2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 27, 1997

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Poland hit by fire

Los Angeles Times
WARSAW - A fire set by arsonists
ripped through the vestibule of the
Polish capital's only active Jewish syna-
gogue yesterday, touching off a wave of
feat' and outrage in a country haunted by
a history of troubled relations with Jews.
+The early morning blaze was so
'intense it sucked the vaulted ceilings in
the entry clean of plaster and reduced the
temple's massive oak doors to crumbling
sticks of charcoal. Except for its early
detection, police say, the fire would have
engulfed the main prayer hall of the cen-
tury-old temple, the heart of Warsaw's
tiny Jewish community.
Investigators found two tin cans amid
they harred rubble and a sack of sawdust
outside the building. Police late yester-

day said they were searching for a man
in a yellow raincoat and a woman
dressed in black who were apparently
seen near the synagogue at the time of
the early morning attack.
"This is among the worst acts of van-
dalism against Jews in Poland in 30 or
40 years,"said Rabbi Michael Schudrich
of the Robert S. Lauder Foundation, an
international Jewish organization with
offices next to the synagogue. "People
are very upset and very perturbed that
something like this could happen in
1997."
Polish President Aleksander
Kwasniewski condemned the arson as
an act of barbarism and assured Jews in
Poland and abroad that Poles want good
and friendly relations.

DEGREES
Continued from Page 1A
University has been working hard to
draw more African American students
to the University.
"We have made great strides in the
last 10 years in our recruitment efforts,
and our graduation rate is one of the
highest in the nation," Baker said.
However, Baker emphasized that the
University still needs to do more to
attract African American students and
make sure they stay and complete their
education.
Lester Monts, vice provost for acad-
emic and multicultural affairs and chair
of the University's advisory board to
the Patterson Institute, said the
University ranks behind only the
University of Virginia in graduation
rates of African American students.
"I think when you compare us to our
peer institutions, we're way ahead,"
Monts said.
The report also noted that African
American women are twice as likely to
receive bachelor's and master's degrees

as African American men.
LSA sophomore Romanda Kindle
said she is disappointed and pleased at
the same time by the findings.
"I'm kind of sad that there are not a
lot of males attending college," Kindle
said. "As far as the women in general,
I'm proud of that."
Nettles said there are a number of
ways that universities can improve the
climate for black students in higher
education.
"Each college and university should
examine the issue for itself by asking
the students and faculty what needs to
be done;' Nettles said.
The Patterson Institute, which was
formed last summer, is the first founda-
tion in the United States dedicated to
researching issues surrounding African
Americans and education. "This is a
landmark study," Monts said. "Mike
Nettles is a superb researcher."
The foundation plans to focus its
next data book in the three-book series
on educational trends among African
Americans from pre-school to high
school.

Senator renounces support for budget
WASHINGTON - Apparently ending the Republican-led drive for a constitu-
tional amendment mandating a balanced federal budget, an undecided Democratic
senator skewered the GOP's top legislative priority by renouncing his previous sup-
port for the measure.
Robert Torricelli of New Jersey - who voted for a nearly identical proposal ti
years ago as a member of the House - announced yesterday his intention to vote
against the balanced budget amendment in the Senate, denying the GOP its top
political goal for the 105th Congress.
Although Senate debate on the proposal will continue until an expected floor
vote on Tuesday, the outcome appears locked in place: The amendment has 66 sup-
porters, one short of the necessary two-thirds majority needed for adoption. With
Torricelli's announcement, 34 senators - all Democrats - have voiced opposition
to the measure.
"I have struggled with this decision more than any that I have ever made in my
life;' the first-term senator declared at a crowded news conference. He said he
reached his conclusion based on concerns the amendment as drafted could thro
en national defense, limit infrastructure investment and prolong future economic
downturns because it would not allow the government enough flexibility for going
into debt.

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ELECTIONS
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and vice presidential candidates for
both parties are MSA veterans.
"The idea is that we're going to make
a promise to students;" said Students'
Party presidential candidate Mike
Nagrant. "We're not (just) here for this
one election."
Nagrant's runningmate, LSA junior
Olga Savic, said some voters might
question the absence of strong
Students' Party representation during
the fall representative election.
"We focused our energies in a differ-
ent way, and now we've come back
together again with some more people;"
said Savic, who was the Students' Party's
vice presidential candidate last winter as
well. "We didn't go away, we just came
back in a bigger and better form."
Current MSA Vice President and
Michigan Party presidential candidate
Probir Mehta said he will seek direct
communication with his constituents
before the elections.
"The Michigan Party looks forward
to talking with students and implement-
ing its ideas and vision for the next
year,"said Mehta, an LSA junior.
Mehta's runningmate Dan Serota, the

assembly's student general counsel,
said the Michigan Party's platform is
not complete yet, but the concept of
campus renaissance is a possible theme.
"We really want to expand what
we're doing and take it to the next
level," said Serota, an LSA junior. He
added that if elected, he and Mehta
intend to make changes "from day one"
and not just maintain current assembly
standards.
LSA sophomore Tracey Parker said
an issue she would like to see raised by
candidates is the LSA foreign language
requirement.
"I think to most students it's a waste
of their time," Parker said. "That's defi-
nitely an issue I'd like to see addressed."
The Victors Party's presidential can-
didate Jim Riske said the Victors party
platform speaks for itself.
"We have a lot of new ideas and we
can actually be trusted, as opposed to
the current administration," said Riske,
an Engineering sophomore. "It's sever-
al ideas strung together."
MSA Election Director Angie Blake
said she hopes all students will increase
turnout and vote by utilizing the new
electronic polling sites.
"I hope it does because it's such a
convenience," Blake said.

Greenspan: market
rise may backfire
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve
Chair Alan Greenspan suggested yes-
terday that the tremendous rise in the
stock market over the past two years
may have gone too far too fast, and
warned bluntly that the surge, if it con-
tinues, could backfire and hurt the
economy.
For the second time in less than
three months, Greenspan also raised
the prospect that the federal govern-
ment soon may have to raise interest
rates in a pre-emptive strike to keep
wage increases and the economy's
growth-rate in check - possibly
even before it has any really solid
evidence that inflation may be inten-
sifying.
Greenspan's remarks, delivered dur-
ing testimony before the Senate
Banking Committee as part of his
semiannual report to Congress, rocked
the financial markets. The Dow Jones
Industrials Average plunged 120
points, but later recovered somewhat

to close at 6983.18, down 55.03 from
Tuesday.
The chairman's warning came four
weeks before a March 25 meeting of
the Fed's policy-making Federal Op
Market Committee, which is expe(
to consider once again whether to raise
interest rates in an effort to prevent a
revival of inflationary pressures.
FDA proposes
simpler drug labels
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration proposed a
significant overhaul of the nati
nonprescription drug labels to mae
them easier for consumers to read and
understand yesterday.
The proposed changes would require
larger type, more white space, a stan-
dardized format and simpler language.
The transformation would resemble the
recent remaking of all U.S. food labels.
These changes were among several
major consumer-oriented improve-
ments sought by outgoing F*
Commissioner David Kessler.

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Britian may have
poisoned troops
LONDON - Six years after the
Persian Gulf War, the British govern-
ment has acknowledged that it may
have unwittingly poisoned troops
who fought there. And under sharp
questioning by lawmakers yesterday,
a top defense official conceded that
the government had been misled
about the use of organophosphate
pesticides around British forces in
the Gulf.
Nicholas Soames, minister of state
for the armed forces, denied any
cover-up but said he had received
"flawed and inaccurate" information
about use of the toxic chemicals from
civilian and military officials in the
Defense Ministry. Some of those
officials, who were not identified
other than that they had worked in the
Surgeon General's office, may face
charges, he said.
But rejecting a Defense Ministry
report that effectively exonerated
Soames of deliberately lying to

Parliament in earlier statements, the
opposition Labor Party called for his
resignation. "He knew all about t
he made a great error of judgment,
should resign," said David Clark,
who speaks on defense issues -for
Labor.
Swiss take charge of
survivors' fund
GENEVA - The government yester-
day took charge of a new $71-mllN
fund set up by major Swiss banks to ai
needy Holocaust survivors as political
resistance grew within the country to
any contribution from taxpayers' mon6y.
The plan allows Jewish and non-
Jewish victims of the Holocaust to apply
for financial help, regardless of whether
they had any connection with
Switzerland during or after the war. The
fund will be managed by four persons
named by the government and thr
non-Swiss Jews recommended by
World Jewish Restitution Organization.
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