En'Elan *rni ews: 76-DAILY dvertising: 764-0554 One hundred seven years of editori lfreedom Tuesday February 17, 1998 Students offended by LGBT vandalism Hatred incident prompts groups to meet with 'U' administrators. Bowled over! Iraq discussion hits campuses By Rachel Edelman ly Staff Reporter A rainbow sticker, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen- der pride, was found with the words "die" written across it on a wall of Mason Hall on Thursday, outraging members of the University commu- nity. "Behavior like that is a violation of what we consider to be our values at a university," said Ken Blochowski, inter- im director of the Office of Lesbian, y, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. "It's also behavior that can't be prevent- ed or censored. We're concerned about the widest possible expression of free speech, and hateful as that was, that was speech" A report was filed in the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs on Thursday after a student discovered the vandal- e incident took place in the middle of Queer Visibility Week, during which many events celebrating LGBT pride and queer visibility took place. "It's significant that it happened during Queer Visibility Week because it shows that the week was necessary," said Jeanette Trudell, a member of the Queer Visibility Week planning com- RC cera mittee. creating The act of hatred has outraged *ny students in the LGBT commu- nity. E-mail messages have been sent out to notify students of the incident. Queer Unity Project members De have set up a meeting for this morn- ing with LSA Associate Dean Mildred Tirado to discuss the inci- By Reilly B dent. Another meeting with Dean of Daily Staff Re Students E. Royster Harper is Detroit M heduled for March. metropolita Im not sure what the typical line Los Angele of action is, but whatever it is, I plan to Univrsit pursue that," said LSA junior Emily basis and m Marker, who is organizing the meet- "Every ti ings. said LSA f This recent defacement was the lat- waiting on est attack against the LGBT commu- a commute nity. In the past year, there have been (inconvenie Diag boards vandalized during Metro A National Coming Out Week, resi- categories, dence hall doors defaced, cars vandal- reaching g d and threats of assault made, ease of fol 0ochowski said. LSA firs "Any time that LGBT people internationa become more visible, they also become enced probl More vulnerable to attacks by intolera- "When ble people," Blochowski said. mistagged Maude's troses after 21 years By Carissa Van Heest Daily Staff Reporter To the dismay of many students and Ann Arbor * idents, Maude's restaurant closed its doors per- manently on Sunday night. "I am saddened that it closed," said LSA senior Binh An Phan. "I like Maude's. It was a nice place. The service was good and the food was good." The South Fourth Street restaurant's closing came as a surprise to many in the University community. "I didn't even know it was closing," said Kinesiology junior Aparna Sukhtankar. "I thought were just restoring it" , aude's owners, Main Street Ventures' Dennis Serras, Dieter Boehm and Mike Gibbons, decided to close it during its twenty-first year to open a new Mexican restaurant called Arriba, said Barb McCoy, former general manager of Maude's. "They didn't want Maude's to go out bad," said Al rnv the naxv o -n n mn a f Ar n Th By Melissa Andrzejak Daily Staff Reporter Raw sewage spills into the streets, disease runs rampant, children die and a nation waits. This is the reality of present-day Iraq. United Nations-approved U.S. sanctions on Iraq produced these conditions, which have caused the deaths of more than 1 million Iraqi people - 567,000 of them children - said David Finkel, a member of the editorial board of the British quarterly journal Against the Current. In response to reports of conditions in Iraq, 15 University organizations, as well as community members, have joined together to voice their concerns about the U.S. sanctions on Iraq. Students and community members are scheduled to rally at noon on Thursday on the Diag in protest of the sanctions. Some have started to plan a candle-light vigil in the event that the U.S. bombs Iraq. While University students are discussing the sanctions against Iraq, students at Ohio State University will get a to hear about the situation first-hand tomorrow when Secretary of State Madeline Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen travel to OSU to explain U.S. policy regarding Iraq. At a teach-in this past Thursday night at the Michigan League, students listened to Finkel lecture on Americans' responsibility to remain informed about U.S. policy on Iraq. He spoke of the U.S. sanctions as a "weapon of mass destruction." In addressing the U.S. government's reasons for the sanctions and possible war on Iraq, Finkel said it is the government's intent to "inflict such an enormous defeat so humiliating that the entire Arab world will follow (U.S.) orders and do what (the United States) says because it is futile to resist" History Prof Juan Cole, who specializes in Mideastern studies, said the Iraqi government has not taken steps to miti- gate the situation. "The U.N. embargo has been implicated in deaths in Iraq beyond what would normally occur," Cole said. "However, the Baathist government could have taken up the U.N. on its offer to allow Iraqi petroleum to be sold in order to buy med- ical supplies and food." LSA first-year student Asma Rafeeq said she is interested in learning about both sides of the conflict. See IRAQ, Page 7 Congress considers attack WASHINGTON (AP) - Opposition to bombing Iraq is gain- ing ground as Congress struggles over how far it should go in support- ing military action. Catholic cardi- nals, former military and intelligence officers, longtime anti-war groups and Arab Americans say air attacks would do little more than kill Iraqis. Opponents are scattered across the political spectrum. Some insist the bombing wouldn't go far enough, including conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill who believe the ulti- mate goal should be to remove, Saddam Hussein from power. Others fear a U.S. attack would go too far, killing thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, destroying Mideast peace efforts, and bypass- ing Congress in making war on another nation. Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), one of the capital's most respected for- eign affairs voices, said he backs Clinton's Iraqi policy but doesn't think force would diminish the threat of Iraq's weapons or its abili- ty to threaten its neighbors. See POLICY, Page7 PAUL TALANIAN/Daily mics instructor Susan Crowell loads students' works yesterday into a kiln. She has been ceramic art for 36 years. Her exhibit is on display in the Residential College. i ,troit airport ranks last rennan porter 4etro Airport ranks lowest overall among 36 other n airports, according to a survey published by a s-based research firm, Plog Research, Inc. y students said they use the airport on a regular nany said they agreed with the survey's findings. me I go there, there is always something wrong," first-year student Patrick Sweeney. "Whether it's the runway for 45 minutes or (waiting) an hour for r bus back to Ann Arbor, there's always something nt) going on." irport scored the lowest in four of the eight including speed of baggage delivery, ease of ates, availability of ground transportation and lowing signs. it-year student Patrick Mellon said that during an al flight he took last year, he and his family experi- ems at Metro. I took a flight to London, our baggage was and the flight was delayed because the pilots were late," he said. "The security was terrible as well. The rivets on my jeans caused 10 minutes in delays, but some guy with a gun probably walks right through." Detroit ranked low in the study along with New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and Boston's Logan International Airport. Tampa International Airport received the top rank- ing, according to the study. The survey, which was conducted late last year, was com- missioned by 36 airports. Passengers were surveyed during the early part of 1996, but airport officials refused to release the findings. The Detroit News uncovered the report last week. Students said that the airport is not only inefficient in its layout, but the service provided by the airport employees is mediocre. "The way that the airport deals with delays is terrible," said LSA first-year student David Hesford. "The workers are incredibly unfriendly. On my recent flight to New York, my plane was two and a half hours delayed, and nobody at the airport seemed to care." See METRO, Page 7 PAUL TALANIAN/Daily Engineering sophomore Adam Silver sports the name tag he wore as a con- testant on "The Price is Right" in January. Silver won a car and a couch. 'U' student wins big on game show By Lee Palmer Daily Staff Reporter "Adam Silver, come on down!" These words of game show °host Bob Barker fulfilled the life-long dream of Engineering sophomore Adam Silver by making him the next contestant on "The Price is Right." Silver's luck and price-matching skills won him a 1998 Buick Le Saber sedan on the game show, which aired last week. The show was taped just four days after the Wolverines' big win in Pasadena. "We were out in California for the Rose Bowl so we decided to stay a few extra days to try to see 'The Tonight Show' and be on 'The Price is Right," Silver said. Right' since I was four and that was my first time out in California, so we thought we'd try" Silver said. Wilson said that he has been watching the show since Jimmy Olsen was its announcer. "I know the history of the show and all the other game shows Bob Barker has done,' he said. "It's been a dream of mine to be on the show." Silver estimated that his odds for being picked from the audience to play were about one in 22, so when he heard his name called, he almost tripped while running to the stage. "I was as nervous as can be. My legs were shaking ... I was really nervous that I would look bad on national TV" Silver said. MALLORY S.E FLOYD/Daily Jeremy Feskorn, who worked as a chef at Maude's restaurant, stands in front of the permanently closed restau- rant. Maude's closed its doors Sunday night. Arriba, scheduled to open March 4, will aim to cap- ture the college crowd by appealing to a 15-to 40-year- old age group, McCoy said. "We welcome students here," McCoy said. The onerc a rnouatina and reeconrating the will be able to enjoy reasonably priced meals. The average meal will range from $5-$13, McCoy said. A live mariachi band will play during Arriba's open- inQ and most likely once or twice every week after i I