a Page 2--Thursday, December 9, 1982-The Michigan Daily sPorn peddlers turn to computers ,)WASHINGTON (UPI)- Child pornographers are increasingly turning to such tools of technology as home computers and video recorders in a bid to make their business more sophisticated, an FBI expert said yesterday. of But the machines can be used against them by police trained to look for the right evidence, super- Visory special agent Kenneth Lanning told a con- flerence on child pornography. "Many of these child pornographers are com- pulsive recordkeepers," Lanning said. "Modern technology catches up with a personality trait- they see a home computer and say, 'What a bonan- za!' L "THEY DON'T throw anything away. If you're aware of it and know what to look for, there's a good possibility you'll find the evidence." Lanning, who works in the behavioral science unit at the FBI academy in Quantico, Va., said he first heard of a pedophile using a home computer to keep files a few years ago. He said several more have tur- ned up since. Lanning said he recently urged a local police of- ficer to check on a home computer owned by a school teacher suspect and, sure enough, the evidence tur- ned up. MANY pornographers keep extensive files of their "collections," listing picture sizes and locations and cross-references to photo albums, he said. Child pornographers, eager to brag about their ex- ploits, often form networks with their fellows to trade information and pictures, he said. Some use cassette tapes or citizen band radios to communicate, experts say. THE HIGH-TECH equipment is often used by white-collar and professional people involved in child pornography, Lanning said. He and other experts agreed the stereotype of the "dirty old man in the wrinkled raincoat" is far from true. A study of 52 child pornography rings in the Boston area found 32 in which the offender was in a position of authority over the children-sometimes a parent, but also youth directors, sports officials or camp counselors, said Ann Burgess, associate director of nursing research at Boston City Hospital. Experts at the conference, sponsored by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, said child pornography is in the spotlight both because it is a growing problem and because activity is being wat- ched more closely by police and others. Shoemaker-Kusko I Testing Preparation Services 'U' Near Eastern professor dies s Prof. Ernest Abdel-Massih, director since 1980 of the University's Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies, died Monday at the age of 54. A faculty member since 1968, Abdel- Massih specialized in teaching Arabic as a foreign language. He did seminal work in Morrocan Arabic and Berber, as well as Egyptian Arabic. Recently, he was studying Pan-Arabic language in an effort to reconcile its literary and verbal forms. Born in Gisa, Egypt, Abdel-Massih earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in English from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, in 1951 and 1958. He was awarded master's and doctoral degrees in linguistics by this university in 1965 and 1968, respectively. Among numerous language textbooks authored by Abdel-Massih is "Language and Culture of a Berber Tribe" (1971). As an educator, he also received recognition in the form of the 1974 Ruth M. Sinclair Award for ex-' cellence in academic counseling. Abdel-Massih was a member of the Linguistic Society of America and the' Middle Eastern Association of America. He also was a member of the board of deans at St. Mark's Coptic Or-' thodox Church, and in charge of church education in Southeastern Michigan, as well as an honorary member of the Cop- tic cultural center of Venice, Italy. "Dr. Abdel-Massih established a firm reputation as an extremely effective teacher of Arabic without peer in his field," according to Prof. Ernest Mc- Carus, of the University's department of Near Eastern studies. "He had the remarkable ability to inspirethis students to perform beyond their capacity, in the process earning their affection and loyalty." Abdel-Massih is survived by his wife Cecile and three daughters, Nagwa, Hala, and Mary. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributionsrmay be made to St. Mark's Coptic Church. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION for Jan. 29-GMAT Feb 19-LSAT Call today for details on early preparation Don't Hesitate 800-345-3033 'U' hails new center for study of brain diseases Cooley Writing Awards Committee Department of Humanities College of Engineering Is Pleased to Announce THE 1982-83 COOLEY WRITING CONTEST (Continued from Page 1) fund its'initial research. Most of that money-a five-year grant of more than $7.8 million-came from a division of the National Institutes of Health, and it is the largest single grant the Univer- sity's medical school ever has received. The Kresge Foundation, the Univer- sity, and various private foundations provided more than $3 million in ad- ditional funds, according to the center's director, Dr. John Keyes. THE MAIN thrust of the research at the center will be to gain a better un- derstanding of the brain and to diagnose more accurately its diseases, according to the researchers. "Most of our projects will be to invest- igate (brain) diseases"such as strokes, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Hun- tington's disease, Gilman said. "We For further information, entry forms, and contest regulations, see the "Cooley Writing Contest Description" available in the Humanities Department Office, 2032 East Engineering. J { been found yet. The PET scanner differs from the older CAT (Computed Axial Tomography) scanner because the CAT scanner only produces images of the body's internal parts, and cannot show those parts at work. SOME OF the PET scanner's poten- tial has already beeen realized, accor- ding to Gilman. He said that at UCLA researchers have made striking discoveries about the concentration of certain basic chemicals in the brains of patients suffering from epilepsy before, during and after seizures. Beierwaltes, the head of the research team, said the device will help describe "biochemical defects causing psychological diseases such as depression." He said the device is so much more sensitive to the workings of the brain, researchers are hopeful that they can detect hereditary diseases such as Hun- tington's disease in children. Nor- mally, symptoms for Huntington's disease do not surface until the carrier is an adult. The PET center took about 100 people three years and $6.5 million to build. It will be dedicated tomorrow beginning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility in the Kresge Science Research Building at 10 a.m. Keyes said the facility could be used for patient diagnosis now, but the thrust of the center's activity will be in research. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports State offficials won't get raises LANSING- The State Officers Compensation Commission, agreeing with the Legislature's current and future leaders, voted yesterday to freeze pay for lawmakers and the governor next year. The ruling, which also affects Michigan Supreme Court justices and the lieutenant governor, left unanswered the question of 1984 which will be ad- dressed next week. It marked the second straight time the panel has opted to freeze pay in at least the first year of a two-year period. Senate Republican leader Robert VanderLaan said there is "no way in good conscience" lawmakers should be receiving a pay hike next year in view of Michigan's economic and fiscal straits. "The amount of dollars is not great but the symbolism is great," he said. Storms cause deaths, flooding A foot of snow pasted the Rockies yesterday, leaving two dead in a helicop- ter crash in Colorado and a plane missing in snow and fog. Meanwhile, floods that have chased more than 35,000 people from their homes in the Mississippi Valley gushed into new territory while receding waters left entire towns a muddy mess with cars and debris piled against houses and trees. Torrentialrrains late last week caused flooding that has left at least 20 dead and four missing in Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, with preliminary damage estimates topping half a billion dollars. Winds gusting to hurricane force yesterday knocked out the power to 143,000 households in Southern California and blew cars off icy Interstate 80 in Utah. A blast of Arctic air plunged temperatures below zero across much of Montana, North Dakota and northern Minnesota and below freezing across most of the other northern states from New England to the Pacific North- west. Freezing drizzle glazed broad areas from eastern New Mexico to north- west Illinois. Roads "like a sheet of ice" in the Oklahoma Panhandle caused many accidents. New drug may cure sickle cell BOSTON- An experimental drug will reverse the major cause of sickle cell anemia, an important killer of black Americans, by turning on genes that have been dormant since birth, a study shows. The treatment is believed to be science's first successful attempt to con- trol the output of specific genes in humans. One expert said it opens a promising new approach to treating disease. "It significantly reduced the tendency of sickled cells to form," said Dr. Arthur Nienhuis, one of the researchers. "There was an increase in the number of normal cells." The drug, called 5-azacytidine, has also been extensively tested as a possible cancer medicine, but it is not yet on the market. The researchers said much more study of its long-term effects is needed before it could be routinely prescribed for sickle cell anemia or other blood diseases. The scientists used the drug in adults to activate the genes that ordinarily oversee the production of hemoglobin before birth. The treatment was tested by doctors from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., and a report on the work was published in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Israelis, Lebanese battle near Beirut; war rages in Tripoli BEIRUT, Lebanon- Israeli and Lebanese troops clashed yesterday in their first firefight since the June invasion. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and one Israeli was wounded in the 15-minute gun battle near the Lebanese Defense Ministry in the Beirut suburb of Yarze. Police, meanwhile, reported nine people were killed and 24 were wounded in the continuing fighting in Tripoli between militias of the Sunni and Alawite Moslem sects. The Arab Bank and several other buildings were reported set on fire as the pro-Syrian Alawites battled Palestinian-backed Sunnis for dominance of Lebanon's second largest city, 50 miles north of Beirut. The Lebanese government radio also reported that Israeli troops ringed the southern port city of Sidon and made a house-to-house search after a nearby Israeli patrol was reported ambushed before dawn. But the Israeli military press center near Beirut said it had no reports of any searches or unusual activity in the Israeli-occupied city 25 miles south of Beirut. Full Senate to vote on gas tax WASHINGTON- The Senate Finance Committee, without so much as a whimper of objection, tentatively approved yesterday a nickel-a-gallon in- crease in the federal gasoline tax to finance a multibillion dollar program of highway and mass transit improvement. The full House approved the increase in the tax, currently four cents a gallon, 262-143, early Tuesday. GOP Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee has predicted the Senate will follow suit later this week, although opponents are threatening a filibuster in a bid to defeat it. The tax would raise an estimated $5.5 billion a year, money that suppor- ters say would create 170,000 jobs in the construction industry at a time when national unemployment stands at a 40-year high. About $4.4 billion would go to highway and bridge work, while the remain- der would be earmarked for mass transit construction. The Reagan administration, which supports the gasoline-tax bill, says the tax increase would cost the average motorist about $30 a year. Vol. XCIII, No. 75 Thursday, December 9, 1982 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters), $14 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $7.50 in Ann Arbor, $ by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY. 420 Maynard Street, Ann Ar- bor, MI. 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syn- dicate and Field Enterprises Newspaper Syndicate. 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