2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 24, 1999 NATION/WORLD ELECTIONS ContliedTr'oii Page 1 Pierpont Commons and in the Fishbowl in Angell Hall from 9:30 ,a. to 4:30 p.m. ', MSA President Trent Thompson "said he expects a high voter turnout .today and tomorrow not only because candidates have been posting fliers ,iih University buildings, but because -of the "grass roots" campaigning candidates have conducted, going "door-to-door in the residence halls to -'Aoice their platforms. "Voter turnout is going to be high ,,because we have three parties that are campaigning their hearts out," Thompson said. "Students are a little more aware than they have been in the past" During the winter 1998 assembly elections, nearly 20 percent of the student body voted - the highest in the assembly's history. The online system will be collecting votes 24 hours a day during the election period, but there may be a few 10- to 15- minute disruptions during the early hours of the morning, when the system updates itself. The brief disruptions shouldn't affect the voter's ability to fill out a bal- lot, according to the voting Website. - Daily Staff Reporter Jewel Gopwani contributed to this report. MINORS Continued from Page 1 complete an application for a minor cur- riculum which must be approved by the LSA Curriculum Committee. One of the many facets of having a minor program is the eventual possibili- ty of interdisciplinary minors - a minor that has been collaborated by two differ- ent departments. Gurin said interdisci- plinary minors are likely, but would not be in effect until after single department minors are installed. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Robert Owen proposed the idea of minors one year ago. Yesterday, he explained that if depart- ments submit minors applications by the end of this semester, there could be valid , minors by the fall term of 1999. Owen said the specific departments he knows are working on minor programs include history, history of art, philosophy and several divisions of geological science and the Residential College. He added that the English and Romance Language departments are considering not incor- porating minors into their programs for several reasons. Both departments, Owen said, are concerned about resources for the minor courses. Another concern is that minor courses would be overcrowded, leaving insufficient space for students who are majoring in the different departments. ShareifYoussef, an Engineering junior, addressed the issue of students in schools other than LSA receiving an LSA minor. He questioned whether Engineering students, as a consequence of pursuing an LSA minor, would be required to ful- fill LSA requirements which are not required in the Engineering school. "LSA requirements are unrelated to minors," Owen said. "Actually, the minors are supposed to encourage inter- action between the different schools." Gurin concluded the informal discus- sion by commending Owen. "Nothing ever gets done in one year," Gurin said. Owen "has gotten this done in one year." But Owen didn't take all the credit. "LSA Student Government has done a lot of work and has helped me a lot," he said. AROUND THE NATION Volunteers search for avalanche victims TURNAGAIN PASS, Alaska (AP) -Volunteers with 10-foot poles repeated- ly poked the snow Monday in a search for the bodies of as many as eight people who may have been swept off their snowmobiles in an avalanche that killed two others. The 30-foot wave of powdery snow roared down the mountainside Sunday aft noon, while hundreds of snowmobilers enjoyed temperatures in the 40s and bri sunshine. Two snowmobilers were found dead, and State Trooper Paul Burke said eight others were thought to be missing, based on phone calls from people reporting that friends, relatives and co-workers hadn't returned from snowmobiling trips to the area. Burke asked the military for 200 people to help in the search. "There's no tried-and-true way of doing this," Burke said. "The reality is we may not find anybody until spring. That's not a good way to do it, but that's where we're at." The avalanche buried a grove of 10-foot-high spruce trees, and Burke said he fears some victims may be entangled in the uprooted trees. Troopers also were analyzing a videotape taken by an eyewitness to try to pin- point where some victims may be buried. The video shows several snowmobil trying to outrun a part of the slide. 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But the measure offered by Watts, the only African-American Republican in Congress, failed to garner the two-thirds vote required for passage under special rules. "We cannot possibly condemn each bigoted organization, person or act indi- vidually," Watts said, adding that singling out one group would trivialize the issue: "Why do we make racism and bigotry that small?" The controversy over the St. Louis- AROUND THEI Gunman in Capital kills Paraguay VP BUENOS AIRES - Gunmen wearing military fatigues assassinated Vice President Luis Maria Argana of 1 Paraguay yesterday in a brazen street ; ambush in the Paraguayan capital that left one of Latin America's uneasiest democracies in an uproar after months of escalating conflict. Argana's allies in the bitterly divid- ed ruling party immediately accused former Gen. Lino Oviedo, who is con- sidered the power behind the throne and was the dead man's longtime rival, of masterminding the slaying. President Raul Cubas, a close I Oviedo ally, went on national televi- 4 sion to announce the shutdown of the nation's borders and a police dragnet I for the killers.I "Paraguay and its people need order I and tranquillity," Cubas said, adding I that "Argana's sacrifice must show us the way." As the president met with military based Council of Conservative Citizens, which advocates the preservation of the white race, first erupted late last year after Rep. Robert Barr (R-Ga.) spoke before the group. Barr later condemned the organization, as did Lott, who had appeared before the council in 1992 i on at least one other occasion. McDougal breaks 2-year silence LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Breaking her two year silence on the Whitewater affair, an emotional Susan McDougal finally answered questions yesterday about a series of byzantine land deals here in t' 1980s and told a jury that Preside Clinton had been truthful about his own involvement. As McDougal took the witness stand in her own defense in the third week of her contempt trial, her lawyer wasted no time in asking her some of the same questions posed to her by independent counsel Kenneth Starr's prosecutors in a combative 1996 grand-jury session. NORLD leaders, Congress called an emer- gency session, unions announced, a general strike, and enraged demon- strators demanded the president's res- ignation. There was widespread do about Cubas' willingness and abi liW to solve the crime and perhaps even about his capacity to retain control of the nation. Prosecutors search Kremlin ofices MOSCOW - Russia's political tur- moil intensified yesterday as prose tors searched the offices of a top Kremlin official for evidence of alleged kickbacks and payoffs in a widening corruption probe. Pavel Borodin, the influential head of the Kremlin's administrative depart, ment, acknowledged that investigators had removed documents from his office but insisted he has been guilty of no wrongdoing and called the search "purely political." - Compiled rom Daily wire reports w""Pow" baum r Check out Oakland University and get ahead of the game next fall. Need a general education course? A course in your major? At Oakland University you can choose from more than 1,000 spring or summer classes offered at our beautiful, conve- nient campus. And many are scheduled for evenings or Saturdays, so you'll have plenty of time for working a summer job, soaking up the sun or having fun with hometown friends. You can transfer the credits back to your home institution in the fall, so Get Smart and Jump to the'Head of Your Class. For a complete schedule of classes, call (248) 370-2281. To contact the Office of Admissions, call (800) OAK-UNIV or by fax: (248) 370-4462. 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