'I C* Ai News: 76-DAILY Display Ads: 764-0554 Classified Ads: 764-0557 One hundred eight years of edialfeedom Wednesday November 18, 1998 Study: college smoking on nse By Gerard Cohen-vrignaud DMily Staff Reporter Smoking is one habit college stu- dents are not kicking, according to a new study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Two surveys, conducted by the - rvard School of Public Health in 3 and 1997, found that cigarette smoking among college students across the nation increased by 28 per- cent within that time. Of the 14,251 students surveyed at 116 four-year colleges last year, 28 percent had smoked at least once within the previous month compared with only 22 percent in 1993. Harvard Medicine Prof. Nancy Rigotti, co-author of the study, said the ults are surprising because the med- 1 community generally has assumed that college students, who are more educated and more wealthy than the general population, were less affected by the pressure to smoke. "Traditionally, we think of college students as resistant to smoking," Rigotti said. "College students weren't on the radar screen of smok- ing awareness" *Rigotti said much of the increase in the prevalence of smoking among col- lege students is directly attributable to a shift in tobacco marketing. "A lot of it is a consequence of the marketing and promotion of the tobacco industry," Rigotti said. "Now that they're being discouraged from targeting teenagers, I think the tobac- co industry is targeting young college students - ages 18 to 24." moking increased regardless of , race, ethnicity or year in school. The rise in smoking was greater at public colleges than in private col- leges. Smoking was more common among whites than blacks or Asians and in underclassmen than upper- classmen. In addition, more compet- itive schools - defined by ACT and SAT scores and percentage of appli- lts accepted - had fewer smok- ers. Smoking is the leading pre- ventable cause of death in the United States, according to the study, and accounts for more 400,000 deaths each year. Smoking is restricted heavily at the University. It is not permitted in acad- emic buildings and is limited to. smoking rooms in residence halls. But programs to help students quit See SMOKING, Page 2 Gerald Ford to ieak on campus RosE RIVALRY U'I GSI refuses pay increase By Paul Berg and Erin Holmes Daily Staff Reporters Following a wage proposal by the Graduate Employees Organization, the University submitted a counterpropos- al on income in graduate employee contract negotiations yesterday. Both sides described the proposal as "no change" from the current contract language, which guarantees a salary raise "floor" and ties any additional percentage rate wage increases to facul- ty income. "It wasn't even close" to what the expire until Feb. 1, 1999. "We still have time for further nego- tiations," Gamble said. "We received many proposals in the last four weeks. We received the 37 percent proposal just like any of the other proposals. "There is no anger on the University's part. We're just trying to negotiate a fair contract;" he said. Odier-Fink said GEO is bargaining for wages that better reflect the cost of living in Ann Arbor. A 37 percent increase would have raised the wages to $1,796 a month instead of the $14133 per month they currently receive. GEO wanted, said Associate Academic H u m a n Resources Director Dan Gamble, the University's chief negotia- tor. The coun- iThey haven't done their homework." -- GEO Bargaining Committee Spokesperson Chip Smith, referring to the University's most recent contract offer GEO pre- sented infor- mation gath- ered from University Housing that illustrated that splitting a two-bedroom apartment costs $453 per is one of the Disappointment from '73 lingers By Matthew Barrett Daily Staff Reporter Michigan's football team could be off to one of sev- eral different bowl games depending on the outcome of Saturday's game vs. Ohio State and a few other match-ups across the country. The intricate bowl system might be confusing, but it provides greater opportunity for post-season play than 25 years ago. The 1973 Michigan football team would have been happy to have been in the middle of such controversy. In 1972, the Wolverines went into their game with Ohio State with a perfect 10-0 record, only to have their dreams of roses crushed by the hated Buckeyes. At that time, Big Ten rules allowed only one confer- ence team to go to a bowl game, so a 10-1 Michigan team was left in Ann Arbor for New Year's Day. In 1973, the Wolverines were again 10-0 heading Courtesy of the Athletic Department Al-Big Ten quarterback Dennis Franklin led the Wolverines to a second half comeback In 1973,but the Buckeyes still were victorious. Michigan controls its own destiny. With a victory, the Wolverines head to the Rose Bowl. Read the Daily's special section Friday previewing Saturday's showdown against Ohio State. Nov. 21, 1998 0 Noon Ohio Stadium into their clash with an undefeated and top-ranked Ohio State, bent on avenging the past year's loss. Playing before a then-NCAA record of 105,233 spectators in the Big House, the Wolverines trailed 10- 0 at the half. Led by the play of all-Big Ten quarterback Dennis Franklin, Michigan stormed back in the second half, tying the score at 10 on a dazzling fourth down run by Franklin. The Michigan defense continued to stop Ohio State, and the Buckeyes were held to no yards of offense in the game's final -six minutes. But the offense struggled after Franklin left the See ROSE BOWL, Page 7 terproposal stipulated a minimum of a 2.5 percent increase, the annual raise to account for inflation, which is far below the 37 percent increase CEO's bargaining team asked for last week. The GEO team expressed frustration about the counterproposal, and GEO Chief Negotiator Eric Odier-Fink called the University's offer a "pittance-level raise" Odier-Fink said the counter-pro- posal ignored everyday concerns of graduate employees. "Currently, members accrue thou- sands of dollars in credit card debt to pay for rent, groceries and other expenses;" he said. "We expected some sort of movement, and my heart really sunk, but this is early in the game." Both sides agree this is far from the final word on economic matters, as the previous three-year contract does not most inexpensive options for graduate student instructors, rent still consumes 42 percent of their average income, GEO negotiators argue. "We've done extraordinary research and they have not looked at it, nor have they done any of their own,' GEO Bargaining Committee spokesperson Chip Smith said. "Today was the culmi- nation of frustration. They haven't done their homework" Smith echoed sentiments of other GEO negotiators, who said a large increase is necessary to build a propor- tionally fair base income before per- centage increases can meet the demands of a "living wage.' "Adding 2.5 percent of $1,100 does- n't do that much," Smith said. Odier-Fink said the administrators on See GEO, Page 2 Party Candidates New Frontier Party month. Although this Issues vague in MSA elections By Jennifer Yachnin Daily Staff Reporter Despite the fliers full of campaign promises smothering the walls of Angell Hall and candidates passing out pamphlets explaining their platforms, no one issue has emerged as the topic of debates during the Michigan Student Assembly elections. "There's a lot of issues people will say they're run- ning for, and they have no idea what their talking about," MSA President Trent Thompson said. Students can vote in the elections today and tomor- row at Angell Hall, the Michigan Union, Pierpont Commons and online at http://www.urnich.edu/-vote. Several candidates said campaign platforms can be divided between ideological issues and tangible pro- ject proposals. "It's just a matter of who will get things done when they're elected," said Students' Party Engineering candidate Dave Burden, MSA Budget Priorities committee chair. "I don't think people will be elect- ed because of their ideological beliefs." A slight drop in the number of candidates registered for the fall election, Burden said, is in part due to a con- centration on "actual projects" such as a student-run coursepack store and improved student services. "When there is a focus on ideological issues ... it tends to attract more people," Burden said. Combining ideological issues with project propos- als, the Defend Affirmative Action party's platform centers around creating a student movement to support affirmative action. "I personally feel very strongly about affirmative action and tuition rates," said Defend Affirmative Action LSA candidate Courtney Rae Rawls. But voters need to investigate issues, Rawls added, rather than voting "off of soundbites." MSA Rackham representative and independent candidate Josh Trapani said the assembly needs to "educate students and get a dialog started, but not take a stance" on affirmative action. Several candidates and two parties also have included reforms to the Student Code of Conduct on their platforms. The Code is scheduled to be reviewed by the University Board of Regents in December. "Everyone should fight the Code;' Students' Party LSA candidate and MSA Treasurer Bram Elias said. Trapani said the assembly needs to use the board to express student opinion. "I think that the Code is flawed in a fundament way,' Trapani said. "Both accused and accusers get their rights trounced by this." Students' Party Chair Ron Page said issues focused on by his party, including renovating the Central Camp's Recreation Building, revolve around "improving student life on campus." "The thing that differentiates us from everyone else is that we have platform goals ... and we are already in motion;' Page said. New Frontier Party Rackham candidate Charles Goodman said his party, as well as several indepen- dent candidates and the Students' Party, is focused on privatizing the residence hall meal plan and reviving See MSA, Page 2 LSA Jacob Oslick John Jernstad Michael Enright Dror "Dudi" Baron Pak Man Shuen Gabe Quinnar. Stu LSA Bram Elias Jeffrey Omtvedt Elise Erickson Kymberli Stewart Koonal Gandhi David Singer Joe Bernstein Alok Agrawal Engineering Michael Austin Jim Riske Rackham Charles Goodman udents' Party Engineering Dave Burden Jennifer VanRoeyen Music Shaila Guthikonda Business Vineet Shahani Rackham Suzanne Owen Defend Affirmative Action Party LSA Aimee Bingham Mwanaisha Sims Julie Fry LaNIce Flowers Paress Salinas Lakesha Taylor Erika Dowdell Courtney Rae Rawls Engineering Cornell Schultz Music Gabriel Regentin Rackham Jessica Curtin Sy Mike Spahn Daily Staff Reporter in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. While this was the culmination of first massive women's rights movement, suffrage was only the first step in the continuing fight for women's rights in American poli- tics,. Tomorrow, scholars, journalists and various other women in politics will gather at the Michigan League to discuss the progress of that move- ment in a Gerald R. Ford FIndation-sponsored conference d "Women in American Political Life: We've Come A Long Way - Maybe." Former President and University alumnus Gerald Ford plans to address the conference and introduce the keynote speaker, American Red Crn-.v Prep5ient FPi~aheth Dle. The salsa time FBI to help find murder suspect By Nick Bunkley and Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporters The Ann Arbor Police Department will ask the Federal Bureau of Investigation to aid in its search for Milton Marin Castillo, who they suspect killed two brothers in Castillo's Ann Arbor apartment Sunday may be headed to Maryland, where he once lived under the name Milton Marin. Police said Castillo switched cars at his mother's Ann Arbor apartment Sunday afternoon. AAPD has had no reports of his location since. The murders are the first to occur in Ann Arbor this year, AAPD Deputy Chief Craig Sunday The apartme Rode occurre Castillo Theb plex, bu morning. Castillo has been charged by the T eA O s e .t e t W a Cunee~osut 'b c*Te AAPD asked the FBI to Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office T with a four-count felony warrant forethe # deaths of brothers Luis and Roberto assist in Ritss. search fornArbr ew Rueda, according to Ann Arbor News murder suspect Milton Mann reports. Police received a call reporting the a murders at 10:56 a.m. Sunday. Castillo's ' roommate found the bodies in his apart- ment in the Stadium Apartments com- plex, located near Pauline and Stadium boule- Roderick told The Michigan Daily on FordPro vards on Ann Arbor's west side. Sunday. 866. Ruedas may have gone to Castillo's ent to confront him. rick said police think the murders d around 10 a.m., shortly before 's roommate discovered the bodies. brothers lived in the apartment com- it not with Castillo. The Mediterrano Restaurant on South State Street recently fired Castillo because he was not right for the job, said Manager Donald Bargos. The investigation into the murders is being hampered by language bar- riers between the police and poten- tial witnesses, AAPD Sgt. Michael Logghe told The Michigan Daily on Monday. Castillo may be driving a blue 1989 obe with the Michigan license plate QGZ I rra cina enue Cnr.trn..:E,.