2w41 tti Seather Tonight: Clear and cool, low around 34. Tomorrow: Dry, high around 38°. One hundredfve years offeditorialfreedom Monday April 1,1996 Vo. VI 6.0 ;u';A ,, aiy Michigan Wns first NCAA title since 1964 Nicholas J. Cotsonika ly Sports Editor CINCINNATI - There were tears this time too, but for the 1995-1996 Michi- gan hockey team, moist eyes dripped only joy. The years of failure and frustration, of anguish and anger, are over. The puck finally bouncedthe right way for the Wolverines. Brendan Morrison finally hitthe back of the net instead of the goal post. Red Berenson's team is finally national champion. "T' . sn 'lR I Pep Rally The Michigan Athletic Department will host a celebration to honor the hockey team day at 5 p.m. at Cliff Keen Arena. Ii so glau I came (to Michi- gan)," said for- wardBill Muckalt, fighting back sobs. "I'm so proud to be a part of this program, with these guys, with this coach. It'sjust so special." The Wolver- ines defeated Colorado Col- lege, 3-2, before 13,330 fans at Riverfront Coliseum on Saturday in another over- time heart-thumper. The championship win was Michigan's eighth-an NCAA record - and its first since 1964. The victory was richly ironic. Michigan was bounced from the AA tournament in overtime the past ee years. The Wolverines lost to Maine in 1993, Lake Superior in 1994 and Maine again in 1995. The breaks never went their way, and the goal they needed never came. "Something about this year was differ- ent," said senior center Kevin Hilton. "I really can't say what, but something was different." The biggest change might have been rrison's luck. In the second over- 4 me of last year's semifinal thriller with the Black Bears, Morrison had Michigan's best opportunity to win it. He hit the post. The memory stayed with him, ring- ing in his head all season. On Satur- day, the puck squirted right to Morrison off of a rebound. He put it between the pipes to score the winning goal, and he earned a ring that will stay with him for the rest of his life. *'When you look back on this, it's incredible," said Morrison, who was so focusedonMichigan'stitlerun, heplayed withabroken hand fornearlytwo months. "It seemed like it took forever to go in the net, but it did. It's incredible." Many players said it isn't as incredible See HOCKEY, Page 2A WALKER VANDYKE/D8Ity The Michigan hockey team hugs its first NCAA championship trophy since 1964. Students rejoice on South University By Sam T. Dudek Daily Staff Reporter Brendan Morrison's overtimegoal in this weekend's NCAA championship hockey game sparked a celebration that stretched more than 250 miles. While thousands of Michigan hockey fans rejoiced in Cincinnati, hundreds more stormed the streets in Ann Arbor to celebrate the team's first national championship since 1964. "It was a small group, but it was still kind of crazy," said LSA junior Chris Zammit. Zammit said he joined the crowd from Rendez-Vous Cafe, where he was studying. wThe people out there were pretty gung-ho," he said. Sgt. Bob Neumann, from the University's Department of Public Safety, said the group of fans traveled around campus after the initial celebration on South University Avenue. "They went to Hatcher Library and made some noise, Neumann said. "Fortunately they had no intent to vandal. ize. "Then they headed to the Law Quad where they enter- tained the reading room for a few minutes," he said. Neumann said the crowd also visited Angell Hall, the Michigan Union and the President's House. President James Duderstadt greeted the crowd in front of his house and talked to the group for a few minutes. From there, Neumann said, the crowd returned to South University Avenue were it eventually dissipated. Crowd estimates from DPS and the Ann Arbor Police See FANS, Page SA WARREN ZINN/Daily Maize and Blue fans stand to cheer for the Michigan hockey team in Cincinnati on Saturday. Fans in Ann Arbor stormed South University in celebration. Minor parties grab MSA seats By Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter With the Michigan Party still at the helm, the Michigan Student Assembly will make room for new faces and new parties at the table next term. Along with the presidential and vice esidential offices, the Michigan Party on eight seats on the assembly. The Students' Party pulled in five seats, the Wolverine Party received four, and for the first time, the United Peoples' Coa- lition received two representatives and the Liberty Party received one seat. Two new independent representatives were also elected to the assembly. "It shows that a relatively signifi- cant section of the student body be- eves that a certain perspective is im- portant to have on MSA," said Presi- dent Flint Wainess. Rackham Rep. John Lopez, an inde- pendent assembly member re-elected in last week's election, said the new independents on the assembly will play "an influential. not necessarily a now- the coveted LSA positions. "With smaller parties and indepen- dents on board, hopefully we'll be able to reduce the partisanship on the assem- bly," said Beatrice Chen, a UPC mem- ber elected as a Medicine representative. for election with the Students' Party last semester, Rajpal received the most votes of any candidate in last week's election. "When I moved to the Michigan Party I just saw such a difference in the way things were run," Rajpal said. "The Chen said she and fellow party member Catherine Hong, who was elected as an LSA representative, plan to encourage the assembly to de- mand a fee cap for student tuition, a prominentplank in the UPC platform. Although his presence may "liven things up a "The major parties are going to have to form coalitions to swing votesAI" -- John Lopez Rackham representative motivation and the people on it are just so amazing." While the Michigan Party presidential win and the addition of outsiders to the as- sembly may have stolen some of the limelight, both the Students' and Wolverine parties retained and won assembly seats. MSA Reps The new MSA representatives, their party affiliation and the number of votes each received: Architecture Melinda Anderson (MP) 6 Art Ryan LaLonde (MP) 29 Business Brian Murray (WP) 78 Michelle Smulders (MP) 61 Engineering Brad Finkbeiner (SP) 159 Tej Shah (WP) 150 Law Matthew West (l) 15 LSA Anjali Rajpal (MP) 3,012 Jonathan Winick (MP) 2,499 Yejide Peters (MP) 2,479 Sangeeta Bhatia (SP) 2,397 Erin Carey (WP) 2,278 Catherine Hong (UPC) 2,254 Ryan Friedrichs (MP) 2,246 William Jurkiewicz (SP) 2,185 Elizabeth Hoffman (MP) 1,754 Medicine Beatrice Chen (UPC) 15 Natural Resources Karie Morgan (SP) 51 Nursing I - E Trnn mA,1P i17 Suspected arson leads to evacuation of Bursicy' No damage reported from 5 separate fires By Sam T. Dudek Daily Staff Reporter While many students choose to go out on weekend nights, hundreds of Bursley Hall residents were forced to "get out" Saturday because of a string of fires in the residence hall. The Ann Arbor Fire Department re- ported five separate fires in Bursley Hall around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. AAFD Battalion ChiefJames Breslin said none of the fires caused major damage. "They were nuisance fires but they could have become dangerous," he said. The blazes were likely caused by arson, Breslin said. "Waste baskets don't catch on fire by themselves," he said. LSA first-year student John Worsfold sounded and he left the building. Many Bursley residents said they were outside for about an hour and a half. Engineering first-year student Suzanne Michalski said a resident ad- viser let some residents back in the building, but they were quickly re- evacuated moments later. School of Education senior Sean Murray, an RA at Bursley Hall, said there was some confusion when stu- dents tried to re-enter the building. "Some students were told they could get back in through the east side of Bursley," he said. Murray said fire officials at the en- trance told the group they could not enter. "Officers showed up and said we had to get back out of the building," Michalski said. "We finally got back in the building bit," the dynamics will not change be- cause of the addition of a Liberty Party representative, said Rackham Repre- sentative-elect Douglas Friedman. Formed in Fehruarv. the Liberty Party SNRE Rep. Karie Morgan said the dynamics ofnext term's assembly could help MSA focus more on issues and less on "parties and names." Morgan, a Students' Party member re-elected last L I