One hundred twelve years ofeditorialfreedom Summer Weekly www michigandaiIy. com Monday August 11, 2003 , g "4 ° ; . c h <. ., . . . , .. ... ":, a , ,..mom w,. o -, xwu . ,w. xw nxa....,.,v..wo-x > NEWS Law School alum Dan Hadar, who is leaving Ann Arbor, hosted more than a thou- sand students at his Shabbat din- ners. Page 3 OP/ED Columnist John Honkala says goodbye to the Daily but not without getting in a few last jabs. Page 4 ARTS Pop-punks the All-American Rejects discuss MTV, their new found fame and life on the road. Page 11 SPORTS Thirteen-year old-Jordan Niemann, of Canton, searches for of his friends in the ponds of subdivision off Waters Road. Urban sprawl is sending new subdivisions and neighborhoods into previously rural areas. Annt Arbor City Mayor John Heiftje has proposed a plan he believes will, save the city's exterior points from sprawl. (SETH LOWER/Daily) By Andrew McCormack lic services are more efficient with a socie- Daily News Editor "ThiS will just make it so ty that lives in tighter quarters, she said. "Modern cities have to be more densely In an effort to curb continuing concern the city can purchase land populated to provide a more efficient use of over urban sprawl, Mayor John Heiftje that needs to be protected" services," she said. "This will just make it recently proposed the institution of a spe- so the city can purchase land that needs to cial millage on property in Ann Arbor. The - City councilwoman Wendy Ann Woods be protected." Binge of computer hackings creates fear By SoojungChang Daily News Editor An anonymous Rackham student is more careful now when using public computers and keeps close track of her e-mail account. She said the cause of her new precautions is former Rackham stu- dent Ning Ma, who allegedly hacked into the e-mail accounts and personal network spaces of more than 60 Univer- sity students and professors. Ma, who was arrested and arraigned two weeks ago, has been charged by Attorney General Mike Cox on 23 counts involving eavesdropping and unauthorized access to computers. Department of Public Safety spokes- woman Diane Brown said last Friday that Ma was arraigned on additional charges of resisting and obstructing a police officer on the day of his arrest. She said Ma is still in jail as he has not posted the $100,000 he needs for bail. DPS would not confirm specific charges or Ma's victims because of the ongoing investigation. James Hilton, associate provost for academic, information and instruc- tional technology affairs at the Uni- versity, said Ma used a keystroke tracking program to hack into e-mail accounts and access personal network storage areas. The technology can detect every word typed, every mouse click, every e-mail sent, etc. and can be purchased by anyone who wants to monitor their personal computer, or in Ma's case, public computers. The student said Information and Technology Central Services told her Ma had hacked into her account. "I know that some of the important e- mails like job interviews or these e-mails just disappeared," she said. She said Ma, a fellow financial engi- neering major whom she had considered Se UACUE Paoe 9 f it money raised from the fee, an expected $30 million, would be used to buy up develop- ment rights and property around Ann Arbor, establishing a 30 mile "greenbelt" of non-development. "As I go around and talk to people as we all do when campaigning, ... urban sprawl is what people identify as one of the top concerns," said Ann Arbor City Councilwoman Wendy Ann Woods (D- Ward 5). "People see it as an environ- mental problem." Woods added that initiatives like Hieft- je's are what will eventually solve Ann Arbor's parking and traffic problems. Pub- But there is some dissent on the city council. Concerns have been voiced over the possible rise in cost of real estate and the possibility of having more densely pop- ulated housing in the future. Councilwoman Marcia Higgins (R-Ward 4) said she isn't bothered by the idea of a See LAND USE, Page 2 Can I have your autograph? pleaded not guilty to felo- nious assault. The junior faces up to four years in prison. Page 14 ONLINE Check our web- site, www.michi- gandaily.com, for breaking cov- erage of campus news. Mao composer talks about opera s success By Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporter University prof. and composer Bright Sheng set out to tell the compelling story of a woman he had never met, a woman who nev- ertheless had an impact on the way his life turned out. It is a story of love, sex, lust, betrayal, power and deceit, and it is sold out until the end of its run in the middle of August, making it the best selling opera for the Santa Fe Opera this season. "It's a surprise, a nice surprise. I didn't expect that," he said. "You can't expect that to happen." "Madam Mao," a full-length opera written by Sheng, has found a great deal of success since its premier at the Santa Fe Opera July 26. Though writing the opera took just over a year from start to fin- ish, Sheng said the story has been in the works much longer. He had been working through the story and various problems with how to represent it since an earlier trip to Moscow, where he had the idea for the opera the day Madame Mao died. "It just came out, just flew out from my mind," he said. "She lived a life of 77 years - to reduce that into two hours of entertainment wasn't easy," he said. "You have to find a dramatic and compelling storyline." Sheng said he thinks people are attracted to his show because of See OPERA, Page 3 CONTACTS NEWS: 76-DAILY Centerback Marlin Jackson signs a hat fo CLASSIFIED: of Saline, at Saturday's annual Michigan 764-0557 TONY DING/Daily or 8-year-old Christina Bromley, Football Media Day event.