NEWS Monday, September 25, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A ON CAMPUS FBI search 1 Schmooze with companies at muddles giving engin career fair durig Ramadan The Society of Women Engineers SAY CHEESE and Tau Beta Pi will present their annual career fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow at Pierpont Commons on North Campus. More than 200 companies are expected to attend the fair. Symposium to explore rights of print media The Michigan Daily is cosponso ing a symposium examining Fir Amendment rights and responsibil: ties of the print media pertaining t representations of minority group The conference, featuring sever journalists and academics, will tak place in the Michigan League fror 12 to 6 p.m., opening with a keynot luncheon. The Daily's Editor in Chie: Donn M. Fresard, will be speaking 4 p.m. Registration is required. Reporter to tall about new bool New York Times economic reporter Lou Uchitelle will delive a lecture on his book "The Dispos able American: Layoffs and thei Consequences" at 4 p.m. today the Pendleton Room of the Michi gan Union. CRIME NOTES Group refuses to leave University Golf Course A group of people refuse to leave the University Gol Course after the football gam on Saturday. When asked t leave, a man in the group threv an object and hit a person in th head, the Department of Publi Safety reported. Officers arrest ed the thrower. t Two men throw 1 objects at game Two men in section 30 of Michi gan Stadium were warned fo throwing objects during the foot ball game on Saturday, DPS report ed. Officers verbally warned th subject, but no report was filed. Man attempts to sneak into jazz performance At about 8 p.m. Saturday, a mai without a ticket tried to slip by at usher to hear the Alice Coltran< quartet performance at Hill Audi torium, DPS reported. Officer: escorted the suspect out of the audi torium and filed a report. THIS DAY r In 'U' History Graduate library to be expanded Investigation of charity prompts fear of scrutiny DETROIT (AP) - Before last week, AbuSayed Mahfuz didn't hesitate to donate to Life for Relief and Development, an international Muslim humanitarian organization that is active in Iraq and Afghani- stan and has partnered with the U.S. government. But an FBI search of the orga- nization's Southfield headquar- ters is making the Hamtramck resident think twice about future contributions. Just as the holy month Rama- dan, which began Saturday, is prompting many Muslims to think about their religious obliga- tion to give alms, the investigation of a prominent Islamic aid group has prompted fears that giving to charity could prompt scrutiny from the government. FBI agents assigned to a terror- ism task force last Monday searched Life's offices, taking computer serv- ers, donor records and other finan- cial documents. They have also searched the homes of the charity's chief executive, an ex-employee and two board members. "After hearing this, I don't feel secure at all;' said Mahfuz, a com- puter consultant and editor of a Ban- gladeshi community newspaper. He said he would still consider support- ing the organization, but the investi- gation would force him to weigh that decision carefully. No charges have been brought in the case, and Life has sought to reassure the community that it is perfectly legal to donate money to the organization, which was found- ed in 1992 by Iraqi immigrants. It is not the first time a Muslim charity has come under investi- gation. In the months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the government froze the assets of the Texas- based Holy Land Foundation and Illinois-based Global Relief Foundation and Benevolence International, effectively shut- ting them down. The govern- ment has accused those groups of funding terrorists. The search at Life's offices five days before the startof Ramadanthe month when Life gets about half of its donations, prompted anger among Muslim activists in the Detroit area. They questioned the timing and the involvement of the terrorism task force, which they said led media to draw unfair conclusions. Honda shows cleaner diesel, fuel cell car Slick, streamlined fuel cell vehicle may hit U.S. market in 2008 HAGA, Japan (AP) - Diesel engines deliver great mileage but emit polluting gases. Fuel cell vehicles are zero-emission but look bulky. Honda's latest inno- vations counter the stereotypes. The latest fuel cell vehicle from the Japanese automaker, planned for limited marketing in Japan and the U.S. in 2008, has a slick, streamlined, close-to-the- ground look. Honda Motor Co.'s next-generation diesel engine delivers as clean a drive as a low-emission gas engine of com- parable size. Honda's showcased its latest developments in clean driving to reporters recently at its research facility north of Tokyo. In a test drive, the FCX Con- cept fuel cell vehicle zipped qui- etly and effortlessly on a course at about 100 miles per hour. Honda declined to give a price for the vehicle. Like other fuel cell vehicles, the new model runs on the power produced when oxygen in the air combines with hydrogen that's stored in the fuel tank - produc- ing only harmless water vapor. Old-style fuel cell stacks, the main part of the fuel cell vehicle, are usually placed under the floor of a car, mak- ing for thick floors and a box- like look. Honda's new fuel cell stack is 20 percent smaller thanihe one it developed in 2003, and can sit in between the driver and passen- ger's seats in the front, where the stick shift lies in a regular car. It weighs 67 kilograms (148 pounds), or about two-thirds of the 96-kilogram (213-pound) 2003 version, and far lighter than the one released in 1999, which weighed 202 kilograms (445 pounds). But it produces more power. Another innovation in the works at Honda is the next-gen- eration diesel car - planned for the U.S. market within three years. Alum Beth Christensen reaches for a piece of cheese in Zingerman's Deli yesterday. Zingerman's Deli is on Detroit Street, near the Farmer's Market. The deli sells more than 30 types of cheeses. Baker CollegeCN offers dorm discounts for goodgrades Free housing for Baker College is Michigan's Flint campus live in residence halls. largest private college. The "I was very psyched that I students maintaing a school charges $2,550 a year to wouldn't have to take a big loan 3.5 or higher GPA live in the dorms. Classes for for housing," Trenese Brooks, 20, this term begin today. of Detroit, who has a 2.8 GPA, FLINT (AP) - A private col- "We are hopeful that this new told The, Flint Journal for a story lege is offering'scholarships for program will be an extra incen- earlier this month. She has lived students with good grades in the tive for students to complete in the residence halls for three form of free or discounted rent at their higher education," Baker years at Baker. its dorms as part of an effort to College of Flint President Juli- Calvin Sterdivant, a 21-year- boost its graduation rate. anne T. Princinsky said in a old junior from Detroit, told the The Baker College program statement. Detroit Free Press that he was awards free housing to residence The Flint campus has 6,065 thrilled to learn that his graeds hall students at the Flint campus students and a graduation rate of will save him half of what he was who maintain a 3.5 grade point 13 percent. In all, the 12-campus paying for the residence hall. average or above; a 50 percent Baker College system has about "I've been taking out loans discount for students maintain- 30,000 students, with a com- of $2,400 per year to stay in the ing a 3.0 to 3.49 GPA; and a 25 bined graduation rate on all of its dorms, and this scholarship cuts percent discount for students campuses under 20 percent. that loan in half," said Sterdivant, maintaining a 2.7 to 2.99 GPA. About 300 students at Baker's who is studying human services. university unions- almost as good as uS uufamEin M [we know our calculus.] University Unions I I Sept. 25, 1979 - The Harlan W w Hatcher Graduate Library will be To play: Compl renovated to include an expanded study area and a new student lounge. and every The study area will be on the second floor, where the periodicals collec- There is tion is currently situated. just use IO The new student lounge will be on the first floor. Vending machines will be included in the new lounge along Difficult with 200 new places to sit and study. According to Robert Starring, the 8 3 University's associate director for public library services, the major reasons for the $100,000 transfor- mation were a demand for more 6 study space and a general desire to upgrade the available services. "The particular problem period used to be from midterms it finals, but in the past couple of years, students have been using the library more heavily even early in the term," he said. Starring added that the renova- tions will also allow for a more effi- cient and flexible periodical system. The changes will begin in the next week and will occur in phas- es. The entire renovation is slated to be finished by the beginning of winter term. 8 2 0~