I Monday, October 9, 2 News 2A NATO chief: Afghans may switch allegiance Opinion 4A Imran Syed: What if Wellstone had lived? 006 WOLVERINES CONQUER SPARTANS . SPORTS ONDAY One-hundred-sixteen years ofediorialfreedom Arts wwz 5A 'The Departed': Scorcese's romance with his audience --- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- w.michiandail .com Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXVII, No. 25 2006 The Michigan Daily Hillel leader honorary member of senior society j Z Brooks one of 'dozens' of advisors, but group once known as Michigamua refuses to name others By Andrew Grossman Daily StaffReporter Michael Brooks, executive director of Hillel, confirmed Friday that he has been an adviser to the controversial senior honor society formerly known as Michigamua for the past year. Brooks serves as the group's Honor- ary Angell. The position is named for University President James Angell, who founded Michigamua in 1902 to bring together student leaders to improve the University. "My role is to provide a perspective to the seniors as well as to the alumni membership that derives from my own three decades of experience with the University of Michigan community," Brooks said in an e-mail interview. "I do more listening than talking, and I ask more questions than I suggest answers." When Brooks was first approached about becoming an honorary member, he declined because of the organiza- tion's past. The society has come under fire throughout its history for appropriating Native American imagery and artifacts in its rituals and other traditions. "By the time they renewed their invi- See ADVISER, page 7A FROM THE EDITORS Over the summer, Michigan Daily Editor in Chief Donn Fresard joined the society formerly known as Michigamua. Although Fresard normally edits articles onthis page, he did not edit this article and will not edit future articles on the group because of his membership. ON TO OAKLAND ALEX DZIADOSZ/Daily Brent Petway and Dion Harris during the men's basketball team's 90-71loss to Michigan State University at Breslin Center in February. Cager captains stripped of roles Petway, Harris no longer team leaders, leaving Abram as lone captain By H. Jose Bosch Daily Sports Editor About five months after announcing that the Michigan basketball team would be led by three captains for the fifth time in team history, coach Tommy Amaker has decided instead to have just one captain: fifth-year senior Lester Abram. Seniors Brent Petway and Dion Harris will no longer serve as captains alongside Abram, contrary to an April 10 announcement. The release stated that Abram, Harris and Petway were announced as the Wolverines' new captains at the 2006 Basketball Awards Celebra- tion. According to the release, their captaincy for the 2006-07 season was to begin immediately. This process fell in line with previous captain announcements. In past seasons, the team elect- ed its captains and the decision was announced at the annual team dinner. But Amaker said he decided to change the way captains were chosen for the upcoming season. "Throughout the spring, we wanted to see how the team would develop and who would emerge as a leader for this program," Amaker said through the athletic department. "Lester was that person who emerged for us. This does differ from how we have chosen our captains in the past, but we wanted to make this change in the best interest of the team ... This is a for- mat we will likely utilize in the future." There is no indication that the decision was made based on any off-the-court incident. With his selection, Abram becomes Michi- gan's first three-time captain. Last season, he averaged 10 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 21 appear- ances. He'll lead a basketball squad that lost six players from last season, most importantly point guard Daniel Horton. Michigan begins the season on Friday Nov. 10 against Central Connecticut State at 8 p.m. at Crisler Arena. TREVOR CAMPBELL/Daily Fans at Comerica Park celebrate as the Detroit Tigers close out the American League Division Series with the New York Yankees with an 8-3 victory Saturday night. The team will begin a seven-game series with the Oakland Athletics tomorrow. FOR FULL STORY, SEE PAGE 6B. Endowbment grows to$5.7 billion Administrators attribute $800-million increase to strong returns and donations (AP) - Strong returns on investments and donations to its fundraising campaign helped the University's endowment grow by about $800 million last fiscal year to $5.7 billion. The fiscal year ended June 30. Erik Lundberg, the university's chief investment officer, reported the market value of the endowment - a new high - to a group of fac- ulty representatives last week, The Ann Arbor News reported yester- day. The 16-percent increase in the market value of the endowment reflects the combination of invest- ment returns and new contributions, minus $190 million worth of distri- butions from the endowment. The university sticks to a rule that allows only 5 percent of the endow- ment funds' average market value to be spent each year. One of the goals of The Michigan Difference fundraising campaign is raising $800 million in endow- ment funds. So far, $613 million in endowment funds has been raised, with a portion establishing 128 endowed professorships. In all, the campaign has raised $2.235 billion toward its goal of raising $2.5 billion by December 2008, Jerry May, the university's vice president for development, told the Board of Regents in September. "The strength of the University of Michigan is we draw very heavily from nonalumni as well as alumni," May said. Endowment in brief University endowment Increase in endowment this fiscal year Progress of the Michigan Dif- ference fundraising campaign 'Apeek atMott i HFi OTIl Hospit UGround broken, but , With sledgehammer, Greeks raise money construction wont t begin until late this year By Michael Coulter Daily Staff Reporter The University held a ground- breaking ceremony on Friday for the 1.1 million square-foot C.S. Mott Children's and Women's Hospital. The groundbreaking signaled the beginning of construction, but demolition of the parking lot cur- rently on the site won't begin until later this year. The new hospital is scheduled to See MOTT, page 7A . ,.: ,r , fie # M ; .P~ : , ' ix3' . 3 " a 1 S -x t F ^d_1 p S .. ,f .. 'q . -, V fr , $ , pk qy d ..frt _ _ _ v e f Five dollars buys minute of whacking green-and- white car; proceeds to buy campus emergency phones By Drew Philp Daily Staff Reporter The clank of metal striking metal drowned out thumping music Friday as stu- dents bashed a car with sledgehammers in the yard of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. This was no ordinary car. It was a sedan painted Spartan green and white. And every crash of the sledgehammer against its hood, doors and windows meant more money for new blue-light emergency phones. At the end of the day, the Sparty car was mangled, but AEPi - along with two other fraternities and three sororities - had raised $300 for campus safety. Event sponsors added $2,200 from T- shirt sales and another $800 from a fund- raising bar night at Necto. Last year, the fraternities used the Ohio State football rivalry in the same way to raise $1,800 in donations for Hurricane Katrina victims. The fraternities and sororities are work- ing with the Michigan Student Assembly and the Department of Public Safety to place the emergency phones, which pro- vide a direct line to campus police, on University property near off-campus housing. Brian Millman, an AEPi member and one of the event's coordinators, said the Trotter Multicultural Center and Ginsberg Center would be ideal places to put emer- gency phones. "Nearly everyday you hear about rob- beries of campus, and it's about time See GREEKS, page 7A CoURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF MlcHIGAN HEALTH SERVICES Artist's renderings of the planned C.S. Mott Women's and Children's Hospital. t 4