I LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, April 12, 2000 - 3 HIGHER ED U. Oregon to consider signing on to WRC Anti-abortion group cancels jndiana U. visit An anti-abortion group cancelled its visit to Indiana University and promised it would sue the school for not allowing it to demonstrate at the campus location it desired. The Genocide Awareness Project planned on visiting last week. Dean of Students Richard McKaig said the group was allowed on campus, but asked to demonstrate at Dunn Meadow, 'e area set aside for free speech. Gregg Cunningham, executive director of the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, the organization sponsoring the anti-abortion group, said the free speech area is not a popular student location. Cunningham said freedom of speech allowed the group to set up where it pleases. A university counsel ,said that U.S. Supreme Court prece- dent lets IU restrict the area groups *n demonstrate. He said if the Geno- cide Awareness Project did come to campus and refuse to demonstrate at Dunn Meadow, it would probably receive a trespassing ticket. UCLA to include hate crimes in student code The University of California at Los ngeles is working on including a punishment for hate crimes in its stu- dent code of conduct. It currently does not mention hate crimes or incidents. Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student and Campus life Bob Naples said he will make a change in the code with the help of students, faculty and administra- tors. The past academic year has seen a mber of hate crimes at UCLA's campus, including swastikas being drawn on the university building that is home to student governments and many ethnic student groups. The change in code is expected to be finalized when university officials review it at the end of the academic year. MSU students bank on ugliness A group of Michigan State Univer- sity students are spending this week hoping their peers think they are ugly. Each year, the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity has an election for the ugliest person. MSU students place money in the bucket next to the picture of the candidate they think is the least attractive. Each penny is tunted as one vote. Bucket money is then given to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. The person voted the ugliest is rewarded with a painted toilet seat. Ten candidates are running this year. Buckets are expect- ed to be placed all around campus. The executive director of the Lansing area AMC said 40 percent of the funds will go towards research and sixty per- cent towards educational efforts. f n line classes for vy alumni planned Stanford, Yale and Princeton Univer- sities are discussing the possibility of a joint alumni online educational project. Stanford Vice Provost for Institu- tional Geoffrey Cox learning said no official program has been developed but it will likely include classes from e arts and sciences and opportuni- es for scholastic discussions. Stanford Provost John Hennessy said the collaborative program should start in the fall, but issues such as faculty involvement and funding have not been decided. Cox said the courses will not be from any professional schools and the courses may be for non-credit. Harvard University Dean Harry Lewis said the school did not join c Ivy League trio because it felt e program would take away facul- ty time needed for undergraduate education. Cox said the program would not deter from students' schooling. -- Compiled foin U-WIRE reports by Daily St/ff'Reporter Robert Gold. By Robert Gold Daily Staff Reporter The University of Oregon - one of a long list of universities nationwide deciding how to enforce fair labor practices within factories that produce collegiate apparel - may agree to join the Worker Rights Consortium later this week. Monday night, university President Dave Frohnmayer met with students and said he would join the organization later this week if the univer- sity's Senate approved. The University Senate, comprised mostly of faculty but also students and staff, is scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to recommend joining the WRC. "Unless the University Senate has a problem with this, he will probably sign the WRC," Tom Hager director of the university's Office of Com- munications said. Hager added that the president has been "predisposed" to joining the WRC for about two weeks but wanted to get faculty input first. The WRC is a student-led organization aimed at monitoring factories that manufacture colle- giate apparel. It formed in opposition to the White House-sponsored Fair Labor Association that some say has too many corporate ties to fair- ly monitor corporations. The meeting follows a week-long protest by students of the anti-sweatshop group Human Rights Alliance. The group demand- ed Frohnmayer join the WRC. Fourteen stu- dents have been arrested for trespassing at the Johnson Hall administrative building since the protest started. Human Rights Alliance member Laura Close said she is not convinced that a resolution will be reached soon. "University Senate doesn't decide on anything in one night," Close said, adding that she is con- cerned the senate would not make a decision for at least a month. At the meeting HRA insisted Frohnmayer sign a statement agreeing to join the WRC and the FLA. Frohnmayer said the university rejected an offer to join the FLA last year. A committee of faculty and students was formed in the spring to analyze the university's labor agreements. Last month, the committee recommended the university join the WRC in its final report. This is the report the senate will vote on today. Close said she does not oppose faculty input, but that the original motion that the senate was to vote on did not explicitly mention the WRC. "It was incredibly vague and extremely trou- bling," Close said. Seth Quackenbush, a member of HRA, said the group is not positive that the senate will pass the proposal and that Frohnmayer had enough time to make a decision. University Senate secretary Gwen Steigelman, a non-voting member, said she does not know how the senate will vote but added that she has not heard of any faculty opposition. Quakenbush said he is concerned the senate may not pass the proposal because of Nike Inc. CEO Phil Knight's connection to the university. Knight contributed about $25 million in 1996 for the construction of a new law school named for his father. The university's main library is named after Knight. tudents file Senate President Peter Gilkey said he can not comment on senate voting before it takes place, but added that a separate faculty committee unani- mously supported membership into the WRC. A report by the Senate Rules Committee addresses the economic impact of joining the sweatshop watchdog group. "The fiscal impact to join the WRC is mini- mal," the report states. A point of disagreement between the student activists and Frohnmayer has been the length of the agreement the university would sign if it joins WRC. HRA members proposed a five-year term. Quakenbush said a more likely outcome would be for Frohnmayer to support a one- year term. "Some of their demands, I don't think the sen- ate would go along with," Steigelman said, refer- ring to the five-year proposal. Protesters continue to camp outside of Johnson Hall keeping shelter in tents. Quakenbush said the students are scheduled to meet with Frohn- mayer today after the University Senate meeting. injunction Light at the end of the tunnel U against state voting law By Lisa Koivu Daily Staff Reporter Yesterday a group of University students traveled to Detroit to file a motion for a preliminary injunction against a law that mandates that people must be regis- tered to vote in the city of their residence listed on their driver's license. The preliminary injunction asks for the law, which was approved April 1, to be shelved until after the case against it goes to court and a permanent decision is reached. U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts is scheduled to decide on the motion for an injunction by Friday. The Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liber- ties Union and the Michigan Student Assembly - along with student governments from universities across the state - filed a suit against the state of Michigan in February claiming the law is unconstitu- tional. LSA senior Abe Rafi said at the same time the judge announces her decision she will also talk about the mer- its of the case and how successful the case would be if it went to trial. The ACLU wants to bring the case to court because of the restrictions the law places on college students. RC sophomore Shari Katz said the act is unconstitu- tional and violates many laws. "It violates the due process clause, the equal protec- tion clause and violates the federal Motor Voter law. The law also violates the state constitution because of the "If we can stop the law, then we can stop low turnout" - Abe Rafi LSA senior the first time you vote, you can't vote by absentee bal- lot, you must go home to do so," Katz said. "For many students who register to vote, their first time voting is at the University." LSA junior Sarah Pray said she thought the hearing was a little disheartening. "Both sides made really good cases and I didn't see one side as being any better than the other. It didn't seem as though the judge would rule in our favor, but hopefully she will," Pray said. "Even if we aren't awarded this preliminary injunc- tion, we still have the court case. Even without the injunction we can still continue to fight. But, if we get the injunction then we will have the precedent of this judge's ruling," she added. Rafi said regardless of the ruling, students need to continue to register and to vote. "Public Act I 18 has a bad effect on student voter turnout. If we can stop the law, then we can stop the low turnout," Rafi said. "The number of students registering on campus has dropped substantially, especially for a hot voting year. We'd like to stop the damage as quickly as possible,' Rafi said. SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily Kathleen Kaikkonen, a staff member at the Law library, walks through its arches yesterday evening. way it is drafted," Katz said. "My biggest concern is that in the state of Michigan, 'Greed' taping pushed back By Jeremy W. Peters Daily Staff Reporter University students waiting irmpa- tiently to find out whether or not they have been selected to appear on the game show "Greed" will have to wait even longer before they know if they will have a shot at the show's S2 mil- lion grand prize. "There has been no definite selec- tion yet and the taping date has actual- ly been pushed back," said Hayley Blain, the head contestant coordinator for the game show. "We were actually h'oping to tape the show this Saturday, but instead we will tape it on April 29," she said. Blain said that some University students have been notified that their applications have been put on hold, but none have been formally select- ed. She anticipates that three or four University students will be flown out to Los Angeles for the taping. "Students should expect to hear from us about midweek the week of the 24th," she added. Students from Ohio State, Indi- ana, Purdue, Penn State and Wis- consin will also be selected to participate in the show, which will include students from throughout the Big Ten. BIKE-AID 2000-Pedal for the Planet! A cro~scountry bicycle ride for Education and Action! Seattle -,. _. *.""-..f a Eda r, ono Portland - i San Pransc o .*-- *-Vashigton DC -.pysicalChadlng Dates of Ride: #d -Qrhi17 h.Auust 20th) '.^ ' Mexico For more info Contact 1-800-RIDE-808 or www.bikeaid.orf Judge orders siblings to stand trial for conspiracy, murder GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - As chil- dren, Donna Koetje and her younger brother Jay Dolfin played together. As adults, they remained close, even though he lived in Wisconsin and she lived in Michigan. Now a court will decide whether that sibling loyalty might have gone too far last fall. A Grand Rapids dis- trict judge yesterday ordered the broth- er and sister to stand trial on conspiracy and murder charges in the shooting death of Gerald Koetje, Donna Koetje's husband of 30-plus years. Donna Koetje and Dolfin, who are being held without bond, are not the first persons to be charged in the murder. Last month, Lloyd Riddle, of DeForest, Wis., was ordered to stand trial on murder and conspiracy charges. Authorities say he pulled the trigger. A fourth person, Ralph Zielin- ski, of Madison, Wis., is charged with home invasion and accessory after- the-fact to murder. He is cooperating with police. Neither Koetje or Dolfin are sus- pected of actually shooting Gerald Koetje, who was shot to death Oct. 28 in the Byron Center condominium he shared with his wife. Rather, the charges allege they conspired and aided and abetted in the crime. Koetje's and Dolfin's lawyers say their clients are innocent, and told the court the evidence against them is weak. "Where is the motive?" said David Dodge, who represents Koetje, in his closing statement yesterday. "I must have missed that testimony." But Assistant Kent County Prose- cutor Gary Gabry suggested it was greed - $500,000 in retirement ben- efits - and unhappiness that motivat- ed Koetje to conspire against her husband. Diane Thompson, who described herself as a close friend of Koetje, told the court her friend had an extramarital affair during her mar- riage and talked about marrying another man. Gabry introduced e-mails and tape recordings, as well as evidence allegedly seized from Riddle's home, that he said prove Koetje and Dolfin were in on the murder. Authorities said Koetje initially denied knowing Riddle, but later admitted to meeting him at a Kalama- zoo restaurant the month before her husband died - a meeting apparently discussed in e-mail. 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