2 The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 11, 1998 NATION/WORLD NEIDHARDT Continued from Page 1 see the breadth of the University in its richness that I think few people outside the administration can do," Neidhardt said, adding that he was constantly excited to see researchers from all levels and disciplines work- ing together. Neidhardt said that closing his lab will allow him to return to a society that has always supported him along the way. "For me, it's also payback time as a citizen," he said. Starting Jan. 1, Neidhardt will become the president of the Foundation for Microbiology. The national organi- zation was founded by Nobel Laureate Selman Waksman, discoverer of Streptomycin. In his capacity as foundation pres- ident, Neidhardt will appropriate funding to promote the awareness and understanding of microbiology through educational programs, including those targeting K-12 stu- dents. Neidhardt said he will operate the foundation out of the new office he will have in the Medical Science II Building. Chair of the department of microbi- I ology and immunology in the Medical School Michael Savageau, one of Neidhardt's first faculty recruits when he headed the department, said Neidhardt was "very fair and compas- sionate" and that those qualities reflected in the offices he headed. Savegeau described Neidhardt as a visionary scholar in the field of micro- biology and noted Neidhardt's serious- ness as a teacher. "Even as an administrator, he takes the time to teach a course," he said. A more local medium through which Neidhardt will give back to the community is through a program called Helping One Student to Succeed. The program connects Neidhardt with Ann Arbor elementary school kids who need to develop their writing skills and encourage them to read. With only a few exceptions, JOBS" Winter Term Apply now at the Law Library- *non-Law Students *Law Students *S.I. Students Apply in person: Room S- 180 in the Law Library's underground addition, 8-noon and 1-5 Monday through Friday. AA/EOE SWEATS & MORE BOOKSTORE 549 E. University" 662-3201 .6 n" Neidhardt plans to partner up with his wife Geri Chipault for much of his "payback" work. And finally, Neidhardt said, he will enjoy learning new skills for "playing" in retirement. After flying in a four-seater plane, Neidhardt wanted to learn how to fly. Currently, he's a student pilot and hopes to get his private pilot's license next year. Neidhardt said he also plans to visit his grandchildren and three children and do some of the wilder- ness activities he enjoys, such as hik- ing and camping. Throughout his years and different positions at the University, Neidhardt said he was enticed to leave, but always resisted the offer. "When it came down to it, U of M and Ann Arbor offered me everything for my career that I couldn't leave," he said. "I just loved it here." BOOKS Continued from page expected to receive 20 to 30 percent of the books' original value back from the store. Engineering junior Patrick Bonnell agreed the prices were not fair. He said that in his first year he bought more than $580 worth of books and did not receive much in return, especially since the store refused two of his books. "It depends on what books are being used in Ann Arbor," said Christina Abbey, who works in the Michigan Book & Supply textbook department. Michigan Book & Supply also buys back books that are being used in other universities for less than half of the retail price. They are distributed out of a company in Nebraska, she said. She said a student receives more money for a book used at the University and that the prices go up once the store receives a list of needed books from faculty. At Michigan Book & Supply, she said, the store has a no-value shelf for books brought back that are not being used by anyone. Students receive no money for those books, Abbey said. Battaglino said the Michigan Union Bookstore also buys back books unus- able on this campus for a lower price. "Most of our books carry the 'deal' stickers," Battaglino said. Deal stick- ers guarantee students they will receive half of the new retail price regardless if the store needs the book, he said. REJIGIOUS AVAVA1VAVA CANTERBURY HOUSE JAZZ MASS Episcopal Center at U of M 721 E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 665-0606 The Rev. Matthew Lawrence, Chaplain SINDAY5SiQQ Holy Eucharist with live jazz Steve Rush and Quartex LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY Lord of Light Lutheran Church(ELCA) 801 S. Forest (at Hill St.) 668-7622 Sun. Worship 10 am, Bible Study 9 am Tuesday 7 pm: Issues of Faith Group Wednesday 7 pm: Evening Prayer Thursday 7 pm: Conversation on Race John Rollefson and Donna Simon Campus Ministers ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Anglican Communion) 306 N. Division 633-0518 (2 blocks north and 1 block west of intersection of Huron and State) SUNDAY: Eucharists-8am and 10am Adult Education-9am Call for weekday service times, to get on mailing list, or if you have questions. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL, LCMS 1511 Washtenaw, near Hill Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ed Krauss, 663-5560 Study finds fewer facilities offer abortion Nearly one-third of the nation's met- ropolitan areas lack any facility that offers abortions, and in many rural parts of the country women who want the procedure performed must now travel hundreds of miles, according to a comprehensive survey of abortion facilities to be released today. The study by the New York-based Alan Guttmacher Institute found that nationwide the number of facilities offering abortions decreased 14 percent between 1992 and 1996, nearly twice the rate of decline of the previous four years. That left the nation with 2,042 providers, nearly one-third fewer thalt the peak number in 1982. In Virginia, the number of providers has fallen by 30 percent since the early 1980s, from 81 to 57. The District of Columbia is one of the few jurisdictions in the country where the number increased, from 14 in 1982 to 18 in 1996. While there has been spotty evidence that the pool of hospitals, doctors' offices' and clinics performing abortions has been shrinking, the figures offer firm evidence that the drop is far more pre- cipitous than many had realized and that the trend, rather than slowing, is acceler- ating. The study is the first broad nation- al survey in four years and the onlo national source of information on the number and location of providers. Aetn to bu Pnudential ealthCare Aetna Inc. said yesterday that it will buy rival Prudential HealthCare for $1 billion, making it the nation's largest HMO company and provider of healt benefits for one in 10 Americans. The deal, experts said, will increase Aetna's power to raise medical premi- ums and cut payments to doctors and hospitals even as it reduces the already diminished choices available to con- sumers and employers shopping for health coverage. Aetna said the deal would offer con- sumers access to a broader network of physicians and hospitals. ROUND THE NATION Scientists complete map of worm genes WASHINGTON - Scientists for the first time have mapped the entire gene pat- tern of an animal, a tiny worm that already is providing clues to human problems such as cancer, aging and Alzheimer's disease. Experts called the achievement an important advance in the ambitious effort to map the human gene structure and to someday use that knowledge to find the caus es and cures of human disease. The worm, a type of nematode called Caenorhabditis elegans, is as common as dirt. A handful of garden soil contains thousands. But the animal provides a crucial keyhole view of the vast world of genetics, said Robert Waterston, leader of a Washington University, St. Louis, team that joined with British scientists to find the worm's genes. "This worm is really an animal just as we are," said Waterston. "It has muscles and many different kinds of cells. And it also ages, just as we do. By and large, it uses the same genes that we do" By studying genes shared by worm and human, researchers will learn at a mol- ecular level what can go wrong and how to fix it. Such microscopic studies are vir- tually impossible in humans. Waterston's team and a group at the Sanger Centre in Cambridge, England, worked together for eight years to identify the worm's 20,000 genes. A AROUND TH E ORLD Palestinians to void offensive passages GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Palestinian leadership yesterday scrapped constitutional clauses rejecting Israel's existence and said it would try to stem violence that has jeopardized the peace - moves that may smooth President Clinton's visit to the region. A group of senior Palestinians led by Yasser Arafat voted overwhelmingly to declare clauses of the PLO charter call- ing for Israel's destruction null and void, a key condition of the Clinton- brokered Wye River agreement two months ago. Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian securi- ty chief, said the Palestinian Authority would take steps to curtail riots sparked by Israel's refusal to release prisoners jailed on anti-Israel charges. Selim Zanoun, who announced the decision by the Palestine Central Council to nullify the offending pas- sages, said the larger Palestine National Council will not vote again on the mat- ter when it meets Monday. Israel insists the full council formally vote to void the passages and has said that if there is no vote on Monday, it will not implement the next troop withdraw- al scheduled under the Wye Agreement The Monday meeting "will be only listen to President Clinton's speech and President Arafat. ... There will be no vote," said Zanoun, chair of the PNC. Iraqi party bars U.N. weapon inspectors BAGHDAD, Iraq - In a dramatic and direct challenge to U.N. weapons inspectors, an official of Iraq's rulin Baath Party declared yesterday tha U.N. teams would be barred from a party office they tried to inspect a day earlier. If they return, "they won't enter;" Latif Nsayyif Jassim, a member of the party's leadership, told a news confer- ence on the steps of the two-story, stuc- co building in Baghdad. 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