…One hundred twelve years ofeditonafreedom Summer Weekly wwwmichigandaily.comn Monday July 7, 2003 Vo ~iN.&3 n ror Ihga 20 Te c'gnD~ 1 T NEWS Avoiding the ACE question PW^^^'" "' M"e Top of the Park summer festival. Page 3 OP/ED Columnist Jason Pesick critici- sizes the Repub- lican Party for causing disillu- sionment. Page 5 ARTS Nu philm "Spell- bound" ex pozes teh darc under- bealy oof Amre- cian Spelinig Bes wtih humer and witt. Pag...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 7, 2003INE Dingeli students, members communityrally for AmeriC By Karn Schwt Daily Staff Reporter U.S. Representative John Dingell (D- Dearborn) addressed more than 50 stu- usitis ,Au commuiy nemners. .Wll dents and community members Wednesday afternoon at a rally calling for the restoration of funds to Ameri- Corps, which is facing budget cuts of 57 percentnationwide. For the state of - Michigan, the cu...…
…XT.rrtj 7,c" The Michigan fDailv, - Mondtav. JuIy7.9f2003 -3 1 IN t 1H.- W IN I IIG Ivilk !ball valiy - IwuIiuay, Busy , e-vvo - 0 CRIMAE Ann Arbor says goodbye to Top of the Park Caller hears loud fireworks in area, files police report A caller on Northwood Street report- ed last Friday to hearing loud fireworks in the area, according to the Department of Public Safety. But the caller was unable to make out who was setting off the fire...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 7, 2003 able Aftlild-tt at 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA Editor in Chief JASON PESICK Editorial Page Editor 4 Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinio...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday. July 7, 2003 - 5 ... .... ... ..... ,...J .. .....1! ..... ........ .. VIEWPOINT Examining the Iraq debate Republican Party betrays America JASON PESICK ONE SMALL VOICE Dur invasion was co war. Ev course counci Security whelmi theme wasn't t figure case for radical lated. T choice an educ sion. W stand, it real rea present naysaye cy theo cabal of WM was the war. Po had som a manif many in did bel axis. B ...…
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…8 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 7, 2003 NEWS RACE QUESTION Continued from Page 1 According to a recent article in The Washington Post, more than 2,000 applicants to George Washington Uni- versity left the question blank last year, a 45 percent jump from two years ago. The Post also cited data from the College of William and Mary, where almost 20 percent of applicants left the question blank, and the University of Maryland, where 1,500 ...…
…ate 1mdhigtn ilq ART S MONDAY JULY 7, 2003 www.michigandaily.com 'Spellbound' simply spellbinding SCOTT By Joel Hoard Daily Arts Editor SERILLA I can still vividly remember studying for my elementary school spelling bees, scrupulously poring over a black and yellow booklet full of long and complicated words, words that I would never, could never and should never use. Although I never accomplished nearly as much on the spelling bee circui...…
…10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 7, 2003 Free Wilco gig worth every cent i By Scott Serilla Daily Arts Editor CONCERT REVIEW There's smoke pouring off barbe- ques all along West Grand Blvd., rising up against Detroit's aging skyscrapers in a vaguely post-apocalyptic, "Blade Runner" sort-of way. An inadvertently creepy reminder of '67 to stupid subur- banite eyes. But the streets are full of life once more as a steady stream of people cr...…
…eRiTanaiIy SPORTS www.michigandaily.com MONDAY JULY 7, 2003 ,11 i Fox signs deal with Chi'cago By Josh Holman Daily Sporta Editor When the Chicago Cubs came call- ing, it proved too much for former Michigan catcher Jake Fox to turn down. Fox decided to forego his senior year as a Wolverine and signed a con- tract with the Cubs on June 28. "It was a relief because it was a long process and kind of strenuous," Fox said. "We finally got it se...…
…12 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 7, 2003 NHL DRAF Continued from Page 11 Take the hometown Pistons. Have you ever seen Darko Milicic play before, besides those grainly European scouting videos that look like the Zapruder film? And now that the Pis- tons have him, they think that one offseason will get him ready for an American style of hoops not seen on the playgrounds of Saraje- vo. Wouldn't it make sense to have him play a season in t...…
…One hundred twelve years ofeditorialfreedom Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Monday June 30, 2003 - - - I ---- - - NEWS Court strikes down state sodomy laws By Rahwa H. Ghebr-Ab demean their existence or control their des- Gay rights advocates immediately lauded "Most people see this case as a case purely Daily Staff Reporter tiny by making their private sexual conduct the decision while religious and political about homosexuality, but...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday. June 30. 2003 T1 NEWE s .. -.. . -. ..J . -) ... . I.... MCDONALD Continued from Page 1. This target "is going to be quite easy" to attain because under the points system, admissions officers were instructed to give varying amounts of points to applicants based on the difficulty of their class sched- ule or their involvement in leadership and extracurricular activities, he said. "If you look at the list of...…
…- -- - -- - '7' %k 7 -N EW S The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 30, 2003 - 3 [AA will expand lawsuits rainst file sharing users Every Tuesday since Sept. 11, the weekly Peace Vigil meets to express their views regarding the war, with the invasion of Afganistan and a peaceful resolution. SODOMY Continued from Page 1 "People are going to do exactly what they want to do, regardless of set rules and especially if they've been doing it all along"...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 30, 2003 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA JASON PESICK letters@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor MEUEDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorals reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the manorty of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect the opinion of The Michigan Daily. ...…
…TMw A:..M:w...., n..:1.. i_. t .. ...__ nn nnnn r The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 3t, 2003 - 5 I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Court made right decision regarding affirmative action TO THE DAILY: Racism has been America's most grievous national sin since our country's inception. No amount of affirmative action programs will ever begin to make up for the evil done over the centuries to persons of African descent. "Survival of the fittest" conserv...…
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…8- The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 30, 2003 WIENERMOBILE Continued from Page 1 Hotdogger Advisor John Fagen, who was once a Hot- dogger himself, said that Oscar Mayer by no means hires exclusively college students. Fagen said while a background in journalism or communi- cations is preferred, the main quality they look for in appli- -ants is an outgoing personality that can handle the rigors of 24 hours a day, seven days a week public expos...…
…www.michigandaily.com X ,R T S MONDAY9 JUNE 30, 2003 9 Inside the 'Greenlight' special I eat babies. By Zach Mabee DailyArts Writer Exposure to lethal quantities of gamma radiation doesn't corrupt; it just accentuates what waa present all along. Well, at least that's what stoical geneti- cist Bruce Banner (Eric Bana, "Black Hawk Down") has you think in Ang Lee's interpretation of the comic book classic 'The Incredible Hulk." .Banner leads a...…
…10 MONDAY JUNE 30, 2003 A www.michigandaily.com sportsdesk@umich.edu FORTUNATE SON Drew Taylor wants to move out of his famous father's shadow By Josh Holman Daily Sports Editor 4 At first glance, things just don't seem like they've fallen into place for Drew Taylor. Three weeks after calling Michi- gan's baseball team "the best team in the Big Ten," Taylor watched the Wolverines make an early exit from the conference tournament. A shot ...…
…The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 30, 2003-11 TAYLOR Continued from Page 10 close to a Canadian baseball superstar as you can ask for. "He's definitely a big player in Canadian baseball," Taylor said. "He's in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and he has a bunch of accolades over his career. It's impressive." It's a tough path to follow for a son, but his father's accomplish- ments on the field aren't the most important thing for Drew to mea...…
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…Tuesday f r 4 a ~ i ©2003 The Michigan Daily bAi Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIV, No. 142 One hundred twelve years of editoralfreedom www.michgandaly.com Supreme Court upholds a irmative action, rects point s By Jeremy Berkowitz The two judgments, which gave the Univer- and Tomislav Ladika sity guidelines for how race can be used in its Daily StaffReporters admissions systems, were the culmination of the six-year legal battle between the Unive...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 THE UNIVERSITY REACTS Heanng decision, emotional Coleman proclaims victory By Jennifer Misthal higher learning to use the Law School's Daily News Editor admissions as a "road map" to model their "It's very emotional. It's future policies. importa~ent for all of higher WASHINGTON - Rushing into the Searching for words to best describe the t fo a g cafeteria of the Supreme Court, communi- wave ...…
…3 - The Minhionn nails - TIIaCriov Nina 7d Onnl - ivuuan fvary -I ueUay, JuneZ',UlTHE DECISION s FALLOUT Changes on the way for schools across nation Legal hurdles remain for affirmative action By Jordan Schrader Daily News Editor The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University only a partial victory yes- terday, but many other colleges had more to celebrate. A university's ability to consider the race of an applicant, until yesterday, had d...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 OP/ED 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA LOUIE MEIZLISH Editors in Chief JASON PESICK Editorial Page Editor NOTABLE QUOTABLE The University of Michigan Law School's mystical critical mass' justification for its discrimination by race challenges even the most gullible mi...…
… OP/ED The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 --5 'U' STUDENTS WEIGH IN Court, civil rights movement not born yesterday AUBREY HENRETTY NEURzTICA The triumph of the smug ZAC PESKOWITZ THE LoWER FREQUENCIES The civil rights movement is not new. The civil rights movement did not begin yesterday. The "'new' civil rights move- ment" did not begin yes- terday. QED. The student activists' de rigueur Diag rally cel- ebrating yesterday's U.S...…
…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL CIR claims win over preferences By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter WASHINGTON - Jennifer Gratz cried when she heard yesterday morn- ing that the Supreme Court struck down the University of Michigan undergraduate admissions system which had rejected her in 1995. "I am very glad that I took a stance for what I believed in," Gratz said yesterday afternoon. "The Uni- vers...…
… ANALYSES The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 24, 2003 - 7 SUM OF DECISIONS GREATER THAN THEIR PARTS It's official: Universities may use race as a factor in admissions - they just may have to hire more admissions officials to do it. That is the consensus of the two majority opinions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday morning in the cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v Bollinger. In the opinions, written by Justice San- dra Day...…
…8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL dmissions Lawsuits 101 : t i y . ; THE HISTORY Laws, rulings reflect race's role in society By C. Price Jones Daily News Editor Since the first mention of "affirmative action" in March 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the issue of using race in admissions has taken many twists and turns on the road towards the state it is now in. Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ad...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003--9 l Following are the opinions released by the U.S. 2 Supreme Court yesterday concerning the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions policies. The decisions are printed in their entirety, beginning with syllabuses, or summaries, of the decisions prepared by the court's reporter of decisions. GRATZ E TAL. v. BOLLINGER E TAL. Syllabus Petitioners Gratz and Hama...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-10 Justice Powell found objectionable in Bakke on the grounds that LSA applicants are not competing for different groups of seats. See 122 F. Supp. 2d, at 828-829. The court also dismissed petitioners' assertion that the LSA's current system is nothing more than a means by which to achieve racial balanc- ing. See id., at 831. The court explained that the LSA does not seek to ac...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -11 Process" filed by the parties in the District Court. App. to Pet. for Cert. 108a-t17a. 7. In 1995, counselors used four such tables for different groups of applicants: (1) nMstate, nonminority applicants; (2) out-of- pfate, non-minority applicants; (3) in-state, minority applicants; and (4) out-of-state, minority applicants. In 1996, only two tables were used, one for in-st...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 12 and 1996 respectively. See Brief for respondents 5, n. 7. Accordingly, we have .before us only that portion of the District "Courtis judgment that upheld Michigan's -sew freshman admissions policy. 4 II Both Hamacher and Gratz, of course, -Nave standing to seek damages as compen- Sation for the alleged wrongful denial of .their respective applications under Michi- gan's ol...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -13 2. For that matter, as the Court suggests, narrow tailoring challenges against the two policies could well have different out- comes. Ante, at 18. The record on the deci- sionm swing process for transfer applicants is understandably thin, given that petition- e. never raised a narrow tailoring chal- ,lenge against it. Most importantly, however, the transfer policy does not...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-14 "insulat[e] each category of applicants with information available in the file, including the Law School's use of race in the admis- body was not compelling because "the have suffered." Id., at 310. Third, Justice certain desired qualifications from compe- a personal statement, letters of recommen- sions process. Dennis Shields, Director of attainment of a racially diverse clas...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003- 15 suffered an injury that falls squarely within the language and spirit of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection." 515 U. S., at 229-230. But That observation "says noth- ing about the/ultimate validity of any par- ticular law that determination is the job of the court tpplying strict scrutiny." Id., at 230. W4n race-based action is necessary to furher a compellin...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -16 Sidoti, 466 U. S. 429, 432 (1984). Accord- ingly, race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time. This requirement reflects that racial classifications, however compelling their goals, are potentially so dangerous that they may be employed no more broadly than the interest demands. Enshrining a permanent justification for racial preferences would offend this fun...…
… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -17 dents Bollinger et al. 33-36. In other words, the Law School seeks to improve marginally the education it offers without sacrificing too much of its exclusivity and elite status.'; The proffered interest that the majority vindicates today, then, is not simply "diver- sity." Iyistead the Court upholds the use of raciaf discrimination as a tool to advance the, aw School's int...…
…- ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL who, despite a lower LSAT score or under- graduate grade point average, will succeed in the study of law. The Law School seeks oly a facade-it is sufficient that the class looks right, even if it does nlot perform right. The Law School tantalizes unprepared students with the promise of a University of Michigan degree and all of the opportuni- ties that it offers. These overmatched stu- dents take the bait, only to find...…
…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -19 body. Id., at 5 (claiming that the Law supra, at 323). greater magnitude of 2.2%, from the high tution must ensure, through sufficient pro- School has enrolled "critical mass," or But the correlation between the percent- of 15.6% in 1995 to the low of 13.4% in cedures, that each applicant receives indi- "enough minority students to provide age of the Law School's pool of appli...…
…# STUDENT REACTIONS- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 20 . . .Madelina Young, Car- },__. j tolina Saenz and Patricia Dyer of Stu- dents Sup- porting Affirmative Action cele- brate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday during a rally on the Diag. SETH LOWER/Daily CONSERVATIVES CLAIM VICTORY IN STRIKING DOWN QUOTAS By James Koivunen And Samantha Woll Daily StaffReporters Although celebrations by pro-affirmative action student ...…
…OJbe £irbfig reail 0 tt e hundred twele years of editorial freedom Summer Weekly www.michigandaily.com Monday June 16, 2003 ming BL NEWS Upco ruhn The Daily exam- im n ( ines the way in which the Mich - gan Student I U S M 4 Assembly allo- cates funding to student groups. By Tomilslavlaka Page 3 Daily StaffReporter 'ming B L s to esses idget constraints close woodsbop Left: Student Woodshop .' Manager Kurt Vosburgh (left) leads a discuss...…
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 16, 2003 NEWS I Prof. prepares to leave 'U' to follow husband to New York A construction worker walks through Hill Auditorium located on North University, last Friday. The renovations in the auditorium are scheduled to be completed in January. By Sarah Reaume For the Daily Having completed her final lec- ture at the University, psychology Prof. Ann Merriwether will be missed as she heads for the east ...…
…I 1I7C The Michigan Daily - Monday. June 16. 2003 - 3 N L vvco -.j-,-- I SWOODSHOP Continued from Page 1 pay, said he understood the decision to close the woodshop. He added that he had not been surprised by the announcement, since talk of closing the woodshop has been circulating "for years." "The closing of the woodshop is something that has been talked about for years and years and years. When funds have been plentiful, it's easy to f...…
…4 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 16, 2003 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA JASON PESICK O ro ~ im~t. ~letters@michigandaily.com Editor in Chief Editorial Page Editor U~fl NMI~flITIUTI~lalifEDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE Unless otherwise noted, unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN the majority of the Daily's editorial board. All other pieces do not SINCE 1890 necessarily reflect...…
…LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 16, 2003 - 5 Dangerously simple times AYMAR JEAN No RHYME, JUST REASON Canadian drug legislation a mistake TO THE DAILY: Your article Canada Poised to Ease Drug Possession Laws (06/09/03) sent tidal waves of disap- proval through U.S. drug prevention groups and professional prevention and treatment experts. In fact, we are in the midst of planning a peaceful protest demonstration at the...…
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