LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 31, 2001- 3 HIGHER ED NYU bans alcohol * at Greek functions NEW YORK - Greek life at New York University received a surprising blow Sunday at a Special Interest Housing meeting. According to a memo distributed at the meeting from Debra Bonaminio, coordinator of fra- ternity and sorority life at NYU, Spe- cial Interest floors at the Third North residence hall are still allowed to have parties on their floors, but those par- ties must be alcohol-free, regardless of the ages of those in attendance. "Effective Jan. 1, 2002, the party policy in Third North Residence Hall will be amended so as to be consistent with the party policy of Palladium Residence Hall," the memo read. "I am surprised that Third North, home to eight Greek organizations and the last dorm to allow parties, has gone dry," Inter-Greek Council Presi- dent Jeffrey Edmonson said. Edmonson said he did not receive any notification about the ruling or the fact that the ruling would be announced at Sunday's meeting. He said he was told that the meeting was only for the eight organizations that occupy Third North and it was not important he attend. Edmonson said he does not know why he was not told about the meeting. Currently, to host a party where alcohol is legally served the Greek organization sponsoring the event must register with New York and receive a temporary alcohol permit. Both an alcohol monitor from NYU and a NYU Protection Services guard must be at the event, and there is a limit to the amount of alcohol that can be served at the party. Syracuse University remains segregated despite Review rank SYRACUSE - Though the Prince- ton Review ranked Syracuse Universi- ty as having the most diverse campus in the country this year, many students still choose to live within groups of the same ethnicity as their own. "Many students of color choose to live on South Campus after their first year," said David Kohr, director of Residence Services. "It doesn't reflect the composition of students of color at the university." This year, of the 2,117 students liv- ing on South Campus, 393 are black - 18.6 percent, Kohr said. Of the approximately 5,270 students living on North Campus, only 292 are black - 5.6 percent. Even though South Campus houses about 21 percent of students living on campus, about 68 percent of black students live there. "There isn't as much diversity in on-campus housing as there is in the classroom," Kohr said. U. Texas maintains investments tied to bin Laden family AUSTIN - University of Texas Investment Management Company board members said at its directors meeting Friday they have no intention of withdrawing its investments with the Carlyle Group,. despite its ties with the bin Laden family. UTIMCO is a private corporation that manages the UT System's $15 billion endowment, including the Per- manent University Fund, a state endowment that provides financial support to schools in the UT and Texas A&M systems. "UTLMCO's investment was made long before the notorious member of the family was getting publicity," UTIMCO Chairman Robert H. Allen said. UTIMCO first invested in the Carlyle Partners H fund in 1995 and invested in the Carlyle Partners III fund in 2000. Also in 1995, the bin Laden family began investing in Carlyle Partners H. Though the family said it has disowned wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden, the FBI is investigating the family's finan- cial dealings, according to an Oct. 23 London Times article. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Maria Sprow from U-WIRE reports. MSA passes resolution to add fall break By Kara Wenzel Daily Staff Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly last night passed a resolution in support of a fall study break that will be hand delivered to the registrar, provost and University Board of Regents this week. The assembly released their analysis and recom- mendations for changes to the University academic calendar last week. The proposed fall study break would fall on a Monday and Tuesday in mid-Octo- ber. "(Vice Provost for Academic Affairs) Lester Monts told me that we have 100 percent full sup- port of (interim Provost) Lisa Tedesco," MSA President Matt Nolan said. "With her support, we are basically guaranteed that the regents will be voting on this in December, and if they approve it, next fall we will have a fall study break." The assembly debated whether to allow student groups to use assembly money to advertise their events before passing funding for two events. The funding will go to the Michigan Masquer- ade, a fund raiser for AIDS research and to com- memorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, and Unity through Light and Sound, a holiday caroling event planned to promote healing after the events of Sept. 11. Both events are seeking to place ads in the Michigan Daily. "I know they have been working hard to find outside sources of funding, and both of these events are open to everyone in the University com- munity, which is something the Budget Priorities Committee looks for when funding a group," said LSA Rep. Edgar Zapata. "BPC doesn't fund student groups for newspa- per ads at all, so I don't think we should give (the Health Issues Commission) money for these events just because we have it," said LSA Rep. Javier Restrepo. The assembly's Women's Issues Commission announced a summit to be held tomorrow for the "If (the University foard of Regents) approve it, next fall we will have a fall study break." - Matt Nolan Michigan Student Assembly President purpose of promoting networking among student women's groups. "The summit will help us make sure all women's groups at the University are recognized," commis- sion co-chair Priya Sehgal said. "This is going to be very empowering for all women." Next week the assembly will be considering pro- posals to form a student regent task force, a resolu- tion on suggestions for how the presidential search should be conducted and a statement in support of the right of all women to fully participate in poli- tics. Rackham Reps Jessica Curtin and Suzanne Perkins-Hart drafted the statement in support of women in politics in response to com- ments published about Curtin in the Michi- gan Independent and similar phrases chalked on the Diag. "The report card in the Independent is a borderline rape threat and statements such as those are hostile to women leadership," Curtin said. "We hope that next week's MSA meeting will serve as a speak out for women political leaders to report sexual harassment." Family matters Ford spends first day as, head of family business DEARBORN (AP) - The Ford name has always been at the top of the automaker's headquarters, but the ascension of William Clay Ford Jr. to president and chief executive officer puts a Ford family member at the top of Ford Motor Co. for the first time in 22 years. "I love this company. I bleed Ford blue," Ford told employees Tuesday morning from an auditorium at the automaker's headquarters. The speech was transmitted to the company's offices worldwide. "We've been given an amazing lega- cy, and we're going to build an even better one," he said. Ford, 44, is a great-grandson of founder Henry Ford. He has been chairman of the company since 1999, but left most of the day to day activi- ties to Jacques Nasser, who was forced to resign Monday. The last Ford family member to serve as CEO was Henry Ford II, who resigned in 1979. "This seemed to be the right time," Ford said at a news conference at com- pany headquarters. He said events such as the Firestone tire controversy and lawsuits against the automaker were distracting Nasser from focusing on the company's core automotive business. Christopher Cedergren, managing director at automotive marketing firm Nextrend, said Nasser "dropped the ball." "The family lost confidence in Jac in not thinking he could change his vision," Cedergren said. "What's unfortunate, is it's great to have ideas, but first you have to cover the bases, and ... build a good car." Ford said Nasser resigned following a meeting Monday afternoon between the two at the company's world head- quarters. The move was made official during a board meeting yesterday morning, Ford said. A Ford spokeswoman who han- dled media inquiries for Nasser said he is declining interviews at this time. - Assuming the duties as president and CEO was not something Ford sought but it was something the board thought was necessary, he said. Aside from his pedigree, Ford has a 22-year -work history at the company. He joined in 1979 as a product plan- ning analyst and held a number of positions in manufacturing, sales, mar- keting, product development and finance. In 1982, he served on the bargaining team for contract talks with the United Auto Workers. Ford subsequently was chairman and managing director of Ford Switzerland and elected to the Ford Motor Co. board of directors in 1988. Ford brushed aside any thoughts he would be a figurehead family member farming out most of the heavy man- agement duties. "When I approach this I don't approach it as a family member going into the job, I approach it as somebody who loves this company and is worried about the situation that we find our- selves in and is determined to fix it," Ford said. Fixing the company will take some major repairs, one analyst said. EMMA FOSDICK/Daily Katherine Newhouse sits with her daughter, Autumn, and her daughter's friend, Isaac, outside Seva last night and enjoys the nightlife of Ann Arbor. Belleville man,20 arraigned on gun possession charges I __________________________ By Jacquelyn Nixon Daily Staff Reporter A 20-year-old Belleville man faces at least three misdemeanor charges for resisting an officer and fleeing after he was stopped for traffic violations Sunday morning and a Department of Public Safety officer spotted a gun in his vehicle. Police were still searching for Erek Thames' passenger, who also fled the scene in a different direc- tion. Thames was arraigned yesterday at the. Washtenaw County Courthouse on one count of resisting and obstructing a police officer, operating a vehicle without a license and oper- ating a vehicle with a suspended license. Resisting an officer is a high court misdemeanor publishable up to two years in prison or a $1,000 fine. The other misdemeanor charges carry prison terms of up to 93 days and fines up to $500. "These three charges may not be the extent of what is applied," DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said. Thames did not post bond, which was set at $50,000, and he remained in custody at Washtenaw County Jail yes- terday. A pretrial hearing has been set for Nov. 8. Thames was stopped on South Forest Avenue at about 1:30 a.m. and the officer found a 9 mm loaded handgun tucked between the seat cushions. DPS Lt. Robert Neumann said the position of the gun in the vehicle seemed to indicate the gun belonged to the driver. Thames and his passenger fled the scene on foot and DPS request- ed the assistance of the Ann Arbor Police Department to track the sus- pects. The AAPD K-9 unit was unable to find the passenger, but Thames was subdued near the Mud- bowl field at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on the corner of Washtenaw and South University avenues. Officials are still investigating the ownership of the loaded gun as well as the identity of the passenger of Thames' vehicle. I 11 ic N Mi('lit ~i i le t(".Ipsif c S('icS is \o . l cr 2 0()01 Calltii764-05,57. As;k (.Z)r i:tI cr Qt . fc f Low crime reported on Angels DETROIT (AP) - Angel's Night volunteers found themselves with lit- tle to do last night as they combed the streets of the city and answered phones at control centers. Krystal Fields, a spokeswoman for the Angel's Night Command Center, said at 9:30 p.m. that there was little to report. "We're just bored to tears here and that's the way we like it," she said. Mayor Dennis Archer's office said official figures on the number of fires yesterday, tomorrow and Night tomorrow would not be released until later in the week. But arson and overall crime both seemed to be less evident yesterday than on an average night in Detroit, Fields said. The annual anti-arson campaign in Detroit began in 1994, after hun- dreds of fires were set on Devil's Night in preceding years. Oct. 30 was renamed Angels' Night, and police and fire departments and an army of volunteers set out to reduce arson. UNLISTED PRESENTS: MICHELLE BRANCH & JUDE ON TOUR: 111 LI Correction: An article on page 3A of Monday's Daily should have said that the semester's final lecture sponsored by the Life Sciences, Values and Society Program is Nov. 18. The associate director of the program is Amy Sheon. 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