2 - The Michigan Daily -- Friday, January 22, 1999 NATION/WORLD REG ENTS Continued from Page 2. cations were backlogged - there is no backlog today,' Patterson said. But some glitches in the system have created major problems for users. "We are not without out our chal- lenges," Patterson said. Patterson said there is a significant delay in the pro- cessing of University payments to employees and ven- dors. Monthly financial reports across the University are also experiencing delays. "The system is working but it is taking longer than is acceptable," Patterson said. Michigan Student Assembly Treasurer Brain Elias said the slowness of M-Pathways has prevented MSA from seeing current financial statements. "All year long, we haven't been able to get an up-to- date financial report;" Elias said. He said the delays in receiving financial reports have caused MSA to be conservative in spending. "We don't know how much money we have" Elias said. Despite the moderate performance of the new financial systems, more than 64,000 checks total- ing $337 million and more than 44,000 purchase' orders have been processed by M-Pathways to date. Switching from the old systems to M-Pathways has also been troublesome for many users. "We underestimated how difficult it was going to be," Patterson said. Along with assistance on the Internet, a telephone help desk receives 300400 calls a day, Patterson said. Provost Nancy Cantor said many M-Pathways users are having trouble with the new systems. "We are really trying to answer each individual e- mail from faculty," Cantor said. "They just want this thing fixed." Chief Financial Officer Robert Kasdin said the problems are being solved. "Significant changes are made every month. We're going to keep chipping away one user at a time" Kasdin said. The regents also discussed other projects, approved assorted resolutions and heard various reports at the meeting. A review of the Year of Humanities and Arts was presented by Julie Ellison, associate vice pres- ident for research. YoHA's mission was to build educational communities through the arts and humanities. Town-Gown 2000, a program associated with YoHA, will bring artists and scholars from universi- ties and local communities together to establish national networks for arts and humanities. A White House Town-Gown 2000 conference will be held March 11. University President Lee Bollinger will preside over the conference. The regents approved design schematics for two new helipads for the University Hospitals. The new site, located below East Medical Drive, will be fully landscaped and be linked to the University Hospitals by a 250-foot tunnel. N Susan Feagin, vice president for development, reported that 10,000 more gifts have been bequeathed to the University this year than last. University alumnus Claude Shannon was pro- filed in a new monthly regents program UM Greats, started to showcase the accomplishments of gradu- ates who have had a significant impact on the world. Shannon's "mathematical model is the basis of all information technology used today," said Executive Vice President for Research Fawwaz Ulbay. ® Members from the MSA spoke on the review process for the Student Code of Conduct. "I was very impressed with the report that came from MSA ... I think it forms the basis to make the Code better," Regent Laurence Deitch (D-Bloomfield Hills) said. ® Members from the Graduate Employee Organization informed the board about the current contract negotiations with the University. GEO spoke on the problems with the current contract. use it to bolster the Social Security program. In effect, the plan would be equiva- ystem sol- lent to earmarking 62 percent of the instead of surplus to pay down the national debt. , as current The other 38 percent would be turned over to Medicare, national defense and elp reduce a new retirement investment account he next 15 for workers. early a cen- But analysts say the government ost national would actually pay down the debt t of money faster under Clinton's previous plan, tment and proposed a year ago. Under that formula, 100 percent of re econom- the surplus would have been dedicated dard of liv- to debt reduction. What budget experts find most frus- 's proposal trating about the new proposal is its convoluted mechanics, which White he govern- House officials carefully omitted ent of the when Clinton unveiled it Tuesday in deral bud- his State of the Union address. It has ween now taken many analysts a day or two just ion - and to digest all the details. AROUND THE NATION Conservatives attack Governor Bush ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Presidential hopefuls courted conservative activists Thursday by attacking the early GOP front-runner, George W Bush, and "mushy moderates" in the establishment wing of the party. The sniping, coming a year before the first primary votes will be cast, was part of a busy day in GOP politics. Among the other developments: Bush's Vice President Dan Quayle said last night he will file a formal stag= ment of candidacy next week, the first step in his bid for the presidency. "I've thought about this for a long time. I've wanted to be president for a long time, and the year 2000 is looking like my opportunity," he said on CNN's "Larry King Live." "When you say compassionate conservatism, you are basically attacking con- servatism because you are saying conservatives aren't compassionate," Quayle said. The Republican National Committee, opened its three-day winter meeting in Washington. The highlight will be the vote today to determine whether to oust Chairman Jim Nicholson for the party's poor showing in 1998 elections. Supporters of Florida party Chairman Tom Slade, the only challenger, gain some momentum Thursday but needs several Nicholson backers to switch ther allegiance in secret balloting. I Senators fo phase of Cli TRIAL Continued from Page 1 while the presentation was eloquent, it was not the whole truth. Hyde said the House managers made a mistake when they did not fight for rebuttal time in the Senate, but added he hopes the impending question period will serve that purpose. "Hopefully, they'll give us a little wiggle room so we can get in some rebittal." 14vde -aid As the President's case drew to a close, senators switched their focus to the next phase of the trial - their questions and the following votes on dismissal, witnesses and the articles themselves. But there was some dis- agreement about just how that process will proceed. Sen. Max Cleland (D-Ga.) said early in the day that he had been told in a caucus meeting of all Senate Democrats that the push for witnesses by "some hard-core Republicans" was waning, and a vote on the articles might come early next week. But Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said that while he had heard that rumor in the press, it is not true. "I've heard that spin from the Democrats," Lott said after the trial. "We're continuing to talk to each cus on next in ton s trial other across the aisle." Lott said he hoped senators would not jump to a vote on the article without first deposing witnesses, a proposition that some Democrats are circulating. Chief among those is Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who said an option to move past the vote on dismissal and straight to a vote on the articles is "percolating." "The effect (of the proposal) would be to take politics out of the current construct," Kerry said. Lott said many proposals are being discussed, but there has not been a decision on the exact way to pro- ceed. He said the Senate will do its best to gain all the pertinent information and draw conclusions based on the facts. "That way we'll be able to walk away knowing we did the right thing, and hopefully it's the right thing for America," Lott said. Democrats insist there is bi-parti- san support for a move to a final vote, but they will not specify from where the Republican support is coming. "We'll be better off if we can make some decisions and move on," Sen. Bryon Dorgan (D-N.D.) said. "I think the American people are better served by a vote up or down on the articles." SECURITY Continued from Page 1 keep the Social Security s vent through the year 2055 running into deficit in 2032 projections show. They also say it would h the national debt during t years to its lowest level in n tury. That in turn would bo saving, increase the amoun available for private inves drive interest rates down. The ultimate payoffs: mo ic growth and a higher stani ing. On the surface, Clinton seems simple enough. If the lan were enacted, t ment would take 62 perc cumulative $4.4 trillion in ft get surpluses expected bet and 2015 - about $2.7 trill Research: cells may alter function WASHINGTON -A patient's own cells might someday be used to grow new organs - a development suggest- ed by a breakthrough lab experiment that found the building-block cells that normally make brain tissue in adult mice could be changed into blood-making cells. These so-called stem cells, the foun- dation source of the body's tissue, have been identified as a way to make new skin, liver and other organs. But in pre- vious research the cells were harvested from embryos, a technique that set off a storm of ethical objections. The new research suggests that even mature stem cells, such as from the adult brain or bone marrow, can change into the progenitor cells for other types of tissue. If such a technique also workes in humans, embryos may not be needed for such research. "You may be able to use your own stem cells to make new tissue," said Angelo Vescovi, head of a team that conducted the mouse experiment. "As a concept, I don't see any problem in adult stem cells being used to make new skin, for instance." The research shows "there are alterna- tive strategies" to harvesting stem c4 from embryos, said Ronald McKay, a National Institutes of Health researcher and a pioneer in stem cell studies. Four killed in Arkansas storms LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Tornadoes and funnel clouds tore, across Arkansas on yesterday, collaps- ing the front of a downtown groce store and knocking over trees at t governor's mansion. At least four people were killed - including a baby in the small town of Beebe northeast of Little Rock. More than a dozen were injured statewide and tens of thousands were without power. Three people were hurt at the Harvest Foods store that was implod- ed in a matter of seconds. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH CAMPUS AND: THE WORLD. READ THE DAILY. Absolut Fridays Stoli 10pm JACK $150 Call Drinks ~ Over 25 Beers on Draft ~ Including: Bell's, Newcastle Guinness & Youngs DJ + DANCING THURS - SAT FULL MENU Salads - Phillys - Mexican - Half Pound Burgers Chicken - Gyros - Jumbo Wings GEO Continued from Page 1 began marching north from the Diag. Shouting chants of "Who does the work? - we do the work," as cars honked support from the streets, they finished their march in front of the Literature, Science and Arts Building. Negotiations between GEO and the University were scheduled to begin there later in the day. During yesterday's negotiations, the University responded to GEO's wage counterproposal which requested, among other things, a 27 percent wage increase in GSIs' salaries. Dan Gamble, the University's chief negotiator, said the University reinforced its original proposal of a 2.5 percent guaranteed annual salary increase yes- terday. Gamble said this was the mini- mum amount GSIs would get, adding that their increase would be equivalent to that of the faculty's. Gamble's negotiating team also pre- sented GEO with salaries of other GSIs throughout the country. Through this presentation, Gamble said he wanted to show the graduate employees they were being paid well compared to other universities' GSIs. "My whole goal today was to tell them we (the negotiating team) looked at the other schools," Gamble said. ® PRINTING * LOWEST PRICES! HI CHEST OUALI TY! FASTEST SERVICE! U ® 1002 PONTIAC TR. ® .994-136 , ® "None of the GSIs' other salaries approached theirs at all." Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs Chair William Ensminger said that although he is aware of the negotiations, he is uncer- tain of the details. Many GEO members were dissatis- fied with the University's presentation, dubbing it ineffective. "The administrators refused to take GEO's wage proposal seriously" Susan Chimonas, a doctoral Sociology student, said. "This was not a counterproposal. Instead they just got statistics from other schools about wages." Chimonas added that since the University's response included nothing about cost of living, the statistics were meaningless to GEO. "Everyone knows $1 buys more in one place than in another,' Chimonas said. "Without the cost of living infor- mation, the dollar values of wages did- n't mean anything. They kind of wast- ed our time." One reason GEO wants such a significant GSI salary increase is the cost of living in Ann Arbor. Dirnbach said the average GSI spends more than 40 percent of their monthly income on rent, leaving rea- sonably little money left for other commodities. Gamble said the negotiation team did not include cost of living informa- tion in its presentation because GEO would be dissatisfied with whatever was presented. "No cost of living information was going to be high enough for them to reinforce their proposal," Gamble said. SALARY Continued from Page 2 executive officers did not change and the faculty's average percent dropped from 4.9percent to 4.7 per- cent. "We built the budget in part around emphasizing, putting a prior- ity on, faculty salaries," Provost Nancy Cantor said. Cantor said her office has made a conscience effort to hike faculty pay increases. Cantor ranked No. 21 on this year's list, one of two females to make the top 25. The University's highest paid employee continues to be Vice President for Medical Affairs Gilbert Omenn. His salary reflected an increase of 3 percent, bringing his salary to $515,000. AROUND THE WORLD } Naval journalist put on trial in Russia MOSCOW - An outspoken naval journalist who exposed the Russian navy's dumping of nuclear waste in the Pacific was put on trial for treason yes- terday in what his backers charged was a politically motivated attempt to silence him. The Russian government, increas- ingly using secrecy laws to protect the military from embarrassing reve- lations, has charged navy Capt. Grigory Pasko with selling classified defense information to an undis- closed foreign country. Pasko's trial parallels the case of for- mer navy Capt. Alexander Nikitin, who was tried on espionage charges in St. Petersburg last fall after he helped a Norwegian environmental group prepare a report exposing radioactive pollution by the Rtzssian navy above the Arctic Circle. Russia's Supreme Court is sched- uled to hear appeals in Nikitin's case next month. The Pasko case hinges on his video- taping of and reporting on the Pacific Fleet's disposal of radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan. As a correspondent for the military newspaper Boyevaya Vakhta (Combat Watch) in the F East city of Vladivostok, Pasko pr vided reports on the dumping to a Japanese newspaper and televisior station, but his supporters say he never divulged any secret material. Many travel to see Pope in Mexico HUEYTLALPAN, Mexico -. Hundreds of Roman Catholic bishopP from throughout the Americas joined thousands of faithful yesterday in con- verging on Mexico City - all to wel- come Pope John Paul II on his visit to this passionately devout nation. Among them were several dozen Totonaco Indians from the mountains' of Mexico's Sierra Norte, preparing for a rough, six-hour pilgrimage over treacherous roads for a once-in-a-life- time chance to see the pope, wh arrives today. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. 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