2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 21, 1997 NAT ON/WoRLD GRAMLICH Continued from Page 1 tunate enough to be nominated and accepted." Gramlich has worked as an econom- ics professor at the University for the past 22 years. Gramlich served as chair of a federal advisory commission on Social Security finances, which released its report recently. For a short time in the late '84s, Gramlich was act- ing chief of the congressional budget offices. Before coming to the University he spent three years at the Brooking's Institute, a liberal Washington, D.C. thinktank. National organizations sought Gramlich's knowledge and expertise, including an appointment by major league baseball owners to conduct a study on the economics of the league. Regent Shirley McFee (R-Battle Creek) said Gramlich's potential appointment to the Fed is a great com- pliment to the University. "I think that it's a tremendous honor both for him and the University," McFee said. "He's done extensive work on design and recommendations. I am very impressed (with that) work and the work he's done in the School of Public Policy. It is a credit both to him and the University." Public Policy graduate student Kwe Akuete said "if we lose Dean Gramlich, it would be a shame to see him go." - The Associated Press and Daily Staff Reporter Katie Wang contributed to this report. BIKES Continued from Page 1 better standards, pollution is still increasing because of the number of cars on the road and the amount of miles driven per day is increasing,' said An Marie Rodgers, an SNRE second- year graduate student. Another purpose of the demonstra- tion was to exhibit how difficult it is for a cyclist to travel conveniently. "Ann Arbor is a compact town where a lot of people like to bike," Farleigh said. "There have been a lot of people pushing for bike paths." Christa Hawryluk, an SNRE sec- ond-year masters student, said the bik- ing situation in Ann Arbor is not opti- mal. "One thing I hate the most is that people ride their bikes on the side- walks," Hawryluk said. "They are scared to ride them in the streets." The city's design caters to the motorist, Hawryluk said. "Bikers and pedestrians are second-class citizens compared to motorists,'she said. LSA junior Stephanie Cervelli, a member of the Michigan cycling team, said she always rides in the street. "Cars don't like me on the street, pedestrians don't like me on the side- walk," Cervelli said. The local event was modeled after one that takes place monthly in San Francisco to promote bike use. "There must be over a dozen cities that have demonstrations like this one' Hawryluk said. AROUND THE NATI N Air Force may have plane wreckage EAGLE, Colo. - A helicopter crew hovering beside a sheer cliff in the central Rocky Mountains found what is likely the wreckage of a missing bomb-laden war- plane, but saw no sign of the pilot, the Air Force said yesterday. Because of high winds, a ground crew could not be sent in to examine the wreckage stuck in the snow. The search could begin today. "It is our collective judgment that what we have seen is likely to be A-10 airp e pieces," Maj. Gen. Nels Running said, adding that he is 99.9 percent sure it was Capt. Craig Button's A-10 Thunderbolt. The plane has been missing since April 2, when Button, 32, took off from a Tucson, Ariz., base on a routine training mission and veered north, heading to Colorado with four bombs aboard. An Army National Guard helicopter crew spotted the wreckage while hovering within 30 feet of the steep cliff. A close-up look revealed pieces of gray painted metal that could have been from the plane's interior and several smaller pieces of metal, Running said. Yellow-green paint used as an anti-corrosion coating inside the airplane was also visible, he sid. FIRE. Continued from Page 1 sixth floor." South Quad resident Chithra Perumalswami, an LSA first-year stu- dent, said she and others were evacuat- ed from the building twice. "At first, we thought it was the barbe- cue in the back. The second time, we saw the water," Perumalswami said. At the time of evacuation, about 600 students were in the building, Levy said. Many students went outside without coats, books or even shoes. "Nobody thought the building was on fire," LSA junior Ciara Benson said. Students were eventually allowed back into the building shortly after 9:30 p.m. Some residents who were contacted last night said several of Frazier and Shea's hallmates attended the alleged party in Room 6710 on Saturday night. "There were a lot of people in the hall- way. There were 40 to 50 people," said a second hallmate, who spoke on the con- dition of anonymity. The hallmate said there were numerous cups left in the hall- way and the resident adviser had warned the students to be quiet. According to the University's policy for student-athletes, "unlawful posses- sion, use, manufacture, sale or distribu- tion of alcohol or other drugs" is prohib- ited on campus. Disciplinary actions could include any of the following: "Verbal reprimand, ver- bal or written warning, suspension from practice or games, reduction or with- drawal of athletic-based financial aid, dismissal from team." While Frazier and Shea's room was left in shambles after the fire, students who were left homeless for a few hours expressed their discontent about having to stay outside. "We thought it was a regular fire drill," Benson said. "We all have to stay out here for four hours and we have finals tomorrow. Not everybody is going to be understanding." Linguistics Prof. Rosina Lippi- Green, whose Linguistics 211 class is scheduled for an exam today, said she will try to accommodate those students kept out of their rooms, but they will have to prove South Quad residence. "I am certainly willing to try to reschedule for hourlies for those stu- dents who live in South Quad," she said. Levy attributed the containment of the fire to the fast response of Department of Public Safety officials and the AAFD. All campus residence halls are equipped with fire-resistant doors, he said. "The doors are very heavy wood- frame doors that are highly fire-resistant - they are especially designed for this type of resident setting," Levy said. "The walls are cement-brick, they're not spe- cial but it takes a lot to go through.' The corridor where the fire occurred will be blocked off until wiring in the area is repaired and power turned back on, Ann Arbor Police Department Lt. Wesley Skowron said. The last time a similar fire occurred was two years ago in Mary Markley residence hall, Levy said. "There was a candle fire in the dorm from a menorah," Levy said. "That was at the same time Christmas trees were banned in family housing." Levy said he did not know whether Frazier or Shea will be fined or charged for the damages. - Daily Staff Reporters Katie Plona and Katie Wang contributed to this report. "I iowledle NI ana ement in the GCal Ccorp oration" Address by Dr. AsIIk Garntdly Member, Board of Directors & Chief Technology Officer Unilever PLC Dr. Ashok Ganguly is based in London and Rotterdam, and is specifically responsible for the global technology, enoineerino and research function. He is also a Director of British Airways PLC and Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries in India. Tue.day, April 22 4:15 p.m. - Room B1270 University of Mithigan Business School 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor A-bright asks for treaty ratification WASHINGTON - America's world leadership is at stake, the Clinton admin- istration's top foreign policy officials insisted yesterday as they pressed for ratification of a treaty banning chemical weapons. The Senate takes up the pact Thursday in a vote too close to call. "We are the superpower. We are the leader. This is a leadership question," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, her explanation of why the Senate must ratify the convention that imposes a global ban on the use, production, trans- fer and stockpiling of chemical weapons. The treaty, signed by 170 countries and already ratified by 72, takes effect on April 29, regardless of how the Senate votes five days earlier. Albright said the treaty, initiated by President Reagan and negotiated by President Bush, "has made-in-America written all over it." Still, the administration has had to struggle to overcome opposition from Foreign Relations Committee Chair Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and the reluctance of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott(R- Miss.) just to get a ratification vote before the April 29 deadline. With that accomplished, administra- tion officials are lobbying hard for the two-thirds vote needed to ratify. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle ol South Dakota said yesterday on NBC'S "Meet the Press" that all 45 Senite Democrats will vote for the treaty, bul with Republican opposition e chances of passages are "no better 50-50 today." GOP splits on welfare opinions WASHINGTON - Cracks are open. ing in the once nearly solid wall o Republican opposition to restoring wet fare benefits for legal immigrants. With nearly I million nonci notice that they may lose disability ch and food stamps in about 100 days Republicans are beginning to break ranks with congressional leaders on the issue. The welfare law passed last Aug would bar federal disability, and food, stamp benefits to immigrants who have not become citizens. Immigrant-righte groups are encouraging lawmakers toalte the cutoff, which was responsible fo much ofthe savings the measureprOxv d I O AROUND THE WORLI India selects Gujral as prime mitr NEW DELHI, India - Hoping to end a three-week political crisis and reluctant to call new elections less than a year after the last national vote, India's president yesterday accepted Inder Kumar Gujral as the country's new prime minister. President Shanker Dayal Sharma gave the 77-year-old Gujral, an urbane two-time foreign minister and former ambassador to Moscow, two days to prove his United Front coalition majority in Parliament, which opens a special session today to debate the national budget. Gujral was to be sworn in today as India's third premier since elections last May. Citing "considerations relevant to the national interest;' Sharma said he decided against holding a midterm poll "so soon after the general elections held in 1996." Gujral's appointment was widely seen as a compromise move that many hope will stabilize the shaky India political scene. No single politica party holds a majority in the lowe house of parliament, the Lok Sa The latest crisis was precipitated e the once-dominant Congress Part) withdrew its support for Prime Minister Deve Gowda, the outgoing United Front leader. Parisians overturn lawn-standing ban PARIS - In one of those little lutions that tell a lot about contempo- rary changes in French lifestyles, Paris authorities have been compelled tc revoke long-standing, Draconian regu- lations that made it illegal to walk on the grass in most of the city' 413 pub- lic gardens, parks and promenades. Officialddm has capitulated in the face of lounging office workers. Frisbee-tossing tourists and urbanites who simply want to feel the freshse of the grass between their toes. - Compiled fi m Daily wire reports. 11 1 -,1 rr.r rr rr r rr. rrim a i . 02. 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