Aan *rni rt76-DAILY vertising: 764-0554 One hundred seven years of editorilfreedom Friday March 27, 1998 rNOf f4:1 group files notion to ptervene 41 students seek to enter lawsuit ed against the University's Law hool admissions policies Katie Plona ly Staff Reporter A group of more than 20 students, ranging in gender, race ducational level, gathered yesterday on the steps of the igan Union to defend the use of affirmative action by nouricing plans to enter the second of two lawsuits filed ainst the University. A total of 41 students - who may be joined by more - ng with three coalitions, filed a motion yesterday to inter- ne in the lawsuit challenging the use of race in the Law hool's admission practices. The group asserts its involvement as defendants in the law- it on the grounds that its members have a significant legal erest in the case - one that cannot be fully represented by University. felt that the attack on affirmative action would per- nally affect me and make it hard for me to get into a od university," said Detroit's Cass Technical High hool senior Erika Dowdell, a member of the party ping to intervene. "I have classmates that express their ncerns (about affirmative action), but they're not so ger to get involved because they're afraid to speak t" 1 The group's members hope to combine the legal debate rrounding affirmative action with efforts to build a student >vement defending the social policy at the University and her college campuses. "Because the right wing is attacking affirmative action ough the law, we have to defend it through the law, but se legal defenses are only guaranteed to win if there is militant civil rights movement providing the proper ntext for the formal debates," said Detroit attorney iranda Massie, who is leading the group's legal action. e see the two as absolutely indispensable to each aer." As part of this effort, members of the group - many whom are members of the Coalition to Defend mative Action by Any Means Necessary on campus are planning for a second National Day of Action this dnesday. The composition of the group is unlike the coalition of nority students from Detroit-area high schools that is rrently seeking to intervene in a similar lawsuit filed ainst the College of Literature, Science and the Arts this st fall. In addition to high school students, the second group is mprised of University undergraduate students as well as dergraduate students from California and Texas and See LAWSUIT, Page 7 'U, proud tohost, tourney By Katie Plona Daily Staff Reporter Several days ago, University staff members embed- ded "NCAA" into the ice at Yost Ice Arena, prepped the press box for the additional media that will be on hand for the NCAA West Regional and assembled temporary lockerrooms to accommodate every team competing in the tournament, which begins today. But preparation for the tournament did not just begin this past week. It started nearly two years ago, when Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson pitched the idea to Athletic Department administrators. "The purpose of it was just to have Michigan recog- nized as one of the premier programs that can host a regional - an NCAA regional - and show off our program and our rink and our school to all of the hockey fans that are going to come from all over," Berenson said. Soon after the Michigan hockey team captured the national title in 1996, Athletic Department officials made a bid to the NCAA Hockey Committee to host the tour- nament, said Associate Athletic Director Jeff Long. Long said that on July 26, 1996, the University received word that the 1998 West Regional would be held in Ann Arbor for the first time in Michigan hockey history. "I think that (the tournament) benefits from the excite- ment and enthusiasm generated on a college campus," Long said. "You don't have the same atmosphere at larg- er arenas. The spectators are farther from the ice." Long added that by hosting the regional, the University will have the opportunity to showcase and honor a suc- cessful Michigan hockey program. See PLANNING, Page 7 NATHAN RUFFER/Daily Lynn Haberkorn, a freelance photographer from Detroit, sets up a camera for the NCAA West Regional this weekend at Yost ice Arena. ,M, Princetonlto aceoff By Fred Link Daily Sports Writer One cliche reigned supreme at the NCAA Hockey West Regional coach- es' press conference yesterday: Experience, or lack thereof, will play a major role in which teams move on to the final four inlBoston. While appearing in the NCAA tour- nament has become an annual event for teams like Michigan, Michigan State and North Dakota, the other three teams in the West Regional have considerably less experience. Yale is making its first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 46 years. Princeton and Ohio State have never appeared in the tournament. And when the four teams take the ice this weekend, experience could be a big factor. ": Tonight's 8:30 game between third-seeded Michigan and No. 6 seed Princeton will feature a matchup between a perennial power and one of the most improbable teams in the tournament - the Princeton Tigers. While the Wolverines (30-11-1) have been one of the top teams in the country all season, the Tigers (18-10- 7) have remained consistently average, but made it into the field of 12 by win- ning the ECAC tournament champi- onship last week. "What our guys did last week was very inspirational," Princeton coach Don Cahoon said. "We played six See HOCKEY, Page 7 After 'Many months of preparation, the big day is finally here - and the Daily is providing full coverage of the NCAA West Regional. A special informative section - Road to Boston - will be available inside the arena and around campus. Where the wild things are Students remember Holocaust victims BAdam Cohen For the Daily Hoping that history will never be for- gotten or repeated, University students began a 24-hour reading of the names of Holocaust victims on the Diag yes- terday. Small groups from sororities, fra- ternities, the LSA Student Government and other organizations participated in the all-day and all- night event. The separate groups planned to read names for one-hour shifts through the night and early morning using the warmth of gas heaters to help them through the cooler hours. The reading began at noon.yesterday and is scheduled to end at noon today. Many of the students involved said they want to remember the past by actively participating in memorial events. "It's very important to me," said LSA sophomore Beth Shyken, a member of the planning committee. "I saw the atrocities ind what's left when I visited some of the concentra- tion camps ... I wouldn't want it to happen again." LSA junior Andrew Shenkman said he hopes that paying tribute to the vic- tims of the Holocaust will benefit everyone. "If one is in touch with what it PAUL TALANIAN/Daily SA sophomore Kevin Olson feeds a candy bar to a squirrel outside the Chemistry Building yesterday afternon. The quirrel ate more than half the candy bar before Olson left for class, and he left the rest for the furry creatur. The squirrel then ran off, carrying the remainder of the confectionary concoction in its mouth. )avis speaks on blues legacy Rachel Edelman ily Staff Reporter Slitical activist Angela Davis was welcomed with a stand- g ovation last night as she addressed an impassioned and verse crowd about the legacy of blues music and the rela- nship between blues and feminism. Davis spoke about the inspirations behind her new book, ilues Legacies and Black Feminism," which interprets the .nninas and feminist sionificance behind the works of three because it centers on sexuality, the genre was a source of empowerment and freedom for the female blues singers. Davis said that after reading WE.B. DuBois' work, "it occurred to me that maybe sex was a realm in which people who had been enslaved for centuries had palpable evidence of their freedom ... The openness in which sexuality was expressed in the blues is about that freedom." Davis, a professor in the History of Consciousness Denartment at the University of California at Santa Cruz, is NATHiAN KUFlFu(uai~y LSA senior Adam Schllfke reads the names of victims killed during the Holocaust. This annual vigil will end on the Diag at noon today. he.nnr at the I Iniversityv in 9079. aout four of five volunteers to nartici- e L)~Udl UA 4*tt Ut1 YV~bLY 111 171. aVVUL vu. -. - - - - aww s -- - -- r .