12F One hundred nine years of editoialfreedom arp NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaily.com Wednesday September 27, 2000 a a a@ 4 You CAN CALL ME AL ~~1 NORMAN NG/Daily Protesters attempt to block setup of the Genocide Awareness Project as a Department of Public Safety officer I ks on. rotestes tempt to lock IDiag i Splay y David Enders aily Staff Reporter Interim Dean of Students Frank ianciola spoke for nearly an hour esterday morning with students rotesting an anti-abortion group efore Department of Public Safety 'cers moved in and threatened to rrest the protesters. "I was simply stating the position hat there was a student group who had ollowed all the proper procedures to ecure the Diag" Cianciola said A group of about 10 students sup- orting a pro-choice stance attempted o block members of the Genocide wareness Project from setting up a isplay decrying abortion on the Diag md 7:30 a.m. It was the second day he two-day exhibit. University spokeswoman Diane rown said officers had reached the sec- nd warning of a three-warning system bven prior to arrest in protest situations. The students occupied the space ntended for the display of 30 mounted ix-foot by 13-foot photographs graph- cally portraying aborted fetuses next images of atrocities including the ocaust, racially-motivated lynch- ngs and genocide in Rwanda. Members of GAP began setting up he display despite the protest. "We ust worked around them," said GAP ember Gary Rozier of New Jersey. DPS officers moved inside the barri- rs erected to separate GAP members rtanding with the photographs from hse walking through the Diag, as 11 and increasing the number of offi- on hand from yesterday. Brown "safety concerns" for the group oitivated both moves. Although protesters remained on the {iag throughout the day, their actions ere limited to marching circles round the display and engaging GAP nembers in debate. "Honestly, I was probably expecting ore protest," said the Rev. Jim Kusher >f Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, one le campus groups sponsoring GAP 'can't say I'm disappointed either way, ut I was expecting that there might be a ittle more violence in the protest. "Not so much violence against peo- le but people taking out anger against he displays," he said. At other campuses GAP has visited, eactions have included tears and van- alism. A University of Kansas stu- Sent drove his car into the display. Kusher also expected protesters to more heated in their rhetoric." See GAP, Page 7 Insde: Pro-choice professor lectures at he School of Public Health, Page 3. Presidential candidate faces students on MTVforum By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter Vice President Al Gore answered the questions on every college student's mind yesterday: He prefers paper to plastic, he has a Sister Hazel disc in his CD player and the biggest perk of winning the election would be the promotion to Air Force One. Incidentally, he also plans to make his first act as presi- dent signing a racial profil- ing ban, he supports legalizing same-sex civil unions and despite MTV's introduction saying he "even smoked the herb," Gore opposes legalizing marijuana for medical use. y DuringorD a commercial break on MTV's Choose or Lose town hall meeting taped yes- terday on North Campus, Gore even quipped, "Did you know that I invented the environment?" And after a student asked if he could call the vice president "Al," the candidate simply said, "Absolutely. You know the Paul Simon song, right?" Engineering senior Mike Muse, one of 150 students picked through an audition process to join the audi- ence for the forum, told Gore he had once been pulled over and "surrounded by six police cars" because the officer told him he fit the description of someone who had committed a crime. Racial profiling, Gore said, "is a new label for a very old practice." If elected, the vice president said C A "a ban on racial profiling will be the first civil rights act of the 21st Century." "That is exactly the answer I was looking for," Muse said after the show was taped. Responding to several questions about the mp3- sharing Websites such as Napster, Gore told students and the nationwide television audience of young vot- Coning ers that he supports intellectual property rights. "It's a great technology, but it can only be used over the Daly's long term if they find a way to protect the rights of the U Coverage of artist, Gore said. "Intellectual property is still property" Michigan tomi For the final question of the event, which was taped U The second at the Media Union in the morning and aired on MTV issues affectir See MTV, Page 9 Part two: Higt Go e campains toyoung voterzs By Yael Kohen Daily Staff Reporter Common political rhetoric sug- gests that students are apathetic to the political process and have histori- cally neglected to vote on Election Day. But Vice President Al Gore said political indifference is not plaguing youths as much as believed. "This generation of young people is the most socially aware and civi- cally involved generation ever in American history," Gore told a group of Michigan reporters yester- day before he left Willow Run Air- port on his way to Des Moines, Iowa. But Gore acknowledged that "as of yet, they have not been attracted to the democratic process in the same way they have helped out charities and community groups and social causes." Studies have shown tiat although voter turnout among young people is low, the number of young volunteers is on the rise. And presidential can- didates are making efforts to use that civic engagement to promote politi- cal awareness and to attract what could be one of the largest voting blocks'in the country. Gore participated in MTV's Choose or Lose 2000 town-hall style forum at the University yesterday to give young people - both voters and non-voters - a chance to bring up the issues that most directly and deeply concern them. Despite some criticism that the MTV program was contrived, com- mercial breaks allowed for a ques- tion-and-answer period that was See GORE, Page 9 State unveils university Grand Valley reneges on same-sex benefits - kgo license By Anna Clark Laily Staff Reporter -----_ Starting Monday. Michigan drivers can take their plate line while simultaneously donating money to it. The state will donate $25 of the specialty plate's $35 first-time fee to the featured university, Secre- tary of State Candice Miller said. The annual $10 AAOOA By Rachel Green Daily Staff Reporter about the possibility of same sex bene- fits at Grand Valley State sparked con- troversy among university employees, according to a statement provided by the university. sparked much enthusiasm when Miller presented them to university presidents and representatives yesterday. Grand Valley State University yes- terday reneged on its decision to pro- I i