One hundred seven years ofeditorialfreedom ~ rn News: 76-DAILY Advertising: 7640554 Classified: 764-0557 Thursday September 10, 1998 - - V'.,.. . .. .. j G ;z 2"7~ . . n , -^x* . ,7. ;M w eY ,.. a...:< ,.,. , .,Ja~.:e ro stv. ,...\ . :, i . _ - R, .. . ' J. . ..\ ., I U , sacrifices cash for stu By Mike Spahn Daily Staff Reporter When construction of the new ring of seats at Michigan Stadium began last year, Athletic Director Tom Goss said the expansion would allow the Athletic Department to give every student that wanted season football tickets a full set of tick- And Goss stuck to his word, giving all students tickets to this season's six home football games at the Big House. But what no one expected was the huge surge of interest and anticipation last year's success would create. So when 22,200 students requested tickets this year - a full 4,000 above the department's projection - there were some sweaty brows in Schembechler Hall, The result of the increase was a $1.7 million loss of poten- tial profits for the Athletic Department from would-be season t et buyers. The department expected to lose only $1.1 mil- in profits, but by giving season tickets to students at the reduced student rate and turning away buyers who would pay a higher price, Goss said the department had to take "a signif- icant hit." "Students have been more involved with the athletic program at Michigan recently," Goss said at yesterday's monthly meeting of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics. The stadium expansion was designed for them, placing all students together, "from top to bottom," he said. Senior Associate Director Michael Stevenson said the prof- its weren't the goal of the stadium expansion. "The good news is they're full of students," Stevenson said. "What drove the expansion was the students' With the first home game just two days away, the new capacity of the Big House will be announced during an open house for the stadium at 2 p.m. today. The stadium was the largest in the country for decades before Tennessee's Neylan Stadium overtook the field in 1996. Goss would not reveal the new total, but he con- firmed the fact that the Big House will no longer be sec- idents' sake ond. Although some people have expressed concern about the stadium's new look, Goss said he has been hearing "an awful lot more positive than negative" response to the renovations. The changes include large video scoreboards, some 5,500 new seats and a yellow ring at the top that features phrases from Michigan lore. The lettering on the ring is the only part of the project that will not be completed for opening day. The architecture firm, Venturi, Scott and Brown, which designed the additions, is purchasing the lettering from a company, that uses a lengthy six paint process on all letters. So far, all of the letters have arrived except for the letter 'l's. So fans will have to make sense of "Ha_I! Ha_l! to M_ch.gan" for two games, until the construction is complet- ed for the game against Michigan State on Sept. 26. "It's disappointing for all of us," Stevenson said. "Actually, it's the only disappointment" ADRIANA YUGOVICH/Daity The new additions to the stadium will be on display at an open house tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Tours will be available for anyone interested in seeing the stadium before Saturday's game. Rally planned to pep up students Coaches, captains to speak at tomorrow's spirit rally m, ika Schutte yStaff Reporter If you're saving your cheering voice for Saturday, you might want to think about taking it out a little early. The 18th annual football pep rally will begin at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house, in preparation for Saturday's home football game against Syracuse University. The house is located at 556 State *near the Michigan Union. A por- tion of the street in front of the house will be closed down for the celebration. Event coordinator Branton Cole said the event is for "anyone and everyone," not just members of the Greek system. The 18th "This isn't annual football alut, 'my orga- pep rally nization is better : than your orga- W: nization,"' said 4 p.m. Cole, an tomorrow Engineering Where: senior. This is Alpha Delta about our orga- Phi fraternity nization (the house, s c o o l). located at 556 Everyone has State St. oVrship" he rally will feature a speech by Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr. There will also be appearances by Athletic Director Tom Goss and cap- tains Jon Jansen, Marcus Ray and Juaquin Feazell. The Michigan Marching Band will also be present to play the fight song and traditional University cheers. Radio station WDFN 1130 AM will roadcasting live from the pep rally. athletic Department sponsor Nike will host games and give away prizes starting at 5:30 p.m. LSA junior Juan-Carlos Campos, a marching band member, said he is very excited about performing at tomorrow's event because of the enthusiasm surrounding this week- end's game. "There are a lot of students and they are more hyped than the older fans," (~ pos said. 'Tole said the pep rally is a good way for the students to get to see a more per- sonal side ofthe Wolverines' head coach. "There are not many opportunities for students" to sit through a Lloyd Carr speech that is directed toward the gener- al student and not the team," Cole said. Although LSA sophomore Chris May didn't attend last year's pep rally, he said he definitely plans on going to iorrow's event. "Last weekend wasn't so great for the team," May said. "Hopefully this can raise everyone's spirits for the game Saturday." Cole said that he hopes the rally will show the football team that stu- dents srnnort them esnecially after Stud yacks affilrmative action at 'U' From staff and wire reports A national study released yesterday reaffirmed the University's stance that affirmative action is needed in order to achieve a diverse and successful stu- dent body. ' Racial preferences at elite colleges and universities have opened the door to success for black Americans, accord- ing to a new book by two former presi- dents of Ivy League institutions. The authors of "The Shape of the River" are Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University, and William Bowen, former president of Princeton University. They found the experience of attending prestigious universities benefited minority students in their work and professional lives even though many had lower grades or admissions test scores and did less well academically than white students. The book from the Princeton University Press is being released as the University's College of Literature, Science and the Arts and Law School face lawsuits targeting their use of race as a factor in the admissions process. The suit against the Law School is expected to go to trial in June of 1999. University President Lee Bollinger said in a written statement that the study's conclusion "clearly supports the legal arguments we have made defend- ing those admissions policies in the two lawsuits we're now facing. "The wealth of empirical evidence presented by William Bowen and Derek Bok reinforces our strongly held belief that our admissions policies, including the consideration of race, are central to our educational mission," Bollinger said in the statement. The University of California system and Texas state universities have already abandoned their use of preferences. Critics argue that the policies deny opportunity to qualified white students and cause distress for lesser qualified students who find it difficult to keep up. But the authors, advocates of race- based admissions policies, said their analysis of records from 45,000 stu- dents of all races proved that such poli- cies of preference of race in its admis- sions policies worked. The study tracked the performance and attitudes of those students, who entered 28 selec- tive colleges - including the University of Michigan - in either the fall of 1976 or the fall of 1989. "Rather than having been over- whelmed they clearly appear to have ben- efited from having gone to these very select schools,"' Bowen said in a tele- phone interview from New York. The graduation rate among blacks at those institutions was higher than that for all black college students. They reported sat- isfaction with their college experience. The authors reported that black grad- uates were slightly more likely than whites to obtain professional degrees in law, business and medicine "even though they had, on average, lower test scores and grades." The black graduates from selective schools were almost twice as likely as black graduates from other institutions to get advanced degrees and were sev- eral times as likely to earn degrees in law, business and medicine. Black men with bachelor degrees from those institutions earned an average of $85,000 in 1995, which is 84 percent higher than the average for all black males with bachelor degrees. The black women who graduated from the institu- tions earned an average of $65,000, high- er by 71 percent than what other black women with bachelor degrees earned. The black graduates of the prestigious institutions became more active than their white classmates in civic activities, including community endeavors, social service activities and politics. The authors called these graduates the "back- bone" of an emergent middle class. The data were supplied by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, which Bowen heads. Bok is a political scien- See BOOK, Page 2A iiiii Mi - __ 5K run becomes a new U' tradition Run! Run! Run! WHAT: The Second Annual Presidential Fun Run WHEN: 12:30 p.m. today , _ ! ; , By Jennifer Yachnin Daily Staff Reporter University students, faculty and staff are invited to join in the Second AnnualG.. Presidential Fun Run today, which will end on the field of the newly renovated Michigan Stadium. "We don't know if wet should expect 60 or 600" participants, said Jim Kosteva, director of community relations for Bollinger the University, who orga- nized the run. interest in repeating the informal event" for students, faculty and staff to share his com- pany in a relaxed atmosphere, Kosteva said, Bollinger said the decision was made to continue the run because "many people asked about (the run) and said they enjoyed it." Kosteva said he is unable to predict how many people will participate in the run because it received little publicity, unlike last year's run. But is was promoted in many of the University's welcoming activ- ities this year. In the future, the University will better promote the run in conjunction with wel- coming activities and summer publicity, Kosteva said. It's not likely that partici- WHERE: The concourse level outside the, southeast corner of Michigan Stadium l Last year's run was attended by 200 University community members. Participants do not need to register for the run. w Refreshments will be provided for participants at the finish on the field of Michigan Stadium. the concourse level outside the southeast corner of Michigan Stadium. The course weaves across campus past many of the athletic buildings, including the Intramural Sports Building, Fisher Stadium, * Starr submts Clinton report WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr yesterday sent the House of Representatives what he deemed "substantial and credible" evidence that President Clinton committed offenses that may warrant impeachment by trying to cover up his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky. On a day dreaded at the White House since Starr's investi- gation began in January, two government vans containing the 445-page report and 36 sealed boxes of grand jury material arrived at the Capitol at 4 p.m., culminating an unprecedent- ed eight-month investigation that has explored the most inti- mate details of Clinton's life and forced him to admit that he lied to the nation. The sealed report details alleged perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power by the president during the Paula Jones civil lawsuit and the subsequent Starr inquiry, accord- ing to sources close to the investigation. The delivery of the report, which could be made public tomorrow, set in motion the gears of the presidential