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Monday, March 5, 2007 - 3A
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HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich.
Macomb man
suspected of killing
wife captured
Wearing neither coat nor shoes,
a fugitive suspected of killing and
dismembering his wife was found
hiding under a fallen tree yester-
day in a snowbound state park after
a bitterly cold night on the run,
authorities said.
A police posse tracked down Ste-
phen Grant about 225 miles north
of the suburban Detroit community
where body parts believed to be
those of his wife were discovered.
He was being treated for frostbite
and hypothermia under police
guard at a nearby hospital.
Grant was wearing only slacks,
a shirt and socks when captured -
nearly 10 hours after he abandoned
the truck he had driven and set out
on foot in Wilderness State Park
near the tip of Michigan's Lower
Peninsula, Emmet County Sheriff
Pete Wallin said.
SELMA, Ala.
Clinton, Obama
pay homage to civil
rights activists
Presidential candidates Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton crossed
campaign paths for the first time
yesterday as they paid homage to
civil rights activists who they said
helped give them the chance to
break barriers to the White House.
The two candidates and former
President Clinton, making his first
appearance with his wife since her
campaign began, linked arms with
activists who 42 years ago were
attacked by police with billyclubs
during a peaceful voting rights
march. "Bloody Sunday" shocked
the nation and helped bring atten-
tion to the racist voting practices
that kept blacks from the polls.
"I'm here because somebody
marched for our freedom," Obama,
who would become the first black
president, saidfromthe Brown Cha-
pel AME Church where the march
began on March 7, 1965. "I'm here
because you all sacrificed for me. I
stand on the shoulders of giants."
BEIJING
U.S. to China:
Explain defense
budget hike
A top U.S. envoy yesterday urged
China to be more open about its mil-
itary spending, hours after the gov-
ernment announced a 17.8 percent
increase in its defense budget - the
biggest in more than a decade.
The $44.9 billion budget for 2007
would mainly be spent on higher
wages and living allowances for
members of the armed forces and
on upgrading armaments "in order
to enhance the military's ability to
conduct defensive operations," Ji-
ang Enzhu, a spokesman for Chi-
na's national legislature, said at a
news conference. He did not give
any details.
China's 2.3 million-strong mili-
tary is the world's largest and has
been criticized abroad for not being
open about its spending. Unlike the
U.S., where Congress is required to
approve the military budget, Chi-
na's military is extremely secretive
and rarely releases information on
its spending.
BARIKAW, Afghanistan
Afghans say U.S.
fired on civilians
after suicide bomb
An explosives-rigged minivan
crashed into a convoy of Marines
that U.S. officials said also came
under fire from militant gunmen
yesterday. As many as 10 people
were killed and 34 wounded as the
convoy made a frenzied escape, and
injured Afghans said the Americans
fired on civilian cars and pedestri-
ans as they sped away.
U.S.officials said militantgunfire
may have killed or injured civilians,
but Afghanistan's Interior Ministry
and wounded Afghans said most of
the bullets were American. Hun-
dreds of angry Afghans protested
near the blast site, denouncing the
U.S. presence here.
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Illegal immigrants found in a
one-story house in Houston on
Friday after a man told police
that the immigrants were being
held in the house for thousands
of dolalrs in ransom, the Houston
Chronicle reported. Authorities
have charged six men with smug-
gling and begun deportation pro-
ceedings against the people found
inside the house.
PETERSON
From page IA
Peterson said. "I believe that
change is really important - per-
sonally and professionally."
David Greene, the University of
Chicago's vice president for stra-
tegic initiatives, said Peterson's
"extraordinary experience" will
help the school improve its aca-
demic reputation on an interna-
tional level.
"She has built up a reputation
as one of the top communications
professionals in higher education,
which was apparenttous when we
met with her," Greene said.
The University of Chicago,
located on the city's South Side,
doesn't have much in common
with the University of Michigan.
A private school, Chicago has just
over one-third as many students as
the University of Michigan. It was
a founding member of the Big Ten,
but its athletics programs haven't
been a large part of campus life
since it withdrew from the confer-
ence in 1946.
Although Peterson said the
Michigan athletic program some-
times presented public relations
challenges, she said she will miss
the University's top-tier sporting
events.
Peterson, who has worked at the
University for 13 years, said she
feels a familiarity with the work-
ings of the University that she
hopes to replicate in Chicago.
She described her fob as "a col-
lege student for life," constantly
requiring her to learn about the
University. Peterson said her
knowledge of the University could
fill encyclopedias.
She said her job required her
to promote the positive aspects
of the University and to minimize
the school's "problems and vulner-
abilities."
For a school the size of the Uni-
versity, that work was "exhaust-
ing," Peterson said. She frequently
worked long hours, often receiving
media inquiries late into the night
when the University was in the
news.
On Election Day in November,
Peterson struggled to sleep while
reporters called her for comment
on the results of the landmark
affirmative action ban.
She told The Michigan Daily
in November that a reporter from
another paper asked if the report-
er could call her at 3 a.m. on elec-
tion night.
"I said, 'Please, call me before
10,' " she said.
Peterson said that her job at a
smaller university will be more
"focused." She said she also looks
forward to learning about a new
institution.
Kelly Cunningham has filled
Peterson's previous job as chief
University spokeswoman since
Peterson took the interim posi-
tion. All that remains now is the
search for a new vice president for
communications.
Peterson said in an e-mail sent
to her colleagues Wednesday that
the University will find a replace-
ment soon.
"(University President Mary
Sue Coleman) has assured me that
the search for a new vice president
is proceeding expeditiously," she
wrote.
JUST BEAD IT
FILE SHARING
From page IA
The financial cost for students
caught illegally downloading can
be enormous. An offender can be
charged $750 to $150,000 per song
infringed, depending on the com-
pany and material in question.
Engineering senior Daniel Mur-
ray said he won't stop downloading
music because of the lawsuits.
He said the companies should
target the technology that enables
illegal file sharing rather than go
after individuals.
Steve Marks, the RIAA's general
counsel and vice president, said in
an online interview with several
reporters that universities have a
choice of whether or not to forward
the letter to the student. The RIAA
addresses its letters to the owners
of offending IP addresses. If the
University doesn't forward the let-
ter to the student responsible, the
RIAA will subpoena the student's
information and the copyright
owner will file a formal suit against
the student after 20 days.
The RIAA expects full coopera-
tion from colleges in informing stu-
dents of the letters.
"Universitiesliketheideaofhelp-
ing their students avoid a lawsuit
and certainly don't want to stand in
the way of an opportunity to settle
quickly and for less money," RIAA
President Cary Sherman said dur-
ing the online interview.
Students do not have to accept
pre-litigation terms, though. They
can turn down the offer and take
the matter to court.
Marks said the new policy was
created after previous defendants
said they would rather have set-
tled prior to the filing of a lawsuit
to avoid public knowledge of their
ALLISON GHAMAN/Daily
cases. School of Music alum Eun-hyung Kim (left) and Jeoung Han (right), a School of
Even though the RIAA won't file Music senior, make bracelets at The Bead Gallery on East Liberty Street yesterday.
lawsuits right away, Sherman said
students should still take the pre-
settlement letters seriously.
"We never send a letter if we
don't intend to sue," he said. EXPER IENCE F R YOUR RESUME.
Campbell said the threat of a
lawsuit is too severe. MONEY FOR COLLEGE.
"I don't think it's necessary
to have a big stain on your legal
record for downloading one song,"
he said.
Murray said he thinks the law-
suits are just a way for the record
companies to cash in on students.
"The music industry seems very
greedy," he said.
Marks said that's not the case.
"We don't make money off this
program," Marks said. "It costs us
a lot to pursue these lawsuits. But
even more important, anything we
recoup is an infinitesimal portion of
what we're losing everyday." Strengtheningyour personal skills isnottheonly For more
PRESIDENTS
From page IA
is through medical and nursing
degrees.
A presentation compiled by the
three research institutions said
Wayne State, Michigan State
University and the University of
Michigan are responsible for all
medical degrees and nursing doc-
torates issued in the state.
The presentation also said the
universities- made 95 percent of
the state's research and develop-
ment expenditures in 2003. The
University of Michigan made 57
percent.
Good research, MSU President
Lou Anna Simon said, "is the real
essential force of a strong economic
future."
The students and staff collabo-
rating on these projects, she said,
Acapulco's dark side.
The University's most
outrageous alum.
Publishing porn on campus.
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