LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 8, 1999 - 3 CRIME Supplies taken from Angell Hall computing site An Information Technology Division staff member discovered that equipment had been stolen from the Angell Hall computing site Tuesday morning, according to Department of Public Safety reports. The equipment was taken from a computer in classroom B. After inspection, DPS and ITD con- firmed that a maxtor hard drive, an Intel pentium LI microprocessor and a metal bracket had been heisted. The hard drive is valued at $219 and the microprocessor is estimated to be worth $239, DPS reports state. Knife discovered .in West Quad DPS officers found a knife in a room located in the 400 corridor of Adams house in West Quad Residence 'Hall on Monday night, DPS reports tate. The knife had a blade measuring six inches. Officers entered the room with the suspicion that the resident was in posses- sion of marijuana. Reports state that no drugs were found, but officers discovered the illegal weapon in the resident's room. Car stereo stolen from parking lot A stereo and speakers were stolen onday from a vehicle parked in Lot NC-7 on Broadway Street, DPS reports state. The thief broke into the vehicle to steal the equipment. In addition to stealing the equip- ment, the suspect also attempted to steal the battery and vandalized the inside of the car, according to DPS reports. ePurse, belongings swiped from Matthaei Gardens A purse was stolen from an office in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, DPS reports state. A female employee noticed her purse was gone from her office around 3 p.m. She had left the office unlocked while she was ut. 4The purse has a zipper and a shoul- der strap. Its contents included a dri- ver's license, a social security card and an M-card, according to DPS reports. The purse also contained $8 in cash. Graffiti written on South Quad door Profane messages were written on a oor in South Quad Residence Hall on uesday afternoon, according to DPS reports. The graffiti was written with a black permanent marker in Taylor House. DPS officers have not idepti- tifed any suspects in the incident. Water balloon allegedly tossed into MoJo room A room in Mosher-Jordan esidence Hall was found soaked with Water Wednesday night, according to P9S officials. It is currently unclear ;ow the room became wet, but officers 'uspect that a water balloon was .-iuanched through the window, DPS reports state. Teens trespass in Chemistry Building A group of teenagers were reported to be running amok in the basement of the Chemistry Building on Monday evening, according to DPS reports. Four or five males around the age of 14 were seen in the building. The group exited the building on the north side of the building and ran toward the Dental School, DPS reports state. No damage to the building was ~prted. -r Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Marta Brill. Catholic law school to open in A2next year By Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporter The University's Law School may have a new neighbor next year as another institution of legal education plans to open in Ann Arbor. Founder and former Chair of Domino's Pizza Thomas Monaghan, who is now chair of the Ave Maria Foundation, announced Wednesday the new law institution, known as the Ave Maria School of Law, will bring a Catholic perspective to legal edu- cation. University Law Dean Jeffrey Lehman said Monaghan's plans for Ave Maria will not affect the University's Law School. "There are] 80 law schools around the country and five in the state," Lehman said. "I don't expect to see an impact on us." Lehman said he did not expect a mass exodos of faculty from the University to the new school, "Anything can happen but it would surprise me," Lehman said. University President Lee Bollinger echoed Lehman's thoughts on Ave Maria, saying the school's opening won't be a major source of com- petition, adding the school's success depends on the intellectual community it attracts. Ave Maria planners said they hope to have the school up and running by the fall of 2000. Although plans for the campus are still in their ini- tial stages, a 150,000 square foot building, student housing, recreational facilities, classrooms, court- rooms and conference space are planned. The school has already signed up its first facul- ty member - former U.S. Supreme Court nomi- nee Robert Bork. Bork said Monaghan approached him a few months ago about coming to teach at Ave Maria. The concept of the school "sounded very con- ventional," Bork said yesterday from his Washington, D.C. home. Laura Hirschfeld., an Ave Maria public affairs official, said Monaghan has promised to con- tribute $50 million to the start-up costs, but that is only an approximate figure, she said. The start-up costs will be primarily used for the construction of the facility. Hirschfeld said, includ- ing a comprehensive law library. Ave Maria organizers hope to bring the tradi- tions of Catholic teachings to the school. "Many schools require their students to take a course in professional responsibility, but it is too often just a two or three credit course," Hirschfeld said. Professional ethics are planned to be brought into the school's curriculum, Hirschfeld said, adding that Catholic teachings place "value on the human person." Ave Maria's Law Board of Governors include many notable names from the Catholic Church, political sphere and the legal profession including U.S. Rep Henrv Hyde (R-1ll.), California Supreme Court Justice and former Secretary of the Interior William Clark and Archbishop of New York John Cardinal O'Connor. Hirschfeld said many people are attracted to Ave Maria because it provides a "blank page" for legal education. Bork hoped the names attached to Ave Maria "will act favorably in attracting faculty," adding that while he serves as an Ave Maria professor, he will continue to reside in Washington, D.C. The establishment of Ave Maria is Monaghan's latest expansion of Catholic educational institu- tions in southeast Michigan. Hirschfeld said Monaghan is very committed to Catholic education and said he has helped in the founding of Catholic daycare services, primary and secondary schools. -Daily Staff Reporter Jaimie Winkler contributed to this report. - ~ - Judge questions defense strategy of Jones' attorneys * rl DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Law Prof. Andrea Lyon acts as an auctioneer at last night's Law School Student Funded Fellowships Auction in Hutchins Hall. Auction ads law students' careers PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A judge yesterday questioned the strategy of attorneys for "The Jenny Jones Show." The defense plans to present testimony that a man who revealed a same-sex crush on the show and the man he a crush on had a sexual relationship after the taping. Oakland County Circuit Judge Gene Schnelz said he's not sure whether jurors will find the testimony credible. "I don't think it is a perfect defense," Schnelz said with the jury out of the courtroom. "If that's the defense they want to put forward, that's their business." The $50 million lawsuit by Scott Amedure's family accus- es the show, its distributor and producer as being culpable in Amedure's March 1995 death three days after he revealed his secret crush on Jonathan Schmitz. The family has argued that the show tricked Schmitz into appearing for the 1995 taping that never aired, then subjected him to on-stage humiliation culminating in Amedure's slay- ing. Defense attorneys have said that Schmitz - who has said he was heterosexual - and Amedure had a sexual relation- ship after the taping, making it a lover's quarrel, of sorts, that absolves the show of liability. The defense pressed that point yesterday while cross- examining a psychiatrist, saying Amedure supposedly told his mother of his romance with Schmitz after the taping of the episode titled "Same Sex Secret Crushes." During a recess with jurors out of the courtroom, the attor- ney for Amedure's family, Geoffrey Fieger, said there was a lack of proof that Amedure had confided with his mother about such a relationship and said it meant only to prejudice the jury. "It's the biggest red herring in the world," Fieger told Schnelz. Schnelz again ruled Amedure's supposed statement as hearsay, but usable by the defense. Kalamazoo man "It's the biggest red herrin in the world." -- Geoffrey Fieger attorney for Scott Amedure's family Even so, Schnelz likened it to "a match ready to strike" and questioned aloud how such testimony would play to jurors, given Amedure's mother's claims she didn't believe her son's claims of intimacy with Schmitz. Schnelz also said Amedure's death "severely weakened" the reliability of his supposed statement by limiting available tests of its validity. Yesterday was the second day of testimony on the Amedure family's behalf by Bernard Carroll, a psychia- trist who on Wednesday said, "Jonathan Schmitz would not have killed Scott Amedure but for them appearing on this show." Under defense questioning, Carroll again accused the show of duping Schmitz into believing the secret admiret would be a woman, knowing it was Amedure. "This person (Schmitz) had given warning to the produc- ers that 'I don't want this to happen.' They went ahead," Carroll said. Heaccused the show of "pandering" with a scripted match-making episode using guests as props to humiliate Schmitz "for the sadistic delight of the audience." Carroll said he reviewed Schmitz's medical records and had diagnosed him as suffering from depression and bipolar disorder and occasional psychotic episodes. But Carroll acknowledged that in agreeing to appear on'thq show, Schmitz seemed competent in signing documentatior attesting he was being truthful. arraigned on By Risa Berrin Daily Staff Reporter Students interested in dining with former U.S. presidential candidate Bob Dole or acquiring a signed copy of the First Amendment by Howard Stern attended last night's seventh annual Law School Student Funded Fellowships Auction to benefit Law students interested in public interest opportunities. Each year, the auction raises money to provide grants for Law students interested in unpaid sum- mer internships in the public sector. The grants make public interest work a viable option for many Law students by alleviating some of the financial strains of accepting the summer position. Law third-year student Wendy Marantz, one of the auction cd- chairs, said the funds raised at the auction provide financial support for students who otherwise would not be able to take unpaid jobs. "Public interest work is what most of us envision coming into Law school. It's easy to take the $2,000 paycheck offered by law firms. These grants provide students with the opportunity to directly impact the lives of people," Marantz said. The auction's proceeds will enable 67 students to participate in unpaid internships this summer. The Fund provides each student with a $3,000 summer stipend. The 12-person, stu- dent-run board selects the recipients based on the nature of their public service job, past interest and finan- cial need. Law third-year student Lisa Douglass is a past recipient of one of the grants. She originally had thought that she would not be able to take a public interest internship sev- eral summers ago because of finan- cial limitations. "The jobs I was interested in were all unpaid. I still had Law school loans to pay. I would have gone into further debt,' Douglass said. "The grant enabled me to take that unpaid job at the" American Civil Liberties Union. Douglass said her public serve internship experience helped her to get another job - this one with the Seattle public defender's office, where she plans to work after gradu- ation. Law third-year student Angie Setzer said she believes it is impor- tant for the Law School to provide different job options for its students. "It is important that the Law School not only encourage its stu- dents to go the corporate route. This program encourages students to go the public interest route as well," Setzer said. Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman, an event auctioneer, also stressed the need for the Law School to encourage careers in the public sector. "What has sustained the law pro- fession is the willingness of lawyers to step forward and be community leaders," Lehman said. Lehman said he realizes that the law profession is often portrayed negatively. "One of the challenges nowadays is to balance the public perception of the law profession. It is important that Michigan grads step forward and contribute to the public good," Lehman added. Law Prof. Andrea Lyon said her work as a public defender made her realize the importance of a program of this nature. She said many faculty members were involved in the event as auctioneers, bidders and donation providers. "A lot of the faculty donated items. Dinner for six at my home is one of the items for bid tonight. I'm always enthusiastic about helping out with this event,' Lyon said. felony for explosives possession EAST LANSING (AP) - Prosecutors started testing a new state law inspired by the Oklahoma City bombing on a 21-year-old student they alleged yesterday used a Molotov cock- tail to set a Dumpster on fire during campus riots. Anthony David Pastor of Kalamazoo was arraigned in East Lansing District Court yesterday on a felony charge of possession of an explosive-incendiary device, in this case a Molotov cocktail. The cocktail is made using a glass bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth for the fuse. The new state law, which took effect Jan. 1, increased the penalty for that felony to 15 years in prison, up from four years, said Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Al Phillips. Phillips said police have a photograph of Pastor with the lit cocktail in his hand, hanging over the Dumpster during ,the March 27 riot that erupted after Michigan State's basketball team lost to Duke in the NCAA semifinals. During his arraignment, Pastor's attorney, Hugh Clarke, said whoever police thought they had on film wasn't his client. "This is.a case of mistaken identity," said Clarke, who told the judge that he had at least six witnesses who would back up his claim. Judge David Jordon scheduled Pastor's pretrial hearing for April 16 and his preliminary examination for April 26. Pastor, a Western Michigan University student, was arrested Wednesday in Kalamazoo by Michigan State Police. He was released yesterday after paying 10 percent of his $2,500 bond and $270.20 in court costs, as ordered by Jordon. Phillips said she wasn't surprised at Pastor's planned mistaken identity defense and said she expected other stu dents charged with felonies to choose similar defenses. "We have evidence that will say oth- erwise," Phillips said. Police have amassed hundreds of videotapes and photographs detailing riot activities. And police were seeking up to I't additional felony arrest warrants yester- day in their continuing investigation, said East Lansing Police Capt. Louis Muhn. So far, police have arrested 30 peon ple and arraigned 20. Eleven of those arraigned are MSU students. All arraignments for people arrested during the riot were expected to conclude today, said Nancy Moylan, court administrator. I Ann Arbor Jaycees Las Vegas Night cc Saturday, April 10, 1999 * 8p.m. - 1a.m. Heidelberg Restaurant 215 N. 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