2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 27, 2000 NATION/WORLD MSA Continued from Page 1A had a feeling the duo would triumph, considering the feed- back the two had received from students. "I didn't want to count my chickens before they hatched, but I felt really good about it. We've never had an international student or an independent candidate win the election," Secreto said. Erickson said she had mixed feelings about the election results. "I still think Glen is the most qualified and the only one who can carry through with the work Bram (Elias) has done with the administration," Erickson said. "I'm fearful that the assembly will take a step backward because of the lack of experience. But there are a lot of hardworking representatives who will be dedicated to making sure the progress doesn't dis- appear. "It's always worth it to put yourself out there and I'm glad I took that chance, she added. While losing the presidential bid, the Blue Party won 13 of the available 26 seats. Current representative Shari Katz won the most amount of votes, totaling 5,200. "It's a bittersweet victory because I ran specifically supporting Glen and Elise. The assembly will be at a loss without their leadership," Katz said. "I'm really excited to continue serving." The Defend Affirmative Action Party won a total of five seats, the Friends Rebelling Against Tyranny Party totaled two seats and the Wolverine Party won four seats. Independent candidates captured two seats. Current MSA President Bram Elias said students have sent a message to the administration. "This election should show the administration that there is unequivocal support for this assembly. Now they'll have to listen,' hesaid. The elections board delayed the announcement of the new representatives until late yesterday afternoon and, in an unprecedented action, voted to disqualify all mem- bers of the Wolverine Party running for MSA because of illegal campaigning by LSA freshman Chip Englander - the party's campaigh manager and member of LSA Student Government. "We had reports that a member of the party, but not a candi- date, was going through the (Mary) Markley campus between 1 and 4 a.m., going into rooms, logging people in to the voting site, sometimes filling out the voting forms and pressing the submit button," Elections Director Alok Agrawal said. The case came before the CSJ yesterday, as the Wolverine Party appealed the charges brought against them. In a five- point defense, LSA senior Joe Bernstein and LSA junior Jeff Omtvedt, supporters of the Wolverine Party, accused the elec- tion board of unfair bias against the Wolverine Party. "To disqualify an entire slate of candidates because of a freshman campaigner who didn't know any better and was working alone is ridiculous, and more importantly, completely unsupported by the code," Bernstein said. The CSJ voted to disqualify all students running for LSA and Kinesiology, as well as presidential and vice presiden- tial candidates Rory Diamond and Marcy Greenberger because those were the candidates affected by the coercive votes. "This is the exact thing we were fighting against" said LSA freshman Jessica Cash, who ran for a seat on the assembly with the Wolverine Party. "I know I ran a clean campaign. We had no knowledge of what was going on." Doug Tietz, an LSA freshman, also running with the Wolverine Party, said he agreed. "I think this decision is absolutely wrong. It represents what's wrong with MSA," Tietz said. The results of the LSA-SG elections will not be available until tomorrow evening due to an ongoing investigation by LSA-SG Election Director Heidi Lubin. Lubin said she will not disqualify any Wolverine can- didates from the LSA-SG race. All students who feel that their vote was cast under improper circumstances will have until Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. to request that their vote be removed from the ballot, but, they will not be given the option to re-vote. "There's no evidence any of them were involved," she said. But Lubin is bringing a case against Englander as a mem- ber of LSA-SG. Members of the Wolverine Party are also circulating a peti- tion saying that "those candidates who were selected by their fellow students to serve on the assembly should be reinstated to the election and permitted to take their seats as MSA repre- sentatives." The party hopes to have as many signatures as possible before Tuesday, when all new representatives will be sworn in. OSCARS Continued from Page 1A adapting his source novel for the screen. Those involved with "The Insider," which also received seven nominations, as well as box office blockbuster "The Sixth Sense," went home empty-handed. Hilary Swank stopped an "Ameri- can Beauty" sweep of the four major categories with her win for "Boys Don't Cry," a tale of a most unconven- tional romance. Angelina Jolie received the supporting actress Oscar for her work in "Girl, Interrupted." "All About My Mother" took the award for best foreign film. Dark horse "The Red Violin" won the best score category while "Topsy-Turvy" won for both costumes and make-up. "Sleepy Hollow" won for best art direction. Phil Collins was recog- nized for "You'll Be in My Heart," an original song from "Tarzan." In a mild upset, "One Day in September" beat out "Buena Vista Social Club" in the documentary feature field. Winners, for the most part, kept their speeches short and sweet - and bor- ing. Crystal, who has hosted the Oscars six times before, seemed to be straining for laughs and was content to beat a dead humor horse rather than shut up and get on with the show. Best moment of the night: Paul Thomas Anderson's faux-surprise reaction shot when he was not announced as the winner for his original screenplay for "Magnolia." Short on surprises and long on the hem and haw that turns a spritely, fun Oscarcast into a tedious chore, the door has finally shut on the last year in movies. Moviegoers will be blessed if this year is as good as the last - and if the Academy gets their act together and rewards the right films. ACROSS TH E NATION High court to examine school pray SANTA FE, Texas - Nearly five years after two families filed a lawsti against the Santa Fe school district over the prayers, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Wednesday. It will be the court's first major school prayer ruling since 1992, when it barred clergy-led invocations and bene- dictions at graduation ceremonies. At issue is whether public school districts can allow students to initiate and lead prayers over the public-address system before the football games. A deci- sion is expected by late June. For some of the 10,000 residents of Santa Fe, a bedroom community 40 miles southeast of Houston with more churches than restaurants, the Supreme Court's decision has profound personal implications. If prayer at sporting events is upheld, "it probably will destroy my faith in the Constitution and what this country stands for," said Debbie Mason, a Baptist who testified for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. On the other side, school board President John Couch II foresees trouble if prayer is disallowed. "It would be a huge disappointment not only for us but for the nation," he said. "Students and private citizens would have their rights taken away from them on public property. I think it would be the start of further downfalls." Gov. George W Bush, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination; And state Attorney General John Cornyn filed briefs supporting student-led prayer. - Helicopter crashes covering Oscars LOS ANGELES - A television helicopter covering the Oscars crashed in a ball of fire yesterday night, injuring a pilot and photograph- er, authorities said. The crash occurred in a helicopter landing area at Van Nuys Airport just after 10 p.m. shortly after a distress call was received by the airport. The pilot, a 28-year-old woman, and the photographer, a 40-year-old man, were taken to Northridge Med- ical Center, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. The pilot was criti- cal condition and the photographer had a broken leg. The helicopter belonged to KTTV- TV in Los Angeles, a Fox affiliate. KTTV reported a pilot and photogra- pher were aboard. Their names were not released. KTTV anchorwoman Susan Hira- suna's voice nearly broke with emo- tion Sunday night as she began to report a news story after word of the crash. Steve Howell, aboard KTLA-TV's helicopter, said the KTTV helicopter pilot reported hydraulic problems as it arrived near the Shrine Auditorium, where the Academy Awards were being presented. The KTTV helicopter headed toward Van Nuys Airport under escort by KCAL-TV's helicopter, Howell said.. Energy Dept to renovate warheads WASHINGTON - The Energy Department plans to renovate more than 6,000 aging nuclear warheads over the next 15 years, almost double the number that the United States"is allowed to deploy under the START II arms-reduction treaty, according =t senior U.S. officials. 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Call Pastors Don and Diane Lape 734-944-4672 ameofe AROUND TH Ex ORLD 'Allx&:**:..:XIGX. OPEC to meet, may raise oil production VIENNA, Austria - OPEC oil ministers were close to reaching a consensus yesterday on the need to boost output to rein in galloping petroleum prices and mollify the Unit- ed States and other oil-importing nations. Although the ministers refused to confirm the size or timing of any such increase, Kuwait's oil minister, Sheikh Saud Nasser al-Sabah, said OPEC is likely to raise its official production by as much as 1.7 million barrels of crude a day. The 11 ministers from the Organi- zation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet today to decide whether to extend cuts in output made in 1998 and 1999 that have propelled oil prices to their highest levels since the Persian Gulf War. The United States is hoping for an even bigger increase in production than what appeared to be under dis- cussion. High prices for gasoline and home heating oil have become a hot political issue in this American elec- tion year, and Washington has applied intense diplomatic pressure to try to persuade OPEC member countries to open their taps further. OPEC ministers met privately i small groups in an effort to resotv differences ahead of today's semta k nual meeting. Runoff possible in Russian election MOSCOW - --Vladimir Putin may fall short of outright victory in yester- day's presidential election and-be forced into a runoff after a surprising* ly strong performance by the Comma- nists, according to early results. 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