nelan One hn#dred eleven years ofedlongdfredom "ai NEWS: 76-DAILY CL'SSFIED Wednesday November 14, 2001 EMU 1 11771 { Music fills the streets of Kabul Taliban flees south; U.S. air strikes continue KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghans brought their radios out of hiding and played music in the streets, savoring the end of five years of harsh Taliban rule as the northern alliance marched triumphantly into Afghanistan's capital yesterday. Diplomats sought U.N. help in fashioning a government for the shattered country. American jets still prowled the skies in the south, seeking out convoys of Taliban fighters retreating toward Kandahar, the Islamic mili- tants' last major stronghold. Strikes also tar- geted caves where members of terror suspect Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network were thought to be hiding. Alliance troops celebrated the capture of the prize they had been fighting for since they were driven out by the Taliban in 1996. A small number of U.S. troops were on hand to advise them. The dizzying cascade of events in Afghanistan turned the opposition into the country's chief power overnight - and brought to the forefront the issue of ensuring that it shares power. The United States and its allies want a govermnent that includes groups the ethnic minotities that make up the alliance and the Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group. The alliance leaders said they had deployed 3,000 security troops across Kabul to bring order - not to occupy it - and insisted they were committed to a broad-based government. The alliance foreign minister, Abdullah, invited all Afghan factions - except the Tal- iban - to come to Kabul to negotiate on the country's future. The top U.N. envfy for Afghanistan outlined a plan for a two-year transitional government with a multinational security force. In Washington, President Bush said the United States was working with the alliance to ensure they "respect the human rights of the people they are liberating" and recognize "that a future government must include a rep- resentative from all of Afghanistan." Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said a "small number" of U.S. troops were in Kabul, advising the alliance. He told journal- ists at the Pentagon that the troops were not enough to police the city or prevent retaliation by the opposition. Bush said there was "great progress" in the campaign launched Oct. 7 to uproot al-Qaida and punish the Taliban for harboring bin Laden, the chief suspect in the September ter- ror attacks on the United States. In the streets of Kabul, thousands of people celebrated, honking car horns and ringing bicycle bells. They flouted the strict version of Islamic law imposed by the Taliban that regulated almost every aspect of life, down to banning shaving and music. "I used to play this at home, but very quiet- ly and then I would check to see if anyone was outside," Abdul Rehman said as he turned up the volume on his cassette tape See KABUL, Page 7 An Afghan man has his beard shaven in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday following the retreat of Taliban forces. Under Taliban rule, all men were mandated to wear a beard. Cockpit recorder reveals rattling NEW YORK (AP) - The cockpit voice recorder from American Flight 587 indicates the pilots struggled to control the plane after a rattling was heard less than two minutes into takeoff, investigators reported yesterday. George Black Jr. of the National Transportation Safety Board said inves- tigators do not yet know what caused the "airframe rattling noise." Also, the pilots spoke of encountering turbulence in the wake of a Japan Air- lines jumbo jet that took off ahead of Flight 587, Black said. "Wake turbu- lence" is believed to have contributed to other deadly airline crashes. But Black said it was too early to say if there was any relationship between the noises or the turbulence and the crash of Flight 587. From takeoff to the end of the tape lasts less than 2 minutes, 24 seconds, Black said at a news conference. The first portion of the flight to the Dominican Republic appeared normal, with the co-pilot at the controls. But 107 seconds after the plane had started its takeoff roll, a rattling was heard; 14 sec- onds later, a second rattle was audible, Black said. Twenty-three seconds later - after "several comments suggesting loss of control" - the cockpit voice recording ' ends, he said. The plane's other black box, the flight data recorder, was recovered yesterday after a 24-hour hunt through a Queens neighborhood staggered by a double dose of tragedy. At least 262 people were killed when the plane crashed. The NTSB was also looking at whether the engines failed after sucking in birds, a phenomenon that has caused severe damage to airliners in the past. tBlack said an initial inspection of the engines found no evidence of such a collision. He said a more detailed analy- sis still needs to bedone. All 260 people aboard the twin- engine Airbus A300 were killed, and five others were reported missing on the ground after the fiery crash Monday in the beachfront Rockaway section of Queens. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said 262 bodies had been recovered, along with dozens of body parts. Authorities were working with family members to identi- fy remains through DNA. The flight data recorder - one of two "black boxes" aboard the jetliner -- tracks speed and the performance of the engine and instrments. Authorities have not ruled out sabo- See CRASH, Page 7 Depression center to be nation's first YENA RYU/Daily The parents of Byung-Soo Kim, a University student from Korea who died one year ago after drinking shots on his 21st birthday, view a memorial at his grave yesterday following a service at Arborcrest Park. Familyfriends attend memorial for student University will also ask state for 4 percent increase in 2003 funding By Elizabeth Kassab Daily Staff Reporter The University Board of Regents is ' expected to endorse a proposal tomor- row to establish on campus the nation's first multi-disciplinary center for research, education and treatment of depression. The regents will also be asked to approve requests for state appropria- tions for the fiscal year 2003 for each of the University's three campuses at their meeting tomorrow. The Universi- ty will ask the state for a 4 percent increase in funding for the Ann Arbor campus, which would amount to an additional $14.6 million. The University of Michigan Depres- sion Center will encompass seven dif- ferent schools within the University and would bring together faculty from unique backgrounds with a common goal: to design new research and new treatments for a debilitating but highly treatable disease, said John Greden, who will be the executive director of the center. "This is a leading place in the coun- try already, and we would like to take steps to make the University of Michi- gan ... a world-class leader in this area," Greden said. Many of the pieces for the center are already in place, Greden said. More than 100 faculty members have By Shabina S. Khatri Daily Staff Reporter "At the young age of 21, my son, Byung-Soo, left us behind. Why did he rush so much? He didn't even give his mom and dad, or his friends, a chance to say goodbye," Jung Sun Park said at a memorial yesterday on the one-year anniversary of her son's death. Park, the mother of Byung-Soo Kim, an internation- al student who died last November of alcohol poison- ing after drinking shots on his 21st birthday, addressed a crowd of about 50 family members, friends and fac- ulty yesterday, honoring what would have been her son's 22nd birthday. "This is the fifth death of a Korean student at U of M since 1997," said Dr. Daniel Pak, who was recently hired by the University to further address the issue. A sermon delivered by Hun-Suk Bae, a Korean min- ister, implored those present to do three things: "I ask you to live by faith, to live with good motivation and to live with commitment, as if you're fighting for some- thing." University Vice President for Student Affairs E. Royster Harper also made a request. See KIM, Page 7 expressed interest in the center or are already doing work within the center's spectrum of interest. Additional institutions at the Univer- sity, such as the Life Sciences Institute, could serve to expand collaboration. See REGENTS, Page 7 Greek houses attempt to curb underage drinking at parties Lighting the tree By Tyler Boersen Daily Staff Reporter Following allegations by two female freshmen that they were raped at an unregis- tered Beta Theta Pi fraternity party last month, efforts by Greek houses to curb underage drinking and improve the overall quality of Greek life on campus have been greeted with greater urgency. Still, members of the Greek community maintain that despite any recent impropri- eties, discussion of such changes have long been underway, specifically as a result of the recent Greek Summit. The University's chapter of Alpha Delta Phi is one of several fraternities to recently ban alcohol from common areas of the house and take steps to reform the way par- ties are conducted. "Our house is planning to move to outside vendors and keep random people away from parties to keep more control over risk," said Alpha Delta Phi President Amit Kapoor. These efforts are part of a plan to improve living conditions in fraternity houses. As a result, fraternity alumni are pledging new support to their houses while they used to shy away because of the negative stigma houses have received over the years. "A lot of (alumni) don't come back because of the constant bad image on the Greek system. Now we are getting help from people we haven't heard from for a while," Kapoor said. "If we really improve living conditions and make it so things are maintained, the parties we do have will have alumni sup- See GREEKS, Page 7 : ., ' Via, M, , i 4 r ,. S * .. i'a . Blue Party candidates reinstated on appeal Inside: MSA pays $3,093 to repair rented vans damaged on a trip last month. Page 3. MSAetections Fall 2001 Voting ends tomorrow at mr-nHrrk+ f(~%, anit hollnt t By Caitlin Nish Daily News Editor The Central Student Judiciary, an arm of the Michigan Student Assembly, ruled late last night to reinstate two Blue Party candi- dates who were disqualified from the MSA election Monday night following allegations f7 inroner entrv into T Inersit huildinp tnt ruling that the party was improperly informed of the charges against them. "They argued that when the two candidates were called before the Election Board for a violation of the integrity of elections clause in MSA Code, that during this meeting they were further charged with a violation of another section of code," said CSJ Presiding Justice Stenhen T Lnd "Thev ot three demer- Five demerit points automatically disquali- fy candidates from elections. In addition, the MSA Code specifies that candidates being brought in front of the Elec- tion Board must be notified of the charges against them at least 12 hours in advance, Lund added. Jonathan Clifton and Scott Meves, the two Blue Party candidates allowed back into the EMMA tFOSDICK/Daily Pete Caninvi nrnarsfor nvthe kholdav season by hanitnr I . I I I