NEWS The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - 3 ON CAMPUS Cause of gender- specific leadership styles up for debate Virginia Ota, who has conducted research on differences in leadership style due to gender, will discuss her work in a lecture today from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Center for the Educa- tion of Women. Ota will offer her evi- dence on the male/female debate as well as an overview of the research findings concerning the topic that were collected in the last 15 years. Photographer uses images to protest capital punishment The University chapter of Amnesty International, in continuation of its Juve- nile Justice Campaign, will sponsor an event with Toshi Kazama tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League. Kazama, a New York-based profes- sional photographer, interviews and pho- tographs juvenile death row inmates with hopes that his work will aid in abolishing 4 the death penalty and the high levels of violence in American society. The event, called "The Kids on Death Row," is free. Concert features Music faculty The School of Music presents a free faculty chamber concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the Britton Recital Hall. The concert will consist of string and piano quartet performances by violist Yizhak t Schotten, cellist Robert DeMaine, pia- nist Katherine Collier and violinists Yehonatan Berick and Lara Hall. Panel to discuss professional options for female workers The Institute for Research on Women and Gender invites the community to learn about the vast array of career oppor- tunities that matter to women's health, from environmental advocacy to medi- cine, tonight from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in room 2239 of Lane Hall. The discussion will feature a panel of professional women, including Tracey Easthope, environmen- tal health director of the national envi- ronmental group Ecology Center. CRIME NOTES. Studio 4 site of pushing, punching, projectile bottles Two men reported to the Ann Arbor Police Department early Sunday morn- ing that they were assaulted at Studio 4. One of the victims, a 30-year-old man from Ypsilanti, said he was at the night- club when someone came up to him and started pushing and yelling. According to reports, the bouncer intervened, but then a stranger punched the man in the face, causing him to fall backward. The man's friend said he tried to help him, but was pushed and struck with a bottle that was thrown from the crowd. Neither man was seriously injured, and there are currently no suspects. No way out: Exit sign found missing A Department of Public Safety offi- cer reported that an exit sign was stolen from Mary Markley Residence Hall on Sunday night. There are no suspects at this time. THIS DAY In Daily History University to build bubble chamber March 8, 1963 - To better study atomic particles, the University plans to build the largest "heavy liquid" bubble chamber in the world at its Willow Run research facilities. But in order for it to be fully opera- tional, the bubble chamber must be used in tandem with a high enerev narticle State police to drop out of anti- terror ntork LANSING (AP) - State police officials said yesterday the agency will drop out of a data-col- lecting system that came under fire for sharing and collecting personal information between par- ticipating states. The Michigan State Police said it will stop par- ticipating in the federally funded Multistate Anti- Terrorism Information Exchange, or MATRIX, when the pilot project ends March 18. The program collects data, including driver's license and criminal history information, and shares access with participating states. It was intended to make it easier to exchange information between law enforcement agencies across the country. The Michigan State Police said the lack of participating states diminished the value of the project. When the state joined the pilot project in December 2003, it was one of 13 participat- ing states and the network represented about half of the country's population and half of reported crime. Four states will remain after Michigan leaves - Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut and Florida, a MATRIX spokesman said. The Michigan State Police also said it is getting out of the system because it is worried about future funding and unrealistic expectations. "The need for law enforcement investigators to access legally available information sources for criminal investigations continues to be a criti- cal goal," said Michigan State Police Lt. Colonel Peter Munoz, deputy director and commander of the Field Services Bureau. Munoz said the state police will be receptive to future offers to share information among law enforcement agencies across the country. The American Civil Liberties Union sued last summer to stop Michigan from participating in the MATRIX. The group argued that the MATRIX violates Michigan's Interstate Law Enforcement Intelligence Organizations Act. The law prohibits state police from participating in interstate intel- ligence gathering without legislative approval or outside oversight. Kary Moss, executive director of the ACLU of Michigan, said public records were merged in the system with databases owned by Seisint Inc. Those databases include details on property and business filings and other personal information. Group proposes making juries more racially diverse N Proposal would allow half of those in the jury box have an identi- would prevent some unscrupulous people from employees. The jury, Casey said, included just cal or similar racial appearance to their own. using racially biased tactics to win cases." one black and mostly whites. defendants, plaintiffs to request If enough minority jurors weren't available At least one key lawmaker, however, said he "How's that a jury of my peers?" he said. that half of jurors be of their race in some parts of Michigan, jurors could be has deep concerns with the proposal. Casey's group has until May 2006 to turn in exhnnpd frn tha ntc of the tt R bnlir Ra Willim Vn Raamrra h ir~na ;t LANSING (AP) - Parties in a criminal or civil trial could be guaranteed that members of their racial group make up half the jury under a measure an organization wants to put before state lawmakers or voters. Ypsilanti-based People of Diversity United for Equality received the go-ahead yesterday to start collecting signatures for proposed legisla- tion that supporters say would protect people from racially biased jury trials. The Board of State Canvassers approved the form of the peti- tions to be circulated. The measure, called the "Casey 50/50 Jury Act," would let plaintiffs or defendants ask that excnangeu rom otner parts of te state. The state would provide transportation, lodging and food for jurors who were required to travel outside their home jurisdiction. The group must collect 254,206 valid sig- natures within a 180-day period to initiate the legislation, which would first go the Legisla- ture. The Legislature then would have 40 ses- sion days to adopt or reject the proposal. If rejected by the Legislature, which appears likely, the proposal would head to voters in November 2006. "Certain races are being stricken off juries," said Roderick Casey, leader of the group back- ing the initiative. "This is something we feel Kepu kican Jep. iiiiamv an Xegenmorter of Jenison, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said it would be extremely difficult and costly to transport jurors around the state - and decide who falls under various racial groups. "This indicts all jury-able persons," he said. "It implies that jurors would make decisions not on the facts, but on race. I don't believe that's been the case." Casey, a 47-year-old retired janitor who is black, said he proposed the measure partly because of his own experience in the justice system. He said he was charged with assault and battery after a confrontation with hospital the signatures. In the meantime, many in the legal commu- nity will be watching tomorrow as the Michi- gan Supreme Court considers a related issue. The court will hear appeals from two black men jointly convicted of murder in Wayne County. The prosecutor used peremptory challenges to exclude some blacks from the jury. Defense attorneys objected, claiming the jurors were eliminated solely on the basis of race. The court will consider whether the con- stitutional rights of Gregory Rice and Jerome Knight were violated, regardless of whether other blacks sat on the jury. Granholm promotes plan to develop workforce LANSING (AP) - Gov. Jennifer Granholm, disturbed by Michigan's high unemployment rate, said yesterday she wants the state's job training programs to be faster and more effective. She wants a worker training program to match up to 30,000 workers with jobs in growing areas such as health care by the end of the year. The matches would come through the Michigan Works program, a public-private partnership with offices statewide. To count toward Granholm's goal, the, retrained workers would have to keep their new jobs long enough to document that the match has been lasting. The timeframe has not been speci- fied but could be about a year, officials said. Granholm also wants more employers to use Michigan Works as a toolto find workers. She wants the partnership to contact 35,000 employ- ers to identify job openings. "We need a seamless system of work force development," Granholm said at the first meet- ing of the Michigan Council for Labor and Eco- nomic Growth. "We have the capacity here to get people back to work." The plan is part of the MI Opportunity Part- nership that Granholm talked about in her State of the State address last month. Granholm said the partnership would seek to match up to 40,000 workers with high-demand jobs in 2006. The matches, in large part, could come in addition to workers already placed by Michigan Works - more than 59,000 last year - in a vari- ety of jobs, many of them relatively low wage. The retrained workers would take some of the estimated 90,000 job vacancies that already exist in Michigan, Granholm said. Many of those jobs have higher wages and are in high- demand fields such as health care, skilled trades and high-tech. Michigan has struggled to match the unem- ployed with jobs that will be in the most demand, Granholm said. The 75 council mem- bers - including representatives from govern- ment, education and private industry - were asked yesterday to put aside differences and work together to get the job done. "So much can be done here in Michigan," said Sharon Wenzl, a Tower Automotive vice presi- dent and chairwoman of the economic growth council. "When we put our focus on an area, a lot can happen." Gov. Jennifer Granholm speaks in her State of the State address in Lansing last month. uiI wt mu ti Phot Repint tor 4 4 I I I N I * Capture the moment. Capture the magic. Capture the memories. log onto .............