One hundred eleven yeas feditizfreeda m NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSiFIED: 764-0557 www.michigandally.com Monday March 11, 2002 Vol. CXEE, No. 91 Amin 02002 The E MieVigan " Ei Barg'ning continues into early morning By Jordan Schader Daily Staff Reporter With a marathon bargaining session ongoing between the University and the Graduate Employees Organization, it was uncertain this morning whether the scheduled GEO walk-out would be held today. As of 1:45 a.m. the two par- ties continued to negotiate. Although significant progress made in negotia- tions over the weekend threw the likeli- hood of a strike in doubt, preparations have been made for a day of protest. "We've come a long, long way toward settling this contract today, and that's very encouraging," Uni- versity Spokeswoman Julie Peterson said. "It may be that the union will not feel a job action is needed at this point." Peterson said important progress was made over the weekend in the areas of harassment protection, child care, budgeting procedure in the hiring of graduate student instructors, the definition of a grad- uate student and training for inter- national students. In the event of a strike today, educa- tion will not come to a halt, she said. Classes are considered to be in session and departments have been asked to replace GSIs who walk out, although Peterson said, "they won't be able to cover every last one." Students should wait for an instruc- tor to come to class for at least 15 min- utes before leaving class, she said. But many undergraduates will not be there to wait, LSA sophomore Jackie Bray said. "I expect over 1,000 undergraduates to not attend class, and that's a show of support (for GEO)," said Bray, a mem- ber of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality. SOLE and other student groups organized an undergraduate rally -on the Diag for 1 p.m. today, which Bray said she expects about 300 students to attend. About 150 undergraduates will also stand side- by-side with GSIs on the picket lines, she said. GEO organizer Rudolfo Palma- Lulion said he expects about 500 gradu- ate student instructors to picket if the walk-out proceeds as scheduled. One of the union's goals is to talk to everyone entering a University building, he said. GEO will also hold a Diag rally at noon where students will discuss the difficulty of raising a child as a GSI. Another rally at 6 p.m. in front of the LSA building will conclude the day's events. "Si 71 O1122K lo Perspectives shift across the nation DAVID KATZ/Dai"y Mike Jefferdes, director of maintenance for University Towers on South University Avenue, cleans debris and broken glass outside Leo's Coney Island. High winds In Ann Arbor Saturday afternoon shattered the restaurant's windows at around 3 p.m. Winds cause city-w'ide destructionouttage s By Rahwa Ohebre-Ab Daily Staff Reporter Images of people running for their lives, firefighters and volunteers work- ing for hours on end and grieving fam- ily members are memories that will not soon be forgotten. Although six months have passed since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many things have changed in the country - from tighter security and the onslaught of patriotism to a divide between the Arab and Muslim community and much of the nation. With a large number of students with family and friends living in New York and surrounding areas, students' emotional ties shaped the way they view the terrorist attacks. "The mood in New York was somber around Thanksgiving, which was the first time I went home since the attacks, but it's a lot different now," LSA freshman Claire Leavitt said. "It's not that people are over it, but it is not as relevant to how people think every- day." Thousands flock to New York each day to see the Twin Towers' rubble and to memorialize the victims. Ground Zero has brought an innumerable num- ber of tourists and observers, empha- By Christopher Johnson Daily Staff Reporter Passers-by on South University Avenue Saturday may have noticed a startling change in the appearance of Leo's Coney Island. The strong winds demolished two windows of the building's south face, through which gusts continued to blow and damaged the restaurant's interior. "We always have a strong wind tunnel on this street," Leo's owner Andrew Kotzovos said. "It intensified the wind and broke the windows." Dennis Kahlbaum, the University weather observer, said that cold air from Canada and warm air from the Gulf of Mexico reacted with the jet stream over Michi- gan to cause the weather. "A powerful low pressure system brought the winds and a strong cold front brought the temperature," Kahlbaum said. Although he recorded the peak gusts at 58 mph Satur- day, Kahlbaum added the retreat of the low pressure sys- tem into Canada yesterday that should steadily diminish the turbulent wind. Students agreed that the weather caused problems and was unpleasant. "It was very cold and very horrible," LSA junior Eliz- abeth Brennan said. See WEATHER, Page 9A sizing the sentiment that things-will no longer be the same again. "I live right there in Manhattan and it's full of tourists. It's hard to get back to daily life because there is no way to do that with all these policemen and tourists in your lobby," LSA freshman Arielle Barzilai said. With students 'raveling all over the country for Spring Break, many stu- dent organizations and individual stu- dents found themselves in the New York City area and nearly all visited Ground Zero. "We didn't really plan to go to Ground Zero," said LSA freshman Tobias Singer, who traveled to New York with the a cappella group Amazin' Blue. "The trucks are still coming and taking away all the rubble. The size is astounding - it's like a val- ley. It's hard to believe what it was like right after the attacks. "On the other hand, it seems as 'New Yorkie' as it has always been, just a little changed. People are moving on with their lives," Singer said. See ANNIVERSARY, Page 6A U.S. support, Arab relations focus of Israel Conference By Jennifer Misthal Daily Staff Reporter "Israeli people want peace' Deputy Consul General of Israel, David Reot, told a room full of students and local community members yes- terday at the Michigan League. Reot, keynote speaker of "Israel Under the Lens: An Academic Conference," outlined some of the conference's themes in his speech, including U.S.-Israel and Arab-Israeli relations. Yesterday's conference also looked at the Unit- ed Nations' relationship with Israel, women's roles and rights in Israel and terrorism in Israel. Although Israel appreciates the "overwhelm- ing" support from Congress, Reot does not think American involvement will be "the magic solution" to the problems in the Middle East. "Don't be fooled by easy solutions. ... Both sides understand they have to make conces- sions," Reot said. Addressing recent terrorist attacks, Reot said more than 65 percent of Palestinians did not believe Arabs were behind the events of Sept. 11. This has led to an overall decline in Palestinian support. "You don't have to be a Zionist or a supporter inside: The Michigan Daily sat down with Israeli Air Force Brigadier General Relik Shafir last night to discuss the current situation in Israel. Page 5A. of Israel against terrorism," Reot said. "We shouldn't be using suicide bombings." LSA senior and conference planner Jordan Nodel said the conference is not trying to sup- port one specific idea, but "rather create space for academics." "It's a placer to come, learn and discuss, not See CONFERENCE, Page 10A JOHN PRATT/Daily Marc and Zleva Konvisser discuss Arab-Israeli relations after a talk at the Israel Conference yesterday, while an officer walks his dog. The conference displayed a heightened amount of security. Computer taken from e r West Quad By Rob Goodsped Daily Staff Reporter A female resident of West Quad Residence Hall awoke Friday morning to discover a man fleeing her room with her backpack and laptop. The incident is the latest in a three-month string of mostly unsolved home invasions, peeping tom incidents and thefts from residence hall rooms. The 20-year-old victim said a friend left her door unlocked when he left around 7:30 a.m. Friday. She awoke around 8 a.m. to discover a man standing about a foot away from her bed. After she screamed, she said the man fled with her black Timberland backpack and Com- paq Presario laptop computer. The victim, an LSA sophomore, described the suspect as a black male with short hair, about 5-foot-10 and wearing a blue jacket with two yellow stripes on each sleeve. The victim said she tried to chase the suspect, but when she got to her door he had already disappeared. Her room is near a stairway. The Department of Public Safety said they are follow- ing leads, and have made some arrests in connection with the recent string of home invasion incidents. "We don't know if they're connected," DIES spokes- Gubernatorial candidate rallies supporters at Union University student voting, treatment of mentally ill, parenting focus of Granholm agenda By Loul Melziish Daily Staff Reporter nifer Granholm is one of four candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. She discussed her candidacy with about 150 students and community members at a meeting of the University's chapter of College Democrats at the Michigan Union. "It is very important when creating policy that you don't do things the exact same way you did them before," she said. The former Wayne County corporation counsel and Harvard University Law School graduate, who sup- ports affirmative action and considers herself pro- See GRANHOLM Page 10A SThe state's top lawyer said yesterday that if elected BRENDAN O'DONNELL/Daily governor she. will make "outside of the box thinking" Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm discusses her and diversity the hallmarks of her term in office. campaign for governor last night at the Michigan Union. After three years as the state attorney general, Jen- Hateful messages left on cars By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter A major ramification of the Sept. 11 attacks has been an increase in hostile incidents against Arab- Americans and the Islamic commu- nity. Six months after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Wash- ington, another discriminatory episode happened Friday night when fliers containing hate material were placed on windshields of sev- eral cars at the Islamic Center in The material on the fliers refer- enced the arrest of local Muslim leader Rabih Haddad. Haddad was arrested for a visa violation three months ago and is currently incarcer- ated at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center where he is wait- ing to appear in front of a grand jury. The grand jury might ask him ques- tions about the charity he co-founded, the Global Relief Foundation, and its possible ties to terrorism. The material found on the cars called for Haddad to not be given Haddad's family should be deported and the American Civil Liberties Union should go with them. One of the most derogatory state- ments on the flier said, "Your Hajj in Mecca is over ... Muslims go home ... death to the Muslim infidels." Kristine Abouzhar, a member of the Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor said the man wrote "extreme things that showed a lack of knowledge of the situation as well. For example, the flyer said he was a known terrorist and admitted '}___