One hundred four years of editorial freedom *r i Coalition claims police mishandled serial rapist search By JOSH WHITE Daily Staff Reporter Calling for a "full review of how the serial rape case has been investigated," former Ann Arbor City Councilmember Larry Hunter and the Coalition for Community Unity con- demned the Ann Arbor Police Department in *atements yesterday. In a public statement, the coalition attrib- uted the recent arrest of 33-year-old suspect Ervin D. Mitchell Jr. to citizens in the com- munity'and claimed the methods espoused by the police were not the most appropriate. "The fact that this suspect in the robbery/ assault is in custody is, in our opinion, not the result of actual solid police work, but due to alert citizens in our community," the state- ment said, referring to the taxi driver who spotted Mitchell on Christmas Day, leading to Mitchell's arrest. Hunter, who cosigned the statement, said last night that "mass hysteria and harassment" have resulted from the Ann Arbor police investigation of the serial rape case. Mitchell has been reportedly linked to the case through DNA testing. "We are speaking out against the methods that were used in the investigation of the rapes," Hunter said. "The police had traced Mitchell in connection with a rape in September 1993 but let him go after polygraph tests. Their system- atic DNA testing of more than 250 African American residents of Ann Arbor was coercive and disruptive to many people's lives. "There is an over-reliance on these meth- ods, all of which did not lead to the capture of this suspect," Hunter said. "The AAPD relies too heavily on methods that do more harm than good. We want to review the investiga- tion thoroughly so that we can avoid these kinds of processes in the future." Acting Police Chief Walter Lunsford told The Ann Arbor News for a story yesterday that he was surprised by the remarks but could not elaborate because he had not seen the statement. "It absolutely surprises me that a group that has constantly called on this department to show restraint and sensitivity to the rights of individuals would now be saying we weren't acting aggressively enough," Lunsford told The Ann Arbor News. "And they are talking about a case where we had no evidence to pursue charges based on what we knew at the time." Yesterday's coalition statement also blamed Ann Arbor police for putting a large part of the community in an uncomfortable position. "We believe that it is possible to learn several lessons from this recent investigation, so that future crime investigations do not disadvantage entire subgroups of community residents, as has happened in the current case," the statement read. Fraternity %hut down after noise violations By MICHELLE LEE THOMPSON Daily Staff Reporter After several years of complaints for noise filed against them, Sigma Alpha Mu (SAM) fraternity had its charter revoked last week by its na- tional chapter, members said. "Right now, we're not recognized by our national chapter," said treasurer- elect Ben Finestone. "We're done." Finestone, an LSA sophomore, *as one of several of the fraternity's executive officers who learned over dinner with a national representative Thursday night that the University's chapter was being shut down after 70 years of brotherhood. The house, located at 800 Lincoln St. on the corner of Hill Street, is in a residential neighborhood. Although SAM members assert they have good lations with most of their neigh- rs, president-elect Scott Stein said the noise violations were all spurred by the complaints of one neighbor. Stein and other fraternity mem- bers said the neighbor, University lec- turer Ann Savageau, also complained to Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford. "We have a professor living on our block ... and obviously she has 1out with the University," said SAM member and LSA junior Mitch Wonboy. "This woman repeatedly complained to someone." But Hartford and Savageau say that the noise violations were not the only cloud hanging over the frater- See SAM, Page 2 4 44.4.4 . )).".... . .: '?; t.:;i?}YSf:'%:c?. . any. -M. .{ R New 'U' budget rules may cost units funding 77 F '" Sean O'Rourke, chef at the Tournament Players Club in Dearborn donates his skills and time to the University Hospitals' "Gifts of Art" program by sculpting a figure of Big Bird into a block otice in the Hospitals' courtyard. At right, he sketches out his design on the block. Above, O'Rourke puts the finishing touches on his work. 44~ 4' _ ' ' . 4 ' - - ~ 4, 4~4, 47, _ . ^s4 , ,_ 4 ..'.' .. .477, ' ' 14 4 By RONNIE GLASSBERG Daily Staff Reporter The University will overhaul its budgeting procedure in the next fis- cal year - possibly resulting in lost funding for some academic units - President James J. Duderstadt an- nounced yesterday. While placing more responsibil- ity on the individual units, the new budgeting system also will give the central administration tighter control over the actions of its schools and colleges. "I hope it provides better informa- tion about providing resources," Duderstadt said in an interview last month. "The way we allocate re- sources today is based primarily on how we did it the year before. In the past, all of those decisions were made by the central administration." This change could bring a loss in funding for some academic units - although it is unclear which would suffer or gain the most. "Over the long term, some units will benefit and flourish and others will not," Duderstadt said. "The con- cerns that I pick up are among some of the smaller units. The larger units are already well equipped to do this." James Wessel, budget officer at the Institute for Social Research, said a committee has been formed to ex- amine the new system's impact on the institute. "We're very concerned," Wessel said. "We're getting many incoming 01 A money - student tuition -and fees. research grants and state funds - is collected by the central administration. The administration distributes the funds, increasing' annually each unit's funding by the same pgr entage. State funding is Student collected by the money is central -collected administration for each and distributed school to each school by the provost. Each school's funds are held in "accounts for each divisionby the central administration. Each school decides spending priorities and makes payments, including facility costs, from its own funds. JONATHAN BERNDT/Daily Canging the Flow A new system designed to give individual schools more say in how money is spent will be used by the University this year. How. the plan compares with current procedure: benefits from the University and to start paying for those things could really cut back on what we can do. Political science chair John E. Jackson, a professor of political sci- ence and business administration, said he is struck by the uncertainty of the new system. "I think it could lead to conflict between organizational units," Jack- son said. "That may be very detri- mental to the tradition of Michigan that has'been relatively free of barri-. ers to work across units. See BUDGET, Page 2 irx O$7 Y WO $TIV2N Muncie, Ind. chief to head A2 pohce dept. By MAUREEN SIRHAL Daily Staff Reporter After a lengthy search, the Ann Arbor City Wuncil last night appointed Carl Ent police chief. He currently serves as chief in Muncie, Ind. Careful consideration and a number of panel interviews went into the council's unanimous choice. "I recommend Carl Ent for the technical reasons and intiutive reasons as well," City Adminstrator Alfred A. Gatta said in introduc- ing him. "The references provided by Ent were quality references supported by the people in uncie who worked for him and played a role his education." Gatta also indicated another reason for the choice. "(Ent) if approved would stay around for a while and, over a few years, would develop into an excellent police chief," Gatta said. Gatta emphasized Ent's "distinguished" record. Ent has a esteemed educational back- ground, which includes studies at the police instiute in Louisville, Ky. He is currently attend- ing the FBI Training Academy in Washington. As police chief of Muncie, Ent has delt with the Ball State University and that experience will be benefical when dealing with the Univer- sity campus, said Councilmember Tobi Hanna- Davies (D- Ist ward). "He understands a crowd that is excited for one reason or another and he has experience dealing with this type of situation," she said. "He was also good on the dating violence situation." "I am really impressed with his character and integrity. I consider myself a pretty good See CHIEF, Page 3 Drum major Matt Pickus does the traditional backbend. Pickus was the first drum major to touch an uncapped head all the way to the ground. Ami-u*d tradr u m mtajor marches oni~ Russia declares 2-day cease-fire in Chechen war The Washington Post MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (Tuesday) - The Russian gov- ernment ordered a 48-hour cease-fire in the secessionist Chechen Republic beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday (midnight Monday EST), but it was unclear whether the cease-fire would depend on Chechen acceptance of Russian de- mands. The cease-fire was issued by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on behalf of President Boris Yeltsin. The proposal, distributed by the semi- official TASS news agency after midnight, called on Chechen fighters to put down their weapons for'48 hours, hold their positions and exchange prisoners. It also repeated the longstanding Russian promise of amnesty for Chechen fighters who give up their battle and return peacefully home. The statement came after another day of heavy, block- by-block fighting in Grozny, the Chechen capital. Rus- sian fighters are said to control more than two-thirds of the badly damaged, rubble-strewn city, but Chechen fighters remain in control of the presidential palace, which televi- sion footage Monday night showed partially on fire. Dozens of Russian prisoners are being held in the basement of the palace, according to news reports, and the corpses of many Russian soldiers killed in the past 10 days of fierce fighting reportedly are lying in the streets around the building. It was unclear last night whether Russian military leaders in Chechnya had agreed to the cease-fire or even Gingrich fires historian, rethinks immigration By GAIL MONGKOLPRADIT For the Daily After the Wolverines' victory over Colorado State in the Holiday Bowl, members of the University's marching band gathered around for their last post-game meeting Dec. 30. Despite the team's 24-14 victory, tears rolled down the face of Matt Pickus - the band's drum major. He mourned quietly not only "I knew at Thanksgiving, but Ididn't want the band to know. I didn't want the band to know because at the time I didn't know if I would or wouldn't make the trip," Matt said. "I didn't want to have band members ask me how I was doing, and always be re- minded about it." The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that Pickus graduated from the Univer- sity in 1953. He served as president and From Daily Wire Services WASHINGTON - Revolutions take time and are not without hitches, and the one prom- reform proposal, indicating that they might drop a plan to deny benefits to legal immigrants who have not become citizens. I I