Summer Weekly www.michigandally.com nJbe idyiuadlg One hundred eleven years of editoril freedom Monday June 3, 2002 IRWIN Affirmatively speaking BAMN hosts third Jnatwnal conference By Hiba GhalIb '$ Daily Staff Reporter man, the next University presi- dent, talks about leaving Iowa and what she wants to achieve in Ann Arbor. Page 8 OP/ED The Daily lays out plans for newly elected president Mary Sue Coleman to follow after she takes office Aug. 1. Page 4 ARTS Sum of All Fears," based on the Tom Clancy novel and star- ring Ben Affleck and Morgan Free- man, receives three stars. Page 10 S.NPRT DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily SNRE junior Rob Campau (left) yells his belief that "affirmative action is reverse discrimination and racism" as a BAMN demonstrator tries to reach inside his vehicle to honk his horn on State Street in front of the LSA Building Friday. 0* *a Salaries brought to By Karen Schwartz more transparent. Daily News Editor The study, compiled by the+ on the Economic Status of tl A study recently released by the Coin- includes summary informati mittee on the Economic Status of the Fac- salaries and faculty makeup att ulty shows the variability in University sity. salaries from one discipline to another as "We thought it was important well as indicating a gender wage gap - these various things in respo information intended to raise questions and salary guidelines that had beenc make the salary system at the University and see how salary guidelines Palestinians ask 'U' to investigate financial support of companies A crowd of over 600 people from cities around the nation kicked off their weekends Friday afternoon outside the Michi- gan League to rally in support of the "new civil rights move- ment." The demonstration was one of the main events of the Third National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement held this weekend, organized by members of the University's chapter of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary. Among other objectives, the conference was designed to unite leaders in the movement to defend affirmative action and integration and to express their agreement with the recent 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upholds the University Law School's policy regarding the use of race as a factor in admissions. Because members of BAMN wish to replicate the outcome of last month's 6th Circuit decision in the Supreme Court, the conference also aimed to organize a rally that would be held in Washington, D.C. if the US. Supreme Court decides to hear an appeal of the decision. They also hope to collect at least 1 mil- lion signatures in defense of the University's race-conscious admissions policies by the time of the hearing. BAMN organizer and Education junior Agnes Aleobua said the conference covered the basics of the movement - how to See BAMN, Page 2 light in study Committee he Faculty, ion on the the Univer- t to look at nse to the constructed were being followed and how optimal and equitable university salaries were," said Fred Askari, study committee chair and professor of internal medicine. "The most important thing is just that the study has been done and that people are look- ing to see if salary guidelines are being fol- lowed and there is data available - that we have a more transparent salary system at the See SALARY, Page 2 I hires Rich Mal- oney to be the nest baseball coach after Michigan's 21- 32 season. Page 13 P ONLINE Former basket- ball booster Ed Martin pleaded guilty to conspir- acy and agreed to fully cooper- ate with federal officials Tuesday. p CONTACTS NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 7640557 By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily News Editor Asking the University to take an action its only taken twice in the past 20 years, members of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee said last week that the Uni- versity should divest all investments with companies who supply military equipment to Israel. The ADC claims these weapons are being used by the Israeli army to commit human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. "We just want to stress the point that if you look at the past few weeks, over 8,500 Palestinians have been arbitrarily arrested and taken from their homes. There's absolutely no movement between villages, the economy is being stran- gled," University ADC President Fadi Kiblawi said, adding that the ADC is "not anti-Israel, we're anti-occupation." Kiblawi said the University has investments in companies like Boeing, General Dynamic and General Electric, which he said aid the Israeli army. He also said it is University pol- icy to investigate investments with which a proportion of the campus has "ethical and moral concerns." "While we do understand that no financial portfolio can ever be completely moral or ethical, depending on the narra- tive point of view, there are policies in place that ensure that a certain degree of moral responsibility is taken," Kiblawi said in a written statement. "We are simply asking the Uni- versity to comply with these policies and create a commis- sion to investigate our ties to Israel's illegal occupation." He added that he only hopes the University Board of Regents acts appropriately when making the decision, saying the ADC "cannot control the regents with the remote control." The University has only twice before divested from its See PALESTINIANS, Page 7 I I I