Friday, March 5, 2004 Opinion 4 Shabina Khatri cri- tiques headscarf ban in France Arts 5 The Walkmen take a stroll through Detroit Sports 8 Cagers prepare for Northwestern Women's hoops advances in the Big Ten Tournament ... Sports, Page 8 One-hundred-thirteen years of editorialfreedom Weather HI: 67 LOW: 33 TOMORROW: 39130 --- --------- - -------------------- wwwmichigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 106 ©2004 The Michigan Daily Students look to review AP credit policies Nura Sedige Daily Staff Reporter LSA sophomore Mike DeGraff said he is unhappy that his Advanced Placement credits for European and Ameri- can history were not counted towards his history concen- tration because of guidelines the department placed on AP credits a few years ago. As a result of the complaints of DeGraff and other stu- dents, the LSA Student Government is taking steps to review the College of Literature, Science and the Arts' guidelines of accepting high school AP credits. Representative said they plan to create a resolution by the end of the school year. "We want to make sure that students that put forth their Anti -war movement refocuses eftorts with the AP class is paying off in college, and a lot of the students I've heard don't feel there was a point of taking the AP classes," LSA-SG Rep. Larry Fogel said. "At the same time though, we have to understand the adminis- tration's point of view, so what we're really trying to do is research and find some median between the two sides." Wie AP history courses help prepare (students), they don't substitute for college courses:' - Susan Juster History Prof Antiariction!protests effects of occupation ofIraq and Patriot Act on students By Marie Handfield For the Daily In an attempt to revive protest to the ongoing U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, the student group Anti-War Action! has redirected its focus from trying to prevent war to discussing the repercus- sions of the Iraq war and other govern- ment policies directly affecting students. The group commemorated the one- year anniversary of its "Books not Bombs" rally yesterday. "Books not Bombs" was a one-day program held last year before U.S. troops were sent to Iraq. During the original program, AWA! held protests, lecturers and teach-ins to educate the University community about the dangers of a pos- sible war with Iraq. Yesterday, a similar event was held again nationwide, but on a smaller scale with an altered purpose. During the day, pinatas in the shape of bombs were smashed on the Diag to distribute candy and facts about the war, as well as to encourage students to attend an evening lecture and discussion. AWA! recently generalized its mis- sion, detailed in its mission statement "Points of Unity," from a focus solely on the war in Iraq to include all unjust conflicts. At this point, the group has expanded its efforts beyond Iraq to include a protest of the Patriot Act. "We want to focus on the ways that people's rights, specifically students', are being violated (by the Patriot Act). One of our goals is to prevent the pas- sage of further acts of the sort in Con- gress," said RC senior Moira Birss, a member of AWA! who helped organize the events yesterday. The forum held last night empha- sized instances of government decep- tion, the violation of privacy legalized by the Patriot Act and the lack of funding towards education, allegedly resulting from an unhealthy economy and the re-allocation of funds to the war effort. Steve MacGuidwin, president of the College Republicans offered an oppos- ing viewpoint regarding the Patriot Act's effects on students. "In some sense it does violate stu- dents' rights; however, they are given up for the greater good of the nation. Something as simple as the govern- ment seeing what books you check out is not as important as saving the thou- sands of lives lost on September 11," MacGuidwin said, an LSA senior. In addition to AWA! members speaking on these issues, RC Prof. Thomas O'Donnell, a professor in the Residential College, described his research and conclusions that the U.S. involvement in the war was heavily motivated by its need for oil. The AWA! maintains the stance that the troops should be removed from Iraq immediately. "We believe at this point that we're doing more harm than good, to the people of Iraq and to our own soldiers. See RALLY, Page 3 According to Fogel, LSA-SG is first concentrating on the history department's regulations, due to an increased amount of concern from the history concentrators. Fogel sent out an e-mail to history concentrators asking for their input and viewpoints on the matter before Spring Break. Fogel emphasized that representatives will be looking at regulations in other departments because their initial understanding of the issue was that LSA does not have a uniform policy for accepting AP credits. "We're at an exploratory phase in the process. We have a lot of student feedback and are analyzing the responses of history concentrators and will try to come up with a general consensus of what the student government's posi- tion is from there," Fogel said. The history department is one of the LSA departments that changed their concentration requirements with respect to AP credits in 2001. History Prof. Susan Juster, chair of the department's curriculum board in 2001, said the board See CREDITS, Page 3 JEFF LEHNERT (above) AND SHUBRA OHRI (insert) /Daily Anti-War Action! holds a rally yesterday on the Diag. INSERT: .SA senior Rachel Burrage and RC senior Moira Birss work at one of the exhibits yesterday. The Diag events were part of the one-year anniversary of another all-day anti-Iraq war rally. A tale of two successful student job seekers By Michael Kan Daily Staff Reporter For Business School senior Andreas Penna, getting a job is like a chess game. The players in the game are him and 40 other applicants, while the interviews and the resumes are the moves. "It's a game of chess because you have all these variables. You have other people who are going for the same job. Yet your moves, what you do, ultimately affects what you get," he said. Yet for School of Art and Design graduate Jenna Major, finding her job was almost like a fluke. "I was just starting to see the job market, until I got approached with an offer. I got lucky," said Major, who graduated last year. Amid the many college seniors still tackling the tough job market, hoping they can shake an offer out of it, some students like Penna and Major have already persevered and found employment. Although they took two different avenues to pursue their two different careers, both found ways to overcome the obstacles of the job market. Penna, a consulting management major, began his search back in Octo- ber, and by mid-November he was offered a high-profile job as a consult- ant for Microsoft. He said one of the keys to winning the game of job- b . searching for his field was to differen-[ tiate himself from every other~ competitor on the board and to show the employers he was the most capable player. Undertaking his job strategy was no easy task when com- pared to an actual chess game though, he said. Constantly sub- mitting resumes, connecting with employers and sending out thank you letters, would only be some of the first steps toward securing ajob. But the last and most crucial move in getting a single job offer is the interviews, he said. Fortunately, Penna said as the economy was picking up, he could anticipate more interview }Th'e40 opportunities than what last year's seniors had to contend with. Yet even with an improving economy, for every interview he went to, Penna knew competition would be fierce. "These 40 other applicants (at the interviews) come from the top schools, like Harvard, Stanford and Columbia.... It's gonna be tough to impress (employers);' Penna said. All of these applicants were just as qualified as him and had been reading the same insider guides on the top busi- ness industries and trying to forge the same contacts with employers. Everyone was doing the same thing he was, Penna said. Interviews would be the only part of the job application process where he could truly interact withemployers on a business level. That was where Penna had to differentiate himself from everyone else. The interviews Penna attended were usually conducted by a first and then a second round of interviews. In the first round, companies usually look at an applicant's credentials. If the employer is interested, the applicant moves on to the second round of interviews that determine if they will be hired or not. See JOBS, Page 7 DPS investigates campus flyers as harassment case Sla itome 'U', gov't continue fight over records By Jameel Naqvi Daily Staff Reporter By Adhiraj Dutt Daily Staff Reporter The University and the Department of Public Safety are conducting sepa- rate investigations into a series of fly- ers accusing English lecturer Raymond McDaniel of seducing students and consciously spreading sexually trans- mitted diseases. The brightly colored flyers, found posted around Angell Hall early yester- day morning, had "Beware!!!" written across the top in bold letters, above McDaniel's name and photo. Below the photo were the phrases "Seduces Students," "Knowingly Transmits STDs" and "Avoid at all costs!" DPS Lt. Robert Neumann said the case is currently being investigated by works at the Michiganensian in the Student Publications Building. "I was sitting at my desk with my back to the window when I heard some rustling in the bushes and didn't really make any- thing of it. But when I turned around, the flyer was taped to the window, fac- ing in, above an air conditioner." The air conditioner blocked Mario- la's view of the person posting the flyer. She and a friend later noticed a few more flyers taped to the back door of the building. McDaniel, who also works at the Sweetland Writing Center, said he can- not comment on the case because it is still under investigation. "Anyone with info is encouraged to call (DPS)," Neumann said. Students who have previously taken The U.S. Justice Department deliv- ered the latest stroke Wednesday in a heated volley between the attorney general's office and the University over the subpoenaed medical records of obstetrician Timothy Johnson. The Justice Department filed a brief in Detroit defending its subpoena, nine days after the University Health Sys- tem submitted its motion to block the release of records documenting abor- tions performed by Johnson. The government's motion argues that disclosure of the records is neces- sary because the plaintiffs' case may rely on the argument that the contro- versial procedure, labeled as partial- birth abortion by its opponents, is at times a medical necessity. A provision of the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act waives the law in cases when the mother's life is endangered. of several obstetricians who are plain- tiffs in the suit along with the National Abortion Federation. The Justice Department issued the subpoena to assess Johnson's experience and com- petence as an obstetrician. The University was not a party to the original lawsuit, which questions the constitutionality of the 2003 ban. But when the Justice Department subpoenaed Johnson's records, UMHS intervened to protect patients' privacy by filing a motion to block the subpoena. "The UMHS, which is required by law to maintain its patients' records in a confidential fashion, are caught in the crossfire of a dispute to which they are not parties," the motion states. The brief cites both federal and state laws that outlaw the disclosure of private medical information. According to the motion, filed on Monday of last week, the federal pri- vacy law defers to a Michigan priva- I .. - m