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the ones who hold everything together,"
Johnson said. "It's one thing when
you're talking about pushing papers, it's
another thing when you're talking about
people's lives ... it's very distressing."
Students who are considering enter-
ing the nursing profession are also feel-
ing uncertain about their future.
"(The downsizing) makes you won-
der what types of opportunities are out
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there'" said Kelli Mizer, a nursing stu-
dent from Jackson Community College.
Mizer is performing clinical training at
the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
Nursing senior Nicole Bills said she
worries about the lack of training nurs-
ing students may have due to the cuts.
"One of the reasons the (University's)
Nursing School is so good is because of
the experience you get through working
at the hospital -and now all of our jobs
are gone," Bills said.
Nancy Stryker, director of alumni
affairs and development in the Nursing
School, said because of the trend in
downsizing, the school will have to
look for additional sites for the required
clinical experience.
Stryker said although the job market
for nurses is bleak, the number of appli-
cants to the School of Nursing has not
decreased. She said, however, that the
school is adjusting to the cuts.
"This year we are going to admit
fewer people because the school does-
n't want to educate too many people
without jobs," she said.
- NEWS
Insurance
company
sues 'U' over
fraternity fire
By Laurie Mayk
Duily Editor in Chief
Months after flames destroyed the
Sigma Phi Epsilon fratemnity house on
campus, the Continental Insurance
Company is pointing fingers regard-
ing legal responsibility for the inci-
dent.
The company, which insured the
building's owners, the Sigma Phi
Epsilon Building Association, named
the University, the Office of Greek Life,
the city of Ann Arbor, the fratemnity's
national organization and "unknown
parties" in a suit filed in late March.
"As a result of the willful, wanton
and reckless acts of Defendants
(tnterfraternity Council and
Panhellenic Association), Nationals,
and 'Unknown Parties,' Plaintiff,
Continental, suffered severe property
damage in excess of $770,000," stat-
ed the suit, filed by Continental's
attorney, Ronald Mellish. Mellish
was unavailable for comment yester-
day.
Although the University currently
owns the property, Vice President for
Student Affairs Maureen Hartford said
the University had no legal responsibil-
ity to the house when the fire occurred
lat September The incident occurred
after the University Board of Regents
approved prce ofte property, but
before the Universit finalized the deal
and acquired the deed.
"I believe the University was
named because (the company)
thought we owned it when the fire
took place," Hartford said. "Since we
didn't own it, we didn't have respon-
sibility"
The suit.. honwever, charged thatth
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The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house burned last September. The company that
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University "was in a position to exer-
cise control over the subject property."
The company's statement also warned
that the defendents "cannot circumvent
their liability by raising the shield of
sovereign immunity."
The University's Office of Greek
Life is still working with legal counsel
to address "a situation that may take a
while to resolve, said Terry Landes,
IFC coordinator. Landes said the
University's IFC and Panhellenic
Association are not responsible for the
fire or damage.
"This is a privately-owned piece of
property," Landes said. "One of the
things that the Office of Greek Life
does not do is operate property - we're
not a management company."
Allegations against the Sigma Phi
Epsilon Fraternity-Nationals stem
from the revocation of the Alpha
Chapter's charter following hazing
incidents in the fraternity. The insur-
ance company's statement claims that
closing the chapter rendered the
house "vacant, open to trespass," and
"a hazard."
Nationals executive director Ker
Maddox said that although he isn't9-
prised by the insurance company's
attempts to collect financial compensa-
tion, he does not expect the fraternity te
be found negligent in the case.
"Everyone named in the suit dic
everything they could to protect thai
property," Maddox said. "I can under-
stand why an insurance company woul
name everyone they can."
The suit details responsibilities not
fulfilled by the defendants in the cake.
Besides the fire itself, the suit
blame on the city, the University, the
Office of Greek Life and the Nationals
for failing to take various safety precau-
tions involving combustible materials,
and for allowing the house to remain
vacant and unattended.
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