Wednesday, March 10, 2004 News 3 DAAP promises to continue affirmative action fight OpInion 4 D.C. Lee defends the IB Arts 8 The Daily reviews "Tokyo Godfathers" Colin Dill makes his biggest impact before the opening tip ... Sports, Page 12 One-hundred-thirteen years ofeditorialfreedom Weather HI: 46 LOW: 34 TOMORROW: 40119 ----------- - - wwwmichigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIII, No. 109 rfhe Michigan Daily Candidates for MSA to debate on television By Kristen Przybyiski Daily Staff Reporter Michigan Student Assembly presi- dential candidates will be facing off in three rounds of debate at the WOLV- TV studio tonight. Students First can- didate Jason Mironov, Kate Stenvig of the Defend Affirmative Action Party and independent candidate Tim Moore plan to field questions from modera- tors from WOLV TV, the Michigan Daily and possibly WCBN Radio. "There will be three rounds of debate," said LSA junior Laura Averitt, WOLV-TV news director. "The first round of questions will be open to all candidates and will address extremely general topics about what the candidates would like to accomplish." In the second round, the questions will directly address individual candi- dates and focus on their previous state- ments in the debate. The third round will allow candidates to make any rebuttals and closing comments. The debate is not open to the public, but students can watch it on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 10 p.m. on chan- nel 22 for Comcast subscribers and channel 70 in the residence halls. There was some concern among can- didates that tonight's debate may not be impartial due to the fact that the current MSA president, Angela Galardi of the Students First party, was given a list of specific questions that will be directed toward individual candidates. Averitt, who is serving as a debate moderator, e- mailed the questions to Galardi. Averitt said Galardi requested that she have input in the questions as a person who participated in the debate last year. "(We did this) so that we could get feed- back from someone who has debated before and then WOLV would make any See DEBATE, Page 7 State gay marriage 'ban fails By Michael Gurovitsch Daily Staff Reporter Supporters of a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage failed to clear their first legislative hur- dle yesterday as the House rejected the measure by a vote of 65 to 43, eight short of the two-thirds majority required. "We are thrilled that this issue is not going to be on the ballot in Michigan this year. I am proud to say I live in a state that values its gay and lesbian cit- izens. We are excited to have this issue behind us," said Sean Kosofsky, direc- tor of the Triangle foundation, the largest civil rights group for homosex- uals in Michigan. Rep. Gary Newell (R-Saranac) said in a written statement he was disappointed by the outcome, but hopes the legisla- ture will reconsider the issue soon. "(A) statute may not be enough for us to safeguard the integrity and sancti- ty of marriage," Newell said, referring to a current state law that prohibits same-sex marriage. "A constitutional amendment would strengthen Michi- gan's stance in favor of traditional, het- erosexual marriage." Rep. Lorence Wenke (R-Richland), one of three Republicans to vote against the amendment, said the reso- lution's purpose was to discriminate against homosexuals, not to protect the institute of marriage. "This is a social policy issue. This is a religiously motivated issue. The consti- tution is not the place for those types of issues;' Wenke said, adding that tradi- tional legislation is the appropriate forum to address social policy concerns. "This is a social policy issue. This is a religiously motivated issue. The constitution is not the place for those types of issues. - Rep. Lorence Wenke (R-Richland) Newell said he disagrees with that logic, insisting that the people should determine whether they want to allow same-sex marriage. "Michigan voters deserve the right to decide whether we will protect mar- riage, one of the cornerstones of socie- ty, with a constitutional amendment," Newell said. Should the resolution be considered again - which is possible since the House approved a motion to reconsider it at a later date - it would need to pass the House and the Senate with a two-thirds majority in order to put on the ballot. A majority of the voters would then needto ratify the amend- ment for it to be added to the constitu- tion. Michigan residents had mixed opin- ions on the House vote. Recent Uni- versity alum Gerald Montanto said he was glad the amendment failed. "I would have felt threatened. If it did pass, I would try to get out of (Michigan) as soon as possible," Mon- tano said, adding that although he is in favor of gay marriage, he is not sure if See MARRIAGE, Page 7 DORY GANNES/Daily James Gray, left, Juan Carcasquillo of Ann Arbor and John Hanley of New York drink last night at the Aut Bar. The three were pleased to hear that the Michigan House of Representatives failed to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marrage by the required two-thirds majority. All three are flight attendents for Northwest Airlines. Research explores variations on feminism By Genevieve Lampinen Daily Staff Reporter Newly compiled research on the way women across the world perceive feminism is already making its way into women's studies classrooms on campus. The ongoing research was outlined yesterday during a lecture on the Global Feminisms Project in Lane Hall yes- terday. The project is aimed at comparing feminism in four countries- China, India, Poland and the U.S., said Abby Steward, assistant professor of women's studies and psychology. Project members chose nations where individuals are already running feminism projects. They created interna- tional sites where coordinators collect video interviews of women's movement activists and women's studies. Aibright talks about future of Middle East By Adrian Chen Daily News Reporter Protesters, a security entourage and video cameras gave the impression of a White House press conference to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's timely lecture on U.S. policy in the Middle East yesterday. In yesterday's speech, titled "Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East," Albright reflected on the possibility of democracy in the Mid- dle East, the Bush Administration's work toward achieving democracy and the obstacles it faces. The Bush administration is presented with many challenges as it strives to fight terrorism through its "curious" roundabout method of attempting to "transform the entire Middle East" by bringing democracy to the region, Steward said that by the end of the project, it is expected that 40 videotapes and their transcripts will be collected and available to serve as a tool in women's studies education. "We have fantasies of putting them on the Internet and having lots of access (to the tapes) so that people can think of lots of uses for them," Steward said. She added that she thinks the primary use of the videos will be to serve in teaching women's studies, noting that some of the materials collected have already been used in courses at the University. Steward said although the United States is providing most of the funding for the project, directors of the study want it to be a decentralized effort. It is up to the inde- pendent teams in each country to choose candidates for interviews as well as to decide how they should be con- ducted and compiled. "Decisions are different in every respect. That's part of the project, to get different perspectives" Steward said. English Prof. Jennifer Wenzel said the idea of global fem- inism differs in other areas of the world, especially Africa and South Asia. "There has been a struggle to expand the lens of the western feminism and point out that feminism is not uni- versal. To some in the U.S., that's a new idea," Wenzel said. Janet Malley, deputy director of the Institute of Research on Women and Gender, said the talks showcase the work of faculty\ and different institutes, so University students have the opportunity to talk about what they're doing and what they want to be done. "The talk on The Global Feminisms Project is timely in the respect that it is an element to the value of women's studies at the University. The project has been pretty active this past year. It's coordinating activities across several countries," Malley said. The project, initially expected to take place from 2002 to 2005, is slightly behind schedule. Project leaders expected to be about two-thirds of the way through by now, and they are about one-half, said Steward. Steward and Jaylati Lal, assistant professor of women's studies and sociology, presented the lecture as co-directors of the Global Feminisms Project. The presentation attracted students on campus with an interest in women's studies. LSA junior Katie Lee said she gained new perspectives on global feminism. "I thought it was very interesting. It was on subjects that you can't read about in a book," Lee said. LSA junior Lynn Hasselbarth said the lecture addressed important and interesting feminism issues. See FEMINISM, Page 7 Jazzed up HIV victim discusses double life he led By Michael Kan Daily Staff Reporter For decades, Derek Anderson lived a secret life. During the day, he was a family man with a loving wife and daughter. But at night, Anderson frequently had sex with men. Betraying his family was something he never meant to do, yet Anderson said he could never reveal his sexual orientation to his family. He said he knew it would not only destroy them, but that it would destroy his connection to the black com- munity. "It's a big deal in the black community to being labeled a homosexual. ... In the black com- munity, they made me hate gay people." But eventually his lifestyle threatened his life and still does today. One night he had unprotected sex with another man, which led him to contract the deadly disease HIV Speaking at the Michigan League last night, Anderson said no student should suffer from the same mistakes he did. tant for black students, as the black community still does not completely accept homosexuals. Anderson said in his lecture that blacks have an especially difficult time dealing with AIDS. 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