Bather Friday March 28, 2003 ©2003 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 120 One-hundred-twelve years ofeditorialfreedom TDAY: Heavy thunderstorms are expected' throughIiout the day with strong winds from the southwest. LOS 34 Tomorrow X1124 wwwmkhigandaily.com I MINNIpill 1=0 INIMMEMEMENIN i I Rumsfeld: 'Ihe Associated Press American-led forces bombed Iraqi targets and battled troops across Saddam Hussein's slowly shrinking domain yesterday, battering the regime's communications and com- mand facilities in Baghdad. U.S. officials began sending reinforcements to the region and reported 25 Marines wounded after a friendly fire incident around An Nasiriyah. The Iraqi regime breathed defiance even as coalition troops encircled its capital city. "The enemy must come inside Bagh- dad, and that will be its grave," Defense Minister Sultan Mashem Ahmed declared. Troops may lay siege to capital Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested that U.S. forces might lay siege to the capital and hope Iraqis rise up against the government. Eight days after the launching of Operation Iraqi Free- dom, President Bush met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and declined to set a timetable for the war. It will last "however long it takes" to win, he said, thumping the lectern for emphasis. Both men said the United Nations could help rebuild post- war Iraq, but sidestepped tricky questions of who would create and run a new government once Saddam is toppled. A U.S. B-2 bomber dropped two 4,700-pound, satellite- guided "bunker busting" bombs on a major communications tower on the east bank of the Tigris River in downtown Bagh- dad, US. military officials said. They said the strike was meant to hamper communications between Saddam's regime and Iraq's military. Air assaults zeroed in on one of Saddam's presi- dential compounds in the heart of the capital. "Coalition air forces and Tomahawk missiles took out a communications and command and control facilities in the capital city during the night," said Lt. Cmdr. Charles Owens, a spokesman reading from a bulletin at the command center in Camp As Sayliyah. In the war zone, sandstorms abated and the Americans and British reported flying 1,500 missions during the day as they exploited their unchecked air superiority. British forces report- ed destroying 14 Iraqi tanks near Basra - their largest such take since World War II. Warplanes bombed positions in northern Iraq near Kurdish- held areas and hit Republican Guard forces menacing Ameri- can ground forces 50 miles south of Baghdad. Thunderous explosions rocked the capital after nightfall in one of the strongest blasts in days, filling the sky with flames and thick smoke after one of Saddam's presidential palaces was hit. Combat aircraft dropped bombs "just about as fast as we See IRAQ, Page 3 Campus sounds off on national security By Emily Kraack Daily Staff Reporter The Bush administration has called the war in Iraq one link in the war on terror. But will the newest attack on "terrorism" actually diminish the threat? Professors and students acknowledge that there are no easy answers to this question, but expressed varying reasons for concerns over increased American vulnerability. Political science Prof, Mark Tessler specializes in Middle Eastern political research. He said the war in Iraq has created a hostile world environment toward the United States. "What we're doing in Iraq is making a lot of people very angry with us," he said. Tessler, director of the Center for Political Studies, said sources of fric- tion surrounding the war include America's one-sided approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, support for dictatorial regimes and apparent lack of concern for civilians after the last Gulf War and after the bombing of Afghanistan. But Tessler said most people outside of the United States can distinguish between government policy and Amer- ican society. "Most people have a very low regard for our foreign policy and our administration," he said. "They dis- tinguish very readily between our gov- ernment and our society and our people." Retired philosophy Prof. Frithjof Bergmann, who experienced first- hand growing anti-American sentiment while in South Africa as he worked to eradicate poverty, said many people there feel the war is only the beginning of the violence. "Everybody in South Africa repeat- ed relentlessly that what we're now experiencing is the first phase of what is becoming the first really truly global See SAFETY, Page 3 ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OR VANDALISM? Wartine graffiti on the rIse hi A2 By Marla Sprow Daily Staff Reporter Graffiti is no stranger to Ann Arbor. It seems that graffiti is everywhere - all over campus and the rest of the city. Graffiti has always decorated building walls, underpasses, the Diag, bathroom stalls, bus stops and stop signs. But the graffiti seen around campus isn't just graffiti anymore. From the "Stop War" stop signs to the spray painted "No war 4 oil" message tattooed above Huron Street just past Main Street, the graffiti around Ann Arbor seems to be a popular method of promoting a message. "I've noticed a lot of graffiti around Ann Arbor, and I think it's just one of the markers of the city. It wouldn't have the same feel without it' Ann Arbor resident Andrew Johnson said while standing in front of a bus stop with a "make art not war" mes- sage. "I think this is a pretty harmless way for a person to express their opinions on something, so long as it isn't on anyone's per- sonal property." Some areas near campus have more spray paint than others. The area between State Street and Fifth Avenue sports messages asking passerbys to do everything from "please please revolt" to "use brains, take action." Stenciled gasmasks are popular signs of the times, as are peace signs. Recently, two males were seen writing the words "Paying Tuition = War".on the sidewalk and the flagpole near the Natural Science Building with black spray paint. Although Department of Public Safety officers were not able See GRAFFITI, PR 2 PHUIU LLUSHAIIUN BY ELISE BHMAN, PHOlOS BY ASHLEY HARPERI/Uily Wartime graffiti, which has been on the rise since the beginning of the war, is displayed throughout Ann Arbor, including alleyways between State and 5th and beneath the Broadway Bridge. Hih Sch0l students:U lawsuits critical to educaion By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter High school students across the coun- try will be keeping their ears to the ground and paying a little more attention to the US. Supreme Court next week, as it hears a case whose outcome could affect their educational futures. While many University students have been following the debates surrounding Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger since "diversity" became the buzzword on campus during the first few days of their college careers, many high schools have also recognized the significance of the cases. "We had this argument about affir- mative action in my debate class last semester ... about half the class was for affirmative action, and half the class wasn't," said Dan McGraw, a sen- ior from Grosse Pointe North High School, located near Detroit. "I do see that now that it's at the Supreme Court and President Bush has submitted his opinion, it could cause a big divide in the country," McGraw added. "It's a big issue, and there is no right answer to it. I will always accept other people's views. I'm not going to tell someone who is See STUDENTS, Page 7 New web site offers students help with class registration David Horowitz, editor of FrontPage magazine, speaks in the Michigan League Ballroom yesterday about his opposition to affirmative action. Horowitz criticizes campus liberalism By Sara Eber Daily Staff Reporter It's that time again. Time to spend hours bonding with W6lverine Access, browsing the courseguide and meeting with academic advisors in hopes of discovering that perfect schedule for next term. But Business School senior John Hostetler is familiar with this anxiety and has introduced a new free tool to help University students find the per- fect schedule - www.mischedule.com. Users choose the term, and the web- site links to Wolverine Access' data- bases to provide students with course availabilities. The site allows users to select up to eight courses, submit time preferences - late riser, no Fridays, four-day weekend - and section pref- erences. It then compiles all of the information and produces up to 10 possible schedule combinations. "This really saves students time," Hostetler said. "I remember going through Wolverine Access and trying to find classes that would fit - it was a pain. This allows you to take the classes you want to take at the exact time you want to take them, to make the best possible schedule." "I think it's a really good idea because it makes doing your schedule much more efficient," LSA freshman Shauna Minning said. "I've spent hours trying to find a schedule that works for me, and this will save me a lot of time," she said. The website was created two years ago by Hostetler's brother, Dan, a Uni- versity alum, as part of an independent study project. Dan Hostetler, now a computer pro- grammer at Comshare, an Ann Arbor company, said he included more stu- dent-friendly features for mischedule.com in response to his own experience scheduling with Wolverine Access. "When Wolverine Access came out, I really didn't like it. I thought they could have made it a lot better, and then I realized it actually can be made better," he said. Dan's website received a positive response when it first piloted in spring 2001, and served around 3,000 people, he said. "People e-mailed me saying they couldn't find a working schedule on their own, and would not have found one without the site's help," he said. See WEBSITE, Page 3 University President Mary Sue Coleman stands for applause in Crisler Arena yesterday at her formal inauguration. Attendees included several alumni and University officials, and former President Lee Bollinger, right, who now heads Columbia University. Coleman highlghts future at ceremony By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter By Andrew McCormack Daily Staff Reporter Tensions mounted in the Michigan League Ballroom last night when con- servative author David Horowitz made another appearance at the Uni- versity in order to, as he was intro- duced, "combat the predominant ethos" of liberalism here. "There is no more benighted and harassed minority on campus than con- servatives'" Horowitz said. "On the Uni- versity of Michigan campus, Republicans are as rare as unicorns." He went on to say that most, if not all of the University's professors are Democrats, and that this impairs stu- dents' learning environment. Michigan Review Editor in Chief James Justin Wilson said he shares this sentiment. "I don't know a single professor here who is happily Republican. I've been here for four years, and believe me, I've been looking," Wilson said. "The politi- cal spectrum at this University goes from moderate to socialist or Marxist or communist." Horowitz "put in his two cents" regarding the University's race-con- scious admissions policies, which he See HOROWITZ, Page 7 At a time when lawsuits challenge the University's admissions policies and state legislators threaten its budget, Uni- versity President Mary Sue Coleman used her inauguration address yesterday to address the future by learning from the past. Coleman, who has been Uni- versity president since Aug. 1, was for- mally inaugurated on a stage surrounded by former University Presidents Lee Bollinger and James Duderstadt, as well as past and present regents. Coleman centered her speech on the sankofa - a bird from Ghana that moves forward with its head turned backward. Coleman recalled the proverb associated with the symbolism of the bird, saying, "Look to your roots, in order to reclaim your future." "The glory of the University of Michigan resides in its ability to re- invent itself continually, to cherish its roots while inventing the future," Cole- man said. Coleman spoke about Thomas Jefferson's plans to make the University of Virginia a great institution, and his struggle to obtain a suitable appropria- tion from the state legislature. Jefferson repeatedly wrote to state legislators sug- gesting money be shifted from primary schools to higher education. "Some tensions have not changed in 200 years," Coleman joked. "Because the state benefits from having an educat- See COLEMAN, Page 7 I I