The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 7A Ypsi girls found safe with family in W. Virginia Story of kidnapping, con- nection to Longo murders was a hoax HINTON, W.Va. (AP) - The mother of two missing Michigan sisters found in West Virginia was arraigned yesterday on two counts of child concealment and contribut- ing to the delinquency of a minor. Teresa Lynn Claypoole, 48, of Hinton, was being held in the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver on $50,000 bond. Claypoole was arrested Tuesday evening after authorities tracked her daughters to Summers County. The girls, 16-year-old Elizabeth Haller and 13-year-old Kala Haller, were taken into custody by Child Pro- tective Services.. State Department of Health and Human Resources officials did not immediately return a telephone call yesterday. The sisters disappeared from their father's Ypsilanti home on Sept. 26. Kurt Haller had legal custody of his daughters. Authorities no longer believe the girls have knowledge of accused killer Christian Longo, who is charged with seven counts of aggravated murder in Oregon, said Greg Ste- jskal, a senior FBI agent in Ann Arbor, Mich. Longo lived in Ypsilanti before he moved with his family to Newport, Ore., in September. Between Dec. 19 and Dec. 27, the bodies of Longo's wife and three chil- dren were found in coastal inlets in Ore- gon. At about the same time the Longos moved to Newport, the Haller girls disappeared. Longo, 28, was arrested in Mexico earlier this month. He is charged with seven counts of aggravated murder. The girls told police they arranged with their mother and stepfather to run away from home. From Michigan, they traveled to Gaston, S.C. On Jan. 20, they moved to Hinton to live with a relative. "They came back to Hinton where they thought nobody was going to know anything about it," said Hinton assistant police chief Jimmy Wills. Wills said he received a tip Monday from a neighbor who knew the family and called the father to report his daughters were in .Hinton. *Snow emergency in effect in Ann Arbor until Saturday SNOW Continued from Page 1A Ann Arbor Public Schools decided last night to cancel classes today. Genesee, Lapeer, Sanilac, Shi- awassee, Livingston, Macomb, Oak- land, St. Clair, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw and Wayne counties were under a winter storm warning through this afternoon. Bay, Huron, Midland, Saginaw and Tuscola counties were under a snow advisory. The northern part of the region would see the greatest proportion of snow, with the southern areas getting a messy mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain, forecasters said. The precipitation was expected to continue falling through tomorrow, but not with the same fervor as last night's. Barb Hogan, spokeswoman for Detroit Metropolitan Airport, said only a handful of flights had been delayed or canceled because of the weather last night. All runways were clear, and air- port and airline officials were closely monitoring the storm. IVIGIL Continued from Page 1A lightly-falling snow, students gathered on the Diag for a candlelight vigil as part of the week-long Hate Crime Sym- posium to remember these victims and many others who have suffered from hate-related crimes. "In today's day and age it is unfortu- nate that racial discrimination still con- tinues. It is our intention to inform the student body that it is these criminal acts that are plaguing society'" said Business GEO Continued from Page1A al would allow such employees to buy insurance at the same discounted rate as tuition. University negotiators also offered to increase wages by 2 percent during each of the next three years. Picard said this proposal is "offensive" because the percentage is below what University economists say the rate of inflation will be in those years. "That amounts to a wage decrease for us" after being adjusted for inflation, she said. Another point of contention addressed in Tuesday's bar- gaining was harassment protection. GEO wants language in the contract to prevent work-place harassment of GSIs, Picard said. She said the revision offered Tuesday by the University was inadequate. "It doesn't specify what harass- ment is," Picard said. "They want to set the bar for having to do anything very high." The University also proposed a program that would give graduate students more choice in health benefits. But Picard said there are still problems with the proposal, including the lack of long-term disability insurance. GEO made its own proposal Tuesday on the issue of instructor training. The union wants four hours of mandato- ry training for all GSIs. University negotiators gave no answer, Picard said. At the meeting yesterday, Picard and deLeon addressed several other unresolved problems with the current situation. Among them was what Picard said is an unfair system of language tests that discriminates against foreign students. The University tests English speaking skills of foreign cit- izens but not of others, she said. The vote held yesterday and today asks members to prior- itize these and other issues to determine their importance in negotiations, which will continue next Tuesday. EMMA FOSDICK/Daily Dental juniors Erin Konyn and Amy Mallon try to fend off the falling snow in front of Angell Hall yesterday. junior Kenan Mossa-Basha, a member of the Muslim Students' Association that helped organize the symposium. Speakers addressed the unique nature of hate crimes and why they differ from other criminal acts. "Hate crimes are not only crimes against the individual, but against the community as well," said second-year Medical student Howard Liu, who spoke on behalf of the Asian-American community. "The violence targets your faith, how you look, how you dress and your beliefs." LSA junior Ed McDonald, who rep- resented Honesty, Eagerness and Deter- mination of Self, emphasized how hate crimes and racially motivated acts have penetrated many facets of U.S. society - even its legal system. "I'm a firm supporter of freedom of speech, but I am not a supporter of ignorance," McDonald said. "I don't fear the KKK, I don't fear the Nazi Aryan nation, I fear the police." Organizers said this year's event is especially significant because of the growing racial tension in America as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks. "Certain portions of the student popu- lation here and in America have been more targeted this year than ever before,' Mossa-Basha said. Organizers hope that the vigil not only increased students' awareness, but also encouraged them to take action. "People need to step up again and do something pro-active," Liu said. "If you change the mind of one person you may very well save a life." Michelle Branch SFebruary 16.i 8PM * All Ages St,. 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