8 - he Michigan Daily - FOOTBALL SATURDAY - September 30, 2000 Edited and managed by MIKE SPAHN EMILY ACHENBAUM students at the Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor University of Michigan tHintss otherise noted. unsig{ned editorials reflect the opinion afh major!y ofthe Dails i edtorIal board. A!ir ther artces, 420 Maynard Street lettersa d i cartoons d i not nceiiar i/i retiect the oton o Ann Arbor, MI 48109 thI/ichlgan Iil 0 0 0 September 30, 2000 - FOOTBALL SATURDAY - The Michigan Daily - 5 Nap it up while you can 'U' was right to 'wait and see' on Napster's court ruling It's not over 'til it's over - and Napster is still technically legal, so me University rightly decided not to ban student use of the con- troversial Internet service last Friday. The University, as well as the University of California at Berkeley, have gone against the grain, as many universities nation- wide have banned the program. Northwestern University is the most visible institution to forbid student use of the program, due to bandwidth problems. But because of the University's sophisticated technology system, bandwidth is notti'eissue. The issue placed in the University's hands was not one of copyright law - that is for the courts. The University's decision hinged upon allowing students to use Napster until the courts rule on its legality. It is great to see the University not jump the gun and rule before an actual verdict is handed down. Bandwidth isn't a problem - but legality may be. Dr. Dre and Metallica lead a group of artists who feel that only aying customers should be able to isten to their songs. Non-copy- righted material such as recordings of class lectures appears along side other material on Napster and other MP3 sites. Some artists cannot acknowledge that technology will inevitably change the face of music distribution anfmarketing- Napster is not the only site or Internet service where one can obtain and trade MP3's. Unless artists and record labels change their business models to suit emerging technologies, they are sure to lose profits. even if the courts eventually rule against Napster, there will be a host of other programs to fill fans' demand for free (or at least very cheap) music on demand. Many of these "alternate Napsters" like Gnutella and Freenet are de-centralized, meaning that there is no one sinu'le site to sue or any one individual or group that could be held liable for any profit losses. Banning Napster now for rea- sons other than bandwidth overload would reflect poorly on the University, especially if the courts later decide that the site may stay open. Putting up a firewall now would probably be futile anyway, not to mention that banning students from a site every other demographic of the population can reach would be utterly arbitrary. Until the controversial copyright issues surrounding Napster are thoroughly settled in the courts, the University should continue to let students access the service. Who knows which way will the courts will rule - best to enjoy Napster while we still have it. Dialogue, not domination Groups should not have total monopoly on Diag space Give us your cheese, we iilshare our cars A sk any ignorant Michigander fabled truck-rock anthem into what they think of wshen you something more applicable, "Like mention Wisconsin, and they'll tell a Rock of Colby." And I can just you cheese. imagine a commercial featuring Ask any uninformed Ron Dayne and Charlie Batch Wisconsinite about the best thing roling dwn the street in a big to come out of Michigan, and black truck, blasting some Lil' they'll tell you cars. BowsWos, both of them just stuff- (And since I'm bot ignoraint itg their faces with fried cheese and uninformed, this column is sticks. devoted to not only cheese but With such high profile publici- also cars.) ty, the cheese-car thing would For dozens of years, the explode like an unchecked jar of vicious debate of Cheese Whiz in a Cheese vs. Car has torn microwave set to these two states apart, "igh." People every- leaving the Upper where will want an Peninsula a ravaged o. automobile that is the wasteland of broken, 't+ epitome of style, embittered men. Not dependability and since the great "' r caloric content. Michigan-Ohio, Lake With such ahug'e Erie feud of 1932 has demand for the new the Midwest seen such models, American geographic animosity. companies would relo- I'm usually in sup- Chris cate several of their port of a good intrastate Kula production plants to rivalry (You can suck it, Mexico in order to get Indiana), but when I cheaper labor. Enter heard people tossing out the new and culturally- ugly state slurs like relevant Pontiac Aztec, "Wisconsucks" and complete with bags of "Bitchigan," I decided enough was shredec, taco bltdchs. enough. OfcUrse, sportutility sei-t Don't the powers-that-be real- cles would still be all the rage in ize that they're missing out on the the U.S., especially with new mod- ntanufictring opportunity of a els like the Ford Explorer lifetime'? Instead of quibbling over Monterey Jack edition and Jeep's teir nioney-making exports, the Bleu Cherokee. cheeseheads and te gearheads Pretty soon the foreign con- should combine their efforts. petitors wvould get in on the mar- I'm talking about packaging ket. Streets would become dotted tasty Wisconsin cheeses inside of with the flashy Mazdarella, the jet- Detroit's hottest automobiles. It setting Ferrari Provolone and would be like the dream Hickory Germany's magnum opus, the Farms gift package, a no-money Volkswagen Doppelrhamstufel (a down combination of that new car soft cheese made with "double smell and that new cheese smell cream," it has a mildly lactic - and just in time for the holi- aroma and a slightly salty taste). days! And do you know what they In joining together, these two call a new Bentley over in Paris? states could produce the cheesiest They don't call it a Bentley? cars since Herbie the freaking Nah, man, they got the Love Bug. Peugeots over there - they I could see it starting small, wouldn't know the fuck a Bentley with a new line oftChevrolet cars is. stocked with sharp cheddar: The Well, what do they call it then? Cheddarolets, or Cheddy's, as They call it a Royale with they're commonly called. And Cheese. when sales of the midsize sedan Royale with Cheese...ha ha! take off, then we can expect to see What do they call a Pinto'? the Cheddy F-10 two-ton pickup Le piece of shit. - loaded up with literally two - - Chris Kula can be reached tons of Wisconsin's finest. via e-mail at c-kulacanich.ec'l, On the marketing side of and he lies above the legal things, Bob Seger will rework his liiit occheesiness. BRING IT ON. BRING IT ON. E-MAIL THE DAILY EDITORS AT: daily.Ietters@um ch.edu. WISCONSIN No. NAME Pos. HT. 1 ByroneBroewn DOR6en 2 Janar Fletcer O 5 10 3 Lee Evans WR 511 4 Eddie Faulkner RB 5-11 5 Brooks Bollinger QB 62 5 Chuckie Cowans DR 5-8 6 Joey Boese D05-11 7 scot Willie QB 63 7 Ryan Aielo DB 6-1 8 Jason Doering DB 6-0 8 Mat iBirket WB 60 9 Cerey Wyte Wa 57 10 Bret BulngamecD056-0 .15 Desry Hges 0 511 12 Stephen Watson DB 6-3 13Chris Catalanoe O056-1 13 Chris Wagner DB0 510 14 Kevin Stemeke P 6-2 15 Ryan Keepman OLB 5-10 16 Matt Schabert QB5-5 17 AdamEsptaineza K 510 17 Chris Holznecht D 5-9 18 Kareen Timbers DB 6-3 15 Ec Peteson WR e- 19 BgettKnigt 0i.B6-2 19 Jint Sorgi Q 6-5 20 Vitaly Pisetsky K 5-10 20 Jerone Pettis RB 5-9 21 Jason Schick 05 B 0 22 Nick ais WB 5-10 22 Nate Howard DB 5-10 23 B.J. Tucker DB 5-11 23 Josh Hunt WR 5.9 24 yron Griff n BR6-0 25 Isaac Reker RBR -o 26 Howard Boe Doe RB -2 27 Broderick Williams RB 6-0 27 Ryan Simrons DB 5-10 28 Antheny Oais RBR62 29 Michael Bennet R 6-0 30 Wendell Davidson RB 5-11 30 Ryan Marks RB 6-0 a1 Carlese clark OB 61 31 tric Bickerstaf OR - 32 Bryon Thompson LB 61 32 Matt Mialik TE 6-0 34 MicaelBreusssard B 5-10 36 Mike Echols OR 510 36 Tony Paciotti E 64 37 Sal DiMucci FB 6-0 38 Matt Unertl RB 5-10 39 Caros Daniels RB 64 41 Chad Kuhs FR 61 42 Ben Herbert LB 64 43 Delate McGrew LB6 64 44 Jerec Smtht LB.R61 45 Nick Grieson LB 6-2 46 JeffMack LB 6-0 47 P.J: Cannten LBR6-1 48 Drius Jones LB 63 49 Mark Bell TE 6-4 50 Bss iKuhs i.R60 51 Tot Jenak OLB 61 52 Mark owig i.R6Rd 54 Dave Costa OL 65 55 Travis Jack OLB 60 56 Jason Jowers OL 65 56 Jasocn Ceens LB 6.1 57 Erasmus James DL 6-4 58 Kalvin Barrett OL 6-2 55 Brad Kornda LB 60 60 Bili Ferranio OL 63 61 Mike Lorenz OL 6-5 6d A.Pagnafanado OL 63 63 Joe Close OL 64 64 Ben Johnson OL 6-7 65 Nick Meler DL 61 66 Acdy Ulrich OL 6-2 67 Dan Buenning OL 6-4 68 Eric Benedict OL 6-4 69 Jeremy Do OL 63 70 Casei Rabach OL 65 71 Brian Lamont OL 68 72 Ai Jhsoc OL 64 73 Matt Gada DL 6-4 74 Jason Jefferson DL 6-3 74 Fred Nieorth OL 6-8 75 Morgan ais OL 65 76 Josh Jakuhowski OL 66 77 Wendell Bryant RT 6-4 78 Ross Kolodziej LT 6-3 79 Jonathan Clinkscale OL 6-3 81 Mark Anelli TE 6-5 82 Rob Tucker TE 6-4 82 Jamaal Wison WR 63 84 David Braun WR 5-11 85 Johc Sigmuncd T 6-6 85 Doug MittelstaedtL 6-1 86 Mike Solwold TE 6-6 86 Matt Katula DL 6-6 87 Doug ezaf It 6-8 88 Chris Chacbers WR 6-1 89 Jesse Mayfied LT 6-6 90 Aaron Habermann LT 6-3 91 Traisoo Lewis DL 62 52 Jonathan Weish L6-4 93 Chuck smith RT 6-6 94 Gorge Pratt LT 6-5 56 Johc Faret LB 64 97 Nick Cochrat NT 6-1 97 Kirk Munden K 5-9 98 Eric Mahlek NT 63 98 Mark Neuser K 5-9 99 Jack Sprague NT 6-4 WT. 188 176 186 196 210 170 175 202 195 200 160 157 194 1as 150 195 191 199 165 175 165 175 200 175 234 186 230 175 201 183 190 169 172 235 255 210 235 255 210 209 178 222 220 222 220 242 190 172 240 231 172 240 234 247 227 220 238 236 234 263 235 231 200 235 307 224 307 200 235 300 220 314 280 297 280 323 275 285 275 317 288 301 333 281 253 300 275 306 331 293 286 270 252 246 189 189 271 286 236 240 281 212 277 256 228 205 277 305 238 259 170 266 164 273 Due to the anti-abortion exhibit by the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) and protests against them, it was nearly impos- sible to pass through the Diag without being bombarded by shouting, pamphlets and politics earlier this week. Considering the construction going on around Angell Hall as well, the lack of walking (or even breathing) room was an unwelcome surprise. Whie every group has the right to exercise their First Amendment rights, the extent of the disruptive atmosphere could have easily been avoided. A little more planning and enforcement of existing rules from the Office of Student Activities and Leadership con- cerning Diag space allocation is needed. The type of group - and the response it will generate - also needs to be seriously factored in. Groups should not be able to totally monopolize the Diag to the point.that students are completely altering their path to avoid an offensive assault on the senses on their way to class. While no group, controversial or not, should get to rule our shared student space, the nature of the-GAP display demonstrated sides could meet and clearly Was GAP's display debate their arguments it front of suposed to change the student body with mediators. It could be a huge deal, like ithe students' opinions? Diag display, but in Hill Auditorium - and more rational. It would also do a lot more to con- how such displays can be unpro- vince students of the arguments' ductive anyway. This blockade validity, rather than disgust inter- was clearly not a situation that ested students with juvenile name- lent itself to the formation of pro- calling, disruptive chanting and ductive dialogue. Was GAP's gigantic eyesore posters. grotesque propaganda display Reserving Rackham Auditorium alone supposed to change stu- or Hill would free up space and dents' stances on abortion? It did allow students to sit down, hope- provoke irrational dialogue and fully encouraging order and rea- knee-jerk reactions, with a near son. cacophony of disgust from Both GAP and the people who passersby and protesters alike. gathered to demonstrate against These groups obviously had a them have their points. But it is legitimate right to argue against obvious that the demonstrations GAP, but their method of protest conflicted with general space was ineffective. Once GAP set up rights for students. It shouldn't on the Diag, their graphic posters have to come down to restricting comparing abortions to mass allocated space near the "M" or genocides such as the Holocaust limiting demonstrations to one overshadowed any attenpts at rea- day, but the level of disruption and sonable discussion. This was a unproductive dialogue needs to be poor way to initiate debate, since taken into account by the Office it was intended to shock and of Student Activities and offend rather than enlighten. Leadership when two days of A more reasonable alternative prime Diag space is allocated. for abortion debates could involve Strict enforcement and inter- a public,-forum. Represc-taive rpet tion of existin spacea.lloca- from the pro-choice and rqggg jQeSi s Michigan swimmers tank competition in Sydney TOP: Sydney on opening night. ABOVE: University alum Tom Dolan celebrates his gold medal in the 400 IM. MEDALS WON BY MICHIGAN ATHLETES AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS Sy DNEY Gold: 3 Ion SDoan (400 individual medley -USA low Malchow 1200 butterfly) - 0USA Saantha Arsenault (800 tree relay) - USA Jennifer Brundage (s)tba.ll)- 5SA S' 2 Tom Dolan (200 individual medley)- USA Bernice Orwig (women's water polo) - USA Thompson Chris Thompson (1,500 freestyle)- USA Marcel Wouda (800 freestyle relay) - Netherlands Gustavo Borges (400 freestyle rea y) - Brazil By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney taught the world a lesson that the NCAA already knew. Michigan is very good at swimming. Wolverines were scattered throughout the first week of competition at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. Michigan had seven current and for- mer swimmers combine for eight medals including a silver in women's water polo. Michigan head coach Jon Urbanchek was an assistant for the U.S. team for his fifth Olympics in a rows-. "It's a close bond when you get (to the Olympics) and see somebody from Michigan" said Michigan diving coach Dick Kimball who has been a U.S. div- ing coach in five Olympics. Assistant Michigan coach Eric Namesnik - an Olympic silver medalist for the 400-meter individual medley in 1992 and 1996 - has been keeping in con- tact with Urbanchek. "Down there, swimming is extremely popular,' Namesttik said. Everyone is talkiing shoot it. (Urbancck) sass that'a fun to be a part of" Former Wolverines Tom Dolan and Tom Malchose and incoming fleshman Samantha Arsenault added to the gold-medal count for the U.S.A. Dolan highlighted the Michigan parade with two medals, repeating as champion in the 400-meter indi- vidual medley for the gold. His time of 4:11.76 broke his six-year-old world record of 4:12.30 set at the 1994 world championships. Dolan's second medal came in the color of silver after being upset in the 200 individual medley by Italy's Massimiliano Rosolino whose time of 1:58.89 set an Olympic record. Dolan still became the first American to swim the event in under two minutes fin- ishing in 1:59.77. Dolan's old Michigan teammate Malchow set a new standard in the Olympic games with a prelimi- nary time of 1:56.02 in the 200 butterfly. Malchow then bettered himself and everyone else again in the finals, finishing in 1:55.35 in the final heat. Malchow lagged behind in fifth place after the first lap, but a strong finish put hit in first. "That's kind of typical of Malchow to come back at the end of the race," Kimball said. Arsenault's gold came in the 800 freestyle relay. She swam the first leg for the women's team. Senior Chris Thompson added his name to the list of Wolverine medalists by taking the bronze and set- ting a new American record in the 1,500 freestyle Friday morning. "That's pretty good company," Namesnik said of Thompson putting his name next to the likes of Dolan and Malchow as a medalist from Michigan. "Chris wanted to feel like he was contributing." Thompson's time of 14:56.81 beat American Erik Vendt's previous record of 14:59.11, set at the U.S. Olympic trials Aug. 16. "It's been a longtime goal of his to be the American record-holder" Namesnik said. "It's a surprise, but he's been getting better and better, so it's not that big of a surprise. After a preliminar time of 15:11.21, Thompson was not a favorite to medal, but proved to be up to the challenge in the finals. "For Chris to make it to the Olympics was obvi- ously a goal," Namesnik said. "The next goal was to get into the finals and put himself into a position to win a medal. To get that medal was an outside chance. Former Wolverines Gustavo Borges and Marcel Wouda earned bronze medals for the Brazil and the Netherlands respectively. Borges swam in the 400 freestyle relay and Wouda in the 800 freestyle relay. Bernice Orwmig was on the U.S. women's water polo team who took the silver medal. She will soon come to Ann Arbor as an assistant coach for Michigan's new varsity team in the same sport. --The Associatcc Press contriumtc'c to this repiort. MATCHUPS Continued from Page 3 returner, and placekicker Vitaly Pisetsky has both accuracy and range. "Nobody can argue the fact that they've got the best kicking game in college foot- ball' Carr said. Advantage: Wisconsin INNmciLEs: There are a ton of them. Emotion - Will Wisconsin go in the tank after last aveek's double-overtime loss to Northwestern? Home field fCould. the first home appearance in three weeks make for a more B IG TEN stress-free Michigan team? Adjustment - After finally putting all the Continued from Page 3 pieces in place after the Shoe Box Scandal, will this team play likea symphony orchestra like that but he really had no feel- or a fifth-grade band'? ing in his hands, had no ability to Mental block - Can these Badgers do move his fingers, and had no feel- what Ron Dayne, for all his yards, never ing in his legs:' did? Taliaferro suffers from a "burst Advantage: Michigan fracture" to his CS veitabra, wich is about midway down the neck. In most cases, the patient does not recover very much feeling. "Ifa Losing two straight seems an unlikely cord is cut, there s not a chance prospect for the Badgers. But this game will Sebastianelli said "If a cord is be decided by these intangibles more than bruised, theres as chance. We really anything. don't know what kind of chance." Taliaferro was given X-Rays. - lichigan 34 Wisconsi n game to determine his prognosis, and underwent surgery to repair nerve damage. "He's got a tough road ahead of him," Paterno said Tuesday. "He's beginning to sense some things in his legs and hands." Cooper and other Buckeyes have visited Taliaferro several times since his hospitalization. "Every once in a while you for- get how great this game is," Paterno said. "People go out there and knock each other around, but in the clutch they're there for each other." The team organized a support rally and prayer yesterday in front of P S tt old Mi.