News: 76-DAILY Advertising: 764-0554 it t Y Unt One hundred seven years ofedtoridfreedom Wednesday October1, 1997 ,m "D, 1.. . ' ."2' Gramlich f By Jeffrey Kosseff Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), chair gr Daily Staff Reporter of the Banking Committee, said that b Although the Senate confirmation while D'Amato has not voiced his sup- nc hearings of School of Public Policy port for Gramlich, he also has not D Edward Gramlich for the Federal shown major concern with him. to Reserve Board are going smoothly, "The hearings seemed to go pretty a some inside sources say he may have well today," Mills said yesterday. "The fi difficulty when his nomination moves chairman has indicated he wants to a to the Senate floor. move the nominations out of committee Fe The Federal Reserve Board is the next week. He did not indicate any fi seven-member panel that controls U.S. opposition." money supply and interest rates. If Gramlich is confirmed by the com- v President Clinton nominated Gramlich mittee, he will move to the Senate floor h for the spot in July, and the Senate for a final vote that would either con- G B ing Committee began hearings on firm or deny the appointment. th Gilich's nomination yesterday. "The Senate floor may be where pi Richard Mills, press secretary for more of the problems are," said a con- w DPS looks for Out on a bank robber Bnet Adamy 1WStaff Reporter The Department of Public Safety is requesting the public's help in finding a man who robbed the Comerica Bank in Wolverine Tower on Monday afternoon. DPS Spokesperson Elizabeth Hall said the subject is a brown-haired white male, approximately 5-foot-11, 190 lbs. and in his late 20s to early 30s. He had a goatee and was wearing a blue baseball cap with the letters "OC" on it. At approximately 1:40 p.m. Monday, the man entered the bank, informed the teller that he was performing a rgery, demanded money and fled the bank by foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. FBI Spokesperson Dawn Moritz said the suspect did not appear to have a weapon. "He did not display a weapon in the commission of the robbery," Moritz said. "That doesn't mean he didn't have one." An Ann Arbor Police Department canine unit was called to the scene to help in the investigation. DPS officers are cooperating with the FBI to develop further leads. "We're developing some leads and we're hoping that s cone will see the picture and recognize him," Hall said. nants of Wolverine Tower, a University building, near the site of the robbery, said the robbery does not make them feel unsafe in the building. See ROBBERY, Page 7 Prof. proposes gum to replace cigarettes By Heather Wiggin Daily Staff Reporter If Public Health Prof. Kenneth Warner gets his way, peo- ple will be stopping at the convenience store for packs of sweet nicotine gum instead of cigarettes. In today's Journal of the American Medical Association, Mathew Marchyok, Xer and two co-authors argue that nicotine substitutes The Diag remains a should be made more available and more attractive to those classes and late In who smoke. The authors propose that the overwhelming avail- ability of cigarettes be regulated by the federal government. Warner said he expects the Public Health community will Daily I be slow to endorse the promotion of nicotine products that hisarticle encourages. "(Public Health experts) have a puritanical streak - we might be encouraging nicotine addiction," Warner said. But not everyone can overcome nicotine addictions cold key and often turn to nicotine products designed to ease skers off of cigarettes, Warner said. David Sweaner, a co-author of the article who has worked as a lawyer in tobacco control, said there needs to be a more sen- sible strategy than simply telling people to quit smoking. "We've got to find ways to be practical ... 100 million peo- ple in the next 20 years will die (as a result of) smoking," d iso Warner said that while cigarettes are available on virtu- ally every street corner, nicotine supplement products are not readily available and often require a doctor's prescrip- By JaImie Winkler tion. For the Daily She current market for nicotine products is "unbalanced in Lack of control.' favor of the most dangerous products," Warner said. Students all acroa In order to level the playing field, "we need to impose University are dea higher taxes on tobacco products, plain packaging (of ciga- with depression. See SMOKING, Page 7 St. Mary's Hospi ra aces ressional source who did not wish to e named. "Any senator can hold up the omination." Another congressional source close the Banking Committee said there is chance that senators will delay the nal vote on Gramlich's appointment in similar manner to the delay of current ed Chair Alan Greenspan's final con- rmation. "(Gramlich) is completely uncontro- ersial,' the source said. "So if it were eld up, it would not be a reflection on Jramlich. Senators who are concerned he Fed is overly concerned with stop- ng inflation by raising interest rates ould hold up Gramlich to make a federal point. "Gramlich is a very middle-of-the- Edi road economist.: However, some Senate experts said it 8D is unlikely that Gramlich's confirmation will be held up. areas "If he gets voted out of the commit- R MA tee, I don't see why the Senate wouldn't U BA confirm him," said Dan Guglielmo, leg- 3 Froi islative assistant to Sen. Carl Levin (D- Counc Mich). "Things can go wrong, but, I for don't see that happening in this case." Many members of the Banking com- U Wol mittee, including Sen. Carol Mosley- Reser Brown (D-Ill.) said they were Aut impressed with Gramlich's experience. See GRAMUCH, Page 2 hearings limb Northwood forum targets do mestic abuse By Chris Metinko Daily Staff Reporter More than a week has passed since the brutal murder of Tamara Williams, yet many still have the, vivid images of the incident - espe- cially those who lived in the close- knit community around her. The lingering questions and con- cerns were some of the reasons Family Housing decided to hold a special town meeting last night at the Community Center on North Campus. "Our community here at Family Housing is like few other places on Earth," said Eric Luskin, director of Family Housing. "It's hard for some- thing like this to happen and not touch all of us." About 60 people attended the meet- ing, which was designed to give Family Housing residents a forum to ask questions dealing with the mur- der, the investigation and domestic violence in general. Included in the meeting was dis- cussion by a panel of experts on the investigation and domestic violence in general. Other groups, including the Sexual Assualt Prevention and Awareness Center and the University Center for Child and Family also attended to offer support and infor- mation on how to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. SAPAC's Interim Director Sarah Heuser said it is important to realize that Williams' problem didn't start with her murder. Heuser said there were signs of abuse long before last week's violent incident and that it is important to recognize those signs and intervene in order to avoid anoth- er tragedy. "The potential for homicide exists?' Heuser said about violent relation- ships. Isolation from freinds and intimi- dation by a partner are some of the most obvious signs someone might be in an abusive relationship, f fuser said. "The one thing batterers ie really good at is isolating survivor," Heuser said. There was also some discussion of the criminal investigation surround- ing thencident. Department of Public U - Direct said the department investigation is oyr andt