Mots plague NI campus after ball game he University of Northern Iowa's Homecoming festivities led to rioting Saturday, resulting in the arrest of near- Iy two dozen people. The campus bars in Cedar Falls, Iowa, closed early, only to be followed 'by a period of violence and destruction on "The Hill," a student term for the bar area of campus. Sheriff's officials said 22 people were charged with failure to disperse, a *sdemeanor. In addition, two were uharged with interfering with an officer. Almost all of those arrested are believed to be students, according to the sheriff's office. During the melee, one officers was knocked to the ground when a brick hit him near the ear just below his helmet. Angie Linn, a UNI student who wit- nessed the incident, said people were fighting and destroying property for early two hours late Saturday night. Sarah Hawe, a UNI senior, said The Hilkwas packed and people were pulling out street signs and tearing out parking meters. She said others were throwing whatever objects they could find. Officers used tear gas and pepper spray to restrain the students. "It was crazy," Linn said. Earlier in the day, UNI's football team crushed Illinois State, 47-10. tudents help put Nader on ballot Ralph Nader, known widely for his role as a consumer activist, will be on November's presidential ballot in Iowa, thanks in part to a group of Iowa State University students. Citizens for Nader is backing the candidate this November for the presi- *ptial ticket. The Iowa Citizens for Nader com- ruittee needed 1,500 signatures to get Nader's name on the Iowa ballot, and obtained 1,800. Orew Chebuhar, president of the Ames, Iowa, organization, said he was skeptical as to whether the organization would be able to get enough signatures. Nader will be on the ballot in 21 states, and in 19 states he has official te-in status. "Nader is concerned about democra- cy," Chebuhar said. "Nader appeals to young people because he goes to col- leges and gets involved." Mayor ends party at Rutgers New Brunswick, N.J., Mayor James Cahill has put his seal of' roval on an ordinance requiring rty permits for gatherings of more than 50. Cahill said the application process for this permit would "allow city officials to work more cooperatively with residents .to assure events are more successful." Meanwhile, New Brunswick resi- dents and student organizations at Rutgers University are looking into ways to alter the ordinance. Critics have called the ordinance neonstitutional" and have said the 1dinance unfairly targets the college community. Cahill said city officials are "looking i4ecrease compliance with city codes ^ erdinanes, to provide for the safe- lyand well-being of those attending the wefts and to mitigate the kind of ifs dctt that some large parties have had in our neighborhoods:' The ordinance, which Cahill signed tTuesday, will take effect Oct. 28. The ordinance will require residents anticipating more than 50 guests to regis- ter their events if the hosts also intend to soicit or collect any type of contribution. --osts must apply for a $20 permit seven working days before the event. - Compiled from the University Wire by Daily Staff'Reporter Janet Adanm. LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 16, 1996 - 3 Journalism program receives $3.25M grant By Prachish Chakravorty Daily Staff Reporter Thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Michigan Journalism Fellows program will be at least S3.25 million richer. Of the five-year grant, S2.25 million is slated to endow three general fellowships and SI million will be devoted to covering expenses related to the director's position, according to a Knight Foundation statement. As a "challenge" grant, MJF needs to match the total figure through its own fund raising to receive the funds, said MJF Director Charles Eisendrath. "It's the biggest single grant we've ever received," Eisendrath said. "The next biggest sin- gle grant was S750,000" The Knight Foundation, established in 1950. was once associated with Knight-Ridder newspa- pers but is now completely independent. "The foundation is one of the 25 largest private foundations" said Del Brinkman, director of jour- nalism programs at the Knight Foundation. "It has programs in journalism, education, arts and cul- ture and community initiatives." In the field of journalism, the foundation aims to support press freedom worldwide and the edu- cation of journalists, Brinkman said. The founda- tion has provided major support for mid-career journalism fellowship programs like MJE "We believe Michigan provides one of the pre- mier mid-career programs for journalists,: Brinkman said of the program, which offers pro- fessional journalists a year of study at the University. "Our board is intent on sustaining and improving the kind of quality journalism that will inform the America of the 21st century." The program offers selected mid-career journal- ists a full academic year of individualized study at the University to become Michigan Journalism Fellows, according to MJE Candidates are pro- vided full tuition and S30,000 stipends during the year. "(The grant) is great for us because we realize how wonderful the program is," said Bill Rose, editor of the Miami Herald's Sunday magazine, lropic, and a member of this year's program. "A grant of that magnitude pretty much ensures that this program is going to be around for a lotr time,' Rose said. "It proves that the program is onC of the premier programs in the country." Ironically, the University does not ofTer degrees in journalism. "There's neither ail undergrad major or a grad degree (in journalism)." Eisendrath said. MJF. which was established in 1973, is part of Rackham and receives independent funding. Brinkman added that MJF is a program where journalists study background subjects rather than journalism itself. "(The lack of journalism degrees) is an internal issue at the University: Brinkman said. Rose agreed. "I think it would be great if they did have a journalism major here." he said. Officer te stffie s to. accused killer's mental, stability PONTIAC (AP) - A man accused of killing his homosexual admirer was visibly upset but didn't appear mental- ly ill shortly after the shooting, the officer who arrested Jonathan Schmitz testified yesterday. Officer Arthur Couture said that during his 19 years with the Auburn Hills Police Department, he has dealt with unstable and suicidal people -- and Schmitz didn't seem to fit that description. Schmitz, 26, of Lake Orion, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of Scott Amedure in March 1995. Amedure, 32, had revealed a secret crush on Schmitz, a heterosexual, on a taping of "The Jenny Jones Show" days earlier. An unsigned suggestive note left at Schmitz's apartment prompted him to plan and carry out a killing, prosecu- tors say. Couture knew about the shooting in Amedure's Oakland County home and was looking for the suspect's car when lie found Schmitz sobbing at a pay phone at a gas station, the officer told Jurors. Schmitz was calling police himself, Couture said Schmitz told him thee was a gun in the back seat of his car. He arrested Schmitz, who stopped cr;- ing during the drive to the police sta- tion, he said. Schmitz later was turne1 over to sheriff's Detective Craig Stol. "As the defendant was being pt into Detective Stout's car, the defen- dant said, 'Thank you for being so nice to me,"' Couture testified. Schmitz did not appear mentally disturbed, Couture said in response to a question from Assistant Prosecutor Roman Kalytiak; Also yesterday, Oakland County Sheriff's Detective Jerry Dial said he went to Amedure's mobile home in response to a 911 call. He found a spent shotgun shell in the snow outside and a broken door window. He found Amedure's body inside. Amedure's roommate, who had called police, was unharmed. Amedure's mother, Pat Graves, qu i- etly cried as Dial described the scene. JOSH BIGGS/Daily Monica Moorehead, presidential candidate for the Workers World Party, spoke yesterday at the Trotter House. Her party is on the November ballot in 12 states, including Michigan. T d-p arty canddate speaks of social issues, injustices By Ajit K. Thavarajah Daily Staff Reporter Moorehead realizes she will not end up in the White House Anger-filled cries of political unfair- ness and the need for the end of capital- ism rang out through the third floor of the Trotter House last night. The meeting, led by Workers World Party's presidential candidate Monica Moorehead, discussed the election process and injustices toward minori- ties, women, lesbians and gays. But Moorehead has no delusions about this year's upcoming elections. "We understand that we're not going to win this election," she said. "What we want to do is inform people on how unfair the politicians are and how we should go to a socialistic gov- ernment." In Moorehead's view, capitalists pur- sue a "policy of only helping the wealthy class." "We must end the murderistic sys- tem of capitalism," she said. "The cur- rent two-party system only gives the usual status quo." Currently, the WW P is on the November ballot in 12 states, including Michigan. Moorehead and some of her most ardent supporters tried to get her party's point across by protesting at events such as President Clinton's birthday party fund-raiser and the Third Party debate. Each event provided some short-lived yet lively debate, which ended with officials escorting the pro- testers from the scenes. Ann Arbor resident Paul Lefrak agreed with Moorehead's comments. "(The government is) destroying programs that are still very much needed," said Lefrak,. head of Anti- Racist Action, a new campus organi- zation. "Their solution is to get rid of welfare and affirmative action. They don't seem to think that it's their responsibility to help these groups in need. They believe that being poor is an evil" Also part of the WWP's agenda is tripling the minimum wage, stopping cutbacks on affirmative action, offering free universal health care and reducing the number of citizens who are placed in jail unfairly. Jane Cutter, WWP candidate for U.S. Congress' I 3th district, hopes that imprisoned citizens, such as Mumia Abu-Jamal. are freed should socialists take control of the government. 'This is a man who was unfairly imprisoned for shooting a police offi- cer,' Cutter said. "He was put in jail only because he uncovered the corrup- tion of several high ranking police offi- cers. We must end the quick solution of jail sentences and replace them with real reform programs." LSA first-year student David Taub disagreed with Moorehead and Cutter after hearing the party's plat- form. "I think this is a completejoke," Taub said. "They blame all their problems on capitalism and think that changing to a socialistic country would help." Taub said history has already passed a verdict on socialism. "Socialism failed in Eastern Europe, there is simply no convincing proof that socialism works," he said. MSA Continued from Page 1 Ann Arbor resident Paul Lefrak, a leader of the Free Mumia Coalition, reiterated the crowd's belief in the importance of affirmative action both in University policies and in society as a whole. "MSA needs to be beating back the racist and sexist movement that wants to roll back the gains that affirmative action has already made," Lefrak said amid applause and cheers that repeat- edly filled the Union Ballroom last night. MSA members also condemned the resolution and voiced their support for affirmative action. "Tonight we take back the nation," said Engineering Rep. John Lopez. "Tonight we can set an example that will reverberate across the nation." After the resolution was defeated. those who came to show their support for affirmative action gave the assem- bly a standing ovation. "We are happy with the actions the assembly took tonight," said Engineering junior Keith Naylor. "But we were surprised that a member of the assembly would even bring up a resolu- tion against affirmative action." The assembly then passed a resour- tion drafted by LSA Rep. Amer Zahr and amended by MSA Vice President Probir Mehta endorsing the goals of affirmative action and pledging that the assembly will use its external relation' committee to lobby in favor of any University policy that supports affirma. tive action. "I think it's good we took a step to take a definitive stand as a whole body to represent the true concerns of stu- dents," Zahr said. "This was an issue that needed to get out in the open - I commend David (Burden) for bringing this issue out and all of those people who filled this ballroom tonight." Mehta agreed. "As a student voice., we spoke out and said we overwhelm ingly support affirmative action." MSA President Fiona Rose said the meeting was special in that the assem- bly got to hear individual students' opinions. "We saw the power of the masses and we saw the power of what student groups can do when they come togeth- er," she said. "Affirnitive action is a secondary issue when compared to the importance of the assembly's hearing of students' voices." Body found in Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS (AP) -- A woman's body was discov- ered behind a factory, just days after authorities said they would jointly investigate the unsolved murders of nine other women in the region. "It's too early to know how it fits in, Lt. Carol Price of the Grand Rapids police said Monday. "It was close to Division Avenue where prostitution takes place, but we don't know her circumstances because we don't know who she was." The body was found behind a factory Sunday after a tip from a caller. The victim had been dead for at least two months, Price said. An autopsy failed to reveal the cause of death, so police summoned experts who examine badly decomposed bodies. Last week, several police agencies agreed to share informa- tion on their multiple unsolved cases. The bodies were found in remote areas over two years and most were strangled. 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