."CARS
tinued from Page.
Education junior Kelly
Yakemonis, who said she usually
parks her car in different areas
around canpus or in the parking lot
across from West Quad, said she is
not overly concerned about auto
theft. "It's always a concern in the
back of your mind," she said. "(But)
I think locking your car is good
ugh."
- here are a number of precautions
students can take in order to cut
Iownr their chances of auto theft,
including parking in well-lit areas,
removing valuables from plain
sight, shutting windows and sun-
roofs and using an antitheft device,
according to MAIA.
LOCAL/STATE
The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 22, 1997 - 7
Gaming contracts with
Indian tribes called invalid
LANSING (AP)-The legal status of Michigan's 14 Indian
casinos was thrown into limbo yesterday after Attorney General
Frank Kelley ruled that the state's gaming compacts with Indian
tribes were invalid.
The opinion's scope was disputed by Gov. John Engler's
office and Indian officials, who say it applies only to four com-
pacts for tribes still waiting to open casinos. Those compacts are
waiting for legislative approval.
Tribal officials said the ruling posed no immediate threat to
their casinos But one of the lawmakers who asked for the opin-
ion said it would give the Legislature a chance to make the
state's 14 Indian casinos follow the same rules that casinos in
Detroit will have to follow.
Kelley's opinion said that compacts give Indian casinos cer-
tain rights they otherwise would not have under state law. That
means the Legislature has to pass them as statutes, which carry
the weight of law, rather than as resolutions, which do not.
Kelley's office said the opinion affects compacts with
seven Indian tribes that operate casinos along with the four
compacts signed by Engler and awaiting approval by the
Legislature.
Kelley's opinion has the force of law unless successfully chal-
lenged in court. Whether the state does that or tries to mend the
current agreements has yet to be determined, said Chris De
Witt, a spokesperson for Kelley.
"Someone could challenge the opinion. Someone could go
into court to shut down the casinos. The Legislature could meet
and pass a bill to address the issue and get it to the governor's
desk very quickly," he said.
The opinion came as a response to separate questions
asked by state Sen. John Cherry (D-Clio) and Rep. Kirk
Profit (D-Ypsilanti). Profit said he was happy with the ruling,
and it gave the Legislature a chance to put more controls on
Indian casinos.
KEVIN KRUPITZER/Daily
Auto theft is a common crime on the rise in Washtenaw County. Car thieves often
take radios and airbag units from the stolen cars.
Tesearcher says increase in minority enrollment
does not necessarily increase 'U' diversity
MVIANDATE
Continued from Page 1
mative action program the University
has im~plemented.
"We've had affirmative action
e the early '70s," Rasmussen said.
"It's not the Michigan Mandate being
attacked, it's the notion of affirmative
actiowfor students."
Lynch said an increase in minority
Snrollmfent does not necessarily mean
an increase in diversity.
"The culture of the University has-
n't changed," Lynch said. "The
University is still individualistic, it is
til entrepreneurial, a favorite word
he University. It is still especially
per-middle class, and the students
are concerned about being number
one.
"It bas a bureaucratic flavor,"
Lynch said. "It's big, and you're on
your &wn if you are a student there.
1t resemibles a corporation."
Because of those traits, altering
race .iid gender enrollment will not
change-the overall atmosphere, Lynch
The Mandate's equation of race -
equals-diversity, is bogus," Lynch
said.
Economic class and family back-
ground also must be examined when
attempting to diversify the campus,
he said.
"The Mandate ignores a huge, hid-
den variable," Lynch said. "That vari-
able is class, If you get a bunch of
upper-middle class black students,
that is not diversity."
Rasmussen said the Mandate's abil-
ity to diversify the University is the
reason it was attacked.
"The Michigan Mandate has been
successful," Rasmussen said.
"Whenever there is success, there is a
chance for backlash."
Lynch also said that while the
overall percentage of minorities has
increased, a large portion of that
increase is in over-represented cate-
gories, such as Asian American stu-
dents. The amount of Asian
American students at the University
increased from 5.7 percent in 1987
to 11.3 percent in 1996, while the
percentage of black students rose
from 5.4 percent in 1987 to 8.9 per-
cent in 1996.
"When they say that we've
increased students of color, most peo-
ple don't ask what groups were
increased," Lynch said.
Lynch said that while the
University increases in the number of
students and faculty members in
underrepresented groups, it inadver-
tently decreases the amount of faculty
and students in overrepresented
"The Mandate's
equation of race,
equals-diversity
is bogus"
- Frederick Lynch
Government professor at
Claremont McKinna College
groups.
"It's a zero sum game," Lynch said.
Rasmussen, however, said the
Mandate does not set maximum lim-
its.
"There is no such thing as an
upward quota," Rasmussen said.
Duderstadt said he does not take
Lynch's book seriously.
"I would take books like Lynch's
with a grain of salt, since he was
after a particular market that likes
to believe in the myth of political
correctness," the former president
said.
Although he was critical of the
University's affirmative action pro-
gram, Lynch said he holds a special
place in his heart for the University,
his alma mater.
"I do love the U of M," Lynch said.
"I'm a friendly critic."
Hgh school students cope
with fifth suicide since June
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP)
-- Another student at Henry Ford II
High School in this Detroit suburb has
committed suicide, and angry class-
mates want to do more than just mourn
at another funeral.
Five current or former Ford students
have committed suicide since June.
Classmates held a candlelight service
Thursday for four of them, then learned
that a I5-year-old freshman hanged
herself Saturday at her home.
Now, some students want to form a
support group that will offer despondent
classmates a chance to talk and find
hope.
"People don't realize they're really
cared about. All of this attention is glo-
rifying it and making it worse" senior
Jeff Galasso, 17, told the Detroit Free
Press in a report yesterday.
"Suicide breeds suicide. They don't
understand the permanence of what
they're doing."
The Utica School District, mean-
while, made 20 counselors available
Monday to meet with Ford students.
"Instead of making (counselors)
available where students go to them, we
have them in the classroom for them,"
district spokeswoman Hildy Corbett
told The Detroit News. "Our most
important task now is to make sure our
students get through this time."
A meeting for Ford students and their
parents was scheduled for 7 p.m.
tomorrow. It will include a talk by Dr.
Louise George, an Oakland County
psychotherapist who specializes in
grief and loss. The Utica district hired
her last weekend to train school coun-
selors in grief therapy.
"People are saying the school's not
helping," said Melissa Carr, 14, a friend
of the girl who died Saturday. "The
school's doing a lot."
Jackie Easley, a senior, had mixed
feelings about the counselors, who nor-
mally work for other schools in the
25,000-student district.
"I wish they wouldn't have people
already connected to the schools," Easley
said, citing concern about confidentiality.
At the same time, Easley said, "They
never took it seriously before this."
Counselors will visit Ford High
classes throughout the week.
"Things are definitely not back to
normal," Corbett said. "There's a lot of
grief, a lot of anger, shock."
Donna Gron, a parent, said she was
grateful for the response by school
officials. "If they do what they say
they're going to do, more power to
them. I want to see some action," she
told the News.
effect on ending apartheid in South
MULRONEY
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said that will lead to a bi-polar trade regime between China
and the United States.
"China - not the United States - China will have the
largest economy in the world probably by 2025,"
Mulroney said. "It's not a question of whether but
when."
Mulroney added that maintaining the current U.S. eco-
nomic strength will be important because only the United
States has the combination of a vast economic reach and a
tradition of bearing the burdens of those nations in need.
Economic pressure could be a big factor in human rights
issues such as those that are currently surrounding China,
he said, citing its
Africa.
Following Mulroney's speech, the program included a Q
& A session. Topics including the issue of the succession
of Quebec to what Margaret Thatcher is like at 3 a.m. were
discussed.
"He obviously is very knowledgeable and it would take a
year if he could answer everything," said Rackham student
Liz Arbuckle.
Those in attendance said the former prime minister's talk
was informative;
"It was interesting," said MBA Domestic Corp. coordi-
nator Jim Wabinda. "The way policy is set at an interna-
tional level may not be apparent to how it affects individ-
uals but it filters down."
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