Wlie i_ ! ^ ;i IALML aa-m,- weamner Today: Mostly cloudy High 49. Low 36. Tomorrow: Sunny. High 55. One hundred eght years ofed'itonid freedom Monday April 12, 1999 hp y jy A1k11 Y @$ A M ern n1 Ri c v i c x-athleteMissile agrees to terms of Code case DailyStaffRepoter LSA sophomore Kate Lindsay said she has cried many times in the 14 months since she was sexually assaulted by former Michigan football player Jason Brooks. Lindsay said when she received word from the Office of Student Conflict Resolution on Thursday that Brooks A greed to adhere to a set of sanctions the niversity put before him, she cried for happiness. "It's a huge weight taken offmy shoul- der,"Lindsay said. Brooks plead guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual misconduct in a Washtenaw County court last summer. He also accepted responsibility for his actions in the assault under the Code of . Student Conduct, Lindsay said. The inci- dent - during which Brooks allegedly Sreed Lindsay to kiss him in addition ther forms of harassment - occurred in February 1998. Lindsay told The Michigan Daily that Brooks returned a signed letter to OSCR on Thursday agreeing to not contact Lindsay "in any way, shape or form," including phone, e-mail, fax or by way of a third party. Lindsay said Brooks initial- ly made several attempts to contact her after the assault occurred. * According to the terms, Brooks will not be allowed on University property or be able to attend University events, Lindsay said. Brooks told the Daily in January that he received a letter of emergency sus- pension from Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford regarding his involvement in an attempted larceny at the Sigma Chi fraternity house and a fight outside the house Jan. 8. Brooks said the letter notified him that e had violated the Code, the University's internal guidelines and reg- ulations, as a result of the incident. Brooks soon left the University. "If he ever wanted to come back to the University, he would have to resolve this,"Lindsay said, referring to aspects of her case that were left uniresolved when Brooks disenrolled from the University. If Brooks wants to resolve the case ghrough arbitration, he must first inform he vice president for Student Affairs in order to attend sessions on campus. Lindsay said Brooks must resolve his case involving her before he can attempt to re-enroll. Brooks could not be reached for com- ment yesterday. Because students' personal records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, OSCR officials cannot comment on specific Code cases 0 See BROOKS, Page 2A 46 V Ab-vM6 - %ff -1JM w The Washington Post After showing what it called "relative restraint" in deference to Orthodox Easter cele- brations, NATO struck again at targets in the heart of Yugoslavia last night, but senior Western diplomats expressed guarded optimism that there could soon be negotiated movement in the Kosovo crisis. Yugoslavia's official news agency Tanjug' said a NATO missile hit a residential area in central Novi Sad, Yugoslavia's second city, last night. Earlier yesterday, more than 50 missiles hit in and around the Kosovo capital of Pristina, Tanjug said. The NATO command said showers targets included a munitions dump, bridges, oil a continue facilities, Yugoslav troop concentrations and determinat two radio relay stations used for military com- the nextf munications. diplomatic As foreign ministers from the western alliance's tive," Sola 19 members prepared to meet in Brussels today for gence rep the first time since the bombing began March 24, Yugoslavia NATO Secretary General Javier Solana said there campaign. were signs that Yugoslav President Slobodan France's Milosevic's position on Kosovo was beginning to NATO was move under the pressure of bombing and that there ment to th was hope for "positive" diplomatic movement in essential r the coming days. entered ar "I think you could expect in the next few days reflection a beagain ation of the air campaign with full tion but also you will see probably in few days some movements on the front ... which I hope will be posi- na told BBC radio. He said intelli- orts indicated "some cracking up" in a's military as a result of the bombing foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, said s starting to consider a political settle- he Kosovo conflict and Russia has an ole in negotiating a deal. "We have phase where there is a preparation, a and a consultation on what is to follow," Vedrine said in a radio interview in Paris. There was no clear indication of what the cautious diplomatic talk of possible movement in the standoff with Milosevic signified, but it coincided with the arrival in Brussels of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for talks with the NATO foreign ministers and, on Tuesday, talks with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in Oslo, Norway. Albrighl ,as expected to try to mend fences with Russia, which has denounced the airstrikes against Yugoslavia. Albright said there is a possibility that See BALKANS, Page 7A Jacks on pushes for voter registration Kosovo crisis addressed By Sarah Lewis Daily Staff Reporter In a passionate speech directed at every individual in the 5,000-member audience that packed Hill Auditorium on Friday morn- ing, the Rev. Jesse Jackson expressed his views on diversity in a way that was both his- torically-based and personal. Jackson's speech titled, "America, We Must Leave No One Behind," was a history of multiculturalism, diversity and affirmative action in the United States and also a push for students to become more involved by reg- istering to vote. He called affirmative action a "volatile issue" and gave an historical perspective on interactions between different ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Americans were not able to bring mem- bers of different groups together on the issue of ending slavery, ending legal segregation and giving' all people the right to vote, Jackson said. "We must find common ground for whites and blacks and browns,' he said, stressing the importance of multicultural cooperation. Black and Jewish people should be a part of a shared coalition, he said, because' through a history of oppression "they have shared common graves, common blood together." Jackson said the mistreatment of people of color in the United States challenges its citi- zens to heal the breach and "make this a more perfect union." Polish president visits ' By Ray Kania For the Daily With the help of a translator and headphones, more than 500 people from across the world understood the universal language of peaceful compromise. Aleksander Kwasniewski, the president of Poland, vis- ited the University on Saturday, to participate exclusively in a conference sponsored by the University's Center for Russian and East European Studies. The conference, titled "Communism's Negotiated Collapse: The Polish Round Table, Ten Years Later," began Wednesday evening and concluded with Saturday's session in Rackham Auditorium. The event commemorated the Polish Round Table talks of 1989, which peacefully ended 40 years of authoritarian rule and began the collapse of Communism across Eastern Europe. Kwasniewski shared his experience as a round table participant for the Communist Party, of which he was formerly a mem- ber. The leader addressed the audience in Polish, but field- ed questions form reporters in both Polish and English. Conference participants could listen to a translation of his comments through headphones. Adam Michnik, Lech Kaczynski and Grazyna Staniszewska, former leaders of Poland's democratic Solidarity movement, also spoke about the historical round table talk as being a positive contribution to Polish history. The conference is "final proof that the round tableis a part of history," Kwasniewski said. He added that, in light of current world conflicts, the round table is "more important than ever" to demon- strate how to change nonviolently the form of govern- ment. "The round table is a lesson that should be used,' he said. Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, who represented the Catholic Church at the round table, commended both the Communist and Solidarity parties for their "bravery" in eliminating Communism and establishing a new govern- ment. University President Lee Bollinger made introductory See POLAND, Page 3A DAN O'DONNELL/Dual~y The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks Friday morning to a packed crowd at Hill Auditorium. In adds- tion to the Michigan Student Assembly, many campus groups sponsored Jackson's visit. "What kind of nation have we been? What kind of nation are we? What kind of nation do we want to become?" he asked, explaining that "history is unbroken conti- nuity." Only white males were allowed prefer- ences for land ownership and voting rights in the United States for years, Jackson said, although "America was Americans, the enslavement of blacks and the marginalization of women." As a multicultural nation, he said, people can gain a sense of their roots by remember-, ing the many ways in which people of color were oppressed and the ways in which white people profited from and exploited that labor. "Slavery oppressed by law, segregation divided by law," Jackson said. "The U.S. See JACKSON, Page 7A developing Hispanics, on the the annexation of massacre of Native HOLI COLORS! Bollinger: Do not cut funds By Kelly O'Connor Daily Staff Reporter BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - University President Lee Bollinger urged state Senate members Friday not to cut uni- versities short as they make decisions about higher educa- tion funding and to consider allocating more than $200 mil- lion for the start-up of a life sciences institute that would keep the state at the forefront of science discoveries. Bollinger said tremendous discoveries are made daily about genetics and the role of technology in under- standing these advancements. Universities should take advantage of this chance to make history, he said. "A great institution can't stand by and let the explosion and benefits of this kind of knowledge go on at other uni- versities" Bollinger said, adding that app ~ the University Board of Regents will discuss the establishment of the institute at its monthly meeting next week. Michigan State University and Wayne State University also are involved with the planning of the project. The institute would "require tremendous internal resources," Bollinger said. In addition to the start-up money, the University would ask the state for about $50 million each year to maintain the center. Bollinger addressed members of the Senate sub-commit- tee on higher education at Western Michigan University's School of Aviation Sciences in Battle Creek. It was the first of four meetings giving college and university members a chance to voice funding concerns before the sub-committee Through the woods 11 DAN O'UONNILL/Da~illy LSA Juniors Payel Gupta and Neha Singhal hand out squirt guns to other students participating In Holl Fest '99 on the Diag yesterday. Hindu students celebrate By CalHe Scott Daily Staff Reporter Bulls-eye! Sporting T-shirts with the warning: "Be pre- pared to get dirty," more than 200 University students armed with water guns and colored sand targeted each other on the Diag yesterday afternoon during "Holifest '99." evil. It also commemorates the beginning of spring and the fertility of the land. The second annual campus celebration of the holiday, sponsored by the Hindu Student Council, followed a traditional religious service in the Henderson Room of the Michigan League. The event is a "good chance to combine the Runners participate in the Habitat for Humanity 5K run yesterday In Nichols arhnr.... a cna4 Swby4ha R.Ininas'Shooi'4 IHabitatfor Humanitv club. 4 E I, I