news@michigandailycom NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 16, 2004 - 3A Dance to win Basketball game a results in man getting punched According to the Department of Public Safety crime logs, a man report- ed that another individual punched him in the mouth while the two were play- ing basketball at the Central Campus Recreation Building late Wednesday night. The assault is currently being investigated. Health center robbed of Nikon camera and lens On Friday morning, a Nikon camera and lens were stolen from an office in the Taubman Health Care Center. DPS is following leads in an ongoing inves- tigation. There are no suspects and the value of the stolen property is undeter- mined. Man resists arrest, jailed on home invasion warrants DPS reports show that a man was taken into custody for a minor in pos- session of alcohol citation on Oxford Street early Thursday morning. Addi- tional officers reported to the scene after the man resisted arrest on prior warrants for home invasion. He was later incarcerated in the Washtenaw County Jail. Broken water pump sets off South Quad fire alarm A water pump malfunction caused the fire alarm to go off in South Quad Residence Hall late Friday morning. A resident advisor reported to DPS that there was no real fire. According to DPS, the pump malfunction is an uncommon occurrence. DPS tells vendors on Diag to leave DPS reports show that late Friday morning, people were found selling goods on the Diag. Officers arrived at the scene and dispersed the solicitors. Exit sign stolen from West Quad, suspect at large During a regular general inspection, an electrician noticed an exit sign was stolen from West Quad Residence Hall early Friday afternoon. The electrician reported the incident to DPS. There are no suspects at this time. University laptop hoisted from Taubman office A University laptop valued at $2,422.80 was stolen from an office in the Taubman Health Care Center early Thursday afternoon. DPS is investigat- ing the robbery and has no suspects. Burglar helps self to cash, debit card A burglary was reported to DPS on Saturday afternoon when a resident of Alice Lloyd Residence Hall discovered cash and a debit card had been taken from their room. The debit card was later used by the thief. DPS is investi- gating the theft and is not ready to announce any suspects. West Quad hall's bathroom mirrors damaged Bathroom mirrors were damaged in West Quad Residence Hall's second- floor Adams House hallway yesterday morning. DPS has no suspects and the value of the damaged property is unde- termined. Drunken man found outside UGhi A bus driver informed DPS about a man incapacitated due to alcohol con- sumption near the Shapiro Undergrad- uate Library Saturday morning. An ambulance transported the man to the University Hospital's emergency room. Suspect responds to e-mail ad with obscene reply A caller reported to DPS on Thurs- day that she received an obscene reply to an e-mail she sent out advertising Kerry targets Bush as other candidates fight to stay in race The University of California at Los Angeles' Raas dance group performs at the third annual Dandia Dhamaka at Michigan Theater Saturday. The group finished second overall In the intercollegiate competition. The Associated Press John Kerry accused President Bush of repeating Vietnam-era mistakes in Iraq and pledged yesterday to combat Republican attacks while rivals Howard Dean and John Edwards faced pressure to cede the nomination to the Democ- ratic front-runner. Looking ahead to a matchup with President Bush, Kerry said, "I'm pre- pared to stand up to any attack they come at me with. I'm ready for what they throw at me." Edwards replied, "No so fast, John Kerry." Resisting Kerry's suggestion that the nomination fight was ending, Edwards said, "We're going to have an election here in Wisconsin this Tuesday and we got a whole group of primaries coming up, and I, for one, intend to fight with everything I've got for every one of those votes." Dean tried to sound just as confi- dent, calling Kerry "a fine person. And if he wins the nomination, I'm going to support him. But I intend to win the nomination." Kerry leads Dean, Edwards and two other Democrats in Wisconsin, where Democrats hold a critical primary tomorrow. The Massachusetts senator, victor in 14 of 16 contests, hopes to force his major foes from the race with another overwhelming victory. Dean's own advisers are urging him to abandon the fight if he loses tomor- row and predictel that he soon would. "We are not bowing out," Dean told The Associated Press before the debate. But campaign chairman Steve Grossman said that with a loss tomorrow, Dean would marshal his political network on behalf of the party and Kerry. "When Howard Dean says he's not going to quit, what he means is the bat- tle to restore democracy and citizen participation is long-term and he's not going to quit on that battle," Grossman told the AP. The 90-minute debate, perhaps the last of the primary season, ended with- out Kerry stumbling or taking heavy flak from Dean and Edwards. They may not get another shot. Uncharacteristically, Dean pulled his punches in the debate - passing up an opportunity to repeat his criticism oI Kerry for accepting special interest money. Instead, the fallen front-runner seemed to defend Kerry against criti- cism from the White House. "I think George Bush has some nerve attacking anybody on special interests' Dean said, though he added that both parties kowtow to special interests. Even on the war in Iraq, the issue that divides Dean most deeply from Kerry, the former Vermont governor was more polite than pugilistic. "Any of us who support sending troops, have a responsi- bility for what happens to those troops'! he said, noting that Edwards and Kerry backed Bush's war resolution. "My regret is not the vote," Kerry said. "My regret is this president choos- ing the wrong way, rushing to war." A week after raising questions about Bush's Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, the four-term senator and decorated Vietnam veteran refused to comment on the controversy. But Kerry said, "I would say that this presi- dent, regrettably, has perhaps not learned some of the lessons of that period of time, when we had a very difficult war:' The debate, held at Marquette Uni- versity in Milwaukee, was sponsored by Journal Communications, WTMJ-TV and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. MARS Continued from Page 1A interesting things in the present." Croswell's images, which derived from a variety of sources, showed a scarred Martian surface pockmarked by meteor impacts throughout its 4.6 billion year lifetime. The more craters present, the older the region, Croswell said. The planet's red color derives from the planet's high content of iron, which combines with oxygen to form rust. One of the most important questions about Mars, Croswell said, is whether life has ever arisen there. Because life needs liquid water to survive, NASA's rovers are cur- rently searching for evidence that liquid water once existed. "What we're really trying to do with these spacecraft is either confirm or refute our hypothesis that there was once water on Mars," Croswell said. He showed features on the Martian landscape that suggest Mars may once have had liquid, flowing water. These include apparent riverbeds, flood channels and gullies resembling those created by water on Earth. Water may have flowed on Mars as little as a million years ago, he said, a brief span for a planet whose age is measured in billions of years. In a similarly recent timeframe, Mars' massive volcanoes - which include Olympus Mons, the solar system's largest volcano at more than twice the height of Mt. Everest - may have erupted less than 20 million years ago. Croswell is not the first outside speaker at Saturday Morn- ing Physics, but the lectures are usually given by University faculty and staff, McKay said. The series organizers felt a talk on Mars would be timely. "There's a lot of interest in Mars right now, what with new rovers landing," McKay said. The audience included members of a range of ages, from children to the elderly. Gerhard Schubert, a teacher at Lake- land High School in White Lake, said he regularly brings groups of his students to Saturday Morning Physics. "This is the second year I've been encouraging students to do this. I don't mind offering the extra credit because I view it as an opportunity," he said. University alum Lisa Radwick said, "For someone who has a passing interest in this topic, it was interesting, it was informative and gave you more than the popular press." Her husband Mike Radwick, a member of the University Lowbrow Astronomers, admitted a keener personal interest in Mars. "We're pursuing our intellectual hobby," he said of the small knot of Lowbrows who stood discussing the lec- ture after its conclusion. Croswell thinks the public is naturally attracted to Mars. "I think it's the life connection, as far as why the public is interested," he said. But Lakeland High School student Mark Morsehead had a different opinion. Asked what he liked most about Mars, he said, "It's gotta be the volcanoes." 3K aspa tm r a m amm mm tan on mm amrn a-seam rnrnamn Wr Corrections: A Campus Note on Page 3 of Friday's Daily should have dance competition. said that the Raas Core would perform the Dandia DhamakaI I I 'I I 1 I -I 'I Every Tuesday is Calming and College Night! threstorative,ng One Hour ssssurroundings of a neHour I a well-tended Soakf TUIOgarden setting... $k or TWOspacious and private, Sunday-Thursday a sparkling clean Not valid on holidays or weekends. hot tub and the Not valid with any other offer.Coupon required. great outdoors!I Expires 3-18-04. Must be 18 with ID. Call for reservations. Omsis HoT TuD GADEN6 - (734) 663-9001 - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - An article on Page 1 of Friday's Daily should have said Little Rock Central High School was the first test of the enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. 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