it,, kftoA*kftlw Pay. Partly cloudy. High 57. Low 42. morrow: Partly cloudy. igh 61. One hundred nine years of edori' f reedorn Wednesday October 6, 1999 4^aM. RiT{.+ R I+''Y' 4 1 .. .uvm rv , /< rvY:/ v rv Irv"' 3 .v, .mm w dowo" Y ivals rev up for game MSU fans fandalize Diag, Grad Library Jodie Kaufman ly Staff Reporter The week many diehard football fans have been waiting for is finally here. There is no need to mark the occasion, a quick glance at the Diag is a vivid reminder of the 101-year rivalry between the Wolverines and Spartans. It all began Oct. 12, 1898 when the Wolverines beat the Spartans, 39-0. More than a century later, the tension between blue and green is in high gear as 19 annual Michigan vs. Michigan State approaches. Both teams will head into this year's contest with 5-0 records - the last time both teams met with undefeated records was in 1961. This is "a great interstate rivalry," said See RIVALRY, Page 7 U one offew Big Ten schools without mascot By Marta Brill Daily Staff Reporter From Sparty to Purdue Pete to Bucky the Badger, it seems every university has a mascot dancing on ,s. 1 &idelines and rallying its fans. That is, every school except Michigan. The student mascot at Michigan State University, known lov- ingly to his fans as Sparty, said he enjoys showing his school spirit. The 7-foot tall costume ' green armor weighs pounds and limits Oct. 8 Spar most upper body move- ment, but "the smile of a child and the cheer of the crowd" keep Sparty fired up, the student behind the costume said. X. "It would be great to see every Big Ten university with a mascot," said Sparty, who wished to remain anonymous. "It's an integral part of a major universi- ty to have an icon,' he said, [ic adding that he would like to have a mascot skirmish when the Michigan football team plays MSU on Saturday. but Michigan's lack of a mascot leaves him with no one to fight. "I think a lot of them are pretty cheezy. It's a little more classy to not have someone running around town '99 in a costume'" said n Stadium University student Kyle Marshall, an LSA senior. "We don't need some guy running around in a furry suit to get us enthused about the game" he said. See MASCOT, Page 3 ABOVE: A University grounds crew member uses a power hose to clean graffiti that was placed on the Diag between 7:15 a.m. and 8 a.m. yesterday, according to Department of Public Safety reports. LEFT: Michigan State University students Mike Vanderputte and Chris Bohm guard Sparty, the school's signature statue, yesterday afternoon on the MSU campus. MSA: PJC violated two rules An MSA investigative committee finds the Peace and Justice Commission in violation of two assembly codes By Jeannie Baumann Daily Staff Reporter The Peace and Justice Commission violated two of the Michigan Student Assembly's code rules for misrepresenting the assembly's name but not for misusing any MSA resources, an assembly-appointed investigative committee found. The committee examined five allegations that PJC misused the MSA name and MSA resources. The probe spawned from allegations regarding a line in an activist newsletter that read "Run with the Defend Affirmative Action Party in the MSA elections - November." The same newsletter named MSA as the source of publication. The investigation concluded that PJC did not receive any funds from MSA but that the offending line violated an MSA rule that forbids the assembly from endorsing any specific party. Last night, the committee made three recommendations to the full assembly regarding the alleged violations, and the stu- dent representatives passed all three without amendments. One passed unanimously and few members objected the other two recommendations. "I agree with the spirit of this finding. I admitted to and apol- ogized for that before," said PJC Chair Jessica Curtin, a Rackham representative. She said that mandated approval of printed documents as a result of the investigation will also open up lines of communication between PJC and the assembly. Now, all MSA flyers, newsletters or any sort of publication that has on it the PJC or MSA logo must go before the assem- bly before being distributed. The assembly also gave Curtin and PJC a formal censure for violating Compiled Code 4.15, which states that "no commit- tees or commissions shall formally meet or operate during the Spring-Summer term." The censure relates to a flier that con- tained the phrase "MSA Peace & Justice Commission" on it. PJC distributed these flyers at South Quad Residence Hall on Aug. 31. Curtin said PJC plans to appeal the censure to the Central Student Judiciary. PJC member Caroline Wong, who wrote and distributed the flyers, also objected to the censure violation. "The commission never met and operated during the spring- summer term. Classes for summer term ended on Aug. 17, and we distributed the flyers on the first day of move-in' she said. MSA Rep. Marisa Linn disagreed. "School had not started yet, so this is a very clear violation," she said. To clear up future ambiguities, MSA also passed a resolution to revise the assembly's compiled code to include the intermit- tent time between semesters. The revised text states that "when MSA and Summer Assembly are not in existence ... all of MSA's subsidiary bodies (including committees and commis- sions) also cease to exist and shall not operate at all." MSA Rep. Jasmine Abdel-Khalik dissented. "It has to stay in its original form. People wanted to have the option of passing out information before the fall semester. There are other, larger issues that must justify them phrasing the (compiled) code as spring-summer term instead of the beginning of the fall term" she said. Investigative committee chair Josh Trapani said he is glad the assembly decided to pass the report without any amendments. "It was a fair and thorough process" he commented. MSA Rep. Peter Handler, who co-sponsored the resolution to form an investigative committee, said he is pleased the situ- ation has been resolved. "The committee resolved a lot of unanswered questions f conduct of the Peace and Justice Commission. It was a good way to resolve issues,' he added. The investigative committee explored two other potential violations against the PJC but found that the commission had not violated any MSA rules in those instances. They included the alleged misuse of the MSA key and an alleged request from a PJC account during the summer months after being informed that such an account did not exist. Vqd tar ALUSON CANTER/Daily . _ Mastro's magiC Students find spiritual ground By Robert Gold Daily Staff Reporter College life can be a turning point for many students. It can be many things - a chance to explore personal spirituality, question established religious prac- tices and reaffirm or find faith. Different influences help shape 60 Minutes prepares fo story on ' By Anna Clark Daily Staff Reporter The television news magazine 60 Mir brought the University's heated affirmative ac debate to a national forum yesterday aftemo Seven students representing opposings of the issue, debated in front of a news car for an hour and a half, getting to the cru two lawsuits challenging the University's of race as an admissions factor. "We believe the cases against the Unive will go all the way to the Supreme Court;' 60 Minutes producer Amy Cunningham " spirituality, including social and eth- nic backgrounds. LSA senior Marion Dixon said she sees religious spirituality as someone's personal connection to the things you can't explain in life." Kinesiology junior MyCal Stokes See RELIGION, Page 8 SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily Conductor Rossen Milanov leads the University Philharmonic Orchestra in Hill Auditorium last night. tate legislation proposes pansion of bottle aw y Nick Bunkley aily Staff Reporter Those empty Evian, Aquafina and Absopure ttles piling up in the corner of students' rooms uld someday be money in their pockets, if February. Legislation proposed last week by state Rep. Michael Switalski (D-Roseville) would add non- carbonated beverages to the Initiated Law of 1976, which requires a $.10 deposit for all soft drink, SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily Michigan Student Assembly President Bram Elas, one of seven University students interviewed - - a