2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 24, 2002 SECURITY Continued from Page 1 students are taking all the necessary precautions. LSA senior Brandi Basket, who has lived in East Quad Residence Hall for four years, said her level of cautiousness just came about recently. Though she remembers the days from her fresh- man and sophomore years when she often kept her door unlocked while making trips to the bathroom or talking to friends, she now describes herself as very cautious. "I think everybody is more cautious or what not. They are not as likely to go to sleep with their doors open ... I've been telling people, you should lock your doors because last year, such and such hap- pened," said Basket, who has known peers who have caught somebody watching them while in res- idence hall showers and also has a friend whose computer was stolen last year. But she said many students are not cautious enough and people who do not belong in residence halls are still gaining access to them. "Honestly, I don't let other people in," she said. "A lot of people do let others in. They are just try- ing to be nice. But my boyfriend comes to see me and I don't want anyone letting him in because as soon as something bad happens, they are going to say, 'Oh, I let this guy in."' Though Basket and others said they believe crimes in the dorms rose last year, Steinman said that isn't the case. "We did not see any dramatic peaks or decreases in crimes (last year) from previous years," Stein- man said, adding the only crimes that increased were home invasions and peeping tom incidents. These kinds of crimes did not start increasing until February, he said. "When we started to see this increase in reported incidents, we took a look at where we were and evaluated our current programs and looked for ways to improve them," he said, adding that just because crimes have gone down now does not mean they will not increase in the near future. "From an enforcement perspective, we are always looking for trends." Wet and wild JONATHON TRIEST/Daily Art junior Jean Tomaro participates in a water fight yesterday outside of her Linden Street home. Just Delete It! Don't Reply! Don't "Reply to All"! Use E-Mail Filtering Capabilities! fJ f$ C / J o61 Corporation .vf x. Invites you to join us at the U of M Career Fair On Tuesday, September 24 10:00 am - 4:00pm Top full-time candidates desired Prizes will be drawn each hour Remember to sign up ASAP on Engintrak for the Whirlpool open Interviews on October loth !! SACUA Continued from Page 1 "She is very perceptive of Universi- ty affairs and University and staff needs. I've been very impressed by her, more so than I was with Lee Bollinger," he said. Gobetti said he most admired Cole- man's openness and working style, which Coleman said consisted of first gathering data and information, then checking her sources, making a deci- sion and moving on. A major concern among faculty members at the meeting was fund- ing for the Life Sciences Institute, which could potentially be affected by the upcoming ballot proposal, Coleman said. "I'm quite concerned about the economy of the state right now ... and I don't know what the impact on the University will be," Coleman said. When it comes to undergraduate students, Coleman said she will be reviewing the President's Commis- sion on the Undergraduate Experi- ence and would discuss what she thinks are major concerns with SACUA in the future. "I think it's certainly important to keep our eye on the undergraduate experience," Coleman said. Gobetti agreed that the Universi- ty's focus should be on undergradu- ates and said he was especially impressed by Coleman's emphasis that the Life Sciences Institute would include a facility for teaching undergraduates. Coleman said she would ultimately like to involve a wide range of stu- dents and faculty from various departments in the LSI, adding the purpose of the LSI is to enhance the teaching of undergraduates, as well as become "part of the fabric" of the University. "I think she is a much better com- mitment to undergraduate education than I've seen in a long time. She's committed to everything the Universi- ty needs," Gobetti said. Coleman and SACUA also dis- cussed the interrelationship between the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Coleman described a recent trip to the Flint campus that gave her the opportunity to speak to many of the faculty and students, and commented on the difference in the student population when compared to the students in Ann Arbor. In general, Coleman said the stu- dents there are older and have more complex family situations, such as having to raise children while attend- ing school, which need to be addressed. Coleman said she plans on taking a similar tour of the Dearborn campus. Other issues addressed were the new contract between the Universi- ty and the Graduate Employees Organization and the role of SACUA and MSA in helping Cole- man in the future. German relations continue to decline WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S.- German relations sank to perhaps their lowest point in decades yester- day as American leaders groused over Chancellor Gerhard Schroed- er's opposition to U.S. policy on Iraq and a top German official's comparison of President Bush's tac- tics to those of Adolf Hitler. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, speaking hours after the victory of Schroeder's governing coalition in national elections, said the tone of his campaign had the effect of poisoning the bilateral rela- tionship. While officials in Washington Qimlled over the quick deteriora- WASHINGTON Attacks on Iraq would start in air, experts say No matter what war plan President. Bush chooses, if he decides to attack Iraq, the assault is almost certain to start from above. Strikes from U.S. warplanes and Tom- ahawk cruise missiles would aim first to destroy Iraq's relatively sophisticated air defenses, war strategists believe. The strikes would focus not on the surface-to- air missile batteries and anti-aircraft guns themselves but on the radar and commu- nication networks that tie them together. "You don't have to break every piece of an air defense system," said retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, who commanded the Air Force during the Persian Gulf War. The U.S. goal would be to own the skies; to be able to bomb Iraqi sites and provide air support to ground forces with impunity. The airstrikes would be aimed at isolat- ing or killing President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi leaders and damaging Sad- dam's elite Republican Guard units. MERIDA, Mexco Tropical storm tears through Mexico Residents of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula began sweeping water out of their homes and repairing rooftops early Monday after Hurricane Isidore ripped up trees, knocked out power and left at least two people dead. Isidore was downgraded to a tropical storm as it dumped rain across the penin- sula and battered the region with maxi- mum sustained winds of 65 mph. At 11 a.m. EDT, Isidore was 55 miles south of NEWS I"4 BRIEF -r. H EA D LIN ES F R OM A R OU ND T HE W OR LD RAMALLAH. West Bank .. Arafat refuses to hand over names A defiant Yasser Arafat dug in at his besieged compound yesterday, rejecting Israel's demand to hand over the names of all those holed up inside. As Israeli troops settled in, criticism of the blockade - the third in 10 months - intensified in Israel. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is boosting Arafat's populari- ty, instead of sidelining him, the government's detractors said. In another development, an Israeli man was killed and three of his children, ages 9, 12 and 18, were wounded in a Palestinian shooting attack in the West Bank city of Hebron. The 9-year-old was in serious condition, hospital officials said. The assault on Arafat's office has made an already tense situation even more volatile. With Arafat and 200 aides and security guards ringed by troops and confined to a building Palestinians claim is in danger of collapse, Israel cannot guarantee the Palestinian leader's safety. Harm to Arafat, even unintentional, could ignite the region. Arafat's isolation has already triggered mass street protests, some orchestrated and some spontaneous, in a replay of the scenes that marked the beginning of fighting two years ago. Yesterday, Palestinians rallying around Arafat observed a commercial strike, and staged more protests, burning tires and pelting soldiers with rocks - events rarely seen in recent months. About 10,000 rallied in Gaza, many of them school children. NE YORK Nasdaq falls to lowest point in six years The Nasdaq composite index slid to a six-year low yesterday and the rest of Wall Street fell equally hard amid a worsening outlook for the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 100 points. Responding to a smattering of bad news - and lacking any positive economic data - investors essentially sold across the board, punishing shares of everything from Microsoft to Wal-Mart. The selloff carried the Nasdaq to its lowest close since September 1996, and the Dow back toward the four-year low it reached July 23. "The air is thick with concern about the pace of corporate profit growth or the lack thereof, and I think the reports that we're seeing about a possible retest of July's lows are somewhat making that a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Charles Crane, strategist for Victory SBSF Capital Management. The Nasdaq fell 36.16, or 3.0 percent, to 1,184.93, its lowest close since it reached 1,165.81 on Sept. 12, 1996. The broader market also retreated. The Dow fell 113.87, or 1.4 percent, to 7,872.15, after declining 3.9 percent last week. The losses gave the index its third triple-digit decline in five sessions. 0 S Merida and slowly drifting eastward. The National Hurricane Center said the storm was expected to head west and back over the Gulf of Mexico, where it would likely regain strength and again become a hurricane on Tues- day. It could turn north - possibly toward the U.S. Gulf coast where it could hit this week. Residents of coastal Louisiana towns started heading north. In Mexico, Yucatan Gov. Patricio Patron said that because of ravaged communications, officials had little immediate information about damage. PH ILADE LPH IA Former Nazi guards found living in U.S. Johann Breyer landed work the day after arriving in America in 1952 and quietly supported his fami- ly for the next 40 years as a tool- and-die maker. Andrew Kuras, 80, grew blueberries and raised his sons in New Jersey. Ildefonsas Bucmys, 81, worked in an Ohio foundry for 27 years before retiring in 1985 to enjoy bingo, church and Lithuanian social gatherings. These three men, say federal prose- cutors, are former guards at Nazi con- centration camps who helped Hitler's Third Reich kill 6 million Jews. Despite their advanced age, prosecu- tors say they should not be allowed to live in the United States. "We race the clock against the Grim Reaper. 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