Weather Monday September 1, 2002 ©2002 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 10 One-hundred-eleven years of editorialfreedom TODAY: Sunny through- out morning and afternoon with clear skies at night and no expected pre- cipitation. NHI77 LOW: 50 Tomorrow- 821S4 www.michigandaily.com ------- - --------------- - ---- --- - I MWARINFREFUM WIMMUNWIMMEM Incident echoes By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter A black male attempted to rob another male on the second floor of the Church Street parking structure Thursday afternoon, according to a Department of Public Safety crime alert. The victim was approached in the parking structure around 4:50 p.m. by the suspect, who was described as being 18 to 23 years old, standing six-foot-four and wearing a hat, black skull cap, diamond earrings, a long- sleeve white shirt and dark jeans. The suspect claimed to have a gun and asked the victim for his money but then walked away. Nothing was stolen and no gun was seen, according to police reports. There was also no physical altercation and the victim was not harmed, DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said. Normally, if a victim is approached by a suspect claiming to have a gun, the victim should comply with the suspect's requests, Brown said. "One would believe that you can always replace property, but if you made the person mad and they chose to shoot you, it would be much more difficult to heal from an injury. You can always replace money," she said, adding that most criminals with guns are not looking to injure anybody. "Unless they are hardened criminals, they are usually just looking for money or some- thing to feed their drug habit," she added. Brown said she could not comment about why the suspect walked away without taking anything. uly ro "It's a very odd situation," she added. She could not comment about whether the altercation involved drugs but said that to her knowledge, the victim and suspect did not know each other. This is not the first robbery to take place in the Church Street parking structure. An armed robbery occurred there July 28, when two victims were robbed by two sus- pects, also on the structure's second level. One of the suspects possessed a handgun and they both fled on foot after the robbery. Those suspects were described as being 1 bbery black males. One was about five-feet-ten, 19 to 20 years old, 160 pounds, wearing a red bandanna and a red shirt. The suspect carry- ing the handgun was described as being about six-foot-one, 19 to 20 years old and stocky. He was also wearing a black skull cap. Brown said the victims and suspects in that robbery "had the potential to know each other." It is unknown if the suspect from Thurs- day's incident is linked with any other recent See INCIDENT, Page 7A Dinorama Indictment in Tyco scandal passes quietly By Shabina S. Khatri Daily Staff Reporter 7 Seven-year-old Duane London of Bay City, Mich., examines up-close a pre-historic display atI Science Museum yesterday. IUNY UINuUaily the University's Natural Students abroad find comfort in distance Unlike other major corporations that have faced corruption crises this past year, Thurs- day's indictment of former Tyco International chief executive officer Dennis Kozlowski and former chief financial officer Mark Swartz on charges of corruption, conspiracy and grand larceny sent nary a ripple through Wall Street. According to the indictment, Kozlowski and Swartz have stolen more than $170 mil- lion from Tyco and obtained more than $430 million by fraud through sales of securities since 1995. Tyco, which operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 250,000 people, absorbed Thursday's news calmly. In addition, Tyco's stock, down 70 percent from its 52-week high, has actually been on the rise since the appointment of Edward Breen as the new CEO in July. Eric Lundberg, the University's chief investment officer, said the University recent- ly purchased Tyco stock because "it was a good investment." Lundberg also said unlike Enron and WorldCom, the crisis did not send Tyco's stock price plummeting for several reasons, including market expectations. "A lot of the damage was already done, so (the indictment) didn't come as a surprise. The new governing structure fired the people who were indicted and replaced the manage- ment," he said. "The bad news associated with the people has come to light and the stock price has adjusted tremendously." Lundberg also said executives in the differ- ent corporations had various incentives to cheat. "There is a difference in the nature of these scandals. (WorldCom and Enron officials) lied to make the company looks better than it did. Tyco executives lied and cheated and inflated earnings to benefit themselves," he said. "WorldCom wasn't nearly as profitable as the management led on so the stock price should be less. That's why Tyco's a little dif- ferent." Business School graduate student Vijay Raghavendra, who works in Tyco's Global Automotive Division, said the news of the indictment has caused mixed feelings among the company's employees, but business had quickly returned to normal. "The (charges) have certainly provided a field for gossip. Employees were very disap- pointed about how Kozlowski and his team hijacked everything ... but I really don't see much of a difference," he said. Though the indictment did not significantly affect last week's stock prices, Lundberg said the recent media attention on corrupt corpo- rate executives has caused many companies to "go back and look at their auditors." The recent flurry of scandal in the business world has also forced company boards, the government and regulatory groups such as the Securities and Exchange Commission to pass stricter measures against fraud. "In a sense it's good this is coming to light. I believe that most people are good. They. want to do a good job. They don't want to be tainted by someone who's gone crazy," Lund- berg said. "The system works. They can't run their corporations like their own personal businesses. They have responsibilities. That's the message." In Tyco's case, Raghavendra said, that mes- sage has been heard loud and clear. "Successful companies provide value for their consumers, and those executives were (too busy) trying to make their number (tar- gets) by hook or crook to deliver, he said. "They lost sight of the goal." By Leslie Ward Daily Staff Reporter AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - As the University of Michigan and the nation as a whole gathered together to commemorate the first anniversary of Sept. 11, many students experienced the day in a unique way. Away from family and friends, students studying abroad spent the anniversary of the attacks in a different manner than other Americans. "I felt that a lot of the time during the day I forgot it was ever September 11, and I felt really bad about that," said LSA junior Chu- Cox plans to make Min Lee, who is studying in Aix-en-Provence, France this year. "It wasn't observed very much in the town ... it just wasn't as commemorated." But many stu- dents welcomed the 'distance that being ,zabroad afforded them. "Ihthought it was nice being here because you got some distance. It was a lot easier to deal with because you didn't have to see everyone grieving," LSA junior Jessica Leung said. "In many ways I wish I would have been home, but at the same time you could kind of relax. It was easier to just treat it as a normal day," LSA junior Ethan Sterling said. Although foreign news media gave much attention to the anniversary (the French newspaper Le Monde included a special seg- ment directly from the New York Times), the only event in Aix available to students was a mass held at a local cathedral which drew 650 people. Many of the students in Aix were glad to have had the chance to discuss the events of See ABROAD, Page 7A Diversity a concern for LHSP members By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter crime top priority By Jordan Schrader Daily Staff Reporter JACKSON - An effort to curb violent crime in Michigan tops the agenda of Attorney General hopeful Mike Cox. Cox laid out his plan for fighting crime at a Friday press conference in Jackson. The Livonia Republican leads the homicide divi- sion of the Wayne County's prosecu- tor's office and Cox hopes to put his experience in putting criminals behind bars to work as the state's top lawyer. The Attorney General's office puts most of its energv into protecting con- Ann Arbor resident Brian Reed makes a cup of espresso at Cafe Ambrosa on Maynard Street last night. Caffieine may harm health Former Lloyd Hall Scholars Program Resident Fellow Lani Pascual's disappointment with the direction of the program finally reached a point where she had to speak out when she heard about the LSA dean's office July decision to eliminate the Resident Fellow position after this academic year. Resident Fellows are graduate students who live in Alice Lloyd Residence Hall with LHSP students and teach classes within the program. "The decision was made without any input from stu- dents," Pascual said. "It's kind of like building a menu and seeing if people will come, instead of asking people what they want." Pascual, along with a group of former and present mem- bers of the LHSP community wrote a proposal, pointing out a lack of diversity and student leadership, among other things. She said one of the biggest problems of LHSP since its inception in 1962 has been its lack of direction. "It has no institutional memory of itself," Pascual said, adding that it has always been a problem to draw up a plan for the program. "With each new administration, these ideas kind of get pushed on the wayside." By Lauren Hodge For The Daily Though smoking and drug abuse are common addictions, those who con- sume large amounts of caffeine may also suffer from harmful repercussions down the line, a recent study found. stomach cramps and increased muscle tension. Some of the more serious symptoms include depression, diar- rhea, sleep deprivation and an increase in blood pressure, according to a study conducted by the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois. LSA senior Kim Love admits to I TONY DING/Daily