With the Michigan basketball team back in the Final Four this weekend, the potential for a riot is great. To prevent this, both the students and the police need to act responsibly. FridayFOCUS City Council elections are Monday, and if you've been too busy to keep up on the candidates, check out their views on a variety of topics. The women's gymnastics team heads to the Central Regional meet in Louisiana this weekend looking to qualify for the NCAAs. Last year, the Wolverines just missed qualifying for nationals. I Today Flurries; . High 36, Lowe 22J' Tomorrow Partly cloudy; High 40, Low 22 : :, WE 46V t "U.ti One hundred two years of editorial freedom Vol. Cill, No. 109 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, April 2,1993 1993 The Michigan Daily South U businesses will be dry during Final Four game by Shelley Morrison Daily Crime Reporter Students planning to go drinking on South University during tomor- row's big basketball game will find that their hopes of getting sloshed have gone dry. Out of 10 liquor vendors in the area, nine businesses in the South University Merchant Association (SUMA) proclaimed Wednesday they would voluntarily revoke the sale of alcohol during the game in an effort to comply with public criti- cism that alcohol may have con- tributed to crowd violence in that area in the past. Hop-In is the only business to abstain from the halt on alcohol sales. South University Avenue bars will suspend liquor sales from the beginning of the second half of to- morrow's contest against the Kentucky Wildcats until 30 minutes afterward. South University liquor stores will hold the suspension for a full hour after the game. In a letter to Mayor Liz Brater, SUMA offered the suspension as part of a solution to potential problems. "In an effort to solve the problem .on South University, we must rec- ognize the entire community has something to gain from this solu- tion," the letter read. "We strongly support the continuing work of the Safe Celebration Task Force." The suspension of alcohol is only one of the measures being taken by groups around the city to prevent violence tomorrow. The Safe Celebration Task Force - composed of University and city groups - is sponsoring alternate ac- tivities for anticipated crowds, in- cluding offering Crisler Arena for watching the game. Dean of Students Royster Harper said she is hopeful about tomorrow's events. "There are a lot of students and merchants that are really urging ev- eryone to pitch in and have a wonderful, safe time," Harper said. But some students and South University business representatives said they are a little skeptical that the suspension of alcohol sales will be the solution that some claim it to be. "Not serving alcohol in bars does not solve the problem, but I'll sup- port it if need be," said Steve Mourad, owner of Touchdown Cafe. See SOUTH U, Page 2 -'U', GEO settle on contract by Kenneth Dancyger Daily Faculty Reporter An elated Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) bargaining team returned from Detroit last night with more than wet hair and di- sheveled snow boots. GEO and the University made a tentative agreement on a new teach, ing assistant (TA) contract after at- tending their second meeting with a state-appointed mediator. "We were bargaining for every dollar and every cent for TAs," GEO Bargaining Committee Chair Jon Curtiss said. "I think we did a good job (in bargaining)." The new contract comes after five months of negotiations between GEO and the University. The origi- nal contract has been extended four times since its Feb. 1 deadline. Yesterday marked its final expiration. Curtiss said the agreement is a three-year contract, which includes a 3 percent raise compounded each year and an $80 cap on the University registration fee. The specifics of the agreement did not reach Executive Director of University Relations Walter Harrison by press time. But he said the new contract is good news for both the University and GEO. Colleen Dolan-Green, University Bargaining Committee chair, could not be reached for comment. Union members will have to ratify the contract proposals before the University and GEO can sign a lasting agreement, Curtiss said. Ballots will be distributed within the next week. However, Curtiss said he sees no immediate problem with member authorization, even though the union initially expected more benefits from a new contract. See GEO, Page 2 Cagers need two more wins for title OUULASA R Dail Michigan netminder Steve Shields and senior forward Dave Roberts hang their heads after Maine scored in overtime yesterday. The Black Bears ended the Wolverines quest for the NCAA title in the semifinal round. Maine ends 'M' hockey season in overtime, 4-3 by Ryan Herrington Daily Basketball Writer NCAA champion. Its a title the Michigan men's basketball has been striving for ever since the sweat and tears dried, and the pain set in after the Wolverines lost to Duke last April in Minneapo- lis. The Wolverines have had to live with being one game away from col- lege basketball's utopia for an entire 30-game season and four postseason contests. Throughout the five-and-a-half month odyssey of the 1992-93 cam- paign, this title has guided Michi- gan, a beacon which has given defi- nition to its play. The quest has all but haunted the Wolverines as they have tried to return to the place where their dreams were shattered almost a year ago. It has become quite clear just how important the national championship truly is. "There is no greater champi- onship than the one the four of us are playing for," Michigan coach Steve Fisher said this past week as his team prepared to play in the Louisiana Superdome in college basketball's ultimate party - the Final Four. It is in New Orleans w. ere Michigan's redemption can bL-me reality. The Wolverines are 80 min- utes away from claiming the prize that eluded them one year ago. The national championship is again within its grasp, but the desire to claim the title is not unique to Michigan. Three other teams have dreamed just as long about being crowned champions and they come to battle tomorrow in college bas- ketball's version of heaven. Michigan. Kentucky. North Carolina. Kansas. The Final Four. Michigan's national semifinal opponent, Kentucky, returns to the Final Four for the first time since 1984. The Wildcats were a Christian Laettner 18-footer away from join- ing the Wolverines in the Metro- dome last season and have been on a methodical mission throughout the tournament to erase that painful memory. The Wildcats play of late cannot adequately be described as hot - Kentucky has made Southern Cali- fornia look like a ski resort. With an average margin of victory of 31 points thus far in the tournament, the Wildcats have disposed of their op- ponents with great ease. Thoughts of a letdown against the Wolverines, who have struggled of late as they head to New Orleans, do not concern Kentucky coach Rick Pitino. "I can't be any more pleased with See FINAL FOUR, Page 15 by Tim Rardin Daily Hockey Writer MILWAUKEE - In a game that featured the only two teams that have been ranked No. 1 in the nation this year, the best team did not win. But the best team did not lose either. The second-ranked Michigan hockey team (30-7-2 overall) dropped a nailbiter to No. 1 Maine (41-1-2) in overtime at the Bradley Center. Michigan lost in the NCAA semifinal game for the second consecutive year. But far less than a Black Bear goal 1:36 into the extra period separated these two teams. "It proved that Maine's not better than us," Michigan forward David Oliver said. "They just got the last shot." The Wolverines virtually owned the first two periods of play, but Maine did what it had to down the stretch to advance to the championship game Saturday. "It was pretty apparent that the momentum was in Maine's favor from the third period on," Michi- gan coach Red Berenson said. The Black Bears used that mo- mentum in overtime, as defense- man Lee Saunders poked his seventh goal of the season in for the victory. Saunders found an opening and managed to skate through the Michigan zone. After losing the puck off his stick, Saunders ran it down just in front of the Wolveri- nes' net and chipped it past Michi- gan goaltender Steve Shields. "(Saunders) paused for a second so I went to take him," Wolverine defenseman Chris Tamer said. "He just got through and put the shot in." However, it was the third See HOCKEY, Page 14 5th Ward candidates address housing, taxes Judge orders 'U' to allow Hash Bash rally on Diag by Christine Young Daily City Reporter This Monday, students living in the 5th Ward - the northwest corner of the city - will have the opportunity to elect a retired re- search scientist, a Ford product planner, an environmental consul- tant or a contractor to a seat on the City Council. Democrat Council David Stead, h Republican Lawrence Mur- a phy, Tisch Ray- 2 mond Pierce C and Libertarian eI Kent Hyne are S the contenders 5th for the position. Ward bring a conciliatory voice to council. He added that the councilmembers have created unequitable government by voting in blocks depending on party alignment. "I would come in with no alignment and without faction. My loyalty would be tied exclusively to citizens and not to factions," Murphy said. Hyne, a contractor, agreed with the other candidates on the need to restructure the council. "I am volunteering as a sacrifi- cial sheep in order to make changes," Hyne said. "I never had a desire to run for the council until I realized that changes need to be made." Stead Murphy by David Rheingold Daily Staff Reporter NORML 3, University of Michi- gan 0. Marijuana-legalization activists have won the latest round of their perennial court battles against the University over Hash Bash. A county judge issued an injunc- tion late yesterday afternoon clear- ing the way for the 22nd annual Hash Bash, now set to begin at noon tomorrow on the Diag. Washtenaw Circuit Judge Donald Shelton said the University cannot require the event's sponsor, the Na- tional Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), to pay $8,000 to cover security costs for Hash Bash. "We expected it," said Adam Brook, president of NORML's cam- pus chapter. "Once again, the Uni- versity tries to hold us responsible for the actions of people who attend our rallies. We're there for political reasons, we have a message to bring to the people." Walter Harrison, executive direc- tor of University relations, said, "We're obviously disappointed, but we will abide by the court's ruling. I See BASH, Page 2 'U' fights to conduct searches secretly University attorney the Michigan Supreme Court to up- Newspapers Inc. and the Detroit tells high court Open hold the regents' right to use over- Free Press. 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