Thursday, September 28,.2006 - The Michigan Daily - 9A Owens denies trying Sto kill himself DALLAS (AP) - Terrell Owens has been stirring things up for years, from edgy touch- down celebrations to mean-spirited comments about his quarterbacks and cries of being underpaid. Yet the drama was always about football, never matters of life or death. Then came news late Tuesday that Owens was taken in an ambulance to an emergency room. Details from the police report that came out Wednesday morning included words like suicide, overdose and depression. Within hours, T.O. insisted it was all a mis- understanding - then brought the story back to football. He checked out of the hospital and made his way to Dallas Cowboys headquarters in time to catch some passes Wednesday afternoon, then showed up to a packed news conference wear- ing workout gear and his usual wide smile. Owens seemed more amused than peeved. He apologized for being a distraction, thanked his friends for worrying about him and said he felt so good that he expects to play Sunday in Tennessee - regardless of the broken hand that led to the pain pills which, in turn, led to this latest saga. "It was just an allergic reaction;' Owens said. "It's very unfortunate for the reports to go from an allergic reaction to a definite sui- cide attempt." Owens was hospitalized Tuesday night for what his publicist, Kim Etheredge, called an allergic reaction to medicine he was taking for his broken hand. Then, the story erupted early yesterday, when WFAA-TV in Dallas reported details of the police report it obtained. RECYCLE Continued from page 1A increasing the amount of residential recy- cling. McMurtrie said he will listen to student concerns. "If a resident is frustrated that they can- not recycle, they can call and we would be happy to go out and talk to the (landlord) of that place," McMurtrie said. "I haven't gotten a chance to call University Towers, but I will soon." University Towers's lack of options has prompted some environmentally con- scious students to find other ways to recy- cle their waste. "I have to take my recycling to the LSA Building," said LSA sophomore Karen Wrenbeck, a University Towers resident. Allied Waste Services provides recy- cling for some locations - but at an extra cost. Recycle Ann Arbor, a 29-year-old non- profit organization, promotes local recy- cling efforts. "People have been recycling for a long time," said Melinda Uerling,the program's executive director. "When we talk about the benefits (of recycling), we are talking about saving natural resources." She said off-campus landlords have no excuse for not offering recycling services. The average person disposes 4.4 pounds of waste a day, according to the U.S. Envi- ronmental Protection Agency. That's 229 million tons of waste each year in the United States. "If we recycle, we can cut those num- bers in half," said Lacey Doucet, a neigh- borhood action network coordinator with the Ann Arbor Ecology Center, Recycle Ann Arbor's parent organization. According to Doucet, not all landlords make it difficult for students to recycle. "There are definitely some awesome landlords willing to do their part," she said. Campus Management Inc., which owns more than 325 housing units near campus, is one. The company works with Recycle Ann Arbor to ensure each of its properties has recycle bins. Recyclable waste is picked up once a week free of charge. "It is up to the landlord to help stu- dents to recycle, but at the same time, it is not my obligation or any landlord's job to make their tenants recycle," Cam- pus Management co-owner Chris Heaton said. "I just make it easy for them to do because it makes sense. The taxpayers of Ann Arbor pay for recycling, so it is at no cost to us landlords." Various campus groups work to inform students on the importance of recycling and how to recycle. Clubs such as Enact, an environmental group, focus on getting students involved in conservation efforts. Doucet started a volunteer . program called Eagle Leaders to get volunteers to go out and educate the residents of Ann Arbor. Tracy Artley, recycling coordinator for the University, sets up a table during move-in week and offers pamphlets as well as advice on how to recycle on- and off- campus. "Seventy to 75 percent of the questions asked (of volunteers at the tables) about recycling have to do with students who live off-campus wanting to know how they can recycle," Artley said. Brent Scowcroft, a former National Security Agency adviser to presidents George H.W. Bush and Gerald Ford, spoke about the challenges the United States faces in the Ford Presidential Library on North Campus yesterday. SCOWCROFT Continued from page 1A teacher Bob Storteboom of Grand Rapids said. "He really laid out how the world has changed since his ten- ure. ~ Scowcroft said the University has a vital mission to accomplish in terms of national security. "The University needs to work to prepare young people to assume responsibility in national security," Scowcroft said. "Students need to learn about the world and its complex- ities and how they can make a world that is better not only for America, but for all people." . Scowcroft's lecture was the seventh William E. Simon lecture on Public Affairs, sponsored by the Ford Foun- dation: Simon was secretary of the treasury during the Nixon and Ford administrations. He founded the lec- ture series in 1988. Scowcroft served as the national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Today he is president and founder of the Scow- croft Group and a prominent commen- tator on international policy. "President Ford was a very special person to me;" Scowcroft said. "I would come at any opportunity to pay homage to him and his great work." JOBS FUND Continued from page 1A tion in mind. Gulari said the biotechnological field is far from established in Michigan. "Most of the field is based on the two coasts," he said. "The middle states are like a desert for biotechnology." Gulari said Michigan has faced a prob- lem in the past profiting from research projects, because the companies that have resulted have often been moved out of the state by their private investors. They take their jobs and other economic advantages with them. The 21st Century Jobs Fund is expected to deter that fate, because the state is the investor, and it is in its best interest to keep the ventures within its borders. DIAG Continued from page 1A presenting. "What they want to get across is something similar to what we want to get across," said Fadi Dawood, chair of the Chaldean American Student Asso- ciation. "I think that working together with other organizations like we did today just sheds light on how great this country is." Others some rejected this connection. "Israel has a phenomenal record in terms of immigration;' said Joshua Ber- man, chair of the American Movement for Israel. "To link the two is completely inaccurate." Meanwhile, on the north side of the Diag, preacher Michael Venyah stood trying to spread his provocative, fire-and- brimstone version of Christianity. Venyah has spent the last three days on the Diag voicing his anti-gay agenda. He pointed and yelled at one speaker for using profanity. "That man right there was cursing ear- lier" Venyah said. "He doesn't deserve to speak." To try and tone down the debate, LSA junior Jim Schreiber, a member of the Stu- dent Steering Committee for the Universi- ty's Expect Respect campaign, handed out buttons and written pledgfs to "actively respect all persons." La Voz Latina co-chair Xavier Segura said he saw how so many viewpoints might cause confusion, but his group had no choice but to rally alongside the Middle Eastern groups. "We had to play with the cards we were dealt,' he said. "It's a difficult decision when you try to speak for too many opin- ions." Still, many rally attendees had plenty of opinions to share about YAF's planned event. "It's beyond offensive" said Ana O'Hara, a legal immigrant from Peru who will start at the School of Information in the winter semester. "I can't quite label it." Meanwhile, as a reporter from Span- ish television channel Univision dodged Palestinian flags, organizer Rama Salhi, who is a member of several of the groups at the protest, said she was satisfied with the event. "I'm very happy with the way it turned out;' she said. "It showed the interconnect- edness of all.issues, of all injustices." 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You want a steady income, and you want it to be reliable. You also want to like what you do. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) With Saturn in your sign now, life takes a more serious turn. You're dealing with serious issues. Actually, you're staning to reinvent yourself! VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) It's important to know that you have to let go of some things now - people, places and possessions. This is not loss. It's liberation! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You enjoy the company of others. (Librans don't like being alone.) Someone older might give you good advice now. Be open to what others have to say. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) This is a time of great achievement for many of you. You see very clearly what is working and what is not. Be prepared to leave behind what no longer.cuts the mustard. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) What you need to do now is prepare for something. You see that great things are ahead of you, but thtey are still beyond your reach.bStudy, research, travel and fill your databank. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22to Jan. 19) You might be getting along on less now because the income and assistance from others istdiminished.aDon't worry. This only makes you more self- confident and resilient. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Pannerships that aren't wokintg might dissolve now. You are becoming more focused on your external world and your personal ambitions. PISCES (Peb. 19 to March 20) Continue to work hard even if at times you feel overwhelmed. You can handle this. Your reward for all this hard work awaits you next year. YOt yORNTODAY You're a roman- tic. You have great taste. Others find you alluring and magnetic. You often have sexy escapades that others envy. (But it can be an emotional roller coaster!) You love beauty, and you admirestrengtt in others. You're dogged about pursuing your goals. Something you've been involved with for the past nine years might end this year. (Because it is time.) Birthdate of: Naomi Watts, actress; Brigitte Bardot, actress; Marcello Mastroianni, actor. Trade in poached Indian tigers is flourishing NEW DELHI (AP) - Environ- mentalists accused India and China in a stinging indictment yesterday of doing almost nothing to stem the rapid decline of tigers in the wild, saying the big cats will likely van- ish completely within a few years without government intervention. Trade in poached Indian tigers is flourishing across the border in Chinese-controlled Tibet, where organized crime groups sell them for use in traditional medicines, ceremonial clothing and .as sou- venirs, according to two environ- mental agencies, which secretly photographed the trade. Photos shown at a news conference Wednesday showed dozens of tiger and leopard skins openly on sale, while in others, Chinese police offi- cers laughed and posed with people wearing clothing made of tiger skins. The groups - the Wildlife Pro- tection Society of India, and the Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit British-based group - accused the Indian and Chinese gov- ernments of failing to stop the trade. "In China, the police have decid- ed to turn a blind eye to the slaugh- ter of tigers in India;' despite tough laws against trading in endangered animals, said Belinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. She said India has not put together an effective force to com- bat poaching after 12 years of talk- ing about it. "It is the politics in India that is killing the tiger, the petty agendas and personal rival- ries," she said. Kalpana Balkhiwala, a spokes- woman for the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is responsible for tiger conservation, said the ministry had no comment on the report. Chinese officials could not be immediately reached for comment. Both governments have received copies of the report, Wright said. Last year, Indian officials were forced to acknowledge that poach- ers had wiped out every tiger in one of India's premier reserves, and that Indian wildlife officials had long exaggerated the number of tigers across the country. Gotti case ends in third mistrial this year NEW YORK (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the mob case against John A. "Junior" Gotti - the third time in a year a jury deadlocked over his claim that he quit the family business. "It's enough now: They got to let go," Gotti told reporters, in urging prosecutors to drop the racketeering case so that could move to the Midwest with his family and go to college. "If they let us alone, I'll leave. I'll take my family and I'll go." Prosecutors did not immedi- ately ask for a fourth trial for the 42-year-old Gotti, who has become a fixture in federal court in the past year as the government tried three times to prove he has followed in father John Gotti's footsteps. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin declared the mis- trial, and told jurors it was "not your failure" and acknowledged "the case has its difficulties." A relieved Gotti hugged his brother Peter and other support- ers, then wiped his eyes. "It was a tough one," Gotti said. "This one drained the life from me." If convicted, Gotti could have gotten up to 30 years in prison. He is free on $7 million bail. In a statement, U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia said, "We are disappointed by today's out- come." Three anonymous jurors who spoke to reporters afterward said the jury had agreed unani- mously that Gotti was respon- sible for two 1992 attacks on Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa, including a shooting that nearly killed him. The finding was not enough to convict him of racketeer- ing because the jury could not agree on whether Gotti had quit the Gambino family by July 1999. If he did, in fact, quit the Mafia by that date, the statute of limitations for prosecuting him would have expired. The jurors said eight found he had not quit; four believed he had quit. Prosecutors maintained the Gambino family targeted Sliwa to stop him from badmouthing Gotti's father on talk radio. Sliwa said he was left with "the most miserable feeling in the world," while Gotti was "the luckiest person in the world." Gotti's lawyers argued the second-generation mobster had years ago severed his ties to organized crime and had no role in the Sliwa attack. 2006 King Features Syndicate.Inc.