Bike thefts commnon as students return With the return of students to the niversity campus, the bicycle popula- tion rises each year. And concurrently, so does the num- ber of bicycle thefts. Department of Public Safety reports indicate that from Sunday to Tuesday this week there were at least seven reported bike thefts on campus - from tires to entire frames. Tuesday, the first day of fall classes, three bikes were reported stolen, each q=ed at more than $200. A dark green ek mountain bike, stolen from the Dennison Building racks, was the most expensive taken on Tuesday. It was esti- mated at $360. Tires were also a popular steal, as bikes locked to racks through the back tires were found missing "quick release" front tires. One tire, stolen from the Northwood Apartments area, was valued at $75. *DPS has no suspects in any of the reported bike thefts. Students who believe that their bicycle has been stolen should call DPS headquarters at 763-1131. DPS officials and the Ann Arbor Police Department urge students to reg- ister their bikes with the city to help locate stolen property and to deter thefts. ospital food a ot commodity Two incidents of hospital food theft were reported to DPS this week, once on Monday and once on Tuesday. Monday at about 4:30 p.m., a DPS officer noticed two hospital staff mem- bers in Lot M-1 3 on Catherine Street ho looked suspicious. WWhen the officer approached the two employees, the officer noticed them "attemping to carry out a large box of hospital food," reports say. The officer then "seized" the food and questioned the suspects. Both were released pending further investi- gation. Tuesday, DPS received a call from the East Medical Center alleging that a "visitor stole food in (the) cafeteria." A *spect, who could not be located, allegedly "took pizza and corn without paying." Linens/picture frames lifted at Martha Cook Tuesday afternoon, a resident of *artha Cook on South University called DPS to report that "her box of linens/picture frames were stolen from the storage room on the second floor." DPS has no suspects in the burglary, and the resident lists her linens as being worth $250. Scaffold found utside museum DPS received a call early in the week of a "second hand report of a scaffold stolen" from outside the Ruthven Museum on Geddes. Before officers could report to the scene, the caller "reported the item was found," and that there were "rno problems" with the scaffold. east Quad copier vandalized Most vandalism on campus involves destruction of property by use of force or graffiti painted on University prop- erty. Tuesday afternoon, a University student tried another method to vandal- ize a University copier. At about 2 p.m. Tuesday, an East quad staff member reported to DPS that someone had "poured water into the copy machine" located in the res- idence hall's first floor main corri- dor. There are no suspects. - Compiled from staff reports LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 6, 1996 - 3 Some band members missing uniform jackets By Anupama Reddy Daily Staff Reporter A record number of members joining the University's marching band this y ear left some reserve members without a complete uniLbfn at last weekend's football game. The marching band usually hovers around 350 members, but this year the band's size grew to 395, said Ken Potsinelli, the band's development offi- cer. "We ordered 400 uniforms," said Potsinelli. "We only had 395 (marching band members) show up. but 395 people won't fit into 400 uniforms because of size Variation. "Theoretically, 400 uniforms fit 350 people, but we were able to fit 379," Potsinelli said. "The 16 left were outfitted with older jackets. LEverybody had a new uniform from the waist dO\ n. Ssually, the reserve members stand by during came> While about 150 members perform and march. but last weekend's game was different. said Potsinelli. "Last weekend was a huge exception because everybody performed to have experience," Potsinelli said. Some flag reserve members wore older uni- forms, dating back to 1 985. for the game because of the shortage of jackets. "The reserves wore new pants but ran out of jackets." said LSA senior Mandy Carpenter, who has performed in the flag section for three years. Even though there were not enough jackets, Carpenter said it was better than her first year in the band when the flag reserves wore completely different outfits, Carpenter said. "It's a great thing we have a lot of people in the flag section, but each year we can't spend 5500 a uniform for surplus uniforms," Carpenter said. LSA first-year student Ali Ahmad, a reserve member in the drum section, said the band was efficient in distributing uniforms despite the large number of new members. "They were actually pretty organized about jt,' Ahmad said. "I stood 2 112 hours to get my unt- form. I wanted to be one of the firsts." KKK protestors headed for trial By Jeff Eldridge Daily Staff Reporter Four anti-Ku Klux Klan protesters appeared in circuit court yesterday to confront charges of felonious assault. Russel Stewart, Matthew Titterton. Thomas Bosse and Michael Helms arrived with their lawyers to face charges stemming from a June 22 KKK rally. The rally culminated in a violent clash between KKK marchers and a group of counter-demonstraters. "It was a pre-trial conference ... just to see if anything can be worked out," said assistant prosecuting attorney David Lady.M Lady said the meeting resolved little. He said trial dates will be set for the defendants in the coming days, and that the trials will be conducted separately from one another. Titterton is facing three separate charges, all for allegedly throwing objects at police officers near the fence that surrounded the Larcorp Municipal Building. Bosse; is accused of assaulting Detective Michael King with a rock. In July, charges were dropped against two other potential defen- dants, Jana Cephas and Dylan Breese. Breese had been charged with felonious assault on Edna"Berry, the wife of KKK National Imperial Wizard Jeff Berry, for allegedly hit- ting her in the head with a rock. Lisa Rush, a member of the National Women's Rights Organizing Coalition, said 15 protesters picketed outside the courthouse before the hearing began yesterday. "We want to send a message that we do want these charges dropped," Rush said. "All they (the defendants) did was go out and stand up to the KKK." Rush said members of NWROC also sat in the courtroom in an effort to show support for the defendants. The sound of sience JENNIFER BRADLEY Members of the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship (from left to right: Pastor Jim Kuieck, LSA Senior Dana Nielson, LSA Senior Anu Agrawal, LSA Junior Erin Wingate) performed a pantomime yesterday afternoon in the diag. First-year semmars offer smaller classes, more personal attention By Carly Blatt For the Daily Gone are the days when first-year University students are destined to hav e all their classes in huge, intimidating lecture halls. With the Il.nix ersitv'S First-Year Seminar Program entering its third year, members of the class of 2000 may participate in more than 175 of these unique courses. The program, which began in 1994, is designed to "attempt to improve undergraduate education. and make senior faculty available to first-year stu- dents," said David Schoem, assistant dean for undergraduate education. Schoem coordinates the program in which first-year students are placed in small, interactive courses taught by tenured and tenure-track faculty. While other universities have similar seminar programs, the Iniversitv's seminars are unique because they are open to first-year students and are taught by professors, Schoem said. All the seminars count for either dis- tribution requirements or for the Introductory Composition requirement, he said. In addition, many satisfy the Race and Ethnicity or Quantitative Reasoning requirements. The typical class size is less than 25 students. Because students choose to elect a seminlar. enrollment consists of students eager to earn, said English Prof. Richard Bai lex.y a seminiiar instructor. "People are there because they wx ant to be there,' he said. Last xear s seminar participants said one reason ilhev decided to enroll was the small classroom environment. "I was interested in a smaller ... class,' said ILSA sophomore Nicole Olson. "I liked the idea of persona attention.' A nother ttraction for students is the easV access to an actual professor "In my other classes, the professors were up at the podium and the only people I had contact oith were 1As," said LSA sophomore Jeff Rothleder, who took three seminars last year. "Throughi the seminars. I was able to meet people like David Schoem.' Faculty also enjoy the small seminars, said LSA Associate Dean Lincoln Flaller. "From what I've been told. they like the idea of teaching students when they're brand nexx.'' he said. "'A large ,oal is to disrupt the stereotype that students won't actually lay eves on a senior professor until their Junior or senior year. "U sual Iy, many students never Let to. know a professor well enough to ask for a recommendation." Faller said. I hrotgh the seminar program, students have the opportunity to develop a rela- tionship with a fhil professor, he said. Several students said they believe the professor is the key to a seminar's suc- cess. I SA sophomore Will Cobbins said he signed up for his seminar because he liked the idea ofa small set- ting, but his professor's attitude made the seminar a poor experience. "I felt that my professor talked down to us because we were freshmen." he said. "In lectures. the professors spoke as i f you knew what was going on." Olson took two seminars last year, and said a seminar "can go either way. it really depends on the professor." In one of the seminars. "the professor didn't even bother to learn our names ... which made it difficult to get to know her." Olson said. At the same time, Olson said she was "Iascinated" by another seminar she took. "I enjoyed the discussion format" she said. Both Schoem and Faller said they feel the program is accomplishing its goals of making senior faculty available to first-year students and providing an interactive classroom environment. Socialist Equality candidates fight police, school board over free speech DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO EXCELLENCE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. will be conducting on-campus interviews on Friday, September 20, 1996 As one of the largest intellectual property firms in the world, we offer a diverse practice in patent, trademark, and copyright law and in complex litigation conducted throughout the United States. We hope to add to our experience and depth of practice. By Stephanie Jo Klein Daily Staff Reporter What started last week in Detroit as a speak-out against school budget cuts has escalated into a battle for fiedom ofspeech. Socialist Equality Party members Jim Hartnett and Jerry White claim their rights were violated when they were arrested Aug. 29 after speaking and dis- tributing party literature at a Detroit Board of Education community forum. "We consider this a flagrant attack on democratic rights." said White, who is running for president on ballots in Michigan, Minnesota and New Jersey. "It makes a mockery of the whole process. White said he and Hartnett, a University alum running for US. Rep. Lynn Rivers's congressional seat, were confronted by three school board secu- rity officers as they stepped out of Western International High School's auditorium. They had both spoken out against budget cuts, which total S8.4 million and eliminated public busing for 1 1000 Detroit elementary school- ers. "I was physically dragged," White alleged adding that police confiscated their pamplets. film from Hartnett's cam- era, and a letter from their attorney. "There were policemen waiting in (Principal Paul) iray's office. ... As We were taken away, iray said. Im not going to have any socialists ini my school."'' G ray could not be reached for com- ment during the past three days. Socialist Equality Party members began reaching out this week to the community for support. On Wednesday White appealed to City Council mem- bers, who promised they would look into the matter. Rivers (D-Ann Arbor) was among those who signed a petition supporting the candidates' rights. "They were essentially censored for the content of their speech" Rivers said. "I condemn that kind of action:" "The fact that Mr. Hartnett is running against me is irrelevant ... the police and school board acted based on the content of(the party members') speech. not their behavior." White said the entire incident occurred out of the audience's sight. He said they were taken out the side door in handcuffs and then taken to Detroit's 3rd Precinct where they were kept in a holding cell for five hours until released on bond. A Detroit Free Press report last Friday said the police arrested the two party members after a scuffle with security guards who asked them not to distribute political pamphlets. 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