.nw.AV+w r E Monday November 25, 2002 .2002 The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 57 One-hundred-twelve years ofeditorialfreedom TODAY: Snow show- ers in the morning, cloudy with winds from the northwest in the after- noon. LOW: 26 Temorrow- 37I1 9 www.michigandaily.com Postgame eruption Columbus rhots after OSU's wn By Joe Smith Daily Sports Editor "We didn't start the fire." That's what some Ohio State stu- dents were claiming following the 49 arrests that were made early yesterday morning after close to a dozen fires were reported in a 10-block area of Columbus. Just more than five hours after Ohio State's dramatic, 14-9, victory over Michigan - which sent the Buckeyes to the national title game - police were forced to use tear gas and pellets to disperse a crowd of hundreds of fans near campus. "Up until midnight, when a few parties went out of control, it was a pretty quiet night," said Sherry Mer- curio, Columbus police spokes- woman. "It's disappointing that some irresponsible people can try to take attention away from the great things the football team accomplished." But after midnight, several blocks close to campus - including Chitten- den Street, 13th Avenue, 15th Avenue and 16th Avenue - were filled with See RIOTS, Page 7A Students First sees b 0 " big WiS Takes 16 of 22 seats on MSA, seven of nine on LSA-SG By Elizabeth Anderson and Carmen Johnson Daily Staff Reporter The Students First Party nearly swept the elections for vari- ous student government positions, winning a vast majority of the seats up for election on the Michigan Student Assembly and LSA Student Government. After nearly a month of campaigning for seats on MSA and LSA-SG, candidates running under the Students First platform won 16 of the 22 available seats on MSA and seven of nine on LSA-SG, according to unofficial results released Friday evening. Newly-elected Engineering representative and Students First member Brian Doughty accounts his party's success to their strength working together. "It's who campaigns harder that wins," Doughty said. "And we campaigned together a lot." Doughty said voters might have voted straight Students First because of their campaign. The Defend Affirmative Action party won four seats and the Blue Party won two seats on MSA. DAAP members won the Public Health, Pharmacy and Rackham seats. School of Music representative and DAAP member Ken- neth Kellogg said people voted DAAP because they have a great cause. "I think people realize the importance of affirmative action," Kellogg said. Independent candidate Paul Scott said his election is a See MSA, Page 3A Flower power Fans celebrating an undefeated football season erupt in riots following Ohio State's second consecutive win over Michigan Saturday. A pile of about nine cars were burned, and approximately 45 arrests were made. 0/io State holds on to secure chami1ons/ip By Jeff Phillips Daily Sports Editor COLUMBUS - To earn its Fiesta Bowl bid, Ohio State did what it had been doing all season: holding tight defensively and getting just enough points to squeak out a victory. After the Buckeyes' Will Allen inter- cepted John Navarre's last-gasp pass attempt in the endzone to preserve Ohio State's 14-9 victory, Buckeyes fans rushed the field in jubilation. Much less jubilant were the security personnel on- hand, who pepper sprayed the celebrators as they tried in vain to pull MICHIGAN 9 down the goalposts. OHIO STATE 14 Soon after Michigan players hurried off the field, running back Chris Perry had to be yanked off the field as fans taunted him while he watched the festivities of anoth- er Ohio State win. The victory was Ohio State's second consecutive in the rivalry, and with it, the Buckeyes again send the Wolverines to central Florida for New Year's Day. Last season, Michigan ended the season in the Citrus Bowl after losing to Ohio State 26-20. This season, the Wolverines will either play in the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Citrus Bowl) in Orlando, Fla. or the Outback Bowl, played in Tampa, Fla. The bids for the two bowls will likely go to Penn State and Michigan, with the Capital One Bowl getting first choice. Despite the disparity in the prestige of the bowls that Michigan and Ohio State will attend, the two teams were not much different on the field. Michigan was bet- ter than the Buckeyes in nearly every offensive category - most significantly, time of possession and total offense. Michigan possessed the ball almost 10 See BUCKEYES, Page 7A I Iraq: U.N. mandate a pretext for war BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In a point- by-point protest, the Iraqi government complained to the United Nations yes- terday that the small print behind the weapons inspections beginning this week will give Washington a pretext to attack. The new U.N. resolution on the inspections could turn "inaccurate state- ments (among) thousands of pages" of required Iraqi reports into a supposed justification for military action, Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General KofiAnnan. "There is premeditation to target Iraq, whatever the pretext," Sabri said. His lengthy letter, a detailed commen- tary on the Security Council resolution, was not expected to affect the inspec- tions, which resume Wednesday after a four-year suspension. Iraq had accepted the resolution in a Nov. 13 letter from Sabri to Annan. Preparations moved steadily ahead on Baghdad's outskirts yesterday, where technicians at the U.N. inspection center worked to establish a "hot line" with liaisons in the Iraqi government. The first working group of 18 inspec- tors arrives today on a flight from a U.N. rear base in Cyprus. Their numbers are expected to swell by year-end to between 80 and 100 at a time in Iraq. In seven years' work after the 1991 Gulf War, U.N. experts destroyed large amounts of chemical and biological weapons and longer-range missiles for- bidden to Iraq by U.N. resolutions, and dismantled Iraq's nuclear weapons pro- gram before it could build a bomb. The - inspections were suspended amid dis- Show celebrates merging of Indian, Amencan cultures By Soojung Chang Daily Staff Reporter "More than anything, we wanted to show our parents that we truly do appreciate and acknowledge our Indian culture and traditions, and we will never forget what they have instilled in us," said the Indian American Student Association's cultural show co-coordinators Jill Chokshi, an LSA senior, and Anu Sheth, an LSA sophomore. They also said the show was focused on traditional but creative dances that represented different regions of India. "A more traditional show stresses the importance of our culture and how we maintain that culture thou- sands of miles away from where it originated," Chokshi said. The title of this year's show, "Prathanjali," a combination of two Hindi words meaning "Preserving the culture," also reflected this vision. "I thought this year's show was a lot more traditional than last year," LSA sophomore Smitha Vilasagar said, who was in a bamboo dance where participants dance in between bamboo sticks that are clapped together to the beat of the song. Although this type of dance origi- nated in the Philippines, it is also found in the northeastern part of India. Other acts included perennial favorites such as a fashion show that showcased outfits from many of the different regions of India and the "Smokin' Raas," a traditional dance that utilizes wooden sticks called dandia. The show also had less standard acts such as the "Ghagra," which means dress in Hindi, a gypsy dance that showcases girls in skirts with tambourines, and "Moksha," an a capella act that sang primarily traditional Hindi music. Although all of the dance titles See SHOW, Page 3A Students Aisha Sabadia, Roberto Vega-Morales and Meredith Zielke film a movie Sunday on the Diag. More students opt to live with love interests By Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporter Recent University graduate Sterling McNeal lives with his girlfriend. For McNeal and others, cohabitation is more convenient than going back and forth between houses and is part of the natural progression in a relationship. "She was staying at my place quite a bit so it just made sense - all her stuff was around my place anyway, even before she moved in," McNeal said. More than just being an issue of convenience, living togeth- er gives couples a sense as to if they are suitable marriage part- ners, he added. "I don't think people can make that decision after just dating and not living with each other. Everything will be fine and great and you can always get out of each other's faces. Until you live together it's not really a test marriage," he said. "If See COHABITATION, Page 3A TONY DING/Daily LSA senior Ranjana Ram performs in the dance "Sangaram" during "Prathanjali," the Indian American Student Assocation's cultural show. Government denies asylum for Muslim leader Haddad By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter Stating he did inot feel Rabih Haddad would be in danger if he returned to Lebanon, U.S. Immigra- tion Court Judge Robert Newberry denied political asylum to the local Muslim leader, his wife and three out of his four children Friday afternoon. Supporters of Haddad were angered by the deci- sion, saying they felt the judge, as well the Immi- gration and Naturalization Service, were biased against Haddad. some independent thought, but it is painfully obvi- ous that the INS administra- tive mechanism is a formalized mouthpiece of the government's position,"A Homam Albaroudi, spokesman for the Committee to Free Rabih Haddad, said in a written statement. "Having reviewed the entire record and analyzing the testimony of Haddad and his supporters, Haddad's lawyers are currently planning to appeal the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, Va. Nobody in the Justice Department could be reached for comment yesterday. At his immigration hearing, Haddad and his attorneys expressed concern for his safety if he were to return to Lebanon. They claimed that al- Qaida operatives active in the country could harm him, or that the Lebanese government would imprison him to prove to the U.S. government it is cracking down on terrorists. to please the U.S.," Haddad said at the hearing. "I fear torture, imprisonment and even death." Asim Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Haddad family, said he thought Haddad's reputation was being severely tainted. "To deny him (asylum) is one thing, but to malign his character ... is just unfair," Ghafoor said. Haddad, detained by the federal government since last December on a visa violation, has been held in Monroe County Jail for most of the last year. He has also been suspected of having links to I