LocAiLlStAirt The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 27, 1995 - 7 Wi would increase restrictions on young drivers in Michigan ANSING (AP) -Teenagers will face immaturity, it's not their age and it's not their parental approval and by passing a vision and When teens reach 17, they would be eli- e twists in the road to getting a driver lack of responsibility. It's simply a lack of knowledge test. gible for an unrestricted license if they had no Driving Levels se under legislation passed yesterday by experience," the Williamston Rpublican said. The youth must be accompanied by a parent accidents or moving violations for six months House. "This is the most cost-effective way to reduce or legal guardian while driving. during the level two process. The following are levels in a bill he bill, passed 76-27, would set up a three- teen deaths." While at level one, young drivers must log 50 Several parts of the original bill were altered yesterday by the state House. >rocess that 14- to 17-year-olds must com- Some opponents said the legisationinfringed hours behind the wheel, 10 of those at night. during debate in the full House. Representatives U Level one: Youngsters mst ht Sbefore receiving an unrestricted license, on rights of 16-year-olds and thtir parents. 0th- They must also complete a second phase of eliminated a requirement for increased class 9 months and have parental appi process includes more time behind the ers against the bill said police might use the driver education andhave no accidents ormov- time and a provision that allowed schools to get a provision irs mu t be 16 el, a mandatory road test and restricted measure to harass young drivers, stopping those ing violations for 90 days prior to applying for charge for driver education. Both presented all level one requirements and n ing after midnight. who appear too young to drive. a level two license. constitutional problems. acidents or moving violations fo he intent of the new system is to cut down The legislation, scheduled to take effect July U To receive a level two provisional license, Two amendments removed a provision that prior to applying for a level two I number of deaths, accidents and injuries 1, 1997, now goes to the Senate for consider- a youth must be 16, have met all level one would have allowed only one non-family mem- Level three: Drivers are eligible ng teenagers by giving young drivers more ation. requirements and pass a road test. Drivers at ber to be in a vehicle with a driver at level two unrestricted license at age 17 if riencebeforetheyhittheroadontheirown, Here's how it works: level two could drive between midnight and 5 and anotherthat wouldhave required aparent or no accidents or moving violation Rep. Dan Gustafson, the bill's sponsor. At level one, youngsters who are 14 years, a.m. only with a parent orwhile commutingto or gaurdion to attend the first day of driver's edu- months with a level two license. he problem with young drivers is not their 9 months could get a provisiona license with from work cation passed 14 years, roval to , complete ot have any r 90 days icense. e for an they have s for six .. av av wawa. :. araa J vuaa v,.a a " va..x ^. aav a..aavaa l illJIIVJIO tiWtAA%1 6V1 U FIJYIOIPLI"l 114V1tJV VV&4.11 ti Vtll YY Vt41. tudents rotest urmese nupama Reddy Staff Reporter udents opposed to brutality and an rights abuses by the Burmese tary junta organized yesterday on iag. he event occurred in recognition of y's Burma Action Day. It was tly sponsored by Amnesty Intema- al and Project Serve's Global Is- Committee. Campuses all across America and vists all over the world will be ad- sing the Burma issue," said LSA orCuri Kim, Amnesty International rdinator. esides acknowledging Burma Ac- Day, the volunteers spent most of r time gathering signatures for a tion to convince the Ann Arbor City ncil to pass the selective purchas- laws against Burma.. he laws would stop the city's sup- of companies like Pepsico who do iness with the Burmese regime,said first-year student Ryan Friedrich, ject Serve's global issues commit- Burma coordinator. Selective purchasinglaws is the same roachused to stop apartheid in South ica. (It means) if you take away the nomicsupportofthegovemment,you away the power to abuse Burmese I . Elias declines city attorney position, leaving vacancy By Jeff Eldridge dency requirements." Daily Staff Reporter Council member Peter Nicolas(1-4th Two days after reports that private Ward) said the situation has changed Detroit lawyer Abigail Elias was of- several times over the course ofthe day. fered the Ann Arbor city attorney posi- "I'm not exactly clearwherewe stand tion, she has declined it. right now," Nicolas said. "Evidently, "Until it came time to accept the Ms. Elias is still amenable to meeting offer, I was hoping for the offer and with the mayor and a few City Council was looking forward to working with members." you as city attorney," Elias said in a Nicolas said that if the resignation is statement. final, the council would re-examine the Elias said that after weighing the pool of applicants rather than repeat an positive andnegative aspectsofaccept- entire search. ing the job and moving to Ann Arbor, "At this point it's a little unclear she concluded that moving her family whether the no is a 'hard no' or a 'soft from Detroit to Ann Arbor would be an no,"' he said. excessive hardship. Nicolas said Elias' concerns seemed "My husband wouldhavehad tocom- reasonable, and that her uncertainty in mute to his job in Detroit and would the decision does not negate the assets havelost timehe would otherwise spend she would bring to the job. with our child," Elias said. "I still have reasonable confidence She also said her husband would be she'dbean excellentattorney,"Nicolas supportive of any decision she made, said. and that she "changed (her) mind sev- Elias graduated magna cum laude eral times over the last 48 hours." from Brandeis University in 1973 and Councilmembers said they were un- cum laude from Harvard Law School in certain whether or not this statement 1976. She has practiced law with the represented Elias' final decision. Detroit firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock "I think (the resignation) is still being and Stone since 1990. determined," said Councilmember Elias was selected from four finalists Elisabeth Daley (D-5th Ward). "If I who were considered ina months-long understand it, she wasn't aware there is search to fill the position of city attor- some possible flexibility in the resi- ney. A student protests against tlhe Burmese military junta in a demonstration on the Diag yesterday afternoon. people and help support democracy," Friedrich said. Several students felt the protest was an attention-grabber with a clear mes- sage on the signs that protesters carried: "Free Burma, Boycott Pepsi" or "SLORC= Slavery, Lethal Oppression, Rape, and Censorship." As part of the protest, the groups constructed a cage in the Diag with a gagged individual inside. "It's very effective to have a girl in a cage on her knees with a gag. People stop and walkover. It works," said LSA junior Jeremy Madyuski, a member of Phi Gamma Delta, which with Chi Omega was at the Diag soliciting sup- port for their causes "I was not clearly aware of the issue, but I think ifit(the laws)worked to bring about change in South Africa, it's worth a try here,"said LSA seniorArt Humbert. The protest was 'successful in the number of signatures garnered, esti- mated by organizers to be near 500. They said the next step is to meet with the Michigan Student Assembly in or- der to coordinate addressing the City Council, Friedrich said. Protesters also handed out a list of companies that do business with the the Burmese generals - called the State Law and Order Restoration Council. They asked students to per- sonally contact with their opinions and questions. "It's important to tell a company by writing or calling it why it is being boy- cotted,orelsetheywon'tknow whytheir business is falling," Friedrich said. lotanical Garden wetland )roject cleans run-off water nupama Reddy Staff Reporter few years ago, when the versity's Matthaei Botanical. Gar- s faced possible contamination of ning Creek from standing storm er containing fertilizer and pesti- residue, there were several options ombat the issue it. We could have re-plumbed our le drainage system and send the er back to the city's wastewater tment plant, but that would be an nomic nightmare,"saidenvironmen- engineering graduate student Joan ng. eBotanical Gardensopted, instead, onstructna wetland, located about miles northeast of campus. It is ly used to treat run-off water and Id be studied as a research topic, I Botanical Gardens Director Jim ri. An analysis of compounds into a land(coming)outofthe greenhouse done and compared with the waste- er treatment plant. The wetland did etter job," Teeri said. )iscussions began among Univer- officials in the fall of 1993. Serious struction started last summer and shed a few weeks ago, said Young, ctor of the project. he next task is to cultivate the plant which takes two years for the na- reeds, sedges, rushes and other ntstoreachmature growth andfunc- i at full-water cleansing capacity, ordingto astatement released by the versity. It is not fully functional because the its have not been planted yet. They provide ground cover to stop ero- ," Young said. Our desire was not to see a spill happen. The wetland is created to absorb the blunt of any chemicals." - Joan Young Environmental Engineering graduate student Thewetlanddesigninvolvesasimple mechanical"process utilizing the plug- flow reactor. First, the water drains into a shallow pond, and any left-over fertilizers or pesticides degrade eitherthrough natu- ral processes or by microbes, Young said. Although University officials main- tain that this rainwater has not caused pollution problems in Fleming Creek, Joan Martin of the Huron River Water- shed Council and head of the citizen group Fteming Creek Advisory Coun- cil, has raised some concerns. "My contention is that no one else can do this, (run-off) has to go to the wastewater treatment plant," Martin said. "I want to know the limits on what goes into the wetland and what comes out. Fleming Creek is noted for its cool, steady temperature. The heat from the wetland will affect the quality of the water." Those involved with the project tried to reiassure Martin about the Garden's response and the benefits ofthe project. "Monitoring will be done by the Gar- dens, but it is much tgo early to say whether any corrections will needtobe made. It is the policy of the Gardens to make positive steps not to use pesti- cides," Young said. She also further clarified the reason why the wetland was built. "Our desire was not to see a spill happen. The wetland is created to absorb the blunt of any chemicals. Now, we end up returning water back to the Creek that is cleaner," Young said. Will Gibson, a Huron River Water- shed Council Ann Arbon representa- tive, said he thinks building a waste water treatment system wouldbemore disruptive. "Is it worse to pipe the run-off into a centralized system or treat it with a decentralized, on-site biological sys- tem? Maybe, pipes and using bulldoz- ers is worse than the wetland," said Gibson, a senior environmental scien- tist at Cummins & Barnard Engineer- ing of Ann Arbor. The wetland was designedby Robert Kadlec of Wetlands Management Ser- vices and Cummins & Barnard Engi- neering of Ann Arbor with funding provided by the University. "It'sbetter for the river not to see the water at all; but if it is designed cor- rectly, it (storm water run-off) won't harm the river," said SNRE Prof. Mike Wiley, who reviewed early plans of the design. The wetland is a simple and effective solution, Gibson said. "Bio-manipulation is the wave ofthe future. This is how soft technology is used, and you don't have to spend a lot of money," he said. e E d 105 aly osy.earseitoria re.eom TWENTY YEARS ago this month Wil1derness Outliters started in a tiny shop in Ann Arbor where there was a great group of women and men-all climbers, back- packers, mountaineers-helping customers. 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