O iyriandaiog One hundred sec years of editoridfreedom Wednesday May 21, 1997 ova, I fi }v. Y.. Sat}. 4 \ DPS receives $82,600 federal g By Katie Plona Daily News Editor To decrease the number of property losses on campus, the Department of Public Safety will apply $82,600 in federal grant money to a special department program. DPS was one of hundreds of populations nationwide to receive a portion of a $40 mil- lion federal grant distributed by the Office of Community Oriented Policing in the Department of Justice Services. A Problem Solving Partnership, the pro- gram's title, will emphasize increased educa- tion of students, faculty and staff, as well as pursuit of improved engineering, including additional alarm systems, new locks and more lighting for buildings on campus. Along with DPS's established community policing program, which emi safety of University commu visitors, the enhanced progra property crimes will initiate said Leo Heatley, director of r "It's all geared to make t place to be," Heatley said. "I work together to solve the so ant Regents' recap: *on JLLa n t The following is a list of business items the Uiniversity ran Board of Regents reviewed at its last monthly meeting: B The regents conducted the meeting in the Robert H. phasizes the overall Lurie Engineering Center on North Campus. nity members and M The regents examined the University Hospitals' stt directed toward Comparative Statistic Report, which compares the building watches University's Hospitals with peer institutions, public safety e N Vice President for Development Thomas Kinnear he campus a safe Both programs will reported that this year is the second-best year in ame problems." history, regarding voluntary support and gifts donated to See DPS, Page 2 the University. Recruit visited booster night of party, wreck By Heather Kamins Daily News Editor New allegations against Michigan's basketball program suggest five Michigan players brought a former recruit to meet Detroit booster Ed Martin in his home last year. The night, which ended as the Ford Explorer in which the players --Maurice Taylor, Willie Mitchell, Robert Traylor, Louis Bullock and Ron Oliver - and recruit Mateen Cleaves were riding, rolled over on M-14, began at Martin's home, the Detroit Free Press reported. According to a report the University presented to the NCAA in early March in response to allegations against the basketball program, the players stopped at an unnamed person's home - allegedly at the request of a person who asked to meet Cleaves - as they trav- eled to a hotel party. The name of the person was deleted from the public report. Two anonymous sources allegedly told the Detroit Free Press that the unidentified person was Martin. Vice President for University Relations Walter Harrison said he could not comment on the incident, but the person's name was deleted as a matter of protection. "We edited that report to protect the privacy of individuals," Harrison said. "There were certainly references, just some were redacts to protect their pri- vacy." The visit could violate of NCAA reg- ulations because players are required to follow codes of conduct that monitor the contact between recruits and University representatives. The University's official student- ,athlete host contract, which the five players signed, states "representatives of the University's athletics interest (e.g., boosters, alumni) are not allowed to be involved in recruiting a prospect. If during the official visit,iyou and the recruit come into contact with a repre- sentative of the University's athletics interest, any conversation must be lim- ited to an exchange of greetings." The extent of Martin's involvement with Michigan's basketball program, See ALLEGATIONS, Page 2 SARA sTiLLMAN/Daily Dan Herman and his grandson Zacharia (above) visit the Comair flight 3272 crash victims' memorial plaque (below) after a service at the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetary in LaSalle, Mich., just a few miles from the crash site. Familes remember crash victims By Stephanie Hepburn For the Daily tagpipes played as families grasped roses in their hands and bowed their heads. Nearly 230 family members attended a private gathering at Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetary in LaSalle, Mich. Sunday to honor the victims of Comair flight 3272, including two members of the University community: The families gathered under a canopy 12 miles from the January 9, 1997 crash sas members of the community orga- d and conducted an elegant memor- ial service. The sorrow the families shared created a sense of unity. Among the 29 passengers killed onboard flight 3272 were LSA senior Arati Sharangpani, a Mary Markley resident adviser, and associate Rackham Dean and Theatre Prof. Betty Jean Jones. R4SIDE THIS WEEK: Many members of the Monroe coun- ty community said they were dramati- cally affected by the crash when they witnessed the families' emotions and grief as they learned of the disaster. The Red Cross, the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and the Community Mental Health joined forces at the site and provided coun- selors for the victims' families at the first release of the tragedy. The com- munity has since maintained its involvement in assisting family mem- bers, including the organization of Sunday's memorial service. "The community desired to organize the memorial service with dignity and to provide comfort for families," said Joe Moffatt of the Red Cross. Comair funded the memorial service, transportation for the victims' families and a plaque that was dedicated to keep the memory of family and friends who ARTS Artists to commemorate Allen Ginsberg at Hill. 'perished in the crash. At the service family members shared stories of their lost loved ones and described their pain and memories. Jim Orden, who lost his daughter Darinda Lynn Ogden-Nilson in the dis- aster, said the service helped him tie up See MEMORIAL, Page 3 SPORTS Michigan baseball team falls at Big Ten playoffs ' Read the Daily on the Internet and check out the Daily's archives. http://www pubumIch.edu/daily/ - --------- ----- Imaw