The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS CHICAGO Clinton considers secretary of state position Associates of Sen. Hillary Rod- ham Clinton said yesterday the for- mer first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is hers if she wants it. Transition officials for Presi- dent-electBarack Obama said other candidates have been vetted for the job. But the New York senator has emerged as the leading contender and the vetting of former president Bill Clinton has been particularly intense. Associates say Hillary Clinton hasbeen told that Obama wants her to be secretary of state, although accounts differ on how bluntly and directly Obama made the overture. The associates would speak only on grounds of anonymity because of the private nature of the nego- tiations. CAIRO Al-Qaida insults Barack Obama Al-Qaida's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama with a demeaning racial term for a black American who does the bidding of whites in anew Web message yesterday intended to dent the president-elect's popu- larity among Arabs and Muslims and claim he will not change U.S. policy. Ayman al-Zawahri's speech was al-Qaida's first reaction to Obama's election victory - and it suggested the terror network is worried the " new American leader could under- mine its rallying cry that the Unit- ed States is an enemy oppressor. Obama has been welcomed by many in the Middle East who hope he will end what they see as Amer- ican aggression against Muslims and Arabs under President George W. Bush. Some believe his race and Muslim family connections could make him more understanding of the developing world's concerns. Al-Zawahri dug into U.S. racial history to try to directly knock down that belief and argue Obama will be no more sympathetic than white leaders to what the al-Qaida leader called "the oppressed" of the world. He said Obama was the "direct opposite of honorable black Amer- icans" like Malcolm X, the 1960s Muslim African-American rights leader, who is known among some in the Arab world and seen as a symbol of anti-imperialism. EAST LANSING Romney warns against auto bailout Mitt Romney chided fellow Republican presidential candidate John McCain early this year for telling Michigan workers that lost auto jobs weren't coming back. But the Michigan native took a harsh stance himself yesterday when he said in a New York Times op-ed piece that the federal govern- ment shouldn't bail out the Detroit Three. Romney says management must go, new labor agreements struck and the companies radically e restructured through a "managed bankruptcy." David Cole of the Ann Arbor- based Center for Automotive Research disagrees. He tells reporters in East Lansing that domestic automakers already have forged new labor agreements and designed new productsthat will lead to lower costs and increased sales once the financial crisis eases next year. ST. PAUL, Minn. Ballot recount in Minnesota City and county workers across Minnesota began a laborious recount yesterday of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. They have until Dec. 5 to com- plete the recount. The Minnesota recount is required under state law because the votes cast for Coleman and Fran- ken differed by less than one-half of 1 percent. Coleman's 215-vote lead * heading into the recount translated to 0.008 percent. The count of nearly 300,000 bal- lots in Ramsey County - seat of the Minnesota state Capitol - is likely to take several days. - Compiled from Daily wire reports WCBN From Page 1A LSA senior Brendt Rioux, WCBN's general manager, said the program guide was released Oct. 14 and allremaining copies were recol- lected and taken off stands Oct.28 - before any complaints were filed. Yim wrote a letter to the radio station on Nov. 7 after seeing the program guide. Several other mem- bers of SCOR also wrote letters to WCBN after seeing the artwork. "For those of us who are racial minorities, this cover art is a mes- sage that racist images are not only tolerated by WCBN, but are used to promote what is supposed to be a ra- dio station that simultaneously em- braces diversity and freedom of ex- pression," Yim wrote. "For students who are not racial minorities, I am concerned that this cover art sends the message that it is okayto portray African Americans in a negative way DINGELL From Page 1A Bias" a book about Congressional committees, said he was surprised by Wednesday's vote. "This is pretty uncharted terri- tory," he said, noting that a chal- lenge for committee chairman- ship typically doesn't occur unless a scandal surrounds the current chairman. Still, Hall predicted that Dingell, who's served in Congress for 54 years, would retain his chairman- ship. "I'd still put my money on him," he said. But if Waxman does win the GROUPS From Page 1A for promotional purposes." The WCBN executive staff is- sued a statement apologizing for the cover art three days after Yim's letter, on Nov.10. "The WCBN-FM Executive Staff would like to publicly apologize for the racial insensitivity of the cover art featured on the station's Fall 2008 Program Guide," the letter said. "The program guide was cre- ated and distributed with absolute- ly no malicious intent on the part of its cover artist, editor, or the WCBN community at large. However, mere good intentions provide no conso- lation of justification for the deeply troubling examples of institutional- ized racism present in the program guide's artwork." Rioux said in an interview yes- terday that no one at the station raised objections to the artwork until it had already been released. "Nobody involved in the creation of the program guide or the station at large had any ill intent in produc- chairmanship today, Hall said it could have vast repercussions for Michigan. "The Energy and Commerce Committee has a huge jurisdic- tion, including just about anything that moves or makes noise, any- thing that's bought or sold, the air you breathe and much more," he told the Michigan Daily earlier this week. "Summing across all of those issues, Dingell's representa- tion of Michigan's interests must be huge." Hall said it's possible that Wax- man received the level of support he did because of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Hall said Pelosi's decision not to back either Dingell or Waxman could have tion to this," she said in an interview after the meeting. "To raise the is- sues that they choose to raise, how- ever they want to bring this issue to ing it," he said. "The artist submit- ted the artwork and it went to print with the rest of the program guide. At the same time, everyone at the station was sent an e-mail with the program guide and (it wasn't until) after the program guide had been printed that anyone realized that it could be taken the wrong way or misrepresent the station.' Rioux said once WCBN staff ret- ognized the concern, all remaining copies of the program guide were withdrawn and a public apology was drafted. He said he hopes to avoid simi- lar issues in the future by allow- ing more time for staff at the radio station and members of the public to review materials prior to re- lease. "We're all coming out of this far better educated on the issues than ever before, all much more sensi- tive about it, and I don't see this kind of thing ever being possible in the future again," he said. been seen as supporting Waxman. "The question is, did Waxman win in the Steering Committee today because of Pelosi's tacit sup- port for Waxman," Hall asked. As fellow California Democratic U.S. representatives, Pelosi and Waxman have worked together on many issues. Dingell, on the other hand, has fought Pelosi over envi- ronmental policy. The Michigan congressman has taken a more conservative approach to the envi- ronment, likely because of his ties to the automotive industry. Dingell's critics say those ties have led him to call for minimal efficiency standards for cars that have, in turn, hurt the environ- ment. because we get the money." Duong and other students said they worked with Studio 4 primar- ily because the club was more ac- GREEKS From Page 1A for IFC events that are responsive to the needs of chapter presidents. "I think presidents have already identified areas in social policies where they'd like to see improve- ment, some big, some notsobig," he said. "I'd like to seeour policies con- tinue to evolve to policies that we're proud of, policies that we say we created, we follow and we uphold." Parritz, who writes a column every two weeks for The Michigan Daily, said he wants to work to im- prove the Greek image by working with other organizations like the Michigan Student Assembly and the Ann Arbor Police Department. "Our image can always be im- proved. I never want a negative as- sociation or stigma attached to the Greek community," he said. "I want to strive to create policies that are transparent and policies that we are BLOOD BATTLE From Page 1A school has won the competition 13 times. The University hasn't won since 2002. LSA sophomore Mary Rock, a co-chair of this year's Blood Battle, said she thinks that because Ohio State is a larger school the compe- tition is slightly unfair, but Rock was optimistic about Michigan's chances this year. "Right now, pint-wise, things are really close, but I think we could definitely win this year," Rock said. "It was just three pints lastyear, and I.think the student body is motivat- ed with big drives. We can do it." According to figures provided by Rock last night, Ohio State cur- rently leads Michigan by 11 pints, 1,623-1,612. To donate, students can either schedule an appointment at www. givelife.org and enter the sponsor code of "goblue" or walk in to one of the drives. proud of and I think that will only enhance our image?" LSA junior Jason Rosenblatt, the former philanthropy chair of Phi Gamma Delta, was elected ex- ecutive vice president last night. He said he also plans to reach out to the individual chapter presidents. Along with Parritz and Rosen- blatt, the IFC also elected the re- maining nine members of its ex- ecutive board last night. LSA junior Max Barack, the outgoing president of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, was elected the judicial vice president. Starting next semester, Barack will be head up the Greek Activities Review Panel along with the judicial vice president of the Panhellenic As- sociation. The panel, made up of rep- resentatives from all four Greek gov- erning bodies, is mostly responsible for enforcing Greek social policies. Barack beat LSA junior Jason Mohr, of Chi Phi, who was elected as vice president of social responsi- bility later in the evening. At the larger locations there are 25 nurses, so "walk-ins are defi- nitely welcome," Rock said. There have been drives all over campus since the Blood Battle be- gan Nov. 4. One drive takes place today at the Michigan Union Ball- room from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and three take place Friday - one at the School of Dentistry from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the other two at EastQuad Residence Hall cafeteria and the Michigan Union Pendleton Room from 2 to 8p.m. To encourage students to donate, organizersarealsoofferingincentives including a raffle of two tickets to the Ohio State footballgame on Saturday and footballs signed by members of Michigan's football team. Mitchell, who donated blood last night for the Blood Battle, said she feels Michigan may have a chance at winning the competition, but that it all depends on this final week. "I know it's always close," Mitchell said. "So I'm really hoping that this week is strong week for Michigan." Asian turnout tonight?' " light" cessible and eager to work with Lai and FASA President Ashley Many people suggested a boycott them than other clubs, even if they Manzano said their groups brought of Studio 4 and urged group lead- weren't pleased with the manage- many people who aren't of Asian ers to seek media attention. Some ment's conduct. descent to the club. They say it was said they had also been dissatisfied Jeff Mangray said he always gets prejudiced of Mangray to assume with Studio 4 when they held events positive feedback from student only Asian students would attend there. groups he worked with. their party, and to label people Asian "We've always known that they "We have a reputation of being as they came in the door. handle theirbusiness practices pret- very fair in our business dealings Manzano, a business school se- ty shadily," said Vietnamese Student with everybody," he said. "This is nior, said she and Lai argued with Association President Kevin Duong. the first time anything like this has Mangray before he showed them "Like most groups, we look past it ever happened." the counter, and that she believed there were between 150 and 200 people at the bar that night. She accused Mangray ofnot disclosingW a e the true number of customers who paid the cover charge so as not to Recent Grad Blogs share his revenue. --- Laiand Manzanosaidtheywent Find out from U-M grads outside Studio 4 to negotiate with Mangray's son, Reese, with whom how to survive Lai had originally arranged the ,- evening's revenue-sharing. They yourfirst said Reese argued that a promo- 9-to-5 job.-ALUMNIASSOCIATION tional group he started had done ' NEESYFMIHG more to attract customers than the student organizations had. As the argument escalated, Lai and Manzano said Reese insulted the female board members of U0, FASA and spit on Manzano. Reese came close to attacking Lai and another CSA member, they said. Reese Mangray could not be reached for comment last night, and Jeff Mangray said he did not 8 3 7 6 go outside thebar or know what occurred after the students left. 4 6 5 3 Lai said the Mangrays called a number of times over the week- 8 end insisting they would only split cover charges for 50 people. 4 1 Lai and Jeff Mangray agreed on half the cover for 111 people thatr0i7 Wednesday, Lai said. But Jeff Mangray said he did not speak with Lai between Sat- urday and Wednesday and did not believe Reese had either. At the meeting, Lai said he will refuse the money from that night. He and Manzano asked the rep- resentatives from other student groups for support and sugges- tions for what the groups should do next. Most people at the meeting were from Asian and Pacific Is- lander student groups, but Jew- ish and African-American student groups were also represented. Michigan Student Assembly Vice President Arvind Sohoni and MSA candidates from both the Michigan Action Party and the Defend Affirmative Action Party were also there. Sohoni offered MSA's support for CSA, FASA and UAAO. "On behalf of MSA, if there's anything we can do, we want to help," he said. "I think this is the first time in history that we've had a South Asian president and vice president, so we're part of this community, but this is an affront to the student body.' Linh Nguyen, community de- velopment program manager for the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, told the students that the administration had discussed the incident and wanted to support the student groups with whatever action they take. "We want to dialogue and part- ner with them to figure outa solu- Your Path Continues at Lehigh. 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