9 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 4, 2007 - 7A CLINTON From page IA University President Mary Sue " Coleman, who heads the com- mencement speaker search process, said it took over a year to secure Clinton's commitment. "Throughout the year, people with (Coleman's) office checked in on the invitation and reiterated our desire to have him speak," said Lisa Jeffreys, a project specialist in Coleman's office. Krenz said those involved in the process worked with contacts close to Clinton to bolster the Universi- ty's chances of recruiting the for- mer president. Name recognition is not the only significant factor in the search for a commencement speaker, Krenz said. Candi- dates must meet the criteria for an honorary degree and have a reputation as being a good public speaker. Clinton will likely be awarded an honorary doctorate oflaws, pending approval by the University Board of Regents this month. Rob Scott, chair of the Universi- ty's chapter of the College Repub- licans, said that although he is conservative, he looks forward to hearing Clinton speak. Scott said it is an enormous honor to have a former president speak at his graduation ceremony, but he feels some resentment that the University may never have a conservative speaker of Clinton's distinction. "I'm disappointed that the University's reputation seems to limit us to one side of the political spectrum for notable speakers," he said. Commencement ceremonyatten- dance is likely to increase this year * because of Clinton's popularity. In previous years, graduating seniors said they were so disappointed with the speaker that they wouldn't attend. "I know some of my relatives now want to attend given that he'll be there," LSA senior Brittany Nuc- citelli said. Each graduate receives a set number of tickets to the ceremo- ny for his or her guests. Jeffreys said non-graduating students will also be able to purchase tick- ets. More ticket information will be released in February. NORTH QUAD From page IA the cost of bringing in a new archi- tecture firm and enhanced archi- tectural features. The building will stand on the current site of the Frieze Building, the demolition of which the regents approved at their September meet- ing. The new complex, designed to merge academic facilities and resi- dential space, will house 460 stu- dents, the School of Information, the departments of Communica- tion Studies and Screen Arts and Culture, the Language Resource Center and the Sweetland Writing Center. The residential part of the building will include a top-floor community lounge overlooking campus, air conditioning in every room, personal bathrooms and updated dining facilities. Image Caf6, a new restaurant on the State Street commercial cor- ridor, will also be located in the complex. It will be accessible from both inside the building and from the street. During his presentation of the designs to the regents, architect Jeffrey Povero said the design will take on a distinctly Michigan fla- vor. "What we tried to do is cre- ate a complex that felt very much like Michigan, one that could be nowhere else," he said. "It's not like Princeton, and it's not like Berkeley. It's not like any of those places. It has an architectural tra- dition that's all it's own." The construction of North Quad is part of the University's Residen- tial Life Initiative, an effort to improve the living and learning environment in the University's residence halls. In addition to North Quad, the initiative also includes proposed renovations to "heritage residence halls" - those with distinctive architecture. Currently, Mosher-Jordan resi- dence hall is closed for repairs. It will reopen in fall 2008. The fol- lowing spring, the University will close Stockwell residence hall until the fall of 2010 for similar renovations. Although no construction proj- ects have yet been announced, the University is considering renovat- ing the West Quad, Betsy Barbour and Helen Newberry halls, Uni- versity Housing Director Carole Henry told the regents today. Write for us: News@ michigandaily.com BOOK RUSH ROB MIGRiN/Daily Rackham students Megan Levad and Jane Martin purchase their books for next semester yesterday at Shaman Drum Bookshopon State Street. ROSE BOWL From page IA OhioState, in whichonlyMichigan's vaunted defense struggled, the Wol- verines floundered on both sides of the ball against the Trojans. "(Michigan is) a traditional straight up offense," Southern Cal defensive end Lawrence Jackson said. "If they line up one way, if they're in certain formations, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick out what they were going to do. Our coaches have been around for a long time and were able to exploit that." In the days leading up to the game, the Wolverines fielded count- less questions about the Trojans' defense and said they were ready for Southern Cal's relentless pass rush and creative blitzing. The game said otherwise. Michigan's offensive line strug- gled to protect quarterback Chad Henne (26-of-41 for 309 yards) and gave up six sacks, which cost the Wolverines 44 yards. . The Trojans' swarming defen- sive performance on Monday was reminiscent of their standout day in the 2004 Rose Bowl, when they sacked Michigan quarterback John Navarre nine times in a 28-14 vic- tory. "(Southern Cal) just has a great way of bringing pressure, you know, uncanny styles of pressure," Michigan right tackle Rueben Riley said. "You have unorthodox rush- ers such as (Brian) Cushing and Jackson ... just doing a good job at what they do." And Michigan couldn't stop them, especially in the first half. The Wolverines went into half- time with 76 yards of total offense, thanks in part to the Trojans' five first-half sacks. Michigan's sluggish running game didn't help. Including yards lost due to sacks, the Big Ten's top rushing offense amassed a meager 12 yards against Southern Cal. Tailback Mike Hart, the nation's seventh-leading rusher, finished with 47 yards on 17 car- ries. "I thought Henne made some big plays in the first half on third and long ... to keep drives alive," Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said. "But it's just a matter of time when you can't run the football against a team pressuring as well as (South- ern Cal) that you end up (allowing) some sacks, and that's what hap- pened to us." The Wolverines found a little offensive rhythm in the second half - especially through the air - and finished the game with 321 total yards. But that wasn't enough to keep pace with the Trojans' offensive fireworks. Southern Cal (7-2 Pac-10, 11-2 overall) played it safe in the first half but came out swinging in the second. Trojan quarterback John David Booty threw four second- half touchdowns and finished with 391 yards on 27-for-45 passing. Michigan's vaunted defense couldn't keep up. "We just have too many weapons on offense," Southern Cal receiver Dwayne Jarrett said. "We just have too many players that can get the ball, execute the plays (and) make the big plays when it's on the line. Michigan, I don't think they knew who to cover." After the Wolverines' top-ranked run defense held the Trojans to 20 rushing yards in the first half, Southern Cal wisely abandoned the run in the third quarter, rushing just twice in the frame. Excluding two quarterback keepers, the Tro- jans passed 27 straight times in the second half. Boasting a first-team All-Ameri- ca receiver in Jarrett, the Southern Cal offense exploited Michigan's secondary. Jarrett finished with 11 receptions for 205 yards en route to earning Offensive Player of the Game honors. Even cornerback Leon Hall, a fel- low All-America selection, couldn't stop Jarrett, who burned Hall for one of his two touchdowns. The score came at a particularly heartbreaking point forthe Wolver- ines. The momentum had shifted in Michigan's favor after Henne found junior Adrian Arrington in the end zone to pull the Wolverines within eight at the start of the fourth quar- ter. But Michigan's defense couldn't stop the Trojans aerial assault. Seven plays later, Booty found a streaking Jarrett to all but put the game away. When Michigan did manage to contain Jarrett, Southern Cal sim- ply turned to another member of its standout receiving corps. Senior Willis Barringer (19) and David Harris (45) hit USC reciever Dwayne Jarrett in the end zone, causing an incomplete pass and breaking up a likely touchdown. Steve Smith grabbed seven catches for 108 yards and a touchdown. "If (the secondary is) a weak- ness, why wouldn't they focus on it?" linebacker Shawn Crable said. "I think once they realized they couldn't run on us, they :really resorted to the pass game, and it took us awhile to realize they were passing on every down." Even the Wolverines' highly regarded front seven didn't bounce back completely from its break- down against Ohio State. Booty had plenty of time to throw, especially in the second half, and Michigan notched just one sack all game (senior co-captain LaMarr Wood' ley). In a battle of two supposedly stout defenses, Southern Cal had the edge. "The media does a great job of building people up, but we knew we were a great front seven," Jack- son said. "We missed a couple sacks today, so it could have been a lot worse. Our defense showed up to play, and we did outplay their defense and we're happy about that. ... We weren't surprised at all about how this one turned out." The Wolverines couldn't say the same. Amid uneasy calm, Somali government asks citizens to lay down their weapons Ethiopian troops bring peace, but Somalis fear what may come next MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Ahmed Hassan has no plans to part with his AK-47, the weapon of choice in this notoriously violent city, even now that a legitimate gov- ernment is functioning here for the first time in more than a decade. "I won't do it," Hassan said Wednesday, tugging on his gray beard. "For 16 years this country has been in chaos. It would be suicide." From freelance gunmen on the streets to women selling mangoes by the sea, everybody seems to have a weapon in Mogadishu. Many in the Somali capital say they would rather protect themselves for now than trust the government forces who captured the city from Islamic militants just last week. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has called for residents to turn in all their weapons by today. After that, he said, his forces will "forc- ibly extract" them. The country's police command- er - who has only about 1,000 officers under his control, none of them yet in Mogadishu - admits he's outgunned. "I cannot say there is a viable police operation in Mogadishu," Ali Mohamed Hassan Loyan told The Associated Press during a trip to a police recruitment center in Mogadishu where about 100 men, most of them older than 50, were signing up. "We are depending on the military." Gedi has said his military forces, backed by Ethiopian troops with tanks and MiG fighter jets, have neutralized the Islamists over the past two weeks and forced them to give up or scatter into the bush. Yes- terday, the government claimed it captured two more southern towns from the militants and said its forces were headed toward a third. In Washington yesterday, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said U.S. Navy vessels were deployedoffthecoastofSoma- lia looking for al-Qaida and other militants allied with the Islamists who may be trying to escape. Ethiopia has promised to with- draw its troops from Somalia as soon as possible, and many Somalis fear that when they do, there will be a power vacuum and even a return to the anarchy and warlord rule of the past. Somalia's last effective central government fell in 1991, when clan- based warlords overthrew military dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other. The gov- ernment was formed two years ago with the help of the United Nations, but has been weakened by internal rifts. The intervention of Ethiopia late last month prompted a military advance that was a stunning turn- around for the government, which is seeking international peacekeep- ers to help restore order. In the meantime, the Bakaara Market in downtown Mogadishu is doing brisk business in weapons. The market is a network of narrow, dusty streets, with rickety wooden stands selling Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns and hand grenades. By yesterday, only a handful of people had heeded Gedi's demand and turned in any weapons. Twen- ty freelance militiamen turned in 20 small guns and a "technical" _ a truck mounted with machine guns. "I got tired working for my clan," said Mohamed Mohamud Hassan, the militia's leader. "Now I can work for the nation." But those arms barely register in Somalia's ocean of guns. "Nobody wants to totally surren- der their weapons," said Sacida Gedi Hassan, a merchant at Bakaara. "If we hand over our weapons, we'll be vulnerable." Loyan, the police commander, said safety isn't the only reason for disarmament. His forces are sodes- perate, he said, they will eventually need to commandeer the weapons now hidden away in Mogadishu's homes and businesses. "During the civil war, the guns spread throughout the country," said Loyan, who returned to Moga- dishu last week for the first time since 1991. "Now we just need to find them. We are going to have to use the guns that we collect." His police force is not up to the task just yet. "Asyoucansee,these areveryold people," Loyan said at the recruit- ment center, gazing at the tag tag crowd over his wire-rimmed glass- es. "Even women are here." Madino Mohamed Farge, 46, said she'sjoining the policebecause she wants a job _ an impossible dream under the Council of Islamic Courts, the radical militia the gov- ernment chased from the capital and much of southern Somalia. "Of course I couldn't work under the Islamic courts," she said. "We were hated by them." The Islamic group's strict inter- pretation of Islam drew compari- sons to the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan, although many Somalis credited the council with bringing a semblance of order to the country. The Council of Islamic Courts terrified residents into submission with the threat of public executions and floggings. And now that it's on the run, the group is threatening an Iraq-style guerrilla war using fight- ers they claim are hiding in Moga- dishu. Islamic courts spokesman Abdi- rahin Ali Mudey suggested this week that his forces might use the abundance of .available weaponry a to disrupt any attempts to pacify the city. "Somalia has weapons every- where, and we are everywhere in the country," he said. Immigrants behind 1 in 4 U.S. technology startups SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For- eign-born entrepreneurs were behind one in four U.S. technol- ogy startups over the past decade, accordingto a study to be published today. A team of researchers at Duke University estimated that 25 per- cent of technology and engineer- ing companies started from 1995 to 2005 had at least one senior executive - a founder, chief execu- tive, president or chief technology officer - born outside the United States. Immigrant entrepreneurs' com- panies employed 450,000 workers and generated $52 billion in sales in 2005, according to the survey. Their contributions to corporate coffers, employment and U.S. com- petitiveness in the global technolo- gy sector offer a counterpointto the recent political debate over immi- gration and the economy, which largely centers on unskilled, illegal workers in low-wage jobs. "It's one thing if your gardener gets deported," said the project's Delhi-born lead researcher, Vivek Wadhwa. "But if these entrepre- neurs leave, we're really denting our intellectual property cre- ation. Wadhwa, Duke's executive in residence and the founder of two tech startups in North Carolina's Research Triangle, said the country should make the most of its ability to "get the best and brightest from around the world." The study comes nearly eight years after an influential report from the University of California, Berkeley, on the impact of foreign- born entrepreneurs. AnnaLee Saxenian, now dean of the School of Information at UC- Berkeley, estimated immigrants founded about 25 percent of Silicon Valley tech companies in 1999. The Duke study found the percentage had more than doubled, to 52 per- cent in 2005. California led the nation, with foreign-born entrepreneurs found- ing 39 percent of startups, even though they make up only 25 per- cent of the state's population. In New Jersey, 38 percent of tech startups were founded by immi- grants, followed by Michigan (33 percent), Georgia (30 percent), Vir- ginia (29 percent) and Massachu- setts (29 percent). Saxenian, also co-author of the new study, said the research debunksthe notionthat immigrants who come to the United States take jobs from Americans.