MILLENNIUM The Michigan Daily - Monday. December 13, 1999 - III Persian Gulf War. The growth of ky. The O.J. Simpson trial. e death of Princess Diana. All The last in a seven-part series chroniding the University of a Michigan not orb 1991: A soldier cries as he sits on an airplane next to a body bag containing his friend'sremains. The conflict in the Persian Gulf leaves 148 Americans dead. ke a 11 ri )erit Pandora's box scandal 1993: A fireerupts from the Branch Davidian complex in WacoTexas. Eighty-one cult members, including extremist leader David Koresh, die. Ten rules. In the March 27, 1989 edition of the Daily, he said, "I don't think any coach at Michigan would do anything like that." Before the baseball scandal, nobody thought a Michigan coach would do anything like that. But Middaugh opened Pandora's Box, and it wouldn't close anytime soon. Ten years have gone by. Michigan has won national titles in men's swimming and diving, football, basketball, men's gym- nastics and two in ice hockey. 1 Ten years have gone by. Michigan has fired a basketball coach amidst an NCAA investigation, forced a football coach to resign after a drunken incident at a restaurant, had a hockey coach arrested in another drunken incident and seen a wrestler die while trying to make weight. After having three athletic directors between 1921 and 1988. Michigan is on its fourth in 1 years. So what happened? Canham places much of the blame on Duderstadt, who took over in 1988, just as Canham was leaving. "It wasn't out of control until he took over," Canham said. "He confused control with management. He was managing, he wasn't controlling." Canham, who spent a good portion of his tenure working under former University President Harold Shapiro, had never encountered that problem before. "We had a very good relationship with the Athletic Department," Shapiro said. "It did have a lot of autonomy but never misused it in any serious way. I always felt good about the relationship." Duderstadt pointed to the evolving climate of college athlet- ics for his increased involvement in the department. "It was a time of great change in college sports, with inter- collegiate athletics being pulled closer to universities," Duderstadt said. "The old guard, folks like Don Canham, never understood this and will complain about it to the end." By hovering over the department, Canham and Schembechler felt, Duderstadt added unnecessary scrutiny. Schembechler and Canham both felt that incidents were blown up, especially for- mer Michigan football coach Gary Moeller's resignation. After getting into a fight in a Southfield bar while drunk before the 1995 season, Moeller was asked to resign. He did. "The truth of the matter is, no matter how you add it up, it was a one-night affair," Schembechler said. "I've known the man better than anybody. That's not like him." Said Duderstadt: "I really was not heavily involved. In the end, the decisions about how to deal with this were made by the athletic director, Joe Roberson." Roberson could not be reached for comment. In addition to increased administrative involvement, the ath- letic department had to deal with another new source of scruti- ny: investigative reporting. In the wake of Watergate, investigative journalism emerged in the '70s and thrived in the '80s. In the sports world, it bloomed somewhat later, but by the late '80s and '90s, jour- nalists were scouring athletic departments' budgets and teams. "My first year as athletic director, we found a clothing store in town who was giving clothes to players and a movie house that gave free passes to players after every win," Canham said. 1994: John Travolta makes his comeback in Quetin Tarantino's acaemyaward- winning cult film,. "Pulp iction," also starring Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson. Bud Middaugh (right) put together some of Michigan's best baseball teams, but he cheated to do It. "We put a stop to it. told the Big Ten, and that was that." Now, 30 years later. the players would be suspended and the team could be put on probation. "The great scrutiny of intercollegiate athletics came in the '90s," Schembechler said. "The coach was more able to run his program in the manner in which he thought best in the '70s and '80s than he can in the '90s. There are many more people looking over the coaches shoulder." Duderstadt agrees with Schembechler and Canham, but sees the added scrutiny as a plus, a signal of societies' changing values. "A candid look at Michigan athletics will reveal very little difference over the last several decades," Duderstadt said. "What has changed is a far more aggressive and investigative attitude on the part of the press, who seem themselves less as boosters and more as investigators of college sports. "Although our most serious violation occurred during Canham's last years in the 1980s, there were numerous less serious incidents in earlier years. The primary differences in the 1990s was that we felt compelled to self-report and inves- tigate the incidents when they occurred, rather than sweep them under the rug," Duderstadt said. In 1998, Tom Goss stepped into the athletic director's role and sent a message: He fired basketball coach Steve Fisher. The NCAA was investigating Fisher's program, and, even though it only proved minor violations, it reeked of wrongdoing. In more two years in charge, Goss has grabbed the reigns and pulled them tight. His objective is clear: He's trying to clean up Michigan's name. Goss was handed a department in shambles that had suffered a decade of instability and scandal. In 1989, Bud Middaugh opened Pandora's Box. Now, as the Athletic Department enters the new millennium, Goss has the task of closing it. Id like to Since almost half of basic research is con- aily Editor ducted on college campuses, it is only logical regarding that some of this research be conducted at a the front quality university such as ours. Being approached to perform any research is a com- ming, one pliment to a university, not an evil. le impres- The opponents of military research on tle, sarcas- campus reveal their ignorance when they sug- the article. gest that such research has no benefit to soci- npus for all ety. Once the military has proven these new Rapoport avenues of technology sound and workable, d panaceas private firms then apply this technology y. towards the production of consumer good and a reception services ... Wednesday, Is there anything more moral, ethical, or he impres- Christian than sacrificing your time, energy, or s thinking, possibly your life to defend you country and ses a sense those you love? red his dis- I can think of nothing else. ar without n, let's give PETER FORD ge him. 1994: More than 30 years in prison and fighting for the end of apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is inaugurated triumphantly as South Africa's first black president. 1995: Surrounded by his attor- neys, football great 0.]. Simpson is found not guilty of murder- ing his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. 1995:108 people. die when a catastrophic bomb blast rips through: the Murrah Federal Building i" Oklahoma City on April 19. To THE DAILY: May 9, 1917- A good many students are at present wondering how they can best "do their bit" for the country for the country dur- ing the next few months. While some may decided to work on the farm owing to tir lack of knowledge of any other trade or profession. I would like to call attention to Another field of labor which is urgently in need of men at the present time. It is perhaps generally known that the sub- marine campaign is making serious inroads into the merchant shipping of the world, and the most immediate way in which the United States can help at the present time, is in the building of ships to carry supplies to our I would suggest therefore, that those of our students who have not already arranged for work during the summer should look into this field before deciding. H.C. SADLER house. Such a circumstance would make it impossible for us to meet our required pay- ments. Right now we are just making both ends meet. What will happen if two years of our income is cut down by practically one- third? The inevitable result would be disband- ment. We are, therefore, strongly opposed to the deferred rushing plan, for we feel that it would not only put us, but many other fraternities, off the campus. TAu DELTI PHI Pins shouldn't identifyerethnicity To THE DAILY: Dec. 18, 1941 - The first case of war hysteria on the part of an organized group in this country occurred last week, when, according to Sunday's Daily, the Chinese students at this and other universities decid- ed to wear buttons informing everyone of Sept. 8 1967 - We wou express our disapproval of (Da Roger) Rapoport's biased article President-designate Fleming on page of the Sept. 6 Daily. Without having met Mr. Fle would receive a very unfavorab sion of the man through the sub tic innuendoes which permeatet Mr. Fleming has been on the cam of 48 hours, and already Mr. expects that he instantly devisee to all problems of the University Having met Mr. Fleming at a in his honor at South Quad on V we feel that Mr. Fleming gives t sion of being frank, logical in hi unassuming, and that he possess of humor ... In fact, he volunteer approval of the Vietnamese w being asked ... Please gentlemen the man a chance before we judi 1997: As the rock group Nirvana is at the height of its popularity, lead singer Kurt Cobain saddens many fans by shooting himself in April. RICK SHULIK AND KEN KELLEY Farrakhan protests Military research protesters ignorant To THE DAILY: racially motivated TO THE DAILY: Feb. 9, 1990 - The Daily's article con- cerning Minister Louis Farrakhan's visit to Michigan State University (2/5/90) contained a few major errors that must be addressed. 1999: Bill Clinton's g ersonal life becomesp ublic as former White House intern Monica Lewin'sky's affair with the presidentleads to his impeachment.