It--w 4r teather Tonight: Cloudy, chance of snow, lows in the 20s. Tomorrow: Partly sunny, high around 40. One Iundredfive years ofeditorialfreedom Thursday April 4, 1996 ; a i , s tu - t .,;F ,' s'i r y iE, " . , .,a f ..« s .' . E r ."! .. ' . A." {" . ' '.cr. v F{ k rr " 5i*r . .t f .. . Ftr . t 'rt 3Et' L Knabo arne matsus degreheld Kaczynski earned 2 mathematics degrees from U JOE WESTRATE/Daily Union members rally outside the LSA Building yesterday to support GEO. m support ofGE By Jeff Eldridge and Josh White Daily Staff Reporters Theodore John Kaczynski, the man the FBI believes to be connected with the Unabomber case, lived in East Quad for two years and earned two degrees in mathematics from the University dur- ing the 1960s. FBI agents raided Kaczynski's Lin- coln, Mont., home yesterday and took him into custody. Kaczynski's detain- ment follows 17 1/2 years of investiga- tion into the mysterious bombings, some of which targeted university professors around the country. University officials confirmed that Kaczynski earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University in 1964 and finished his doctorate in mathemat- ics in 1967. While not listed in the Michiganensian yearbooks for 1963- 67, Kaczynski is in the Rackham gradu- ation register for summer commence- ment in August 1967. Mathematics Prof Peter Duren, who worked with Kaczynski on his doctoral thesis, described Kaczynski as individu- alistic and meticulously neat. "He was very independent, very seri- ous and very smart. A real analytical mind," Duren said. Duren said Kaczynski dedicated his life to his studies while he was at the University. "At that time, he was really wrapped up in mathematics. I don't think he was involved in anything else," Duren said. Duren also said Kaczynski nevergave any mention of political beliefs. "When he was at Michigan, I don't think he was political," Duren said. "If he's the Unabomber, that's a different person than the one I knew" Duren said Kaczynski was not overly / f Left: Kaczynski's 1994 Montana driver's license photo. Right: Unabomber ficials would try to obtain his course records sometime today. The tnabomber, in his "Manifesto" published last year, mentioned the In- dustrial Revolution as leading to"wide- spread psychological suffering"and said that advancing technology would cause "social disruption and psychological suffering." The Unabomber may have targeted McConnell because of McConnell's views expressed in his r textbook, "Understanding Human Be- havior." Psychology Prof. Charles Morris said McConnell performed an extensive experiment involving genetics and be- havior. In the 1960s, McConnell per- formed a series of experiments on flat- worms which he believed connected genetics with intelligence. McConnell, who died in 1990, was APPHO considered a leader in the psychologi- sketch. cal area of behavioralism. "It (behavioralism) takes the view eering," that human beings are largely control- analysis lable," Morris said. "The Unabomber ns using might have taken that as offense to his philosophy." nnected In his manifesto, the Unabombercon- ed three demned "genetic engineering" that ee began could "begin to invade our sphere of in May freedom." He also referred to "the ma- s sent to nipulation of an individual to adjust . James him to the system." Michigan Morris said McConnell was very 85, that outspoken about his beliefs, and that Sept. 15 the Unabomber might have strongly Nicklaus disagreed with them. ds to his "At the time it happened, it was to- s to the tally out of the blue," Morris said, not- ing that "someone could have been Bernie mightily offended" by McConnell's night no . outspoken approach. between The Unabomber also spoke out t that of- See UNABOMBER, Page SA By Anupama Reddy 4 ily Staff Reporter Yellow placards promoting solidar- ity checkered the Diag during yesterday's labor union rally. "This is one day in a lot of days to stand up for unions," said Jerry Collie. "I say let's go." Collie is president ofthe local Ameri- can Federation of State Council Mu- nicipal Employees Union, which repre- sents 2,600 University employees. Members of the All-Campus Labor * uncil - an affiliation of six labor unions on campus - gathered to cel- ebrate camaraderie and to protest the slow bargaining process between the Graduate Employees Organization and the administration. State Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D- Salem Twp.) gave a speech in favor of unions. She said she supported GEO in the recent nonstop bargaining talks with ee University, which began Monday. "I'm behind GEO because they are part of the University community that educate our children," Smith said. "I support you. I encourage you. Go for it. "I'm also here to support the All- (Campus) Labor Council. This solidar- ity is absolutely thrilling." The council includes GEO and the Skilled Trades Association, local chap- ters of AFSCME, the American Associa- tion of University Professors, the Interna- nal Union of Operating Engineers, and 'TSE, a stage hands association. "Without labor unions, millions of Americans would join the working poor," said Frank Williams, chief stew- ard of the Skilled Trades Association. "Unions are virtually all that stand be- tween the workers and (management). Organized labor is still a powerful force in our economic life." Williams also said the University ad- ministration must standby what they say. "Don't tell us one thing and do an- other," Williams said. "The adminis- tration must do what's right for all of us and not just for a chosen few." Cecil Angel, a striking reporter from the Detroit Free Press, gave the audi- ence of union members advice about determination. "One of the things we've learned is (that) there is no way you're going to win unless you stick together, hold tight and stand firm," Angel said. Students agreed that the collaboration of the unions was an impressive feat. "I think that it's really encouraging that they all are coming together in support of each other," said SNRE sophomore Nicole Burns. Art junior Jodie Brasseur said she was pleased to see the other unions supporting GEO in its contract negotiations. "I think it's really great they're be- hind each other," Brasseur said. "It was good (that) all the other unions were behind them." Rackham first-year student Marcus Willensky said he was disappointed the rally did not address the issues. "It was a non-issue (rally)," Willensky said. "It was a lot ofbluster, a lotofnoise." GEO President Scott Dexter left the marathon bargaining session with the University to speak encouraging words to the onlookers. He said GEO had a respon- sibility to stand by its fellow unions. "When other unions start negotiating their contract we'd better damn well be there," Dexter said. Dexter concluded the rally by leading the members to the LSA Building, where nonstop bargaining talks are being held. sociable, but was not unfriendly to other students. "He was a loner," Duren said. "I don't think he really avoided people. He could talk to people in the usual types of conversations." Kaczynski's 80-page dissertation, titled "Boundary Functions," was pub- lished in January 1968. Current math- ematics Prof. Paul Federbush said the phrase "boundary functions" is a very broad term. "It arises in all sorts of things," Federbush said. "It's often associated with applied mathematics." Former mathematics Prof. Wilfred Kaplan, who taught graduate courses when Kaczynski was at the University, said Kaczynski might have been in- volved in complex analysis studies. "It is by far the most important appli- cation in physics and engin Kaplan said. "It is a complex that involved complex equatio imaginary numbers." The Unabomber has been co with mail bombs that have kill people and injured 23. His sprc at Northwestern University 1978, and one of the bombs wa University psychology Prof McConnell in 1985. The M Daily reported Sept. 18, 19 McConnell was not hurt in the blast, but that his assistant, 1 Suino, sustained "flesh woun arms and superficial wound abdomen." University spokesperson DeGroat said that as of last i connection had been made1 Kaczynski and McConnell, bu Brown killed in Bosnia plane crash The Washington Post A U.S. military plane carrying Com- merce Secretary Ronald Brown and 32 other people crashed into a hillside yes- terday while trying to land in extremely bad weather near the Croatian port city - of Dubrovnik. No survivors were found, and the State Department said Brown is presumed dead. Croatian rescue teams working in darkness and blinding rain until past midnight this morning found the bodies of 10 people at the crash site, all of them Americans, before suspending their search until sunrise. Meanwhile, a team of I1 U.S. special forces troops was reported to be making its way overnight through rugged terrain toward the wreckage. The Air Force T-43A aircraft, whose passengers also included other Commerce Department officials and a group of American business leaders looking into postwar reconstruction projects in the former Yugoslavia, smashed into a rocky 2,300-foot hill- top about 1.8 miles from the Dubrovnik airport. The plane disappeared from airport radar screens at 2:52 p.m. (7:52 a.m. EST). Air Force Lt. Gen. Howell Estes, operations director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that there was no evidence of an explosion aboard the plane or of hostile fire around the airport. The area had been engulfed by fighting between Serb and Croat forces in re- cent years but has been quiet since last summer. Besides Brown, those aboard the plane included 12 U.S. government of- ficials, 13 business executives, New York Times reporter Nathaniel Nash and six crew members. Among the ex- ecutives was Washington-resident Paul Cushman Ill, head of international and .Marathon talks continue By Anupama Reddy Daily Staff Reporter Next week's scheduled walk-out loomed as the bargaining teams of the University and the Graduate Employ- ees Organization continued their non- stop negotiations yesterday, Both parties agreed atthe onset of the talks Tuesday not to speak to the media d to include only GEO bargaining team members in the discussions. "(Bargaining) has been going well," said GEO Presi- dent Scott Dexter, who came from the NE h non-stop bar -ekth gaining session to address union Atrte'Jttw Sembers in sterday's soli- darity rally on the Diag. The reason why the administration agreed to the marathon bargaining ses- sion was because "they knew the Uni- versity community was completely be- GEO spokesperson Pete Church said there was no clear way to identify the outcome of non-stop bargaining until it is over. "They're still in meetings and will continue to be in meetings," Church said. "We have no way of knowing how it will turn out." Dirnbach cautioned that GEO mem- bers are still planning to walk out April 8 and 9 if an agreement is not reached by both sides soon. AP PHOO Cabinet members bow their heads at the Commerce Dept. yesterday. From left are Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, Attorney General Janet Reno and Education Secretary Richard Riley. embassy banking operations for Riggs National Bank. The Pentagon said the aircraft, a mili- tary version of the Boeing 737 com- mercial jet, was more than a mile off course as it approached the airport, situ- ated on the Adriatic coast about 12 miles southeast of Dubrovnik. Estes said the federal government has begun an investigation into the cause of the crash, but it appeared likely that low visibility and gusty winds may have been factors. The airport, which has mountains looming near the runway and does not have the precision approach equip- ment common in the United States, is considered an extremely difficult place to land in poor weather. Al- though five planes landed there in the hours before the crash, Croatian Air- lines diverted some of its commercial flights away from Dubrovnik because of harsh weather. Reports of Brown's death immedi- ately plunged much of official and political Washington into shock. He had a number of close friends at the White House in addition to President Clinton and the first lady, and was known by virtually every major figure in the Clinton admin- istration. In brief remarks to Com- merce Department employees yes- terday, Clinton praised Brown as "one of the best advisers and ablest people I ever knew; he was very, very good at everything he ever did." Inside: Crash leaves execs working to plan ahead for tragedy. Page 8U. last Ry~' o talk.1 -- Scott Dexter 0 "We are pre- pared to implement our walk-out next week to demon- strate our commit- ment ity," said. and solidar- Dirnbach MSA admin. coordinator fired for aiding party Dexter also said GEO president to the crowd that the administration was beginning to bargain in good faith. "In the last week, they've started to talk and take a few baby steps," Dexter said. By Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter Following a disciplinary hearing yes- terday, the University terminated the and accused him of using MSA re- sources to aid the Wolverine Party in the recent MSA election. "Based on the contents of that hear- MSA President-elect Fiona Rose said since Stefanic is both an MSA em- ployee and paid by the University, any time he gave to the Wolverine Party rnct thi- c. .AintQ mnna MSA software and resources. Wol- verine Party members Andy Schor, Matt Curin, Erin Carey, Aaron Will- iams and Michael Nagrant received i r