One hundred nine years ofeditorialfreedom NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandaily.com Thursday February 17, 2000 Will M '- a i i 'Pemo crats may vote to ensure .Bush's loss By Yael Kohen Daily Staff Reporter Supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush are screaming foul play with claims that some members of the Michigan Democratic Party are plan- ning to throw support behind Arizona ien. John McCain by voting in Tues- day's Michigan primary to ensure Bush's defeat. "It's blatant because they don't want to run against George Bush in the elec- tion," said Geralyn Lasher, spokes- woman for Bush's Michigan campaign. The state's open primary system MICHIGAN allows registered REP BL CAN voters - whether Republican, Demo- crat or independent Primary primer: - to cast a ballot Part three in a for their choice for three part series the Republican about the cand presidentialnomi- dates' strategies peieta oi in the Michigan nation Republican This type of Primary behavior "doesn't have a place in today's politics and shouldn't be encouraged," Michigan Republican Party spokesman Sage Njgastman said. But Ed Patru, spokesman for McCain's Michigan campaign, said he doubts Michigan Democrats are plan- ning to deliberately sabotage Bush's campaign by voting against him in the primary. Patru said if Democrats vote for the senator in Tuesday's primary they are most likely to be genuinely attracted to McCain's campaign. Michigan Democratic Party pokesman Dennis Denno said Bush's supporters are making this claim to compensate for any faltering of the governor's poll numbers. The Republicans opened the primary to invite Democrats and independents into the party making it more accessible to new members, Eastman said. "Clearly the independent vote is oing to be crucial in the turnout of 4his primary," Eastman said. In the 1996 Republican presidential primary, independent voters accounted for near- ly one-third of Michigan's voters,,East- man said, adding that this year's primary may attract between 30 per- cent to 40 percent. "It's quite clear that McCain is attracting independent voters, Univer- sity political science Prof. emeritus Samuel Eldersveld said. "I think it's osing a real threat to Bush's chances." Half of New Hampshire voters who supported McCain were independents or Democrats, Eldersveld said. See PRIMARY, Page 2A AD search committee By Hanna LoPatin Daily StaffReporter With two weeks left until Athletic Director Tom Goss officially leaves his post. the Universi- ty announced yesterday its first steps toward find- ing his replacement. University President Lee Bollinger has appointed a 17-member committee to perform a national search, University officials said in a press release. Bollinger has asked the committee to narrow down nominees to three unranked choices to be submitted to him. The committee will also choose a national executive search firm to be employed by the Uni- versity. University spokeswoman Julie Peterson said she did not think a deadline had been set for the committee to submit its choices. Gary Krenz, special counsel to the president, said timeliness will take a backseat to quality in the matter of finding a new athletic director. "We're not going to put a timetable on some- thing like this," Krenz said. But, Peterson said Bollinger will announce an interim director in the next few weeks. Neither Krenz nor Peterson would comment on specifics qualities for which the committee will search. "I think they'll be looking at all nomina- tions and look at them all carefully" Peterson said. Members of the committee would not com- ment on the issue, citing the fact that they had not yet met. Women's basketball head coach Sue Guevara, for whom the new athletic director will be the third in her four seasons at the Uniyersity, said both Goss and predecessor Joe Roberson were "very supportive" of her program. "I guess I'd just like to see someone who has a very good understanding of athletics and coaches formed and definitely has the welfare of the student-ath- lete in mind when making policies and stuff," said Guevara, who is not on the committee. "I think for the most part we've had that and I think I'd like to maybe see that kind of thing con- tinue," she said. Sources within the athletic department told The Michigan Daily last week that Goss was forced to resign after he failed to notify Bollinger of eligibility problems surrounding freshman basketball guard Jamal Crawford before the Feb. I game against Michigan State. See SEARCH, Page 5A Michigamua proposes steps toward solution By Tiffany Maggard Daily Staff Reporter Members of Michigamua said they plan to deliver a written statement to University officials this morning in an effort to resolve the issues surrounding the allocation of Michigamua's meet- ing space in the Michigan Union's tower and its presumed affiliation with Native American cultural materials and traditions. In the proposal, Michigamua states that it will fully fund a complete reno- vation of its current space in the Union tower. The process is to be overseen by a Native American elder to be assigned by the Native American Stu- dent Association, as well as members of the University administration, stu- dents and Michigamua representatives. Michigamua spokesman Nick Delga- do said the room will be converted to a "white box" design so the curvature of the ceiling and all resemblances to a wigwam are removed, preparing the .room for a complete redesign. The Native American elder selected by NASA also will oversee the redecoration process of the room, which will essen- tially reflect the "University of Michi- gan's history and traditions,'he said. The space would remain exclusively See MICHIGAMUA, Page 7A SOLE begins occupation o dean's 0office By Jen Fish Daily Staff Reporter The battles between anti-sweatshop activists and university administrators centered on Big Ten cam- puses yesterday as members of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality seized the office of University of Michigan LSA Dean Shirley Neu- man and students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison took over the office of Chancellor David Ward. It was business as usual in the office of the LSA dean until two students from SOLE entered the office asking to see her about a pilot sign language pro- gram, an office secretary said. Minutes later, about 20 members of SOLE took con- trol of the office demanding that University President Lee Bollinger commit the University to the Worker See SOLE, Page 5A Photos byPETERCO R yNUE/Daily TOP: Members of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality print T-shirts while occupying the office of LSA Dean Shirley Neuman ABOVE: University President Lee Bollinger listens during a meeting with SOLE members. U. Col. Alexander Jefferson, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, speaks yesterday in North Hal as part of Black History Month. Tuskege ainnan speaks on hstory. Color my world Henthom linked to sports agency By Tara Sharma For the Daily By Mark Francescutti Daily Sports Editor Barry Henthorn, who gave various gifts including cars and gold jewelry to freshman basketball guard Jamal Crawford, has dabbled in the sports agency business. The Seattle Post-Intellegencer reported yesterday that Dun & Brad- street, a Wall Street information ser- vice company, catalogues Henthorn as an operator of "a sports management service." At one time, Henthorn's com- pany managed a boat and its driver, Jimmy Ablott. Henthorn's name shows up on Ablott's boat as a sponsor, while his company's Website at ict.net shows that it "implemented ICT's 1999 national marketing-sales tour integrat- ing Innovative Cellular's National Hydroplane Race Tour." The findings come as a surprise after Henthorn told the Daily, in the past few weeks, that he wasn't involved with the sports agent field. "That's not what I do," Henthorn told the Daily last week. "That's not my thing." Crawford's mother and another rela- tive also said that they didn't believe See HENTHORN, Page 7A Retired and active armed forces per- sonnel joined students and community members in North Hall yesterday to hear retired Lt. Col. Alexander Jeffer- son speak. Jefferson, one of the origi- nal Tuskegee Airmen, was invited as a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen in honor of Black History Month. The Tuskegee Airmen played an important role in breaking down the bar- riers blacks faced in the armed forces. "There was a myth that blacks couldn't fly" Jefferson said. The air- men paved the way for future genera- tions by proving that blacks were capable of being pilots. "The civil rights movement didn't start with Rosa Parks," Jefferson said. In 1941, the Tuskegee Institute donat- ed land in Alabama to the Tuskegee Army Airfield. It opened during World War II to train black pilots who were otherwise excluded due to segregatio. In total, 926 black pilots trained a Tuskegee and 450 fought over North Africa and Europe during the war. The training program at Tuskegee was rigorous, Jefferson said, adding that fewer than half the men in his class graduated. The airmen from Tuskegee proved themselves to be superior pilots. "Today we have the record of never losing a bomber" Jefferson said. In August 1944, Jefferson's plane was shot down, and he was captured by the Germans. He spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war. Jefferson spoke of the atrocities he witnessed and "man's inhumanity to man." "It was my first experience of ethnic hatred. I still don't understand it," Jef- ferson said. The United States is the only place so many groups can live "half peaceably,"he added. See TUSKEGEE, Page 7A 'U' to examine athletic team travel policies By Caitlin Nish Daily Staff Reporter Although the University's Athletic Department has no set policy on transporting athletes to and from events, Assistant Athletic Director Bruce Madej said the recent event has sparked concern. "We do have a concern about safety of our athletes and how they should be traveling from event to But Madej said that although some teams travel by bus, it is not possible for all teams to use that form of transportation. "We do not like to have anyone but coaches drive vans, but we do try to limit the use of vans. With 600 athletes there are occasions when we do use vans but coaches are the only ones to drive.' The University's Athletic Department is reconsid- ering its policies on the safety of athlete transporta- tion to and from athletic events in the wake of a 11 2 EMMELM L 4