4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday. June 28, 1999 Edited and managed by Eiix Az IIFNB.AL'\ NICK VO0MER stdntVt.h Editor in Chiof Editorial Page Editor University of Michigan x May ar Sre t r r r i orror r<< o itri! ihr ii 1ir rrh :k120 Or t," vk,.k.3,;=irrr L" =:"? ' rI ' ' lIO C +~r 1N' .al /a r/y, w1'' ii':"'4Parh_.rr ,:?orNrr h'A; x :r r..,o _ r.,. ..''ymifx... I_ to Ji r . 0 to1 devlo pl t ii t ie 1 Hil rr , , lans ti rt J Ii Srr Incroratd obinehrenovar - oty u m fthemosr importan loets nth nvriystr y th icell tur hoarcertaet toacxelptplotfr Hel r a, n t - Fh P .', u '=" ° ry s5 yak '" ' ' +3 '' fir, "L S:, t: a_ _ ti . . . , . , . ,. ,, s ° dte ..ccpo one of theIrlot impoirtant iir-i cl discoveries of the twecniecth cc itinry. Rackiham continues to seirve as a 1l1ce wxhere many of the world's Ificest intcllIc tuals continue to comre and speak. Soinc of" the century's most influential cultural shapets, from Eleanor Roosevelt, to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Bob Dylan to I 0 1 01 0 r of.i tle iii l ll0a00 au- r n 011 m iiieooigco ab uoiiliii'; n. co f lc el aiic soron teiidt iblur-inrox ir those cof oriher ochoolo.I opec ily alter seein cx e- cral tistitutions, many stuclertis'most lucid memcoies are of campus architecture. Vshen various institutions are comparedt, arcititecture can serve as a guide anda reminder of an institution's othe'r details. l 11 Iii 1ttie o l o ie a t trt o. i t.i y atifIo d l ai o tt it t "i t_ I> the re oo t ll itt ls ' Ioitit 1 0 A 'oM zat d l itt s i asIl at iler . bute I h lit; iii ii dipoabe 'ux r.e tsr.i rio t suchi crssimplsIto.Ascoiald ipi ca l bridge t ween Ithe p1 st oidrriileic tili 1-1111 O tnt1oil 11 1dstherii'ckaBina re uckmepicampaiyshctleititad lbgthers regeints. Toning doi Clinton, Senate should Thie Utnited States' trotoriouioly cxpcn- sive aind unrsuccessfuil war oin drugs has drawni its lair shrare of criticisim siince its inception duinig thre Reagair era. Tire drulgxxar-Ihas sex ei dl racist implicaiohns - police lri ?ti irorir les-a nodsenreit-i Ig uroI'_:i Jcire so t rn,;- uo r s c ;'O .fitii- j ana. 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Tirere were ito allegations that the iranragemtet Nn the war Irrespni support seizure reform Regulating obscenity Itad failed to imrpleimett"securtytv re t ni August 1,aMtcltigant la'w soill ho sctres"dicltted by law-enfrfscemtent of~l- utile to stietchlfr iactosstlhe couintry cis.--- if Gov. JohntEngrc and certainr state WXt~ith agrowoinrg itumber ott cases inr legislatoro havec the itr a1.Ire lawwhliclh wohichr people guilty of ito crimte raxe lhrod xxwas sponotredcc by Sen. iBevecily their assets seized, tlre I'iso ittakers adloptredi lamitrstottom (P A ciltcanrce C ii-ke il ItI hat touilcid cii 10)O rltel to koing55lt r iittii" cibs cetie ,irtit11 tr~x' it 'lea 'td01110 '~f 1 Ioi'r~e' mi'norshover 'th'e 1'..I ri~l I y lI ltof n 'ly n~ Ito lc 0 1 stbcc 10 10 ottoveyr.s -1 roobIAl)f1I Ar~~~~~~~~~~~~ rilltt prr'l.It. hir'hric ..l r. ti ' ~ 1 x ~.i i51s 111/ ' :.Icit 'I:in:i I'_~ i l 'S irici? ort ' 1 virr . . I i I ntx 'It' )b ,bc 0 r ii l i l e t C 1 IA r1 i ci CliIc lI J for. ki t ril Attrts'po),ver had. been frighotenm- seb site for iartists. Te ibasis cit the sntit is iiftly attd substantially increaed over te tat the laxw violartes thte U. S. pltdecade; broadetred to thre point thalt Ctonstitultiont'sC'omomrerce Clause -thte federal anrd state authtorities htave the powxer law woould requite aninldividual itn anotht- to seize houses, cars, cashr and otirer mrajor er state wioth a Inernet site to puibiislh assets-- all before obtaitintg criiminal coir'- Itccordintg to MVIP.1tigatr standards., victiolts. Ittexitable abuses of power lead to ttn face, thec laws tily s ent appropri- tlte r iggesled legislation to reiritpose limrits ate, but atsxvit all atctto pto to legislatte Oil selioros. coirtenmt (ilth ie Internet, it is fraugiht soith I Cleatrly, Conogress ovas imore iinterested peril atnd sets a lootrible. precedlent for rteincmangtrosmndepilydug asgefsmlrlwsnohrsae. trai- iektnc.thtaln cixvil liberties issues whliet ITIe law is a clear altenpt otr the palrt of'1 the wa0lsr ss first rtdoitted 1in e 19O70s. gov erntment to legislate mtotrality.atndi does I Ie rt s t d 011ci iilierlies ---twhat mitt acktoxo lehdge the tigitt of ntf lix idnals cOir Oo Iyx 1 olt il cir back into attdpa'clr tobooies a liy01 tit I C ia ssie'0itwroi0ng thait threy ttt c o .he lir o' in tO ohr.It tlol 'Ill-ili 1 r ill Ill _I f.0place. tpe of moatr ltol it fllthlr.' is Lasal x ligad eewary itin t s&the . i It ll yllo t b .r. ..00111 m seizui r1'fpoiblic pidperiy'arellt examptlle ly le:gally diet ted, t thie anl~Illtt'i~ of knee-jerk, hypet'-aetnsitive legislation couldi poteintiahly ho used to huort others- t tat sietoitred frotm the wair ott drugs. s01c1 as bomob-mtaking instructiotns. t Takitng somnie's dir because authorities Even worse, tire laov could potentially N beliexe tire pcrsoin imay be dealing drugs is intake it illegal fur airyonto omrake avail-c trot a soluition. able information widely regarded as toed-c M U lility Online 9 is counterproductive icabby ot culturally valid. Otnltire ditscus- sionts or postintgs regardingtbirtih cotntrdol or sexullly tranttsied diseases, or litera- tre alconthclitncs of Tmec caurn andOii f/in f/na'or esven tire Bitble itnld be tbecoicri llegalbtlawos. Incr1e'ing coulturaml divit iy Soei e 4 .;.-'~ 0~o leardto litO1 '1 i'1110t1f{ ciut ei it: 1 oelIt is taive to ei:tlthat, bec -s i l~lhy legils1100InS sefuoinl 1 o 'n i l " tts xxere to Iilic/lihe al ho' 1oi m eli tdc o s old utoicitldly ak rtlre i l 1net iard 1101y colsolte legilImti~neC ote pros dci o'to belle thrat puiblisingir a site 010 thte Itntermnet 1s simplyn01ot mrth tire Irisk. The oipeno atnd deirocratic ntunre oif tine Imnterntielrelies oil tire free flowosf0 ilfot- toation betweeninitdividuals. E ven if otne aceplts tine precarious argumenm thoat obscenity is har mfdul, it woudld hoe very clif- ficdult to prove thratthe potential harmts of ovoiwng such mtaterial outweigh thtose of reguiatitng the Itntertnet's cointet i cope- cially wsith the advcint of softwsare am* olhine services eimpowveritng paretnts to prev entthibeir children from viewxitng sch matter i. Slioce thoe middiie of ltne id9) 9isthrere hoaxe beem n matoy aletps onrthne panrrf 110awmkers 1 to tirtttoconitetIoinIthe lilidrlet antollev have 'nlloitriun inte samte ltrocros tht alsways arisesoh lanti- oboce iity laoss. At best, tine limoe betoweent thoe obseeoamnd threinoin-obscemmis0 x dO loin, atdd itnto the eqduatidion a poplmation wvitho ofteir coinflictinog values anodthre diestructive fuitility of rcguiatling coirtent on tire Internet becomes readiiy obvious.