2 -: The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 7, 1995 MCARD Continued from page 1 had problems, but they fixed them," Kane said. As an incentive for the selected students to pick up their Mcards, First of America deposited $5 in each participant's CashStripe funds. Russell said there has already been some confusion in the transition from Entre Plus to Mcard. "You should tell the cashier that 'I want this on my Entree Plus' or 'I want this on my Mcard or CashStripe,"' Russell said. First of America is offering a Cam- pus First account for Mcard users who do not choose to keep other monies with First of America. For the pilot program only, the bank is waiving the $25 minimum opening depositthatwill be required in the future for the Cam- pus First account. With the new account type, users will also be able to access those funds at First of America ATMs, including four free transfers and withdrawals per month. ELECTION Continued from page 1 said. Keenan, an LSA senior and the MSA Students' Rights Committee chair, and Engineering Rep. Kelic, a senior, are running as independents campaigning primarily for the revision of the Statement of Student's Rights and Responsibilities, the University's code of non-academic conduct. "I've worked on the code for 2 1/2 years now, and it's finally starting to budge," Keenan said. "I have a plan to take down the code -it's not flashy or glamorous, it's just being there in (the administration's) face any time the is- sue comes up." Keenan and Kelic support revising the code, rather than abolishing it. "I'd like to see (the code) rolled back to just dealing with sexual assault and alcohol, because those are feder- ally mandated," Keenan said. On a separate independent slate, LSA junior Masley and Burnside ad- vocate acompleterejection of the code. "We should not accept the University's code in any form," Masley said. In addition, Masley and Burnside hope MSA will assume a more active role in fighting for student interests. "MSA should be taking the inter- ests of students and fighting for them. Instead they see themselves as a sec- ond administration. MSA could orga- nize mass demonstrations fighting against racism, tuition hikes and finan- cial aid cuts," Masley said. While the number of parties in- creased, the number of independent candidates has decreased this year. Young said she thinks candidates are learning that running as an indepen- dent is more difficult. "I think people have realized that when you run with parties you have a better chance of winning. Sometimes peoplejust vote for one party across the board. Independents have to work harder to get their platforms known," she said. ATIONAL REPORT House debates legal liability bill WASHINGTON - Marching into the more controversial reaches of the "Contract With America," the Republican-controlled House argued yesterday over business-backed legislation to alter the civil legal system. "Simply too extreme," the White House labeled some of the proposals. The measures generally would make it easier to defend product-liability and securities-fraud cases and they preempt state laws by creating a federa limit on so-called punitive damages in most lawsuits. They also would provid* incentives to settle suits out of court under a modified "loser pays" system that could require even a person who wins a case to bear a portion of the other side's attorney fees and costs. "Common sense legal reform," Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) termed the measures, borrowing the phrase from the GOP's "Contract With America." "This isn'tforMain Street, it's for Wall Street," countered Rep. 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The bill would cut spending on food stamps by $16 billion over the next five years primarily by tighten- ing eligibility requirements, combat- ing fraud and eliminating some planned increases. Serving 27 mil- lion people and funded with $24 bil- lion annually, the food stamps pro- gram is the second-largest program for the poor behind Medicaid. Court punishes e churning with fine WASHINGTON - In a victory for disgruntled investors, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that securities brokers can be forced to pay punitive damages. The 8-1 decision puts the securi- ties industry on notice that it can be hit with large penalties if its broker cheat and deceive their customers The ruling awards $559,000 in damages to a couple who had accused a broker of churning their account. Despite the setback in the Supreme Court, the securities industry may re- coup some of its losses later this week as the Republican led House is ex- pected to pass sweeping reforms of the legal system. 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Organized crime is presumed Lech Walesa to have hired the hitmen. government "They'll never catch the real kill- take office s ers, the ones corrupting this country," in 1989 and said pensioner Sveta Smirnova, echo- a former Co ing the sentiments of many in the Rus- The even sian capital yesterday. dential palac The gloom provoked by the mur- gling betwe der of Vladislav Listyev last week wing coaliti starts at the top. land sincef "There has been no breakthrough their allies% in the fight against crime," President tions in, Sep Boris Yeltsin complained yesterday at Even wi a Security Council meeting dominated and a reshu by the issue. government Yeltsin's firing of the city's top lition partn law-enforcement officials did little to changes in dispel the new wave of worry about expected. surging crime. 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