2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 23, 1998 NATION/WORLD REACTION Continued from Page 1A expected to comment today after reviewing the pact. Most students found the probability of a diplomat- ic solution encouraging in terms of its ramifications of peace in the often volatile Middle East region. LSA sophomore Nick Delgado said he is pleased with the apparent agreement and is curious about the Clinton administration's response. "I think (the agreement) is very positive," Delgado said. "It will be very interesting to see how the Clinton administration handles it. It's deeper than just this incident. Initially, the U.S. might be a little wary." Delgado said the agreement will likely eliminate the possibility of the United States destroying Iraqi weapons and possibly overthrowing Hussein. "I don't think the U.S. should be in a position to take a political leader out of position anywhere in the world," Delgado said. "if they feel they have that power, then there is something wrong" ROTC students and faculty declined comment on the situation. One ROTC student said he was advised not to answer any questions regarding the standoff with Iraq. A lieutenant from ROTC said he was concerned that his opinions might be construed to reflect the position of the U.S. Navy, for which he currently works. Engineering senior Darrick Holland said peace should be the federal government's primary focus. "Obviously, peace is better than war," Holland said. "If peace is an alternative, then it should be taken. If they've come to an agreement, they shouldn't have to worry about Saddam, at least in theory." History Prof. Juan Cole, who teaches courses in Middle Eastern studies, addressed the possible range of U.S. reactions to the tentative resolution. "If Saddam has agreed with Kofi Annan to allow U.N. inspection of weapon-producing and storage areas, then there is some chance that the agreement will be accept- able to the U.S," he said. Cole added that the difference between the U.N. and U.S. approaches is not one of strat- egy, but immediate tactic. University alumnus Louise Tamires accepted the news with a bit of skepticism. "It's hard to have an opin- ion because I'm leery about the U.S. and its misinfor- mation campaign. I don't believe they're giving us the whole story, I believe they're releasing certain facts to sway public opinion;" Tamires said. Tamires also questioned the purpose of U.S. mili- tary involvement. "It makes me wonder what we're fighting for? Are we still interested in oil? Is that the determining factor, or are the chemical weapons the actual concern? Part of me is a passifist. If you don't bug people, they won't bug you," Tamires said. RUND THE NATION Weapons search may not be feasible WASHINGTON - Even if Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has backed down, the U.N. program to find and dismantle Iraq's deadliest arms may now be so badly handicapped that inspectors are unlikely to ever complete their mission, U.N. and U.S. officials privately warn. A secret Iraqi plan to abolish the inspections and new efforts by Russia and ot countries to dilute the power of weapons inspectors together are seriously erod the United Nations' ability to ensure destruction of all of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles. "There's only a remote chance the U.N. will be able to finish its job," a senior U.N. diplomat said. The primary problem is in Baghdad, the officials said. Iraq plotted secretly in 1995 to terminate the inspection program, according to Iraqi officials, and Hussein's recent challenges to the U.N. effort stem from that plan. Last October, Iraq ordered the expulsion of American weapons inspectors, a cri- sis resolved at the last minute by Russian intervention. The current crisis centers on Baghdad's refusal to allow any weapons inspectors access to so-called presi- dential sites, where the U.N. charges weapons may be stored. Iraq's decision last Oct. 29 "to expel the U.N. team in charge of inspect weapons of mass destruction ... was ... neither sudden nor reactive" Iraqi V OLYMPICS Continued from Page 1A LSA sophomore Angie Sweeney said she followed women's figure skating because of the extensive media cover- age it received. "The only thing I watched was the women's ice skating" Sweeney said. "I think there was more publicity about that part of the Olympics." The next-day television coverage of many competitions took away some of the excitement of the games because the outcomes already had been report- ed, Sweeney said. "I don't even know why I watched the skating because I knew who won... everyone knew what the results were," Sweeney said. A number of University athletes already are looking forward to compet- ing in the Olympic games in the year 2000. "I'm training with the (Michigan men's cross country) team right now. My plans are to continue here until the Olympics," said Kevin Sullivan, a member of the Michigan men's cross country team. Sullivan, an Engineering senior, said he has experienced some added stress while preparing for the Olympic games. "There is some additional stress in trying to be a student and trying to be an Olympic quality athlete," said Sullivan, adding that it is important to have a college degree to supplement his academic career. Although he is looking forward to qualifying for the 2000 Olympics, Sullivan said he did not pay special attention to the recent games. "I've been watching bits and pieces of the Olympics when I can," Sullivan said. "I don't pay any more attention to them than I would in any other sport in any other time of the year." After graduating this May, Sullivan said he plans to devote time to training. "I plan on working as a full-time ath- lete for the next two years once I grad- uate" Sullivan said. I . Dongg't Pansc If you think you're pregnant... call us-we listen, we care. PROBLEM PREGNANCY HELP 975-4357 Any time, any day, 24 hours. Fully confidential. Serving Students since 1970. FUNDS Continued from Page 1A addressed a $16-million increase in the tuition tax credit, which was passed recently. While the tax credit should return about $35 million back to college stu- dents across the state, its funds come from the state's $8.8 billion general fund budget, which accounts for $1.5 billion in higher education funding. Both Bollinger and Schwarz said they hoped the tax tuition credit increase will not affect higher educa- tion appropriations. Nelms,k who has accepted a position at Indiana University, received great praise from Schwarz and Cisky for his four years of service to the Flint com- munity. Nelms said that even with high appropriations, smaller colleges and universities do not receive substantial increases. "Senator Schwarz, if I give you a dollar and give you a 1.5-percent JONES Continued from Page 1A His girlfriend Gayl Jones, a then- University English professor and author, is remembered at the university as quiet and reclusive. Current profes- sors said Jones kept to herself. "No one really knew her because she was pathologically shy," said English Prof. Larry Goldstein. "She really did not speak much. Her writing, however, was very powerful. You could see anger in her fiction." Jones taught classes in African American history and creative writing during her time on the University cam- pus. Known more for her fiction writing than her teaching, Jones initially came to the University to develop her writing and publish books. Goldstein said that after fleeing Ann Arbor and the county following the incident, Gayl and Bob Jones, who was also known as Bob Higgins, vanished. "It was a tremendous shock when she left," Goldstein said. "She basically dis- appeared. During their 15-year absence, authori- ties still searched for Gayl and Bob Jones. The Lexington Police Department received a tip last week when Newsweek ran a full-page review of Gay] Jones' new novel, "The Healing," which the maga- zine called a "major literary event." This was Jones' first novel in years. Besides reviewing Gayl Jones' new book, Newsweek also described the couple's departure from Ann Arbor I p BA Achieve the DAT score Plan for Masterin You need with EXCEL! 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Bollinger denounced the common use of the Consumer Price Index in public policy because it reflects how much consumers spend, not how much money they actually earn. "The reference point is not the CPI" Bollinger said. "The CPI is what an urban consumer would spend this year to have the same resources he had last year ... We have tried to keep pace with increases in personal disposable income." after her husband was charged with a weapons violation under the name Bob Higgins. This information led to the couple's current residency in Kentucky, where police later found the two. On Saturday, Kentucky's Fayette County Attorney Margaret Kannensohn said she had been receiving "diatribes," which she described as racist, from Bob Jones for the past several months. The let- ters accused the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center of kidnapping and murdering his mother-in-law. "They were allegations of white- supremacist behavior, or conspiracies, cover-up, kidnapping, murder. (The let- ters) were just deeply disturbed and increasingly more disturbed as time went by" she said. Such themes also were echoed in some of Gayl Jones' writings. According to Newsweek, Gayl Jones sent a letter to then-President Reagan and the University when she resigned. In the letter, Jones called University officials racist and wrote, "I reject your lying ... and I call upon God. Do what you want. God is with Bob and I'm with him. You have nothing to keep me here." Goldstein said that although Gayl Jones seldom spoke of her personal life, her writing revealed more about her. Goldstein said that Bob Jones was Gayl's opposite. "He sounded like a character out of one of her novels" Goldstein said. "He was strong and very talkative. He was pretty much as opposite as you can get from Gayl." The Jones' neighbors were shocked by what happened. Gay Jones is currently being held at the Eastern State Hospital in Kentucky for observation. She was charged with emergency detention because she threat- ened to do bodily harm to herself and her husband. - The Associate Press contributed to this report. SAVE A TREE. RECYCLE THE DAILY 1~Ni *Outstanding...Four Starl" --The Detroit News and The Detroit Free F'ress "(inP, o ARouND THE WORLD 2 President Taha Yasin Ramadan said. Lawsuit threatens Clinton's privacy WASHINGTON - In the Paula Jones sexual-harassment lawsuit, President Clinton is questioned at length about his possible involvement with other women. Clinton's lawyers scour the country for details about Jones' sex- ual history, while Jones' lawyers sub- poena at least six women to learn whether they had sexual relationships with the president. Meanwhile, independent counsel Kenneth Starr investigates Clinton's rela- tionship with one of those women, for- mer White House intern Monica Lewinsky, after obtaining secretly recorded tapes of Lewinsky's telephone calls and copies of Lewinsky's e-mail. Whatever happened to privacy? Seventy years ago, in a dissenting opinion in Onstead v. United States, involving whether wiretapped telephone conversations could be used as evi- dence, Justice Louis Brandeis described the "right to be let alone" as "the most comprehensive of rights and the right Violence marks Indian elections NEW DELHI, India - Bloody polit- ical clashes marred voting yesterday in India's parliamentary elections, which took place amid another distraction - the sudden collapse of the government in the country's largest state. Twelve people were killed in factional violence. Nearly 40 others were injured across the nine states that voted. The turnout was 55 percent - slight- ly below average - on the second day of a six-day election, which completed vot- ing for three-fourths of the 543 districts at stake. More than 600 million Indians are eligible to vote. By Saturday, all but a few votes will be in, and ballot counting begins March 2. Most deaths yesterday were reported from the eastern state of Bihar, where 20 people were killed in the first round of voting Feb. 16. Gunmen shot and killed a communist supporter inside a polling booth. Seven other people were killed in shootouts between gangs fighting for control of polling booths in different parts of the most valued by civilized men." In recent years, courts have found a right to privacy within the Constitution and invoked it to restrict the govern- ment's right to intrude on a variety of personal decisions, from using birth control or having an abortion to refus anti-psychotic drugs or life support. Camnpaigrn finance propos likely to fail WASHINGTON - Campaign finance legislation takes a bow in the Senate this week and is likely to be ush- ered off the stage as quickly as it appears. "We'll have a few days of debate, it will be clear there are not 60 votes any approach" predicted Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). He's an implacable foe of the legisla- tion to ban "soft money" and imposc other restrictions on the campaigr spending system. But proponents don'i disagree with that scenario, despite ar attempt by Maine's moderate GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe to break a deadlock or the issue of union political activity. * state. One person caught stuffing bogw ballot papers was beaten to death b activists of a rival political group. "It this democracy? Whoever more activists around a booth captt, and prevents genuine voters" saic Mohammad Idris, of Hajipur town ir Bihar, who was turned back by activists who said his vote had already been cast. Peace tAs flawed, Sinn Fein tells rally BELFAST, Northern Ireland - IRA-allied Sinn Fein party denouncec Northern Ireland's peace talks as "fun- damentally flawed" yesterday anc called for a speedy meeting wit- British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Sinn Fein's demands came hours before the Belfast talks resume withoul the party, which has been ejected foi two weeks as punishment for twc killings blamed on the Irish Republicar Army. The IRA's adherence to a 7- month-old truce is the key condi* for Sinn Fein's eligibility. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. NNW 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, yearlong (September through April) is $165. On-campus scriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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