LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 2, 1998 - 3 CRIME Vehicles strike pedestrians 'In two separate incidents Wednesday, pedestrians were struck by hicles and injured, according to Department of Public Safety reports. A hit-and-run driver crushed the foot of a pedestrian Wednesday morn- ing on East University Avenue. The vehicle's license plates were registered to a Dexter resident. The incident is under investigation by DPS officials. In a separate incident Wednesday afternoon, a victim riding a bike on Monroe Street was injured when a dri- ver opened the door of his parked car struck the pedestrian. The victim received a gash on her ankle and I luron Valley Ambulance personnel transport- ed her to University Hospitals' emer- gency room for medical attention. Suicide attempt draws DPS The daughter of a Northwood resi- St attempted to kill herself early Tuesday morning, DPS reports state. The girl's mother reported to DPS officials that her daughter had attempt- ed to commit suicide by routing her vehicle exhaust back into the vehicle while parked at an off-campus location. The victim exhibited no symptoms of illness but was taken to University Hospitals' emergency room for med- ical treatment and psychological evalu- on. Golf carts taken from 'U' course Two golf carts were reported miss- ing from the University Golf Course, OPS reports state. The golf carts have been missing since the beginning of the football sea- . but were not reported missing until Wednesday. DPS officials issued a lookout warning for the missing vehi- cles. Feces found in W. Quad showers An unknown suspect defecated in a showerstall in the West Quad residence * Wednesday, according to DPS rts. Feces was found in the second floor Winchell House women's shower room and the caller said it was clogging the shower drain. There arc no suspects. Falling styrofoam strikes victim A large piece of styrofoam insulation and hit a victim near Wyley Hall yes- terday, according to DPS reports. The 4-by-6 piece of insulation fell off the building, knocking the victim in the jaw, but did not cause any injury. The victim was checked by DPS officials and he said he was shocked by the incident. Visitor's hand sticks in machine A visitor at University Hospitals medical center got his hand caught in a vending machine Tuesday, DPS reports The visitor caught his hand in a pop machine and reported it had gone numb. Huron Vallev Ambulance personnel and building matinence responded to the scene and freed the victim. Masturbator found in Grad A University student was ques- tioned and released by DPS officials Tuesday after he exposed himself in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate library, according to DPS reports. The suspect was seen by a library patron masturbating in front of a win- dow in a carrel on the third floor. The n reported the incident to library personnel who contacted DPS officials. The suspect was released by warrant authorization by DPS officials. -Compiled &y Dailv Staff Reporter Jennifer Yachnin. I Korean tycoon talks on economy N Kim Woo-Choong works to launch new automobile line By Reilly Brennan -or the Daily Kim Woo-Choong, founder and chair of South Korea's Daewoo Group, spoke about Asian economic policy and the debut of Daewoo's new automobile product line in the United States in front of a full-capacity crowd in the School of Business Administration's Hale Auditorium last night. Citing a lack of preparedness for a changing international plat- form of economic policy, Kim addressed relations with the International Monetary Fund and told the mostly Business student crowd that his company is not as desperate as the U.S. media depicts. "I am confident that the Asian financial crisis will be over at the end of next year," Kim said. "We're strong when compared to other Asian countries." Daewoo has recently gained press in the automotive industry due to his unique marketing strate- gy. College students, called Daewoo Campus Advisers, are the company's only real connection to the buying public, providing test drives and information to prospec- tive buyers. Although Daewoo currently has no center of operations in Michigan, a planned direct-buy showroom is expected to arrive in the early part of next year. While the program is unique, some have doubted its potential success, and most even consider the program too risky in the world's most demanding automo- bile market. "Of course the idea is crazy. Kim said. "But I know it will be a I I Substance may help to combat viruses, bacteria By Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Daly StallReporter If a University professor's find- ings released last Saturday live up to expectations, the medical community could gain a potent weapon in the fight against common bacteria and viruses including anthrax, influenza and HIV The weapon is a substance called BCTP. Co-developed by internal medi- cine Prof. James Baker and Novavax Inc., a Maryland-based bio-pharmaceu- tical company, BCTP has been shown to destroy the viruses and bacteria wth- out harming human cells, Like mayonnaise, BCTP is an emul- respiratory system Baker's studv was funded by the Defense AdVanced Research Projects Agency, the L S Department of Defense's S2-billion program. DARPA is sponsoring L3akcr a four-year, SI 0,900,000 grant, with the goal of examining the use of BCTP against agents of bioloical wariare, such as anthrax and influenza. "We feel it is a concern to our warfighters," DARIPA spokesperson Jan Walker said. "If we have a deter- mined adx ersarv who unleashes biolog- ical warfare, we need to protect our per- sonnel." With foes such as Iraq and North sion a mixture of oil droplets and water. In the case of BCTP, the oil droplets are tiny, and when they come in con- tact with a bacterium or virus, they ...it'S not toxic because it won't interact with your Korea report- edly holding b i o 1 o g ic a l weapons that have the potential for mass destruc- tion, the gov- cells." DANA LINNANE/Daly Chair and founder of Deowoo, Kim Woo-Chang, speaks at the School of Business Administration's Hale Auditorium, success. This week's official launch of the company's automobile product line marks the second time Daewoo cars debuted in this country. During the late '80s, a joint venture with General Motors Corp. and Daewoo created the Pontiac LeMans a subcompact that raised mediocre sales. Kim, who historically has been known to carry out risky business moves with consistent disinterest, said the current grim status of the Asian economy will be alleviated and a large expansion of his com- pany will take place before the year 2000' " We want to have 2 5 million cars produced per year and more business sites than we have now," Kim said. Students' reaction to Kim's thoughts on the IMF brought about mixed reactions. "I think financial reasons and bureaucracy had more to do with it than lack of preparedness," said Robert Kim, an MBA first-year stu- dent. LSA junior Joon Mo said he was impressed by Daewoo's bold tactics. "'They're trying something new," he said. "It's going to be interesting to see if the plan works" Already trumpeting 600 sepa- rate business sites around the world, Daewoo has grown at quick- ly since its inception in 1967 as a textile company "I'll be back next year, and the year after that, to prove that the plan works," Kim said. join with the invader and break its outer membrane, destroying the microbe "What's nice about this emulsion is it's not toxic because it won't inter wt with your cells but will kill bacteria and microbes," said Baker, director of the University Medical Center's Center for Biologic Nanotechnology. Baker directed a research study that found the emulsion could effectively counter the effects of anthrax and influenza on mice. There was a 97 per- cent reduction in wound infections of mice infected with anthrax-like spores who were washed in BCTP an hour later. Another study found that mice treat- ed with BCTP and influenza did not develop pneumonia from the virus. In addition, animals treated with BCTP alone did not suffer adverse effects. Novavax has also conducted research showing the effectiveness of the emulsion in killing the HIV virus. BCTP could be added to spermi- cides, which currently only kill sperm, to eliminate the HIV virus before it can be transmitted during sexual inter- course, Baker said. The emulsion can only be applied topically, absorbed through the skin, because it not only attacks bacteria and viruses when injected into the blood- stream, but also red blood cells, which are a fundamental block in the human ernmient has taken the dan- - James Baker gers of biolog- BCTP co-developer ical warfare seriously. "These weapons are a grave and urgent threat to international securi- ty," Secretary of Defense William Cohen wrote in a memorandum last year. While vaccines for anthrax and influenza exist, they are used on a lim- ited scale. A treatment could see much more extensive applications. DARPA encourages the involve- ment of drug companies in the biologi- cal research process. Without the backing of Novavax, 13CTP would not be able to wind its way through the tortuous Food and Drug Administration approval process, Walker said. "We're very interested in working with pharmaceutical companies," Walker said. "With the small market that the Defense Department repre- sents, it would be impossible to develop these products. If(the product) can also be shown effective against a microbe that the general populace cares about, then it makes sense for drug companies to develop it." Since BCTP has applications beyond defending against anthrax, once approved. the product could be sold commercially to prevent common infectious diseases. Novavax and the University have co-patented the drug as an antmicrobial and decontamination agent. Local high school athletes angered . CH ELSEA. Mich. (AP)-- Eight tee; fall sports at Chelsea High School beca ment in a break-in at a club in June. But the parents say the punishment w school's standards should not apply wher in school. The problems began when the eight Chelsea Rod and Gun Club June 21 an beer and S40 worth of wine coolers, acct State Police report. The club agreed not to press charges a new door, S40 apiece. They were also r to club members and arc in the proe hours of volunteer work each for the clu The school suspended the eight stude players and. one cross-country runner - BROOKS Continued from Page 1. tion" she said. "I didn't feel this was dealt with properly." The victim said she feels she was not adequately informed of the proceedings of her case under the Code. "There was very little effort made on their part to communicate with me," she said. After filing the complaint in March with then-Resolution Coordinator Mary Lou Antieau in the Office of Student Conflict Resolution, the victim said she was contacted occasionally during the summer. She said she was then notified by now-interim Resolution Coordinator Sean Esteban McCabe that he was tak- ing over her case. Finally, she called the office last Thursday and made an appointment with McCabe for last Friday, at which time she learned that an informal reso- over punishment ns appear to be out of days. use of their involve- The district has argued that sports are a privilege and not a right. As such, participation can conic with added requirements, as too harsh, and the school board members agreed. The code includes specific bans n the students are not against theft, destruction of property, buying or selling alcohol or drugs, violations of the law, and nine other items. boys broke into the "The reason we have the code is to uphold high values for d stole S15 worth of our athletes and our school district," school board trustee Jill ording to a Michigan Taylor said. The students and their parents appealed. David Cahill, an if the boys paid for attorney, told the school board Wednesday night that the pun- equired to apologize ishment was unfair in several ways. ss of completing 40 Cahill said the school's rules should apply only to activi- b. ty while in school, during competition or when in uniform. nts - seven football The students were not given a proper hearing before pun- Ozone standards to affect W. Michigran - from sports for 30 ished, he said, lution had been made in her case on Sept. 21. An informal resolution means that Brooks accepted responsi- bility for the victim's account of the violations, which was depicted in the complaint. "I had not been notified of that," she said, adding that she didn't know an informal resolution was a possibility. Brooks, who was originally charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual con- duct in the Washtenaw County court system, resolved criminal charges with a plea bargain this past June, said Brooks' attorney Nicholas Roumel. Roumel said Brooks' sentence will not be released to the public. "The plea bargain fell under The Holmes Youthful Trainee Act for first offenders and is supposed to be sealed under Michigan law," Roumel said. - The victim said she hopes to meet with a few University administrators next week to discuss the manner in which her case was handled under the Code. "I think that it will kind of move things a little closer to reality to meet the person who is sufering the most," she said. Of 20 Code cases that involved either sexual assault or sexual harassment, with some including both, from January 1997 to the present, six indi- viduals were found responsible for the charges against them, Estaban McCabe said. Of those six, four were suspended and received other sanctions, and two only received sanctions not including suspension. Estaban McCabe said five cases still are pending, two were dropped for insufficient evidence, five were mediat- ed at the request of the complaining witness and two of the accused were found not responsible. - Daily Staff Reporter Jason Stofer contributed to this report. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - High ozone counts in three west; Michigan counties this summer could + eventually translate into strict pollution controls for the area. Four of the five air monitors placed 1 in Holland, Grand Rapids and the Muskegon areas detected ozone levels+ above federal pollution standards set1 last year, The Grand Rapids Press reported yesterday. A county is in violation of EPA + rules if the fourth highest daily read- ing in a summer is greater than 85 parts per billion for three consecu- tive years. This year only the Grand Rapids monitor stayed below that mark. Holland had the worst record, set- ting the highest one-day reading for ozone at 118 parts per billion on June 25.. That means all three counties could be subject to mandatory sanc- tions in 2000 if the high ozone Department of Environmental Quality and West Michigan Clean Air Coalition. Most knew the new EPA standard, changed from 120 parts per billion over one hour, would be difficult to meet. Still, some officials say they are encouraged with the efforts of West Michigan's Ozone Action program. The program issued alerts I 1 times this year on the hot and humid days,'which provide ideal conditions for pollution from industry and vehi- cles to combine with sunlight to form ozone. On those days, residents were asked to limit driving as much as possible, avoid using gas-powered lawnmowers and other equipment and refuel vehi- cles after 6 p.m. Steve Bulthuis, transportation man- ager for the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council, thinks the pro- gram has helped to reduce ozone pollu- tion. counts persist, including vehicle He said ozone levels recorded by inspections, cleaner but more expen- the Holland monitor appeared to sive fuel and costly controls on decline in a few cases when alerts were industry. called on consecutive days. Bulthuis This year's readings were no sur- figures that residents may have reacted prise to officials with the state to the alerts. What's happening in Ann Arbor today FRIDAY J "Art Matters Festival," Sponsored by Art Matters, Diag, 12-2 p.m. SATURDAY Walk begins at 11 a.m. J "Nine-day Seminar China Falun Gong," Sponsored by Falun DaFa Practice Group, 1013 Dow Building, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 0 "Weekly Rummage Sale," Sponsored by The Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor. Pendleton Room, 4:30 p.m. J "Open Gaming Session," Sponsored by Wolverine Gaming Club, Michigan Union, Anderson Room AB, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. Crg--..-r . A...' -dmm§Fwi =7 Ilm"