1 Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, November 16, 1989 Law mandates warning labels on booze LANSING (AP) - They're hard to find and even harder to read, but the new warning labels on booze mark a significant step in changing American attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism experts said yesterday. "Just as warnings on cigarettes began a na- tional debate on smoking, we believe the warn- ings on alcohol will signal that it's time to think about alcohol as a drug which can have adverse health effects," said Dr. Robert Sparks, chair of the National Council on Alcoholism. Practically all of the national attention fo- cuses on illegal drugs, but alcohol remains the No.1 drug used in the United States, said Sparks, of Battle Creek. Part of that stems from the fact that alcohol is legal, but a lack of knowledge about the harm al- cohol causes, especially during pregnancy, also is to blame, he said. "By pointing out some of the potential health consequences associated with alcohol consump- tion, the health warning label represents a signif- icant step in recognizing alcohol as one of our most dangerous and addictive drugs," he said. The labels warn that alcohol can cause birth defects, impair the ability to drive and cause other health problems. The new federally required warning labels on cans and bottles of beer, wine, wine coolers, and liquor will help educate the public, but the tem- porary rules enforcing the law don't ensure that the warnings are large enough and easy to read, Sparks said. "We strongly urge the alcohol industry to comply with, pardon the pun, the spirit, as well as the letter, of the law," he said, adding that making the warnings larger will be the next fight for alcoholism groups. "Most drinkers are unlikely to notice the fine print that is carefully embedded on the label of the bottle they're holding," said Charles Atkin, a communications professor at Michigan State University. He said he favors a requirement that alcohol companies be required to disclose the health risks of alcohol with their ads as a way to get the pub- lic's attention. Michigan Senate panel RALLY Continued from page OKs measure to fight criminal enterprises LANSING (AP) - Michigan lawmakers moved to crack down on organized crime yesterday as a Senate panel unanimously approved a mea- sure to attack criminal enterprises and a House leader announced his own proposal. The target of the action is the criminal who establishes a pattern of continuing illegal activity, whether it be drug dealing, arson, extortion or any of 28 other specific crimes. It wouldn't require a link to prga- nized crime. And it would authorize the forfeiture of property that can be shown to be tied to the criminal ac- tivity. "I think it is in pretty good shape," said Sen. Rudy Nichols (R- Waterford) and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ap- proved the bill on a 4-0 vote. "This act is really a model for change needed on the federal level. We've bent over backwards to make it a fair bill." SMOKERS Continued from page 1 .24 hours, but quitting permanently is a problem," said first-year LSA student Georgia Howard, who has been smoking for seven years. LSA junior Kim Stoll, who plans to smoke today, said, "Some people who smoke just want to smoke. Just one day is not going to change their minds." "However, it does work as an in- spiration for people who want to quit," she said. Smokeout activities will be held today at a few campus locations. The University Medical Center will be hosting its second Cancer Prevention and Detection Day. A series of pro- fessionally-staffed booths will be set up in the medical center covering all types of cancer topics. In addition, the Main Street Comedy Showcase, which sponsors a no-smoking show every Wednes- day, has moved this week's event to Thursday to help smokers last through the day. The cancer society is offering complementary tickets to all smokers who plan to quit. Also, the University's Health Services department will set up a display about the effects of smoking in the Health Services building. rather the sharpening of a process of continued struggle," said PSC mem- ber and Rackham graduate student Nuha Khoury. "This process has been manifested through the popular, mass based uprising - the In- tifadah." Before the march, demonstrators paused for a moment of silence to "remember the 700 lives given to continue the struggle" in the In- tifadah, Khoury said. Asked why she and her four-year- old son were participating in the rally, Liz Othman, an Ann Arbor resident, said, "Last year, we were confined to our homes. We made Palestinian flags out of construction paper, with the fear that we could be imprisoned for 10 years for doing so." Othman and her family resided in Ramallah in the West Bank for the past two years. Carrying Palestinian flags and pennants, and signs reading "No tax- ation without representation" and ACLU Continued from page 1 The committee said the Univer- sity "lacks the precedents and history of procedures to handle the process- ing and punishment of discrimina- tory conduct" and states that the pub- lic court system is better able to pro- tect the rights of the plaintiff and de- fendant. The committee details what it sees as problems within the policy; included are the following: -a lack of specific, yet diverse, examples of what falls under the pol- icy - the committee said the exam- ples should recognize that "racism can be directed towards non-minority and minority students alike"; .disallowing attorneys to actively participate in the hearing procedure, unless suspension or expulsion are potential sanctions; -the lack of procedures for en- forcement of sanctions; *the absence of a definition of speech that constitutes discussion of an idea - the policy currently pro- hibits utterances which refer to an individual's race, sex, religion, or other cultural characteristics which are not a "part of a discussion or ex- change of an idea, ideology, or phi- losophy. "End Israeli Oppression in Pales- tine," the crowd marched north on State St. and west down Liberty chanting, "Wait and see, wait and see, Palestine will be free." Ann Arbor resident Jim Dwyer, who marchedtin the demonstration, said, "I'm here today as an American taxpayer. I resent the use of my tax dollars to put down the popular movements of indigenous people around the world." On the steps of the Federal Build- ing, solidarity speeches were deliv- ered by members of eight groups, including the Black Student Union, the Puerto Rican Student Organiza- tion, Rackham Student Government, the Arab American Anti-Discrimina- tion Committee, and the General Union of Palestinian Students. "We realize that the occupation of Palestine is not the only instance in which settler colonialists snatched the indigenous lands of a people, with the support of the Western powers," said BSU member Danny Peterson, a mechanical engineering graduate student. ACLU campus chapter President Jim Johnson, a second-year law stu- dent, said he doubts that the Univer- sity administration - which is cur- rently soliciting comment on the in- terim policy to draft a permanent one - will pay attention to the docu- ment. "The administration has a history of not paying attention to the wise counsel of those who try to get them to do their job," Johnson said. "I'm not holding my breath." According to the report, by mak- ing suggestions for changing the policy the ACLU is in no way ac- cepting the existence of a policy. The ACLU chapter will vote tonight at its weekly meeting on whether to use the committee's re- port as the chapter's official state- ment. Members may propose amendments for the vote. Love life qot you down? Car won t start? Suffering from fallen arches? We can help. Write to: Help Me! c/o Michigan Daily 420 Maynard Ann Arbor, MI 48109 IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Political party seeks to abolish communist power in E. Germany BERLIN - An East German political party said yesterday it will ask Parliament this week to abolish the Communists' 40-year lock on power, the first direct challenge to their rule, and it predicted an easy victory. Communist officials spurned Bonn's offer of an economic bailout, saying they prefer their own recovery course and hinting at reforms to encourage free-enterprise investments. In West Berlin, hundreds gathered at the enormous Brandenburg Gate, hoping the East Germans would break through the Berlin Wall in front of the 200-year old "symbol of unity." A West German TV network said as many as 7,000 East German refugees are expected to return to their communist homeland. The East German constitution's guarantee of a "leading role" for the Communist Party will be challenged at Friday's sitting of the increasingly independent-minded Parliament, said Manfred Gerlach, head of the Liberal Democratic Party. Brazil has first free elections RIO DE JANEIRO - Millions of Brazilians voted yesterday in the first free and direct presidential election since a contest in 1960 that led to a military coup four years later. More than 82 million people were eligible to vote for a succesor to President Jose Sarney, who was chosen by an electoral college when the generals relinquished power in 1985. Twenty-one canidates were in the running, representing parties ranging from the Communists to one formerly backed by the military, and none was expected to win a majority. A runoff between the two leaders is planned for Dec. 17. "It's a pleasure to vote; I feel like I'm choosing a better Brazil," candidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers Party said after casting his ballot in Sao Bernado de Campo, an industrial suburb of .o Paulo, Brazil's largest city. Shamir blames Arafat for Mideast peace talks delay WASHINGTON - An apparently friendly meeting yesterday between President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir failed to break an impasse on Arab participation in Mideast peace talks. Shamir blamed Yasser Arafat's PLO for the delay. "There are some obstacles that we have to remove and work out," Shamir said after talking to Bush for an hour. "It will be a long process. It will take time. It's not easy." The Israeli leader, who came to Washington to register his concerns that the Palestine Liberation Organization might get a foot in the door of the talks, blamed Arafat's group for the impasse. 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