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Wednesday, March 12,2008 - 3A
The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 3A
NEWS BRIEFS
ALBANY, N.Y.
Spitzer found to be
repeat customer in
call-girl scandal
With pressure mounting on
Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over
a call-girl scandal, investigators
said yesterday he was clearly a
repeat customer who spent tens of
thousands of dollars - perhaps as
much as $80,000 - with the high-
priced prostitution service over an
extended period of time.
Spitzer and his family, mean-
while, remained secluded in
their Fifth Avenue apartment,
while Republicans began talking
impeachment, and few if any fellow
Democrats came forward to defend
him. A death watch of sorts began
atthe state Capitol, where whispers
of "What have you heard?" echoed
through nearly every hallway of
the ornate, 109-year-old building.
On Monday, when the scandal
broke, prosecutors said in court
papers that Spitzer had been caught
on a wiretap spending $4,300 with
the Emperors Club VIP call-girl
service, with some of the money
going toward a night with a pros-
titute named Kristen, and the rest
as credit toward future trysts. The
papers also suggested that Spitzer
had done this before.
WASHINGTON
Navy admiral resigns
after 'perception' of
policy dissatisfaction
The Navy admiral in charge of
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
announced yesterday that he is
resigning over press reports por-
traying him as opposed to Presi-
dent Bush's Iran policy.
Adm. William J. Fallon, one of
the most experienced officers in
the U.S. military, said the reports
were wrong but had become a dis-
traction hampering his efforts in
the Middle East. Fallon's area of
responsibility includes Iran and
stretches from Central Asia across
the Middle East to the Horn of
Africa.
"I don't believe there have ever
been any differences about the
objectives of our policy in the Cen-
tral Command area of responsibil-
ity," Fallon said, and he regretted
"the simple perception that there
is." He was in Iraq when he made
the statement.
CHICAGO
Report: One in four
American teenage
girls has an STD
At least one in four teenage
American girls has a sexually
transmitted disease, suggests a
first-of-its-kind federal study that
startled some adolescent-health
experts.
Some doctors said the numbers
might be a reflection of both ab-
stinence-only sex education and
teens'own sense ofinvulnerabilty.
Because some sexually transmit-
ted infections can cause infertility
and cancer, U.S. health officials
called for better screening, vacci-
nation and prevention.
Only about half of the girls in
the study acknowledged having
sex. Some teens define sex as only
intercourse, yet other types of in-
timate behavior including oral sex
can spread some diseases.
BAGHDAD
Report shows need
for increased Iraq
border security
Despite increased counterter-
rorism efforts by Damascus, as
much as 90 percent of the foreign
fighters in Iraq cross the border
from Syria, according to a Penta-
gon report that says Iran's support
for Shiite militants also is hurting
efforts to improve Iraq security.
As those external pressures
dog coalition and Iraqi forces, the
government of Iraq is also ham-
strung by internal corruption and
persistent problems getting basic
services to the people, the report
said.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
3,983
Number of American service mem-
hers who have died in the war in
Iraq, according to The Associated
Press. There were no deaths identi-
fied yesterday. y
BOWMAN
From Page IA
coaching from Hall of Fame coach
Paul Bergen when the two worked
together in the early 1990s. Ber-
gen had recently started coaching
again after taking time off to breed
and train thoroughbred racehors-
es.
"I always wanted to learn from
him," Bowman said. "But the only
way I could pick his brain about
swimming was to go the horse's
barn, because that's where he
spent most of his time."
Today, Bowman spends his time
at Canham Natatorium training
Michigan's varsity team, as well as
Club Wolverine, a group of post-
graduate and professional swim-
mers. His own accomplishments as
a coach could someday earn him a
spot in the Hall of Fame. Bowman
has coached swimmers to Olym-
pic gold medals, World records
and World championships. He has
been coaching since he graduated
from Florida State in 1987.
Before working with the Wol-
verines, Bowman was the high
performance coach at the North
Baltimore Aquatic Club in Mary-
land, where he began working with
Phelps. Currently in his fourth
year at Michigan, Bowman has a
dual meet record of 30-8-1 and has
coached three individual NCAA
champions, nine Big Ten champi-
ons and 13 All-Americans.
Clearly Bowman understands
how to physically train his athletes,
but he also stresses the importance
of his responsibility to mentally
prepare his swimmers for success.
While his demeanor with each
swimmer maybe slightly different,
Bowman uses the same goal-set-
ting techniques to motivate every
individual, whether a member
of the collegiate team or an elite
swimmer like Phelps.
"Anyone can give these guys
workouts to make them physical-
ly fit," Bowman said. "But what I
have to do is when a swimmer has
a really good swim is to go back
and say to him, 'OK here is where
you are now, but what's the next
level for you?'"
Bowman has learned the key to
coaching is finding the right moti-
vational tool to get each athlete to
give their best efforts every day.
These motivational techniques can
include yelling and swearing, but
also a positive pep talk and apat on
the back. To spectators his motives
might appear harsh, but his swim-
mers understand.
"If he's going to yell at you, it's
only because he sees a lot of poten-
tial in you and you're not giving
him a full effort," sophomore Scott
Spann said. "In this sport, pres-
sure is necessary and he's obvious-
ly been to the highest level. So he
knows exactly what kind of pres-
sure to put on you."
Kaitlin Sandeno, who won three
medals at the 2004 Olympics
including gold in the 800-meter
freestyle relay, has known Bow-
man since 2000 and began train-
ing with Club Wolverine in 2006.
After moving to Ann Arbor from
a more lenient program, she's glad
that Bowman won't accept any-
thing but her best everyday.
"He's pretty hard on me in the
pool and that's what I need," she
said laughing. "At a training camp
in Colorado, he and I got into it
before practice and then I had one
of my best practices, and he said it
was because he had yelled at me."
Bowman has become best
known for personally coaching
Phelps since he was just 11 years
old. Phelps became the first Amer-
ican to win eight medals in one
Olympiad, taking home six gold
and two bronze in 2004. Eddie
Reese, head coach for both the
2008 U.S. Olympic swim team
and No. 1 Texas, thinks Bowman's
ability to motivate Phelps to con-
tinuously break records is his most
impressive attribute.
"Michael is so fast that getting
him to swim even faster may be the
hardest job in the world," Reese
said. "In a lot of events, Michael
can win without going faster but
he doesn't make that choice, and
Bob just won't let him."
Bowman understands finding
new ways to push an unrivaled
swimmer can be a tough challenge
but is adamant that Phelps still
uses the same goal-setting process
as everyone else.
"It's hard to do when you're
already the fastest," Bowman said.
"So for Michael it's things like
being the first man to break SO sec-
onds for the 100-meter butterfly or
trying to be the first one to swim a
1:50.00 in the 200-meter fly when
he already holds the world record
at 1:52 and nobody else has ever
swam under 1:54."
Bowman describes his relation-
ship with Phelps as "very com-
plicated." He says it's unlike his
relationship with any other swim-
mer because the two have known
each other for so many years.
While Bowman admits their histo-
ry together can lead to arguments,
ultimately the great passion, drive
and energy both men share for the
sport has produced world records
and Olympic gold medals.
"In a lot of ways it's more of a
parenting relationship which real-
ly complicates the coaching rela-
tionship because we know each
other very close personally," Bow-
man said. "We've been through
many, many things, good and bad,
and we're both trying really hard
to achieve something that's never
been done."
This summer, before the 2008
Olympic games begin in Beijing,
Bowman hopes to be. named an
assistant coach for the U.S. team.
The assistants are chosen from
the coaches who produce the most
Olympic swimmers at the Olym-
pic Trials held June 30- July 7.
Bowman was an assistant at the
2004 Olympics in Athens with
swimmers like Erik Vendt, Peter
Vanderkaay and Phelps competing
for him. It's likely he will be cho-
sen again.
With the Olympic games now
just six months away, the antici-
pation and pressure surrounding
swimmers like Phelps and others
grows daily. Despite all the excite-
ment, Bowman's focus remains
on getting each swimmer to meet
his high expectations. By now,
his swimmers are used to him
demanding their best.
"Its hard to. go past your lim-
its unless someone helps you get
there," he said. "Sometimes my job
is to say, 'Wow you did such a great
job. You tried really hard.' And
sometimes my job is to say, 'That's
just not good enough.'
Whatever the results of these
Olympic games are, it seems those
coaching lessons in the barn have
already paid off.
FILM
From Page 1A
"We're not interested in telling
people what to think or what to
do," Rubyan said. "What our film
is designed to do is help people see
the whole issue in an hour."
Rubyan said he thinks explain-
ing the issue more will support
further study of the issue.
"This film really hinges around
the people who might benefit from
this (research) one day, because
their stories might move people to
see what this issue is really about,"
he said.
Michigan's policy on stem cell
research is one of the strictest in
the country.
Research which uses state
funding can only be done on adult
stem cell lines and pre-existing
embryonic lines, while states like
California, Wisconsin and Massa-
chusetts allow embryonic stem cell
research. -
"For years, the (state) legisla-
ture just declined to engage in
this debate," said Morrison, who's
interviewed in the film. "I think
that the more people in the state
who understand the importance of
this research, the more it's going to
be impossible to just ignore it."
Stem cells are promising in
research because they have the
ability to become any kind of spe-
cialized cell.
There are two main types of
stem cells used in research - adult
stem cells and embryonic stem
cells. Adult stem cells are partially
specialized and cannot multiply
indefinitely, while embryonic stem
cells are entirely unspecialized
and for that reason are often con-
sidered more versatile and promis-
ing.
LSA freshman Meghan Strapec,
event chair of Students for Life,
said using embryos for stem cell
research is equivalent to murder.
"Life begins at the moment of
conception," said Strapec, who
plans to see the film. "No one has
any right to tamper with that."
She said researchers should
instead focus on adult stem cells.
"But even if there were no
other way, even if adult stem cells
wouldn't work, I would never sup-
port embryonic stemcellresearch,"
she said.
Morrison said he hopes people
will appreciate the film's effort
to present stem cell research as a
philosophical question rather than
an exclusively scientific one.
* Rubyan and Morrison will lead
a question and answer session fol-
lowing the screening.
- Ivy Wei contributed
to this report.
from the DPS officers while they
arrested him.
Wilkerson was arrested along-
side Coleman, and was eventu-
ally found not guilty of interfering
with police.
Protestors also amassedinFeb-
ruary 2007 at an event in which
three people labeled as ex-terror-
ists participated ina panel discus-
sion. DPS officers intervened to
keep the event going and the pro-
testers under control.
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MSA share their viewpoints. In December 2006, George-
From Page 1A "It's important that speakers town University Prof. Raymond
are able to come to this campus Tanter spoke at the University
versity's vice president for stu- and that a respectable discourse about American foreign policy
dent affairs, was slated to speak at is able to take place," Dar said. and Iran, provoking protests to
the meeting, but couldn't make it "Regardless of the event and the point that the Department
because she was ill. MSA President regardless of the person, the idea of Public Safety had to calm the
Mohammad Dar asked Eklund to should be what is respected in a crowd.
speak at the meeting in Harper's manner suiting a higher education One protester - physician
place. institution." Catherine Wilkerson - criticized
Dar said speakers like The University has previously the treatment Blaine Coleman,
Mearsheimer and Walt should feel hosted speakers with controver- another protester, was receiving
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