The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, November 27, 1990 - Page 3
Pursell
to bid for
itop GOP
position
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep.
Carl Pursell (R-Mich.), said yester-
day he would run for chair of the
IDouse Republican Conference, the
ird-ranking post in the House GOP
leadership.
"Many of us believe my past
I'adership is a good example of how
the Republican Conference should,
and can, craft better policies than the
Peemocrats," Pursell said.
The seven-term lawmaker from
Plymouth, who represents
Michigan's 2nd District, which in-
*Iudes Ann Arbor, is trying to un-
seat Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)
House Republicans will elect their
leadership in a Dec. 3 caucus.
Lewis announced his candidacy
for re-election as conference chair
last week. The chair, who ranks be-
hind the minority leader and minor-
ity whip, helps develop official
stands for the House GOP
*delegation.
Pursell, 57, is challenging Lewis
as congressional Republicans lick
their wounds from the bitter deficit-
reduction battle. Pursell joined GOP
Whip Newt Gringrich (R-Ga.), in
revolting against the tax and spend-
ing package negotiated by President
Bush and the bipartisan congres-
sional leadership.
Pursell said the White House and
Republicans in the House and Senate
-should work more closely.
"Otherwise, you have fragemented
policy and you get destroyed," he
said.
~. He said if he had been conference
chair this year, he would have ad-
vised against participating in the
-closed-door negotiations that pro-
duced the failed budget compromise.
Pursell chaired a moderate group
,of House Republicans, known as
Group '92, that crafted a budget al-
ternative in 1985. He was co-chair of
a similar task force that produced a
,Republican alternative after the
;House rejected the Bush-leadership
compromise.
Pursell said he had spoken with
"Republican members from all per-
spectives" and considered his
prospects encouraging.
A teacher and businessperson,
Pursell was among the "gypsy
moth" House Republicans who
opposed the Reagan administration's
budget priorities in the early 1980s.
But he since has moved rightward
*and is regarded as a quiet but effec-
tive behind-the-scenes operator.
He's also known in Washington
as the coach of the House GOP
baseball team, which plays against
its Democratic counterpart every year
to raise money for charity.
University
author
and
counselor
dies
Segalini dies from cancer
complications at the age of 49
Does it ever end?
Students wait in line in the LSA Building lobby to pay their tuition bills and hold credits so that they will be
able to CRISP.
Japanese .pay $6.6 bi
for entertainment co.
by Bruce Fox
Daily Staff Reporter
Judith Segalini, program director
of the Taubman American Institu-
tion Internship Program, died Friday
at age 49 from complications due to
cancer.
Segalini was born in Newport,
Rhode Island and attended the Uni-
versity of Rhode Island.
After graduating, she lived abroad
for 17 years, in Rome, Singapore
and Sal Palo, Brazil. She was on the
board of directors of schools in both
Singapore and Brazil, and taught
English while in Sal Palo.
Segalini was a member of the
Ann Arbor track club, and ran in
many marathons, including the New
York City Marathon. While in
Brazil, she was named South Ameri-
can champion in her age group.
Last year, Segalini received the
Volunteer of the Year award at C.S.
Mott Children's Hospital and served
as vice president of TWIGS, the
fundraising organization for Mott
hospital.
Segalini was instrumental in or-
ganizing and developing the Taub-
man American Institution Internship
Program which was founded in
1982. The program prepares stu-
dents, primarily those studying lib-
eral arts, for summer internships by
helping them in resume-writing and
counseling on a one-to-one basis.
Segalini worked with corpora-
tions to find jobs for the students
she counseled and brought in guest
lecturers to speak to about their ca-
reers.
Segalini co-authored a book with
Katherine Kurtz, senior development
officer of administration for the Col-
lege of LSA, titled The One Day
Plan for Job hunters. The book,
which is presently used with the
program, gives advice for entry level
job hunting.
"She was dedicated to this pro-
gram and helping students learn
about the real world-not just classes,
but experience and different career
ideas," said her assistant Susan
Rosemurgy.
Rosemurgy added, "I'll miss her
very much... she gave me so much
guidance and training in this pro-
grm.
Segalini also participated
program in which she acted
mentor to minority students.
in
as
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP)
- The MCA conglomerate that
gave Americans "E.T.," Guns N'
Roses and "Murder, She Wrote" was
purchased in a $6.6 billion deal that
firmly established Japan's presence
in Hollywood.
MCA Inc. was bought by Mat-
sushita Electric Industrial Co. in the
largest-ever purchase of a U.S. com-
pany by a Japanese one.
The buyout accomplishes an ob-
jective for Matsushita, which needed
the entertainment "software" of
MCA to complement its electronics
"hardware."
The combination mirrors one
struck by Sony Corp., which bought
Columbia Pictures Entertainment
Inc. for $5 billion a year ago.
With MCA, Matsushita will try
to compete more effectively against
its archrival Sony and shake its im-
age as a copycat exploiting the tech-
nological advances of other compa-
nies.
MCA, which began 65 years ago
as a booking agent for jazz bands,
has grown to become a colossus of
films (Universal Pictures' "E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial," "Jaws," "Back to
the Future"), records (Reba McEn-
tire, Elton John, Guns N' Roses,
Bobby Brown, George Strait) and
television ("Murder, She Wrote,"
"Major Dad"). Its Universal Studios
theme parks in Florida and Califor-
nia are exceeded only by Disney's.
"Software and hardware have been
developing simultaneously - they
are like wheels of the same car,"
Akio Tanii, Matsushita's president,
said at company headquarters in Os-
aka, Japan. "We intend that excellent
works made by MCA will be dis-
tributed all over the world through a
variety of media."
Until the MCA deal, Sony's ac-
quisition of Columbia was the
largest Japanese purchase of a U.S.
business.
. Segalini's husband Sandy added,
"She meant a great deal to many
people and many of her students are
saying... how accessible she was."
Survivors include: her husband of
27 years, and three daughters:
Suzanne, Debbie, and Carolyn.
There will be a memorial service
on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. at St.
Thomas the Apostle Church, located
on the corner of North State St. and
Kingsley. Segalini was a lector at
that church. The Segalini family
wishes that in lieu of flowers,
people should make donations to
TWIGS at C.S. Mott hospital, or
the American Cancer Society.
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Supreme Court will review
Michigan's
rape shield laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Supreme Court agreed yesterday to
decide how far states can go to shield
victims of sexual assaults from
unfair treatment without violating
defendants' fair-trial rights.
The justices said they will hear
an appeal by Michigan officials
seeking to reinstate the conviction of
Nolan Lucas, charged with forcing
his former girlfriend to have sex
with him.
At issue is whether evidence of
the couple's past sexual conduct may
be barred from the trial because
Lucas failed to notify prosecutors 10
days before the trial began that he
would seek to introduce such
evidence.
Lucas was convicted by a judge
of criminal sexual conduct and
sentenced to a prison term of three
years, eight months to 15 years.
His former girlfriend said Lucas
forced her at knifepoint to have sex
with him on Aug. 31, 1984, two
weeks after they broke up.
He said she consented to have sex
with him and noted that she did not
leave his home until late in the
evening of the following day.
On the opening day of the trial, a
lawyer for Lucas sought to admit
evidence of the couple's past sexual
conduct.
The judge refused to allow the
evidence on grounds Lucas failed to
comply with the state's rape shield
law requiring 10 days advance
warning for the prosecutors.
The Michigan Court of Appeals
threw out his conviction, ruling that
Lucas' constitutional right to
confront his accuser was violated.
The state court said the trial came
down to who was telling the truth
- the defendant or his former
girlfriend. In such a case, the state
court said, a defendant should not be
barred automatically from
introducing evidence of past sexual
conduct.
The state court noted that the rape
shield law permits the judge to ques-
tion witnesses and review such evi-
dence in private before deciding
whether it should be aired in open
court. The judge has the opportunity
to decide whether the evidence is
relevant and whether it would
unfairly prejudice a woman who
accused someone of rape, the appeals
court said.
The state court said
the trial came down
to who was telling the
truth - the defendant
or his former
girlfriend
The appeals court also said the
10-day notification requirement is de-
signed to give prosecutors enough
time to investigate a defendant's
claim.
For example, it would allow
them to question alibi witnesses in
advance of a trial or determine the
validity of an insanity claim by the
defendants.
In the case of past sexual conduct
between two people, the state court
said, there are no other witnesses
that have to be questioned and little
reason to give prosecutors extra time
to prepare.
Michigan prosecutors said similar
notification provisions have been
upheld in other states.
The case is Michigan vs. Lucas,
90-149.
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THE
What's happening
Meetings
Ann Arbor Committee to De-
fend Abortion and Reproduc-
tive Rights, weekly meeting. East
Quad Tyler 24&26, 6:30-8.
Iranian Student Cultural Club,
weekly meeting. Michigan League,
8:00.
Barbershop Harmonizer Cho-
rus, weekly meeting. For info call
John Hancock (769-8169). Saint
Luke's Episcopal Church, 120 N.
Huron St., Ypsilanti.
Asian American Association,
weekly meeting. Trotter House,
7:00.
Students Concerned About
Animal Rights, weekly meeting.
Dominick's, 7:30.
Asian Studies Student Asso-
ciation, weekly meeting. Lane Hall
Commons Rm., 7:00.
Hellenic Student Association.
Union, Welker Rm., 8:00.
Undergraduate Psychology
Society. 219 Angell Hall, 7:00.
Anti-Gulf War Coalition of the
MSA Peace & Justice Commission.
Hutchins Hall, Rm. 150, 7:30.
Student Struggle for Soviet
Jewry. Hillel, 7:00.
National Society of Black
Engineers. 1500 EECS, 6:30-
LIST
in Ann Arbor today
Ugo Ikemba, speaker. International
Center, 603 E. Madison, noon.
"The Mystic Quest: Jewish
Mysticism," David Ariel, speaker.
Hillel, 7:30.
"Participation, Partnership
and Power," a public talk on
women and AIDS; Marie St. Cyr-
Delpe of Women and AIDS Resource
Network, speaker. Thomas Francis
Building, School of Public Health,
Auditorium, 3-4:00.
Furthermore
Safewalk functions 8-1:30 Sun.-
Thurs., 8-11:30 Fri.-Sat. Call 936-
1000 or stop by 102 UGLi.
Northwalk functions 8-1:30 Sun.-
Thurs., 8-12:00 Fri.-Sat. Call 763-
WALK or stop by 2333 Bursley.
ECB Peer Writing Tutors avali-
ble to help with your papers Sunday-
Thursday, Angell/Haven Computing
Center, 7-11:00.
U of M Cycling Club weekly
rides. For info call Scott Robinson
(764-2739) or Robin Pena (764-
1723). Men leave Hill Aud. at 3:30,
women at 5:30.
Kaffeestunde, weekly German
conversations. MLB third floor con-
ference room, 4:30-6.
Literature table with info on
Hazardous waste may JoinDStaff!
be stored in salt mine ca*764-0552 for info
DETROIT (AP) - An aban-
doned salt mine more than 1,000 feet
below Detroit and some area com-
munities could become a repository
for hazardous waste, a possibility
that horrifies some residents.
"Would you want to live on it?
Heck no," said Angelo Cetrone, a
retired Ford Motor Co. employee
who has lived in his Melvindale
home since 1957. "If I caught them
down there, I'd flood the mine and
drown them all."
The Michigan Department of
Natural Resources has completed
regulations that would allow the
former Crystal Mine to be used as a
dump for hazardous materials, in-
cluding paint cans and used roach
bombs.
A state Legislative committee is
expected to approve the plan in some
form early in 1991.
That would clear the way for
trash mogul Walter Tomyn, who
with other investors owns Darts of
the 1,100-acre catacombs, to move
ahead with the plan to store haz-
ardous waste in sealed containers un-
der salt nuggets 1,135 feet under-
ground.
only commercial hazardous waste
landfill in Wayne County's Van
Buren Township.
There are no hazardous waste
dumps in salt mines in the United
States, although Germany uses the
method.
"Salt deposits are about the best
place you could put waste," said
Kenneth Shuster of the
Environmental Protection Agency's
office of solid waste in Washington.
"People have this vision of salt
as something that's crystalline and
cracks and dissolves," he said. "It's
hard for them to imagine that it's
such a stable substance below
ground."
Tomyn said the salt mines are be-
low the water table, which would al-
leviate the risk of contaminating
ground water. Some critics argue the
mines are too close to the Detroit
River and could contaminate it.
Others say moisture could ooze into
the mines from a spongy layer about
700 feet above the mines.
A state study several years ago
concluded salt mines were a safe
storage place, but "pre-exisiting
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Michigan Union-Pendleton Room
This seminar will preview the changes in format, scoring,
and emphasis of the new MCAT, and will provide you with
guidance for improving your score.
Presented by EXCEL Test Preparation
No Charge- All Students Welcome
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