athe r~oflt: Mostly cloudy, low n the lower 20s. omorrow: Mostly cloudy, igh in the mid 30s. It I UnV C - A InD II One hundred five years of editorialfreedom Wednesday November 29, 1995 r , i I Ticket s( y Jodi Cohen aily Staff Reporter There was more than one upset Sat- rday when the Wolverines crushed the uckeyes. At least 40 fans from Ohio were dis- ppointed twice during their stay in nn Arbor. Not only did Ohio State ose the possibility of traveling to Pasa- ena when it lost 31-23, but these fans ere not able to watch the game., The fans had purchased counterfeit ickets, but did not realize they had een duped until arriving at the sta- ium. am leaves Buckeye fans without seats , " E \. , "There were at least 40," said DPS spokeswoman Elizabeth Hall. "But 40 is a conservative number." 'About an hour before the noon kick- off, a group of fans approached their seats, preparing to watch one of the most crucial games of the season. But, as they got closer, they found that other fans held tickets with the same seat number. And only two people can occupy Section 36, Row 69, Seats I1 and 12 - especially if the seats are not in the student section. As the crowd in the section grew, police were notified of the problem and the disappointed fans were asked to leave the stadium. "When you've got several people try- ing to sit in the same seat, it becomes apparent that some of the tickets are counterfeit," Hall said. The seemingly flawless tickets even passed by the hands of ticket-takers. Police said the counterfeit tickets' border and lettering were grayish- black, the same color as the authentic tickets. "They were good quality tickets," Hall said. "It appears they were done on a laser printer." She also said all the confiscated counterfeit tickets were rep- licas of the two seats. "The lesson here is 'buyer beware,"'" said Associate Vice President for Uni- versity Relations Lisa Baker. "If you want to be absolutely certain you're buying official University of Michigan tickets, you should buy them from the University of Michigan." Hall said there have been minorticket problems in the past, but nothing of this magnitude in recent history. The incident is still under investiga- tion, and there are no suspects. The ticket scam was not the only unusual incident at Saturday's victory game. During halftime, Matthew Swank, a former Eastern Michigan University student and football player.streaked from one end zoneA to the other. cou > were least 40 nterfeit tickets sold for the He ran across the field, his body painted in maize and blue, as part of a dare from his friends. Indecent exposure and be- - ing on the field without per- mission are both misde- meanors punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $100 fine. Michigan-Ohio State game Saturday. All the tickets had one of two seat numbers - Section 36, Row 69, Seat 11 or 12. The disappointed fans had to leave the stadium. RE Denis Lee, director of the University's medical and biological illustration program, is working to duplicate a 10,000-year-old -skull, the oldest ever found in North America. After reproduction, the skull Is to be returned to Its original burial site. JOE WESTRATE/Daily y Laura Nelson aily Staff Reporter University Prof. Denis Lee is trying to put a 10,000-year-old puzzle back together, recast- ing the remains of the oldest human skull ever found in North America. To the scientific community, the recent un- arthing is an important discovery, bot many Native Americans feel that the dig constituted grave robbery, and the skull should be reburied. Lee, director ofthe University's medical and biological illustration program, is working with the Dow Corning Corp. to resolve the conflict by making reproductions of the skull and re- turning the original to its burial site. Native Americans "want the remains put back in the earth," Lee said. "The government . has to do it." By making replicas of the bones, he said, "the Indians get all their remains back, but they can :.. be studied and appreciated." The 10,000-year-old Paleo-Indian skull was exhumed near Austin, Texas, by archeologists from Texas A&M University. Anticipating that Native American groups might demand that the find be reburied, Dow Corning commis- sioned Lee to make eight replicas of the skull using a new, soft silicon rubber mold. 4CASTING HISTORY Clinton works on deal to gain funds for Bosnia action The Washington Post WASHINGTON - President Clinton offered yesterday to sign a bill he thinks spends $7 billion too much on defense if Congress agrees to later allocate some of the money for domestic programs and some to pay for sending U.S. peacekeeping troops to Bosnia, administration officials said. Republican leaders had no immediate public response last night to Clinton's proposed bargain, which had been hinted at earlier by administration officials. But the offer itself was one of numerous signs that Clinton and some congressional leaders were working to avoid a political and constitutional showdown over Balkans policy. One day after Clinton appealed to the nation for support in a televised Oval Office address, even some senators, opposed to committing about 20,000 troops to Bosnia to enforce a peace agreement, were predicting he would succeed in the Senate in passing a resolution authorizing the mission. In the House, opposition remained much stronger. Yet even many House members eager to halt the Bosnia mission acknowledged sullenly that, as commander in chief, Clinton has the upper hand. They believe Clinton will send in troops regardless of what they say - leaving them the choice of voting their conscience or appearing not to support troops on the ground. "When our troops are put on the ground over there, I'm going to support them 100 percent because they're young Ameri cans who are fighting for what the Presi- dent thinks should be done," said Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.), chairman of the House International Relations subcom- Clinton mittee on the western hemisphere. "I think they shouldn't have been sent there in the first place, but he's hellbent to do it, so we're going to have to support him." It's been apparent for days that for Clinton the question on Bosnia is not whether to send the troops but how, and in particular how to pay. In meetings yesterday with Republi- cans, he and Chief of Staff Leon Panetta outlined a plan to tie funding to passage of the $243-billion defense appro- priations bill now awaiting presidential action. The offer was on the table in negotiations that also involved a number of domestic spending bills. Enactment of the defense bill, deeply coveted by Repub- licans and many Democrats, once looked unlikely, since Clinton has said it spends $7 billion more than is needed. But with Clinton trying to line up support for Bosnia, vetoing the measure became more problematic, both for political and practical reasons. Once defense appropriations become law, Clinton has wide latitude to juggle funds in a way that would allow him to pay for the Bosnia mission. But in the absence of a signed appropriations measure, he loses that latitude. On the other hand, the administration was counting heavily on savings from military procurement programs it says are unneeded to pay for education and other domestic initiatives Clinton favors. Clinton proposed this way out of the fix: He would sign the appropriations bill, with an understanding from Con- gress that both sides would later negotiate cuts to pay for Bosnia and for some $2 billion or so in domestic programs he wants. In return, Republicans would get some of the increased spending they want. Russia to join in Bosnia deployment The Washington Post BRUSSELS - Russia backed away from its demand for substan- tial control of a Bosnian peace force and agreed yesterday to a compromise arrangement that re- moves the last obstacle to a joint deployment of NATO and Rus- sian combat troops. The deal, clinched in talks be- tween Defense Secretary William Perry and Russian Defense Minis- ter Pavel Grachev, establishes a "consultative committee" of the 16 NATO members plus Russia, through which Moscow can air its views on the Bosnian operation. But control of the deployment will remain exclusively in the hands of the North Atlantic Coun- cil, NATO's top policy-making body. Perry proclaimed this a "truly historic day for NATO," in part because "we came to a new under- standing on a NATO-Russian re- lationship." Grachev agreed it was "a successful day" and declared that "we have laid the groundwork for this new system of European security." The agreement adds to the mo- mentum behind the imminent de- ployment of some 60,000 troops to separate the warring parties in Bosnia and enforce a peace treaty initialed last week in Ohio. A senior NATO general, talking to reporters on condition of ano- nymity, said a staff of logisti- cians and communications spe- cialists likely will begin filtering into Bosnia and Croatia next week although deployment of "the bulk of the force" will take 60 to 90 days. Moscow and Washington two weeks ago announced a compro- mise agreement that would per- mit Russian combat troops to par- ticipate in a Bosnian peace force while claiming to be indepen- dent of direct NATO command, a touchy political issue in Rus- sia. plicate 10,000-year-old skull "My specialty is molding, casting, prosthetics ..and forensic reconstruction. - Denis Lee University professor This material is stronger and more flexible than previous mold materials, vastly improv- ing the quality of reproductions without dam- aging the fragile specimens, Lee said. It is important for Native Americans "to know noth- ing has been destroyed making the reproduc- tions," he added. The process will continue to be important in the years to come, as Native Americans de- mand that more of the remains currently resid- ing in museums be reburied. "Sooner or later," Lee said, "(Native Ameri- cans) will insist that the bones be put back," increasing the demand for accurate replicas of the remains. In addition to the eight replicas ofthe crushed skull, Lee also made a plaster reproduction, from which he will rebuild the skull's original shape. Using tissue depth analysis, the face will be reconstructed, providing "a pretty good idea what the person looked like." Scientists already know that the skull be- longed to a 22-year-old Mongoloid female, but they do not know whether it was crushed before or after burial. Dow Corning chose the University as the first place to use this new material because of Lee's experience. "My specialty is molding, casting, prosthetics ... and forensic reconstruc- tion," he said. The School of Art and Architecture will keep reconstructed model and one of the skull repli- cas. Of the seven other skull replicas, the An- thropology Museum will receive one, Texas A&M will have three and Dow Corning will keep three. Dow Corning will be creating a video of Lee working with the skull to teach others how to use this new silicon rubber to replicate delicate remains. Lee said that they want to "ensure through education" that the process is done correctly so "things won't be destroyed." U B o on By Amy Kh Daily Staff R Faculty crack atpin ties and gc president. series ofni to gather c ard to be gin forums Finding the Next President The following is a schedule of forum times and locations. Call 936-2255 for more information and to sign up for forums. Speakers are asked to limit their remarks to three minutes and written comments are encouraged.. Clinton signs bil to end federal speed limit presidential search ein before final exams and after winter break eporter to accommodate student schedules, and students will get first Machen said. Vice President for Stu- npointing the necessary quali- dent Affairs Maureen A. Hartford and oals for the next University Michigan Student Assembly President On Monday, the first of a Flint Wainess will co-moderate the stu- ne public forums will be held dent forums. ommunity input on the up- George Brewer, chair of the Senate Mon., Dec. 4 Thur., Dec. 14 Wed., Jan. 10, Wed., Jan. 17 Thur., Jan. 18 Time 2:30-4:30 p.m. 6-8 p.m. 10 a. m.-noon 2-4,pp m. 5-7 p.m. 5-7 p.m. 10 a.m - noon Location Rackham Amphitheatre Michigan Union Alumni Center Michigan League TBA- Grand Rapids or Western Michigan TBA- Metro Detroit U-M Flint Audience faculty students, alumni staff open open faculty, WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton signed a $6-billion road bill yesterday that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit that has been in place since 1974 and gives states the power to set their own, starting in 10 days. But Clinton made clear that he had serious misgivings about the measure, double our efforts to protect those who travel on the nation's highways." He instructed the Transportation Depart- ment to develop'an action plan to pro- mote highway safety. Overall, Clinton signed the measure because he believes it will strengthen the nation's transportation system, pro- I i