After legal troubles, Butler, Richards and Germany no longer on football team SportsMonday ,"TMNT' ** Arts, 8A lIE ffiic1ig Ann Arbor, Michigan www.michigandaily.com IC HOCKE Monday, March 26,2007 MAP routs. competition Turnout dismal as MSA presidential Yost, Dar win with election results* MSA representative seats won by each party tEN SIMON/Dily Michigan defenseman Jack Johnson during his last game with the Wolverines on Saturday in the NCAA tournament in Denven. Michigan lost to North Dakota, 8-5. For more game coverage, see SportsMonday. Star defenseman hits road to NHL large margin By DAVE MEKELBURG Daily News Editor The Michigan Action Party dominated the Michigan Student Assembly and LSA Student Govern- ment elec- tions held last week, according PS to results released Friday. Zack Yost and the MAP _ presiden- tial and DAR vice presi- dential candidates, won their posts with over 75 percent of the vote. Voter turnout was down from last year. More than 3,700 people voted in the MSA presidential election -3,000 fewer than in last year's high- ly contested election. MAP's LSA-SG presidential candidate, Keith Reisinger, and vice presidential candi- date, Hannah Madoff, ran unopposed in their election. MAP clinched nearly every seat it had a candidate for in both MSA and LSA-SG, losing See MSA, Page 7A *Does not include write-in votes 31760 Votes in the MSA presidential electio. this year' Does not include write-in votes 6,915 Votes in the MSA presidential election last year' Winners of LSA representative seats Johnson leaves for Los Angeles Kings ByAMBER COLVIN Daily Sports Editor DENVER - Star defenseman Jack Johnson is leaving the Michi- gan hockey team and plans to join the Los Angeles Kings in time for their game tomorrow night, he told The Michigan Daily in an interview yesterday afternoon. "I thought I was ready for a new challenge," Johnson said. "With all my close friends, the seniors, gone now and everything, I thought it was time for me to pretty much go for a new challenge." The decision ends speculation on whether the sophomore would forgo his two remaining years of NCAA eligibility and jump to the NHL. After Michigan's 8-5 loss to North Dakota Saturday night in the NCAA West Regional semifinals here, the team flew back to Ann Arbor, but Johnson and his family stayed behind. Johnson's agent, Pat Brisson, and Kings general manag- er Dean Lombardi worked out the details of the contract. "I'll be flying from Denver to Los Angeles," Johnson said. "Every- thing's done except for they're negotiating bonuses." When reached by phone last night, a Los Angeles Kings spokes- person declined to comment until the contract is final. Johnson said he will be in the Kings' lineup Tuesday night when they play on the road against the San Jose Sharks. Los Angeles, which is out of contention for aplay- off berth, has six games remaining on its schedule. See JOHNSON, Page 3A Name Alexliga Nate Fink Paula Klein Tim Hull Gibran Baydoun Nick Assanis Tiffanylnores Aaron Willis RandalSeriguchi Party MAP MAP MAP Independent MAP MAP MAP MAP MAP Number of votes 1016 944 925 751 937 914 914 885 858 Weighted Votes 6616. 6003 5775 5730 5688 5525 5316 5216 5061 lennifer Reyna MAP 846 4965 4 For complete results of the election, visit michigandaily.com/ thewire Tenure decisions draw criticism DANCE MARATHON SAfter 10 years, dance goes on MSA resolution pushes for more racially diverse faculty By LAYLA ASLANI Daily StaffReporter The Michigan Student Assem- bly passed a resolution Tuesday that backers hope will encour- age administrators to maintain a more racially diverse faculty. The resolution comes after three assistant professors - all underrepresented minorities - were not granted tenure by the College of Literature, Science and the Arts in February. The school's decision not to recommend the three faculty members for tenure has drawn criticism from some students, faculty and departments. A tenure-track professor's work is reviewed by the profes- sor's department after he or she spends six years at the Univer- sity. The department then makes a recommendation to the college. A professor who is granted ten- ure enjoys increased pay, more research freedom and better job security. LSA junior Eric Li, the MSA representative who proposed the resolution, said he was influ- enced to draft the resolution by his relationship with psychol- ogy and American culture Prof. Phillip Akutsu, who was denied tenure last month. Akutsu is Asian-American. Jacqueline Francis, an assis- tant professor at the Center for Afroamerican and African Stud- ies and in the art history depart- ment, was denied tenure by LSA after being approved by both her departments. So was Sussan Babaie, an assistant professor in the LSA art history department and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning who specializes in Persian art. Babaie said she did not have time to be inter- viewed for this story. Li said Akutsu's race could have played a role in the decision not to grant him tenure. "On an unconscious level I'm willing to say that race is a huge factor in this. It's just a natural part of how we perceive race or any kind of identity in general," Li said. "I'm not saying they are racist, but in their decisions - See TENURE, Page 3A Event raises more than $350,000 for hospital By DANIELLE KRUIZENGA Daily StaffReporter Dance Marathon Executive Director Sheena Jaglan surprised nearly everyone when she jumped out of a birthday cake yesterday in celebration of the event's 10th anniversary. The crowd of more than 1,000 participants and supporters was in an uproar as balloons fell from the ceiling and the final fundrais- ing total, $351,060.07, was pro- jected onto a large screen. This year, students raised $24,000 more than last year for Mott's Children's Hospital and the Beaumont Hospital - adding to the $1.6 million already raised since the event's inception on campus a decade ago. One could be forgiven for think- ing that Dance Marathon is actu- ally a continuous dance. It's not. Participants line up to learn short dance routines to different songs See DANCE, Page 7A PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daily Dancers participate in Dance Marathon early yesterday morning at the Indoor Track and Field Building Masturbating trespasser booted from frat Woman refused to leave PIKE house in mid-afternoon By JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN Daily StaffReporter Police have been unable to locate a woman who entered the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house without permission on Thursday and began to masturbate on a couch. While fraternity members were eating in the dining room, a woman entered the house's liv- ing room, took off her clothes and started masturbating, said LSA junior Dan Nye, the president of the Washtenaw Avenue frater- nity. No one saw the woman enter the house or knew how she got in. Nye said she could have entered through the front door, which was left propped open while it was being repaired. Fraternity members asked the woman to leave the house; but she refused and continued mastur- bating for about half an hour, Nye said. Whenmembersaskedthewoman if she was all right, she casually replied that she was fine, he said. The woman was talking on her cell phone at one point, said LSA sopho- more Adam Bayard, a See TRESPASSER, Page 3A TODAY'S HI: 75 WEATHER LO:50 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news@michgandaily.com and letus know. ON THE DAILY BLOGS 'Black Sheep' - the horror version MICHIGANDAILY.COM/THEFILTER INDEX N EW S ............... ................2A A RT S ..................................5A ( o2 0y SUDO KU.............................3A CLASSIFIED.................... 6A michigandaiyvom OPINION..............4A SPORTSMONDAY................1B 4'