LOCAL/STATE The MchgnDI rdyOter1 99- CRIME Elevator closes on woman, injures her hand A female victim was injured by an elevator in the Taubmann Medical Library on Wednesday, Department of Public Safety reports state. Tie woman said the elevator closed on her as she stood in the doorway and injured her hand. West Quad resident fights ivith ex-boyfriend A student in West Quad Residence Hall reported her ex-boyfriend was breaking and throwing items, DPS reports state. The West Quad resident said the incident occurred during an argu- ment when the couple tried to break up5. A 'report for non-aggravated assault was filed. DPS tells student to lock her door A female resident of West Quad Residence Hall reported Thursday that her backpack was stolen sometime between 5 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. while she land her roommate were sleeping, -according to DPS reports. * The resident said her room was unlocked at the time of the theft. DPS officers advised the student "to lock (hdt) door while sleeping and at all timnes to prevent this'." Student reported missing found A student was reported missing from Martha Cook Residence Hall on Vluesday, according to DPS reports. The student was later located and no report was filed. Student athlete falls in Crisler, gets treatment A student athlete fell in the Crisler Arena tunnel area on Tuesday, accord- g to DPS reports. The subject did not accept trans- portation to University Hospitals, but was treated by a team physician at Schembechler Hall. Larceny plagues Alice Lloyd hall In three separate incidents, more than $1,800 in furniture was stolen *om Alice Lloyd Residence Hall on Mnonday night, according to DPS reports. The stolen items include an $1,800 couch and five chairs from the West and Klein lounges, DPS is investigating the larcenies. Sleeping subject told to leave ere% tVichigan Union A subject was seen sleeping Tuesday -,morning on the first floor of the Michigan Union Art Lounge, DPS reports state. The subject was wearing a green shirt and black faded jeans. The subject was told he was tres- passing and escorted from the build- ing. Sike valued at $560 stolen A South Quad Residence Hall resi- dent reported his bicycle was stolen Tuesday from the bike rack located next to the building, according to DPS repo-ts. The student said the mountain bike is purple in color and is worth about $560. J/an found lying on restroom floor A male subject was seen lying on the floor of the men's restroom on the ground floor of West Hall on Wednesday, DPS reports state. DPS officers checked the man and said he was healthy. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter -'Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud. Anti-Klan demonstrator oun .i1y By Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Daily Staff Reporter More than a year after protesters and police clashed over a Ku Klux Klan rally in downtown Ann Arbor, an anti-Klan demonstrator was con- victed of felonious assault yesterday, the city's first court victory to date. East Lansing resident Thomas Doxey, 21, was found guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon for throwing rocks at police officers suited in riot gear during the summer 1998 rally. "We're very happy," said Patricia Peters, Washtenaw County assistant prosecutor. "The jury did the right thing. Justice was done." Doxey will be sentenced at a Nov. 23 hearing. He could face up to four years in prison and a max- imum fine of S2,000. Doxey is the only anti-Klan demonstrator to be convicted of any charges. On Oct. 25, prose- cutors will make their case against their only remaining defendant Robin Alvare, who is charged with inciting a riot. The prosecution originally charged 19 individu- als with a host of felonies and misdemeanors con- nected to the demonstration, which resulted in the destruction of city property and led police to fire tear gas at the crowd. But Circuit Court Judge Donald Shelton ordered all of the misdemeanor and felony riot charges dropped because of a lack of evidence. "The jury did the right thing. Justice was done. -aPatricia Peters Wasbtenaw County assistant prosecutor Prosecutors are currently appealing the jude's decision, adding "the cOnv\iction was against all ruling. "This limited and temporary achievement olthc prosecutor's witchhunt should be put in the context of a yearlong record of legal losses for them:' said Miranda Massie, one of Doxey's defense attor- neys. "They should relish it because it won't last very long:' She said the defense would appeal the jury's the viCdence in the case.l Massie said LDuxcyx past record conv iction is for imio in possession his only speaks to his innocence D~uiing Doxey 's two-day trial, a police officer who went undrcover in the anti-Klan group, teti- fied that he had seen the defendant throw l( to 1 rocks at officers. Panel discusses diversity in Europe By Shabnam Daneshvar Daily Staff Reporter The impact of diversity and affirma- tive action in Europe and Canada was the topic of discussion for about 30 graduate students, alumni and University professors who met for a day-long symposium yesterday in the Rackham Auditorium. Sparked by the two lawsuits filed against the University challenging its use of race as a factor in admissions, "Contexts for Diversity: Europe and North America" was one of four pro- grams aimed at stimulating student and staff response to affirmative action and diversity issues on campus. Alumnae Yolanda Dennis attended the symposium to learn more about affirma- tive action issues within the work force. Dennis, who she was recently promoted to Ford Motor Company's Customer Service Division coordinator, said she believes learning about the issues is cru- cial for a productive work atmosphere. The event was sponsored by the University's Dialogues on Diversity series and included visiting scholars from Europe and Canada. Nathan Glazer, professor emeritus of sociology and education at Harvard University, commented on the differ- ence between affirmative action in the United States and European countries. "Legislation in Europe deals more with gender equality ... than in our country where race serves as the model legislation," Glazer said. Affirmative action, he said, is simply Anita Allen, a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, answers jUVcLIWIfr m lul i rinnnfepit ia It mi I rsvit3 vesteLrrdavu DAVID ROCHKIND/DaIy LSA senior Trevor Boyen (left) and LSA junior Anthony O'Rurke yell outside Angell Hall yesterday as part of a rally protesting sweatshop labor. Grop protests Gifford'sapparebl questions rrom partcipans in a sympusum not an issue in those countries because they still have not addressed racial, eth- nic, gender or physical discrimination. Anita Allen, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke of Europe's diversity and the misunder- standings Americans have about them. "Most Americans think of Europe as a homogenous people when in fact, the fact is that Europe is home to a very diverse range of peoples. There is a whole immi- gration settlement in Germany that still thrives today, a large Eastern Indian cul- ture in England and Chinese people living in Ireland," she added. She related the issue of affirmative action to a mother with two children, one with chicken pox and one without. "Although both children need her, focus- ing on one child more than the other is urgent and to take care of a need," she said, relating the urgency of minority rep- resentation to the sick child. All panelists agreed diversity does n U U iy y y. prove to be the people's choice in most' aspects of life. Different foods, rel Mions, music and li estvies are wel- comed by most people,. Alen said, but when it comes to the academic or work setting - opinions change. "People retreat from their cherished* value of diversity when it comes to business or academic allocations;' shec said. Allen then urged society to "not, stop" at the academic gate but look' beyond that and understand the benefits. of affirmative action. Similar interactive discussion events are scheduled to occur upon student_ request, said program director Pate McCun. Dialogues on Diversity's t wo- year run has included the theme semes-k ter called the "Division, Theories and' Practices" which attracted more than" 4,000 students enrolled in 112 courses The event will be videotaped and. televised over the University's televi- sion station and Media One. By Michael Grass Daily Staff Reporter About 40 student labor activists gathered on the steps of Angell Hall yesterday to protest talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford and a line of cloth- ing bearing her name. National Labor Committee and United Students Against Sweatshops released a report last week describing poor working conditions in an Salvadoran factory that produces apparel for Gifford's clothing line. The report includes comments from the fac- tory's workers about the factory condi- tions and labor practices. The report is the second since 1996 to cite poor labor conditions in facto- ries used by Gifford. LSA junior Bill Abresch, a member of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality, said the activists are important to the labor movement. "We are here to help them in their struggg," Abresch said. The group hosted a mock fashion show, wearing clothes said to be from the manufacturers, to demonstrate the wide variety of clothing available in the United States that is made in sweat- shops. The protest at the University was one of about 25 such events nationwide since the NLC-USAS report was released. Student labor activists in Vermont and North Carolina earlier this week stormed 'Wal-Mart stores where Gifford's clothing line is sold. On Tuesday, 30 students from Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered around Gifford's retail display in a Durham County, N.C. Wal-Mart and hung tags with pictures of Central American workers and information about how to contact Wal-Mart President David Glass., "At first, there was a lot of confu- sion'" UNC at Chapel Hill student Marion Traub-Warner said. The student labor activists said they were in the store for about 20 minutes and stopped for a "commemorative moment" to remember the workers in sweatshop factories they have fought for the past year. Traub-Warner said when the manag- er asked the group to leave they took their protest to the store's parking lot. Wal-Mart national spokesperson Jessica Moser said she was not aware of the incident. But said that Wal-Mart officials are investigating the allega- tions involving Gifford's factories. In Vermont, 30 students from the University of Vermont and Middlebury College charged a nearby Wal-Mart on Wednesday, informing store customers of the report on sweatshop labor condi- tions in Gifford's El Salvador factory. Middlebury College student Alex Zwerdling said the response from cus- tomers was quite positive. "Some expressed shock because they were not aware of what Kathie Lee had done," Zwerdling said. After a 15-minute conversation with the store manager, Zwerdling said the group took control of the public address system. They were then asked to leave the store. Moser said she was also not aware of the protest in Vermont, but said Wal- Mart is not taking the recent allegations lightly. "We are very responsible corporate citizens,' she said. "This is something we take very seriously." Moser said Wal-Mart conducts sur- prise inspections of its factories. "We don't just sit around back and let these things happen," Moser said. Abresch said labor activists will gather at the University on Oct. 20 for the Anti-Sweatshop National Day of Action. NLC Executive Director Charles Kernaghan, who first exposed sweat- shop conditions in Gifford's factories in 1996, will visit campus with Central American workers to speak. NC l 'Eha~nnaincnd in Anen Arhr this weekend f T- fl