The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 5, 2002 - 7 Second race-based hate crime trial set to begin Two white men accused of beating a black Michigan State trooper for dancing with a white former assistant prosecutor at a bar face a second trial starting tomorrow in heavily white Livingston County. Local leaders say they would like nothing better than rid- ding themselves of the racist image that has clung to the once- rural area, now a fast-growing part of suburban Detroit's outer fringe. The case grows out of an April 20, 2001 attack on off- duty Trooper Arthur Williams III on the dance floor of the Metropolis Bar & Grill in Brighton. Authorities say two cousins, angry at seeing a black man dancing with a white woman, shouted racial slurs, punched Williams and smashed his face with a bottle. He had surgery to rebuild an eye socket. "It's a painful thing when something like this happens,' said Lee Reeves, executive director of the Chamber of Commerce in Howell, the county seat. "The prosecution is taking it very seriously." Jasen Barker, 22, and Travis Sales, 21, were jailed on ethnic intimidation and assault charges. Their two-week trial in November ended in a deadlock. After the trial, a majority of the jurors asked to meetwith Williams and expressed regret that they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict. County Prosecutor David Morse sought a retrial, which is set to begin tomorrow before Circuit Judge Stanley Latreille. He also presided over the first trial. "I am really pleased that our prosecutor is pursuing this," said Brighton City Councilman Steve Manor, a retired teacher and a co-founder of the racial tolerance advocacy group Livingston 2001. "This behavior will not be tolerated." STUDYING Continued from Page 1 of the School of Public Health's Human Nutrition Program, cautions that energy drinks containing high levels of caffeine should be used in moderation as one should limit intake of Red Bull to no more than four cans per day. "The recommended intake that you will see from a variety of health pro- fessionals is a ceiling of 400 mil- ligrams of caffeine per day. That is about four eight-ounce cups of coffee," Sandretto said. "Caffeinated beverages have an average of 4 milligrams per ounce or about 48 milligrams per 12-ounce can. Of course, Mountain Dew has about twice that much and Jolt has even more," she added. In addition to caffeine, Red Bull fea- tures an ingredient known as Taurine - a naturally produced amino acid that helps speed the body's metabolic process. The drink also contains well over 200 percent of the daily recommended value of B vitamins, but the usefulness of such a large amount is questionable. "These are water soluble vitamins and will be lost in the urine if the body does not need them," Sandretto said. "Unfortunately, for the drinkers of these energy drinks, one of the things that they have is very expensive urine." Red Bull is among a variety of energy drink companies to market its product to young and on-the-go people. Free promotional events and prod- ucts are common on college campuses. Chinoy said he was introduced to the drink by Red Bull representatives on campus who handed out free samples of the drink to students early last semester. Last year, the energy drink mar- ket increased by 102 percent, with Red Bull accounting for 68 percent of sales, according to the Beverage Marketing Corporation. Newer brands seeking to cash in on the trend include Amp, Adrena- line Rush and Whoop Ass. For a mere eight ounces, energy drinks can cost more than two dol- lars a can. Last year, Red Bull sales were more than 135 million wholesale in the U.S. alone. Red Bull is sold in 50 countries worldwide. APPEAL Continued from Page 1 Curt Levey, director of legal and public affairs for CIR, said he believes the University may not appeal an anti-affirmative action verdict because of pressure frorn outside groups. "If you look at the history of affirmative action cases when the pro-affirmative action side loses, there is a lot of pressure on them from the civil right groups not to appeal," Levey said. "There may be a lot of pressure on them not to do any more dam- age," he added. Even if one side chooses to appeal, it is uncertain whether the Supreme Court will agree to hear the cases. "It certainly isn't definite that the side that loses will appeal and it isn't. definite that the Supreme. Court will take it," Levey said. "I think in this case it is a 50-50 thing." "We're probably more likely to appeal than the University," he added. When the University of Texas the michigan TEACH IN HAWAII. A major teacher shortage in Hawaii has created the opportunity of a lifetime. All Degrees Accepted! www.islandteachers.com dropped its affirmative action law- suit, Michigan became the last institution still defending the law, which allows public universities to use race as a factor in admissions - making the University's appeal the final battle for those trying to eliminate affirmative action in pub- lic universities. "The Michigan case is the only chan- nel they have felt in the pipeline to try and change the law," Barry said. Typically, most lawsuits are set- tled through negotiations before they move to the Supreme Court. But both sides believe it is unlikely that they will reach an agreement regardless of the court's verdict. "I think it is very clear that there are strongly held principles on both side of the case. We believe that diversity in education is critical to our mission, and they believe that the constitution doesn't permit us to follow our admis- sion policy, so there really aren't any grounds for compromise," Barry said. The University's admissions poli- cies at the LSA level were ruled constitutional in Dec. 2000, but the Law School admissions policies were not. FUNDING Continued from Page 1 ments between the House and Sen- ate. But Rep. Charlie LaSata (R-St. Joseph) said he would vote against the agreement in its current form. LaSata said he was opposed to higher education being given higher priority than other state-funded programs. He also questioned whether vol- untary restraint language would work. "I'm not convinced that tuition restraint language will be effective. We had tuition restraint language in the budget two years ago and two schools raised their levels above that level," he said. Smith, however, cautioned that 0 percent increases in funding may not always be manageable by the universities. State Budget Director Don Gilmer's formal presentation of the governor's budget proposal is scheduled for Thursday before a joint session of the House and Sen- ate appropriations committees. HISTORY Continued from Page 1 Luse hopes the sample of black heritage presented during the month leads to a more consistent effort to learn about black culture among students. "The challenge is to get people to discuss black issues during the rest of the year," Luse said. This month's events include an extended dialogue on slavery repara- tions, more events honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and a cultural show sponsored by Power Moves, an African American performance group. As the University's first all-encom- passing black culture show, the event will span multiple areas of African and Afro-American culture, Luse said. RED BULL Continued from Page 1 cross each other out to become neu- tral. The net result can be heart fail- ure," Sandretto said. Monica Ravelle, spokeswoman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administra- tion, said the FDA has not issued warnings for Red Bull because prob- lems with the product itself have not been proven. "The greater problem we've seen is what the product is being com- bined with. The difficulty in this situation is whether we should question the (Red Bull) or the alco- hol," Ravelle said. Red Bull is classified as a drug in Norway, Denmark and France. In Japan, it was previously only avail- able in pharmacies. Possible health risks revealed over- seas have in no way deterred students from using Red Bull. "Our whole staff relies on it," said Matt Wattenbarger, bartender at Good Time Charley's. Although the restaurant does not serve Red Bull to its customers, there is a reserve of the energy drink behind the counter for staff use. Rick Buhr, owner of Good Time Charley's said the drink does not pro- mote a healthy image for his restau- rant. "It just doesn't fit in with what we do. 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