SportsMonday mit %idlianBaIli Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, December 3, 2007 michigandaily.com Louisiana State football coach Les Miles was widely expected to be Michigan's next football coach. But this weekend he signed a contract extension with Louisiana State. How Michig an Iost Miles PRE IDENTIAL PRIMARY State stripped of DNC delegates Democratic party says Jan.15 primary violates rules VIENNA, Va. (AP) - Democratic leaders voted Saturday to strip Michigan of all its delegates to the national convention next year as punishment for scheduling an early presidential primary in violation of party rules. In spite of the vote, some party leaders and officials said they believed the delegates would eventually be seated at the convention. Michigan, with 156 delegates, has scheduled a Jan. 15 primary. Democratic Party rules prohibit states other than Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding nominating contests before Feb. 5. Florida was hit with a similar penalty in August for scheduling a Jan. 29 primary. Michigan officials anticipated the action by the Democratic National Committee's rules panel. But Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer said before the vote thathe didn't think the delegates would be lost for good. He expects the nominee will insist the state's delegates be seated at the convention. Saturday's vote further diminishes the significance of Michigan's Democratic primary. All the major Democratic candidates have already agreed not to campaign in either Michigan or Florida because the states violated party rules. And in Michigan, most of the major candidates won't even be on the ballot. Democratic candidates John Edwards, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson and Joe Biden have with- drawn their names from the ballot to satisfy Iowa and New Hampshire, which were unhappy Michigan was challenging their leadoff status on the primary calen- dar. That leaves Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel and "uncommit- ted," as the choices on the Democratic ballot in Michi- gan. The DNC rules panel voted by voice vote, with only a few dissents. See PRIMARY, Page 7A Nobody knows exactly what hap- pened Saturday, or throughout the latter part of last week, but as of yesterday, Louisiana State coach Les Miles was still Louisiana State coach Les Miles. Some how, some way, Michigan didn't get its man. And now it's left with no apparent options in its search for a head football coach. So how did this happen? How did Michigan miss out on its favorite son, a highly esteemed coach who has practically begged for the job his entire career? A WEEKEND OF DECISIONS EARLY MORNING 11:52 A.M. ESPN analyst Kirk The Ann Arbor Nev Herbstreit announces reportsthat Miles on ESPN's College removed himself as Gameday thatsources possible candidate tell him Les Miles is in the Michigan coac as the Michigan head job, refutingESPN': coach. Herbstreit also earlier reports. Ot said Georgia Tech newsosources soon defensive coordinator low suit. Jon Tenuta would join Miles inoAnn Arbor. Four separate reasons, when put Bill Martin had requested and been together, seem granted permission to speak with to have forced Miles, albeit after Saturday's game. Miles to stay in Bertman confirmed these reports Baton Rouge. through a spokesman, saying that First, LSU LSU would meet with Miles post- athletic director SEC Championship Game as well. Skip Bertman's "We're just looking forward to strategy. the game Saturday, and that's the On Wednes- focus of the entire program right day, word DANIEL now, Saturday's game against Ten- escaped (appar- BROMWICH nessee," LSU spokesman Herb Vin- ently from the cent said. Michigan camp) Not quite true. that Michigan Athletic Director Sources reported that Miles's agent was already meeting with LSU officials in Baton Rouge on Wednesday. By asking Martin to wait until Saturday, Bertman knew he had bought himself a week to negotiate with Miles and hammer out an extension without Michigan getting its own offer in. Martin respected basketball coach John Beilein's run in the NIT last year with West Virginia, and Bertman knew he'd do the same with Miles. That's why Bertman extended Miles a more than substantial, one-day- See MILES, Page 7A ABOUT 12:30 P.M. Louisiana State Athlet- ic Director Skip Bert- man confirms Miles agreed, in principle, to a contract extension. 1:45 P.M. Miles holds a press conference in the Georgia Dome and adamantly states he's stayingat Louisiana State. "'mthe head coach at LSU,"Miles said. "Iwill be the head coach at LSU." 4 P.M. Miles tells a CBS side- line reporter prior to the SEC Championship Game that he would return as Louisiana State's head coach next year. AFTER SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME In his postgamepress conference, Miles reiterates that he has no interest in the Michigan job. "There is no wiggle room,"he said. "It's very difficult for me to take another job if I'm not talkingto anyone else." 9:45 P.M. SUNDAY Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin ends any lingering hope for Miles with an e-mailed state- ment saying he talked to Miles'agent that morning and that Miles is staying in Baton Rouge. Few students vote, and MAP still dominates SHATTERED GLASS Ruling party takes 17 out of 25 MSA seats up for election By DAVE MEKELBURG Daily News Editor In an election that saw measly voter turnout, the dominant stu- dent government party, Michigan Action Party, won a vast majority of the available seats in last week's elections for the Michigan Student Assembly and LSA Student Gov- ernment. Only 2,100 people voted in last week's election out of 39,447 eli- gible voters. There were 2,756 vot- ers in the fall of 2005 elections, the most recent available fall election information, according to election director Ryan Bouchard. MAP Chair Alex Blouin attrib- uted the low turnout to the election beingheld right after Thanksgiving Break. He said he thought the stu- dent population wasn'tconscious of the elections. "We only had three days to cam- paign before the election," he said, referring to the three days after Thanksgiving Break before the start of the election on Thursday. "We encountered many people that didn't know what was going on." MAP won 17 out of 25 seats in MSA and nine out of 10 LSA-SG seats. MAP is an umbrella party whose candidates often run on platforms that focus on specific issues like expanding Entree Plus around Ann Arbor and campus safety. The focus of this semester's election was freshmen, Blouin said. He said seven out of the nine MAP candi- dates for LSA-SG were freshmen and five of their 18 MSA candidates were freshmen - significantly higher than in years past. He also said the party's plans for student outreach - which include an increased effort to meet with student groups and administrators in person - would focus on get- ting freshman voices heard on the assembly. MAP lost only a single seat on MSA - in the LSA election - despite a scandal-plagued semester See ELECTION, Page 3A Jimmy John's employees sweep up glass yesterday after a Bobcat sidewalk cleaner bumped into the State Street restaurant's plate glass window. MSA PRESIDENT U nN DoEtR FIR E Students launch effort to oust Yost MSA ELECTION RESULTS Twenty-five seats were up for election last week. Here's the party affiliation of the winners. Key: Defend Affirmative Action Party Independent -i -" egs. Michigan Action Party Supporters say his MSA Rep. Tim Hull and made reference to his Asperger's syn- resignation would drome, a form of mild autism. LSA senior Aghogho Edevbie ignore real issues announced the meeting in an e- mail message sent to friends and By SCOTT MILLS campus student groups on Friday. Daily StaffReporter He intended for the meeting to be -- -- - a time for concerned students to About 20 students showed up discuss how they would pressure yesterday for a meeting to dis- Yost to resign. Edevbie's e-mail cuss Michigan Student Assembly said that Yost needed to resign President Zack Yost's creation of a because his actions were "in direct Facebook.com group that mocked contrast to MSA's commitment to diversity and inclusiveness." Four MSA representatives attended the meeting yesterday, including Hull. Edevbie began the meeting, held in the Tap Room of the Mich- igan Union, by outlining his plan to put pressure on MSA and Yost. He asked for volunteers to help him distribute flyers around cam- pus today. The flyers call forYost's resignation and urge students to attend tomorrow's MSA meeting. See YOST, Page 3A TODAY'S WEATHER H I: 32 GOT A NEWS TIP? LO:19 Call 734-763-24s9 or e-mail news@michigandaily.comand let us know. ON THE DAILY BLOGS Six things one writer learned about Halo 3 MICHIGANDAILY.COM/THEFILTER INDEX N 2WS................................2A ARTS.. . . . .A........ A Vol. CXVi1i, No. 61 SUDOKU ............................3A CLASSIFIEDS,.......... ........6 A © 007TheMichiganDaily OPINION ..........................4A SPORTSMONDAY.................1B michigandoily.com 4