NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 3 ON CAMPUS Museum screens film on German art movement "Bauhaus: The Face of the 20th Century" will be shown at the Uni- versity of Michigan Museum of Art at noon today. The film sets the history of the Bauhaus movement, a German move- ment of art and design whose aes- thetic is based upon ideals of simple forms and unadorned functionalism, in the context of the chaos of the Wei- mar Republic. The screening is sponsored by the museum. CRIME NOTES Barely clothed person taken to psychiatric ER A person wearing only a coat was picked up for indecent exposure on East Medical Center Drive early yesterday morning, the Department of Public Safety reports. The individual was then taken to the psychiatric emergency room for evaluation. Fallen cyclist refuses assistance near CCRB DPS reports a subject falling off a bike near the Central Campus Recreation Building Monday evening. The bicyclist declined assistance from officers. Industrial tool found damaged at EECS building An industrial tool was found accidentally damaged at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building on North Campus early Monday morning, according to DPS. The tool was reported as damaged ' when shipped. State GOP looks to replace chair DeVos LANSING (AP) - The jockeying to replace Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Betsy DeVos has begun. Former state Rep. Andrew "Rocky" Racz- kowski, who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Sen. Carl Levin in 2002 and served in the Michigan House from 1997 to 2002, told The Associated Press yesterday that he wants the job. "I was an elected official, I was active with the state party at the grass roots, I understand fund- raising ... party organization and planning," he said, listing why he would be a good choice for GOP chairman. The 35-year-old Raczkowski. a U.S. Army Reserves major from Farmington Hills, recently returned from a year in Africa and elsewhere with Operation Enduring Freedom. Also considering a run is Myrah Kirkwood, a security manager for McDonald's Corp. who ran unsuccessfully this year against U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee of Flint as one of the few black Republican candidates in Michigan. A former Detroit police officer, Kirkwood said yesterday that she has the organizational skills to manage the party. "I certainly am used to challenging situations," she said. "I think I have the best credentials to make the jump to state party chair." Others mentioned as possible replacements for DeVos are Oakland County GOP Chairman Paul Welday; former Detroit TV anchor Tara Wall, who now works for the Republican National Commit- tee; former House Speaker Chuck Perricone of Delton; and Domino's Pizza Inc. Chairman and CEO David Brandon of Ann Arbor, a regent at the University Party activists want someone who can help them unseat Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2006 and stave off a Democratic charge to regain majorities in the state Senate and House. Whoever is picked must be able to recruit strong challengers and raise enough money to help buy ads and set up large-scale voter outreach efforts. "It's a very fluid situation now as far as party Among the candidates are former House Speaker Chuck Perricone, University Regent David Brandon, former U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Raczkowski and Oakland County GOP Chairman Paul Welday. chair goes," said Tom Shields, whose Lansing company, Marketing Resource Group, has done work for the state GOP. "No one's really gravitat- ing toward one candidate." The race could firm up fairly quickly, however, even though about 400 Republican delegates won't meet to elect a new leader until their Feb. 4 and 5 state convention in Grand Rapids. GOP National Committeeman Chuck Yob said he plans to endorse a favorite by early next week. "Rocky seems to be the only one running right now, really," Yob said. "I think if someone doesn't surface soon, he's going to have it locked up.... I'm still doing some ground work on which way's the best way to go." Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, who along with Attorney General Mike Cox shares the spot- light as the GOP's top state officeholder said party activists have a few more steps to take before mak- ing a decision. "We need to define what we're looking for in a party chair," she said, noting that Republicans usu- ally choose either a successful fund-raiser who del- egates to an executive director, as DeVos did, or a paid leader more along the lines of former chairmen Rusty Hills, Dave Doyle or Spencer Abraham. "ething ... because they know students don't like the rrent policy," he said. Ford added that right now he just hopes this proposal I1 pass and does not think that LSA-SG will pursue extension of the policy to second-semester freshmen I students from other grades. DROP/ADD Continued from page 1 deadline for all students. "The administration has their reasons for why they can't move (the deadline), back so they've tried to do SAFE Continued from page 1 chair and LSA sophomore Jennifer Gonik said SAFE's campaign unfairly places all the blame for the Palestin- ian-Israeli conflict on the Jewish state. "I think the goal is to have real dialogue to eventu- tics of the opposition to promote his cause. He accused pro-Israeli groups of McCarthyist tactics - branding pro-Palestinians as terrorists to discourage people from associating themselves with groups like SAFE. "Any group that supports this issue is going to be called anti-Semitic," Dika added. Some questioned whether MSA members would ally work out a peaceful solution," she said. Gonik said she did not think SAFE shared this goal. "I think if you want real dia- logue, you wouldn't be promoting a divestment campaign, which is a one-sided attempt to demonize Israel," she said, adding, "They have a right to speak their minds." Campus rallies were frequently suggested as a means of educa- tion, with many proposing that SAFE hold a mock checkpoint on the Diag. "I think the goal is to have real dialogue to eventually work out a peaceful solution." - Jennifer Gonik LSA sophomore be receptive to an issue that some may perceive as irrelevant to stu- dents. But Dika said that even if some MSA candidates prom- ised to address only issues that directly involve students, "too bad, they're going to have to have to deal with us." Divestment campaigns have been successful in the past in persuading the University to divest from tobacco companies and from businesses that dealt with apartheid-era South Africa. One attendee suggested that SAFE frame U.S. sup- Attempts to convince organizations to divest from port of Israel as a threat to national security. Israel have been largely unsuccessful, although the But Dika said he did not want to use the scare tac- Presbyterian church decided to do so last summer. U U ePtiepuintatig Phot Repint tor 4 I I I N Capture the moment. Capture the magic. Capture the memories. Log on to 4" 0