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City Council moves toward
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president to
'Appear on TV
A future episode of"Home Improve-
ment" will feature the president of
Western Michigan University - play-
ing himself.
TV star Tim Allen cannot get away to
receive a distinguished alumni award,
so Diether Haenicke will go to Califor-
nia to present it to Allen's fictional
character, Tim Taylor, as part of the
show.
Western's director of alumni rela-
tions, Jamie Jeremy, said it was her
idea. .
"The writers were apparently think-
ing along the same lines and they called
last week to see if the president could
come," Jeremy said Monday.
Haenicke will be in California taping
his part Oct. 18-20. The show's air date
has not been announced. Allen, then
Timothy Allen Dick, graduated from
Western Michigan in 1976.
Barbie goes to
U. of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi book-
store now sells Barbie-like cheerleader
dolls that come with doll-size diplomas
from the university.
The dolls are the hottest item in the
store, Mary Lou Moss, a buyer for the
bookstore told the Chronicle for Higher
Education. She said they are popular
with alumni who buy them for their
daughters and granddaughters because
the dolls stress the importance of higher
education.
The dolls, which cost $20, come
decked out in Mississippi's red and
blue. The stord sells four versions of the
doll - three white and one black. The
white dolls come in blande, brunette
and a redhead.
Oakland University
prof. recovering
A brutally beaten Oakland Univer-
sity mathematics professor is again
learning addition and subtraction, as he
struggles to recover from head injuries.
Stuart Wang was attacked outside his
campus office six months ago, and left
bleeding and unconscious. He has
learned to talk again, but remains par-
tially paralyzed and is trying to master
the subject that once provided his live-
lihood.
Wang will continue as a faculty mem-
ber and have use ofuniversity resources
as long as he is on disability, said Eileen
Bantel, executive director ofthe Ameri-
can Association of University Profes-
sors.
Meanwhile, two Rochester Hills men,
Dwayne Gerald Barton and Lee Than
Knight, both 21, face trial on charges of
assault with intent to murder Oct. 30 in
Oakland County Circuit Court. Police
allege they beat Wang with their fists
and some kind of metal tool.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Lisa Pris from staff and wire reports
decision in city
By Maureen Sirhal
Daily Staff Reporter
The Ann Arbor City Council will
now begin deciding who will fill the
position of city attorney after the two-
day interview process concluded yes-
terday.
In two separate one-hour interviews,
acting City Attorney John K. Van Loon
and finalist M. Jill Weinger delivered
theirresponses to the council's questions.
Councilmember Christopher Kolb
(D-5th Ward) maintained that no candi-
date has any edge over another despite
the fact that Van Loon is under consid-
eration for the position that he is filling
in the interim.
"I think we are looking for a good
lawyer but a better manager. You can
be a great lawyer but not a good man-
ager," Kolb said.
Weinger, the assistant city attorney
in Denver, Colo., said her duties in that
position included contract negotiation
and drafting, briefing city council and
the mayor with legal advice, preparing
for litigation work and representing the
city of Denver in meetings.
"My general management philoso-
"I think
Ch
phy is one of openc
allowing the profes
sionals," Weinger s
to be dealt with im
Much ofthe questi
issues of concern fo
attorney. Wenigera
she does not posse
with budget prepara
that when the "hard
made," she can mak
Van Loon addr
question regarding
in terms of his own
Arbor.
"I started in An
attorney search
Van Loon said. "I have experienced
we are the evolution of the (city attorney's)
office. I think you have to analyze the
ir a good U work load in terms of city necessity
... and staff."
[it aQuestions also covered topics of
managing the office and staff, the roles
inager .of council, city administrator, depart-
. ment heads in relation to the attorney's
~ounCilmember office and how the candidate would
iriStopher Kolb deal with hypothetical situations.
(D-5th Ward) However, many candidates running
for City Council in the November elec-
communication and tion have proposed combining more
sionals to be profes- city and University services.
aid. "I expect things Council members will review the in-
mediately." terviews given by all four finalists in-
oningfocusedaround cluding Abagail Elias and Hurticene
r the office of the city Hardaway, two hopefuls who gave in-
dmitted that although terviews Monday night.
ss much experience "I think all these candidates bring
tion, she is confident something different to the position;"
decisions need to be Kolb explained. "Some have a lot of
ke them. experience and others have extensive
essed many of the expertise. They all have different out-
his leadership skills looks."
experiences in Ann CouncilmemberJean Calberg (D-3rd
Ward) said, "All the candidates look
in Arbor in 1969," good. Formeitisalways ahard choice."
MSA appoints new committee chair
Lance Cpl. Justin Lewis thanks the state Senate yesterday for a resolution in
honor of his heroic efforts in Bosnia.
State Senate honors
Mi.lan eed Marine vet
Mich. man helped rescue Scott O'Grady
Curin to replace Van
Eeuwijk in BPC
By Michelle Lee Thompson
Daily Staff Reporter
Pharmacy Rep. Matt Curin was
elected to the position of Michigan Stu-
dent Assembly Budget Priorities chair
last night at the assembly's regular
meeting.
Curin, who has not previously served
on any committees but was an alternate
for BPC, beat out BPC Vice Chair Amy
Andriekus, 22-16.
"BPC is like the front line for MSA,"
Curin told the assembly. "MSA needs
to show that we actually do things for
students."
Curin said that the assembly's largest
committee should be a representative to
student groups of all of MSA's com-
mittees.
"BPC really needs to be the commu-
nications committee, the (External Re-
lations Committee), it really has to be
all those committees at once."
MSA President Flint Wainess said
Andriekus's experience would have
been valuable for the position.
"I would rather have had a BPC chair
with more experience and Amy has that
experience," Wainess said. "However,
I also think that Matt will be a good
BPC chair."
Andriekus ran last winter for the BPC
position and lost to Remco Van Eeuwijk,
who quit the BPC position and resigned
from the assembly two weeks ago.
Van Eeuwijk spoke as a constituent
at last night's meeting, handing over
BPC documents to the incoming chair
and offering a reason for his resigna-
tion, which came on the heels of a
losing fight to adopt a "compromise"
budget between two proposals.
"The reason I did resign is that I
talked to a lot of MSA reps who said
they would support the (compromise)
proposal," Van Eeuwijk said. "When it
came time, they turned their backs on
me."
Curin said he thought the budget that
was adopted-the budget presented by
Wainess and MSA Vice President Sam
Goodstein - allocated appropriate
funding to the Budget Priorities Com-
mittee.
"The money that was given to BPC
was adequate, maybe even a littlehigh,"
Curin said.
BPC will hold a hearing next Mon-
day night to discuss funding to several
student groups.
Curin is scheduled to propose BPC
guidelines at next Tuesday's regular
assembly ineeting.
LANSING(AP) - Senate Republi-
cans and Democrats are often on oppo-
site sides, but they rose as one yester-
day to honor a Midland Marine who
took part in the rescue of a downed Air
Force pilot in Bosnia.
"America is a nation that's built on
heroes," said Sen. Bill Schuette (R-
Midland), who introduced Lance Cpl.
Justin Lewis to the Senate. "With us
today is truly an American hero."
"I am so proud he is in our midst
today."
Lewis got a standing ovation from
the 38-member Senate, as he was ush-
ered down the center aisle and to the
podium at the front of the chamber.
Lewis was part of the 24th Marine
Expeditionary Unit which flew over
Bosnia about three months ago in search
of Scott O'Grady, who had been shot
down.
O'Grady was missing for almost a
week before his radio signal was picked
up. Lewis got the call at 3:30 a.m. that
it was time to go.
Lewis said yesterday that he helped
set up a defensive perimeter after his
With us today
is truly an
American hero,"
- State Sen. Bill Schuette
(R-M idland)
helicopter set down, and O'Grady
scrambled aboard.
"It didn't take very long to find him,"
Lewis recalled yesterday.
The most dangerous time came on
the trip back to the U.S.S. Kearsarge in
the Adriatic Sea. Surface-to-air mis-
siles barely missed the chopper, and
small-arms fire focused on the craft.
"On the flight back, it got pretty
scary," Lewis said. But he added:
"It was a good feeling - there was a
feeling of accomplishment."
"It happened real fast. By the time
you realized what you were in, it was
over."
"I couldn't ask for it to go any bet-
ter," he said.
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Donald D. Kenny, a Concordia College professor, is an Independent City Council candidate for the 2nd Ward. Doug
Friedman is a Libertarian candidate. This was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Daily.
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