2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 2, 1995 N~TI IW. ta __._. CHICANO Continued from page 1 The week begins with keynote speaker Daniel Osuna, a former rep- resentative of Partido Nacional de la Raza Unida, a national organization for advancing Latino/a rights, Reyes said. "It's a social conscience raising speech," he said. "It's not only to talk about Chicano culture but also to raise awareness about the conditions that Chicanos face daily in this country." Quiroga, who has seen Osuna's presentation, called it "very power- ful. It makes people cry." Reyes cited economic and institu- tional oppression as common ob- stacles Chicanos face, particularly "the racism faced by Latinos most recently expressed by (Proposition) 187 in California." Proposition 187, a law recently approved by California voters, denies non-emergency medical care, educa- tion and other public services to ille- gal immigrants. "The effects are defi- nitely directed toward Latinos," Reyes said. Additional events include aRAZA Comedy Night at the Michigan Union, a Chicana gender issues panel discus- sion and a grape boycott "teach-in," to raise awareness about the signifi- cance of the United Farm Workers grape boycott protesting unfair labor practices in the California table grape industry. An Aztec spiritual leader - Huetochli Cristino Beato Perez - will also be contributing to the week's events as he leads an event called "Resurgence of the Indigenous Tra- dition." Perez will be showing avideo, celebrating Aztec dance and speak- ing about Aztec culture, Reyes said. Overall, Quiroga is optimistic about the week's events. "We hope to educate. It's not very often that our history gets told," she said. "But also part of it is celebrating for ourselves our history and learning from it," Quiroga added. l NATIONAL REPORT Fed increases interest rates to 9% WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve boosted interest rates yesterday for the seventh time in a year, triggering higher borrowing costs for millions of Americans and charges of monetary overkill from critics. The Fed's half-point increase in two key rates was followed immediately by a similar boost by major banks in their prime lending rate, pushing it from 8.5 percent to 9 percent, the highest level for this benchmark rate since early 1991. Many home equity and credit card loans are tied to the prime, as are certain business loans, especially for small and medium-sized firms. In a brief announcement at the end of two days of closed-door discussions, the Fed said it was increasing its discount rate, the interest the bank charges on direct loans to commercial banks, from 4.75 percent to 5.25 percent. The central bank said it was increasing its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, by a half-point, to 6 percent. When the Fed began this cycle of interest rate increases on Feb. 4, 1994, the funds rate stood at 3 percent. The latest increase means it has now been doubled in just 12 months even though the underlying rate of inflation in the country has actually declined during the same period. Rutgers students call for the resignation of school president Francis L Lawrence yesterday afternoon.P Rutgers president apologizes for 'genetic' remark; students protest NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A university president apologized yesterday for "the damage and the pain" he caused by implying blacks lack the genetic background to score well on standardized tests. President Francis L. Lawrence of Rutgers University said he had misspoken and that such views were wrong. He refused to resign despite demands from some 500 student pro- testers who marched across campus yesterday. School officials said they don't plan to discipline him. "To the depths of my soul, in no way have I ever thought these things, believed these things," Lawrence said in an interview with The Associated Press. Healsoissuedastatementtobegiven to all students and said he would meet with students over the next few days. Demonstrators chanting "Lawrence must go!" marched through the center of the main cam- pus yesterday, held a brief sit-in, then advanced to the building that houses the president's office. Speakers used a megaphone. "We as students demand to be respected as human beings. Your words have revealed a subconsciously racist ideology," said Otis Rolley, 20, a junior and one of the march leaders. Lawrence, who became president in 1990, was not in the building at the time. Speaking in November to faculty members, Lawrence described his views on the use of such exams as the Scholastic Assessment Tests to judge student performance. "The average SAT for African Americans is 750," he said. "Do we set standards in the future so that we don't admit anybody with the na- tional test? Or do we deal with a disadvantaged population that doesn't have that genetic hereditary back- ground to have a higher average?" A recording of the speech was distributed by the faculty union; the remarks were reported Tuesday in The Star-Ledger of Newark. D.C budget crisis called 'emergency' WASHINGTON -- Mayor Marion Barry warned yesterday that the finances of the nation's capital are in such bad shape, the city could slip $1 billion into debt by the end of 1995. A new audit reveals that the city's 1994 deficit was $335 million instead of the $40 million estimated. "This is an emergency situation right now," Barry said. The mayor decided against de- claring the first-ever state of emer- gency, which would have given him unprecedented powers to slash spend- ing without city council approval. Rep. James Walsh (R-N.Y.), who heads the House Appropriations' D.C. subcommittee, warned that Congress could be forced to seize control of the city's finances. But House SpeakerNewt Gingrich suggested that not even Congress wants to assume the burden. "Let the state government of Mary- land take over the city and decide what to do with it - and by the way letthem provide themoney," Gingrich quipped at one point. Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening, echoing the sentiments of his prede-. cessors, said no thanks. Clinton to tap Tenn.* dean as surgeon gen. WASHINGTON - Dr. Henry Foster Jr., a medical school leader in Tennessee, is President Clinton's. choice for surgeon general, officials said yesterday. Foster, 61, former acting presi- dent of a predominantly Black medi- cal school, will replace Dr. Joycelyn@ Elders, who was fired in December after saying school children should be taught about masturbation. White House aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the an- nouncement was scheduled for today. They said Foster would lead a na- tional campaign to combat teen-age, pregnancy. AIDS drugs buoy hopes .. r k-,PX ,.ROUND THE WORLD i fti j +. Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - A new ex- perimental antiviral drug called 3TC, taken in combination with the com- monly used drug AZT, decreased AIDS infection and appeared to im- prove the immune systems of patients better than either drug used alone, according new studies presented yes- terday. The findings represented the sec- ond piece of encouraging news in AIDS therapy in as many days, and further bolstered the opinion of most researchers that combinations of pow- erful drugs are the best hope for con- trolling the disease. Researchers presented data Tues- day showing that another class of drugs, called protease inhibitors, pro- duced similar results. The research was released at the Second National Conference (on) Human Retroviruses and Related Infections, a five-day scientific meeting here devoted al- mod entirely to AIDS. "The combination of AZT and 3TC is promising," said Dr. John Bartlett of Duke University Medical Center, which conducted one of the studies. great scores... ilA Kaplan helps you focus your test prep study where you need it most. We'll show you the proven skills and test- taking techniques that help you get a higher score. T i4soif yot o 2 %4ff ypu4 +c44 ea$/44f Discover the U of M Museum of Art Gift Shop IMis coupon entitles eou ft 25% 01f anS purc55ose of S poser Museum of Art Gift Shaop 525Ss. Stte t S. Universitq Mideast leaders to hold summit today JERUSALEM - The leaders of Egypt, Israel, Jordan andthe Pales- tinians will 'hold an unprecedented four-way summit today in Cairo, Egypt, in an effort to rescue founder- ing Israeli-Palestinian peace negotia- tions. The quartet of leaders "will make a real attempt to create a coalition for peace and not let the coalition against peace stop it," Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said in Cairo, where he held talks yesterday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. A Palestinian spokesman con- firmed that Palestine Liberation Or- ganization Chairman Yasser Arafat will attend the Cairo summit. "It is a conference of the peace- makers," said Nabil Abu Rudaineh. "We are facing a crisis between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the major issue tomorrow will be how to get out of this crisis and back to the negotiating table." Moussa said Syrian President Hafez Assad, whose three-year nego- tiations with Israel are at an impasse, was not invited to the meeting. "We don't want to embarrass him,"Moussa said. Both Israeli and Palestinian ana- lysts welcomed today's meeting asan essential effort to restore the credibil- ity of peace negotiations. major appeals onTV for N. Ireland peace LONDON - British Prime Min- ister John Major made an unusuag television appeal to the nation last night in an effort to save the delicate deliberations on peace in Northern Ireland. The peace process seemed jeopar- dized when the London Times printed$ what it said were excerpts from a document designed as the basis for talks among parties on both sides of the Irish border, which angered poli- ticians who favor continued British rule in Northern Ireland. 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