One hundred ten years ofeditorialfreedom * Y1 Thursday October 19, 2000 NEWS:76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 wwwmichigandally.com i 1 4 d D.i'1 S 'Bollinger chooses 2 to head LSI By Lisa Kolvu Daily Staff Reporter The University announced yesterday that it has found not only one, but two people, to direct the Life Sciences Initiative after a year of searching. The University chose Jack Dixon, chair of the biological chemistry department in the Universi- ty's Medical School, and Scott Emr, a cellular and molecular biology professor at the Universi- ty of California at San Diego medical school to jointly direct the LSI. University President Lee Bollinger said both Dixon and Emr requested to direct the .center together. The two met five years ago and have developed a pro- fessional relationship through working together at several seminars. "Both people are highly competent and both wanted to do it together. I'm not sure I could have gotten Emr either one of them without having two of them share the burden,' he said. "I felt it would be really best overall," he added. "I very much want active, practicing scientists to lead the initiative." Dixon said that he and Emr want to research while simultaneously directing the initiative. "This is a very big job and we decided to do it together so we can continue Dixon with our science," Dixon said. Emr said that with the two of them working together, they will each be able to continue with their research half time. "The two of us together will be much greater than one of us alone. The job of being director is big enough to consume one person," Emr said. Emr said Dixon's experience is one reason he is interested in working with him. "Jack seemed like an ideal person to share the responsibility with. He has an exceptional amount of experience at the University of Michigan, and he's had a fair amount of man- agement experience," Emr said. "I have a great deal of respect for him and I trust him. Dixon said he hopes that both he and Emr can make a difference in scientific fields. "i think we can affect science within the entire University. Scott is a terrific, very-energetic sci- entist and we share a vision of quality research," Dixon said. "He'll be a lot of fun to work with. Bollinger said the most important job the two directors will have in the upcoming years is finding scientists to work in the institute. "Their most important job will be to bring in a cohort of great scientists. They'll also have to recruit faculty who fit into the University," Bollinger said. Dixon said he is looking forward to kick starting the initiative. See LSI, Page 7A TFC votes ZBT out of *organization By DavidEnders Daily Staff Reporter Two members of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity arrived late to last night's Interfratemity Council Meeting expecting to find more than 40 of their brothers. When they found none of their brothers present and the chair normally occupied by their rep- resentative to the IFC empty, they turned and left. On his way out, one spat on the floor. Five minutes before their arrival, IFC voted to expel the campus chapter of ZBT from its ranks. More than 40 members of ZBT attended the meeting to defend their fraternity. The vote resulted from house represen- tatives missing the first two IFC meetings of the semester. IFC's probation in the wake of hazing incidents last spring required ZBT's attendance at all meetings. All members of the house present stood up and left as a group after IFC President Adam Silver read the results of the ecret ballot. The IFC decided to vote two weeks ago after ZBT repre- sentatives failed to attend the first two IFC meetings of the semester. The Greek Activities Review Panel, a branch of the IFC, is also investigating other possible violations of the pro- bation. ZBT President Israel Nosnik felt the vote was unfair in light of changes his house has undergone, including this summer's expulsion of more than A~rothers in half its members in rela- tion to hazing. * rubl e "I know that there are a * W"a'ch'l ZBTinvolved in substantial number of nterfraterity houses on campus that zuirif suspends charter still haze. We took the step to stop it, and we got April 7: IFC recommends to bent over for it. I think it 4xpel ZBT from the was an embarrassment to 49rganization IFC. I think its very sad. AprII12: IFC pases first Each day our house is >azlng policy better than before," Nos- & April 13: Nationals conclude nik said. Sprbe into hazing incident The vote consisted of a Sunmer 2000: ZBT purges two-thirds majority of 25 7 members voting fraternity presi- '~ dents in the IF and Sept.10: tFC allows ZBT to desinheFC nd prompted the resignation in council on probation of IFC Vice-President of 5'ct.I18: IFC expels ZBT Internal Affairs Matthew rim the council Cohn, a member of Tau r Epsilon Phi fraternity. "I listened to (ZBT) give their testimony," Cohn said. "No one spoke against them, and in the end, it didn't seem to mat- er. Everyone came in with their vote in their pocket. W "It gets me choked up that (the IFC) could say to 60 guys that we don't want to be your brothers, just because they missed two meetings. "I feel like this single event is more damaging to the Greek system than one kid getting bleach poured on him or a kid getting shot in the penis. These are guys who are supposed to be more than your friends. The whole point of the Interfrater- See EXPULSION, Page 7A Women stand up for Bush By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter SOUTHFIELD - With three weeks left until the election, Republi- can nominee Texas Gov. George W. Bush is making a last-minute pull for the 51 percent of the population with a new campaign "'W' stands for Women" that kicked off in Michigan yesterday. But the most recent Gallup polls shows that women prefer Vice President Al Gore over Bush by a margin of 8 per- cent. Condoleezza Rice; Lynne Cheney; Bush's wife Laura; mother and former First Lady Barbara joined Gov. Engler and his wife Michelle and several other political women from the state outside the Town Center in Southfield last night for the event. About 400 Bush supporters - both male and female - attended the South- See BUSH, Page 3A Gore campaigns in Flint By Jeremy W. Peters 5,000 gathered near the University's Flint Daily Staff Reporter FLINT - In the largely working class city of Flint, Vice President Al Gore cam- paigned last night on the pitch that he is the best candidate to fight for those who "most need help." "I'm talking about you. I'm talking about the families that have a hard time making car payments and mortgage payments and mak- ing ends meet," Gore told a crowd of about campus. Continuing the line of attack that accuses his opponent, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, of being against the working class, the vice president assailed Bush's economic plans, particularly those that relate to blue collar workers. "I'll give you middle class tax cuts - not squander the surplus on the wealthy,"he said. "You know, Governor Bush actually proposed See GORE, Page 7A ABOVE: Presidential candidate George W. Bush's wife Laura Bush and mother and former First Lady Barbara Bush at a rally yesterday in Southfield. LEFT: Candidate Al Gore campaigns yesterday at the University's Flint Campus. Libertanians give voters alternatives By Jeremy W. Peters Daily Staff Reporter Most Libertarians will admit they have no illusions of ever holding high public office. "There's winning and then there's winning," said Tim O'Brien, executive director of the Michigan Libertarian Party. "If you mean do we expect to get in office, the answer is no. We think it's highly unlike- ly for Browne and Corliss to get elected," O'Brien said, referring to Harry Browne, the Part three na four-part seriesj Libertarian Party ertarian pitted against incumbent Republican Sen. Spencer Abraham and Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow. Even Browne's campaign concedes their chances for winning the White House are slim. "At this point, I would say his chance is not that good," said Browne press secretary Jim Babka. "But we are running ... first and foremost because we believe it is important to have an alternative to vote for." Despite the fact that nationwide no Libertarian holds an office higher than a seat in a state legislature, the party is not deterred from running candidates in as many elections as possible. In Michigan, Libertarians are running for every seat in the U.S. House of Rep- resentatives; 36 seats in the state Legis- See LIBERTARIANS, Page 7A little-known Libertarian presidential candidate, and Michael Corliss, the Lib- 'U' groups set to guard against Spartan pranks Campaign finance reform ignored By David Enders Daily Staff Reporter Last year, Michigan State University football fans painted parts of the Diag and the Cube in Wegents Plaza green in the days before the Michigan versus Michigan State football game at MSU. This year, a group of Michigan fans calling themselves "The Crew," along with Theta Xi fraternity, are determined to make sure it does not happen again. The two groups have LSA sophomore Paul Hinshaw said. "That's all you need," Kinesiology junior Rick Mestdagh added. Disregard for homework comes with the job, even though many students have midterms. "I have a paper due tomorrow," one student said as he tossed a football across the Diag in the dark. Michigan State fans painted the Rock at the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and Hill Street green and white Monday night, but LSA sopho- By Yael Kahen Daily Staff Reporter For U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold and cal rhetoric this year. Democratic, presidential candidate Al Gore told The Michigan Daily during a roundtable discussion last month John McCain, it's not hard to get excited about campaign finance reform. But the aver- age American sometimes tunes out one of the most pertinent issues in this year's election. Since McCain decided to center his platform rarouind Ci that the issue is one cause of apathy among young voters. The Center for Responsive Polit'ics released a study yester- day stating that parties have spent a record amnount of soft monev i I