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. 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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. CONCRETE Continued from Page 1A 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." RA Continued from Page 1A 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 # '..}fi ' .. . . . .14, 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. what government does and what y* tell government people about yourself," 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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To participate: Fax you resume by February 29, 1996 to the Registration Center at (212) 508-4114 or email to prigat@trendline.co. il 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. - From Daily wire servic The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, year-long (September through April) is $165. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35, Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of thebAssociated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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