NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 3A ON CAMPUS " President Ford's son to speak about media, first families Actor Steve Ford, son of President Ger- ald Ford, a 1935 graduate of the Univer- sity, will speak on the impact the media has on first families today. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gerald Ford Library. The event will kick off the library's exhibit "Prime Time Presidents," which will focus on the evolving relation- ship of presidents with the media. Sweatshop work- ers to speak about their experiences Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality and In Focus will present a night of sweatshop workers and union leaders sharing their stories and experiences in the struggle for labor rights today. The event will feature three different speakers. It is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. Film screening to focus on body obsession A screening of the film "Do I look fat?" and ensuing discussion will focus on body obsession as an identifying force in gay and bisexual male communities. Snacks will be provided for the event, which will be held in room 3200 of the Michigan Union from 11:30 am. - 1:00 pm. The screening is sponsored by the Coalition for Action Regarding Eating and Body Image Issues, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs. " CRIME NOTES Peephole stolen from East Quad A peephole was stolen from the door of a dorm room in East Quad- rangle Residence Hall Tuesday at about 11 p.m., the Department of Public Safety reported. Police cur- rently have no suspects. U' bus crashes into parked car A University bus crashed into a parked car on Tuesday at about 10 p.m., DPS reported. There were no injuries reported. Fight breaks out at correctional facility Two people were involved in a fight outside the Arbor Heights Center, a juvenile correctional facility near Washington Heights. The incident was reported at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday. THIS DAY In Daily History Tension mounts over Delphi contract issues " Auto supplies wants its workers to agree to lower wages DETROIT (AP) - Tension is build- ing over auto supplier Delphi Corp., which has said it will decide by tomor- row whether to ask a bankruptcy court judge to void its union contracts. Delphi says its union contracts are uncompetitive and it wants its U.S. work- ers to agree to lower wages. But if a judge throws out the contracts and Delphi imposes lower wages, the United Auto Workers has vowed to strike. That would cripple Delphi's former parent and larg- est customer, General Motors Corp. Delphi originally planned to ask the court to void its contracts in December, but has twice delayed that action as it talks with GM and the UAW about various solutions, such as GM-funded worker buyouts. That makes some analysts suspect Delphi won't delay the action further. "We believe management may now well prefer to add urgency to discussions by beginning the formal court process to terminate," JPMorgan auto analyst Himanushu Patel said yesterday in a note to investors. But others believe Delphi won't pull the trigger because of the devastating consequences. "I don't think that GM is going to allow Delphi to reject the contracts," said Chuck Moore, director of the Detroit restructuring firm Conway, MacKenzie and Dunleavy. Moore said Delphi might take other actions tomorrow to preserve its credibil- ity, such as asking the court to schedule a hearing on the contracts. But asking the court to reject the contracts "puts the ball in the union's court as to whether or not to strike." The union could only strike after the judge rejected the contracts, which could take several weeks. Delphi spokeswoman Claudia Pic- cinin said yesterday that talks with GM and UAW were progressing this week but she wouldn't comment further. Last week, UAW Vice President Richard Shoemaker said negotiators were mak- ing little progress. "The differences between the parties are huge. They're not minor differences. They're not small differences. They're huge differences," Shoemaker said. The UAW, which represents most of Delphi's 34,000 hourly workers, has had a prickly relationship with Delphi since October, when the company filed for bankruptcy and asked the union to lower hourly workers' wages from $27 an hour to as low as $9.50. Delphi has since taken its wage proposals off the table, but union anger lingers. Workers at a Delphi plant in Flint were planning a protest against the company today. But GM. recently sent a signal that talks were progressing. Last month, the automaker took a pretax charge of $3.6 billion associated with Delphi and said it expects to spend between $3.6 billion and $12 billion on benefits promised to Delphi workers. GM, which bought approximately $14 billion in parts from Delphi last year, has a great deal at stake. A Delphi strike could cost GM as much as $8 billion in the first 60 days, Merrill Lynch analyst John Murphy told investors in a recent report. Murphy said GM's costs are even higher than in 1998, when a 47-day strike cost the automaker $1.6 billion. Two men plead no contest to murder of 16-year-old Both men were already serving multiple life sentences for murders in other states MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) - Two men who police say went on a three-state robbery and mur- der spree pleaded no contest yesterday to murder- ing a suburban Detroit pizzeria worker more than five years ago. David Baumann, 24, of New Baltimore, and Dennis Bryan, 25, of Fair Haven, entered the pleas to first-degree murder charges before Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Diane Druzinski. They will receive mandatory life prison terms without parole when sentenced on March 21. "They were very subdued in court, like they've accepted their fate and they knew they were spend- ing the rest of their lives in prison," Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said. The two were accused of the October 2000 shoot- ing death of 16-year-old Justin Mello during a robbery at Mancino's Pizza and Grinders in New Baltimore. Smith said the evidence against the men was strong. They confessed to the crime and had the murder weapon and Mello's wallet in their posses- sion when they were arrested, he said. Baumann's attorney, Ronald Goldstein, told the Detroit Free Press before the hearing: "It's in his best interest not to contest the charges." A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. Goldstein collapsed during the hearing and was taken away by an ambulance. Mark Haddad, Bryan's attorney, stood in for him as the pleas were entered. Haddad said Goldstein was laughing and jok- ing as he was being taken from the courthouse on a stretcher. "He seemed to be in good spirits, up and alert. I guess they took him just for precau- tionary or whatnot," Haddad said. Baumann and Bryan already are serving sentences on murder convictions in Florida and Virginia. Haddad said he advised Bryan against entering the plea, but Bryan made the decision himself. "He must figure there's nothing else they can do to him. He's already serving two life sentences for other issues. He didn't want to go through another trial," Haddad said. Baumann is serving two life sentences for the shooting death of Charles Lee Pennington at a Florida Subway sandwich shop in August 2000. He's serving another two life sentences in Virginia for the stabbing death of gun-shop clerk Norman Pelfrey, which occurred just days before the Florida slaying. Exciting Summer' Opportunities with a leader in Electro-hydraulics. FEMA Corporation announces it is seeking mechanical engineering student candidates for summer engineering internships to work in a world-class manufacturing environment. Successful candidates will be exposed to the following real life training: Product orientation Testing equipment training Laboratory procedures Product development testing Process development and continuous improvement And much more This is a great opportunity to begin building the knowledge and experience needed to be a successful engineer in today's world. These positions are full-time summer assignments starting at $15.00 per hour. Interested candidates should respond by resume and cover letter to: FEMA Corporation 1716 Vanderbilt Rd. Portage, MI 49024 c/o Summer Intern Program Or via email to summerintern@fema-corp.com Documents should be either Word or PDF format. C GD PCLAYT TWISTED LOGIC TOUR 2006 I Alur U'i way ns support n an unusual Feb. 16, 1990 - We all know someone who bleeds maize and blue, but the ultimate act of loyalty to your alma mater may be stranger than you think. Every year, people choose to donate their bodies to medical cen- ters, including the University. The University receives corpses from several sources, including donations from families after the death of a loved one, a small num- ber of unidentified bodies from the State Anatomical Board, and people who make arrangements for their body to be donated to the Universi- ty. The University receives 300-350 bodies per year from 12 counties, but reserves the right to redistribute the bodies to other schools. Most schools have programs where alumni or friends of the Uni- versity can arrange for their corpse to be donated after their death. 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