2A -- The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 31, 2000 NATION/WORLD q~. WOLFE Continued from Page 1A "If part of her purpose or all of her purpose is to educate, I certainly consider myself educated during the process of this trial,' Duncan-Peters said. Wolfe said she has tried several different drugs to deal with her ymptoms, but it was only when she was part of a government project to test the medical effects of marijuana that she found relief. Wolfe said she was initially frus- trated with her court-appointed lawyer, Jeffrey Orchard, who she blamed for the trial spanning more than a week instead of the expected one-day duration. But Wolfe said she is grateful for his efforts. "Were it not for him, I wouldn't have gotten that verdict," she said. - The Associated Press contributed to this report. Pi Continued from Page 1A In addition to criminal prosecu- tion, Marwil is being investigated under the University's Code of Student Conduct. But the progress of this investigation is still unclear. The statement to be released today by AEPi's national organiza- tion is expected to state whether the national organization will be clos- ing the campus chapter. "The Office of Greek Life can neither confirm or deny the disso- lution of AEPi's chapter at the U of M," Mangona said. Neither IFC Adviser John Mountz nor AEPi President Brad Lundy could be reached for com- ment. FIRE Continued from Page IA "I wanted to see the action," Udek- wu said. Students were allowed back into the building shortly after 7 p.m. Couzens does not contain a sprinkler system, Brown said, but residence halls are not required to have them. Brown added that the alarm system in Couzens was replaced two years ago. Breslin said the building's stand pipes and alarms are "average" fire prevention equipment. Even though AAFD contained the fire in less than 30 minutes, firefighters had additional work because water from the fire hydrant leaked onto Ann Street and formed into a sheet of ice. AAFD fire fighters then distributed sand, salt and Ice-ban to melt the ice so the street could be reopened for vehicles. ACROSS TH E NATION NASA declares shuttle safe for launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With only hours remaining before liftoff, NASA yesterday declared space shuttle Endeavour's engines safe to fly despite lingering uncertainty over two fuel pump seals. The announcement kept Endeavour on track for a launch this afternoon on:an Earth-mapping mission. Thick clouds, however, could still force a delay. Shuttle managers ordered an exhaustive review of seals in Endeavour's fuel turbopumps late last week after a defective seal turned up in one of Discovery' main engines. The bad seal should have been thrown away as a factory reject, but instead was installed in a fuel pump that flew on Discovery six weeks ago. It also'few on Discovery in October 1998 - the flight that returned John Glenn to orbit - and on Endeavour earlier that year. NASA was able to determine, through documents, that 16 of 18 seal segnents on Endeavour's fuel pumps are certified and good. The paperwork on the wo remaining seals is missing. Even though shuttle managers cannot prove the two seals are certified for flight, shuttle managers concluded yesterday afternoon that Endeavour's engines are safe and voted unanimously to proceed with the launch as planned. Shuttle program manager Ron Dittemore said the likelihood of another defectivf seal turning up on one of Endeavour's three engines is "very, very, very low" COMING TOMORROW: THE MICHIGAN DAILY'S NEW, IMPROVED EBSITE WWW.MICHIGANDAIL Y.COM ARE YOU THE PERFECT Girl Next Door? U CAN WIN $1OOOO0 just by taping your own home video! 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The studv rated the municipal gov- ernments of the nation's 35 largest cities in terms of revenues, assigning grades from A to F on five manage- ment criterion: Finances, human resources, capital, information technol- ogy and results. Phoenix was the only one with an A or A- in all five categories. Austin fin- ished with an A- average because of a B grade on its use of information tech- nology. Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Virginia Beach, Va., averaged B+. New York, Philadelphia, Honolulu, Milwau- kee, San Diego, San Antonio, Seattle and Long Beach, Calif., all had Bs. Patricia Ingraham, director of the Government Performance Project at Syracuse's Maxwell School of Citizen- ship and Public Affairs said the most- improved cities are those that were in the worst shape five to eight years ago - Detroit, Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C. 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The official, who spoke on con- dition of anonymity, said Mubarak has already proven his ability to influence Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "The prime minister told Mubarak he must emphasize to the Palestinians that this is a crucial time to bring our positions together, not to sit and wait, or assume the Americans will sive our problems," the official said. Barak successfully revived talks with Syria and the Palestinians las year, only to see both tracks falteri recent weeks. Both partners are now accusing him of not taking iheir demands seriously. 6 more victims of Hezbollah found ISTANBUL, Turkey - Police found the remains of six more boi yesterday in their grisly two-weeklol search for suspected victims of a radi- cal Islamic group, Turkey's Anaiblia news agency reported. 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