With affordable childcare becoming increasingly difficult to find, the Graduate Employment Organization is trying to negotiate a childcare plan into its new contract with the University. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the Daily Arts staff has compiled everything you'd ever want or need to know about this romantic holiday. SPrTS The Michigan men's basketball team, in it's final preparation before facing No. 1 Indiana Sunday, knocked off the Wisconsin Badgers last night, 85-66, at Crisler Arena. Today cold; chance of snow High 31, Low 27 Tomorrow Snow; High 31, Low 19 * .,,l * * *** One hundred two years of editorial freedom .ti Vo.s *,N.78An ror ihia.-hrsa, erur 1,193© 99 heMchgn al IRS audits 'U' as part of national study by Jennifer Silverberg Daily Administration Reporter The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) selected the University as one of seven schools to undergo a spe- cial audit as part of the first Coordi- nated Examination Program in the educational field. "The obvious IRS goal is to max- imize revenue for the federal gov- ernment," said Walter Harrison, ex- ecutive director of University rela- tions. "The point is not to say whether or not we've been breaking the law. It's clear we've not been. We get audited all the time and we've been doing fine." Chandler Matthews, associate vice president for finance, said the audit is designed to help the IRS de- termine if its regulations regarding universities are adequate and accurate. "Our impression is they feel they need to be more familiar with how universities operate and what they do," Matthews said. "(Universities) are not just traditional classrooms, libraries and gymnasiums. Their ac- tions may be subject to increased taxes." Harrison said the audit will ex- amine every form of the Universi- ty's budgets from athletic and other University events to the hiring of part-time faculty. '(Universities) are not just traditional classrooms, libraries and gymnasiums. Their actions may be subject to increased taxes.' - Chandler Matthews associate vice president for finance Michigan State University (MSU), the University of Nebraska, Princeton University, St. John's University (N.Y.), Stanford Univer- sity and Vanderbilt University have also been chosen for the audit. "They're basically looking at those universities, not as individual institutions, but as examples of types of things all universities do," Harri- son said. The University's audit began Sept. 14 and will last for an indefi- nite amount of time. John Stuart, the University's tax manager, said five IRS auditors were on campus throughout September and October. They will return next week although administrators said the length of their stay is unknown. Stuart said the auditors have pre- sented 82 Information Document Requests (IDRs) to the University. The IDRs are requests for explana- tions of procedures, including how revenues gained from athletics and the use of Hill Auditorium are re- ported to the federal government. MSU's audit - which began Jan. 19 - had 40 IDRs as of last week, Stuart said, and Stanford - whose audit began Sept. 15 - had less than 15 IDRs as of December. Stuart said he did not know the rea- son for the wide range in number of requests. Harrison said the audit could be a forecast of bad news. "We all think .they will change their guidelines to make us pay more taxes, so we don't think this is an optimistic development," Harrison said. "Over the long term, it's proba- bly not good news for the University because it may require us to pay taxes on things we haven't had to pay taxes on," he said. Harrison added there is no way to determine the additional fees the au- dit might require the University to pay in the future. While the changes would not occur for a number of years, they could affect students, he said. See AUDIT, Page 2 U.S. plan for peace in Bosnia outlined WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Warren Christopher outlined a six-step plan yesterday designed to end ethnic warfare in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Christopher said the United States "cannot afford to ignore" this plan. The plan tightens economic sanctions against Serbia, calls on all parties to stop the violence, seeks tighter enforcement of the United Nations no-fly zone, and insists that the only solution is in negotiations among Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia. "This conflict may be far from our shores, but it is certainly not dis- tant from our concerns," Christopher said. The secretary of state said the president was seeking creation of a war crimes tribunal to punish those responsible for atrocities. Christopher also raised the specter of American troops becom- ing involved in the crisis. He said the administration would be "prepared to do its share to help implement and enforce" a cease-fire agreement "including possible U.S. military action." President Clinton said he be- lieved the American public will sup- port his plan. "I think they want us to do more, but they want us to do it in a prudent way," Clinton said. Christopher said lifting the arms embargo on Bosnia was also con- sidered but rejected. "On balance we thought it was a step that would be unwise to take," he said. Christopher added that the use of American air power against Serbian positions was rejected as well. Reginald Bartholomew was named special envoy to deal with the crisis by the secretary of state. Bartholomew is a career foreign ser- vice officer who is the U.S. ambas- sador to NATO. Initial reactions from Capitol Hill showed signs of approval. Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded the plan, say- ing: "This is a tragedy that has gone on too long and must be addressed by the international community." "This is really the first large-scale study and breakthrough in thinking * by the new administration, and Clinton renews campaign vows at town meeting by Andrew Taylor Daily Government Reporter SOUTHFIELD - The lack of a national health care plan was a pri- mary focus of last night's "Town Meeting with Bill Clinton," as the President made his first trip outside of Washington, D.C. since his inau- guration three weeks ago. Clinton addressed citizens in Seattle, Atlanta and Miami, in addi- tion to the live audience at Southfield, through satellite linkups. "Health care is the most compli- cated problem I have ever messed with," Clinton said. Clinton renewed his pledge to have a national health care plan sent to Congress within his first 100 days in office in response to an audience question. "What we're going to try to do with this health care plan is make sure that everybody - employed or unemployed - has access to a basic health care package," Clinton said. He added, "You won't ever be treated right until we get a national program that treats everyone." As Clinton turned to the econ- omy, he was asked why he is con- sidering raising income taxes on the middle class. "I wish I could promise you I won't ask you to pay more ... but I've found out since the election that the deficit is going to be $50 billion a year more than I was told before the election," Clinton said. The President added that he would use a middle class tax in- See CLINTON, Page 2 President Clinton spoke to a wide range of issues including health care, the economy and gays in the military, and answered questions from diverse audiences across the country at his first town meeting, held last night at the studios of WXYZ-TV in Southfield. Drug treatments provide hope for AIDS patients by Angela Dansby manifestations of HIV infection by Multi-drug treatment of HIV-in- vaccines will forestall the develop- of people - we can't wait aroun id HIV-infected people can find hope in new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in the development of vaccines. Although there is no cure to the destructive virus, people infected with HIV have several drugs avail- able to them. These drugs include Zidovudine (AZT), Didanocine (DDI) and Dideoxycytidine (DDC), said Dr. H. Drobny of University Health Service. DDC recently has been ap- proved to be used in conjunction with AZT. "These drugs are used to delay inhibiting the enzyme necessary for the virus to replicate. They may help Living with Last o our articles prevent progression of HIV infec- tion," Drobny said. The AIDS virus attacks the im- mune system, making an AIDS pa- tient less able to fight illnesses. AIDS is the final stage of the devel- opment of the HIV infection. fected people appears to be the most promising development, said David Ostrow, program director of the University Medical Center's AIDS psychobiology program. Another area showing promise is the devel- opment of therapeutic vaccinations, he said. Currently, trials are going on with therapeutic vaccinations to pre- vent initial HIV infection and to pre- vent the progression of an existing HIV infection, Drobny said. "They are still in experimental stages, though the initial results were promising enough to start large scale trials," Ostrow said. "It is hoped that ment of severe immune suppression." Ostrow said a new development - GP160 - a synthetic composi- tion of protein present on the surface of the HIV virus, has shown to be potentially effective in slowing down the rate of infection. However, the drug has sparked controversy, and some experts feel there is not enough data to justify conducting large scale trials, Ostrow said. On the other hand, some ex- perts feel more trials need to be con- ducted, regardless of risks, in order to make breakthroughs in research., "The clock is ticking on millions for pretty science," Ostrow said. Drobny said, "The problem with drug treatment is that due to the very slow development rate of the virus (the incubation period may be up to 10 years), benefits are hard to assess." In addition, side effects of drug treatment can be serious. These may include headaches, anemia, inflam- mation of the pancreas and injury to the peripheral nervous system - which may affect sensations and muscle strength, Drobny said. Patients must monitor themselves in order to give doctors feedback. See AIDS, Page 2 Students hold third protest against 'U' Diag policy%'l by David Rheingold Daily Staff Reporter The University wants planners for this year's Hash Bash to pay clean-up, security and electricity costs for the event, but some stu- dents say these requests amount to censorship. The University's dispute with the DKE Shant causes curiosity among students, merchants by Greg Hoey It only takes a glance to see that the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) Shant - located at 611 1/2 E. William St. - is out of place in its surroundings. This historic meeting hall is worn with age, and now brotherhood and DKE pride are being overshadowed by ne- glect, vandalism and vagrancy. From its fortress-like structure and stained glass windows to its crumbling wall and locked iron gate, the Shant is the subject of local curiosity and scrutiny. While the nrnidlv dnive dGreek letters DKt nrn- he said. "Its original intent was to keep se- cret everything we ever did, so I'd say that it is still a big thing to try to give a safe haven for the ceremonies and stuff like that." Caffrey added that the Shant has never been a place of residence. Louisa Pieper, staff director of the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission, de- scribed the inside of the Shant as contempo- rary - with the entire second floor being one large room, used as a meeting hall. Dave Jones of Ypsilanti Township, who has nwned the White Market next door to am' _____mmm mm ~