors are encouraged by the AATA to make use of the shuttle ser- vices. Sergeant Deborah Ceo of the Ann rbor Police Department (AAPD) said crime during the Art Fair is usually very low. "You'd think that crime would increase, but it doesn't. We have an occasional shoplifter, but that happens on any day. The biggest issues are lost children and lost grown-ups," she said. The AAPD puts additional officers on assignment to patrol the Art Fair. When asked if the University construc- on will be a problem for public safety, eo said probably not, but that deliver- ies by major trucks will be restricted, as congestion is her main worry. Student reaction to the art fair is See ART FAIR, Page 9 Inside: An Insider's Guide to Art Fair is this week's Focus, Page 16. The flithtlan 74Di P- ---qw -lw r---Iqmpl w w w -lw - -9w w lw -Now Wednesday July 24, 1996 Regents hear options for Medical Center By Jennifer Harvey and Katie Wang Daily News Editors As the health care market continues to evolve under the demands of managed care, the University Board of Regents invited experienced health care attorneys to its July meeting to explore options for the University Medical Center. A recommendation for restructuring is scheduled to be delivered to the regents at their September meeting, said Homer Neal, interim University president. "We can adopt one of two stategies: expand or reduce the Medical Center to a level at which it is self-sufficient" Neal said. "We want to have this done by September or October," said Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor). "We have total confidence in the ability of our interim president to guide us through it." Attorney Geoffrey Shields, who has worked on more than 200 hospital restructuring projects, laid out the ben- efits and drawbacks of a variety of changes the regents could make to the Medical Center and Medical School. "I'm here to offer you a look at struc- tures that may be able to make the University able to compete in the fast- changing medical world," Shields said. "There is a pressure out there to cram down costs." Shields, who works for a Chicago law firm, said an outside perspective is often needed in restructuring cases because "it's easier for someone outside to see solutions." The move to restructure comes on See OPTIONS, Page 3 Vote sunports 1996-97 aid low tuition hike Tom Dolan celebrated his first gold medal Sunday night, winning the 400m IM. Inside: See Olympic coverage of Dolan and other Michigan swimmers, Page 13. By Jennifer Harvey and Katie Wang for its cost-containment effc Daily News Editors vote against tuition increases. orts is to Big Ten teams, Rose Bowl join championship bowl alliance By Will McCahill Daily Sports Editor The Big Ten and the Rose Bowl. In the lexicon of college football, those two entities have gone hand in hand since 1902. Not for much longer, though. Starting in 1999, the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, Calif., will join the so-called "bowl alliance," which matches the top two college football teams in one bowl game on a rotating basis. ABC Sports President Steve Bornstein and representatives of sever- al major conferences - including Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany - made the announcement yesterday in a teleconference. The agreement will bring the Big Ten and Pacific-10 Conferences into the alliance, from which they had previous- ly been excluded. Under the current agreements, the two conferences' champions are obligated to play in the Rose Bowl, regardless of the champi- ons' national rankings. If a team from either conference had finished ranked either first or second - which would have occurred had Michigan not defeat- ed Ohio State last season and allowed the Buckeyes to end the regular season ranked No. 2 - they would have been prohibited from competing in a nation- al title game. The new agreement between ABC Sports and a number of major confer- ences, including the Big 12, Atlantic Coast and Southeastern Conferences, will make the Rose Bowl one of four major alliance contests. It, along with the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, will host a national championship con- test on a rotating basis, with the Rose Bowl hosting the title game in 2002, its centennial year The Big Ten will not give up its Pasadena connection altogether, how- ever. According to SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, the Big Ten and Pac-l10 See ROSE BOWL, Page 13 By a vote of 6-1, the University Board of Regents approved and adopt- ed the 1996-97 General Fund budget proposal of $796.7 million at its July meeting on Friday. This means students will face a modest tuition increase of 3 -. 5 percent, depending on their class and residency status. The increase is the lowest since 1980, with the exception of 1984. Regent Andrea - Fischer-Newman (R-Ann Arbor) was the only regent to vote against the tuition proposal. Regent Nellie Varner (D- Detroit) was absent. Newman also abstained from Machen voting on the budget. "I like the budget," Newman said. "I just don't like the way it was funded." Newman said she voted against the tuition increase because she is "trying to send a message." She said the only way the University will be recognized She said she would have preferred across-the-board increases in tuition, without a lower increase being given to lower-division in-state students. Lower-division in-state residents will face a 3 percent increase, while all other undergraduate students will face a 5 percent increase. "I feel it is inappropriate to charge different rates," Newman said. Newman said she has difficulty con- tinually placing higher costs on out-of- state students. "We don't want to price ourselves out of the market for good out-of-state students" She also spoke adamantly against the 9-percent financial aid increase. "That's a big raise," Newman said. "No one has shown me why." Provost J. Bernard Machen said the financial aid allocation needed to increase in order to allow students to deal with the increase in tuition, which in turn was needed to fund higher oper- ating costs incurred by the University. "Financial aid isn't simply pegged by inflation," Machen said. Interim University President Homer Neal said this year's financial aid See BUDGET, Page 2 dN THIS WEEK'S MEN 2I NSIDE NEWS 11AT.. Interim president requests 'Multiplicity' doesn't deliver affirmative action review. on screen. 13 SPORTS Michigan sophomore wins silver.