NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmigandaily com C 8 %ISA~ections Dowdell, Curtin aliowed to return By Carrie Thorson Daily Staff Reporter The Central Student Judiciary last t reinstated all candidates who had n disqualified last week from the Michigan Student Assembly elections, including DAAP presidential and vice- presidential candidates Erika Dowdell and Jessica Curtin. "We believe the Election Board was overdrawn regarding the issue at hand," said LSA senior Steve Couch, CSJ associate justice. DAAP initiated the appeal, arguing on behalf of every candidate disquali- dfrom the election for missing last sday's candidates meeting. CSJ's decision was immediately fol- lowed by Student General Counsel Alok Agrawal's resignation from the Election Board. "My general feeling is that MSA elections have slowly gone down the tubes, and I no longer want to be a part of it," Agrawal said. DAAP's principal argument was that &ough the Election Board had clear- ly stated that last Tuesday's candidates meeting was mandatory, the board had never upheld that ruling. "This is the first time this rule has ever been applied," DAAP member Jodi Masley said. "There's no notice to anyone that this rule was going to apply this time when it was not applied 10 times before." The rule of mandatory attendance s also questioned because it is not ed in the MSA complied code, See APPEAL, Page 7A h x Part two of a six-part series about campaign patforms 'ighing iracism top party agenda By Carrie Thorson lyStaffReporter One hundred ten years ofeditorlfreedom *rnt Monday March 12, 2001 Marinto decide onl Eller be's uture By Joe Smih Daily Sports Editor t i r 1 * G T 7 t a a w i r i t Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin said this weekend he plans to make a decision very soon- about Brian Ellerbe's status as bas- ketball coach. Martin met with assistant coaches and players on Saturday to help evaluate the state of the program and planned to meet with Ellerbe "as soon as possible" before a final statement is made. "When that (evaluation) process gets com- pleted, then I'll make the decision," Martin told The Michigan Daily. "I don't know if it's going to take two days, three days, one day. I want to do it. "It's in the best interest of the whole pro- gram and for Michigan to get it completed." University President Lee Bollinger said although he plans to talk to Martin about the situation, the final decision belongs in the hands of the athletic director. "I have said from the beginning that the president should not be involved in the hiring or firing of coaches other than to set a general framework and standards (of how the depart- ment should be run)," Bollinger said yester- day. "I am kept informed but I do not think it's appropriate for the president to be involved in athletic decisions about coach- ing." In his fourth year coaching the Wolverines, Ellerbe led Michigan to its worst finish (10- 18) since the 1980-81 season. Three of the worst losses in the program's history have came under Ellerbe's reign, along with several off-the-court problems. But Ellerbe reaffirmed after his team ended this season last week with an 82-80 loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament that he still has three years remaining on his contract and that he plans on continuing his recruiting ne call firing coach racial crimimat/on ith Editor embers of the University have expressed their for basketball coach Brian Ellerbe after the ent a letter to University President Lee Bollinger the Athletic Department is not treating Ellerbe ause he is black. Sellers, a black member of Michigan's Board in f Intercollegiate Athletics, and Richard Stacey, ership chairman of the African American Alum- d, have been vocal in their call for Michigan to :rbe following last week's complaint by the Rev. nthony, president of the NAACP's Detroit chap- k at this point for Brian Ellerbe (to be fired) unfair," Sellers said. "I think it would be sending message." [ology professor and former member of the Sellers said he feels Ellerbe's showing of disci- rds his players who have had off-the-court prob- been spun "in a way that has been used against that Ellerbe has actually "done a good job in up the basketball program by setting specific and rules." said he feels, much like Stacey, that it would be nd malicious" for Michigan to let Ellerbe go ving him more time. hile, several members of the University Board of rd the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Ath- openly disagreed with the complaints made by See NAACP, Page 2A Michigan's season-ending loss to Penn State last week may have been Brian Ellerbe's last with the Wolverines. Athletic Director Bill Martin could fire Ellerbe as early as this week. trips as usual. Ellerbe still holds a 62-60 career mark, but Michigan's minimal improvement on the floor this past few seasons, combined with escalat- ing off-the-court problems, have created much speculation over his removal. Ellerbe would receive a $450,000 buyout if released. Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson said in his 17 years at the University, he's never felt the pressure by any athletic director to win. He feels that it is the "unwritten" rules of coaching at Michigan; which are most important and are the criteria by which pro- grams are judged. "I think that if you look at every program the wrong in the Athletic Department, you'll see that A psycl they all try and do what the unwritten expec- NAACP, S tations are for Michigan coaches and try to pline towa get good kids," said Berenson. "And obvious- lems has b ly kids that are going to represent the Univer- him" and sity well on and off the ice, floor, on the field cleaning u as well as off the field." guidelines Berenson said the "sincere family feeling" Sellerss surrounding the rest of the coaching fraternity "unfair an wants to see Ellerbe do well. without gi "I don't think anyone in the coaching fra- Meanwi ternity is pointing the finger at Brian Ellerbe' Regents at Berenson said. "Not at Michigan." letics have See ELLERBE, Page 2A Boiling.r to at 'U Summers selected to fill Harvard vacancy By Anna Clark and Jon Fish Daily Staff Reporters The search that thrust University President Lee Bollinger into the national spotlight ended yesterday when Harvard University named for- mer U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as its 27th presi- dent. The search committee's recommen- dation of Sum- mers was approved by Har- vard's Board of Overseers yester- day afternoon at a two-hour meeting in New York City. "I look forward to working closely with faculty, stu- dents, staff and Summers alumni to further the teaching and scholarship of this great institution," Summers told reporters on a telecon- ference from the Harvard campus yesterday. He added that he "will have a very difficult act to follow," referring to current Harvard President Neil Rudenstine, who will formally leave the post in June. Summers will take control July 1. At 46, Summers will be one of the youngest Harvard presidents in histo- ry, but is no stranger to the Cam- bridge, Mass., campus - he received his doctorate in economics from Har- vard in 1982, and returned as a pro- fessor in the following year. Bollinger, who had been tagged as the front-runner for the post, said yes- terday he was "relieved" to have the ordeal done but maintained his silence on the search process. "I just can't talk about the details," he said, but added that he had felt "fully informed" throughout the process. "I strongly expected it would be Summers," he added. Harvard Provost Harvey Fineberg was the other top finalist, although search committee members had appeared to focus most of their atten- tion on Bollinger and Summers. Ultimately, it may have been Bollinger's lack of a Harvard degree that gave Summers the edge. "I think it came down to the fact that Harvard couldn't pull the trigger on a candidate who didn't have a Har- vard- degree," said University of Michigan Regent Dan Horning (R- Grand Haven). See HARVARD, Page 2A The Defend Affirmative Action Party, the oldest party in this winter's Michigan Student Assembly elections, is campaigning on many of the same issues they have valued since 1997. "We're running in these elections to build the movement to defend affirma- tive action," said presidential candidate &&a Dowdell. AAP members said they feel they have a strong platform because they have fulfilled past campaign promises. They have promised to defend against what they call the "legal attack" on affirmative action at U of M, build a new civil rights movement, and orga- nize mass education on affirmative action and related social issues. "In reality, we're the only people that actually stand for anything," said vice- Sidential candidate Jessica Curtin. y running with DAAP, candidates are confident their main objectives will be obvious to voters. "I dealt with issues personally of racism which pushed me towards want- ing to fight for students rights," said LSA freshman Ebonie Byndon, a DAAP representative candidate. DAAP also hopes to extend educa- tion of affirmative action to grades K- * They promise to continue with their past tradition of sponsoring day of action protests and bringing events such as Affirmative Action 102 to campus. DAAP members also promise to continue their extensive involvement in the lawsuits against the University's n,1iicinn nnlicinec The natty was FILE PHOTO Lee Bollinger, seen here in 1997 when he took over as president of the University of Michigan, was not selected to become Harvard University's 27th president. Bollinger's lack of a Harvard degree may have been a deciding factor. President likely to be on future short lists Ng E WfS AzrS;S By Jon Fish Daily Staff Reporter "l expect Lee will continue to be approached by anyone looking for a. great leader. " - Jeffrey Lehman Law School dean Harvard's presidential search is over, but the constant media speculation that University of Michigan President Lee Bollinger could depart for Ivy League pastures may be just beginning. Bollinger has already been mentioned in sev- eral reports of likely successors to Columbia University President George Rupp, who announced a week ago that he would step down in July 2002. Althnah Cnlumhianofficials have said it will approached them on the impending presidential search. "I do not intend to be a candidate," he said. "I am deeply committed to Michigan and I have no expectation of leaving. Bollinger did add, however, that he could not rule out any possibilities that would be profes- sionally or personally beneficial to he and his wife, Jean, who has an art studio in Vermont. But for now, Bollinger's immediate future at Michigan is assured and many believe his com- mitment to the University is as strong as ever. "I don't think anybody that knows Lee would believe that he is using the University as a step- ping stone," Lehman said. "I think that's an absurd suggestion. Lee loves the University of the institution. Bollinger graduated from Colum- bia's law school in 1971. "Because of his performance here at Michigan, his name will appear on a list at every university," said University of Michigan Regent Larry Deitch (D-Bloomfield Hills). "I expect Lee will continue to be approached hv anvone looking for a great leader." said Uni- not. "I don't think they picked the best man, but they didn't ask me," joked University of Michigan Regent Dan Horning (R-Grand Haven). Although participation in several interviews with Harvard's search committee appeared to indicate an interest in the university's top post.