The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 16, 1999 - 3
LOCAL/STATE
CRIME
Two suspects
arrested in
bleach sprayings
0iTwo Ann Arbor teenagers face
charges of felonious assault after being
arrested Saturday night in connection
to. a series of incidents on campus in
which victims were sprayed with a
squirt gun containing an apparent mix-
ture of water and bleach. "We arrested
two suspects on Washington" Street,
said Department of Public Safety Lt.
Doug Swix.
DPS reports state that three persons,
cluding one University student, were
frayed with a squirt gun containing
bleach Saturday night. The first incident
occurred around 10:45 p.m. at the Power
Center bus stop, when the alleged sus-
pects, while in a car, approached one of
the victims to ask for directions. After
asking, the suspect in the passenger seat
exited the car and sprayed the victim.
The other two incidents, which were
reported to the Ann Arbor Police
department, were of the same nature,
PS reports state.
One victim required immediate
transport to the University Hospitals'
emergency room, but none of the vic-
tifms sustained serious injury.
Both suspects are being held at the
Washtenaw County jail.
Narcotics stolen
from hospital
Narcotics were reported stolen from
the. University Hospitals' emergency
room Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning ii three separate incidents,
DPS reports state. There are now five
apparent narcotics thefts from the hos-
pital in the last two weeks.
DPS Det. Wesley Skowron said the
incidents are under investigation and
DPS has no suspects. He added that in
me cases, no theft has occurred, but
stead there has been an "inventory
shortage" problem, in which actual
numbers of narcotics had been misrep-
resented.
Skowron said that no connection
between the thefts had been established.
Male AWOL
suspect arrested
A male suspect was arrested at Mott
*spital on Saturday afternoon on a
federal warrant for being absent with-
out leave from the U.S. Army, DPS
reports state.
The suspect was lodged without bail
at the Washtenaw Country jail until the
Army's apprehension team could pick
him up.
,Subject locked in
*outh Quad room
A female resident of South Quad
Residence Hall became stuck in her
room after an unknown person or per-
sons jammed coins in the lock on her
door, DPS reports state.
The coins were removed, allowing
the victim to leave the room.
Markley resident
arrested for MIP
*A subject was arrested and cited with
a Minor In Possession offense after
being caught with a keg on the southwest
side of Markley Residence Hall early
Saturday morning, DPS reports state.
The keg was confiscated by officers.
Naked Alice Lloyd
resident reported
A Resident Assistant found a male
andering around Alice Lloyd
Residence Hall nude Sunday morning,
IDPS reports state. The RA became
concerned that the resident was intox-
icated because when he confronted
the resident and offered him a towel,
the resident acted dazed.
The resident returned to his room
and a report was filed.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Dave Enders.
LSA-SG candidates vie for
10 open seats
By Jeamnie Baunmm
Daily Staff Reporter
Election season is in full swing, as voting begins
tomorrow for representative seats for the College of
Literature, Science and the Arts Student
Government.
LSA-SG Election Director Megan Hungerford
said 15 candidates - 10 from the Blue Party and
five independents - hope to fill the 10 available
seats.
The majority of candidates expressed an interest
in expanding the LSA minors program.
"With only 14 minors currently available to stu-
dents, I believe U of M should offer a wider range of
marketable minors, such as psychology, ethnic stud-
ies, English and others," said Independent candidate
Douglas Tietz, a first-year student.
Blue Party candidate Steven Sharpe expressed
similar thoughts in a written statement.
"LSA-SG worked hard with the administration
last year for (minors) to be implemented ... we are
pleased with the progress, but there is still work to be
done," he said. Sharpe, a sophomore, is currently
vice chair of the LSA-SG Academic Affairs
Committee.
Candidates also want to increase outreach pro-
grams with their constituents.
"I'd like to have student government reps visit the
residence halls and set up informal tables. This way,
we can see what we need to do, and let people know
what we've been doing;' said Independent candidate
Rob Shereda, a junior.
First-year student Gwendolyn Arnold said the
Blue Party has been developing the new direct con-
stituency system, which was part of the party's plat-
form last year.
"This new system will make LSA-SG reps direct-
ly accountable to a group of LSA students. A rep will
be able to e-mail his or her constituents a set number
of times per term to encourage those students to con-
tact the rep with ideas," she explained.
First-year student John Carter, an Independent
candidate who describes himself as a moderate, said
he hopes to increase political unity on campus.
"We need to work together more often. Instead of
working for (resolutions) that are not going to get
passed, we should work on issues that are more stu-
dent-related," he said. Carter cited specific concerns,
such as improving facilities at the Central Campus
Recreation Building and creating meal plans that are
more conducive to students needs.
"It isn't the quality of the food (in dining halls). If
you live in the dorms, then it's incredibly expensive.
Plus, you don't get all your money back if you
decide not to opt for a meal plan," Carter said.
BP candidate Christopher Gerben, a junior, also
said he wants to promote a sense of community.
"I'd like to do this by promoting more communi-
ty service as well as more public activities which cre-
ate pride in LSA students," he said. Gerber said he is
working to bring presidential candidates to campus.
Academically, the Blue Party platform aims to
implement mid-term evaluations and what BP can-
didates have called "Graduate Student Instructor
consistency."
"Looking to the future, we hope to set a precedent
that Would enable them to use the same tactics to reg-
ularize GSI teaching in other academic areas,' she
said.
Elections, which are concurrent with Michigan
Student Assembly elections, start tomorrow and run
through Thursday
Affirmative action oes
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By Jodie Kaufman means to correct an apparent social problem," Engineering
Daily Staff Reporter senior Jamie Rademacher said.
Affirmative action advocates now have a vocal opposition Affirmative action advocate Ericka Dowdell, an LSA
on campus - VOICE-Anti-Affirmative Action. sophomore and Defend Affirmative Action Party representa-
"My initial idea was to start a group to let people know tive on the Michigan Student Assembly, said she disagrees
there is a voice out there, hence VOICE," said LSA sopho- with Rademacher's view.
more Dustin Lee, the club's founder and president. "So long as there is racism and sexism, a program like
So far the group has had one meeting in which members affirmative action is going to be needed to combat racism and
"attempted to define our mission statement and focus," Lee said. sexism. There are large problems with America socially, but
"We are the first group of our kind, and we plan to take first we must defend affirmative action, because no other pol-
things seriously," Lee said, adding, "we do not want people to icy will be won or fought for otherwise," Dowdell said.
get the wrong idea about us. We are not militant, rather we "These people are attacking the civil rights movement.
pride ourselves on our intellect and objectivity." They are not acknowledging that racism and sexism exists,
Twenty people attended the first meeting and an addition- because if they do, they will realize affirmative action is
al 20 are on VOICE's mailing list, Lee said. needed to combat these problems," she added.
"Many members' ideas conflict with varying degrees about But Rademacher maintained affirmative action is not the
the specifics of affirmative action ... All we can.be certain of best means to achieve social equalities.
right now is that we oppose the use of race in U of M's admis- "If all the effort, time and money spent on studying, imple-
sions policies," Lee said. "We do understand all the factors menting. defending and prosecuting affirmative action was put
that go into the admissions process, but for now, we want to towards eliminating serious social inequalities, we would be
focus on race." much closer to living in a world where the people of the great-
Regarding the two lawsuits challenging the University's est nation in the world wouldn't be pitted against each other;'
use of race in its admissions process - a heated topic for Rademacher said. "Discrimination would die forever and every-
both sides of the affirmative action debate - Lee said, "the one would realize the equality they are searching for."
lawsuits against the 'U' focus on race, and race seems to be Rademacher said one of VOICE's primary functions will
the most debated and topical issue. We reject the label be education.
'racist,' and collectively we fully grasp and comprehend the "Based on the first meeting, the members of the group
issues surrounding us." have come to the unanimous consensus that the group's main
About two years ago, the Washington D.C.-based Center goal is to educate people on the negative aspects of affirma-
for Individual Rights filed two lawsuits against the tive action and how the University's current admissions poli-.'
University, claiming it unfairly used race as an admissions cy is detrimental to the student body, potential students and
factor in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the University's academic reputation," he said.
the Law School. CIR filed the lawsuits on behalf of three The group's next meeting is scheduled for Dec. I at 8:30
white applicants who were denied admission to the p.m. in the Michigan Union underground restaurant area.
University. "For the next meeting we are all going to do some research
"Affirmative action may have been an acceptable policy to on the topic of affirmative action, and then maybe, we will be
overcome discrimination, but today it is being pushed as a more prepared to tackle the objectives at hand," Lee said.
EMILY LINN/Daily
Tibetan Monk Palden Gyatso speaks to a crowded Auditorium In Angel Hall
on Sunday about his time in captivity under the Chinese government.
life 1in1pWrIson
By Jeremy W. Peters
Daily Staff Reporter
In 1959, Buddhist monk Palden
Gyatso never imagined life outside a
Chinese prison.
But, in a lecture at the University
on Sunday, Gyatso spoke as a free man
in part of a nationwide tour to bring
awareness to the plight of the Tibetan
people under Chinese occupation.
"I do this so that the people of the
world will be more aware of the
Tibetan situation. The Chinese have ...
violated international law and taken
away the pride of the Tibetan people,"
Gyatso said through his interpreter,
Phupten Tashi.
Gyatso said once he was arrested by
the Chinese government, he thought
he would spend the remainder of his
life in captivity.
"I never hoped I would be released.
I was only thinking that I would be in
prison for life," he said.
Gyatso was jailed in 1959 after tak-
ing part in an uprising that resisted
Chinese occupation in his native Tibet.
He remained incarcerated until 1992
when, due largely to the efforts of
Amnesty International, he was set
free.
Painstakingly, he shared stories of
the years of systematic torture he was
forced to endure with the audience of
more than 200.
"We just had one meal a day which
was a bowl of very watery soup. Often
times prisoners would die of starva-
tion. Some people would get so hun-
gry ... that they would eat carpet," he
said.
Starvation was not the only torture
inmates were forced to endure.
Gyatso said that he was interrogated
by the Chinese guards and forced to
answer questions regarding China's
presence in Tibet.
"When they interrogated us ... they
would make us kneel on sharp stones
and pieces of broken glass and they
would ask us questions like, 'Is Tibet a
part of China or is it a free country?'
and if we didn't ... say that it was a
part of China ... they would ask us to
stand up. They would then take ropes
... bind me ... beat me with iron bars
... then pour chili powder all over me
still asking me questions. And I
wouldn't be polite so they would then
pour boiling water over my body," he
said.
Gyatso was careful to point out that
his Chinese captors did not use such
primitive techniques for the duration
of his imprisonment. Feeling that their
methods were not achieving their
desired effects, the Chinese began to
use electrocution in 1981.
"I remember one time they asked
me again if Tibet was a part of China
and when I said no they put (the prod)
in my mouth ... knocked out my two
front teeth and then electrocuted me.
When I woke up, I found my mouth
full of blood. All my teeth fell out
within a month,he said.
Although men were forced to with-
stand these atrocities Gyatso
described, some women prisoners, he
said, suffered a worse fate.
"The Chinese would often rape
women then take the electric prods
and stick them in women's genital
organs," he said.
Despite the torture the Chinese
inflict on Tibetan prisoners, Gyatso
said they are adamant that their pres-
ence helps the Tibetan people.
Business junior Justin Turkat,
coordinator of the University's
Students for a Free Tibet chapter,
said he was optimistic that Gyatso's
lecture would bring awareness to
Tibet's struggle.
"So far I have had an overwhelming
response ... from those who attended
the event. I hope that it really rooted a
sense of responsibility on individuals
to do their part in establishing freedom
for Tibet," he said.
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reported in Friday's Daily.
* Thomas Landefeld is not chair of Sigma Xi. This was incorrectly reported in Friday's Daily.
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