2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 3, 2000 NATION/WORLD APPLICANTS Continued from Page 1A "Bagley has been making this argu- ment for five years now, and it's a bro- ken record,' Connerly said. Connerly said UC's increased par- ticipation in California's school system will eventually "correct an inadequate K-12 system." Student Regent Michelle Pannor said she would support Bagley's idea if it reaches the regents' table. "I think at this point in time we still need affirmative action," Pannor said. UCLA Director of Undergraduate Admissions Rae Lee Siporin said the UC system can expect a continued rise in Hispanic applicants because of an increased Hispanic population in Cali- fornia. While several University offi- cials attributed the increase of Hispanic applicants to an expanding minority population in California, some did not subscribe to that theory. University at California at Berkeley student Gloria Diaz said student vol- unteers at the RAZA Recruitment and Retention Center have traveled this past year to 35 high schools to encour- age, tutor and recruit fellow Hispanic students. HANDBOOK Continued from Page 1A allowed to enter. But the AAPD does not see these signs as a threat to enforcing the law. "I think officers who respond to calls know the law and know they aren't going to enter without the con- sent of the owner" Sgt. Lyle Sartori said. "Even if (owners) post a sign, it's not going to change the way we do business," he said. Sartori also warned students to be careful because laws differ from state to state. "Unfortunately each state has dif- ferent laws and cities have different ordinances, he said. While the advice given in the handbook may not be applicable in a students' hometown, the handbook does provide uniform information about how to throw safe and legal parties. "I am excited about the (hand- book) and most intrigued by the sug- gested door hangings and curious to see how many folks will use them," Roumel said. The signs also include instructions on how to speak to police officers. "I think it's great. People need to know what they can and can't say to the cops and what will get you in trouble," LSA senior Rebecca Brit- ton said. But Roumel stresses that the hand- book does not condone illegal actions by students. "In no way are we condoning (breaking laws), but we believe con- stitutional safeguards are important," he said. Jerry Mangona, vice president for external relations for the Interfrater- nity Council, said that the handbook might also apply to fraternity and sorority parties as well as individual house parties. "I would assume any individual present at a fraternity party would be afforded the same rights as would a guest at any other party. The Office of Greek Life finds it in the best interest of our chapters that they cooperate fully with any authorities," Mangona said. The House Party Handbook is available online at wwwumich. edu/-aclu/partvl.pdf AM ACROSS THE NATION ,- , Federal Reserve raises short-term rates WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised key short-term rates one-quarter of a percentage point yesterday to ward off inflationary pressures in a roaring U.S. economy, and coupled the action with warnings that suggest more hikes are on the way. The Fed's policy-making Open Market Committee nudged up the federal funds rate, which banks charge each other for short-term loans, from 5.5 percent to 5.74 percent, its highest level in more than four years. It was the fourth such increase since June, when the central bank began its efforts to slow the economy. In the wake of the Fed decision, Bank of America, the nation's biggest bank, and other major financial institutions announced they would raise their regular lending rates in a move assuring that millions of consumers and businesses will feel the effects of higher interest. But will the pinch will be great enough to convince them to throttle back on their spending so that the economy can cool? On this, analysts seemed to agree: "It won't do a great deal," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist of Wells Fargo & Co. in Minneapolis. Analysts said the Fed's strategy is to continue raising rates in modest increments* until the economy finally slows. "It's going to be Chinese water torture," said Mer- rill Lynch & Co.'s chief economist, Bruce Steinberg. WRC Continued from Page1A Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality has been campaign- ing for the University to join the WRC. Last March, 30 SOLE members stormed and occupied Bollinger's office for 51 hours. During the demonstration, Bollinger released the University's labor standards for its licensed apparel manufacturers. Since the WRC was ini- tially released in October, SOLE has made the University's adoption of the code a top priority. SOLE has criticized the committee studying the WRC, contending the Pixie Anne Pennwright Spokescritic - Heartbreaker e Media Legend group has taken too much time to con- sider the code. On Jan. 18, SOLE mem- bers stormed an open forum hosted by the University's advisory committee, demanding immediate action. Although SOLE's deadline for Bollinger's decision on the WRC expired, no official decision came from the office of the president, due to Bollinger's absence from campus so he could survey flood damage to his Ver- mont residence. Despite this setback, SOLE members remain optimistic that Bollinger will announce his decision' soon and are "hopeful that U of M will make a commitment to the WRC," said SOLE member Peter Romer-Friedman, an RC junior. Fellow SOLE member and LSA junior Lee Palmer added that early par- ticipation in the WRC is a great opportu- nity for the University "to be a leader" in the fight for sweatshop code regulation. But the WRC is not without critics. Advisory committee members and Bollinger himself have said the existing document is too vague. Currently only five other schools have endorsed the WRC - Brown University, Haverford College, Loylola College, Bard College, and the Univer- sity of New Orleans. Because these schools cannot match the University in terms of apparel licensing clout, SOLE members main- tain that the University's participation is essential to the WRC's success and it's "vagueness" is in fact an asset. "The WRC offers full autonomy over how to sanction licensees and improve conditions for workers." Romer-Fried- man said. COLD SORES? Before LYCALLOINTMENT, all the drug store had for cold sores were palliatives to soothe and coat, or local anesthetics to reduce the pain while the unsightly cold sore ran its course of a week or more. Apply LYCALLOINTMENT at the first sign, and it may not break put at all. Or if it has, LYCALLOINT- MENTmay help get rid of it in a day or two. Call your druggist. He can get LYCALLOINTMENT from his wholesaler, usually in a day. Accept no substitute. Satisfaction guaranteed. Or call 800-338-0857 justice Department faults CIA in report WASHINGTON - The CIA should have asked the Justice Depart- ment to open a criminal investigation as soon as it discovered in December 1996 that former CIA Director John Deutch had kept highly classified information on his home computers, according to a classified report by the CIA's inspector general. The report also faults former CIA General Counsel Michael O'Neill and former Executive Director Nora Slatkin for delaying an internal probe of Deutch's security breach. And it says CIA Director George Tenet "should have involved himself more forcefully to ensure a proper resolu- tion of this matter." But the report concludes that nei- ther Tenet nor any of his top aides vio- lated the law, despite a series of internal delays that kept the CIA's inspector general from referring the case to the Justice Department for criminal review for more than a year, until February 1998. The Justice Department declined to prosecute Deutch last April and turned the matter back over to Tenet, who stripped Deutch of his security clearances in August, a stiff rebuke for a former top official but nothing like the way the government treatedO former Los Alamos physicist Wen Ho Lee. Army investigates Korean War killings WASHINGTON - The Army has begun interviewing Korean War veter- ans and has not ruled out criminal prosecutions as a result of its investi- gation of the alleged mass killing of South Korean civilians at No Gun Ri;@ Army Secretary Louis Caldera said yesterday. Likening the situation to war crines trials following World War II, Caldera told the Associated Press, "We don't want to set a double standard." He added, however, that it is too early to conclude that any actions by Ameri- can troops at No Gun Ri at the outset of the Korean War rose to the level of war crimes. l17 i.; ARouND THE WORLD ,. f Russians closer to taking Grozny MOSCOW - Grozny, the war-rav- aged capital of separatist Chechnya, appeared to be in the hands of advanc- ing federal forces yesterday as Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev claimed "an irreversible breakthrough" in the six-month war. Sergeyev asserted that Russian forces had killed 586 rebel fighters as they attempted to force their way through Russian troops encircling the city. The rebels said thousands of Islamic sepa- ratists who had succeeded in holding off the Russians for months had aban- doned the city. "The operation of wiping out the bandit formations in Grozny has been carried out brilliantly," said Sergeyev, Russia's top military official. Russian authorities stopped short of claiming control of Grozny, reporting that there was still fighting in some parts of the city. The Chechen rebels, through their Internet Website, http://w''w kavkaz.og, contended that the Russians were fighting only shadows. "The aggressors continue to imitate combat activities in the town," the Website said. "Various quarters are being bombed by the Russian air force@ Both sides have been known to mis- represent facts during the fierce conflict, in particular minimizing their own casualties and exaggerating the losses of their foes. Israelis argue about, nuclear weaponss JERUSALEM - Another taboo wa shattered in Israel yesterday, and quite noisily at that, when the parliament held its first-ever public debate on something that is rarely admitted to exist: Israel's top-secret nuclear arsenal. The issue was forced onto the agenda by an Arab Israeli member of parlia- ment, who was promptly attacked for his efforts. 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