Monday, September 26, 2005 News 3A MSA remaps budget to comply with U.S. Supreme Court ruling Opinion 4A Chris Zbrozek wants to fix the National Guard Arts 9A Beck rocks his entire catalog at the State I - - - - Sf9SJPJ1N/pKDsO , S c rsViN~ One-hundredfourteen years ofeditorialfreedom www.michikandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXV, No. 154 62005 The Michigan Daily I 'Right now, we suck, - JASON AVANT, SENIOR CO-CAPTAIN Frat party shooting " " injures freshman Student who suffered a gunshot wound to the arms was taken to 'U' medical center By Karl Stampfl and Lee Wachocki Daily Staff Reporters A shooting took place at an Omega Psi Phi party Saturday morning at about 3:45 a.m., injuring an 18-year-old freshman student, Ann Arbor Police Department Sgt. Ed Dre- slinksi said. The student, whose name has not been released by the police, suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and spent the night at the University's Medical Center. The shooting took place at a house at 316 West Stadium Blvd., which is about 200 yards away from the entrance to Michigan Stadium and across the street from Pioneer High School. The house is not the official house of Omega Psi Phi, but several members of the fraternity live there and use the house for the fraternity's parties. The shooting resulted from an argument on the dance floor, said a fraternity brother who wished to remain anonymous to protect his safety. Two dancers bumped each other, and one grew angry because he believed he had been bumped too hard. After a short fight, an unidentified shooter drew a gun. He fired once into the ceiling. His second shot traveled wide of his target, striking the uninvolved freshman in the arm. Fraternity members wrangled the shooter out of the house and into the house's side yard, where he fired several more shots into the air, injuring no one, the fraternity member said. He escaped before the AAPD arrived a few minutes later and is still at large. The fraternity member described him as being a 5'9" black man wearing a white T-shirt and a dark hat. Anyone with information can call the AAPD tip line at (734) 996-3199. Two Ypsilanti residents were also appre- hended for carrying a concealed weapon in a car parked near the house, Dreslinski said, but police do not believe either was the shooter. Kreston Martin, president of the University's division of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, said that no one at Omega Psi Phi was involved. Martin, who attended the party but did not see the incident, said he will meet tomorrow with the Black Student Union and the University chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to discuss the incident. Neighbors, one of whom described the inci- dent as "surreal," said there were multiple par- ties on the street. People were filtering between them all night, several witnesses said, and cars were parked up and down the major boulevard where parking is prohibited. RYAN WEINER/Daily Michigan offensive captain Jason Avant (8) and head coach Lloyd Carr walk off the field after Michigan's loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. Problems abound or this Michigan team MADISON - Dear Michigan Football Doubters, I can't say we were on the same page after the Notre Dame loss two weeks ago. Sure, I was disappointed to see the Wolver- ines drop a home game to a team that was so obviously lacking in the talent department. Of course it hurt that Michigan took a hit in the loss column in just the second week of the season. And it would be an under- statement to say that I was troubled by the offense - or, more appropriately, the lack thereof. But like a loyal Michigan fan, I had hope. Rationalization was my defense mechanism. I reasoned that, since I didn't actually expect the Wolverines to go unde- feated in the first place, a loss at the hands of the Irish was actually the best possible scenario. After all, a single nonconference loss to a ranked opponent doesn't sound so bad, does it? I figured, if that's what it took to get the kinks out of this squad, I'd accept it and move on. A BCS berth w was still eminently possi- ble, and a Big Ten Cham- pionship was squarely in the crosshairs. Needless to say, my world came crashing GABE down around me in EDELSON Wisconsin on Saturday. I watched - at times Honest Ga be from high above the field in the press box, at others from the sideline in the game's closing minutes - as Michigan blew a 10-point halftime lead, failed to mount any viable offensive attacks in the second half, dropped its Big Ten season opener and sent Wolverine Nation into despair. At this point, the Wolverines find themselves barred from the Rose Bowl beyond a shadow of a doubt. A bid to the Orange, Fiesta or Sugar bowls seems extremely unlikely. Central Florida is look- ing like an attractive New Year's destina- tion right now. Michigan tumbled out of the polls for the first time since 1998. And maybe worst of all, the Wolverines find themselves looking up at a heap of names in the young Big Ten standings. As senior co-captain Jason Avant said, "Right now, we suck." So it is in this atmosphere, Michigan misanthropes, that I present to you my list of grievances in the hopes that you, with your long-standing pessimism, will lend a sympathetic ear. Here goes: What's the deal with road openers? It's a stat that we've had shoved down our throats a million times, but the shock value remains: Six straight losses in road open- ers. Seven of the last eight. And every time, Michigan has entered with a higher ranking than its opponent. Why can't these guys get their act together? Why can't they ever get up for the first away game of the season? You would think the adrenaline would be flowing, that the Wolverines would rel- ish their role as enemy. At least that's how many other teams view traveling to a hos- tile environment, especially during confer- ence play. But these letdowns are becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. And the most dis- appointing part might be that, in each of the past six losses, Michigan has been just one score away from winning or tying when the clock ran out. This is officially something to be concerned about. I know I am. See GAME, page 8A 0 Suspects Definition of plagiarism in limbo, speakers argue dispute hate Crime Students say AAPD and media misreported urination incident By Rachel Kruer Daily Staff Reporter While the alleged felony of ethnic intimidation that involved a University student urinating on two Asian students continues to enrage student organiza- tions on campus, the suspects and their neighbors say the Ann Arbor Police By Karl Stampfl Daily Staff Reporter With the issue of plagiarism being pushed into the academic spotlight by the copy-paste gen- eration and several plagiarism scandals, the University held what organizers called the largest con- ference on the subject to date. About 160 speakers gathered at the Michigan Union on Friday for a three-day conference called 'Originality, Imitation and Pla- giarism: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Writing,' which "Plagiarism is probably one of the most unhelpful terms we've ever encountered. " -James Porter Michigan State University Rhetoric Prof was organized by the University's Sweetland Writing Center. In a series of sessions, speak- ers discussed topics as diverse as plagiarism in 19th century Amer- ica to fan-fiction and if it violates copyrights of the source material it derives from. Among the multi- disciplinary speakers - who were lured to Ann Arbor from as far away as Belfast, Northern Ireland - opinions differed on what con- stitutes plagiarism. "Plagiarism is probably one of the most unhelpful terms we've ever See COPYING, page 7A Sto replace M APexam