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Companies
offering perks to
many workers

Germans form
new coalition

CHICAGO (AP) - We've all at least
heard about profit sharing, matching
401(k) contributions and, of course, the
pay raise as ways to boost employee
loyalty and morale.
How about someone to walk your
dog? An errand runner to grab takeout
or groceries for your family? A free
lease and insurance on a 1999 BMW?
Chronic labor shortages in fields
such as computers and finance are lead-
ing some bosses to offer CEO-style
perks to rank-and-file employees.
"It's kind of the icing on the cake,"
says Evan Wilson, who works in human
resources for Chicago-based Andersen
Consulting and uses his company's
errand-running service often.
Employees at SC Johnson Wax and
the accounting firm Ernst & Young also
get the service. Errand runners will
deliver flowers or let the cable guy in.
* One time, one even ran home to grab a
black pump for a woman who came to
work wearing one black one and one

blue one.
Increasingly, the stakes are being
raised in the competition to recruit and
keep good employees. Some companies
are paying moving expenses for sail-
boats and antique cars. Others are
building day-care playgrounds and
opening on-site diet clinics.
John Nuveen & Co., a Chicago
investment bank, pays the bulk of col-
lege tuition for the children of employ-
ees who have been with the company
for at least five years.
In just a few weeks, Jeff Finney, a
computer programmer in suburban
Atlanta, will take delivery on his BMW.
In fact, all 45 employees - from secre-
taries to managers - at Revenue
Systems Inc. in Alpharetta, Ga., get to
lease BMWs at the bosses' expense.
"The only way I'd be driving a car
like this is if I won the lottery," says
Finney, who normally drives a pickup
truck. "It is probably one of the best
perks I've seen any company give."

BONN, Germany (AP) - After
ousting Chancellor Helmut Kohl in
national elections, a beaming
Gerhard Schroeder declared yester-
day he will try to forge a coalition
between the Social Democrats he led
to power and a small environmental-
ist party that has never before been in
government.
Germans voted for sweeping politi-
cal change on Sunday after 16 years of
conservative rule, but pairing the
pragmatic Social Democrats with the
ecologically minded Greens presents
unique challenges for Europe's largest
nation.
At his first post-election news con-
ference, Schroeder kept his message
broad, offering assurances to his
country and the world thait his gov-
ernment will continue the stability
that Kohl, the West's longest-serving
leader, secured during his four terms.
"Nobody needs to be afraid. We
will ensure continuity in foreign poli-
AP PHOTO cy," Schroeder said. "The inteniation-
Designated German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder smiles during a news al community can rely on Germans to
conference in Bonn yesterday, one day after the victory of the Social Democratic remain good partners."
Party in national elections. To his left is SDP chair Harald Ringstorff. The center-left leaning Social

Democrats won 41 percent of the
ote., compared to the i percent
won by Kohils Christian Democrats.
The Greens got 6 .7 percent of the
vote. If thev join a coalition, they
would Five Schroeder's (ov ernment
a 21-vote majority in the 669-seat
parliament.
Schroeder was quick to stress that.
his party -- which will hold 208 seats
compared to the Greens' 47 -- will
call the shots in any coalition.
One of the first tests of the new gov -
ernment could be possible German par-
ticipatiol in proposed NATO strikes to
quell bloodshed in the Serb-led
Yugoslav province of Kosovo, where
the majority ethnic Albanians are fight-
ing for independence.
Schroeder skiirted the issue of
Germany's role by say ing Kohl tech-
nically is still in power.
With party chief Oskar
Lafontaine at his side, Schroeder
grinned ind cracked jokes while
fielding questions about his plans.
Tensions from months of tough
cailpa igning had clearly melted
away after the victory.


Annan, Iraqi officials
open talks on weapons

Round 'em up

4os Angeles Times
UNITED NATIONS - Iraqi Deputy Prime
Minister Tarik Aziz and U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan yesterday opened what promises to be
a weeklong effort to resolve the latest impasse
over U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq.
Annan is trying to persuade the Iraqis to rescind
an Aug. 5 decision that suspended most coopera-
tion with the inspectors. In return, Annan and the
U.N. Security Council would conduct a compre-
hensive review of the 8-year-old economic sanc-
tions imposed on the country.
Aziz was described as interested in the proposed
review but noncommittal when urged by Annan to
resume full cooperation with the inspectors, accord-
ing to sources familiar with the closed-door session.
At a news conference after the meeting, Aziz
brushed aside questions about reversing the Aug. 5
announcement. He declared that the Security
Council has "a legal and moral obligation" to con-
duct the sanctions review without any "conces-
ions" by Iraq.
Aziz, who is accompanied on his visit here by
Foreign Minister Mohammed Said Sahaf and
other Iraqi officials, is expected in the next few
days to meet with delegates from several of the 15

nations represented on the Security Council,
including Russia, Iraq's chief backer on the coun-
cil. He then will have a second session with
Annan.
U.N. officials are reported to be hopeful that
Aziz will recognize there is little backing among
council members for Iraq's current behavior and
will back off in return for a sanctions review that
could be used to build a public case for at least
some easing of the sanctions.
Details of what would be included in the com-
prehensive review have not been made public, and
indeed it is not clear that Annan and all members
of the Security Council are in complete agreement
on what it would entail. Sources indicated, howev-
er, that it would provide the inspectors, Iraqi offi-
cials and members of the council with a forum to
discuss Baghdad's behavior in the years since a
U.S.-led coalition drove Iraqi occupiers out of
neighboring Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.
Under terms of the cease-fire that ended the
1991 war, the U.N. inspectors must certify that
Iraq has eliminated biological, chemical and
nuclear weapons activity and its long-range mis-
siles before the Security Council can lift the sanc-
tions.

AP PHOTO
Competitors at the 18th Annual Kansas High School Rodeo in Topeka, Kan., practice with their lassos while waiting their turn to compete in the
calf-roping event this past Sunday.


BOLLI NG ER
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mic effort to overturn current state sentencing
policies, the University could benefit from the
*roney saved on prison costs.
"But at the end of the day, we will need more
than the state can give," he said.
Tuition, another source of revenue, is often tied
to the Consumer Price Index, Bollinger said.
"There is a perception that the CPI should be
related to college tuition," Bollinger said. "That, in
my opinion, is nuts."
By crusading against this notion, Bollinger said
that more money could be generated through
tuition increases.
"We have to make a case to the state and to phil-
nthropists," said Medical School Prof. William
rsminger, who chairs the assembly.
He said Bolligner's speech could be considered
a "pep talk," and it was up to each member to help
in their own way.
Beyond revenue concerns, Bollinger spoke on a

number of issues briefly, including the divestment
of tobacco stocks from the University's portfolio,
the financial stability of the University Medical
Center and the development of North Campus.
Ensminger said Bollinger's discussion of M-
Care steerage, the process of requiring faculty to
use the University Medical Center as their health
care provider, was of great concern to the faculty.
"M-Care steerage would be problematic for the
faculty," Esminger said. Bollinger's assurance con-
cerning the financial stability of the Medical
Center hopefully will alleviate the short-falls that
sparked the consideration of M-Care steerage as
an option, the chair said.
"Nothing will happen on steerage unless it
comes through the president's office," Bollinger
said.
Maureen Hartford, vice president for student
affairs, spoke after Bollinger, requesting input
from the assembly on a variety of programs.
"I've appointed a task force to give recommen-
dations on how to approach the problem of binge
drinking," Hartford said.

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the crossing of boundaries between different
communities in order to create new relation-
ships and stimulate ideas.
"We are afforded the luxury to try to figure
out new forms of human relations," she said,
adding that this luxury is not always easy to
handle.
Sometimes it creates tension and a range of
emotion. But it gives the University the power
to open up incredible opportunities for
progress and influence within society, she said.
Trying to figure out how to distribute the
University's resources, such as how to allocate
budget dollars, is one way the provost's office
affects the interaction of different communities
on campus.
Cantor used her academic expertise in social
psychology as a context in which to envision the
University's role and responsibilities.
By encouraging structure within the communi-

ty, she said, the University can add to the richness
of people's lives.
According to one particular psychological
approach, she said, individuals inherently
approach a situation or problem with certain
social constructs.
If the University can foster an environment
in which people with different social con-
structs are interacting, social boundaries can be
stretched, she said.
"If it were fun and easy and with no tension,
it would get done in all the communities we
came from and go back to Cantor said.
SNRE junior Shannon Beattie, one of a
handful of undergraduate students at the event,
said she was not surprised when she didn't see
an overwhelming number of students because
most people don't know what the provost does.
If they did, Beattie said, more students would
be interested in what she had to say.
"Other than the fact that I feel her to be an
important part of the University, I just wanted
to hear what she had to say" about the future of

the University, she said.
Ann Arbor resident Bob Ball said he often
attends events hosted by the University
because he likes to keep in touch with what's
going on with his alma mater and his comma-
nity.
Part of the reason he enjoyed listening to
Cantor's speech, he said, is because she.
detailed the variety of tasks she performs as
provost. In the past, Ball said, that wasn't
always the case.
"You got the sense that a lot was going on in
the background," but the people who were
actually doing the jobs didn't speak about their
initiatives.
'It's not going through the figurehead any-
more " Ball said.
Athletic Director Tom Goss will be the next
guest speaker in the American Values lecture
series. He will give his speech, titled "Steering
Cultural Change: Keeping Michigan Athletics
the Leaders and the Best;" on Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. in
Rackham Amphitheater.

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library, database coordination, classified
paste up and advertising tear down. Various
hours available, especially Friday a.m. Pay
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WORK STUDY STUDENTS needed for
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includes a variety of office tasks. Flex. hrs.
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Applicants should be energetic, cheerful, and
creative with children. Home is about six
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bus line. Spanish speaking is required; the
children are accustomed to Spanish and
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WANTED MOTHER'S HELPER to assist
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