NEWS The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 3 V ON CAMPUS Panel discusion on sexual assault to be held in Union The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center is holding a lecture and discussion in the Wolverine Room of the Michigan Union today at noon- There will be a panel with students and staff from the LGBT community, and various minority groups. After the lecture, discussion will focus on the challenges people in diverse identity groups face when speaking out about sexual violence. Mass meeting for mentors to be held in Union The Office of New Student Pro- grams is holding a mass meeting for its Peer mentor program today in Anderson Rooms A and B of the Michigan Union from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Peer Mentors will work with a group of first-year students and one faculty member in the fall. Students find an excuse to play video games in Pierpont Commons A video game tournament will take place in the recreation room at Pierpont Commons from 6:30 to 9:00 p m. today. The tournament, sponsored by the Univer- sity Unions Arts and Programs, will fea- ture the Game Cube console. Students can sign up at 6:30 pm. Winners will receive a $75 gift certificate from Best Buy. CRIME NOTES Student injured in weight room A person was injured in the Central Campus Recreation Building weight room at about 6 p.m. on Monday, the Department of Public Safety reported. The subject was taken to the University emergency room. Student's wallet stolen from UGLi A student's wallet was stolen last Fri- day from an unattended backpack in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, DPS reported. The wallet contained money, various cards and identification. * Art thief lifts piece from South Quad A caller informed DPS that artwork was missing from South Quadrangle Residence Hall on Monday, DPS said. It had been displayed near the entrance. THIS DAY In Daily History Debaters argue for inclusion of more minorities Jan. 18, 1973 - The Program for Educational and Social change held a debate yesterday titled "The Univer- sity and Minority Students." About 70 people attended the debate that centered around accusations from minority students that the University had a tendency to cater to upper-and middle-class white students. The majority of the attendants at the debate were Native Ameri- cans, Mexican Americans, gays, blacks and women. Representa- tives from the University included George Goodman, assistant director of undergraduate admissions, John Romani, associate vice president for academic affairs, and Joe Eisley, associate dean of the engineering school. Goodman responded to the stu- dents' concerns by pointing out that the number of minority students at the University has greatly increased over the course of the last ten years. "There is now a ratio of two black Tape shows A2 journalist held hostage in Iraq Message says journalist will be killed if U.S. does not release prisoners CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Arab tele- vision channel aired a silent 20-second videotape last night of hostage Ameri- can reporter Jill Carroll, of Ann Arbor, and said an accompanying message gave the United States 72 hours to free female prisoners in Iraq or the journalist would be killed. The tape showed the 28-year-old reporter sitting in front of a white back- ground and speaking, but her voice could not be heard. On the tape, Carroll is pale and appears tired, and her long straight brown hair is parted in the middle and pulled back from her face. Al-Jazeera TV would not tell The Associated Press how it received the tape, but issued its own statement calling for Carroll's release. An Al- Jazeera producer said no militant group's name was attached to the mes- sage that it was sent to the station with the tape yesterday. Carroll was a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, and the newspaper released a statement from her family pleading with her cap- tors to set her free. "Jill is an innocent journalist and we respectfully ask that you please show her mercy and allow her to return home to her mother, sister and family," the state- ment said. "Jill is a friend and sister to many Iraqis and has been dedicated to bringing the truth of the Iraq war to the world. We appeal for the speedy and safe return of our beloved daugh- ter and sister." Carroll grew up in Mich., and still has family in Ann Arbor. The State Department responded to the videotape on Al-Jazeera with a statement saying U.S. officials were doing every- thing possible to win Carroll's freedom. "We continue to make every effort we can, working with Iraqis and oth- ers, to see Miss Carroll is returned safe and sound," spokesman Sean McCormack said. Carroll was kidnapped Jan. 7 in one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighbor- hoods. Gunmen ambushed her car and killed her translator shortly after she left the offices of a Sunni Arab politician. The Boston-based Christian Science Monitor said Saturday that it continued "to pursue every possible avenue" to win her release. The U.S. military raided a prominent Sunni mosque a day after Carroll was kidnapped, sparking a demonstration by hundreds of worshippers. A U.S. military official said the raid was a necessary imme- diate response to the kidnapping based on a tip provided by an Iraqi citizen. President Ford responding well to treatment Gerald Ford, a University alum, is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former President Ford was responding to treatment for pneumonia that put him in the hospital during the weekend, his chief of staff said yesterday. Ford is a 1935 graduate of the University. The hospitalization was the second time in five weeks that Ford, 92, has been admitted to Eisenhower Medical Center near his Thunder- bird Estates home. "He is responding to treatment and doing well," his chief of staff, Penny Circle, said in a brief statement. "Decisions regarding his discharge are made on a day-to-day basis and if all continues to improve, we anticipate, his date of discharge as Thursday," Circle said. She said there would be nothing further until a statement today. In mid-December, the nation's oldest living and only unelected president underwent rou- tine tests at Eisenhower and was hospitalized overnight because of what Circle called "a horrible cold." It wasn't clear if the cold led to the bout with pneumonia, she said. Ford was admitted to Eisenhower on Satur- day afternoon, but word didn't leak out until Monday. Ford has kept his personal life pri- vate and he has declined interview requests in recent years. "Based on his age it is prudent for his initial course of treatment - IV antibiotics - to be done at the hospital," Circle said Monday. Citing patient privacy, hospital spokes- woman Elizabeth Wholihan referred callers to Circle's written statement. Ford became the nation's oldest living for- mer president after the death of Ronald Rea- gan on June 5, 2004. Ford, a Republican from west Michigan, was House minority leader when President Nixon chose him to replace the resigned Spiro Agnew as vice president in 1973. Ford became the nation's 38th president on Aug. 9, 1974, when Nixon resigned amid the Watergate scandal. Ford and his wife, Betty, have lived in Ran- cho Mirage since leaving the White House in 1977. They have another home in Vail, Colo. Ford had strokes in 2000 and was hospital- ized briefly in 2003 after suffering a dizzy spell while playing golf in near-100 degree temper- atures at a course near his desert home. Concerns about his health resurfaced in November 2004, when he did not attend the dedication of former President Bill Clinton's presidential library in Arkansas. Ford's current hospitalization coincides with the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a golf tourna- ment Ford has participated in since moving to Rancho Mirage. He hasn't played at the contest in recent years but he takes part in the festivi- ties and was expected back this month. Last year, he presented the winner's trophy with Hope's widow, Dolores Hope. Tourna- ment chairman Steve Morton told the Palm Springs Desert Sun that Ford indicated he planned to return this year. "He expressed to us that if he was feeling up to it, he wouldn't miss it," Morton said. 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