One hundred eleven years of editorialfreedom "UT I NEWS: 76-DAILY SCLASSIFIED:764-0557 www michigandaily com Tuesday March 26,2002 Iv t , 14..12.20 e ihia D.y EVU' will not continue internal investigations By Steve Jackson Daily Sports Editor According to Athletic Director Bill Martin, Michigan has no immediate plans to take down its Final Four banners or sanction itself for the $616,000 in loans that four former basketball play- ers allegedly received while at Michigan. "It's premature to go there," Martin said. A federal indictment handed down Thursday said that former Michigan booster Ed Martin used those loans as a means to launder money from his illegal gambling ring in Detroit-area factories. "These are allegations, and we can't lose sight of that," said Bill Martin, who called the dollar amounts in this case staggering. "Our judicial sys- tem talks in terms of proven guilty, and we're deal- ing with allegations." In his opening statement, Martin outlined four keys points regarding this case: The University is taking these allegations very seriously; Michigan has fully complied with NCAA on this issue and will continue to do so; the basketball program has already suffered from the Ed Martin scandal; and the athletic department is committed to supporting current coach Tommy Amaker. "We expect more at Michigan," Bill Martin said. "I think one of the most important jobs of an ath- letic director is to hire coaches and staff of honor and integrity that can win the right way at the national level." By waiting for the NCAA or the U.S. District Attorney's office to make the first move, quick clo- sure on the Ed Martin saga, which began in 1996, may not be possible for Michigan. But Bill Martin is confident that the process will move more quickly in light of recent events. "I don't think that process will take that long," Bill Martin said. "I think tiat this will go right on the NCAA docket." Although no immediate action is planned, Martin will be meeting with Amaker, interim University President B. Joseph White and University General Counsel Marvin Krislov this week to determine what Michigan will do independently on this case. At the request of the U.S. District Attorney's Office, Michigan will not conduct any further inter- nal investigations, but the law firm hired to investi- gate the case back in 1997 has been consulted several times since Thursday's indictment. The Uni- versity has spent $140,000 in legal fees to investi- gate possible NCAA violations related to Ed Martin. "Do I think that academically and athletically Michigan can transcend this event? Yeah I do, but it's going to take some time," Bill Martin said. "I've got to hang my head low. Let's fac.e it, this is not a happy time." But Bill Martin said that he is "very confident" that the current program is clean. He sees this scandal as part of a larger problem in the culture of high school and college basketball. He said he supported measures like making fresh- men players ineligible and tying the number of scholarships to the program's graduation rates, but such reforms are still not popular on the national level. Bill Martin also said he also understands the diffi- culties associated with completely policing players See MARTIN, Page 9 DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Athletic Director Bill Martin speaks at a press conference yesterday to discuss the ramifications of last Thursday's indictment of former Wolverine basketball booster Ed Martin. Greek Week funds camp for children with AIDS By Jordan Sdrader Daily Staff Reporter Ten-year-old Matthew O'Neil was born HIV-positive, but his illness was a taboo subject for him until he began participating in the Camp Heartland program. There, he could speak about AIDS without being judged and feared. "I could not talk about (AIDS) with my friends at school," O'Neil said. "They tell their parents and then they can't be my friend. "It wasn't 'till I went to Camp Heart- land that I felt I had a future," he said. Camp Heartland, founded by Neil Willenson in 1993, is a camping and outreach program for children and teenagers who have been infected with AIDS and HIV or who have been other- wise impacted by the disease. Willenson brought four kids involved with the camp to the University yester- day for a presentation titled "Journey of Hope" in coordination with Greek Week 2002. Greek Week, which began Satur- day and concludes April 3, donates most of its proceeds to Camp Heartland. Last year's contribution of $36,000 was one of the largest received by the camp. Willenson founded Camp Heartland after witnessing bigotry and fear against a mother and child with AIDS in his hometown of Mequon, Wis. He said he wanted to give children a place where they could be themselves. "They come, sometimes, to share their secret for the first time in their young lives," he said. "They know it's a safe place to share their secret and that is very, very powerful." The campers came to the Universi- ty with a message of education and prevention. They tried to dispel myths about the contraction of AIDS, explaining that it is generally contracted only by unprotected sex and use of contaminated needles and not by casual contact. The kids also urged the audience to lead safe lifestyles so their own experi- ences would not be repeated. Fraternity and sorority members made up most of the audience and received points for their Greek Week teams by attending. LSA senior Katie Clark, a Greek Week organizer, said the presentation helped Greeks realize that there is more to the week's events than games. "There's a big percentage of us who See AIDS, Page 9 KELLY LIN/Daily LSA sophomore Jessica Magnatta and LSA freshman Mike Canete search for golf balls in a pool of red jello during Greek Week Diag Day yesterday morning. Essay now an option onGRE s By Louie Melzlish Daily StaffReporter Students considering graduate school will have a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for the next few months: The ability to choose the type of admissions test they can take. Effective Oct. 1, the Graduate Record The dew GREsystm Examinations, the most popular admis- gk f sions test for gradu- the exception ofs-ih Uitthenstudents can chdse medical,pbusiness f et weent test with a multiple and law schools- ice lnaiytical sectlon or one will include an ana- with an analytial writing essay. lytical writing, or i"h~nlyia riig fo essay, section, replac- cnit o:j-iut rsn ing a multiple choice yor esecieo n su"td section that evaluates and a 80 0rnute "Analyze an Ar analytical ability. In ment task, the meantime, stu- dents will be able to choose which version of the test, new or old, they wish to take. "For people who are more comfortable with essays, like people in the humanities, (the change) could be to their bene- fit," Jaime Bederman, national director for graduate program marketing with The Princeton Review, Inc., said. The Prince- ton Review offers test preparation for numerous standardized tests, including the GRE. "For people in engineering and the sciences and foreign students, they probably-would prefer the multiple choice analytical section," Bederman said. The new analytical writing section will include a 45-minute "Present Your Perspective on an Issue" task and a 30-minute "Analyze an Argument" task. The other sections of the test are multiple choice, including a verbal test, focusing on English language skills, as well as a quantitative reasoning test, which See GRE, Page 9 White forms new executive committee By Tyler Boersen Daily Staff Reporter Following the announcement of University Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin's resig- nation in April, interim President B. Joseph White has created an executive committee to coordinate the activities of the five offices not permanently filled The Finance and Capital Projects Commit- tee will be composed of various senior offi- cials from each of the affected University offices and will help to coordinate the finances of the University's schools and col- leges. "The purpose is to make sure we are keep- ing all finances and capital projects on track across the entire University," White said. The committee will include interim Provost Paul Courant and former interim Provost and University Secretary Lisa Tedesco. Tedesco stepped down last semester from her position as interim Provost because she wanted to devote herself to her position as University secretary. The ongoing presidential search preempted the completion of a search for a permanent provost. Also included on the committee are Asso- ciate Vice President for Finance Tim Slottow and Associate Vice President for Facilities and Operations Hank Baier. Both formerly report- ed to Kasdin, but will work directly for the president until a permanent CFO can be named. "In some ways the higher the level of office, the less effect a person has on day to day operations". - B. Joseph White Interim University President Associate Vice President for Health System Finance Doug Strong will represent the med- ical center as Vice President of Medical Affairs Gil Omenn steps down in July to pur- sue research interests. Executive assistant to the chief financial Officer Sue Burnett will join White to round out the committee. White said he is not worried about the lack of permanent officers at high levels of the University because they have primary impact See COMMITTEE, Page 9 Peace nominee discusses U.N. sanctions of Iraq Racist feelings statewide boost tolerance dialogues By Matt Randall and Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporters Convicted felon and two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly ques- tioned the morality and legality of the United Nations' sanctions against Iraq last night, commenting on what she called tragic conditions and issues Iraqi civilians face largely because of U.S.: policy. Kelly, who helped initiate "Voices in the Wilderness," a group dedicated to campaigning against these sanctions, has been to Iraq 14 times since 1996 when +he nmaisn heon he aid she has had her passport taken away and has been threatened with jail time and fines for breaking laws she feels are cruel and should not be obeyed.. "We don't believe it's criminal to bring medicine and toys to people in Iraq. We think the economic sanctions are criminal," she said. Kelly also said she believes the sanc- tions violate international law and the U.N. charter. She alleged the sanctions are still being imposed on Iraq because of the United States' desire to control petrole- um and recycle funds between the Mideast and the U.S. See KELLY. Pae 9 By Shabina S.,Khatri Daily Staff Reporter A hateful message scrawled across the Diag early last week set off a wave of student protests condemning the disturbing increase of ethnic intolerance on campus. LSA senior Panther McAllister, speaker of the Black Students Union, said the University's silence on the issue must end. "(The administration) should at least come out and say they disagree with what happened rather than pretending it didn't happen. The chalking on the Diag was not just an attack on black students, but the University's admission policy as well," she said. The University's administration issued a state- ment last week condemning the racial epithet as well as all hateful speech. But McAllister said the statement should have been sent to the entire campus community rather than just to student leaders and the focal media. Vice President of Student Affairs E. Royster Harper said the University is more than willing to show its strong commitment to open dialogue and respectful exchange. "We already made the statement. If we just need to make sure more people know, then that's what we'll do," she said. Ann Arbor is one of several Michigan cities experiencing an increase in racial tension. The National Action Network, a civil rights organ- ization centered in New York, responded to complaints and violence in Warren, Novi and the East side of Flint last week by issuing travel advisories and warnings to the three cities. University alum Rev. Horace Sheffield III who heads NAN's Michigan chapter said Michi- gan is the first state to receive warnings in a nationwide campaign to protect blacks from mistreatment. "We based our warning and advisories on the See RACISM, Page 9 BRETT MOUNTAIN/Daily Two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly speaks an.ths enudt +aand anEtins 2ainst rn a.