Tuesday, March 5, 2005 Opinion 4 Dan Adams on bullshit Science 5 Mission reveals secrets of Saturn Arts 7 Detroit-area native Binder returns to the big screen with Kevin Costner ERIC AMBINDER IS IN LANSING FOR THE FiNAl FOUR P\ r i5£1! it iia tao Weather LOW 51 TOMORROW: V 4 One-hundredfourteen years ofedtorialfreedom www.mzhdiandaily. com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 112 ®2005 The Michigan Daily 'U' to fund work- study program Administrators say they will dip into emergency fund to find $185,000 By Karl Stampfl Daily StaffReporter Despite last week's statement from the University Office of Financial Aid that the University would have to completely slash students' work-study for the spring and summer terms, the University announced yesterday that it would dip into its pockets to cover the costs and restore the program. The costs, estimated to be about $185,000, will most likely come out of the University's emergency funds, which are earmarked for unforeseen circum- stances. "At a place this big, we can find the resources to come up with the money," Provost Paul Courant said. Originally, the University said that it would have to eliminate its support to work-study students dur- ing the spring and summer terms for a variety of different reasons. One of the reasons was a cut of nearly half a million dollars from the federal work- study program. The cut only left $4.2 million for the three University campuses to divvy up. "It's very unfortunate that the federal govern- ment cut (the funding)," University President Mary Sue Coleman said. Combined with the federal cuts, three other factors - a larger-than-usual-freshman class, the Flint campus expending a large amount of the money and many students working more hours than expected - contributed to the lack of funds available for spring/summer work-study. Last Thursday's news that the University would not be able to offer work-study came as a sur- prise to most top-level University administrators, including Courant and Coleman. "I think that the decision to suspend it was made prematurely, and as soon as we considered the issue we realized what needed to be done," Courant said. Coleman attributed the mishap to a glitch in communication. "We're working to resolve that glitch," she added. Courant said that the provost's office was not informed of the decision to cut the funds. "In retrospect, some things would have been better if (the financial aid office) had talked to us," he said. Lester Monts, associate provost for academic affairs, said the University was caught offguard by the factors, which led to the lack of support for the work-study programs. The decision to restore the funds came to the relief of students like LSA freshman Thane Wol- cott, who is using work-study funds to work in the University Hospital this spring and summer as a plastic surgery researcher. Without work- study, he would have done the research for credit but not money, forcing him to hold another job while taking a total of 12 additional credits. Whether he was allotted work-study may have also determined whether he was able to stay in Ann Arbor over the summer, Wolcott said. "If they did not come through, it would have been extremely difficult," he said. Courant said the two-fold importance of work-study prompted the University to make sure it offered the funds. "People work for their own support and that's entirely appropriate," he said. "There is a long tradition of that in higher education. It goes back to Arthur Miller and before." The second reason Courant cited is that students have the opportunity to see how the University works in a more comprehensive way through financial aid. "It's a great mechanism to make students more aware of what really goes on here," Courant said. UNC new NCAA champions North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 in a tight battle for the college basketball title ST. LOUIS (AP) - Finally, Roy Williams had a good reason to cry. Stymied so many times before in his pursuit of a title, the longtime coach broke through yesterday night. The tears this time were tears of joy, the result a 75-70 victory over Illinois that finally gave Williams the national champion- ship that was missing from his otherwise stellar 17-year career. "I'm just so happy for myself, my family," Williams said. "These seniors ... they took me for a heck of a ride." Sean May had 26 points and the Tar Heels didn't allow a basket over the final, excruciating 2 1/2 minutes. Freshman Marvin Williams had a tip-in with 1:26 left, Raymond Felton made three free throws down the stretch and the Tar Heels (33-4) won their first title since 1993, back when Dean Smith was coaching and Williams was at Kansas, in the middle of his Final Four futility. "He is the greatest coach," Felton said. "If he retired tomorrow, I would vote for him for the Hall of Fame. He told us he would bring us a championship and we did it as a team." Led by May's 10-for-ll shooting, Carolina took a 65-55 lead with 8:51 left and it looked like Williams would win his 41st tournament game and first championship going away. But Illinois (37-2) never quits. The Illini shot 27 percent in the first half and trailed by 13 at halftime. They trailed by 15 early in the second and 10 a bit later. They tied the game twice in the last 5 1/2 minutes, but when they had a chance to force overtime, Luther Head missed a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left, ending their chance to set the NCAA record for wins in a season. "We lost our poise down the stretch in the first half," Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "That probably cost us because now you have such a margin to come back." When it was over - after Felton had made his last two free throws, after May had cradled his 10th and final rebound - Williams took off his glasses and started look- ing for people to hug. A few moments later,.he was crying, much like he has at the end of every season. Usually, the tears come because he has to say goodbye. No goodbye will be as sweet as this one. "For Coach to be able to say that the first team to get him a championship was the 2005 team is an honor," said May, whose 26 points were the same as his dad, Scott, scored in See UNC, Page 14 Emmanuel Drouhin from MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres or Doctors Without Borders) answers questions about the African AIDS crisis at the School of Social Work yesterday. SypOsiumto fcus on African cnses * Organizers say goal is to also raise awareness about issues concerning humanitarian organizations all over the world By Christina Hildreth Daily Staff Reporter According to international aid organization Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, there were 42 million cases of AIDS in the world as of 2004. Thirty million of them are in Africa. MSF operates in more than 80 countries, bringing medical relief to victims such as these. In a sympo- sium sponsored today by the International Institute and the Institute for the Humanities, the University community will host a forum on the issues that face humanitarian organizations seeking to provide relief in situations such as the ongoing AIDS crisis in Afri- ca, and last December's tsunami disaster in southeast Asia. While the conference focuses on Africa, the goal is to raise awareness about issues concerning humanitar- ian organizations all over the world, said conference organizer and Women's Studies Prof. Miriam Ticktin. "We would like people to become aware of the issues, aware of the concerns, what kind of a process it is, how MSF intervenes," said Ticktin. She explained that when a nongovernment (and presumably nonpo- litical) organization such as MSF intervenes in a par- ticular situation, be it a war or a natural disaster, it naturally encounters problems with staying neutral while still providing aid where it is needed. Ticktin also said this conference is a chance for stu- dents who are interested in involvement with NGOs to create contacts with MSF members. Today's conference will feature lectures from vari- ous experts including MSF members who work with humanitarian projects all over the world, highlighting See MSF, Page 7 Employment discrimination prevalent issue for LGBTs Community members say they do not have enough protection against job discrimination By Sarah Sprague Daily Staff Reporter University alum Gary Porter said he had a great summer job asa camp counselor two years ago, but found only intolerance and discrimination other reason besides being gay and still be well within their legal rights," said Frederick Dennis, director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender affairs. Like Porter, many individuals who identify with the LGBT community have found themselves marginalized when seeking employment, mostly because of what they feel is a lack of federal protection against discrimi- nation in the workplace for those in the LGBT community. This not only causes many in the cerned about whether they should be 'out' to a potential employer or not or whether to indicate that they are gay during the interview process so the institution can decide to keep going with the candidate or not," said Women's Studies Prof. Pat Simon. Dean of Students Sue Eklund said this worry causes other significant complications, including the uncer- tainty of whether to bring up sexual- ity or sexual identity during the job application process. Whether LGBT students will list Hendrix courts studen ts By Talia Selitsky Daily Staff Reporter Attracting college graduates is the number one priority for his campaign, said Detroit mayoral can- didate, Freman Hendrix, who spoke last night in the Michigan League. Hendrix will be running against City Council member Sharon McPhail and incumbent Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in November. Hendrix said he is running on a platform of being an insider who I IIu