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Quake
estrikes in
Central
America
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -
A powerful earthquake rolled
!through Costa Rica and Panama yes-
terday, killing at least four people
and toppling buildings in the
Atlantic coastal city of Puerto
Limon, Costa Rica.
The quake and a series of power-
ful aftershocks also caused exten-
sive damage to buildings in the capi-
tal, knocking out electrical service
and phone lines, cracking walls and
*shattering windows.
The quake measured 7.4 on the
Richter scale and was centered 70
miles southeast of San Jose, said
Willis Jacobs of the National
Earthquake Information Center in
Golden, Coo.
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica's main
Atlantic port, about 80 miles east
of San Jose, appeared to be the hard-
est hit by the quake and aftershocks
that rattled this small Central
American nation beginning at 3:58
p.m. (5:58 p.m. EDT)
At least three people were killed
when the International Hotel col-
lapsed in Puerto Limon, Red Cross
spokesperson Jose Calvo said.
Two other people reportedly
were killed in western Panama, ac-
cording to a radio station.
Carlos Garza, a resident, said in
Wtelephone interview from Limon
that he saw at least one other body
as a result of the earthquake.
Kline's garage
petition drive
comes up short
Activists hope city council will
putfunding question on ballot
David Noel shows his support for the Homeless Action Committee's petitions yesterday at the Ann Arbor Inn-.
With too few signatures to require a referendum, HAC is looking for support from city council.
Campus split on effectiveness
of'U deputized police force
by David Rheingold
Daily City Reporter
The Homeless Action
Committee (HAC) yesterday an-
nounced it had not collected enough
signatures in its citywide petition
drive to put the funding of the pro-
posed Kline's parking structure on a
referendum ballot.
The group's hopes now lie with
the Ann Arbor City Council, which
can still resurrect the referendum
proposal it defeated before city
elections earlier this year.
HAC member Leslie Mead told
a crowd of about 25 people that at
-the end of a 45-day campaign, HAC
had collected approximately 4,600
signatures.
HAC needed 7,865 valid signa-
tures - 10 percent of the registered
voters in Ann Arbor.
Mead made the announcement in
front of the Ann Arbor Inn, where
HAC members taped photocopies of
the petitions onto the main doors of
the defunct hotel.
Though they didn't gather the
necessary number of signatures,
HAC members said that considering
the time constraints, the petitions
indicate overwhelming citizen dis-
pleasure with the structure.
The petition drive is HAC's lat-
est weapon in its wvar against the
Kline's structure. HAC members
argue that the city should spend the
funds on low-income housing
instead.
The council approved the bonds
for the Kline's structure March 4.
After The Ann Arbor News posted
the sale of the bonds, HAC had 45
days to collect the signatures of 10
percent of the voters.
"I think considering the short
amountofktime they had to work,
they did an outstanding job," City
Clerk Winnie Northcross said.
HAC members said they are con-
fident the council will put the ques-
tion on a ballot after seeing the re-
sults of the drive.
"I think they feel pressured and
that they have to put it on. It's in
their court now," said HAC mem-
ber Jen Rubin, a Rackham student.
The ballot question came before
the council Feb. 4, when a 6-5
Republican majority dominated the
council. Though the decision split 7-
4 mostly along partisan lines,
things may be seen differently now
that the Democrats have an 8-3
See HAC, Page 2
by Tami Pollak
Daily Crime Reporter
Are University students safer
now than they were three months
ago, when the new campus police
force hit the streets?
Mary Daughterty, a third-year
nursing student, doesn't think so.
"This whole semester, I've only
seen the police once on campus. I re-
ally don't feel any safer,"
Daughterty said. "I haven't noticed
any changes."
That reaction, however, seems to
coincide with the administration's
"phase-in" plan for the police force.
"It's only really been about two
months," Sgt. Vern Baisden at the
University Department of Public
Safety and Security said yesterday.
"So far, everything has gone as
planned. It's a gradual phase-in pro-
gram, and things are proceeding as
we hoped they would," Baisden said.
Baisden added that two more police
officers have recently been hired and
are currently being trained. The
University plans to hire 24 officers.
Since the beginning of winter
term, eight deputized University
police officers have been patrolling
campus, but, with the exception of
the recent Hash Bash, few students
have encountered the armed guards.
"I think they've kept a fairly
low profile," said Jeff Hinte, sec-
ond year Rackham student and
member of the Student Rights
See POLICE, Page 2
Course evaluations' effectiveness depends
on conscientious student input, responses
*by Marc Ciagne
Daily Staff Reporter
It's a warm spring afternoon and
the last day of classes. The instruc-
tor has passed out the course evalua-
tion forms and left the classroom.
You see other students filling out
only the scantron portion of the
evaluation and leaving the room.
You look at the additional ques-
tions at the bottom and think you
may have some constructive things
to write. You also think of every-
thing else you could be doing in
preparation for final exams. Do you
bother to conscientiously answer
the questions?
"Some do and some don't," says
English Professor William Ingram,
director of the Composition
Program for first-year students.
* "But until (all students) do, it's
not going to be a very effective
evaluating instrument."
James Kulik, a research scientist
at the Center for Research on
Learning and Teaching (CRLT), said
he developed the questionnaire in
1976 to help faculty members col-
lect student opinions to improve the
quality of their instruction and pro-
vide departments with informa-
tion for TA promotions and reap-
pointments.
Do students take these evalua-
tions seriously enough for them to
serve their purpose? If not, are the
evaluations an accurate instrument
for measuring the effectiveness of
instructors?
Ingram said he thinks the major-
ity of students take the evaluations
seriously, but warns that "there's a
large enough minority (who do not)
to skew the results." He said he
thinks some students use the evalua-
tions to "take pot-shots" at in-
structors rather than to provide
constructive criticism.
LSA junior Andrew Feinberg, an
English concentrator, said he re-
serves comments for teachers he dis-
likes. "The only time I ever put ef-
fort into a course evaluation is when
I feel my responses may contribute
to the dismissal of my TA," he said.
LSA senior Chase Haddix, a
History concentrator, said he thinks
students' complaints are often with
departmental policies rather than
the instructors and, in these cases,
students may think their opinions
won't change anything.
"If I think the instructor will
take my comments into considera-
tion, I'm more apt to make con-
structive observations," said
Haddix.
Prof. Lillian Back, associate di-
rector of the Composition Program
for first-year students, said she
takes the course evaluations "very,
very seriously."
"I make sure I've read every
evaluation thoroughly before for-
mulating a syllabus for the next
semester," said Back. She said stu-
dent responses are also the main cri-
teria she uses to decide which visit-
ing lecturers to hire.
"I would never hire a teacher
whose students say, 'I didn't learn
anything in this class,"' she said.
Back is pleased with how consci-
entiously her students fill out the
evaluations. "I've never had a set of
my own personal evaluations which
See EVALUATION, Page 2
AIDS patient leads a
lonely but active life
Rick Hayner serves as 'AIDS Consultant'
Puppy love
Business School senior Stephanie Wiener gets a kiss from Ozzy.
MSU students object
to Engler as speaker
by Melissa Peerless
by Stacey Gray
For some people AIDS is some-
thing to read about in magazines or
watch on television. For others,
AIDS is a charitable cause. For Rick
Hayner, AIDS is a way of life.
Five years ago, he was diagnosed
as HIV positive. Since then, Rick
Hayner, an Ann Arbor resident has
lost his job, been assaulted, and lost
28 friends to the disease. He is 31
years old.
"I have hardly any friends left,
they're all dead," he said, "I want a
companion very badly, an intimate
relationship with someone."
He sits on his couch dressed in
Levis, Reebok, and a tank top.
Hanging on the wall are a mayoral
proclamation for the community
pated in. He is a weekly patient at
the University hospital and has re-
cently stopped taking AZT because
he developed an allergic reaction to
it.
The main emotion Rick feels is
loneliness. One can see the sadness
on his face as he twists the rings on
his fingers and glances over at the
numerous pill vials that sit on the
table. The Tylenol with codeine he
takes for pain slows his speech.
Rick lives alone with his black
marily through sex but I did share
needles at one point." After his di-
agnosis, Rick panicked, "I didn't
know what to do. I told everyone I
had Leukemia for a year or so."
Rick didn't tell his family ei-
ther. He said he thought they knew
earlier but that it wasn't until the
Ann Arbor News wrote an article
on him in March 1988, that they
were sure.
"They weren't real supportive in
the beginning," he said.
Daily Higher Education Reporter
While graduating University
students will be addressed by
President Bush, Michigan State
University (MSU) has invited Gov.
John Engler to speak at its com-
mencement June 8.
And just as some University
students have expressed discontent
with the University's choice of
Bush as a commencement speaker,
some MSU students don't want
Engler speaking at their graduation
either.
MSU senior Abigail Monzo
said, " I paid a lot of money to come
to school here. I want my gradua-
tion to be one last positive memory
of my time at MSU to take with me.
If Engler is the speaker, it won't
be."
Monzo is co-founder of Anyone
But Engler, a newly formed student
group which has been gathering sig-
wise decision by choosing Engler."
But MSU spokesperson Terry
Denbow said Engler is the best
choice for a commencement speaker.
"Governor Engler is a graduate
of Michigan State. During his first
year in office, he has demonstrated a
clear commitment to education in
Michigan. We're proud and honored
to have him speaking here," he said.
Denbow also said that MSU
hopes to establish a tradition of hav-
ing Michigan governors as com-
mencement speakers. Former Gov.
James Blanchard, also an MSU
graduate, spoke at the school's grad-
uation during his first year in office.
According to Denbow, MSU of-
ficials have no intention of revoking
Engler's invitation.
"It's a relatively small number
of students who are involved in this
campaign against Engler to speak,"
he said.
'I have hardly any friends left, they're all
dead. I want a companion very badly, an
intimate relationship with someone'
- Rick Hayner, AIDS patient
Hayner
put too much stress on AIDS as a
"gay disease."
"They have this attitude: it
doesn't concern me because I'm not a
homosexual. Sex is sex, you are still
exchanging body fluids." he said.
Rick also told his lover right
away.
Rick tenses up when he talks
about him. "We separated right