I4 A& AW I oday: Partly cloudy. High 67. Low 40. omorrow: Partly cloudy. High 66. One hundred nie years of editorkil freedom Thursday October 28, 1999 g l.. '' Presidential Forbes pushes plan or 'New Economy' contenders ly Nick Bunkley )aily Staff Reporter Far into the hall, the voice of tepublican presidential candidate Steve orbes could barely be heard - but for hose who arrived late to hear Forbes' peech at the Michigan Union yesterday oon, that didn't seem to matter. i e fact that a presidential candidate vas on campus brought a crowd of more han 200 people that took every available eat and standing space in the Kuenzel toom and spilled out of the doorways. Forbes. one of a handful of COP residential hopefuls fighting to tear way a share of the lead held by 'ex:s jov, George W Bush, made a one-day ampaign trip through southern Michigan yesterday. e chiefexecutive officer and editor i chief of Forbes magazine explained the key points of his proposed "New Economy" platform, criticizing the Clinton administration and poking fun at Vice President Al Gore, one of two Democrats running for president. "It's a wonder NASA doesn't send ships to Washington to find out what's going on," Forbes said, joking that he is unaware of any "intelligent life" in the nation's capital. The New Economy package includes sweeping reforms of income taxes, Social Security, healthcare and education. Forbes has proposed to replace the nation's 7.5 million-word tax code with a flat 17 percent tax on all income above S36.000. The system we have today i rigged agi nst you he said. n thin' you See FORBES, Page 8A square off Gore Bradley set priorities at towrnmetn \NO\T R. NH. i Pr idint wre nd former Sen lBil Br dkey Lchom sn ulr t 'i n. ndJ pniintes told a Ne iHampshirL iud ne la.I n h t t 1 1 et d president. the w ll eah '. )rk to x pud bh a ~a e \rae, increase Mchool Itnding and I gh to e.nua c.ampinn tan ce rorm. In a nationally televised to n meetine. lore ,ot Ito accen- luate his diffiercees wvith hi ia mil thr the Oe mo atic presiden- tial nomination. lie repeaaedl\ chalenged the st of lBradley's healh care plan. sBing h wuld ipe out We .nre I trilhlon surplus in the next 10 years and 'nerd the so 'I ea net" BradleN inihall ignored Gore' attaks then attempted to brush aside the criticism h r a i he a confient that he could pay of his plan and other priorites and sta wthin a balanced budget. But he pointed noeda ntl last night . ~ G (lore had refused to atach cost estiautes t I ambtious Room of agenda and said that a politicin 4 ho propoe pror m: See DEBATE, Page 8A Republican presidential hopeful Steve Forbes addresses a crowd of nearly 200 in the Kuenzel the Michigan Union yesterday afternoon. Haunted House held informer hospital morgue By Tiffany Maggard Daily Staff Reporter 0 This year's ROTC-sponsored haunted house is an invitation to dance with the dead -- literally. The University's Reserve Officer Training Corps. will hold the event in an all too appropriate venue, a for- mer University morgue. ROTC students will host the annual haunted house in the sub-basement of North Hall, which was built as a homeopathic hospital in 1899. The haunt- ed house will run tomorrow and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. "When students walk past North Hall, they know old," ROTC Air Force cadet Ryan Ismirle said. "So when people hear that the haunted house is in the basement, they know it's going to be dark and creepy." - The building was constructed in June 1899 to replace the existing University hospital. According to building records, North Hall's sub-basement was "presumably" the hospital's morgue. Because the building's rear wing was constructed on top of a hill, the basement and sub-basement are ;rated at ground level The sub-basement has its own door that leads onto the lawn, which provided easy access for removing bodies. ROTC students still refer to the sub-basement as "the morgue." Since the morgue retired from its original func- tion, it has been used to accommodate the ROTC's annual haunted house., The small wooden stairs, black walls and brick archways help ROTC cadets produce a haunted ra. Ismirle co-chairs the event along with ROTC Army cadet Prabjot Grewel and ROTC Navy cadet , ' ,: _.: : _, FBI investiates etters targeing ani mal research By Nika Schulte Daily Staff Reporter An organization opposing the use of live animals in scientific studies sent threatening letters to research institutions across the country earli- er this week, and some University staff members have reported receiv- ing similar letters. "We were one of the universities targeted for these letters," University spokesperson Julie Peterson said, adding that she could nsot confirm the content of the letters. The investigation is now being handled by the FBI, Peterson said. Special Agent Kevin Caudle of the Las Vegas Division of the FBI said animal researchers in Alabama, Washington, Oregon and Wisconsin reported Monday that they received threatening letters containing razor blades. But Caudle said he was not aware of anyone in Michigan receiving the letters The letters were postmarked from Las Vegas signed by a group identi- fying themselves as the "Justice Department." Caudle said the FBI is investigating whether the group is affiliated with or is an alias for the Animal Liberation Front, an extreme animals rights advocacy group. "We can't find anything on the 'Justice Department,"' he said. "We don't even know who they are." Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine Director Dan Ringler said that although neither he nor any of his staff members received the let- ters, both the Americans for Medical Progress and National Association of Biomedical Research sent e-mails Monday warning him about the University being a potential target. Ringler said he notified the Department of Public Safety after reading the e-mails. While the group may have been trying to scare University communi- ty members, Ringler said the inci- dent has not shaken the confidence of University researchers. "I don't think that the University research community is concerned in the least," Ringler said. "This is a fringe group from far away and is not a concern in Ann Arbor," he said. Ringler said he did not instruct his staff what to do in the event of future contact by advocacy groups because the department already follows an existing procedure for similar inci- dents. "We have an understanding to report to the Department of Public Safety," he said. "They take it from there. They seem to do a good job following up on these things." Peterson, who also is the PPS spokesperson, declined to comment about additional safety measures being put in place as a result of the letters. Peterson said she is unaware of any other such letters being sent to the University during the last five years. - Daily Staff Reporter Nick Bunkley contributed to this report. UANNY KAUGiU/L A brightly colored scarecrow Is among the ghoulish decorations In the Haunted House created by the University's Reserve Officer Training Corps in the sub-basement, of North Hall. Shana McMillian. Although it is her first year working on the haunt- ed house, Grewel said she expects a healthy turnout. Last year, she said, 2,000 people walked through the display. About half of them were University stu- dents, she said. "I think students like going together as groups,' Grewel said. "That way they can enjoy the experi- ence together. I've been told by students that they've had a lot of fun." Ismirle, who has worked on the event for four years, said he has seen the house spook even the toughest students. "I have seen big, bad fraternity guys scream," Ismirle said. "One time, this guy threw his girlfriend in front of him because he was scared." This year, proceeds from the haunted house will go to the Ann Arbor Ronald McDonald House and Dance Marathon. Each visitor will receive a free raffle ticket. Raffle prizes will'Include dinners at the Cottage Inn restau- rant and a T-shirt. Ticket for the haunted house are $4for adults and $3 for children under 12 years old. Dow Jones adds Microsoft, Intel to reflect technological growth [Al play and no work evin Magnuson Staff Reporter The Dow Jones Industrial Average made a landmark change, adding sever- al companies to its ranks. I On Tuesday, the editors of The Wall Street Journal, who maintain the aver- age, announced that Microsoft, Intel, SBC Communications Inc. and Home Depot Inc. will replace Goodyear Tire ubber Co., Union Carbide, Chevron a ears, Roebuck & Co. in the aver- age's 30 company list. The changes take effect Monday and reflect the impact the technology sector has had on the U.S. economy during the past 25 years. The DJIA will make the changes to reflect a global economy that overall economy," said economics Prof. Saul Hymans, the director of the University's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. To accurately reflect the overall economy, the DJIA will include more high-tech companies. Microsoft and Intel are the first NAS- DAQ stock market issues to be repre- sented in the DJIA. The NASDAQ offers the most technology-based stocks of the three major stock markets. Previously, all DJIA stocks had been iisted on the New York Stock Exchange. SBC Communications is both the largest local phone company and the largest deliverer of Internet access, reach- ing nearly one-third of U.S. homes. Johnson, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Citigroup Inc. replaced Texaco Inc., Bethlehem Steel Corp., Woolworth Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Corp. "The change is reflective of what needs to happen to all financial indices. Over time, they need to make alter- ations to remain technically sound," said Paul McCracken, professor emeri- tus of economics, Business Administration and Public Policy. The DJIA is the oldest continuous barometer of the U.S. stock market. Co-founder Charles Dow created the average in 1896. It first appeared in The Wall Street Journal on May 26 of that year. The average began with 12 companies I i i ,.x ;