The Michigan Daily- Monday, November 4, 1991 - Page 7 Students to plan *Holocaust conference by Crystal Gilmore Organizers of the 13th Annual Conference on the Holocaust will hold a planning meeting today to generate ideas for the event. "The conference is held every year as sort of a memorial and also to promote community awareness on the Holocaust," explained Rachel Berlin, one of the conference coordinators. The weeklong March conference will include several films, brown bag lunches, discussions and other events designed to heighten aware- ness of the Holocaust. "In years past there's been meet- ings with survivors where they come and talk about their experi- ences," Berlin said. As part of last year's conference, participants read a list of names of Holocaust victims for 24 hours on the Diag. "At 2 a.m., it was not packed, but there were a lot of people out there," said LSA junior Greg Gephart. "It was cool to see the support for it." Hillel is looking for about 20 people to help plan the conference. ','We encourage people to come and help," Berlin said. The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Hillel. *Haitian ec PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The sewing machines and rivet guns are starting to fall silent at Haitian factories, even before economic sanctions designed to weaken the will of a coup-installed government take full effect. Workers are nervous, and some- times angry. Bosses keep one eye on their shrinking invoices and another on the calendar, hoping an agreement with the international community can be reached soon. A U.S. trade embargo begins to- morrow at midnight. Under it, only humanitarian aid and certain basic food items can be shipped to Haiti. 2 The Organization of American States (OAS) has ordered the economic sanctions to press for the reinstatement of President Jean- Bertrand Aristide, ousted in a Sept. 30 army coup. Public reaction to the embargo is a. paradox typical of Haitian poli- ; s. Many working-class people are 2eard grumbling that the upper Poll: Voters say domestic affairs on wrong course DETROIT (AP) - The linger- ing recession and rising unemploy- ment have Michigan voters worried. And two out of three say the nation is on the wrong course, according to a Detroit News poll published yesterday. Only 22 percent of 600 voters surveyed Oct. 23-29 believe "things are going in the right direction." That compares to 41 percent of Michigan voters who said that things were going right when they were polled after voting in the 1990 election. Half the respondents said they had close friends or family members who are unemployed, said pollster Mark Schulman, whose New York firm of Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas Inc. conducted the scien- tific telephone survey for The News. The poll had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percent.. "For half the likely voters in the state, this issue of economic security is hitting very close to home," Schulman said. Half of the voters polled said they are better off financially since President Bush took office. Forty- eight percent said they think Bush, deserves a second term. While respondents overwhelm- ingly cited the economy as a major concern, 62 percent said they don't worry about losing their jobs. Thirty percent said they worry most about unemployment and the recession. Another 18 percent cited- taxes, government spending and the deficit. Schulman said Bush and other in- cumbents should take heed. "Economics and pocketbook is- sues have always been very potent drivers of the vote," he said. Only 4 percent of those polled said education is the country's biggest problem, 2 percent cited health care and 1 percent mentioned a foreign affairs issue. Church for kids Young Detroiters like Jamal Braswell, 8, and Raymond Ivey, 11, can attend weekly church services without grownups at the Fellowship Chapel's Junior Church. The sermons are delivered by 13- and 14-year-olds. onomy groans classes will not suffer from the the owners embargo and the poor will foot the widespread bill. Yet organizations loyal to the nation that deposed government, which rep- sphere's poo resent the poverty-stricken, support "Once n of the embargo as a form of protest. from Haiti, So far, youth organizations loyal possible to to Aristide, church-based groups and Andy Ande political followers of the deposed government have come out in favor 'Once n of the embargo. Those opposed have been gov- be almo ernment officials, small political groups that support the military and the Chamber of Commerce. Factory owners in Haiti's young assembly industry - an important Assemblers source of jobs and hard currency - employing say a clause in the U.S. embargo or- electronics p der may allow them to hang on un- He saidl til Dec. 5. his plants i Until that date, a month after stockpiling the embargo starts, the United allow him States will accept imports of least at par Haitian goods containing American- Dec. 5 deadl made materials. Workers But if the political crisis lines have t stretches beyond early December, day, Anders under predict permanent and economic damage in a is already the hemi- orest. my clients turn away it will be almost im- get them back," said ersen, owner of Allied embargo you going to shut down?' I tell them, 'I'm going to make every ef- fort not to"' Three factories have already shut down, leaving 1,200 workers with- out jobs. Even before the sanctions, work has long been scarce in Haiti. Often, Prgfessionaf A Career Symposium for Graduate Students Saturday, November 9, 1991 " 8:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. FOURTH FLOOR, RAcRwHAM Sessions Include ny clients turn away from Haiti, it will Dst impossible to get them back' -Andy Andersen Allied Assemblers owner O The Academic Job Search O Finding a Job in Your Field: Tips for a Successful Job Search O Making Conferences Work for You: Interviewing and Networking O Building Connections and Establishing Support O Balancing Teaching, Research and Service within Academe O Grant Proposal Writing o International Students: Job Search Strategies & Issues O Personal and Professional Lives: A Balancing Act O Career Alternatives: Finding the RightFit Q Getting Published , who has two plants 950 workers who build parts and other goods. he has managed to keep running, and has been materials that should to keep operating, at tial capacity, until the ine. still on the assembly the same question each en said. "They ask, 'Are large extended families must rely on a single paycheck. More than 60 percent of the 6 million inhabitants live below internationally recog- nized limits of poverty. When the OAS announced plans for sanctions, an association of plant owners passed a resolution calling on the provisional government to reach a settlement with the interna- tional community and let Aristide come back. Pre-Registration Pre-register by Tuesday, November 5,1991 to assure a space in your preferred sessions. Check your department or Career Planning and Placement for registration materials. I For more information and registration materials contact: Career Planning & Placement 3200 Student Activities Building (313) 764-7460 Sponsors: Career Planning and Placement Rackham Student Government and the Horace H. Rackham School ofGraduate Studies It . 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