2 -- The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 9, 1995 DNA Continued from page 1 rapes - in Eberwhite Woods, Longshore Drive, and Miller Avenue of Ann Arbor, according to media reports. The last attack in which sufficient DNA evidence was left behind was the May 7 rape and-murder of Christine Gailbreath, aUniversity employee, near the Westgate Shopping Center. The Ann Arbor News reported yesterday that Mitchell toldepolice upon arrest that he was employed at the Kroger grocery store located at Westgate Shopping Center. Ann Arbor Police Officer James Baird, who arrested Mitchell, testified Thursday at the preliminary hearing that he found a condom in Mitchell's wallet. There were no bodily fluids found at the crime scene of the most recent rape when a 41-year-old Ann Arbor woman was attackedOct. 13 near Community High School. Police believe that a condom may have been used in that incident. In October, widely reported DNA tests linked some of the rapes to a single individual. Mitchell, who lived in Inkster for more than 10 years, was arrested 11 times-twice for sexual assaults. Scheel said Mitchell closely fits the behavioral profile developed by Michigan State Police Sgt. David Minzey and the FBI A tentative trial date for the unarmed robbery and assault charges is set for Feb. 13 in Washtenaw Circuit Court. If convicted on the felony charges, he could race up to 15 years in prison. STUDENTS Continued from page 1 Mitchell proves to be the serial rapist, the University should "maintain its focus on safety issues." Wright, who has worked on im- proving campus safety, stresses that the serial rapist is - while a high profile threat - only responsible for a small fraction of Ann Arbor crime. Emily Berry, chair of MSA's Women's Issues Commission, said, "We should be careful not to let our guard down." Acknowledging that even she "felt a bit safer," Berry said this arrest "should not affect people's efforts to improve public safety." She said women on campus should not forget that a threat still exists. "First, date rape is still by far the most common form of sexual assault," she said. "Second, if (women) let our guard down, that will only make it easier for rape to occur." Nicole Paradis, a recent graduate of the School of Social Work is also concerned students might "stop wor- rying." She cited a 1989 study that states that 84 percent of sexual as- saults on campus were perpetrated by "an acquaintance." Safewalk co-coordinator Eric Kessell said: "We had a huge increase after the October assault." He said Safewalk has been "consistently busier as fear of the serial rapist increased." Though he did not speculate on the effect of the arrest on student behavior, he asserted that "the serial rapist was only responsible for a mi- COURT Continued from page 1 Also recently retired is JusticeByron R. White, who did not share the others' expahsive view of the Con- stitution, yet nonetheless endorsed some affirmative action and other policies intended to compensate for past discrimination. "We certainly have lost the most articulate and eloquent voices on be- half of equal protection and equal rights," said civil-rights lawyer Will- iam L. Taylor. "Whether that changes the arithmetic (in terms of votes on issues), we don't know. The new jus- tices may fill the gap, but that is still to bedetermined." Commenting on the four new faces at the court, Notre Dame law I~ L wvciup professor Douglas W. Kmiec has written, "Putting aside the divided nature of the court's earlier opin- ions (on race preferences), this dra- matic change in personnel alone suggests that some serious rethink- ing may be undertaken." The dispute over howjudges should determine whether the vestiges of seg- regation remain and what improve- ments it may order will be heard on Wednesday. The 17-year-old case, Missouri vs. Jenkins, has bounced about the federal courts on a myriad of issues. A key question now is whether the constitu- tional guarantee of equal education can require schools that already have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on court- ordered improvements to produce equal- ity in Black and white student-achieve- ment scores. A new judicial trend of greater scrutiny for affirmative action may be emerging. nuscule number even of non-acquain- tance rapes." But many still question whether Mitchell is the serial rapist. "It seems like the media and public opinion have already convicted this guy," said first-year LSA student Vidya Kumar. Members of the University Black community are especially concerned about the implications of the arrest of an African American. The local NAACP chapter was looking into legal action against Ann Arbor police as a result of the description of the serial rapist they released, whichtheNAACP says could include a large percentage of Black males. Shane Ward, an Art School jun- ior, accused "evil" white people of carrying out a "full investigation of the local Black community" each time a crime occurs, in an article published in the December issue of the Black Student Monthly. In a telephone interview with The Michigan Daily yesterday, Ward was quick to point out that Mitchell is innocent until proven guilty, and said, "Everyone seems happy to have caught a Black male." When asked if the arrest of a spe- cific suspect would affect the percep- tion of Blacks in general, he said, "Probably not." Lisa Hoston, an LSA junior who drew a cartoon criticizing the descrip- tion of the serial rapist in the Black Student Monthly, said whatever the outcome of the Ann Arbor rape inves- tigation, "Society will still look nega- tively at the Black male." STUDY Continued from page 1 universities and 42.4 percent entering highly selective public universities are interested in political issues," said Dey, who oversaw the poll at the University. The survey also indicated that first- year students polled discuss politics less frequently than previous classes. Nationally, 16 percent of first-year students discusspolitics on a frequent basis, down from 18.8 percent last year. At the University, 25.2 percent of first-year students debate political is- sues frequently-down from lastyear's 30.2 percent. As for political attitudes, 45.4 per- cent of University first-year students identify themselves as "middle of the road." Nearly 20 percent described themselves as conservative, while 34.8 percent labelled themselves liberal. Robin Evans, co-chair of the Col- lege Democrats, said the majority of students identifying themselves as "middle of the road" can be attributed to students not really knowing or car- ing about political affairs. "A lot of it is that people are un- aware. (Identifying themselves as middle of the road is) a safe bet. They don't know anything about the liberal or conservative sides." In addition to political issues, the survey -sponsored by the American Council on Education - polled stu- dentattitudes on smoking, alcohol con- sumption, gun control, crime and stu- dents' jobinterests. The survey found: A rise in cigarette smoking. About 12.5 percent of first-year stu- dents said they smoked, compared to 9 percent in 1985. A decline in beer consumption. About 53.2 percent of student reported drinking beer. At the University, 53 per- centoffirst-yearstudents said they drink. - Daily wire services contrib- uted to this report. HINUATYG PA RINTING LOS ANGELES (AP) - O.J. Simpson's upcoming book probably won't contain any startling revelations and may be just an attempt to gain good publicity and much-needed cash, legal analysts said yesterday. "I can't believe defense lawyers didn't go over this with a fine-toothed comb to find out if there's anything that could hurt them," said Loyola Univer- sity law professor Stanley Goldman. "If there is, they would have cut it out." However, it could give prosecutors grounds to seek delays while they study its contents. The book, "I Want to Tell You," reportedly describes Simpson's agony over being wrongly accused of the June 12 killings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. It is Simpson's response to more than 300,000 pieces of mail he has received since he was arrested, INVESTMENT Continued from page 1 Moody's at the date of purchase, and they maintained those high ratings until the day before Orange County's bankruptcy declaration Dec. 6. Standard & Poor's and Moody's es- tablish credit ratings for investments. Investments given the highest credit rat- ings are considered among the safest. Mellon bought about $25 million of the notes with money from a trust fund of about $935 million. If the $25 million was a complete loss, the University's share would total about $256,000, Herbert said. "Specifically, I do not think the guidelines of the trust fund allow them to hold" such investments, said Univer- sity Treasurer Norman G. Herbert. The guidelines do not list taxable municipal bonds, such as Orange County's, as possible investments, Herbert said. This sum is a fraction of the approxi- mately $2.1 billion the University has invested with Mellon and other banks. "There's always a risk (of losing money) when you invest,"Herbertsaid. He explained that, while the Uni- versity had encountered situations similar to this before, "We have yet to realize a loss, and we don't expect one in this case." Herbert said Orange County made an interest payment to Mellon late Friday. The Friday payment has not yet been credited to the fund's inves- tors, but Herbert expects the Univer- sity to be credited today. University officials have not said what they would do if the Mellon investment is not returned. Herbert said the payment indicates Orange County will not default on its debts to Mellon. "I believe Orange County will refinance their debt and restructure, and make all payments," Herbert said. The value of the bonds has risen some since the interest pay- ment, he added. The trust fund monies affected by the Orange County bankruptcy have been segregated from the rest of the fund, and frozen since the county filed for bankruptcy, Walsh said. This will allow investors to hold the same per- centage of money in the Orange County bonds as they do in the overall account. Although Orange County declared bankruptcy on Dec. 6, the University was not informed that its money coul* be affected until Dec. 22, Herbert said. Mellon spent the two weeks gather- ing information on Orange County before it informed its investors, Walsh said. "It's been very difficult to get re- liable information, including prices (of the notes), from Orange County," she said. "On Dec. 22 each of our investors did receive a letter, and they were also contacted by phone." Herbert said the University' o policy of investing with the bank is under review. - Simpson book may be attempt at cash, reclaiming of image Lawrence Schiller, who collaborated with Simpson on the project, told The New York Times. Simpson receives 2,000 to 3,000 pieces of mail daily from people all over the world, including children who enclose their allowances, Robert Kardashian, Simpson's longtime per- sonal lawyer, told the newspaper. The book is to be published next month, the Times reported yesterday. NeitherSchillernorthepublishinghouse, Little, Brown & Co. of New York, re- turned calls for comment yesterday. Schiller, a former neighbor of Simpson's, is a producer, director and journalist. He collaborated with Norman Mailer on his Pulitzer Prize- winning "Executioner's Song" and Mailer's forthcoming "Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery." News of the book came just before the start of a hearing on whether ju- rors may hear evidence about domes- tic violence in Simpson's marriage. Prosecutors may seek a delay in the start of Wednesday's hearing since the book discusses allegations of spou- sal abuse, and prosecutors could see more time toinvestigate, analysts'sai . Prosecutors could subpoena the manuscript of the book since it is a public statement, not a private, privi- leged discussion such as one betweena lawyer and clientThey also couldget notes ortaped interviews that wentinto the book's production, analysts said. District attorney spokeswoman Suzanne Childs said prosecutors had no comment about the book. Simpson, defense lawyers did not immediately return calls for comment. Goldman's father denounced'the book. "I guess it's another disgusting attempt at commercialism. Coming from the defendant, it's perhaps even more outrageous," Fred Goldman told KABC-TV in Los Angeles. GROZNY Continued from page 1 halt. Government statements in Mos- cow have differed sharply from real- ity in Chechnya, leaving the impres- sion that Russia's commander-in- chief is not fully in control. Yeltsin sent tens of thousands of troops into Chechnya, a mostly Mus- lim region of 1.2 million people, in a bid to reassert Moscow's control. Russian reinforcements continued to arrive yesterday. About 10 light tanks accompanied by more than 30 trucks carrying troops and ammuni- tion rumbled in from the southwest. Russian forces also launched spo- radic air attacks on outlying villages and ridges, where Chechen fighters have deployed in recent weeks to con- duct a guerrilla war. Russian troops in Grozny were positioned roughly in an arc running from northwest to northeast of the prized presidential palace, in central Freedom Square. Tank and paratroop units weretrying to move in from the east near the central market and the west from the railway station in a bid to encircle the palace. The multi-story building has taken several direct hits and has been gutted by fire on its top floors, but rebels still held the palace on yesterday. The heaviest attack came from long-range rockets, artillery and mor- tar fire. Small craters, burned-out rocket nose cones, contorted steel and a sea of smashed glass marked the site of a missile attack on Grozny's main bus stationjust west of the city center. The fighting has started to drive even the stalwart remaining residents from Grozny, once home to 400,000 people. Rebels pushed an elderly woman in a wheelbarrow from the city center. A family with belongings packed into ababy carriage filed along a road south of Grozny, with no idea where they'd go. THE CLASSWIDS just read re, okay? YELTSIN Continued from page 1 by surprise last week. After tacitly supporting the war at first, the administration was forced to shift gears abruptly when the fighting turned unexpectedly sour forYeltsin's military forces. "Nobody knows where this is com- ing out," said one senior official, re- ferring to a bitter disagreement be- tween pessimists at the CIA or De- fense Department who think Yeltsin is largely finished and optimists within the State Department and at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow who think Yeltsin may yet recover by halting the war and ousting the aides who got him into it. Several senior officials, anxious- to avoid saying or doing anything to further undermine the embattled Russian president, stressed on Fri- day that Washington still backs Yeltsin because he is the senior elected official who has endorsed reform. They said a major study of what might happen if Yeltsin is re- placed is not warranted now. Another policymaker insisted that no matter what happens to Yeltsin, Washington would continue to pursue its present policies. "We will continue our economic assistance, and argue with the Con- gress about that. We will continue to have close political relations s we can discuss matters such aW Bosnia and NATO. And we will continue to try to integrate Russia into the G-7," a group of the world's most powerful industrial natirons, the official said. "We promised ourselves in 1993 that the course of Russian history ws going to be aroller-coaster," theoffical said. "What we are seeing now is one of the great depressions in Russia's couis@ since 1991." But he added that "reform is so deeply entrenched there that there are others who can carry it on even if Yeltsin goes." But some U.S. intelligence ana- lysts and independent experts have asserted that, at best, Yeltsin is likely to emerge from the crisis with deep political wounds, at- most certainly leaving the doo ajar for those opposed to U.S. backed reforms to press their agenda more vigorously. Washington needs to begin,,pre paring now to deal with this chal- lenge, these experts said. Leasing Now For Fall 1995! May-to-May Leases Too! 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