2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 29, 1996
NATION/WORLD
GOP prepares for key S. Carolina primary
os Angeles Times
COLUMBIA, S.C.-Their race now
deep in chaos, the Republican presi-
dential candidates flocked here yester-
day for Saturday's primary --a contest
looming as a defining moment in their
struggle for the nomination.
News
Analysis
"The elimina-
tion process is go-
ing to begin in ear-
nest in South Caro-
lina," commentator
Pat Buchanan said
yesterday.
Likewise, Rob-
ert Lighthizer, a se-
Buchanan last week in New Hamp-
shire, the struggling front-runner badly
needs a victory in Saturday's primary
here to regain his equilibrium.
With that in mind, Dole campaigned at
a new BMW plant in Greer, S.C., high-
lighting the fruits of international trade.
By contrast, Buchanan was at an aban-
doned furniture-finishing plant in
Clearwater, S.C., reminding voters oflost
jobs. Meanwhile, Forbes campaigned in
Pittsburgh and Lamar Alexander was in
Tennessee and Georgia.
The four will participate in a noon
debate today here in the state capital.
With all the unpredictable twists and
turns the GOP race has already taken,
few analysts still are willing to declare
any single contest decisive. But a defeat
here might be a mortal blow to Dole,
who has long viewed South Carolina as
his "firewall" - the fortress where he
could either seal the nomination, or
make his last stand.
Even though South Carolina offers
only a modest prize of37 delegates, the
stakes, in fact, are significant here for
all the candidates.
As the first Southern state to vote,
South Carolina's decision will rever-
berate through a region that has become
the cornerstone of
the new Republi-
can political coali-
tion - and will
dominate the pri-
mary calendar for
the next two weeks.
With contests
looming in Geor-
gia, Texas, Florida
and other Southern
states, a poor show-
Forbes ing here could de-
flate Buchanan or leave Alexander vir-
tually on life support.
Though the calculus of this cam-
paign seems to change almost hourly, at
this point most local observers see South
Carolina as a two-man contest between
nioradviserto Sen.
3ob Dole, said, "If you don't win South
;Carolina, you go on and try to do the best
you can, but you are truly injured."
Indeed, if Dole's back is now against
the wall in the Republican race, this is
The wall.
After losing to Steve Forbes in Ari-
zona Tuesday night, and falling to
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Buchanan and Dole, with Alexander
and Forbes trailing. "Buchanan is the
competition here," says Warren
Tompkins, a local political strategist
who is directing Dole's effort here and
across the South. Internal polling for
both Dole and Alexander has shown
Dole ahead, but operatives on all sides
caution that support is volatile.
With both a powerful religious conser-
vative community and a thriving subur-
banmiddle class-aswell asan economy
experiencing boththeprosperity and pain
associated with globalization - South
Carolina is a key test.
After his disappointing third-place
finish in Arizona, Buchanan is target-
ing his twin message of economic pro-
tectionism and cultural conservatism at
disaffected blue-collar workers in the
state's declining textile industry and
the burgeoning ranks of religious con-
servatives. Last night, Buchanan turned
out a huge crowd at an evangelical
church outside Spartanburg.
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score is given on the ability of the group
to present their canoe. Students will
earn points for the display, aesthetics of
the boat, and a five-minute presentation
in which the group advertises their ves-
sel.
Races will form the second part of
the competition. The boats will be
tested in both 100-meter sprint races
and 600-meter distance races. The team
members must row the boats them-
selves.
DeGood said the boat races tend to be
intense, and water splashed from anx-
ious paddles often leads to disaster.
"Every year that I've gone (to the re-
gional competition), at least one team's
boat has sank," he said.
Two teams from the region will ad-
vance to the national competition.
Though most regions will only advance
one team to the next round, any region
that placed a team in the top three slots
nationally in the previous year may
qualify two teams. The site of this year's
national competition has yet to be de-
termined.
Michigan State's team finished
third in the national competition last
year.
The team is always on the lookout for
new recruits, said team member Dave
Delia, an Engineering senior. Though
the work may look sophisticated, said
Delia, anyone can make contributions
to the team.
"If you want an activity where your
ideas will be used, this is it," he said.
"You don't have to be a rocket scientist
to do this."
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First, students were divided into
groups of 12 and given a list of various
tasks. They were instructed to prioritize
the list and explain the relative impor-
tance of each task.
Next, groups had to take part in role-
playing situations. The situations were
similar to those experienced by resi-
dent advisers on a daily basis.
At this stage in the selection pro-
cess, Lavrack said potential staff
members were referred to individual
residence halls. Each residence hall
conducted different interview pro-
cesses.
Crystal Smith, an LSA sophomore,
applied for RA positions in West
Quad, South Quad and residence halls
on the Hill. She was hired as a resi-
dent adviser for Mosher-Jordan, her
first choice.
"I'm a very social person and inter-
ested in meeting people of new and
diverse backgrounds," Smith said.
"This position will force me to inter-
act with people of all backgrounds
and will benefit me by developing my
leadership skills."
Larger residence halls have Mi-
nority Peer Advisers. Five students
were hired for that position for next
year.
"We are primarily looking for stu-
dents of color to act as peer advisers and
minority counseling advisers," Lavrack
said.
Lavrack said academic peer advisers
act as a link with LSA academic advis-
ers and provide academic peer advising
for all residents. Housing hired 11 new
peer advisers.
New census plan
unveiled by bureau
WASHINGTON -The Census Bu-
reau yesterday unveiled its plan to con-
duct a "fundamentally different" cen-
sus in the year 2000, acknowledging
that the 1990 headcount cost too much
and missed too many people, particu-
larly minorities and the poor.
Federal officials said their new plan
would rely on a range of new technolo-
gies, betteraddress lists, a stronger mar-
keting campaign and a redesigned form
that asks fewer questions and explains
why the information is necessary.
"The upcoming census is historic,"
said Alice Rivlin, director of the Office
of Management and Budget. "It's prob-
ably the most difficult one that has ever
been undertaken."
The current atmosphere of fiscal con-
straint in Congress could make it more
difficult for the Census Bureau to re-
ceive adequate funding, Rivlin ex-
plained. She also pointed to the current
atmosphere of mistrust in government
that makes it less likely people will take
the time to complete their census ques-
tionnaire and return it.
The census must be conducted "in
the face of a strong antagonism toward
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Trade deficit reaches 7-yearhigh
WASHINGTON - The United States suffered a $111.04 billion trade
deficit last year, the worst in seven years. The deficit with Mexico was a
record, a showing certain to energize foes of the administration's free-trade
policies.
The Commerce Department's final tally on trade for 1995 showed the deficit
with China also climbed to a record. But the imbalance with Japan, while still the
largest for any country, shrank for the first time in four years.
The deficit in goods and services represented an increase of 4.5 percent frond
1994 gap of $106.21 billion. In goods alone, the imbalance was even worse,
surging to an all-time high of $174.47 billion.
The administration, which has made trade the centerpiece of its foreign policy
strategy, sought to play down the rising deficit and focus instead on the advantages
the U.S. economy was receiving from rising exports.
Laura Tyson, head of the president's National Economic Council, U.S. Trade
Representative Mickey Kantor and Commerce Secretary Ron Brown all held
briefings to showcase the fact that for the first time in years, the growth rate in
exports exceeded the percentage increase in imports.
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she said.
FBI director requests
more legal power
WASHINGTON -- FBI Director
Louis Freeh yesterday asked Congress to
give the bureau greater legal authority to
counter economic espionage against to
United States by both friendly nations
and traditional adversaries.
Freeh said the FBI is now investigat-
ing 800 cases of economic espionage
against the United States, double the
number ofjust two years ago. He warned
that the intelligence services of at least
23 nations now make American indus-
try a prime target of their espionage,
and said that the steep rise "presents a
new set of threats to our national sec-
rity" in the post-Cold War world. 4
Economic and technological
globalization, Freeh added, have com-
bined "to increase both the opportuni-
ties and motives for conducting eco-
nomic espionage." As a result, the FBI
has stepped up its counterintelligence
efforts to thwart foreign spy operations
in California's Silicon Valley and other
high-tech hot spots.
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Diana announces
divorce agreement
from Prince Charles
LONDON-DianaPrincess ofWales,
said last night she has agreed to a divorce
from Prince Charles, the heir to the Brit-
ish crown, ending a marriage that began
nearly 15 years ago as a modern fairy tale
but then decayed into a dysfunctional
union that seemed to make no one happy
except the London tabloids.
Diana's announcement, which appar-
ently surprised the rest of the royal fam-
ily, sparked an immediate dispute over
terms of the split. Diana's statement said
she will retain her title and continue to
live at Kensington Palace in London. But
a spokesperson for Queen Elizabeth II
quickly said there had been no agreement
on retention of the title.
Diana said in a statement she would
"continue to be involved" with decisions
affecting the lives of the couple's sons,
William and Harry. She did not address
the issue of custody, which most royal-
watchers say Charles will get because of
William's status as heir presumptive to
the throne. Neither statement mentioned
terms of any monetary settlement.
Last December, the queen announced
her wish that Charles and Diana - the
topic of endless gossip - divorce. The
couple reached an "amicable" agreement
at a meeting yesterday at Kensington
Palace, Diana's spokesperson said.
Britain, Ireland set
date for peace tlks
LONDON - The leaders of Britain
and Ireland tried yesterday to salvage
the bomb-shattered Northern Ireland
peace process by setting a date, June 10,
for talks among all parties in the prov-
ince that are committed to nonviolence.
British Prime Minister John Ma
and Irish Prime Minister John BrutoT
patching up differences that had con-
tributed to the breakdown in the pro-
cess, proposed a two-step procedure to
prepare for those talks: discussions
among the parties beginning next week,
similar to talks held by Balkan leaders
in Dayton, Ohio, last November, fol-
lowed by elections in Northern Ireland
to let voters decide who would partici-
pate in the June negotiations.
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