One hundred nine years ofeditorialfreedom n .,t 1 NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandaily.com Tuesday September 19, 2000 ' i h xt ;' et t r a. *Martin's Ison agrees to disclose details By Dan Williams Daily Sports Writer For the second time, Carlton Martin, the son of banned Universi- ty athletic booster Ed Martin, has agreed as part of a plea bargain greement to disclose his involve- nent with the men's basketball pro- gram to University officials. In April, Carlton Martin and his father agreed to similar plea bar- gains, but withdrew them. Federal agents have investigated the Mar- tins regarding a gambling ring and income tax evasion. The federal investigation of the Martins does not directly involve the University, but Carlton Martin's lea agreement states that he "shall participate and coo'perate fully in any investigation and debriefing conducted by the University of Michigan in conjunction with the defendant's contacts and associa- tions with representatives, associ- ates, employees, athletes, and/or those affiliated with the University of Michigan. Defendant further agrees that an agent for the govern- *ient be present when and if any such debriefing takes place." Today at noon in federal district court in Detroit, the plea agreement will be officially filed. No date has been set for a meeting between the University and Carlton Martin. "I haven't talked to the U.S. attor- ney's office," University General Counsel Marvin Krislov said. "When it looked like the plea would happen Arlier, we looked at them doing a ebriefing with the Martins, then we would have access." Krislov said he believed that Carlton Martin's new plea agreement was sim- ilar to the former one, specifically the clause about talking to the University officials. The other interested parties will also likely have people present at the meetings. "There will be some combination See MARTIN, Page 7 'S APMk all e go Os Collins speaks at genormic symposium By Anna Clark Daily Staff Reporter A morning of leading experts tackling the toughest ethical, practical and legal issues associated with genetic study climaxed when Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and head of the National Genome Project, took to the podium almost an hour later than originally scheduled. Despite the delay, Collins' presentation drew a full house at Rackham Amphitheater as he was the keynote speaker in yesterday's intense nine-hour genetics symposium, host- ed by the University's School of Public Health. Collins, who announced that the human genome was more than 85 percent complete last June, discussed the history-changing significance of his project. "I firmly believe that the genome and genetics hold within it the possibility of improving lives," Collins said. Collins highlighted the challenges he has faced throughout the project, including earlier technology and the pressure his fellow team members put on themselves. "We.were going through hell, but it didn't seem to make sense to stop there. So we kept going," Collins said. See COLLINS, Page 2 MARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily Keynote speaker, Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, shakes hands with Epidemiology Prof. "John" Hunein Massab at yesterday's symposium on genetics, which was sponsored by the University's School of Public Health. Legislature quiet before elections By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter Don't stir the waters. This is the object of the Michigan Legislature until after the November elections. With the Senate reconvening today and the House coming back next week, the legislators have three and two weeks respectively to tie up the loose ends left from the beginning of sum- mer. "The main goal is to make no wakes." said State Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem Twp.), explaining that the Senate agenda calls for only one bill a day. The legislature is being "very careful - no one wants to give the other side any kind of advantage," she said. Today, the Senate's first priority will be passing the conference committee version of the higher education budget. The budget, which was left unsigned by conference com- mittee members until shortly after the House recessed for the summer, will go into effect this October. According to the proposed budget, the Uni- versity will receive a 5.6 percent increase in state funding. Smith said that she believes the bill will easily pass in the Senate and the House before being signed by Gov. John Engler. "I think it's going to pass handily," Smith said. Smith also spoke about making technical changes to the College Savings Account Pro- gram, which allows Michigan residents to save money for higher education and retrieve it state tax-free. She cited these changes as her second priority upon returning to Lans- ing. State Rep. John Hansen (D-Dexter), who is seeking re-election this November, said "nothing earth-shaking or exciting" will happen the five days the House meets. Hansen said, as a minority House member, he will have little say over what is brought up and that "Republicans will talk about things that aren't going to get people in trouble in front of the election. Hansen did speak of one controversial bill that already passed in the state Senate. Democ- rats are expected to support a bill that would require HMOs to pay for the added costs that come to diabetes patients through daily blood testing. State Rep. Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor) said she will try to squeeze in some legislation during her last few weeks as a representative, before term limits force her to retire. The bills, she said, are "just about ready to be introduced" See SENATE, Page 7 Delay leads sports fans to CBC By Laura Deneau Daily Staff Reporter While NBC is the official U.S. network for the Rummer Olympics, many students keeping track of e games are tuning into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for live coverage of the events in Syd- ney instead. "I watch CBC because they have it live," LSA sophomore Joey Litman said. "I guess I have an undercurrent of hostility toward NBC because they can't manage to do it live." A 15-hour time difference between Australia and the United States makes live coverage difficult. Most premier events and awarding of medals take place late in the evening and early morning in North America, when viewership is low. "It kinda takes the fun out of it," LSA senior Justin Horrath said. "Say if you went onto the ESPN Website and saw that the women's gymnastics team won, you still wouldn't get to see it for another 12 hours." According to CBC spokesman Christian Hasse, during the winter games in Nagano, Japan 2.4 million people watched the hockey semi-finals between Cana- da and Czechoslovakia, from 12:45 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. "Every station has their own ideals and ours is showing things as they happen, because this is an event that is happening in the now," Hasse said. NBC's goal, on the other hand, is to reach as'large and broad an audience as possible. "To accommodate the largest audience possible we have chosen to show the games entirely on tape," said NBC spokeswoman Cameron Blanchard. NBC spent $705 million for the rights to cover the games in the United States. Their focus is on Ameri- can athletes and the events Americans find most interesting. "The Olympics is about people coming together See OLYMPICS, Page 7 Ureek system makes recruiting changes MAH~rJOHf I~IL IMAH LL/lUdiiy A University bus rounds the corner at Catherine Street and Glen Avenue yesterday afternoon, the site where a woman was hit and killed by a bus last week. Prosecutors looks at charges in death By Robert Gold Daily Staff Reporter religious holidays," Zubal said. The Interfraternity Council - which repre- sents 30 fraternities campuswide -- did not Changes in the sorority system will help ease make any recru the anxiety of female college students waiting to Will James, IFC see if they've been chosen during the sorority But this year's rush season, which started Friday. a different proce The Panhellenic Association --- which rep- ing season. Fu resents the 15 sororities on campus -- has expected to regis cut this year's rushing time- line. While sorority hope- Sorority rh fuls previously had to wait up to six weeks in past changed from six #ars to find out their new me, this year's recruit- weeks days. ment period lasts 12 days. The old system often left students juggling new sorority requirements and schedule their midterms, Panhel President Tricia Zubal said. throughout the se "We shortened it this year because we wanted "They must ft to get it over with," Zubal said. "It kind of makes organizations," C iting changes this year, said vice president of recruiting. rushees will be experiencing ess during next year's recruit- ture fraternity members are ster on-line. This allows each Greek house the chance to analyze the demographics of potential members more effectively, James said. Marcus Collins, president of the Black Greek Associ- ation, said individual chap- ters of the association own recruitment periods emester. all in line with their national Collins said. By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter The Washtenaw County Prosecu- tor's Office is deciding whether to press charges in the death of a 48-year- old woman who was run over and killed by a University bus on Sept. 11. Daryl Anthony Cain, who is listed in last year's student directory as an LSA senior, was the driver of the bus police say hit University secretary Janis Marychok at the intersection of Glen Avenue and Catherine Street. Marychok was crossing Glen on the way to her car, parked in the structure across the street from the University Medical Center office where she worked. of this year. Cain was turning right off Catherine Street toward North Campus. About 20 students were on the bus, but police say only one, who they are still trying to inter- view, may have witnessed the acci- dent. Other riders said the windows of the bus were foggy at the time. The accident occurred around 5:45 p.m. during a storm that dropped more than an 1.5 inches of rain in an hour. Police said the light was green, but pedestrians have the right of way. Police believe Marychok was about 10 feet into the crosswalk when she was hit by the side of the iWlw