-rs__ r-... L. RA/ i... a .. i. .... .. "ir_ ntlr n is JIIGHER EDUCATION U. Wisconsin official faces porn charges *A University of Wisconsin at Madison official has been suspend- ed and faces possible felony charges for allegedly having images of child pornography on his office computer. Danny Struebing, an assistant dean in the School of Human Ecology, was suspended with pay Dec. 23. Struebing had held the position S only 22 days before his suspen- University of Wisconsin police began their investigation of the assistant dean after an anonymous individual claimed to have seen the illicit material on Struebing's com- puter in the history department, where Struebing srvedias adminis- trator until Nov. 30. Subsequent tests on his computer kind four alleged images cf child rnography. Chief Investigator Douglas Scheller said he expects Struebing to be charged with possession of child pornography materials in about two weeks. The felony carries a punishment of one to five years in prison. Arrests result from Hale visit to northwestern White supremacist Matt Hale's visit to Northwestern University last Friday led to three arrests and police escorting Hale from the area. Hale, the leader of the white supremacist group the World Church of the Creator, was ushered from the Northwestern's Technological *titute for his personal safety, police official said. T he three protesters arrested for fighting were not students. About 200 protesters gathered to object to Hale's visit to the Evanston, Ill. campus. Hale visited the campus to try and get his group recognized as an offi- cial student organization. I oomington esidents contend Indiana U. pollutes A group of Bloomington, Ind. res- idents are claiming that Indiana University has contaminated a local watershed. The group's attorney, Mick Harrison, notified school officials of 9 intent to sue the university over the contamination. The group contends that Indiana University is responsible for dump- ing toxic and hazardous waste at the Griffey Lake watershed without appropriate approval. Harrison said the minimum he is pushing for is a clean-up if contami- nants are found. Indiana University officials claim the university has complied with eral and state regulations. U. Arizona residential hall members cited A University of Arizona Residential Hall Association recent- ly accused executive board members corruption including misusing cial funds and tampering with members' e-mail accounts. In a Jan. 20 meeting, members proposed to elect new executive board members next month. The ini- tiative was postponed until the next weekly meeting. Executive board members have faced other corruption charges in the past. Last January, former association sident Matthew Meaker was used and admitted to inappropri- ate use of official funds. Meaker admitted to using RHA phones for personal, long-distance conversations. Meaker kept his position but three board members resigned to protest his lack of punishment for the inci- dent. Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Robert Goldf om U-Wire reports. LOCAL/S TATETne Micigan Daily - wednesday, January z, 2uu -- ob fair focuses on multicultural students 3 By Jen Fish Daily Staff Reporter Nearly 120 representatives from companies and graduate schools filled the second floor of the Michigan Union yesterday for Career Planning & Placement's Multicultural Career Fair. The fair targeted minority students and drew more than 800 attendees. Because of its emphasis on attracting minority students, employment recruiters aiming to find a more diverse workforce crowded the fair. Attendees included recruiters from the private sector, all branches of the armed services, as well as representatives from other government organi- zations, like the FBI and CIA. "We always come to the multicultural fair. We're trying to increase minority groups within the agency and U of M has one of the best diverse populations, both in the Midwest and in general" CIA recruiter Michael Coles said. Other business representatives at the event said they had similar sentiments aboqt the University's diversity, as well as its high acade- mic reputation. "Michigan is a good school; we've gotten good candidates from here and we are also looking for diversity," Boeing recruiter Jill Antonen said. Both Antonen and fellow Boeing recruiter Art Friess said the aircraft building giant has had a high rate of success of taking Michigan students for positions and internships. "Not only is the engineering program highly ranked, but we've also found that it's easy to con- vince Michigan students to come out to where some of our facilities are in Southern California or Arizona." Friess said. Debbie Dunipace. an Intel recruiter, said her company also likes to recruit University graduates. "Out of the 50 to 60 campuses we actively recruit from, U of M is consistently in the top 10 in num- ber of graduates we take." Sally Schueneman, CP&P career events manag- er said the fair "went well." "Although we do target students of color, the fair is open to all and we had good attendance today." Schueneman also said the fair might have had even more employers, but the snow storm in the Eastern United States made for difficult travel conditions. "Companies and schools that were unable to attend were able to send in literature, so they were represented as well," she said. The multicultural aspect of the fair was attractive to students as well as employers. "It was a main reason to come," Business junior Fu Keung Lau said. "But I think there should be more job fairs with more companies." he said. Other students agreed with Lau, complaining that CP&P's fairs do not have enough companies compatible with their fields of study. Schueneman noted that while the fair uas a suc- cess. "a job fair is not the only way to find a job or internship " CP&P's next event is an Internship and Summer Job Fair on Feb. 9. For more information, call 764- 7460 or e-mail CP&P at cp&p(wuuich.edu. Study session House Dems: Don't tie charters to school funding LSA junior Jennie Rolan stays out of the cold by studying in Caribou Coffee yesterday. Initiative aims to train workers LANSING (AP) - Gov. John Engler is playing politics with educa- tion by tying an increase in school funding to passage of his proposal for more charter schools, House Democrats said yesterday. "It's either bribery or it's blackmail,; said Rep. Rose Bogardus (D-Davison). "And it's ridiculous that he will hold our children hostage to private management companies who want to make a profit off our children," she added. The Democrats said they support the governor's plan - announced last week in his State of the State address - to bring all public schools up to a funding level of at least S6,500 per pupil. In the speech, the governor also called for lifting the cap that limits the number of university-chartered schools in the state to 150 and suggested that the two initiatives might be tied togeth- er. "We won't do one without the other," Engler spokesperson John Truscott said. "Charters are actually crucial to improving school quality because if you inject competition, schools across the state are going to say, *What should we do to keep up with that?" he asked. Democrats and some Republicans refused to support the charter school increase last year. Many say they want to see the tax- "charters are actually crucial to improving school quality" - John Truscott Gov. John Engler spokesperson payer-funded charter schools open their books and be more accountable before allowing more to open. "I don't know of any other public school that would dare use attorney- client privilege to hide their records,' said Rep. Ed LaForge (D-Kalamazoo). "The cap needs to stay until we get fur- ther accountability" Truscott said the governor is confi- dent the charter school bill will pass the House soon. But he is not sure if the two issues will be together in one appropriations bill or just connected in a deal made between the governor and other legislators. Several Republicans who would not support the charter school bill in December said they would have to see specifics before deciding whether to comply with the gover- nor's plan. "We'll probably go to the local educa- tors and see what they say," said Rep. Gary Woronchak (D-Dearborn). "Maybe they will view that as a compro- mise." LANSING (AP) - Too many Michigan students are heading off to college without considering the train- ing they need to land high-paying jobs now going unfilled, the presi- dent of Ferris State University said yesterday. "While the state keeps talking about these gold-collar' jobs ... the students arriving on campus today are interested in psychology, they're interested in a liberal arts education,' Ferris President William Sederburg said. Ferris State isn't complaining about the trend. It's recently added programs in elementary education to its engineer- ing and technical programs. But Sederburg said students seem unaware that they could get just as much satisfaction and make just as much money - or even more - in high-tech manufacturing jobs that are a far cry from the dirty industrial shop floors of the past. To find out why students aren't get- ting the message, a new statewide ini- tiative was unveiled yesterday. The Partnership for Career Decision- Making in Technologies and Health Sciences will survey high school stu- dents and their parents to find out how they're making career decisions. It also will ask business leaders what specific skills are critical for new employees in auto manufacturing and other fields and how higher education can prepare students for the jobs they have open. "This partnership will help us address a number of concerns critical to the state, including the need for more skilled workers in the fields of technol- ogy and health sciences," said Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus, who is helping lead the partnership. "It's an important step in moving Michigan forward in the next two decades," he said. Mayors hope to limit state control of cities Proponents contend actions of legislature prompted initiative LANSING (AP) - Angered by a Legislature they say has eroded their authority, the mayors of Detroit, Lansing and other cities said yesterday that they are backing a petition drive to limit state control over local govern- ments. The Michigan Municipal League, which represents 550 towns and cities, wants to change the Michigan Constitution and require a two-thirds vote in the Senate and House to pass any bill that intervenes in municipal matters. Since a change in the constitution requires voter approval, the Municipal League must collect 302,000 signatures to get the issue on this November's bal- lot. The group began circulating peti- tions yesterday.. Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer said the legislature's actions during the past two years have forced the need for the ballot drive. Archer was critical of laws which dismantled Detroit's Recorder's Court, reformed the city's school board and overturned the requirement that city employees live within the city they work for. Archer said he also is upset by a bill introduced in the Senate that would require Detroit to elect its City Council by district instead of a citywide vote. "This is what we're saying to the Legislature. We understand you have a responsibility, but you've forgotten us," Archer said. Lansing Mayor David Hollister, Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon and Grandville Mayor Jim Buck also said they will support the petition drive, along with mayors from Flint, Mackinaw City, St. Ignace, Farmington Hills and other cities. "We firmly believe that local votes count, that if it's a local issue, it should be determined at the local level," Sheldon said. "Just as the state doesn't like (interference) from the federal level, we don't like it from the state," she added. Buck said he is particularly con- cerned about a bill introduced in the House that would prevent local gov- ernments from regulating business activities already regulated by the state or federal government. Hollister said he has seen "more raids on local control" in the past two years than he saw in the 20 previous years. "We think we have the tools, and we know how to govern our cities," Hollister said. "People think we're doing our job, and this presumption coming out of the Legislature says, 'We know better than out mayors,"' he said. Legislators yesterday denied that their measures have gone too far. State Sen. Dan DeGrow (R-Port Huron) predicted yesterday that the petition drive will flop, saying the state constitution already protects the rights of local governments. "I think it's doomed to failure. I don't think we've gone too far," he said. JAIL .. %J ' . What's happening in Ann Arbor today