One hundred ten years ofeditorifredom *ri NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandaily.com Tuesday March 6, 2001 i __ __. * Cheney has heart §urgery 0 Vice president checked himself into hospital after feeling 'chest discomfort' WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice Presi- dent Dick Cheney underwent surgery yesterday to reopen a partially blocked artery after checking into a hospital with *st pains. It was the same artery that had been cleared last November after his fourth heart attack. There was no evidence that Cheney had suffered anoth- er heart attack, said his cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner. The doctor also said he did not believe Cheney had suffered more heart damage, though the vice president was Cheney spending the night at the hospital for observation. Cheney, 60, had quickly resumed a fill schedule after a heart attack and fol- low up surgery last November. "There is a very high likelihood he can finish out his term in his fully vigor- capacity, the doctor said after yes- rday's procedure - an angioplasty. But he added, "He has chronic heart and artery disease." Reiner said there was a 40 percent risk the artery would narrow again. He said Cheney could be released from the hospital as early as today and be back to work this week. President Bush, playing down his top adviser's latest health scare, called the surgery "a precautionary measure." *sh spoke by telephone to Cheney, who reported from the hospital that he was feeling fine and looking forward to returning to work, the White House said. Cheney is an unusually active and influential vice president. He headed Bush's transition team, played a major ole in Cabinet and top personnel selec- tions and has helped Bush forge foreign policy as well as a national energy poli- eWhite House officials say Cheney is ie adviser Bush most relies upon to make sure his agenda is carried out. His hospitalization came less than a week after the president's first address to Congress, just as Bush is trying to gen- erate attention and support for his tax- cut plan. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said there was no word on See CHENEY, Page 7 2 dead, 13 Los Angeles Times SANTEE, Calif. - Carrying a black revolver and wearing an enigmatic smile, a tiny 15-year-old boy opened fire on the cam- pus of a suburban San Diego high school yes- terday morning, killing two students and injuring 13 other people in a lightning assault at the start of the school day. Charles Andy Williams terrorized Santana High School, firing randomly inside a bath- room and around a courtyard, reloading at least two times as students, teachers and staff members dived and scrambled for cover, authorities and witnesses said. Finally cornered in the restroom where the shooting spree began, the slight boy known as "Andy" surrendered meekly, just a few min- utes after he first opened fire. "It's only me, he told sheriff's deputies, who were momen- tarily concerned that there might be a second gunman. The pop and echo of gunfire had barely faded when a portrait of gut-wrenching famil- iarity began to emerge: Friends and classmates said Williams was a disaffected a young man, frequently taunted b He had told other teen-agers and adult as recently as last weekend prepared to go on a shooting ramp pus. But he laughed it"off and, m they. Two friends were so concer threats that they confronted Willia food restaurant before school ye frisked him for weapons. But appeased when they didn't find a Williams insisted that he had on ing. They could only guess later th weapon, a .22-caliber revolver, been hidden in his yellow backpac A highly placed law enforcer said prosecutors were "exploring may have planned to participate backed out at that last minute. If confirmed, there was the potent greater mayhem." San Diego County District Ai Pfingst said late yesterday that hurt inr and unhappy believe the victims were "targeted" in retalia- )y his peers. tion for any recent skirmishes with the shoot- at least one er. that he was Williams was being held at a county Juve- age on cam- nile Hall. Pfingst said the teen-ager would nor- ostly, so did mally face 25 years to life if convicted with special circumstances. However, he said that ned by the sentence could be enhanced by 10 to 20 years ins at a fast- for each additional count of attempted murder. esterday and Pfingst said his office did not contemplate they were bringing any charges against Williams' par- ny guns and ents. ly been jok- Authorities said they were methodically interviewing dozens of students and other wit- at Williams' nesses, with 36 sheriff's investigators leading might have the effort, assisted by agents from both the ;k. FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and ment source Firearms. friends who According to one report, authorities had in this but already served a search warrant at the house that can be where the boy lived with his father. The results ial for even of the search were unknown. San Diego County law enforcement offi- ttorney Paul cials identified the dead students as Brian he did not See SHOOTING, Page 7 rampage AP PHOTO Grief counselors console a woman across the street from Santana High School where a student opened fire yesterday. I Through the looking glass City Council approves new living wage By James Restivo Daily Staff Reporter SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily following a brief snowfall. ootbal ticket prices 0on the rise After lengthy public commentary last night, the Ann Arbor city coun- cil passed the second reading of the resolution for a living wage with a 9-1 vote. The new ordinance requires com- panies contracted by the city to pay $8.70 per hour to workers receiving health insurance or $10.20 per hour to all others in government con- tracts with the city. Now that the proposal has passed through two votes, the first on a Feb. 20 meeting, it is ready to be enacted as law. The ordinance must be imple- mented within the next 10 days for all future city government con- tracts. As stipulated in the ordinance, those already under contract are exempt until renewal., Ann Arbor is the 55th city in the country to pass the living wage and the sixth in the state of Michigan. Other communities with a living wage ordinance include Detroit, Warren, Ferndale, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township. There is a bill currently being formed in the state Legislature that would prohibit local governments from passing ordinances that man- date a wage higher than the state minimum, but city officials said they hoped Ann Arbor would be protected by a "grandfather clause" allowing those places with a living wage already in effect to be exempt from the legislation. Mayor John Hieftje said after last night's public commentary that it was obvious what members of the community wanted to see happen. "We are going to pass the living wage and are happy to do so," Hieftje said. "Anyone who was watching tonight saw the groundswell support "Even though people are working full time, they are still below the poverty line. - Councilman Robert Johnson D-Ward I from the community," he said. Hieftje's support of the living wage contrasts -the views of his pre- decessor, Ingrid Sheldon, who vetoed the proposal after it passed through the city council last spring with a 6-5 majority. Councilman Robert Johnson (D- Ward I) said passing the living wage is simply "the right thing to do." "Even though people are working full-time, they are still below the poverty line," Johnson said. "I don't want to be part of a city that does that." Ann Arbor resident Scott Wojack said the aims of the living wage may run counter to the efforts of the people living in Ann Arbor. "They should be addressing the high cost of living and how we can bring it down instead of trying to match it with wages," Wojack said. "Rental agencies are able to force students to sign a lease six months in advance, which then drives the price up for others." The city reviewed numerous stud- ies supported by local organizations before passing the ordinance. One of these groups was the Washtenaw Coalition for a Living Wage, a blanket organization that includes the University's Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality. SOLE president and LSA senior Peter Romer-Friedman ssaid the See LIVING WAGE, Page 7 By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer On the last day of classes before spring break, students received an e-mail from Athletic Director Bill Martin warning them that new policies Solving football tickets may come into effect next fall. The message is part of a campaign in which Martin has tried to give sufficient warning of a ticket price increase since he officially took over Michigan's Athletic Department last summer. Another e-mail, divulging the specifics of the new policies, will come later this month, likely sometime after the University Board of Regents meet on March 16. With the Athletic Department projected deficit of $2 million, Michigan is looking for ways to *ke up the money. "Bill has been quite open that we're looking at all sorts of options to keep our revenue up," said Ath- letic Department Ticket Manager Marty Bodnar. Raising the ticket prices for students is on the list of possibilities for how to help erase the department's deficit. As far as other season ticket holders, a price increase is definite. New policies may also include tiered donations, where better seats require a higher fee to be able to purchase the tickets. The department is even cutting corners with its methods for getting ticket applications to students. "We basically felt that by sending an e-mail that (students) could go to the website and different sections on campus - getting that information out there -- we can get (the application) in the hands of the students and in cost effective ways," Bodnar said. "With the postage going up again, we're trying to save money." Part of the department's justification for the increase are the higher prices of tickets for Big Ten powerhouses such as Ohio State and Penn State. Naturally with changes in pricing, there is the possibility of negative reaction from ticket hold- ers. But the Athletic Department is trying to take precautions by softening the blow. "We've done a lot of focus groups," Bodnar said. "It's a matter of education. We've found the more they know about it, the more there's accep- tance of it. "Fans appreciate knowing what's going on and where we're at," he said. Despite the Athletic Department's efforts to educate ticket holders, some students say they are not yet certain why ticket prices may increase. "If they're already bringing in over 100,000 peo- ple a game, they can't be losing that much money," See TICKETS, Page 7 Nor'easter snarls travel nationwide Snow causes 50-car crash on US. 23, New England braces for more snow connections in, several northeastern cities. Residents in parts of Michigan were expected to wake up to as much as 6 inches of snow today as the fringes of a storm that walloped the northeast passed over the Great Lakes. The powerful storm plastered the Northeast with snow and ice yesterday, snarling air travel across the country and overseas in an expected two-day assault that could be the region's biggest blast of winter in years. One to 3 feet of snow was forecast across much From staff and wire reports Two people suffered minor injuries in a chain- reaction 50-car pileup on U.S. 23 last night that shut down the southbound lanes of the highway near M- crashes. It was like that quite steadily from early afternoon to the later part of the evening, 10 or 11 p.m.," said State Police Trooper Michael McCormick at the Ypsilanti post. "We were just going from crash to crash all after- a.A.,.. " .yi ..."..