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Adviser resolves housing issues IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press reports
(Continued from Page 1).
* So that both sides can "spout off steam" be-
4fre amediation session, Veramay said she tries
to talk with all parties concerned beforehand.
Many of the participants are extremely angry at
first but calm down by the actual session, she
said.
"Even though the actual mediation session is
tie last step in this office, people come in here
nervous," she said. "You have to establish an
atmosphere of trust so people say, 'Hey! This
can work!"'
The process "sets up the parties to succeed,"
$aid Veramay. "You need to see if there's a
common ground to work on."
One student who asked Veramay for help,
business school senior Kris Manlove, recalled, "I
went into the mediation upset, but the atmo-
sphere helped calm me down."
"Sherie encouraged people to talk and feel
comfortable. She was fair and always willing to
listen," said Manlove. She added that Veramay
lkept in touch with her after the session to find
out where her case stood. "She was never too
busy when I stopped in just to sit and talk."
Manlove, however, did not settle her grievance
in mediation, and could not talk about her case
because litigation is still pending.
Nevertheless, mediation "was a chance for
everyone to talk openly without someone jump-
ing on you. Although there was no agreement in
my case, it felt better knowing that a third party
was there to give advice," Manlove said.
"Because of mediation, everyone knew where
everyone stood for the first time," she said.
"In many cases there is simply a lack of
communication," she added. "(Mediation) may be
the first time the two sides have actually spoken
to each other," Veramay agreed.
Even if the parties don't settle in mediation,
Veramay said she still gets satisfaction from her
job.
"We're educating people on the way they can
handle things successfully for themselves," she
stated. "By talking with students and letting them
try to work out their problems, they can learn
skills to help deal with people."
Looking around the office at the empty chairs
surrounding tables soon to be filled with negoti-
ating parties, Veramay sighed and pondered the
future.
"People will always have disputes with each
other," she said. The Housing Office and the me-
diation process will continue to try to act as a
possible resource and solution for disputes,
Veramay added.
The majority of calls to Veramay's office in-
volve requests for off-campus information and
advice, she said. There were approximately 250
information requests last year.
Veramay is a native of Albion, Michigan, and
has been in student services since 1983. After
leaving Hope College, she worked for two years,
then studied student personnel at the University
of Alabama before heading to Boston. Veramay
eventually became a building director at a resi-
dence hall at Miami University of Ohio. "I've
made a full circle back home," she laughed.
Peace groups caUllfor more arms talks
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'"The notion that we can't have
negotiations with the 'Evil Empire'
es out the window with this," said
im Miller, spokesperson for the
nuclear disarmament lobbying group
SANE/Freeze (Committee for a Sane
Nuclear Policy).
He added that the agreement
would set an important precedent
because it would be the first treaty
-that requires dismantling existing
nuclear weapons, instead of setting
limits on future weapon building.
Political Science Prof. Daniel
Axelrod said that, although the treaty
would only eliminate about 4
percent of the U.S. and Soviet
arsenals, it would lower the risks of
a conventional war escalating into a
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"It's a little like removing the
trigger from a gun," Axelrod said.
"It's only a little bit of metal, but
the effect is much greater."
But he warned that the Reagan
administration will not be able to
reduce the number of long-range
missiles until it stops supporting
the Strategic Defense Initiative
(SDI), popularly known as the "Star
Wars" plan.
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"The only thing that 'Star Wars'
is a defense against is weapons
without someone jumping on you.
Although there was no agreement in
my case, it felt better knowing that a
third party was there to give advice,"
Manlove said.
"Because of mediation, everyone
knew where everyone stood for the
first time," she said.
"In many cases there is simply a
lack of communication," she added.
"(Mediation) may be the first time
the two sides have actually spoken
to each other," Veramay agreed.
Even if the parties don't settle in
mediation, Veramay said she still
gets satisfaction from her job.
"We're educating people on the
way they can handle things
successfully for themselves," she
stated. "By talking with students and
letting them try to work out their
problems, they can learn skills to
Arms pact
to lim111t
mid-range
missiles
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the missile information requested by
the United States but will turn the
data over by the end of the week.
He said that arrangements for
verifying U.S. and Soviet compli-
ance with'the treaty was "far beyond
anything that's been attempted be-
fore."
Shultz challenged critics of the
emerging accord "to stand up and say
we should have more nuclear
weapons instead of less."
Asked if the administration would
be able to win Senate ratification,
Shultz said exultantly: "I'll bet we
can."
Reagan, in Denver, used the same
words as Shultz in predicting ap-
proval by the Senate, and said he and
Gorbachev will discuss extending
limitations to long-range missiles
when they meet.
"It appears that all of the (INF)
issues have been resolved, Reagan
told reporters minutes after landing
in Denver on a flight from
Washington. "The treaty will be fi-
nalized when General Secretary Gor-
bachev and I meet in Washington."
At a separate news conference,
Shevardnadze called it "a marvelous
treaty, of tremendous importance for
the world."
He voiced hope "a political thaw
is starting which may lead to a
change in the political climate on
our planet."
The Soviet minister said "all var-
ious, possible types of inspection"
were included in the agreement. He
referred repeatedly to the U.S. side as
"our partner."
Shevardnadze called the treaty "a
triumph of peace" and, referring to
the protracted negotiations, said:
"The U.S.-Soviet peace marathon is
now over."
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Economists predict recession
WASHINGTON - A surge of auto sales and business investments
helped the economy grow at a robust annual rate of 4.1 percent during the
summer, the government reported Tuesday.
The Commerce Department said the gross national product, the total
output of U.S. goods and services, was expending at a healthy pace in the
three months before the stock market plunged.
The figure for July through September, revised from an initial estimate
of 3. 8 percent a month ago, was generally in line with economist's
expectations.
But they stressed it reflected economic conditions before Oct.19 when
the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks fell 508 points and wiped
out $500 billion of wealth. That event, analysts said, will depress future
growth, especially in the key consumer sector.
New defense secretary supports
Star Wars and arms control
WASHINGTON - Frank Carlucci began his service as the nation's
16th defense secretary yesterday pledging his support for "Star Wars" and
arms control initiatives while promising greater cooperation with
Congress on budget matters.
Appearing at a press conference one day after being sworn in, the 57-
year-old Carlucci offered few details of his future plans for the Pentagon
and repeatedly echoed the policy pronouncements of his predecessor, Cas-
par Weinberger.
He hailed word of a new arms accord with the Soviet Union eliminat-
ing intermediate-range weapons and said another pact reducing long-range
nuclear arsenals could be reached if the Russians realized President Reagan
would never abandon his Star Wars program.
The Soviets recently have softened their rhetoric attacking the Star
Wars research effort, Carlucci added.
State House approves waste site
LANSING - The state House paved the way yesterday for Michigan
to host the Midwest's first low-level radioactive waste disposal facility,
despite objections the process of choosing the site puts politics ahead of
science.
The House approved three bills to regulate the handling and storage of
the waste and define the state's obligations under a seven-state pact which
picked Michigan as the host state in June.
All three bills were approved by wide margins and now go back to the
Senate for consideration of several House changes. They included an
amendment that gives the Legislature the final say in where to locate the
radioactive waste site.
That amendment narrowly passed Monday and sparked charges the dis-
posal facility would be placed in the district of the least powerful law-
maker, rather than the most environmentally sound area.
Earthquake hits California
WESTMORLAND, Calif. - The second powerful earthquake in 12
hours jolted this town near the Mexican border yesterday, knocking trail-
ers from foundations, buckling walls and roads and injuring at least 44
people.
But experts say this sparsely populated farming region got off rela-
tively easily from the twin quakes, which registered 6.3 and 6.0 on the
Richter scale, each stronger than the quake that hit Los Angeles last
month.
Power was temporarily out in 65,000 homes and businesses, fires
flared in the border town of Mexicali and police were called out on both
sides of the border to prevent looting.
EXTRAS
Confused callers to CIA
complicate man's life
SHELBY, N.C. - Mark Beaver likes his work with a car stereo
outlet, but he does take some unusual telephone calls - one man, for
example, wanted to report some terrorist activity in Spain.
The reason for the unusual calls, Beaver discovered, is that the number
at his business, Communications Equipment Outlet of Shelby, is one
digit away from the listed number for the Central Intelligence Agency in
McLean, Va.
Call 704-482-1100 and you get the CEO; call 703-482-1100 and you
get the CIA.
"I thought it might be some kind of hoax for a while," says Beaver,
"so I just thought I'd call the number...They said,'This is the CIA,' so I
just said, 'Oh."'
Since they got the number two months ago, Beaver and the two other
CEO employees have people accustomed to getting CIA calls almost
every day, sometimes twice a day.
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