14 -he Mcigan Daily- MorayJuy6, .999 Smith: 'Coaches never even asked me what happened' SMITH Continued from Page 1. after returning from vacation, made the following statement through Madej: "It is our normal stance in any of these situations not to make any public com- ments regarding student athletes." Diane Smith said she is wary of the athletic department's practices. "I don't put any faith into what they.say," Smith said. "Their word is just something they just speak of at the time." As of Friday, Washtenaw County sher- iff's Lt. Brenda Sutton, who is assigned to the Kmart investigation, said Smith was not officially charged with any crime, adding that the investigation is still ongoing. On Thursday, Madej said the media was "convicting these kids," before the incident has even been investigated. Smith said she wants to make sure that nothing like this happens to anymore young players who work so hard only to get, "thrown to the dogs,' once they arrive at a "bottom line" school like Michigan' Robert Smith, Demetrius' father, with the help of the family's lawyer, is putting together information in hopes to ensure his wife's wishes. Robert Smith said his family will be coming to Ann Arbor in the coming weeks to pursue the matter. investigation concerning student athletes, Madej said individuals must consider the repercus- sions of their actions. "These players have to realize there is a responsibility to the program, their teammates, and themselves," Madej said. "You have to pray that this doesn't happen again. This gives our entire pro- gram a black eye' Players caught up in fraud uation and not to press charges - according to Lorencz - Cummings Continued from Page 13 should have received that same treat- ment. If the persons are not considered a "These types of mistakes are made danger to society, they are merely noti- public because of the spotlight that ath- fied that they must remain in contact letes are under," Madej said. "The social with he police during the investigation. problems are magnified because of the Considering the fact that Kmart elect- spotlight." ed to let the police initially handle the sit- Having dealt with previous problems The University of Michigan WHAT'S REC Department of Recreational Sports SPORTS INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM HAPPENING NTRAMURALS TENNIS GOLF 2-PERSON SGLS & DBLS TEAM SCRAMBL ENTRIES DUE: ENTRIES DUE: Thursday 7/8 IMSB Wednesday 7/21, IMSB ENTRY FEE- ENTRY FEE: $5 for Singles $20 per team $9 for Doubkes \ TOURNEY DATE: TOURNEY DATES- Friday 7/23 F, Sa & Su 7/9, 10 & 11 U of M Golf Course Palmer Courts PQWERBAR NOTE: The U of M FORMAT: Golf Course has a Double Elimination POWERBAR Sikeless Shoe policy. FALL TERM FALL TERM ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES Soccer Tennis Sgis & Dbl 3-on-3 Basketball ;. Cross Country Team Tennis Pre- Season FB Ice Hockey Wallyball Roller Hockey - Flag Football Ultimate Frisbee Golf Softball Broomball Track & Field Meet Wrestling Home Run Derby Pre-Season BB IM Sign-Ups Begin Start preparing for A Weds 9/8 @IMSB 1' Fall Term IM's the action continues! come on out! softball sand volleyball 3-on-3 basketball roller hockey at the elbel fields and courts tuesday, wednesday and thursday evenings 5:30 pm -11:30 pm. For Additional Information Contact: Intramural Sports Program, IMSB, 606 E. Hoover, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3717, (734)763-3562 http://wwrectsports.urich.edu Michigan football players have been implicated in an alleged embezzlement opera- tion surrounding this Kmart in Ypsilanti Township. Although a former Kmart employee has been arrested and released, no players have yet been charged. China, U.S. clash for World Cup Politics aside, women will play for title Saturday in Pasadena LOS ANGELES (AP) - Girls cheered and chanted, waved flags and balloons. And that was just a warmup for the hysteria that broke out yesterday as the U.S. soccer team arrived for the Women's World Cup final. The Americans take on China for the World Cup championship Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Brazil and Norway will meet for third place. The championship matchup takes on an additional facet, as political relations between the U.S. and China have been particularly tense in recent months. But politics were far from the minds of the ecstatic fans lining the terminal at Los Angeles International Airport yes- terday. Bemused passengers coming off the same flight from San Francisco were applauded as the impatient crowd at Los Angeles International Airport waited for- such stars as Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Michelle Akers to emerge. Once they did, the cheering and push- ing was incessant. Players and team personnel walked under an arch of yellow, red, green and white balloons and past a line of young girls barely restrained by black and gray rope. As a steel band played, girls wear- ing white World Cup T-shirts pressed yellow sunflowers into some players' hands and chanted "U-S-A,,U-S-A." Then the race was on. The players moved as a group through the United Airlines terminal toward the downstairs baggage claim. Girls dashed after them, bumping into startled travelers and TV camera crews in a mad scramble fo* autographs and photos. "Every day has been kind of a sur- prise at the level of support and notoriety this team is experiencing," U.S. coach Tony DiCicco said. "This was awe- some." The girls, excitedly comparing auto- graphs on their T-shirts, rushed outside for more close-up looks of their favorite players. The U.S. team finally escaped the chaos by boarding its charter bus. DiCicco signed autographs for t youngsters and smiled at the whirlwin around him. "I've never felt like Ricky Martin, but I felt like coach of a very, very success- ful team," DiCicco said. "A team that's won the hearts of America and a team that hopefully, will win the World Cup." REACTION Continued from Page 16 Siegel anticipate also don't bother them. nor do they believe they reflect the ovserall feeling of the community. Sterns *PRINTING * LOW EST PRI CES! HIGHEST QUALITY! ® FASTEST SERVICE! * 1002 PONTIAC TR. * 994-1367 * g m said that the same people who will boy- cott "American Pie" and picket it at the- aters showing the movie are the same people who "do something drastic like at the Marlin Manson concerts" Siegel agreed about the people who complain about the movie and com- mented "they'll still think their kids don't do it." Pantlind agreed and said "We're proud of Adam, (even though) we might not like the over play of sex" in the mov ie. Even though the community might or might not support Herz, Sterns said anticipation for and controversy about "American Pie" have faded as the school year has progress. But the notion that "American Pie" is based on EGR has not disappeared. Sterns said that people in EGR are treating the movie as if it was set in East, and added people who see them- selves reflected in the characters in "American Pie" "want to be an intricate part of the movie being good." After screening "American Pie" last night, Traidman said that he "could asso- ciate (a lot in the film) specifically wit East." Even though he didn't think tha any of the character in the movie were based on real people, Traidman noted that the school in the film and East High look "identical,' and murals in the film and the hotdog shop DogYearsbear strik- ing similarities to local landmarks. But East graduate and Michigan State University sophomore Steve Kendall, who saw an adsanced screening in East Lansing in April said he didn't see many similarities between East and the com- munity in "American Pie," adding t* the film reflects "the general high school experience." Kendall said some people in East were "searching, wanting there to be similarities" once they found out that Herz wrote the screenplay. Whether or not people see East in "American Pie" remains to be seen, as the film opens on Friday. And even if it opens to protests and anger in W Michigan, neither the protests or the fil' is likely to change the behavior of high school students anywhere.