Wednesday, May 10, 1995 - The Michigan Daily -3 U.S. files motion against dismissal of Baker case I t 1 l i l i I t he house at 1617 Washtenaw, which was once home to Tau Gamma Nu, will become a coop in Septeml Co-op council prepares to buy closed Tau Gamma Nu house By Christina Rieske but if you are looking at the reality of it is "If we have 30 people living in the For the Daily that it is an old house that needed work," house the revenue created will cover the A piece of University history will Stevens said. expenses. We have put enough of our disappear this summer, as the Inter-Co- ICC intends to purchase the house own equity into the building that the rev- operative Council prepares to purchase for $400,000, and plans to spend ap- enue we generate from the new occu- the first house specifically designed for a proximately $100,000 on renovations. In pants will cover the cost," Jones said. fraternity. order to make a profit from the new co- The acquisition of 1617 Washtenaw In an April referendum, ICC voted to op, ICC plans to reorganize existing will open ICC housing to 30 new stu- purchase the Tau Gamma Nu house on space and build additional rooms. The dents with 11 singles, eight doubles and ashtenaw Avenue. ICC is scheduled to building will also receive a new roof. one triple. The ICC owns 19 houses rchase the house in June. "What we would like to do is to across campus. Tau Gamma Nu fraternity was splice some of the larger rooms into "We should not have trouble filling forced to sell the house because of in- singles. We are primarily looking at the the house. The spaces in the co-ops have creasing financial problems in recent downstairs and basement to create more been filling faster every year," Jones years. rooms," said Jim Jones, ICC executive said. "Two years ago we had fifty members director. "Our goal is to provide more ICC will meet with the planning and only six signed on to live in the house. privacy in all cases. We are trying to commission on May 16 to decide Most were planning to live away from the have less density on the upper floors and whether the occupancy will be increased house and just use it as a social setting," more single rooms." from 24 people to 30 people. If the occu- said Norm Stevens, the president of the Purchase of the house will not cause pancy is expanded, the new ICC house O au Gamma Nu Grand Council. an increase in ICC charges for members. will open in September. The fraternity tried to make it manda- tory that some members live in the house, but the attempt failed. Tao Gamma Nu recently made major renova- tions on the house, but without a fully oc- cupied house they were unable to pay off their loans or mortgage. "The emotional ties are really strong, Newsletters Newsletters Newsletters Newsletters Big savings on newsletters for alclubs, businesses, and Soranizations. " N ALL MICHIGAN T-SHIRTS, fr SWEATSHIRTS, AND COTTON HATS. 304 S. State Street - 4 doors South of Liberty * 998-3480 Open Monday Through Friday 9 AM-y PM, 69 Satl 10-, Sun l-6 By Matt Smart Daily Staff Reporter The U.S. Attorney's Office filed a mo- tion to keep their case against suspended University student Jake Baker alive last Friday, reaffirming the government's stance that Baker remains a threat. The motion was aresponse to a defense motion for dismissal earlier in the week. Baker has been charged with five counts of transmitting threats through interstate commerce to injure and kidnap another person. He faces up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines for each of the five charges. The charges focus on e-mail corre- spondence Baker had with an Ontario man identified as Arthur Gonda. In the messages, Baker and Gonda discussed the possibility of kidnapping, torturing and raping young women. Baker's attorney Douglas Mullkoff said he filed the motion for dismissal "based on the fact that the government's offered proofs did not rise to the level of the Federal Threat Statute." He said the law states a threat must carry the "immi- nent prospect of execution." "They are claiming the content of those messages violates the Threat Stat- ute," Mullkoff said. "We don't believe they have a strong enough case for them to even have a trial." The U.S. Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment. Mullkoff said the next step was to wait for Federal Judge Avern Cohn's de- cisions on the motions. Baker received widespread attention after the University suspended himin Janu- ary, when administration was notified of several sexually explicit stories he posted on the Internet. One of the stories included the name of a University student. The FBI ar- rested Baker in Ann Arbor at the office of his former attorney David Cahill on Feb. 9. He was in- ><: dicted by a Wayne County grand jury early the next week on one federal Baker charge of trans- mitting a threat to injure or kidnap a per- son in interstate or foreign commerce. The charge stemmed from Baker's post- ing to the alt.sex.stories newsgroup on the Internet and from e-mail correspondence Baker had with Gonda. Two federal judges denied Baker bail on Feb. 10, finding him too dangerous for society and a threat to the female stu- dent named in one of his Internet stories. Baker spent over a month in Milan Federal Prison before being released on a $10,000 bond. He is currently living in Boardman, Ohio with his mother while awaiting trial. He is restricted from enter- ing Ann Arbor except to see his attor- ney, and is not allowed to upload any in- formation to the Internet. Gonda is named as codefendant in three counts. Achieve Your Maximum MCAT Score! 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