LocALIST TI 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 London...........$476 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. 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