Monday, Februar Arts 5A Disney re Olympic Miracle' Opinion 4A Zac PesK~ The Daily follows the hoi 4 4 n to Fairbankk 11 Y, p ts A'f ^ ' y 1..,. . 3A ears off. CiIN o. 92 Vol. CXIII, No. 92 .. Sports, Page 1B v , Weather .1: 36 LOW: 23 rmo1 www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan 02004 The Michigan Daily Wi. j.4.~V Measures Staken In dorms to stop virus By Ashley Dinges Daily Staff Reporter Since Friday, between 10 and I11 new cases of viral gastroenteritis, also known as the stomach flu, were report- ed in several dorms around campus, including one case in Bursley Resi- dence Hall and one case in Vera Baits Residence Hall. The new cases were reported to the University's Department of Occupa- tional Safety and Environmental Health, said housing spokesman Alan Levy. Levy said there were about 70 cases total reported as of late Saturday. This number includes all cases from last week. "OSEH continues to conduct inter- views to determine whether the self- reports are part of the outbreak," Levy said. One new precautionary measure put in place in Mary Markley Residence Hall over the weekend was the desig- nation of certain laundry facilities for sick students. "There are separate laundry areas for sick and well students, all with the same goal of limiting the transmission to stu- dents who are not sick," Levy said. He added that the precautions will be kept in place as long as OSEH and University Health Service feel that there are still sick students in the resi- dence hall. According to student reports, the virus may have also spread to South Quad Residence Hall, but this case remains unconfirmed by the University. Despite the spread of the illness to other residence halls, Engineering fresh- man Fahim Islam said many of the stu- dents who had been infected are starting to recover. Islam is a resident of Fourth Reeves House in Markley hall, the first floor to contract the virus. He was not one of the students to fall ill. "Most people are pretty much more or less better right now. They're just doing the whole 'staying in for three days' thing to make sure no one else gets sick. Everyone I know has been doing that," he said. Islam is also an employee in the Markley dining hall, and added that dining services have been taking extra caution with employees. "They totally upped everything - you can't touch anything without gloves. They made me do just one job - run around and wipe down. anything that anyone may have touched," Islam said. He said he cleaned the dining facili- ties with a sanitizer provided by the dining service. Overall, he said he agrees with the University's extra precautions, espe- cially in the area of food handling. See STOMACH FLU, Page 3A Kerry Dean" 49% 1 o Kerr Dear Edw Shar Clar Kuci VI ,s~a7% ards 13% pton% k nich * MicIilgih 52% Kerry 45% Dean 26% Kucinic'Vi 15% Edwa % Clarwhi Shatrj :0% M* Maine (50% reporting) Washington Dem. frontrunner pulls away Key adds Mickzgwn,2 to0 ki record By Donn M. Fresard and Michael Gurovitsch Daily Staff Reporters Top: AP PHOTO, Above: FOREST CASEY/Daily Jacob C. Mays and Latrelle Powers-Mays cast their vote in the Michigan Democratic caucuses yesterday. Their polling precinct, located in Detroit at the Considine Recreational Center, showed a low voter turnout as the polls closed on Saturday. Sizaipton sole candidate I Detroft John Kerry further solidified his position as the Democratic frontrunner by squashing his rivals over the week- end in the Michigan, Washington and Maine caucuses. In Michigan, the Massachusetts sen- ator received 52 percent of the vote, followed by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with 17 percent and Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina with 13 percent. Michigan was the largest state to hold a contest thus far, with a total of 128 pledged delegates at stake. That is a larger prize than states such as Iowa, which offered only 45 total delegates in its Jan. 19 caucuses. Kerry won that contest with about 36 percent of the state delegate equivalence. A total of 841 people, many of them students, voted at the Michigan Union polling site. Kerry received 30.7 per- cent of the votes at this location, ahead of Dean with 26.4, Edwards with 16.6, retired Gen. Wesley Clark with 11.8, Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio with 10.7 and the Rev. Al Sharpton with 2.9, according to Graham Teall, chairman of the Washtenaw County Democrats. Dean, who once hoped to win Michi- gan, all but conceded the state Thursday to focus on the Feb. 17 Wisconsin pri- mary, which he called "a must-win state." Dean cancelled a visit that was scheduled for Friday at the Michigan League. The bad news continued for Dean on Saturday, as he lost the endorsement of the American Federation of State, Coun- ty and Municipal employees, a sizeable labor union with 1.4 million members. "The entire race has come down to this: We must win Wisconsin. ... A win See CAUCUSES, Page 2A By Jameel Naqvi Daily Staff Reporter DETROIT - Voters at city caucus sites Saturday expressed concern over the refusal of many Democ- ratic presidential candidates to campaign in dele- gate-heavy Michigan. The Rev. Al Sharpton, while notably absent in Iowa and New Hampshire, was the only candidate to attend a town hall meeting in Detroit last Thursday. "He was the only one who cared about my vote," said Detroit resident Benjamin Williams, who cast his vote for Sharpton. "Everyone else pretty much played us," he added. Detroit resident Dorothy Redmond, who also voted for Sharpton, echoed Williams' resentment. "(Candidates need to) pay attention to the urban agenda," she said. "Although Sharpton won't make h**; Students, politicians gather at Union. Page 3 it, I want to show blacks do vote and have issues." She added that "urban voters were ignored" in this election and that "more needs to be done to combat voter apathy." Sharpton finished with seven of Michigan's 128 pledged delegates, more than doubling his nation- wide delegate count. "He respects us enough to come out here," said Detroit resident Sheila Strbling, who indicated her preference for Sharpton on her ballot Saturday. Sharpton's fellow campaigner John Kerry won 71 percent of Michigan's delegates when he routed his rivals in Saturday's caucuses. The Massachusetts senator did not attend his own victory party in the Dunam Ray VFW Hall in Southfield Saturday evening. Instead, Kerry sent his brother Cameron, who dubbed the victory "Michigan accomplished." The victory rally represented a who's who of Michigan politics, with appearances by Gov. Jen- nifer Granholm, U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, former Gov. Jim Blanchard and U.S. Rep. John Dingell. "The senator's busy," Dingell said, responding to questions about Kerry's absence. "I don't want him sitting around wasting time where he's already won." Michigan's new caucus date, held one month ear- lier than in previous years, was less successful than hoped in its intent to spotlight the state's concerns because of Kerry's overwhelming lead in the days before the caucuses. "It had a positive effect," Levin said of the earlier date. "But we need to end the privileged position of Iowa and New Hampshire. It is a bizarre way to nominate a president." Levin proposed a rotating primary system to replace the current system in which Iowa and New Hampshire - which together contribute fewer dele- gates than Michigan - are of disproportionate sig- nificance in the nominating process. See DETROIT, Page 2A BAMN files suit against Connerly's ballot initiative * over wording of petition Showing her true colors By Aymar Jean Daily Staff Reporter Opponents of the initiative to end race-con- scious policies in Michigan government added to their litany of grievances last week. BAMN and a number of other civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit V last week against the Michigan Board of Canvassers, which reviewed the form of the peti- tion for the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. MCRI is circulating a ballot to end "preferences based on race, ethnicity and sex," in pub- lic education, employment and contracting. It needs 317,757 signatures by July 6 in order to get a question on preferences A on the Nnvmhr allot. "It's not th technical v It's a delib deception. the text of the article that it seeks to change, Washington said. By not including the law on the petition form, MCRI is not obligated to explain its intentions to potential signers, he said. "It's not that it's a technical violation. It's a delib- erate deception," he said. "(MCRI) claims that it's a civil rights bill when it isn't. In it, reality, what they're doing is lat it s a passing an anti-civil rights violation. amendment." The ballot currently includes erate this statement of purpose: "The " proposal would amend the state constitution section 25 to arti- cle 1 (the declaration of rights article)." But it does not e Washington include the text of the article. ey for BAMN The state constitution already contains an article pro- hibiting discrimination based 'U' officials: Waste backup cleaned quickly By Adhlral Dutt Daily Staff Reporter University officials say a wastewater backup in the Earl of Sandwich Restaurant in Pierpont Commons on Thursday was cleaned immediately and did not pose any danger to the University community after it was opened later that day. The assertions of safety officials contrast with employees' claims that the situation was improperly handled. The backup, which was caused by a maintenance problem in the upper-level women's washroom, entered the restaurant through a drain in the back of the store, said Fiore Tierno, director for University Union Food Services. After employ- ees discovered the backup at 10 a.m., the Earl of Sandwich stopped making sandwiches and closed for maintenance. "There was a wastewater system backup. It was small and contained," Tierno. "We closed down for 30 minutes at 10 in the morning and notified (the Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health)." After OSEH was contacted and the wastewater was cleaned, the Earl of Sandwich reopened at 10:30 a.m., sell- - Georg attorn