Monday, January 30, 2006 News 3A Daily names new business manager CAGERS TOPPLE SECOND STRAIGHT RANKED OPPONENT ... SPORTSMONDAY e4tk igaui ai3 Opinion 4A What the Daily stands for Arts 8A Daily music staff picks top 10 albums of 2005 One-hundredfifteen years of edtorialfreedom www.michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVI, No. 64 62006 The Michigan Daily FOLKY TUNES T oday's is the first paper produced by The Michigan Daily's new editors. We would like to thank you for your continued readership of the University's only independent, student-run daily newspaper. The Daily's entire editorial staff recommits itself to providing the campus community with thorough and reliable news and analysis. - The Editors Steahawks flock to Detroit Steelers, Seattle's opponent in next week's game, scheduled to arrive in town this morning By Ian Herbert Daily Sports Writer DEARBORN - No distance is too far for the fans of a team that has never played in a Super Bowl. As running back and league MVP Shaun Alexander left the first press conference of Super Bowl week, a few stray fans swarmed around him to get autographs on helmets and posters before he ducked into an elevator. Fifty feet away, a few dozen other Seat- tle fans waited for signatures from their Seahawks. The Seattle Seahawks arrived in Detroit for next Sunday's Super Bowl XL at 4:40 yesterday afternoon. Much of their first press conference revolved around "respect." "Respect was a word that I used in my opening remarks to the team at the begin- ning of the season," Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren said. "I understand why we're underdogs. The only way to handle it is - not by talking - but by playing the game." Alexander said he's seen the Seahawks go from a team that people used to laugh at to See SUPER BOWL, page 7A TV anchor alum " " injured in Iraq ABC anchor Bob Woodruff suffers serious head injuries but is in stable condition NEW YORK (AP) - The serious injuries suffered by ABC "World News Tonight" anchor Bob Woodruff, a graduate of the University Law School, and a television cameraman yesterday were a reminder of the danger hun- dreds of journalists work through every day as they tell the story of the Iraq war. The family of Christian Science Monitor freelance reporter Jill Carroll, who grew up in Ann Arbor, knows it all too well as they await news of the young woman, kidnapped at gunpoint Jan. 7. Woodruff, a Michigan native, and Doug Vogt were rid- ing in an Iraqi military vehicle yesterday so they could better understand the war from the perspective of the Iraqi forces when an improvised explosive device blew up near their convoy of U.S. and Iraqi troops north of Baghdad. Both men were wearing body armor and helmets, but they suffered serious head injuries and were in stable condition following surgery at a U.S. military hospital; Woodruff also has broken bones. They were expected to be evacuated to medical facilities in Germany, said ABC News President David Westin. The next few days will be critical, he said. "Obviously, this is very tough news for all of us here at ABC," said "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos. "It gives us a taste of what so many military families are going through every day." Dozens of journalists have been injured, killed or kid- napped in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that top- pled Saddam Hussein. David Bloom of NBC News was covering the war on April 6, 2003, when he died from an apparent blood clot while traveling south of Baghdad His family and the Woodruffs were known to be close, and when NBC News executives had to tell Bloom's widow that her husband had died, they made sure Woodruff's wife, Lee, was there to offer support. When Woodruff and Vogt's convoy was attacked, the two were standing in the hatch of an Iraqi mechanized vehicle. Experts say the Iraqi vehicles aren't as secure as U.S. military vehicles, and Iraqi security forces have been frequent targets of insurgents during the war - a danger colleagues said Woodruff and Vogt understood. Their ABC News colleague, Martha Raddatz, said they were traveling that way to better understand how Iraqi forces face the war. "I have worked with Doug Vogt so many times," Rad- datz said of the cameraman, a three-time Emmy winner. "He is no hot dog. Bob Woodruff would not take risks ... They are both very careful." Vogt has traveled before with a convoy attacked by an See WOODRUFF, page 7A Unanswered questions remain over smokino g ban Amendment to ban smoking within 25 feet of residence halls fails to pass for second time By Joule Dodge Daily Staff Reporter EMMA NOLAN-ABRAHAM IAN/ Daily Top: Robert Cray of The Robert Cray Band headlines the first night of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival at Hill Auditorium on Friday. Bottom left: Singer-songwriter Iris Dement performs on the piano. Bottom right: Carol Young of The Greencards, whose latest album is titled "Weather and Water," plays a guitar at the festival, which celebrated Its 29th anniversary last weekend. For full story, SEE ARTS, PAGE 5A Amid controversy, NAACP VP resigns FLASH DANCE Prompted by state NAACP chapter, divisive vice president Alex Moffett steps down By Ashlea Surles Daily Staff Reporter After a semester of controver- s sy, LSA junior Alex Moffett has resigned from her post as vice president of the campus chapter of the NAACP. The resignation appears to have stemmed from a rift with the state chapter of the NAACP. In her letter of resignation, she expressed discontent with the way the campus chapter is forced to function under the state chap- ter's regulations. She said the legal ties to the state board render the campus NAACP "incapable of acting when action is most necessary." "What is 'political action' with no action?" she wrote. It is not clear whether the state chapter forced her out or she left called "The Collective," Moffett said the group will "seek to address the intellectual, spiritual, political, and social needs of undergraduate, graduate and professional black students." Moffett has been at the center of several campus controversies this year. In October, Moffett publicly condemned the pro-affirmative action group BAMN for using middle- and high-school students at a rally to protest the Michigan Civil Right Initiative. She told the Daily that BAMN has a "habit of tokenizing black students, young and old." Previously, the two groups had presented a united front in their opposition of MCRI, a proposal on November's ballot that, if passed, would ban some affirmative action programs in Michigan. At a Michigan Student Assem- bly meeting a few days later, Mof- fett and other NAACP members clashed with some BAMN mem- bers, engaging in a shouting match over the rally. Police arrived to break the conflict up. EUGE~iNE ROBETN/LDily Washington University in St. Louis placed third overall at the 5th annual Dandia Dhamaka 2006 Raas competition at the Michigan Theater on Saturday. Raas is a form of traditional Indian dance. Concertgoer grabs cash, causes ruckus at East QuadQ The second round of the Residence Halls Association's proposal to ban smoking near dorms is shaping up to look like a repeat of the first. RHA tried to pass a similar proposal last February, but the vote was deferred to a task force to conduct more research. When the resolution came back to the student government body, it failed 24-0, with three members abstaining. At its meeting Thursday night, RHA again discussed the ban with one alteration - specifying that the ban would affect a 25-foot perimeter. But history repeated itself, and the assembly sent the resolution to another task force for more research last week. Currently, RHA's housing handbook, Community Liv- ing at Michigan, restricts smoking within "a reasonable dis- tance" from residence hall windows and doors. Enforcement is left up to the Department of Public Safety. Witnesses say intoxicated Music Co-op president. "He kept joking that he was going to get up on stage." L