S: 76-DAILY LASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwmichlgandaily.com EMMEMER Tu One hundred ten cears of editoril reedom May esday 29, 2001 AMNto conene C¢V ri (S Maria Sprow News Eitor Civil rights issues are poised to take a front seat his weekend as a group of affirmative action sup- orters prepares to lead what it calls a national stu- ent movement but what others define as a eft-wing extremist operation. Students from around the country are to arrive n campus for a leadership conference designed to ationalize localized civil rights efforts. The conference was put together by the Coali- ion to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration nd Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary fter the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rain- ow/PUSH Coalition, came to campus in March as art of a Day of Action rally and urged students to et involved in what he dubbed "another great noment." "Today, I challenge you to have a national con- ference on this campus, convene students from all round the nation - from Seattle to Texas to Flori- to Maine" Jackson said at the rally. "It should a national conference here to prepare for a jor logistical gathering," he later told reporters. While BAMN does expect Jackson to make See CONFERENCE, Page 2 [GONESHOPPINI Former Olga's site approved for rebuilding By Elizabeth Kassab Daily Nnws Editor The boarded-up, graffiti-covered former Olga's Kitchen at the corner of South State and Washington streets is slated to get a makeover and a new identity. A proposal for an eight-story retail and resi- dential building to replace the vacant one-story structure at 205 South State Street was approved Monday by the Ann Arbor City Council, 7-4. The proposal passed although the planning commission voted not to recommend the project. According to the proposal, the current build- ing will be leveled to make way for the new eight-story complex. The first floor will be used for retail, and the other seven floors will be divided into 42 apartments. Proponents of the plan said the development will help meet housing demands and add to the downtown environment. Critics argued the building's height will detract from the atmos- phere of State Street and dwarf other buildings in a corridor dominated by two- and three-story shops. Mayor Pro Tem Jean Carlburg (D-Ward III) said some local merchants and community members expressed concerns that the large building would disrupt the pedestrian feeling of State Street. Carlburg said she was also skeptical at the developer's insistence that the building needed to be eight stories tall. See BUILDING, Page 10 NISA100RABCHI/Da y Shoppers peruse the selection of plants at the Kerrytown Farmers Market. The market is open every Wednesday and Saturday during the spring and summer months. i i By Seth Klempner Administrators believe the less money from its reserve fund Daily Sports ditor income from donations and roy- to make up the difference. With slightly more than a month remaining in the 2001 fis- cal year, which effectively ends July 1, the University athletic department expects to have sur- passed revenue expectations. alties of University-licensed mer- chandise were the two key contributors to the increase in revenue, both of which will be larger than previously projected. The decreased deficit will mean the department will have to pull "Being on budget doesn't affect spending habits, but affects how much we have to pull from our reserves," said Jason Winters, executive associate athletic direc- tor and chief financial officer. See REVENUE, Page 10 ' A WALK THROUGH TI IE WOODS RC to perform wandering play By Karen Schwartz porate the Arb into the work of the actors. Daily Staff Reporter "It will be magical," Mendeloff said, "an will really bring together the beauty of Sha Those who choose to attend the Residential speare's language and the magic of the envir College's performance of William Shakespeare's ment. It's a journey and a magical walk in A Midsummer Nights Dream might not get the woods and a delightful experience where amount of relaxation expected at normal plays. feel involved in the lives of these charac Audience members of the play, set in Nichols while in this enchanted landscape" Arboretum, will be walking set-by-set through "This is a really unique opportunity," the woods in an attempt to experience the show drama senior Kathleen Nelson said. "The s in an environment tied to the play's setting. is set in a forest and you can't recreate a fore, Residential College drama lecturer Kate a theatre. There's no smells, no sun, no anim Mendeloff, the director of the show, said the goal Setting it in the Arb adds an element of rea of the production is not to put on a play in the you just can't achieve anywhere else" Arb merely for the sake of doing so, but to incor- See MIDSUMMER, Pa d it ake- ron- the you ters RC how st in sals. lism ge 7 Top: LSA junior Shoshana Glick, RC junior Andaiye Spencer and RC senior Corn Colbert rehearse their roles. Right: LSA junior Kathleen Nelson and former RC student Ian Lawler play star- crossed lovers Lysander and Hermia. NEWS GOT MONEY? as prices are expected to go down soon but are high enough to cause travelers to rethink their holiday destinations. Page 3 ARTS -SPORTS IT'S L C UST TI N A MISS With the end of Memorial Weekend, Transfer Spencer Brinton comes to the Summer Movie Season begins with "Pearl Michigan football team after serving a Harbor," "Shrek" and "Angel Eyes." Mormon mission in South Africa. Page 11 .- Page 8-9