I 2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 10, 1997 NATION/WoRLD I I Lake confirmation hearings begin + Fierce clash expected between Lake and rival Sen. Shelby Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - One of Washington's nastiest political dramas will break into the open tomorrow when hearings begin before the Senate lItelligence Committee on the nomina- tion of former White House national security adviser Anthony Lake as direc- tor of the Central Intelligence Agency. -Lake will face off against his chief tormentor, Sen. Richard Shelby, (R- Ala.), who chairs the committee. The two have little in common. Lake is. a Harvard graduate (magna cum laude) and has ties to Cambridge, Princeton (where he earned a doctorate degree), the State Department, the Carnegie Endowment and Mount Holyoke. He is a member of the country's Northeastern elite but never has been elected to anything more exalted than the Worthington, Mass., Planning Board. Shelby of Tuscaloosa, Ala., is a grad- uate of the University of Alabama and its law school and has served in the Senate for more than 10 years. A Democrat who was punished for oppos- ing the president's 1993 budget plan, he changed his party affiliation and is now a Republican chairman who is in posi- tion for some payback. The two sides in this political drama have been preparing for the collision for months, fighting over FBI files, trading accusations, spinning facts for the media and dealing out leaks like poker cards. It has turned into that rare Washington set piece, a test of wills between two men backed by powerful partisan forces - the Democratic administration and the Republican Congress. The latest twist in the ongoing con- frontation between the White House and Shelby came yesterday, in response to a new report about alleged efforts by China to funnel illegal campaign contri- butions into U.S. politics last year. According to the report, staff members at the National Security Council, which Lake headed, were informed by the Justice Department of an FBI investiga- tion into the allegations concerning I IN PROGRESS A~ SERIFS Of PR F !EN TlT ION ON THE FINE AIND PERFORMING A/RTS P ESENIER riLm TERRY LAWSON FILM CRITIC FOR TH E DETRoIT FREE PRESS MUSIC JOHN VANCE v PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF WIQB, 102.9 FM OMPUTER ART LITERATURE JAMY SHERIDAN PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN VICTORIA DIAZ BOOK COLUMNIST FOR THE LIvoNA OBSERVOR CONFESSIONS OF A CRITIC: A LOOK AT FILMS MODERN ROCK: EXPLORED THE VIRTUAL WORLD IS REAL: A FRESH VIEW OF COMPUTER ARTS SAY YES TO MICHIGAN FICTION BODIES IN MOTION: A LOOK AT MODERN DANCE WED., MARCH 12 4- 6 PM KOESSLER ROOM WED., MARCH 19 4 - 6 PM KOESSLER ROOM WED., MARCH 26 4- 6 PM HENDERSON ROOM WED., APRIL 2 4 - 6 PM HENDERSON ROOM WED, APRIL 9 4 -6PM HENDERSON ROOM 4 DLaNCE DIANA RICOTrA, NANCY SHEVITZ, AND KATIE STEVINSON GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF DANCE ALL PRESENTATIONS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.. 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CUTS Continued from Page 3A the University has made no definite plans toward privatization. "There have been some studies to look at certain jobs where we could outsource the work to private firms at a lower cost, but we haven't made any decision to do that yet," Trester said. "Outsourcing has been very popu- lar in the hospital industry for decades. It's a good option, but we haven't yet made a decision," Trester said. But Wilkerson said patient needs are frequently overlooked under private care, as they tend to be superseded by financial concerns. "I think that private hospitals spend more on administrative costs and less on caregiving," Wilkerson said. "There is good evidence to suggest that outsourcing would have a nega- tive impact on patients." Yet Trester, who said outsourcing has been discussed by administrators for several years, maintained that the bud- get cuts will not diminish the level of patient care. "Our No. I priority is to maintain the level of patient satisfaction and patient care, so we'll do nothing to jeopardize that," Trester said. Trester also said budget cuts will not affect the quality of the Medical School. "We wouldn't have the hospital if not for the Medical School so it is cru- cial and won't be affected," Trester said. "We're going to continue to edu- cate the students the same way we have." The University budget cuts coincide with a nationwide trend of increased consolidation in the health care indus- try - called "managed care" - in which a small number of giant, for- profit health care corporations provide insurance for a majority of the popula- tion. Between 60 and 70 percent of insured individuals are currently covered under some type of managed care, according to a Physicians for Quality Health Care brochure. Despite some advocates' views about detached bureaucracy in the industry, Michael Harrison, associate director of marketing and planning at the University Medical Center's pub- lic relations department, said the University is closely involved with the community, especially through women's health and children's pro- grams. "The University Hospital is very much involved with the community through a lot of different programs," Harrison said. But Wilkerson said she is disap- pointed that the University is follow- ing industry trends instead of pro- viding leadership in reforming the system. "I feel that the most important thing is that we have to work togeth- er to develop a health care system in which cutthroat competition is not the way we determine how health care will be distributed," Wilkerson said. "The University should be a leader not only scientifically and clinically, but also in the area of providing health care for the population as a whole,' Wilkerson said. : :.::.o.:.:w. ti7 l 0000 ti :;pi Gulf War Syndrome may be catagious IRVINE, Calif. - A number of medical professionals, who say they have become ill while treating Persian Gulf War veterans, claim the mysterious disease afflicting tens of thousands of soldiers is contagious and could pose a public health threat. Doctors, nurses, laboratory researchers, as well as others who come in casual contact with Gulf War veter- ans, say they have contracted the same symptoms - fatigue, fever, aches, rashes and respiratory problems -that are generally associated with "Gulf War Syndrome." Government investigators as well as some prominent scientists express deep skepticism about such theories and they find little evidence to support the claim that Gulf War illnesses are conta- gious. But despite the failure to find favor with official Washington and colleagues, many remain convinced Ohio River crests inundate midwest FALMOUTH, Ky. - More than a week has passed since the Flood of '97 began with a violent weather system that also brought deadly tornadoes to Arkansas and Mississippi. High water in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee has increased the death toll to 58 and caused millions of dollars in damages.w The Ohio River, which crested in Louisville on Friday at almost 16 feet abbve flood stage, has since dropped more than 2 feet to 36.6 feet yesterday. A storm y terday was expected to dump an additional inch of rain, but forecasters said it would have little effect on the floodwaters. Still, this slow-motion disaster is far from over, with waters still rising in down- stream towns. The Ohio is expected to crest tomorrow in Evansville, Ind., Wednesday in Mount Vernon, Ind., and Friday in Paducah, Ky. "It's just a big, old long crest;' said Randy Griggs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In Old Shawneetown, Ill., where the Ohio has risen nearly 2 feet and is expect- ed to crest Thursday, volunteers and emergency crews were busy sandbagging to plug holes in the main levee. Smithland, Ky., population 500, is surrounded by water that is waist-high and" ing, with a crest expected Friday. Schoolchildren helped fill sandbags until my night Saturday to increase the height of the town's flood wall to 5 feet. Order by number and save $$$ #1. Medium 1 topping pizza $4.99 #2 2 Medium 1 topping pizzas $9.98 #3. Large 1 topping pizza $6.99 #4. 2 Large 1 topping pizzas $13.98 #5. Medium 1 topping & Buffalo Wings $8.99 #6. Medium 1 topping & two 12 oz. Cokes $6.99 #7. Breadsticks & Dipping Sauce 99 #8. 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An Israeli army spokesman con- that the cause of gulf war illness is an infectious microbe, either native to the Middle Eastr or produced by Iraq's infamous biological weapons program. Whatever the cause, they say, it is spreading. Ibuprofen reduces risk of Alzheimer's The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease can be reduced by as much as 60 percent by frequent consumption of the common anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen over two years or longer, a massive study to be released today has shown. Even shorter use could reduce t e risk by as much as 35 percent, a tel from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute on Aging reports in the journal Neurology. Earlier studies had hinted that ibupro- fen, commonly known as Advil, Motrin or Nuprin, and other anti-inflammatory drugs might delay the onset. of Alzheimer's, but this is the largest study to date and perhaps the most convinc- ing, experts said. - , firmed that an Israeli soldier was light- ly wounded Sunday from mortar shells and anti-tank missiles in Rihan. The Israeli air strike came neady four hours after Hezbollah gueril9 hit an Israeli mechanized patrol with Sagger missiles and rocket-propelled grenades in the village of Rihan,-six miles north of Marjayoun. Scientists den cloning of chid LONDON - A Belgian scient' yesterday denied a London newspa report that his fertility center acciden- tally produced the world's first human clone, a 4-year-old boy now living in southern Belgium. Dr. Robert Schoysman, head of the Van Helmont Hospital near Brussels, 'said he was "amazed and irritated" by The Sunday Times of London report about the work of his fertility center. 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