The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 19, 1994 - 3 .'U' program addresses needs of women of color By MPATANISHI TAYARI Daily Staff Reporter More than 50 African American women met yesterday for the "Wel- come for Women of Color," a pro- gram designed to address concerns and enhance the University experi- nce for underrepresented students. The event, sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, provides a fo- rum for African American women to ask questions, make contacts, and learn about resources available to them at the University. "This is a welcome for women of color ... it is important to show people what's out there, or a little of what's out there," said Business School se- nior Carla Burney, the event chair. The program included an invoca- tion, a question-and-response session and two ice breaker games. Female representatives from various campus organizations also attended to intro- duce themselves and discuss how their groups impact the University com- munity and specifically women of color. Participating associations included the Black Undergraduate Law Asso- ciation, the Society of Minority Engi- neers and African American sorori- ties. Members strongly conveyed a message of perseverance in dealing with a community where one is both a minority and female. One concern raised was how these organizations deal with racism on campus. Referring to an incident last April when racial slurs were sent by e-mail, group members recalled es- tablishing committees, support net- works and various forums to respond. Nina Smith, the Black Student Union president, urged students to take a proactive - instead of reactive - approach to issues like the racist e- mail. Following this comment, the pro- gram concluded with an inspirational reading given by RC senior Dana McAllister. The poem entitled "I am the Black Woman," encompassed a message of pride to which many par- ticipants said they could relate. Experts fear deal with N. Korea won't stop nuclear program FESTIFALL FUN Los Angeles Times :WASHINGTON - The outlines of a deal between the United States and North Korea are now slowly emerging, and critics say they aren't pretty. As part of a bargain to stop the fast-growing North Korean nuclear # ogram, the Clinton administration as quietly made concessions that, while freezing the program for the immediate future, could still permit an eventual resumption on short no- tice, outside analysts say. Leaders of the isolated Pyongyang regime will retain "a latent ability to break out of this deal if they feel it is unsatisfactory," said Jonathan Pol- lack, a Korea expert at the RAND rp., a think tank in Santa Monica, Calif. And if they do, maintained Henry Sokolski, a former Pentagon special- ist on non-proliferation, "North Ko- rea would still be producing new plu- tonium in the reactor it had before and be able to make at least as many bombs as it now can." The CIA estimates North Korea ,already produced enough nuclear terial for one or two bombs. In the deal sketched outlast month, the United States said it is prepared to take steps toward diplomatic recogni- ti6i of North Korea and to supply it with new, less dangerous nuclear tech- nology if North Korea will freeze its nuclear program and will rejoin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The treaty provides for interna- *)nal safeguards to prevent develop- ment of nuclear bombs. Administration officials argue that the emerging deal is of tremendous Warning on Ames ignored by officials, says CIA inspector The Washington Post WASHINGTON - The CIA in- spector general has identified more than a dozen active or retired officials who either ignored warnings or over- looked complaints against onetime Counterintelligence officer Aldrich H. es during the nine years he spied for Moscow, according to sources familiar with the report. Chiefs, deputies and operating personnel in the Office of Security are said to come in for special critical attention in a 400-page report by the inspector general for their failure to follow up on information about Ames's lavish spending in 1990. The *curity office's polygraph operation, Which passed Ames in 1986 and 1991 despite some indications that he had shown deception on key financial questions, was specially criticized. The draft report, which is described as "tough" by one person familiar with its contents, is made up of two basic sections. The first is a factual narrative of Ames' 31-year CIA ca- reer, exploring particularly the times was reported for alcoholism, dis- played sudden wealth and was identi- fied as having violated agency rules. That history is followed by an analy- sis of the individual and institutional failures that permitted Ames to carry out his espionage activities undetec- ted for almost a decade. benefit to the United States and its allies, primarily because it would eliminate what Robert L. Gallucci, the top U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang, regularly calls North Korea's "strategic" nuclear capabil- ity-the ability to produce regular, large amounts of nuclear fuel that it could use to make bombs or export to other countries. But an examination of the fine print of the written agreement signed by U.S. and North Korean officials last month and the public explana- tions they have offered since shows that, for a number of the promised gains won by the administration, there were significant qualifications or con- cessions: 0 North Korea would halt con- struction of two huge new nuclear reactors. But its existing, smaller re- actor at Yongbyon, which has already been used to produce plutonium, a key ingredient for nuclear weapons, would be left intact. ® North Korea has agreed to "seal" its reprocessing plant, which could turn spent nuclear fuel into pluto- nium. But, so far, there is no guaran- tee that this reprocessing facility would be dismantled in the fashion the United States wants. * About 8,000 rods of spent nuclear fuel, removed from the Yongbyon plant in the spring, would be sealed or encased for protection. Yet instead of being shipped out of the country for disposal, as the ad- ministration had wanted, U.S. offi- cials have begun to acknowledge that the rods could be kept in North Korea. The Clinton administration is still insisting that North Korea submit to special international inspections, which would clear up what North Korea has done in its nuclear pro- gram. But the administration also has begun to make concessions about the timing of the inspections, admitting they can be put off for now and per- haps for years. "It is our view that the actual imple- mentation of special inspections, which we recognize is a serious po- litical issue for (North Korea), need not be undertaken immediately for a settlement to be successful," Gallucci admitted earlier this month. Postponement of the special in- spections is significant, because they are the issue that sparked the Korea crisis in the first place. In March 1993, after the Interna- tional Atomic Energy Agency asked to inspect two sites in North Korea that officials felt might contain tell- tale nuclear wastes, Pyongyang coun- tered by announcing its withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The terms of the deal now being envisioned by the administration would bring North Korea back into the treaty. But it would also mean that North Korea has won extensive talks with the United States and the first moves toward diplomatic recognition and economic help before it goes along with the special inspections the IAEA originally sought. U.S. officials point out that North Korea will not get the big final pay- off-a $4 billion light-water nuclear facility produced with foreign tech- nology and financing-until it goes along with the inspections and ex- plains how much weapons-grade nuclear fuel it has already produced. Featherman tapped for top spot at TSR New director aims to increase student participation in research projects By DONALD BLUM For the Daily The newly appointed director of the University's Institute for Social Research (ISR) says he would like to increase the number of undergradu- ates participating in research projects and expand the number of countries working with the institute. David L. Featherman, a renowned social scientist, will make the transi- tion to ISR by mid-June 1995, after vacating his current position as presi- dent of the Social Science Research Council in New York. Established in 1946, ISR is the largest institute of its kind in the coun- try and has a senior research staff of more than 80 doctoral-level scien- tists. "It's probably the nation's pre- mier institute that carries out interdis- ciplinary social research on interna- tional issues," Featherman said. Featherman, who received his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan, said he wants ISR to reach out more to devel- oping nations. "It's important for me to make it possible for social scientists in ISR to work with social scientists in other countries," Featherman said. "I would like to extend ... to parts of the devel- oping world ... where there are trans- formations under way socially, po- litically. "There are vast opportunities, needs, interests on the part of social researchers in these areas that tie to those of ISR's," he added, naming Southeast Asia as an area of interest. '(Featherman) is a very distinguished social scientist who's done some very innovative research.' - Harold Jacobson ISR interim director Featherman would also like to in- crease areas of international research, which involves "the linkage of the institute to other national centers that are carrying out similar work." ISR Interim Director Harold Jacobson said Featherman has strong support within the institute. "He's a very distinguished social psychologist who's done some very innovative research," Jacobson said. "It's quite a coup to have gotten him to return to Michigan." Featherman was selected by a search committee of 10 people, three of whom were from outside ISR. The search committee made recommen- dations to University Vice President for Research Homer A. Neal who then recommended Featherman to the University Board of Regents. The re- gents are expected to approve the appointment today. Featherman, who specializes in life-span development and behavior, has held faculty appointments at Princeton University and the Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Madison. He also directed the Institute on Aging and Adult Life at the University of Wis- consin Graduate School. In addition to receiving many awards and hon- ors, he has written a number of books on his field. Featherman replaces Robert B. Zajonc who retired Aug. 31 after serv- ing as director since 1989. Zajonc, who was affiliated with the Univer- sity for 39 years, is leaving to take an academic appointment at Stanford UniversityA AT THE DAILY MOLLY STEVENS/Daily Native American Two students watch the tribal drumming of members of the Students Association at Festifall '94 Friday. Ann Arbor to recycle junk mail, oil filters PEPPERS GALORE 0 City expands curbside recycling program By COREY HILL Daily Staff Reporter Ann Arbor's recycling program has been expanded to include more items you would have thrown away in the past. Residents can now place most junk mail and other third-class mail with white and colored paper for weekly curbside pick-up. Lined notebook paper as well as computer and brightly colored paper is now acceptable for collection. "Our goal is to recover 50 percent of our waste stream by 1995," said Nancy Stone, Ann Arbor's coordina- tor for solid waste educational ser- vices said. Mixed office paper was targeted because of its usage. Recycle Ann Arbor, a private non- profit organization, is contracted by the city to offer recycling services, collection programs, drop-off stations and material separation. "We are continuing to look at ex- panding our residential recycling pro- gram. We hope to offer recycling ser- vices for plastics and textiles," said Tim Brinell, director of Recycle Ann Arbor. "We want to save landfill space as well as general resources." Recycle Ann Arbor's facility owned by the city is limited in size. A new facility is expected to open in September 1995 at Platt and Ellsworth roads, the current site of the city's waste treatment center. Stone said many city residents wanted an expanded and more ag- gressive recycling program. Before home office paper recy- cling was offered city-wide, the city conducted a survey of households that showed support for continuing the program, she said. Mixed office paper and newspa- pers are frequently targeted. Recycle Ann Arbor selected used car oil filters for its next recycling project. Ann Arbor is believed to be the first city to offer weekly curbside collection of used car oil filters. "We targeted used car oil filters since there is no residential recycling market," Brinell said. "Nine out of 10 used car oil filters are lumped with regular trash. The used car oil filters that are recycled, are usually done at places such as Jiffy-Lube." Each used car oil filter contains one cup of oil, which if improperly disposed can leak from a landfill and potentially contaminate groundwater. In addition to recycling the used mo- tor oil, the steel from the filter can be recycled. Recycle Ann Arbor has focused on residential recycling, but it ac- knowledges that better initial use of and more recycling of general re- sources is needed. "We hope to de- velop programs from commercial and industrial purposes in the future," Brinell said. COME TO OUR MASS MEETING SEPT. 21 AT 7:30 MOLLY STEVENS/Daily Fern Seliman tends to her peppers at her booth at the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market outside Kerrytown yesterday. II~ Group Meetings U Society for Creative Anachro- Space, Mass Meeting,FXB Au- ditorium, 7 p.m. U "Molecular Bottlebrushes" lecture, Chem. 1706, 3 p.m. (- 1~r1 tw D.nc~r s et 1Inn SENIOR Where?? *the Student Publications Building (behind Ra rhni' ir /NiKh~irri A I I i 11