8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, June 5, 1996 NEwS MSA hires new administrative coordinal Daily Ftor inChief conflicts.' Stefanic, who wa Months after the election that employee while serv prompted the dismissal of Michigan was suspended and Student Assembly Administrative last March because Coordinator Lou Stefanic, the that he had aided assembly announced its choice of a Party's winter camp candidate to fill the vacancy. election staff cited. Stephanie Souter was chosen earlier this week by a committee that included LSA Rep. Dan We were I Serota, Rackham Rep. John Lopez, University Student Activities Someone WhI Associate Roger Fisher and MSA bookkeeper Sara Flynn. have bOth1th 'We were looking for someone who would have both the ability and incentive and incentive to remain impartial, so we would not have a repeat of impartialX what happened with Lou (Stefanic),' Serota said. Serota said the committee was LS wary of hiring a current or former University student to fill the position sage addressed from because of possible partisan loyalties. eral Wolverine Pe "Students obviously have a vested including the party's interest in their school," Serota said: vice presidential can "When they put theirown vested interest dence of partisan in beside their job, that's where we run into e-mail detailed elec as a University ing as MSA AC, then dismissed of accusations the Wolverine aign. The MSA an e-mail mes- ooking ft D would e ability to remai - Dan Sero A Representat Stefanic to sev- arty members, presidential and didates, as evi- volvement. The ction strategies, including some using MSA software and resources. The election staff fined the five party members named in the message and turned the disciplinary action involving Stefanic over to Fisher, who oversaw the University employee dis- ciplinary procedures. "When you have a paid worker using student funds to influence the r outcome of a student election, this is wrong," MSA President Fiona Rose said. Rose called the post "critical" "This is MSA's main link with the student body - the glue that holds fn MSA together." Souter, who is pursuing a mas- ter's degree in communications at Eastern Michigan University, said )ta her candidacy stressed an attitude ive focused on working as a team and to "weed out the fuzzy areas" of MSA. Souter's duties will include commu- nicating with student group leaders, dealing with health insurance requests and coordinating the rest of the MSA office staff. hJe Mtd14hIan Lt1ly IS HIRING for Fall/Winter terms! Gain valuable experience, as well as resume material. Applications due Friday, June 14 i t# I Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon (left) and Ypsilanti Mayor Charyl Farmer cut the 21st birthday cake of the Domestic Violence Project on Sunday. Domestic Violence Project holds * auction, party for 21st anniversary By Brian Campbell Fer the lDaily Washtenaw County community members convened at the Women's City Club last Sunday to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Domestic Violence Project. Mayors Ingrid Sheldon (Ann Arbor) and Cheryl Farmer (Ypsilanti) co-hosted the event, which consisted of a wine reception followed by an auction to raise funding for the Project. Sheldon said, "It is important that we sit back and take note of the accom- plishments of 21 years of recognizing domestic-violence issues." Sheldon, who recommended the establishment of the Mayor's Commission on Increasing the Safety of Women, also commended the increased awareness of violence against women at the University through date-rape education and pro- grams such as SAPAC. Farmer said that because she is a physician, domestic violence is "close to her heart." "Many victims are afraid to tell the truth about being abused. There are cer- tain injuries you just can't attribute to falling down," Farmer said. Farmer said domestic-violence issues have been slow to gain entry into medical literature, and only recently has awareness increased. "As more education gets out there, it becomes easier for a woman to say, 'I'm not the only one. There's nothing wrong with me. This is wrong, and I shouldn't have to take it,"' Farmer said. The Domestic Violence Projec DVP, is a private, non-profit corpora- tion. It serves persons who live or work in Washtenaw County by provid- ing emergency shelter relief for sur- vivors of domestic battery and their children, and by operating a 24-hour crisis line. Catherine McClary, DVP president, said the project has many different funding sources. "It is a public facility, with approxi- mately half the costs coming from pri vate donors, and the rest coming from funding by the general public, United Way, the federal, state, and local gov- ernments, and the cities of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor." Both mayors emphasized this distinc- tion between public and private matters, indicating that "violence is violence" whether it occurs on the street or in the home, and that individual families should not be exempt from the law.0 McClary said, "Domestic violence is not a private matter that should remain within the family, and it is gratifying to see that it will not be tolerated in this community."