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THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK with GABE NELSON
A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently rated from one to 10.
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GROWING UP PALIN
Just days after Republican presidential nominee John
McCain announced his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah
Palin, it emerged that Palin's 17-year-old daughter Bristol
is five months pregnant. The scandal might tarnish Palin's
reputation asa "family values" candidate, but the whole
saga is so fascinating, the governor might have a future
in reality TV iftthis election doesn't pan out. They can call
her show "Growing up Palin." With snowmobiles, hockey
hunks and moose barbecue, what's not to like?
SO CONVENTIONAL
It's no secret that the presidential party conventions
haven't really mattered in decades, with the nominees
always locked up long in advance, but is there any
better excuse for political wonks to get together and
booze until they can't tell McCain from obama? The
Democratic convention was a gaudy spectacle with a set
seemingly stolen from the MTV Movie Awards, while
bars in St. Paul, Minn. were allowed to stay open an extra
two hours for the GOP crowd. Maybe TMZ should cover
the conventions. Who are you wearing, Sen. McConnell?
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WOLVERINES FLY TOGETHER
A new era of Michigan football started in earnest last
weekend, as new coach Rich Rodriguez's Wolverines
lost their home opener to Utah. Wracked by inexperi-
ence and the lack ofa mobile quarterback to run the
spread offense, few expect much from the Wolverines.
But if sports movies have taught us anything, under-
dogs always come out on top, thanks to teamwork, per-
sistence and good old-fashioned pluck. Try the flying
'V' formation, Coach Rodriguez, It never fails.
ONE LARGE VOICE
In a world without Don LaFontaine, Hollywood's most
famous voiceover artist, movie trailers suddenly lost
their charm. LaFontaine died Monday, leaving behind a
body of work that included thousands of movie trailers
showcasing his distinctive voice. Though many strived
to imitate LaFontaine's gravel-throated delivery, in our
book, he stands alone.
BLOWN BY
On Monday, Hurricane Gustav struck land in Louisiana
and Mississippi, knocking out power to more than a mil-
lion houses and businesses. New Orleans was largely
spared, though the Gulf Coast region was hit by a flood
of journalists, each secretly hoping for a repeat oftHur-
ricane Katrina. Sorry folks, move along, no Pulitzers here
- at least until the next natural disaster.
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Ann Arbor's half-
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illegal immigrants
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making them unwilling to report
crime or solicit police protection at
the cost of their own safety. Public
safety is one of the reasons sanc-
tuary cities give for prohibiting
police officers from asking immi-
gration status The logic goes that
even if part of a city's population
is illegal, any deterrence to call
the police just means more un-
reported crime plaguing the city.
In Ann Arbor, individual officers
decide how much attention to pay
to the city's undocumented work-
ers and residents. But Jones said
immigration law enforcement is
not on the force's regular agenda, "I
have interpreted it that we are not
actively going out to find out some-
one's immigration status," he said.
While the AAPD's presence at
ICE arrests troubles immigration
activists, Snyder said WICIR Mem-
bers felt assured in their meet-
ing with Jones. "When I met with
him he said, 'I will do what my
bosses tell me to do, and my bosses
are the mayor and city council.''
If Jones were a different man,
one with zeal for 1,969-mile bor-
der fences, the situation for Ann
Arbor's undocumented immigrants
could be much different. On the
other end of the spectrum from
sanctuary 'cities, local police forces
elsewhere have made immigrafion
law a top priority by participating
in ICE ACCESS, atraining program
that bestows the power to enforce
immigration law on local officers.
Through the program, local officers
can interrogate and detain people
on the suspicion that they are il-
legal immigrants. Palmore said no
BUCHELE
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blacks and Jews."
"My dad saw co-ops as a way of
changing society," Libbie Buchele
said.
Raised during the Great Depres-
sion in rural Kansas, Buchele was
first exposed to farming coopera-
tives and saw them as a way for
people to work together to over-
come financial difficulties. When
he enrolled at the University of
Kansas, Buchele moved into coop-
erative housing - which offered
the only integrated housing on
Michigan police forces have signed
up for the program. Jones, who had
not heard of the program, said he
wasuncertainwhetherhewould al-
low ICE to train any of his officers.
In a break from Ann Arbor's
progressive reputation, the city's
policies trail timidly behind in ad-
vocating immigration law reform.
But WCICIR member Bob Sny-
der said he has spoken with sev-
eral government officials in cities
throughout the county who seem
open to immigrant-friendly poli-
cies. In a meeting with WCICIR
last spring, Hieftje and city coun-
cil members said the resolution
should be reviewed in light of al-
leged violence during ICE raids.
Councilman Mike Anglin (D-Ward
5) said in an interview last week
that the city should move toward
sanctuary city-status to better re-
flect the citizenry's position on im-
migration law. "Other cities have
done a better job than we have
and we need to take a stance that
this is what we believe in," he said.
But as Snyder acknowledged, a
touchy issue like illegal immigra-
tion is not something politicians
are wont to tackle head on during
election season. "The problem as
we know is it's an electionyear, and
who wants to handle a hot potato
when there are a few hotter pota-
toes right now?" Nationally, Barack
Obama is trying to market himself
to more moderate voters, while
John McCain is sure not to high-
light his conspicuous defection
from the rest of his party by play-
ing up his support of bipartisan im-
migration legislation. Ann Arbor's
indifference on the issue could
be the national course for awhile,
campus.
"I think that it was very much a
philosophical and political leaning
that he had," Libbie Buchele said.
"He really felt that people work-
ing together could get things done
better than people working indi-
vidually."
Buchele is survived by his wife
Joan; his twin brother Wesley; one
son, Royd; three daughters, The-
resa, Libbie and Heidi; and five
grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held
in Ann Arbor on Sunday, October
12 at 2 pm at the First Unitarian
Universalist Church, 4001 Ann
Arbor-Saline Road in Ann Arbor.
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Editori Chief: Andrew Grossmn
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