The Michigan Daily - Monday, May 13, 2002 - 3 Concern over sprawl increases in Michigan Ashley Fdedian For the Daily Court prohibits ban on smoking By Kevin For the Da The M day to he ciationt Marquet Appeals smoking Marqu banneds According to a study published earlier 1999, bu this month by Public Sectors Consul- in 1998z tants, Inc., urban sprawl has been a to the st growing problem in Michigan for the decision past decade. As a consequence of remain p increasing county populations, "stresses StateI are put on county governments to pro- smoking vide additional services," said Mark The stat Coscarelli, senior consultant for Great local go Lakes and Environmental Policy at PSC. strict tha b Coscarelli added that increased coun- With r ty populations call for more infrastruc- ing caus ture services - including fire intensely protection, ambulances, roadways, utili- have mix ties and police force - that he said Heidi "need to be advanced as a result of locatedc migration out of urban areas." should 1 He said he believes urban residents should b move out of the city in search of peace adqitnwbeing threatened byth vrdevelopment counties are exper-L S in rural areas actually work in urban areas," State Rep. Chris Kolb (D-Ann By Megan Arbor) said. Forthe Daily "The state needs to articulate a vision for our urban areas," Coscarelli said. Scientist While residents are drawn toward share ideas vibrant and livable communities, "urban at the Uni communities have to have policies that symposiur help make them safe, clean, green and The eve: have good schools," Kolb said. Hospital,f "Too often we have been ignorant that field and q ye ourselves are responsible in making LSI co decisions that add to sprawl," he added. symposiu Sprawl communities are popping up is a recen next to highway interchanges and in has been a areas where government building have FOR been placed, Kolb said. "It's easier for people to move out (of the city), and eas- ier to commute farther and farther from where they work and where they live, " /Mothe he added. Although the growth is modest, Ann V nta rbor is the only urban area in Michigan that has increased in population rather decreased. Kolb aid between1999 and 2000, 4,500 people moved to the area, an increase of 4 percent. ROBINSON Continued from Page 1 jail or a $500 fine. Roumel, an attorney for Student Legal y Services, said the case is moving for- ward and Robinson will plead not guilty hen the time comes. f"He is remaining strong. He is deter- mined to fight these allegations and clear his name," Roumel said. When he came to the University as a freshman in 2000, Robinson was already considered one of the founda- tions of the team. Despite his impor- tance to the squad, the recent allegations will be taken "very serious- ly," basketball coach Tommy Amaker t id in a statement released regarding e incident. "We will continue to monitor the situ- ation as it proceeds through the proper legal channels,"Amaker said. Rosenberg ily lichigan Supreme Court refused last Mon- ar the appeal in Michigan RestaurantAsso- vs. the City of Marquette, upholding the te Circuit Court and the Michigan Court of in their earlier decisions to prohibit a ban in area restaurants. uette adopted an ordinance in 1997 that smoking in restaurants starting in January it the MRA and six restaurants sued the city and won. The city appealed, taking the case ate Supreme Court, but the Circuit Court's a was upheld and the smoking ban will rohibited. law requires restaurants to maintain non- sections but does not prohibit smoking. e Supreme Court's decision ensures that vernments do not enact ordinances more n the already existing law. ising evidence showing the harm that smok- es, restaurant smoking bans have become an debated issue. Ann Arbor restaurant owners ed feelings on the potential smoking ban. Metzger, owner of Metzger's Restaurant, on East Washington Street, said the decision be in the hands of restaurant owners. "It e our choice," she said. Pete Poulos, owner of Frank's Restaurant on Maynard Street, said he believes the decision on a restaurant smoking ban should be left for the pub- lic to decide. "Everybody has rights. If the whole public wants the law, then we should listen to them," Poulos said. Others said smoking should be allowed in restau- rants if owners improve the separation between smoking and non-smoking sections. "Restaurant owners should make sure that non-smoking sec- tions really do not have smoke," LSA sophomore Pavan Bhargava said. The next step in propagating a restaurant smoking ban is for the county to pass a regula- tion under the public health code. Washtenaw County Corporation Counsel Curtis Hedger said public hearings on the issue will occur in June, an order may be drafted in July and a regu- lation could be passed by August. "We want to ensure that smoking sections are truly segregated from non-smoking sections, as you can be in a non- smoking section, but the smoke permeates," he said. Washtenaw County Commissioner Leah Gunn, who is working on a county-wide ban on smoking in public and private workplaces, said she feels there is a possibility that the Supreme Court's decision rejecting the smoking ban on restaurants will be overturned. "We are having a series of public hearings to know what the public thinks. It has to go through Eastern Michigan University junior and Starbucks employee Michael Nitschky takes a cigarette break last week. the public health director Helen Clement and then the Board of Commissioners will vote on it," she said. [ symposium puts cell biology in the spotlight Hayes The six men asked to lecture, described by Dixon as on campus," he said. r __"stars in the field," were selected specifically for their University Biological Chemistry Prof. Zhaohui Xu excellence in the field of structural biology. said he feels that this exchange of ideas will raise edu- ts from around the country came together to "These are the world experts, collectively among the cation levels and inform the general public as to what Thursday on various aspects of cell biology best people in the world," Dixon said. structural biology is all about. versity Life Sciences Institute's first all-day The symposium is one of several aspects of the Life "One of the reasons we (had) this symposium is to M. Sciences Initiative, launched in 1999 by former Uni- provide students an opportunity to interact with scien- nt, held in the Ford Auditorium at University versity President Lee Bollinger and the University tists from all over the world," Xu said. featured lectures by top researchers in the Board of Regents in an effort to advance education and Not only did the symposium have positive educa- uestion-and-answer sessions. research in the areas of science and medicine. tional benefits, but it also brings the University's -Director John Dixon highlighted the LSI Director of Communications Karl Bates, medical program into the national spotlight. "It rais- u's importance. Dixon said cell biology the symposium's organizer, said the symposium is es the visibility of the institute nationally. (The it topic in an area of science where there an important part of the initiative. "The sympo- speakers) go back and tell people what Michigan is 1 t 's e s sium is part of our effort to reach out to everyone doang," Au said. semester -41-e