Thursday, March 31, 2005 Science 8A Sports 9A Weekend Magazine Military recruits new robots 'M' nine pulls out victory in slugfest Exams are coming. Stay awake and study. TrhE SEGREGATION OF UNIVERSITY HOUSING ... OPINION, PAGE 5A £ tattl 4 gtl Weather MR 58 LOW, 35 TOMORROW: , 3/7 One-hundredfourteen years ofedoriadfreedom www.mizhiandaiy.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 109 ®2005 The Michigan Daily E3W Board's control of publication is inappropriat according to some experts By Donn M. Fresard Daily News Editor content criticized e, the editors of the popular student-run satirical campus newspaper and UAC last month. UAC is a student-run organization that distributes money - provided to UAC by the University through student fees - to 15 student groups, including the Every Three Weekly, that provide activities and entertainment for students. After the Every Three Weekly printed an issue that included three stories about student athletes - including one, head- lined "Phelps To Major In Pussy," that skewered University student and Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps - Executive Associate Athletic Director Michael Ste- venson said he felt obligated to approach the newspaper and the UAC executive board, which controls the newspaper's funding. "I think that that kind of satire is unbe- coming to any student at the University," Stevenson said. "It adds nothing to our campus community to have that kind of discussion." Although all parties involved in the meeting said neither UAC nor any Univer- sity official threatened to censor the Every Three Weekly or cut its funding, UAC's involvement in discussions of the newspa- per's content raised First Amendment con- cerns. Mark Goodman, executive director of Student Press Law Center, said UAC's executive board should not involve itself in the Every Three Weekly's content. "It is undoubtedly inappropriate for the University or a body to which the Univer- sity has delegated authority to be hearing See E3W, Page 3A First Amendment concerns were raised over the relationship between The Michi- gan Every Three Weekly and the Univer- sity Activities Center after a high-ranking Athletic Department official approached Economists anticipate 4 million obs The March forecast of the economy estimates that after 2006, 2 million new jobs will be added each year By C.C. Song Daily Staff Reporter After three consecutive years of job losses, the U.S. economy is finally picking up again, according to University economists who predict 4 million jobs will be created in the country by the end of 2006. Conducted by Economics Prof. economics research scientist Joan Crary and senior research associate Janet Wolfe, the March forecast for the economy predicts that after 2006, 2 millions jobs will also be added each year. Hymans added that most of the new job openings will be located in the service industries. Phil Gardner, a Michigan State University researcher and college hiring recruitment trends expert, agreed that most of the jobs will be created in the service industry and employers will have a high demand for college graduates. He added that many of the jobs will be professional services, such as business, accounting, marketing and sales, as well as biological research, health care services and engineering consulting. But he added the 4 million predicted by the team of Uni- versity economists is a conser- vative number. Instead, Gardner predicts 4.8 million jobs will be produced by the end of next year. Saul Hymans, along with "Employers who are confident about economic growth feel the need for new workers, and they're confident to make hiring decisions." - Saul Hymans Economics professor ALEXANDER DZIADOSZ/Daily Aisha Jukaku carefully pins up her headscarf to make sure her hair, ears and neck are tucked away as part of her hijab, the islamic dress code for women. WRAPPED IN MODESTY MUSLIM WOMEN DISPEL STEREOTYPES ABOUT ISLAMIC DRESS Hymans said the job growth stems from the Federal Reserve Board, which controls the nation's monetary policy, and its implementation of low interest rates to stimulate the economy. "The policies of the Federal Reserve Board brought the interest rate really low to increase incentives to increase busi- ness activities, especially in new residential constructions and purchasing homes. Investment by business is more profitable at a low interest rate," he said. As the economy began to recover, Hymans said there was an increase in consumer confidence, which brought about the growth in consumption. He added that with the increase in consumption and consumer confidence on the rise, businesses were willing to increase their number of job openings. "We really have the economy that's back on the growth track. Employers who are confident about economic growth feel the need for new workers, and they're confident to make hiring decisions," he said. The positive effects of the new job openings are evident in the internship fairs that the University Career Center has sponsored, said Lynne Sebille-White, assistant director of the recruitment service at the Career Center. She said that the internship fairs had the most employers coming to recruit students during 1999 to 2001 - prior to the job losses. She said there was a dramatic decrease after 2001, but in 2004, the number of employers has come back to the See JOBS, Page 3A By Christina Hildreth Daily Staff Reporter Every morning before walking out the door, Business junior Aisha Jukaku looks in the mirror, skillfully pinning her scarf to make sure her hair, ears and neck are carefully tucked away. Like mil- lions of Muslim women across the world, Jukaku's colorful scarf is part of her daily wardrobe. Jukaku's scarves, along with her long-sleeved shirts and long pants, are part of her hijab, - the Islamic dress code for women - which she wears in observance of the Islamic law of modesty. Her faith requires that she cover every part of her body except her feet, face and hands. There is also a separate law of modesty for men, although this law is not as noticeable because it only requires them to be covered from the navel to the knee, she said. Nadine Naber, a professor of women's studies and anthropology, said there has been a lot of dis- cussion about hijab in western society, and images of women in hijab have been used to demonstrate the so-called backwardness of Muslim culture. " ... We are constantly bombarded with images of the veil in the U.S. media as a sign of Muslim women's oppression, covered from head to toe in long black garbs as if they were faceless and name- less." she said. See HIJAB, Page 7A Board fears bias in final Coke decision MSA seeks better minority relations By Amber Colvin Daily Staff Reporter The Dispute Review Board worries that two students involved in SOLE have a conflict of interest By Breeanna Hare Daily Staff Reporter As members of the Dispute Review Board deliberate on a decision regard- ing the University's vendor contract with the Coca-Cola Company, mem- bers of the Coca-Cola Campaign - the group requesting that the University end its business with the soft drink giant - have voiced concern over what they say is an attempt by DRB to exclude its representatives from voting in the final decision, which will occur by the end of the semester. The worries by Coca-Cola Campaign members stem from recent discussion within the DRB meetings involving issues of a conflict of interest involv- flict of interest issue will be used as a pretense for the DRB to prevent their representatives from voting in the final decision. LSA sophomore Jory Hearst, who is a member of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality and the Coca-Cola Campaign said there is nothing wrong with Ris and Graham being members of the DRB. "SOLE feels very strongly that there is not a conflict of interest because the Dispute Review Board was set up so that students from the Coke Campaign could be on the board because they are generally the students that bring a lot of the complaints to the board," Hearst said. Ris, a member of the DRB and the campaign against Coke agrees that her involvement in the board would not be a conflict of interest. "Student members who bring com- plaints should be allowed to vote," Ris said. "They play an important role in pro- The Michigan Student Assembly was once seen as intimidating and unwelcoming to students from underrepresented minority groups, said newly elected LSA representa- tive Melton Lee. But MSA aims to improve its reputation this year by working toward a more minor- ity-friendly according to some MSA repre- sentatives. "We've been doing a lot of work to expose the issues of climate in student government bodies to help to counteract some of the things that turned off students of color and minorities to participating in student govern- ment," Lee said. Lee, who is black and is this semester's co- chair of the Minority Affairs Commission, said much of MSA's unfavorable reputation among minority communities came from the now defunct Students First party. He said that Students First went too far in recruiting minorities as candidates in order to improve the party's image, eventually becoming a blatant form of tokenism. Alexandra Moffett, an LSA sophomore and recently elected MSA-LSA representa- conversations about minorities being used as tokens in previous years, but has not seen it in her tenure on the assembly. "My experience ... so far it's been really good. I don't feel like minorities are under- represented," Chen said. Lee said MSA is currently working to overcome the issue, by having retreats at the beginning of each semester with icebreakers and other activities to help representatives get to know each other and to spur a more friend- ly environment. However, a recent study found that this issue goes beyond student government. According to the study, minorities are underrepresented in top-ranking government jobs around the country, but are frequently asked to lead tasks such as civil rights commissions. The study said that while minorities composed 32 per- cent of the nation's population, they held only 16 percent of key appointed policy positions in state governments in 2004. The study was done by the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, a part of the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York. At the University, many minorities say they are underrepresented on MSA for a variety of I ""