One hundred ten years ofediftorilfreedom 49W 74 NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaly.com Monday March 5, 2001 e t ,' ' ala 3 4 - HIarvard choice expected soon From staff reports The Harvard University presidential search committee met twice in two days last week but has yet to release the name of a nominee, despite rumors that an announcement is imminent. The Harvard Crimson reported last Tuesday that some members of the search committee attended the bimonth- ly meeting of Harvard's executive board. The search committee then met at the Boston Harbor Hotel for several hours but did not conduct any interviews. University President Lee Bollinger was interviewed for the third time two weeks ago in New York City and has een rumored to be the committee's op choice for the post. Bollinger, who spent spring break in London, was unavailable for comment. LSA interI;JorS dismisaed By Jon Fish Daily Staff Reporter Student intervenors in the lawsuit challenging the admissions policies of the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts experienced a setback last week when U.S. District Judge Patrick Dug- gan dismissed the argument that using race as a factor in MiltdNS admissions is a justifi- ON IIA:. able remedy to past and present discrimi- nation. In his opinion, Dug- gan wrote that the intervenors failed to prove the University's specific intent behind the admis- sions policies was to remedy past discrimina- tion. "There is absolutely no evidence that minori- ties were ever outright excluded from admission to the University; nor is there any evidence that the University's past admissions programs had a discriminatory impact on minority applicants," Duggan wrote. In December, Duggan granted summary judg- ment in favor of the University, ruling that its current system of admissions is legal, although the "grid" system used from 1995 to 1998 was not. Duggan also wrote that achieving the educa- tional benefits which result from a diverse stu- dent body is a compelling government interest, as outlined by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell in the 1978 case, Bakke v. Regents of the University of California. University Deputy General Counsel Liz Barry stressed that last week's decision does not affect December's ruling. "Both the intervenors and the University were fighting to defend race conscious admissions policies" she said. "We won that battle together in December. This doesn't really take anything away from that" In this latest opinion, Duggan wrote that while the intervenors presented "ample evidence that minority students at the University have been, and continue to be subjected to, racial hostility, stereotyping, and isolation," this kind of evi- dence is not sufficient to justify a race-conscious system. Duggan also said the intervenors' argument that taking race into account is necessary to counteract other admissions criteria which disfa- vor minorities was also unproven. Because race is one of many other factors that are part of the same program, Duggan said, "there is no overall discriminatory impact." Godfrey Dillard, lead counsel for the inter- venors, said they will appeal the decision. "Obviously the court feels that people of color don't have a contribution to make to the consti- tutional debate of affirmative action," he said. Dillard said he is confident the intervenors could win any appeal, noting that both Duggan and Law School case Judge Bernard Friedman had ruled against the student intervention in 1998 but were overturned by the 6th Circuit of Appeals later that summer. Curt Levey, director of legal and public affairs for the Center for Individual Rights, said Dug- gan's latest ruling bodes well for the plaintiffs in both cases. The intervenors "were solidly repudiated by a judge who has already showed he is supportive See TRIAL, Page 7A BREAKING AWAY Finding a job gets tough as market slows By John Polley Daily Staff Reporter In recent months, trends of slow- ing manufacturing output, faltering stock prices and rising unemploy- ment have been cause for anxiety among job-seekers. For some stu- dents, especially those entering the job market in the coming year, the signs of a cyclical slowdown are beginning to hit home. "The hiring will slow, there's no question about that," said economics Prof. George Johnson. "People look- ing for work around June won't do as well as they did last June." The effects of the slowing econo- my have, in fact, already begun to take their toll on post-graduate employment. Waning confidence among employers has led to shrink- ing interview schedules, fewer cam- pus visits and a reduced number of job offers. In the most drastic cases, employ- ers have withdrawn offers that were made to students earlier in the recruiting season. "I've heard-of that happening," admitted Cynthia Redwine, director of the University's Engineering Career Resource Center. "In times like this, (employers) just start to slow down in what they're doing. Sometimes they're trying to see if their needs are as much as was anticipated. We're start- ing to see that," said Redwine. Such sentiment has been echoed by the University's other principal career centers. "We have seen a general contrac- tion in the number of interviews and schedules across the board," said Kathryn Rado, associate director of the Business School's Office of. Career Development. "They're just looking at fewer students." Rado also noted that business fail- ures in the technology sector has See JOBS, Page 7A SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily LSA senior Phoebe Leung tosses a ball to a child in Nogales, Mexico, last week. Leung, along with LSA senior Cici Malin (second from left) was on a trip with her Sociology 460 class to study the issues of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement. Students find unconventional ways to spend By Maria Sprow Daily StaffReporter Mexico was a popular spring break vacation spot for students, but not everybody went there to party with their friends. Many students took trips to help out communities and learn about life in other countries. Prof. Ian Robinson's Sociology 460 class took a field trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to investi- gate the affects of the North American Free Trade Agreement - which regulates the flow of goods and services between the countries - on worker's rights, the cost of living and child labor. "NAFTA helps to create some of the prob- lems that we saw there. Cities are growing very fast and the government can't cope with it," said spring break Robinson. Alternative Spring Break, another issues- based way for students to spend their time off, was a popular choice for those wanting to spend spring break in an unconventional way by help- ing people in 30 communities, including Detroit, Harlem, Boston and El Paso, Texas. ASB gave students the chance to volunteer in different ways. Some volunteer opportunities included tutoring at-risk children who attend inner-city schools in St. Paul, Minn.; working at soup kitchens and informational centers for peo- ple living with AIDS in Detroit, New York and Chicago; and working with physically and men- tally disabled adults at Camp Fowler in Mayville., One team went down to Little Havana, Fla. to work with Cuban immigrants. They were given Spring Break 2001 Several students suffer minor injuries when a van headed to an Alternative Spring Break site rolls over on an icy Iowa highway. Florida and Mexico were among the top vacation destinations for students wanting a relaxing week away from Ann Arbor. Page 3A. opportunities to work in legal clinics, clinics for Alzheimers patients and child day care centers. "The best part was just listening to these peo- ple tell their stories," said Andrea McDonald, an RC 'ophomore who lead the team and worked in the legal center. "We heard stories about why they are here, how they got here, people floating over on rafts." Students were allowed to choose their site by ranking issues that were most important to them. Other sites dealt with helping immigration refugees, victims of domestic violence, environ- See SPRING BREAK, Page 7A ELLIE WHITE/Daily The town-and-gown atmosphere of Ann Arbor often comes together on Main Street, where restaurants and stores attract students as well as permanent residents. U'ads quality of life in Ann Arbor Sunset at the Big House Mardi Gras affords 24-hour party spot By Samantha Ganey Daily Staff Reporter NEW ORLEANS - Without postal service in New Orleans, University students who attended Mardi Gras had to wait until they returned home to rave about the sunny skies, seafood, and endless partying. The restaurants and shopping in New Orleans remained open for tourists, but munic- inal services such as the postal service. "Bourbon Street was definitely the worst (or best) place for finding crazy people," LSA senior Laura Shapiro said about her Spring Break at Mardi Gras with five friends from the Uni- versity. A wide range of entertainment from live jazz and blues to karaoke and strip shows on Bourbon Street offered visi- tors the opportunity for something to do at almost every hour of the day. Many of the establishments were open By James Restivo Daily Staff Reporter While most University students spend four or more years living in Ann Arbor, Susana Jara, an LSA junior originally from Ecuador, said there's another side to the city that students rarely get to see. "When the students are here, there are lots of activities, but when stu- dents are gone you see little things - the nature, the buildings," Jara said. Jara said Ann Arbor is a city which accommodates University life well. "It's a nice little city," Jara said. "It's starting to get warmer so you can walk around and absorb things." The city, with a population of more than 100,000, is also the temporary city and the University have a mutual- ly beneficial relationship when it comes to the student body. "There is no question that there is a relationship between the quality of life of the community (and the Uni- versity) - it brings quality faculty and students to the University," Kosteva said. "And the atmosphere of the University makes a contribution to the quality of life in Ann Arbor." Ann Arbor ranked 52th on Morgan Qunito's 2000 lisi of the safest cities which is compiled from FBI reports. This is up from 74th in 1999, yet lower than the 11th place ranking it received in 1996. - Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Michael Logghe said the city of Ann Arbor ranks low in violent crimes, a little i i