Monday, November 15, 2004 News 3A Police look into bomb threat at City Hall Opinion 4A D.C. Lee: morality and politics closely related Sports 1B Michigan State crushes field hockey's championship dreams 'HALO 2 SHOOTS DOWN THE COMPETITION ... ARTS, PAGE 8A One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom Weather H:53 LO 33 TOMORROW: 62004 The Michigan Daily III APIRARAMIR I ION moolog I Ill; I III i I ;I IN i I I ;j IRA 19,111 AVAR I lp go; A, 1: a 'Ilm vallo 0111 A 18181 oil 10,8A A Nog M" Imm8mmumm All AAAARNAAMA PIN am Igs RR RAPINA I ARA go Ag No NAI-10 RAI UNION RI; RMIN RR i olog NJ RAIRAIRAIg 9109 a Ag 09109 19 go loop goo I -------------- -- I I 11111911011 NA Rol A www.micrhikandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 33 B-school to begin admitting freshmen By Koustubh Patwardhan Daily Staff Reporter The Stephen M. Ross School of Business will pilot a new undergraduate program for the 2006 fall term that will dramatically alter the makeup of the school. Instead of the current two-year program that only accepts juniors, the school will now accept freshmen and sophomores into a three- or four-year program, depending on when these underclassmen decide to apply. Next year, the Business School will contin- ue to offer enrollment for juniors, to ensure that nobody misses the opportunity to apply. In a newsletter sent to business students, the school said it formed a committee to per- form a review of the Bachelor of Business Sophomores can Administration curriculum last year. After a year of deliberations, the faculty decided in a 64 to 14 vote to pave the way for freshmen and sophomores to get into the school. "It is challenging to do everything in two years," said Gene Anderson, associate dean for degree programs. The school decided to implement the new program because administrators wanted to allow students the opportunity to be able to take more classes and have better opportunities to pursue minors in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Anderson said. Because business students' core curricu- lum will now be spread over a period of up also apply to revised program to four years, they will have more time each year to take courses outside the Business School. Anderson said the new system "achieves a better balance between liberal arts and business during their business educa- tion." Another aim of this change is to lower the pressure students face when they are in the Business School. Under the change, students will be exposed to a better foundation of business early in their academic careers, while also being able to pursue other opportunities such as study abroad programs, which are currently off-limits to business students. In addition to helping students, the Ross School's programs could become more com- petitive with those of other schools, such as the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "A lot of folks know they want to get into business," and by implementing this policy the Business School could attract a better group of students than it had been losing to other sch6ols, Anderson said. Anderson added that the uncertainty of admissions into the University's business program drives away students to universi- ties that accept students as freshman. Stu- dents currently apply into the University See ADMISSIONS, Page 7A TONY DING/Daily Michigan freshman running back Mike Hart (20) runs for a touchdown in Michigan's 42-20 victory over Northwestern Saturday. ues path clear for Rose Bowl By Sharad Mattu Daily Sports Editor Just a week ago, Michigan was facing the prospect of fin- ishing the Big Ten season a perfect 8-0, but missing out on any BCS bowl game, let alone the Rose Bowl. The possibil- ity of heading to Orlando for the Citrus Bowl was a reality receiver Jason Avant refused to acknowledge, insisting that if Michigan continues to win, "things will work out for us." The junior's words proved to be true Saturday, and if the Wolverines win at Ohio State, they will win the conference title outright and head to Pasadena for the second consecutive year. Hours after the Wolverines handily defeated North- western 42-20, Michigan State - which blew a 17- point, fourth-quarter lead against Michigan on Oct. 30 - put the finishing touches on a 49-14 thrashing over previously unbeaten Wisconsin, giving the Wolverines sole possession of first place. If No. 7 Michigan (7-0 Big Ten, 9-1 overall) loses to Ohio State, it will share the Big Ten crown with Saturday's Wisconsin-Iowa winner. If it's No. 17 Iowa (6-1, 8-2), Michigan will go to the Rose Bowl even if it loses thanks to its win over the Hawkeyes on Sept. 25. But if the Wolverines lose and No. 9 Wisconsin (6-1, 9-1) pulls out the road win, the Badgers will head to Pasadena thanks to a better overall record. Michigan and Wisconsin do not play each other this season. After struggling mightily in the first half of Satur- day's game, the Wolverines' offense scored touchdowns the first five times it touched the ball in the second half. With the rust from last week's bye gone and a confer- ence title within grasp, Michigan is eagerly looking ahead to its showdown with the Buckeyes. "When the clock hit zero, (my mind) turned to Ohio State, straight to the rivalry game, straight to the game for the Big Ten championship" cornerback Marlin Jackson said. Roses in sight Big-Ten standings and records No.7 Michigan, 7-0 In conference, 9-1. overall No. 9 Wisconsin, 6-2, 9-1 No. 17 Iowa, 6-1, 8-2 Michigan State, 4-3, 5-5 r Northwestern, 4-3 5-5 Ohio State, 3-4, 6-4 Purdue, 3-4, 6-4 Minnesota, 3-5, 6-5 Illinois, 1-6, 3-7 Indiana, 1-6, 3-7 Penn State, 1-6, 3-7 iC TO THE POLLS PET ER SCHO I ENF-ELS/Daily Students 4 Michigan candidates Alicia Benevides, Arielle Unsky and Timothy Wiggins, all LSA sophomores, campaign for upcoming elections. New party debuts in student gov't election PeEER SCUH OTTENELDaily Defend Affirmative Action Party candidates Kate Stenvig, a Rackham student, and Bron Daniels, an LSA senior, chalk outside the Michigan Union. inori enrollment key issue for DA AP By Justin Miler Daily Staff Reporter By Ekjyot Saini Daily Staff Reporter A new student political party is look- ing to fill some big shoes by winning this week's Michigan Student Assembly and student government elections on Wednes- day and Thursday. Students can vote in the elections by logging onto vote.www.umich .edu Wednesday and Thursday. Students 4 Michigan will look to replace the now-defunct Students First party with a broad agenda that includes placing a student lobbyist in state Legisla- ture in Lansing, getting representation on the Ann Arbor City Council and increas- ing the number of academic minors at the University. "The founders of Students 4 Michigan include many current MSA and LSA-SG representatives as well as students who are new to the government, yet have a vested interest in bettering the Michigan community," said Students 4 Michigan Campaign Manager Monica Woll, an LSA sophmore. Woll said that Students 4 Michigan has been stereotyped as a re-creation of Students First. While the most visible members of Students 4 Michigan are former Student First members, a few See NEW PARTY, Page 2A Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on race-conscious admissions more than a year ago, minority enrollment remains an issue for the Defend Affirma- tive Action Party. DAAP has 10 candidates running in this year's student government elections, in which students can vote by logging onto vote.www.umich.edu Wednesday and Thursday. Six of the candidates are run- ning for seats through the College of Liter- ature, Science and the Arts, and three from the Rackham School, while one candidate represents the School of Social Work. DAAP's campaign platform this year revolves around reversing the drop in undergraduate minority enrollment within the University. said DAAP campaign man- ager and Rackham student Kate Stenvig. "We want to mobilize the support that's been active working against the minor- ity drop," Stenvig said. Stenvig has run in every Michigan Student Assembly election for the past five years, under DAAP. The group is currently circulating a peti- tion attempting to get 10,000 signatures in order to force the University do take some form of action to reverse the trend, Stenvig said. The group currently has 1,000 signa- tures, she said. The party was formed in 1997, but for years it was barely represented in MSA. Last fall the party had four members elect- ed to the assembly. When asked about the party's lack of success in previous MSA elections, Stenvig said, "We are not only trying to win seats, but build a new civil rights movement." See DAAP, Page 2A President Ford breaks ground for new public policy building By Keara Caldarola and Michael Gurovitsch Daily Staff Reporters President Gerald Ford often walked past a permanent home to the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, which has spent the majority of its existence scattered across several campus locations. "With this building you have given us the The presderts d ei. The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy held a ground- breaking ceremony Friday for its new building. Former President Gerald Ford, a I have always been proud - very, very proud - of my association with this university." ;I