ICp ti Weather Tonight: Flurries possible, low low around 270. Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy, flur- ries possible, high around 380 One /wndred six years of editorial freedom Thursday October 31, 1996 mmig .,. a '' ' :"' i s9 u S qty '"J a E; ? 3' ' rk+ss p:Yi3 ........ . . ........... R IM S liSA dean was finalist for 'U pres. By Jodi S. Cohen Daily Staff Reporter LSA Dean Edie Goldenberg was one of five Slists for the University presidency - until s e withdrew her name just hours before the top candidates were announced.- The identity of the fifth finalist was unknown until sources confirmed yesterday that Goldenberg was also seriously considered for the presidency. Goldenberg - the first woman to lead the University's largest academic unit - would have been the only internal finalist recommended by the Presidential Search Advisory Committee. Wut in the wake of a court decision that barred private meetings between individual regents and the candidates, Goldenberg dropped out the afternoon before PSAC released the names of the four finalists - instead of the intended five. "I had a sense it was Edie," Regent Andrea Fischer Newman (R-Ann Arbor) told The Michigan- Daily yesterday. "I didn't find out for certain until Monday." Newman said she asked Goldenberg for con-{ firmation after she heard rumors Monday about the dean's candidacy.: Goldenberg told the r: Daily yesterday that she did want to comment about her Goldenberg candidacy. "1 don't intend to comment on any aspect of the process while it is underway,' she said. Goldenberg, a political science and public policy professor. has served as LSA dean since 1989. She was awarded the annual Sarah Goddard Power Award earlier this year for her service to women on campus. "She has done some truly impressive things on this campus in support of women:' said Jean Loup, a University librarian and former chair of the faculty's governing body. Goldenberg. who joined the University facul- ty in 1974. specializes in many policy areas including the relationship between the media and politics, political campaigns and civil ser- vice reforms. When PSAC Chair Jeffrey Lehman announced the committee's recommendations on Oct. 17, he told the board that the "fifth can- didate" withdrew after the "final phase had been restructured: ' C.1cannlOt go itbvcid with suchi a pvoces .s, becaulse it no longuer- profvide's ' li a ppra~fl itv J' Ilcandid ('oil i cPSU ti0f1 l )ibo e t t~' isS'es. With out that oppl'tlfnitly, I am no longer su /icienil con fdent 111at I will be ale u) toassess (Jdcq~lIlteUIV whu 1the,' I c uld accept ithe presidencl at Michligan if Itwere timate/v offered to m(.5 --Withdrawn finalst for University president. cited by PSAC chair Jeffrey Lehman in his address to the Board of Regents earlier this month According to the board's planned final phase of the search, candidates would have met privately with individual regents in addition to the public interview and town-hall sessions. The lawsuit - brought by The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press and The Ann Arbor News ---contended that any private meetings with the candidates would violate the state's Open Meetings Act. Circuit ('ourt Judge Melinda Morris agreed and issued a prelim ina'ry injunction against the board that prohibited those meetings. At the Oct. 17 meeting, Lehman read a state- ment for the fifth candidate: See FINALIST, Page 2A Clinton speaks, rallies at EMU Economy is top issue for both parties By Laurie Mayk Daily Staff Reporter YPSILANTI - The advertised poli- cy focus of President Clinton's address at Eastern Michigan University yester- day didn't stop speakers and audience members from turning the event into a paign rally for Clinton and Mchigan Democrats. "I came in expecting it was going to be a fairly sedate speech situation - then Carl Levin decided it was going to be a rally," said U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor), about U.S. Sen. Levin who is running for re-election. Clinton spoke at an EMU seminar to promote female business entrepreneurs. In, introducing the president. Levin hailed Rivers, Clinton and the White .ise policy accomplishments Clinton later cited in his address. Levin thanked Clinton for providing Michigan with "good-paying secure jobs, quality affordable, portable health care," community policing and a ban on assault weapons. "We in Michigan have seen your hard work pay off," Levin said. Clinton packed more policy than Wtoric into his speech before a gym ed with 5,000 students. business owners and supporters. "I want every person in America to have a chance to live out their dreams if they're responsible enough to work for it," Clinton said. Clinton announced the extension and launch of two programs designed to boost opportunities and support for small business. The expansion of the Small Business Administration's Women's Prequalifi- cation Pilot Loan Program is designed to team women and experts nationwide to aid in starting or expanding of private businesses owned by women. The pro- gram has been tested in select cities. The president also announced a merger between modern technology, business and government with the cre- ation of the Angel Capital Electronic Network. ACE-Net's postings "match small business with potential investors." Clinton said. The network participants acting as mentors for entrepreneurs may include state universities. Clinton credited Levin and Rivers for supporting legislation promoting small business and equal opportunity. Clinton's visit to Rivers' district six days before the election was to boost the incumbent. who is running a close race against Republican .oe [itzsilmois. Rivers said Clinton's only advice to her for the homestretch was to "kworik hard."* The president praised the small busi- ness owners who told stories of strug- gling to build companies with the help of loans and education grants. "We wouldn't be here today if we'd all been told 'You're on your own... Clinton said. The president's stop in Ypsilanti sur- prised locals and candidates after rumors spread last week that Clinton may try to recreate his late-night 1992 rally on the steps of Rackham. By Laurie Mayk D fly SwiIl Reporter Citing budget figures, promising tax breaks and speculating about the future of government spending, candidates are focusing on money. 'when the economy improves it makes other endeaxors more likely to succeed,'" President Clinton said in a speech at Eastern Mli c i g a n University yes- terdav. Officials on both sides are pointing to the history books lir responses to proposals by the two presidential candidates. Republicans refuse to credit CIinton for a healthy economy and instead cite states where GOP governors have implemented plans similar to Dole's 1 5-percent across-the-board tax cut. They dismiss Clinton's plans for an increased gas tax and a $500 per-child tax credit as more of the same "big government. "We have in power an administra- tion that believes in the status quo. Clinton addresses members of Eastern Michigan University yesterday. "There was tremendous competition for where the president was going to go in Michigan," Rivers said in her speech. "Every other school in this state is green with envy" Tina Schroedr. an EMU senior. said social work students planning to attend the event were surprised that Clinton chose to speak. "(Organizers) just asked for anyone from his cabinet (for the speech) and he chose to come," Schroedr said. ' , .q: .1' ~' '~ I ;:P a said Republican vice-presidential nominee Jack Kemp, at an economic surnmmit sponsored by the Republican Governors Association in Detroit on Oct. 21. Democrats liken the Republican plan to the "Reaganomics- of the 1980s, a decade that saw the greatest federal deficit growth. H owever, experts say :Ab Clinton may have won the Seo n o m y debate with- out saying a word. "(The elec- tion is) basi- Last in a 12-part series cally just ma iefereredom on hox well the economy is going,' said University political science Prof. John Kingdon. A healthy economy was a built-in advantage for the Clinton/Gore cam- paign. University communication stud- ies Prof. Michael Traugott said. "What's happening is we are seeing an overall strengthening of the economy," said U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann See ECONOMY, Page 5A Research under 'U' scrutiny By Brian Campbell Dail Staff Reporter University investigators are look- ing into the recent scientific scandal of a Medical student whose fraudu- lent research data went unnoticed for more than two years while being pub- lished in prestigious national jour- nals. .isa Baker. associate vice president for University relations, said the adminstration's punitive response is unknown at this time. "It could be anything from the rescission of the degree to expulsion from the program. The student confessed earlier this month to misrepresenting and fabricat- ing data to Dr. Francis Collins, a for- mer University professor Of human genetics wvho is now the he.d of the National Center foi Fluman Genome Research. When the student admitted to falsi- fying the stiudies in leukemia and genetic research, Collins withdrew the data from scientific journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The student had performed his stud- ies s ai nior 'scientisitinder Collins. A2 cemetery has spooky history By Heather Miller Daily Staff Reporter It is home to five former University #sidents, three Revolutionary War soldiers and the first chief'justice of the state of Michigan. These men perma- nently reside along with nearly 20,000 other residents at the 65-acre Forest Hill Cemetery. A group of local business executives founded the cemetery, which is located on South Observatory, in 1857 based on "feeling the want of a public cemetery apart from the noise of the city," =ording to records of the cemetery ociation. Naval surgeon Dr. Benajiah Ticknor was the first to be buried, in 1859. Many of the older graves hold people who were moved from the city's old burying ground on Fletcher Street where the Power Center now exists. "The old burying ground was suffer- ing from neglect in the 1850s," said Wystan Stevens, an Ann Arbor histori- Many of the bodies were moved to rest Hill by family members in the 1880s., In 1891, the burial ground was turned into Felch Park. The decision caused citizens to hang Mayor Charles Manly in effigy. until 1916 while workers were burying a water main. The mother of the super- intendent of the water company identi- fied his casket and lie was buried at Forest Hill. But in 1966, workers building the Fletcher Street parking structure uncov- ered another casket. This one bore a nameplate engraved with Judge Fletcher's name. Today, two caskets rest side by side at Fletcher's gravesite. and to this day, no one knows who is in the other casket. "And lodge A dJ Fletcher rests for the rest of Fletcher ir eternity uneasi- ly beside him- &ier s self." Stevens u said, jokingly. But every- himself" one from the old burying aground stillA may not have Ar been recovered. "There still may be others buried in Felch Park in unmarked graves.- Stevens said. Stevens otlers this anecdote along )i head bent forward. "The story there is the statue actually wveeps," Stevens said. H-e said high school students used to come to the cemetery at night and shine their car headlights on the statue to watch it "cry. However, this phenomenon. Wystan explained, is the result of the soft, porous stone of which the statue is made. "It acts like a sponge." he said. The stone absorbs moisture dur- ing the day g and condens- for es at night as 5it for the air cools, heternityIerebet- sion of tears running down the cheeks of the mourning Nystan Stevens woman. hisA n o t h e r Arbor historian "ghost story" lies in the 1906 tale of two Ann Arbor women who were sitting on headstones and talking with each other after attending a funeral. They heard rustling behind ,-.I