Wednesday, May 8, 1996 - The Michigan Daily - 3 Matlock pleads not guilty at arraignment 0 Date set for OAMI director's criminal trial for resisting arrest By Sam T. Dudek Daily Staff Reponer John Matlock, director of the Office of Academic and Multicultural Initiatives, pled not guilty April 23 to charges of resisting arrest and assault and battery. Now he must wait. Jury selection in his criminal trial is scheduled to begin July 12. But the looming court date is not slowing down the OAMI director. Matlock is currently representing the University at a conference in Albuquerque, N.M., and is also busy directing OAMI's preparations for fall term. Matlock's supervisor and vice provost of Academic and Multicultural Affairs Lester Monts said the entire department is busy preparing for incoming students. "(Matlock) has continued to serve as director of OAMI and he has done an excellent job," Monts said. Associate Vice President for University Relations Lisa Baker said the University continues to value Matlock and his services. "He continues to serve the University just as he always has," Baker said. The charges against Matlock stem from a Feb. 17 incident at the Central Campus Recreation Building. Scheduled to officiate a charity basket- ball contest, he entered the CCRB through an exit door. Upon entering, Matlock and officers from the University's Department of Public Safety were allegedly involved in a shoving match that resulted in the OAMI director's arrest. Matlock was not originally charged pending a Michigan State Police inves- tigation. The state police concluded DPS officers acted properly, and Matlock was subsequently charged. On the lookout for lasersM Designers examine a machine that generates an intense laser pulse at the University's Center for Ultrafast Optical Science Friday. The center opened an $800,000 new research wing last week to test biomedical applications. Hundreds participate in annual naked mile run New web site increases political activism By Erena Baybik Daily Staff Reporter Cold weather didn't deter hundreds students from running in the annual aked Mile through campus on the last day of classes. The Naked Mile is a ten-year-old tra- dition started by the University's crew team to celebrate the end of the winter term. "It's definitely something you have to do your senior year," said LSA senior and runner Drew Dullen. This year's race began at 11:15 p.m. 9th the crew team leading the way. The runners started at the intersection of South University and Washtenaw streets and ended at the Cube in Regents' Plaza. "I think if you run it later there's harassment, but we (running earlier) got stuck in the front with all the cam- eras," said crew member and SNRE sophomore Carrie Brecht. On-duty Ann Arbor Police Lieutenant Don Leach said many peo- do not realize the danger of the race. "There are a lot of people here that have been drinking and the traffic in the street is dangerous for the crowds of people;" Leach said. Running naked in the streets is illegal and violators are subject to 90 days in prison or a $500 fine. Leach said police officers are less worried about indecent exposure and more concerned about safety issues during the race. "There's not much we can do about this; we just don't want people hit by cars," Leach said. As a precautionary measure, both the University's Department of Public Safety and the Ann Arbor police pro- vided extra supervision of the area sur- rounding the runners' path. The risks, however, did not worry this year's participants. "I'm doing itjust to do it-flaunting certain social conventions, said gradu- ate music student Ron Sweedlund. Some of the observers did not approve of the race. "I'm not embarrassed of my body, but I would just not want to run; it seems demeaning," said LSA sopho- more Mindy Cook. By Nathan Huebner For the Daily Thousands of activists showed their support for U.S.-Israeli relations last week by going to Washington and visit- ing a new web site introduced by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. On April 30, more than one thousand activists, including University students, went to Washington to show support for U.S.-Israeli relations. This was the 37th year that the Annual Policy Conference, sponsored by AIPAC, was held. This year, AIPAC decided to break new ground by taking their conference online. By visiting AIPAC's web site at http://www.aipac.org, supporters all over the world could learn about the issues that were important to this year's conference. By clicking on their respec- tive-states on a U.S. map, supporters can obtain the e-mail addresses of their local members of Congress. 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