LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday. September 9, 1996 - 3A Sexual assault case postponed ihe preliminary examination of Steven Dwain Smith, the suspect *arged with sexually assaulting and robbing a female University student at gunpoint in early October, was post- poned yesterday. The preliminary examination was scheduled for yesterday at 1:30 p.m. in the Washtenaw County Courthouse, but Judge Ann Mattison postponed Smith's examination until 1 p.m on Dec. 5. The examination was postponed because proper counsel for Smith was q available yesterday. Mattison signed him a new public defender. Smith is charged with four counts, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct and armed robbery in connec- tion with the incident that occurred in the Bursley parking lot. Both offenses are punishable with a maximum sen- tence of life imprisonment. Mirrors smashed *round Hill Street About 15 to 20 University students were allegedly "smashing mirrors" early Wednesday morning, according to Department of Public Safety reports. DPS officers are working with Ann Arbor Police Department officers to investigate the incident. The suspects are believed to have been involved in malicious destruction of property in arports around Hill Street. No *iversity property was damaged. The students were last seen going east from Hill and Oakland streets, according to DPS reports. Graffiti found on campus buildings Graffiti was found on two campus buildings in unrelated incidents Tuesday. In the first incident there was fresh affiti painted in the freight elevator of East Quad. The caller who reported the incident works in Facilities, and said she reported similar incidents last Saturday, but that this graffiti was not the same as the pre- vious graffiti, according to DPS reports. In the second case, graffiti was report- ed in the North University Building. The graffiti was painted on the metal door located in the back of the building *tween NUBS and North Hall. The caller could not tell what the graffiti said, DPS reports stated. Maintenance was contacted to clean up the graffiti. Hard drives stolen from SAB Three computers were stolen from e Student Activities Building on onday. The computers, worth approximately $4,500 each, were taken from an unse- cured computer room in the building. The stolen computers include one Packard Bell model and two Apple Macintosh computers. DPS has no suspects but staffers said construction workers are "possi- bilities," according to DPS reports. Slips result in everal injuries Two women slipped and fell in sepa- rae incidents this week. In the first case, the woman was run- irng in Mitchell Field on Tuesday night, and "split her chin open," DPS reports stated. The cut to her chin was three-fourths of an inch deep. The woman was cut in e lower portion of the chin after she slipped on ice in the field. In the second incident, a female University student fell in Stockwell res- 1dence hall and gashed her chin -ednesday morning. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Anupama Reddv. ' profs to examine recent, future elections By Laurie Mayk Dail} StatE Reporter It has only been a week since Campaign '96 came to a close -- but talk of the next election sea- son is already creeping into the political arena. As part of the national post-election analysis, the University's School of Public Policy is sched- uled to host a panel discussion today on "Election '96: How it happened and where do we go from here?" at 5 p.m. in the Michigan League. The panel will discuss the "role that issues played in the election" at the student-run event, said School of Public Policy Dean Edward Gramlich. Republican and Democratic pollsters are also expected to address the problems and successes of their parties' 1996 strategies, and how the outcome of the election may change tactics for future races. "I he question is what happened on election day," said University alum Alex Evans. a panelist and Democratic pollster for the California-based polling firm Evans and McDonough. "Obviously myself and the Republican pollster have a different interpretation of that." Dave lanelli, a university alum and Republican pollster from the polling firm Coldwater Corp.. which conducts the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, will also serve as a panelist. Former state Sen. Doug Ross. a University lecturer and former assis- tant secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor and former director of the Michigan Department of Commerce, is expected to moderate the event. Looking back at the Republican party's net loss- es this year, a gender gap in the voting blocks was one of the biggest blows to the party. lanelli said. 'Alen wvere voting for Republican candidates in the louse to the level we were expecting them to, but they weren't there for Bob Dole,' lanelli said. "T[hev reaIll made a conscious decision to split their vote:' A ans said that although both parties want to address voter tendencies driven by gender, there's more potential for the Republican party to gain \ otes from the gap. Since women are traditionally a solid Democratic block, Republicans and Democrats win when their respective parties gain male voters, Evans said. Despite a failure to snatch control of the U.S. House from the GOP, the Democratic party made a comeback after a disasterous campaign in 1994. "After the 1994 election, we were again looking at this idea that the Democratic party was this dinosaur and on its last legs," Evans said. Both parties learned voters are "interested in a moderate, problem-solving government," he said. But with Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) back in power positions. will Congress pass the promised campaign finance reform and ethics legislation ? '"It'll be the same." Evans said. "Nothing will happen" lanelli said constituents are likely to see a famil- iar pattern in Washington. "What we've seen in the past is the party in power writes a bill that is to their advantage and it gets vetoed by the president," lanelli said. Congress and the president have almost a full year to make a move on campaign finance reform, but a division of power between parties could make compromise difficult. he said. Muslimlifestyle - 6i0 seec coses week of awarenessm By Alice Robinson Daily Staff Reporter Kamran Bajwa had the opportunity to speak out in his classroom today. In fact, he got to speak for more than two hours. Bajwa, a first-year Law student, closed (slam Awareness Week last night by speaking to 70 people on the topic "Islam: the complete way of life." Bajwa's Civil Procedure course God," he said. "This is a belief that Muslims have from the Koran." The Queens, N.Y.. native spent part of the time comparing Islam to Christianity. "Nothing else except for Christianity has ever had that influence in human history," Bajwa said. Students said the talk was insightful and thought-provoking. "I think it was an excellent speech," said Shamal [Haque, an LSA sopho- more. "I think it's good that he told the College to speak By Jennifer Harvey Daily Staff Reporter Just because elections are over does- n't mean political activists are taking a rest on campus. They may just be warm- ing up, if the College Republicans have anything to say about it. Joe Galli, national president of the College Republicans, plans to pump up the campus chapter for further political work. Galli is scheduled to address the group at 3:30 p.m. today in the' Michigan League's Vandenburg Room.: "We're just pleased that the national College Republicans president is rec- ognizing our efforts, not only on this campus, but statewide and nationally,' said Nicholas Kirk, president of th campus chapter. Kirk said Galli wants to meet University chapter, which garnered national attention during the elections. Galli will most likely discuss how College Republicans are doing nation ally. "(Galli) can put the (College Republican)/GOP movement in 4 national light" Kirk said. Galli will also address the results of the 1996 elections and preview the 1998 elections, Kirk said. Galli was elected in 1995 to serve a two-year term. le was elected in a process that mirrors the electoral col- lege, with the state College Republican chairs' votes weighted according to the membership of their states. meets during the Hutchins Hall, where he gave the presenta- tion. In a relaxed, easy-going manner, Bajwa told everyone the goal of his talk was to "sort of let everyone in on day in Room 100 of We live in a sort of a headline- news society ... " - Kamran Bajwa Law first-year student people that just investigate it for yourself and ... arrive at the truth," he said. "I thought that he covered a whole variety of things that a n o n - M u s l i m could use and think about," student. said the past week the mind of a Muslim." Bajwa briefly discussed the contro- versies surrounding Islam, but focused more on Muslims' devotion to the teachings of the prophet Mohammed. He said people sometimes think of Islam as a "terrorist religion" or wrong- ly accuse Muslims of oppressing women. "We live in a sort of a headline-news society .. so to sort of'serve those ends it's very attractive to put out a claim of Muslims blowiig up a plane." Bajwa" said. The young speaker said the Muslim faith revolves completely around God. "The only reason anything was creat- ed, to the Muslim belief, is to worship said one Muslim Students also succeeded in promoting awareness of Islam. "I feel that this year the MusIIim Students Association has done a good job," said LSA junior Arifa Khan. Khan said the students who orga- nized the week accomplished their goal. "We feel we want to share a piece of' ourselves with others." she said. Does Bajwa speak out as much in class as he did last night' '1 speak out in class if I know the answer," he said. Bajwa has also addressed crowds at Wayne State University. Eastern M ichigan Un iversity and other schools. JENNIFER BRADLEY-SWIFT/Daily Law first-year student Kamran Bajwa speaks on Muslims' devotion to the teach- ings of the profit Mohammed at Hutchins Hall last night. He said he hoped to let the crowd of about 70 "in on the mind of a Muslim." Bajaw teaches a University Law course on Civil Procedure, and has also addressed crowds at Wayne State, and Eastern Michigan University among other schools. Group vows to fight for assisted suicide vote LANSING (AP) -- Just a day after the Senate rejected the idea of letting Michigan voters decide the assisted- suicide issue, a bipartisan group of lawmakers yesterday vowed to keep trying. "Now is the time for the Legislature to assume responsibility," said Rep. Jan Dolan (R-Farmington Hills). "It (assisted suicide) is happening now. It will continue to happen" said Rep. Ted Wallace (D-Detroit). "This is no longer partisan" The lawmakers announced introduc- tion in both chambers of legislation which would put on the 1998 state bal- lot a proposal to authorize assisted sui- cide in Michigan. They said if the Legislature refuses to act on the issue in the "lame duck" ses- sion which ends next month, the legis- lation will be introduced again in the newv session which starts in January. They said the issue will be raised again when the House takes up a Senate- passed "dignified death" bill. That bill, which requires doctors to inform patients of all medical treatment available and their right to a patient advocate, cleared the Senate on Wednesday. But in passing it, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected giving voters a say on assisted suicide. The chair of an organization in favor of assisted suicide rights said he holds lirtle hope that the Legislature will deal with the issue. Dr. Edward Pierce of Ann Arbor, a former state senator, said his group plans a petition drive to put the issue on the 1998 ballot. "The chances that they'll act are very smalli" he said. :: . "' .L A: END What's happening in Ann Arbor today FRIDAY 11:30 p.m. ."Davi J "Gary [ J "Blood Battle 1996," sponsored SATURDAY The by Alpha Phi Omega, Markley, Dans 2-8 p.m. J "Gary Snyder, Reading From His sore J "Conversations with Courtney Work," sponsored by Soci Clixby," programming spon- Department of English and 7:30 sored by Unions Network Shaman Drum Bookshop, ;J"Gary Television, channel 124, 3 p.m Rackham Auditorium, 8 p.m. WorI J "Delivering Shabbat Meals," Dept sponsored b Volunteers in SUNDAY Shan Action, 1429 Hill St., 3:15-4:30 3 "Israel p.m. J "A Taste of Culture," sponsored Crn J "Late Night Sober Sensation," by Puerto Rican Association, Disc sponsored b Department of Trotter House, 12:30-4 p.m. IsP Athletics, CC RB, 10:30 p.m.- J "Ballroom Dance Classes," spon- IMPA s Lounge, 7 p.m. Davidoff Memorial Lecture: Health Care Crisis -- gers or Opportunity: ons From Judaism," spon- d by Hillel and Maimonides ety, Hillel, 1429 Hill St., p.m. Snyder, Reading From His k," sponsored by artment of English and man Drum Bookshop. 311- South State St., 2 p.m. Michigan Public Affairs mittee Drinks and ussion," sponsored by AC, Not Another Cafe, 8:30