~E Er lUll tt 'Weather Tonight: Mostly cloudy, chance of rain, low 30s. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, chance of snow, high 300. One hundredfve years of editorialfreedom Tuesday February 27, 1996 .y. '' . h .u s ask ,; s ..:: . ° r ,,. : ::. .' h .; . .. ... ...... ;, } .: s.a°r ';: >*,a a.a. + rg} . g . a +a n a :H xFrV[4 '. ., ° .. h 5r f'e q ea , ..: ~, ro ,.- , ,,,,, a : ' ": r/N.. ° ''+ ' z ' ' . a, sit .a+ 'M f " , ' y ;a _ , c 3; r:a_. ,: . ;? tt, r ;:§: ,._, ..".. _ .. a.. rrgs .rt"er tisi J e R eL , ' Fearing terrorism, Israelis kill Arab American Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM - Israel's shock over Sunday's double suicide bombings was com- pounded yesterday when a car driven by a Palestinian American rammed into a bus stop, killing one commuter and wounding 23 others before survivors shot the driver dead. olice said that Ahmed Abdel Hamid ida's driver's license showed he was a resident of California. Family members in the West Bank village of Mazra al Sharkiya said Hamida, whose age they gave as 35, returned to their village in July and became a devout Muslim. Eyewitnesses said the car appeared to de- liberately speed through a red light, directly toward the bus stop. Hamida's family members, who spoke to reporters on condition ofanonymity, insisted he was not a suicide bomber. Police inspec- tors said they were not sure. Police said skid marks left by Hamida's rented Fiat Uno showed he tried to brake before plowing into the bus stop on the rain- slicked main road between Jerusalem and Ramallah, a stop frequented by Jewish set- tlers and Israeli soldiers. Police said Hamida's car killed one Israeli and wounded 15 others. "They (bystanders) thought he was a ter- rorist," police spokesperson Eric Bar-Chen told reporters at the scene. "He ran into a group of people who were standing here. The people ... innocently thought that it was a terrorist attack. They shot him and killed him." The incident reflected the high state of tension in this city since a Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and 24 other people, including two Americans, on a crowded com- muter bus Sunday morning near the central bus station. Less than an hour later, a second suicide bomber, dressed in an Israeli army uniform, killed himself and one Israeli and injured nearly three dozen when he deto- nated explosives at a bus stop in the coastal town of Ashkelon. Many Israelis are licensed to carry arms, and Israel Radio appealed to people yester- day to be cautious before opening fire. Hamida's family members in the Los An- geles area expressed shock at news of his death and called the incident an accident. "He wouldn't kill somebody on purpose," said a cousin who asked not to be identified. "He had a clean heart. He would never fight with anybody. I guess the car didn't stop because of the brakes." The cousin described Hamida as a quiet, See ISRAEL, Page 2 AP PHOTO The body of an Arab American lies in a Jerusalem street. The man was shot yesterday by bystanders after his car ran into a bus stop. U.S.: Sanctions to be tightened on Cuban trade JENNIFER BRADLEY-SWIFT/Daily Muddy waters Poor drainage and a large amount of rain has created a "lake" behind Angell Hall. In its deepest part, It measures nearly one-half foot of water. &ate Sen. proposes change Mn voting laws i Stephanie Jo Klein Daily Staff Reporter DETROIT- If Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem Twp.) has her way, new voting laws for the state may be just a hop, skip and a stamp away. In Senate session this afternoon, Smith will introduce legislation to change state election laws to a vote by mail system. The departure from traditional vot- * methods, Smith said, is much needed after several years with record lows of Michigan voter turnout. "As we look at the last 30 years, there has been a very dramatic and disappointing decline in citizen par- ticipation," Smith said in a press con- ference yesterday morning at Wayne State University. "We need to re-en- gage the citizens of Michigan." Smith noted that 74.5 percent of chigan's registered voters turned out for elections in 1962. Figures for 1994 indicate that only 51.1 percent cast ballots. In Ann Arbor's last elec- tion, she said, only 14 percent of the eligible voters took part in elections. A system with mail-in voting would differ markedly from current absen- tee voting. Absentee voters must go through a lengthy process in which they have to apply by a set date through 0 mail for their ballots. The new proposal would eliminate the extra- neous work - ballots would be auto- matically sent to the homes of regis- tered voters. Smith said the system would en- courage students to vote. The proposal was unveiled as part ofa report Smith issued, titled"Project 100: Reconnecting Michigan Citizens th Their Government." The report ilyzed the results of a statewide survey of voters. Respondents suggested several ways to increase voter input, includ- ing installing voting "kiosks" in high- traffic city locations, decreasing the number of elections, permitting reg- Code panelists may get additional training By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Mary Lou Antieau said yesterday she is prepared to put Student Resolution Panelists who hear Code of Student Conduct cases through additional rounds of training. Antieau said the Office of Conflict Resolution "had a very grave concern about panelist training" since the panelists were first recruited. "We are meeting with the panelists to find out if, indeed, addedtrainingmay be helpful," Antieau said. Nursing School junior Jackie Nino, who is a panelist, said she thinks further training might help panelists settle into the hearing process. "I think it will be good for people who are uncomfortable right now," Nino said. Antieau said her office is attempting to deter- mine what issues most need to be addressed in the additional training sessions. Antieau said the train- ing will occur on "a rolling basis" in small groups that will address specific aspects of the Code process. RC senior and panelist Ben Novick, who has been a vocal opponent ofthe Code and the panelist training process, said some aspects of the process need more explanation than others. "I would say u figuring out more detail on the ac- tual process of ar- bitration and more information on theo sanctioning pro- cess (are impor-a said. Olga Savic, a panelist and LSA junior, said addi- tional training : may fill inthegaps JOSH WHITE/Daily for some panel- ists. "We were really concerned about the lack of guidelines, and that we were expected to make the best decision after one long training session," Savic said. "Extra sessions are a good idea." Nino said she feels adequately prepared to hear cases and that her schedule may not allow for more training. Savic said that while she is pleased with over- tures that have come from Antieau's office, she is worried how the limited time left in the school See CODE, Page 2 Clinton may also eliminate charter flights in retaliation for shooting of U.S. planes The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Clinton, retaliat- ing against Cuba for shooting down two. U.S. civilian aircraft piloted by members of an exile group, said yesterday he will halt all charter flights between the United States and Cuba and support legislation imposing tighter sanctions on that coun- try. The two movesawere among political and eco- nomic sanctions announced by Clinton after a Cuban MiG-29 fighter jet downed two Cessna aircraft in the Florida Strait near the Cuban coast Saturday. Clinton also will ask Congress to use some of the $100 million in Cuban assets frozen in the United States to compensate families of the four men aboard the planes, who are missing and pre- sumed dead. He also will limit travel in the United States by Cuban diplomats and will expand broad- casts by U.S.-operated Radio Marti into Cuba. In his brief statement, Clinton continued to make the U.S. case that shooting down unarmed civilian planes, whatever the provocation and whatever their location, is a "flagrant violation" of international law. "Although the (Cuban American) group that operated the planes had entered Cuban airspace in the past, this is no excuse for the attack," Clinton said. While Clinton reiterated the U.S. account that the attack occurred in international airspace, the Cuban government insisted it has "unequivocal proof," including records of cockpit conversations and ra- dar tapes, that the two planes were in Cuban airspace and were warned before the attack. The Cuban stand constituted a direct challenge to the U.S. version of events, and seemed to fore- shadow a strong diplomatic counteroffensive in the U.N. Security Council against a U.S. proposal con- demning Fidel Castro's government for the incident. The downed planes were flown by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami group of volunteer pilots who fly missions to search for Cuban rafters leaving the island and to protest Castro's rule. Administration officials acknowledged that with a full trade embargo already in place, Clinton's response was likely to have only a modest effect on Cuba's economy. But a White House official said the president was attempt- ing to avoid imposing "too much misery" on U.N. appears ready to criticize Cuba The Washington Post UNITED NATIONS-The international community appears ready to criticize Cuba for shooting down two civilian aircraft piloted by anti-communist Cubans from Miami. But diplomats said it seems unlikely that the United Nations Security Council will heed President Clinton's call for* sanctions against President Fidel Castro's government. The 15-nation council last night debated an American drive for astatement that would condemn or deplore the Cuban action, which apparently killed four persons. However, action on the statement was being held up by objections from China, and U.S. diplomats said that if the Chinese remained unyielding, the United States might seek to put the con- demnation in a formal resolution. A resolu- tion would force China, a permanent council member with veto power, to veto the resolu- tion or abstain. If the council does act as the United States wishes, it would set the stage for U.S. Am- bassador Madeleine Albright to press the demand made by Clinton earlier yesterday to impose sanctions on Cuba until it respects the rights of civilian aircraft and agrees to compensate the victims in Saturday's inci- dent. One U.S. diplomat said the objective was "to establish that a crime had been com- mitted and thereby build the case for punish- ment later." However, other diplomatic sources said they doubted that a majority of the council would be willing to go further than criticiz- ing Cuba as not being justified in using jet fighters to attack unarmed planes whatever the provocation. Cuban citizens while still sending "a signal that if this happens again, the response can be much harsher." Outside of military action, which the White House quickly ruled out, the administration could have taken a range of other actions including withdrawing all diplomats from Cuba and ending U.S.-Cuban phone service. Clinton left in place his recent easing of curbs on Cuban-American Student uses Internet to l u ch b i s es a...........-..~.:- By Anita Chik Daily Staff Reporter Unlike other students who play on com- puters for fun, LSA senior Jacques Habra has extended his interest in creating web pages to set up his own business. Web Elite - a collaboration with Habra, two partners and 12 other con- tractors who help design and create web pages for companies and organiza- tions - has been online for more than four weeks. Habra said Web Elite is an "advertis- ing tool" and its main function is to "provide an extension ofthe companies or business organizations to reach a much broader audience." "The company does all web develop- ment, graphics, programming, design in English and philosophy, saidhe came up with the idea of Web Elite after discovering that most web design pub- lishing companies have "generic" and "overpriced" web pages for clients. Instead, Habra said he wanted Web Elite to have "something that is high quality, creative, different and down- load fast." "The advantage of having the web page is to allow you to express anything you want. It's something very indi- vidual," he said. Habra said a web page is a form of artistic expression. "The idea of starting my own busi- ness, having contractors and clients, doing all on my own is exciting. It's something that I want to be a catalyst I x~ 5.trl'x tL M} 't-}t s , : - - - :, x :.'z : . 4 . : F}.ri o. } st .°{r''