mw 2- Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Fab Five advances to Final Four (tht fichigan DAMl 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com JOSEPH LICHTERMAN ZACHARY YANCER Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 lichterman@michigandaily.com zyancer@michigandaily.com 20 years ago this week (March 30,1992): The 1992 men's basketball team, more commonly known as the Fab Five, defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes in over- time to advance to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Both Jimmy King and Jalen Rose, members of the Fab Five, said that while they were happy with the Wolverines' advance- ment to the Final Four, they weren't fully satisfied yet. "Right now, there's a feeling of happiness, but not satisfaction because our goals are beyond that right now," Rose said, according to The Michigan Daily. The Wolverines proceeded to reach the NCAA National Cham- pionship, but fell to the Duke Blue Devils 71-51. 40 years ago this week (March 30, 1972): The Univer- sity's Board of Regents rejected two drafts of a plan designed to create African-American Cul- tural Living units in two campus residence hall for the following year, the Daily reported. The board cited a fear of seg- regation as well as legal barri- ers as reasons for disapproval of the plan, leaving 400 students who expressed interest in such communities disappointed. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People opposed the plan, according to the Daily. "We are opposed to the estab- lishment of what amounts to sep- arate living facilities for blacks," an NAACP official told the Daily. 60 years ago this week (March 28, 1952): The East Quadrangle Council rejected the plan to house both women and men in the East Quad Residence Hall, shifting co-ed housing to the South Quad Residence Hall instead, the Daily reported. East Quad President Earl Aldon cited the plan's negative effects on "the solidarity and tradition" already established in the all-male dormitory, the Daily reported. South Quad president Al War- shawsky held similar sentiments regarding the plan to shift women into his dormitory. - ZENA DAVE Newsroom 734-418-4115opt.3 Corrections corrections@michigandaily.com Arts Section arts@michigandaily.com Sports Section sports@michigandaily.com Display Sales display@michigandaily.com Online Sales onlineadsH~nichigandaily.com News Tips newsomichigandaily.com Letters tothe Editor tothedaily@michigandaily.com Editorial Page opinion@michigandaily.com Photography Section photo@michigandaily.com Classified Sales classifiedgmichigandaily.com finance finance@michigandail y.cani FILE PHOTO/Daly Guard Jimmy King goes up for a slam dunk in Michi- gan's 71-51 win over Ohio State in the 1992 Elite Eight. CRIME NOTES CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Where to go? WHERE: Michigan Sta- dium WHEN: Saturday around 4 p.m. WHAT: Two directional signs were reportedly sto- len from the stadium con- course, University Police reported. The signs are thought to have been stolen Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. There are no suspects. Wire transfer WHERE: Medical Inn WHEN: Friday around 8 p.m. WHAT: Two-cartons of wire were stolen, University Police reported. The wire was taken from a secured room which is used by a contractor between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Just give me a Education film sign screening WHERE: West Quad Resi- WHAT: The Baha'i Club is dence Hall screening "Education Under WHEN: Sunday at 12:50 Fire," a documentary about p.m. Iranians of the Bahai faith WHAT: A student stoleone who are denied the right to of the building's exit signs an education. at about3:30 a.m. Sunday, WHO: University Library University Police reported. WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. The student has been iden- WHERE: Hatcher Gradu- tified. ate Libraryrrm 100 r Bench burglary WHERE: 2500 Block of Stone Road WHEN: Sunday at about 4:05 p.m. WHAT: A female said her laptop computer was sto- len from abus stop bench, University Police reported. The subject said she saw an unknown man grab the computer and flee. a i aY, IVV lI Comedy performance WHAT: Comedian Jeff Dwoskin will perform. Some proceeds will ben- efit the YAD Social Action Fund. Advance tickets cost $17 and will cost $25 at the door. Appe- tizers will be served. WHO: Hillel WHEN: Tonight at 7 p.m. WHERE: Ann Arbor Com- edy Showcase CORRECTIONS " An article in the March 26 edition of The Michigan Daily ("15th annual DMUMraises over $500,000') incor- rectly stated the funding provided to North Star Reach. The $500,000 dollars will be given to the camp over the course of the next five years. It also incorrectly stated that Dance Marathon was previously held in the Sports Coliseum. It's always been held at the Indoor Track Building. " Please report any error inthe Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. Scientists recently dis- covered that popcorn, which has a reputation for being one of the healthi- est snacks, is especially healthy because it contains more antioxidents than fruits and vegetables, the Science Daily reported. Amid the end-of-the- season roster chang- es for the Michigan hockey team, senior forward David Wohlberg has signed a contract with an AHL team in Albany, N.Y. >> FOR MORE, SEE SPORTS, PAGE8 New York city educa- tors banned the use of certain words, such as dinosaur and Halloween, on the city's standardized tests, Fox News reported. Officials said the banned words might negatively affect students' emotions. EDITORIAL STAFF Josh Healy Managing Editor jaheay@michigandaily.com Bethanlyliron Managies Em ditor birangmihigandaily.com SEONWS EDITa neyGlatthorn,HaleyGoldbergaa Goldaa i y. 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One copy is available free of charge to all readers. Additional copies may be picked up at the Daily's office for $2.Subscriptions for fall term, starting in SeptemberviaU.S.malare$110.lWinter term (January through April)is $115, yearlong (September through April) is $195. University affliates are subject to a reduced subscription rate. On-campus subscriptions for fallterm are$3s. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Supreme Court begins to hear health care case Justices remain unconvinced law's penalties can be classified as a tax WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court plunged into debate yesterday on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system, starting with point- ed questions about a legal issue that could derail the case. A decision is expected by late June, in the midst of a presiden- tial election campaign in which all of President Barack Obama's Republican challengers oppose the law and promise its repeal if the high court hasn't struck it down in the meantime. With demonstrators chanting outside, eight of the nine justices fired two dozen questions in less than halfhour yesterday morning at Washington attorney Robert Long. He had been appointed by the justices to argue that the case has been brought prematurely because a law bars tax disputes from being heard in the courts before the taxes have been paid. Under the new law, taxpay- ers who don't purchase health insurance will have to report that omission on tax returns for 2014 and will pay a penalty along with federal income tax. At issue is whether that penalty is a tax. Some of the justices reacted skeptically to the idea that the penalties encapsulated in the Patient Protection and Afford- able Care Act were actually a tax. "What is the parade of hor- ribles?" asked Justice Sonia Soto- mayor, if the court decides that penalties are not a tax and the health care case goes forward? Long suggested it could encour- age more challenges to the long- standing system in which the general rule is that taxpayers must pay a disputed tax before they can go to court. Outside the court building, about 100 supporters of the law walked in a circle holding signs that read, "Protect my health- care," and chanting, "Care for you, care for me, care for every family." A half-dozen opponents shouted, "We love the Constitu- tion!" A four-person student band from Howard University was part of the group favoring the law, playing' New Orleans-style jazz tunes. The law, much of which has still to take effect, would require almost all Americans to obtain. health insurance and would extend coverage to more than 30 million people who now lack it. The law would be the largest expansion in the nation's social safety net in more than four decades. People hoping for a glimpse of the action had waited in line all weekend for the relatively few seats open to the public. The jus- tices allotted the case six hours of argument time, the most since the mid-1960s. Nurses Lauri Lineweaver and Laura Brennaman, who are com- pleting doctoral degrees, had been waiting since noon Sunday and got tickets to see arguments. "It's an honor to be in the court," said Lineweaver, 35. The court will release audio recordings of the arguments on the same day they take .place. The first time that happened was when the court heard argument in the Bush v. Gore case that set- tIed the 2000 presidential elec- tion. The last occasion was the argument in the Citizens United case that wound up freeing busi- nesses from longstanding limits on political spending. Outside groups filed a record 136 briefs on various aspects of the court case. The first arguments yesterday concern whether the challenge is premature under a 19th century tax law because the insurance requirement doesn't kick in until 2014 and people who remain uninsured wouldn't have to pay a penalty until they file their 2014 income taxes in early 2015. Taking this way out of the case would relieve the justices of ren- deringa decision in political high season, just months before the presidential election. The biggest issue before the court is today's argument over the constitutionality of the indi- vidual insurance requirement. The states and the National Federation of Independent Busi- ness say Congress lacked author- ity under the Constitution for its unprecedented step of forc- ing Americans to buy insurance whether they want it or not. The administration argues Congress has ample authority to do what it did. If its action was rare, it is only because Congress was dealing with a problem that has stymied Democratic and Republican administrations for many decades: How to get adequate health care to as many people as possible, and at a rea- sonable cost. The justices also will take up whether the rest of the law can remain in place if the insurance mandate falls and, separately, whether Congress lacked the power to expand the Medicaid program to cover 15 million low- income people who currently earn too much to qualify. If upheld, the law will force dramatic changes in the way insurance companies do busi- ness, including forbidding them from denying coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions and limiting how much they can charge older people. The law envisions that insur- ers will be able to accommodate older and sicker people without facing financial ruin because of its most disputed element, the requirement that Americans have insurance or paya penalty. By 2019, about 95 percent of the country will have health insurance if the law is allowed to take full effect, the Congressio- nal Budget Office estimates. U.S. President Barack Obama, left, chats with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. bama to Russia: More fexibilityafter elections. Comment picked up by microphone gives political opponents fuel SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - President Barack Obama told Russia's leader yesterday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assess- ment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing. Obama's Republican oppo- nents pounced on the comment, saying the president has a hid- den agenda that could include concessions to the Russians if he is re-elected this fall. "This is my last election," Obama is heard telling outgoing Russian President Dmitry Med- vedev. "After my election, I have more flexibility." Medvedev replied in Eng- lish, according to a tape by ABC News: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir," an apparent ref- erence to incoming President Vladmir Putin. Obama and Medvedev did not intend for their comments, made during a meetingin Seoul, South Korea, to be made public. Once they were, the White House said Obama's words reflected the reality that domes- tic political concerns in both the U.S. and Russia this year would make it difficult to fully address their long-standing differences over the contentious issue of missile defense. Obama, should he win re-election, would not have to face voters again. "Since 2012 is an election year in both countries, with an elec- tion and leadership transition in Russia and an election in the United States, it is clearly not a year in which we are going to achieve a breakthrough," White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said. Obama's candid remarks yesterday illustrated the politi- cal constraints that hem in any president who is running for re-election and dealing with a congressional chamber - in this case, the House - controlled by the rival party. Republicans have fought Obama fiercely on health care, taxes and other issues. They are eager to deny him any political victories in a season in which they feel the White House is within reach, although Obama's remarks sug- gested he feels good about his re-election prospects. Even if Obama was confiding a political reality in a supposedly private moment, the comments- gave the GOP new openings to question his sincerity and long- range plans. Mitt Romney, the leading Republican contender to face Obama this fall, told a San Diego audience the unguarded com- ments were "an alarming and troubling development." "This is no time for our presi- dent to be pulling his punches with the American people, and not telling us what he's intend- ing to do with regards to our missile defense system, with regards to our military might and with regards to our commit- ment to Israel," Romney said. I 4 A