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The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 20, 1995 -- 5
LSA-SG to consider plan to add more representatives
Crime reports
from the dorms
The following reports are twoof the
crimes that occured in residence halls
this past week:
Department of Public Safety of-
ficers met with a resident adviser in
West Quad Monday afternoon. Police
were "attempting to take possession of
an illegal knife (machete)," in a room
in the Williams House section of the
dorm.
The police took the knife and filed a
report.
A West Quad resident reported
that about 30 CDs were taken Monday
night from his room in the Adams house
of the dorm.
The student later called to say his
friends took the items as a prank.
Embezzlement by
former employee
According to DPS reports, a former
business administration employee met
with officers regarding time card fraud
exceeding $12,000.
The 30-year-old woman obtained
about $8,200 by forging signatures on
falsified time cards over nine months,
police said.
DPS officers obtained a written con-
fession and a report was filed.
BB guns plague
North Campus
According to DPS reports, a trans-
portation manager reported that two
University buses were shot by BB guns
while on North Campus bus routes. He
said it has happened three times this
year.
The manager said one bus was hit
twice in September and another bus was
hit in October. He said it cost about
$400 to repair the damages.
"He stated that it only happens to
the buses on North Campus," police
said.
Obscenities
abound at 'U'
During the past week, DPS reports
indicate unrelated cases of obscenity.
According to police reports, a ve-
hicle was damaged Sunday while parked
in the Observatory Lodge lot on Obser-
vatory Street. The word "bitch" was
spray-painted in black letters on the
hood of a car.
There are no suspects.
Staff at the Taubman Health Cen-
ter reported harassing phone calls to
DPS Wednesday afternoon.
A patient's mother became verbally
abusive when told she would have to
pay for requested copies of records.
The subject ended the conversation
by saying,"Suck my ass, bitch," police
said.
Halloween
decorations missing
from front yard
A woman contacted DPS Wednes-
day evening about "several animated
halloween figures missing from front
yard."
The resident of Northwoood Apart-
ments did not wish to file a report, but
she wanted DPS to "take note of the
incident."
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Jodi Cohen
By Anita Chik
For the Daily
The LSA Student Government will
decide whether ornot to expand its ranks
in a vote at its next Tuesday meeting.
Most of the members of LSA-SG
said the proposal to expand the size of
student government is a good idea.
"It's definitely a positive thing to
increase the number ofrepresentatives,"
said LSA-SG Budget Chairman Jeff
Berger.
Berger said an increase in representa-
tives would make the student govern-
ment more efficient and more adequately
represent the interests of different people.
James Winschel, LSA-SG appoint-
ment committee chair, said the pro-
posal could help ease the heavy
workload of the student government.
"(LSA-SG) members are not able to
give 20 hours to set out surveys,"
Winschel said. "Compared with (the
Michigan Student Assembly), which
has around 40 members, we have less
than half. We need more manpower to
get things done."
He said the academic affairs commit-
tee needs help with several student con-
cerns - for example, a review of for-
eign language requirement, revision of
three-and-four credit classes and the
drop/add system.
Mavisa Horowitz, academic affairs
committee member, agreed."I want us to
be more accessible to students. I want us
to get public," she said.
Horowitz said many students are not
even aware of the existence of LSA-
SG. "We do a lot of good things, but no
one knows about (it)," he said.
Andrew Hamilton, public affairs
chairperson, said LSA is very large and
not representative of the students.
Hamilton said while he supports the
proposal, he did not want an increase of
more than five representatives.
"My major concern is it's going to
complicate election procedures by add-
ing four people," Hamilton said." Add-
ing four more (representatives) means
adding about 10,000 more votes."
Hamilton said the expansion could
make it difficult to run an efficient elec-
tion. But he said it is not unsolvable.
"Someone suggested the Scantron
system," he said. "I'm sure there's a
solution out there.We could solve it."
LSA-SG Vice President Steve
Madhavan also predicted that an in-
creased number of representatives
would cause many problems with elec-
tion procedures.
"Our election procedures are newly
created," ie said. "It's completely
started from scratch. If increase the size
of government now, it's hard to accom-
modate the ballot on (our present) num-
ber voting system."
Madhavan said the passing of govern-
ment expansion proposal needs two-
thirds of LSA-SG support and a majority
vote in the November election. "It's an
excellent idea but the next logical step is
to throw it out to the public," he said.
State Senate dlears,
bill loosenig a
on guns in schools
LANSING (AP)-Michigan's tough
law banning weapons from schools
would be relaxed slightly under a bill
clearing the state Senate on yesterday.
The measure is a bid to answer educa-
tors' worries that the law is inflexible.
Under the bill, students in kindergar-
ten-through-fifth grade who bring a
weapon other than a gun to school would
be expelled from class for a shortertime
than previously.
But for students in higher grades,
those who pack a gun and those who
carry a dangerous weapon intending to
threaten someone still would face the
law's original sanctions.
Undercurrent law, students who carry
weapons or commit rape or arson on
school grounds are expelled from
school. Students in fifth grade or below
can appeal their expulsion after 60 days.
They are not allowed back in class until
they have missed 90 days.
Older students can try to get back
into school after 90 days, but have to
miss 180 days before re-enrolling.
Under Sen. Leon Stille's bill, pupils
in grades K-5 who bring a weapon other
than a gun to class, and don't use it to
threaten another person, could apply
for readmission after two weeks.
"It puts the stringent part back in
where there was intent to do harm," said
Stille (R-Spring Lake), chairman of the
Senate Education Committee.
The bill passed 31-4 and now goes to
the House. Voting against it were Sens.
Jackie Vaughn(D-Detroit), Loren Bennett
(R-Canton), Mat Dunaskiss (R-Lake
Orion) and Bill Schuette (R-Midland).
"It's a charade; Why not do away
with guns, period?" Vaughn said.
Backers said several students, inad-
vertently carrying a pocket knife or
forgetting about a hunting knife, have
been snared by the law and forced out of
school.
"We are being punitive here, but this is
serious business," said Sen. Philip
Hoffman (R-Horton).
Under an amendment to the bill, a
school district may provide alternative
or home-bound education for an ex-
pelled student, to keep them up on their
class work. But there is no requirement
for a district to do anything.
In other action yesterday, the Senate:
Passed, 26-6, and sent to Gov. John
Engler abill earmarking23 percent ofthe
state's$4.7 billion in personal income tax
revenue for K-12 education. Currently,
14.4 percent is dedicated for schools; the
move means about $400 million more for
the state's school fund.
t Passed,3 5-0, and sent to the House
a bill to prohibit a court from awarding
custody of a child solely based on the
fact the parent used day care while
working or going to school. The bill is
a reaction to a Macomb County case
where a judge awarded custody to a
father because the mother kept her child
in day-care while attending the Univer-
sity. That case is being appealed.
SARA STILLMAN/LDaily
A shot in the arm
Lori Smith, an Engineering senior, receives a flu shot in the arm from nurse Cornella Lonel, on North Campus yesterday
Students head'Into the Streets'
By Jeff Eldridge
Daily Staff Reporter
Students and faculty looking for a dif-
ferent way to spend their weekend will
have a unique option tomorrow -"Into
the Streets," Project SERVE's annual
one-day community service excursion.
"We're expecting about 200 partici-
pants," said co-organizer Duke Knapp.
Students and faculty members are
invited to volunteer at more than 30
sites in the Ann Arbor area. The day
will begin tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in
Auditorium 3 of the Modern Lan-
guages Building with refreshments and
a short set of motivational speeches.
Activities are scheduled to conclude
at 4 p.m.
Knapp said he hopes a variety of
people will participate. "That way, we
get people of different levels of service
and diversity, which is something we
really believe in here," he said.
He also said the day is meaningful both
to volunteers and those helped on-site.
"The sites generally have great re-
sponses," Knapp said. "They're usu-
ally very grateful. We get a lot of nice
letters and pats on the back."
Volunteers will participate in activi-
ties organized around issues like the
environment; hungerand homelessness;
youth and education; health and AIDS;
senior citizens and disabled individu-
als; women's issues and lesbian/gay/
bisexual support; criminal justice and
violence; chemical dependency and
mental health; and urban issues.
Although Into the Streets is a one-
day event, organizers said they hope the
activity will inspire participants to vol-
unteer on a regular basis.
Dreisbach case dismissed
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By Zachary M. Ralni
Daily Staff Reporter
Scott Dreisbach's fraudulent ID case
will be officially dismissed in the eyes of
the law today, a probation officer said.
The red-shirt freshman quarterback
signed a deferred sentence contract
Sept. 20 and Judge Elizabeth Hines of
Ann Arbor's 15th District Court will
recognize it today. Dreisbach is not
expected to appear during the process.
He was fined $100 and ordered to
perform 36 hours of community ser-
vice.
Dreisbach, 19, was ticketed May 25
after attempting to purchase alcohol
with a fake ID at ornear701 Packard St.
He pleaded "no contest" at a Sept. 13
hearing.
Ron Rinker, Dreisbach's probation
officer, said his client was accepting of
the contract.
"His response was no different than
the hundreds of other students who are
first offenders and come through the
program," he said.
The ticket is considered a criminal
misdemeanor, but all first offenders are
entitled to sign the deferred contract.
The Athletic Department has not
commented on the incident, except to
say that it was handled internally.
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