NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 5 DINGELL Continued from Page 1 ing that the Mystic Knights and the Ku Klux Klan is joining with the other rascals to come into Michigan to stir up racial discourse and difficulty among our people," he said, refer- ring to the group that endorsed the initiative. Dingell emphasized the need to educate people on why they shouldn't sign "racially-oriented" petitions, adding that only when diversity had been fully achieved through affirmative action could it be eliminated. Until then, he said, "The threat of affirmative action repeal is ruining our campuses." Dingell also acknowledged-the University's budget crisis - about $37 million in funding cuts over the past year - and said the problem is heightened because the University's federal funding of Pell Grants is maxed out. But he said to effectively provide student loans and accelerate the job hunt for graduates, it is important for him to maintain a close relationship with University officials. "I will meet regularly with officers and leaders to see what they want and their problems with the government," he said. "We will try and be friends and on a first-name basis with the officers of the different colleges so that we can talk honestly and frankly with them about their concerns," he said. On a national level, Dingell said he wants to repair the damage done by the Republicans in the last four years. He has a long list of grievances against the Bush administration, finding fault in "There's always something I want to do. There's always something I want to stop and concerns that I have." - U.S. Rep. John Dingell(D- Dearborn) almost every policy the Republicans have pursued. The war in Iraq is at the top of his list. "I oppose their failure to deal frankly with peo- ple about Iraq where they were not forthcoming on the cause of going in there," he said. "They said there were ties to al-Qaida, which have not been found, nor have the weapons of mass destruction been found." Among other things, Dingell is concerned with the current leadership's fiscal policy. Like most Democrats, he is against Bush's tax cuts, 90 percent of which went to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, he said. His campaign also wants to end the No Child Left Behind Act and stop the "shipping of American jobs abroad," he said. Dingell said his platform remains strong because even after 50 years in the House, there are things that need to be done. "There's always something that comes up. There's always something I want to do. There's always something I want to stop and concerns that I have," he said. WIRELESS Continued from Page 1 Hanlon said the initial goal to outfit all LSA spaces will eventually be com- pleted, but the exact timing depends largely on budget constraints over the next several years. "Given the tight budget, we will only be able to move forward with a portion of this project over the next few fiscal years," Hanlon said. Palms said wireless service is becoming as common as cell phone service. Dan Maletta, senior systems resident programmer for the College of Engi- neering, said the college has proposed to add more access points. "There are no firm numbers yet, but the cuts will probably affect how much we can deploy," Maletta said. Edward Adams, Business School chief technology officer and direc- tor said that although wireless was implemented throughout its facili- ties in 2000, there are places in the Business School were the coverage does not reach. To increase cover- age, they are planning to double access points. "The dean hasn't allocated any- thing (to the wireless project) yet ... but we can't back down on something like this. It's too vital to what we do," he said. Other large universities have already made wireless Internet a top objective. Wendy Woodward, direc- tor of Technology Support Services at Northwestern University, said in a written statement, "As wireless access expands worldwide, campus access will be more of a focus. (Students) expect to be able to con- nect to the network throughout the day, and this is most readily accomplished wirelessly," Woodward said. "We are definitely committed to expanding the wireless network." Northwestern has many wireless access points on campus, including some classrooms and most dining halls. Students on the University campus expressed interest in a wireless expansion similar to Northwestern University's. "I would like to see more in classrooms before I graduate," LSA sophomore Amy Schaldenbrand said. Jon Schwartz, an LSA senior, said that he has wireless Internet in his apartment and uses it frequently. "I want to see more wireless access in classrooms and at all the tables in the Union," he added. RIAA Continued from Page 1 one copyrighted file is illegal. "We want to be fair and reasonable. The intent here is not to make money, nor is the intent to win a lawsuit," Lamy said. "The goal is simply to send a message of deterrence, that this activity is illegal, that it can have conse- quences (and) that if digital music is what you want, turn to the great legal alternatives that are available," he added. Students can take precautions to avoid participating in illegal activity. File-sharing programs like Kazaa have an option to disable the uploading of files. But many students, administration officials say, are not aware of this option. RIAA uses a simple technology called webcrawler to scan IP addresses for copyrighted material, but if a stu- dent is not sharing or uploading files, then RIAA can- not view the material on a person's computer. Sharing files online can be legal as long as the mate- rial is not copyrighted, but most files are copyrighted. Administration officials said they will strive to pro- tect the rights of its students, but it must do what is legal. "We will of course comply with the law," Associate Provost James Hilton said. "Violation of copyright laws is a violation of our own computing policies. The University works hard to educate our campus community about intellectual prop- erty issues. We emphasize the proper use policy and we have had programs to discuss the issue," Hilton added. Florida all over again BASKETBALLt Continued from Page 1 Burnett said.e Burlin, a 24-year-old native of Skovlunde, Denmark, has received an offer from a club basketball pro- gram in Spain. She said she is strongly considering joining the team for its playoff games after the end of Michigan's winter semester. "I don't want to play basketball forever, but I want to end my basket- , ball time (actually) playing," Burlin said. "I feel like I can do that somewhere Burlin else. I've thought about this a lot. I've talked to my family and I've talked to the coach-t es. And they all thought that this was a good decision for me." Burlin originally signed with Michi- gan seeking the success that fellow Den- mark native Anne Thorius - who averaged 8.4 points per game her senior year - found playing under Guevara. During her freshman year under Gue- vara, Burlin started 10 games and aver- aged 14.1 minutes per game. She did not regularly add to Michigan's offense, averaging just 2.1 points per game. Andrews But as a sophomore - after Burnett took over as Michigan's coach - Burlin never started and saw her court time nearly cut in half to 7.2 minutes per game. Her number of total points, rebounds, assists and steals all went down. Despite Burnett's decision to keep her off the court, Burlin said that she has no hard feelings toward the head coach or any other members of the staff. "Coach Burnett had her reasons to play the players she played ... but I can play somewhere else and I can do better than just sit on the bench and that's what I want to do," Burlin said. When asked whether she felt the new coaching staff was a positive change for the program, Burlin said that both the current and former staffs had their own unique strengths. "They are two completely different coaching staffs," Burlin said. "Coach Burnett is an awesome coach and an awesome person. She's done a lot of good things for the program. I won't say that I prefer her over (Guevara). Coach G did good things for the program also." While Andrews declined to also comment when contacted by The Michigan Daily, she may be leaving the team for similar reasons to Burlin. Andrews also saw her average game minutes drop this season - from 16.3 to 9.4 - as well as declines in other statistical categories. Neither Andrews nor Reams have announced whether they will stay at Michigan or transfer to other schools. LEO Continued from Page 1 Robinson- feels that students will ultimately benefit from the action. "I am more convinced all the time that these kinds of reforms that we're proposing are win-win situa- tions," Robinson said. "It's win for students, win for faculty and win for administration." Also approved by a unanimous vote in Ann Arbor during yester- day's meeting was the LEO strike platform. Some of LEO's proposals include a just-cause termination provision that mandates that the University show reasonable motivation if any lecturers are fired. Other proposals include a seniori- ty-based lay-off and recall system , increased salaries that are based on years of teaching and summer bene- fits for eligible non-tenure track faculty. If the strike is not effective in speeding up bargaining, lecturers may withhold grades until the administration settles. Supporters of Taiwan opposition presidential candidate Lien Chan sing patriotic songs outside the Presidential Palace in Taipei, Taiwan, today as thousands demand a recount of last week's presidential election. Middle East Film Series "ESKIYA-THE BANDIT" Thursday, March 25 @ 7:30 pm, Rackham Amphitheater; 915 E.Washington St. open to the Public - Free Admission An award-winning and visually stunning feature film from Turkey directed by Yuvuz Turgul (1997/121 minutes/Turkish with English subtitles). After serving a 35-year prison sentence, Baran, a Kurdish bandit, is released and returns to his village only to find it submerged under the waters of a new dam. He heads to Istanbul where he is told that his lover resides. The encounter between the bandit's "old-fashioned" criminal ways, and those of the violent urban underworld of contemporary Istanbul, intertwined with the film's romantic and quasi-magical threads, make for a riveting film. Officially selected to represent Turkey at the American Academy Awards in 1997. Additional information at htt,://www.umich.edu/-iinet/cmenas/ Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Studies. The University of Michigan Mathematical Biology Research Group And the Center for the Study of Complex Systems present A Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematical Biology Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order What caused hundreds of Japanese children to fall into seizures while watching an episode of the cartoon show SPokemon? Why do women roommates sometimes find that their menstrual periods occur in sync? The tendency to synchronize is one of the most mysterious and pervasive drives in all nature. Every night along the tidal rivers x { of Malaysia, thousands of fireflies flash in silent, hypnotic unison; the moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the Earth; the intense coherence of a laser comes from trillions of atoms pulsing together. All these ...astonishing feats of synchrony occur spontaneously -almost as if the universe had an overwhelming desire for 8. . order. On the surface, these phenomena might seem unrelated. After all, the forces that synchronize fireflies have nothing to do with a laser. But at a deeper level, they are all connected by the same mathematical theme: self-organization, the spontaneous emergence of order out of chaos. Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University and author of Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order, will convey the excitement of this new field in a lecture aimed at a general audience. He has been hailed as "a gifted and inspiring communicator" (New Scientist) and "a first-rate storyteller and an even better teacher" (Nature). Popular Science called Sync "the most exciting new book of the spring...masterful... a gem." March 24, 2004 East Hall 5:00 p.m. - Reception for Professor Strogatz in the Mathematics Atrium 6:00 p.m. - Lecture in room 1324 East Hall (Auditorium) 7:00 p.m. - Book signing by Professor Strogatz in the Auditorium lobby For additional information, contact Patrick Nelson at pwn@umich.edu. 734-763-3408