2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, February 8, 2000 NATION/WORLD BUDGET Continued from Page 1. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). The Schumer-Snowe plan was specifically designed for undergraduate college edu- cation, said Dave Lackey, Snowe's com- munications director. There is a perception in Congress that providing for a graduate education is going beyond what is necessary, Lackey said, adding that Snowe does not neces- sarily adhere to that point of view. Graduate students tend to get grants outside of the Department of Education from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health, Cross said. But except for the Javits Grant, there are no federal grants for graduate stu- dents involved in the humanities and social sciences. Clinton's proposal includes the $30 billion College Opportunity Tax Cut over a 10-year period. The proposal will provide families a tax deduction or cred- it of up to $2,800 on up to $10,000 of tuition. Clinton's plan also allocates $1 billion for existing programs and new initia- tives including Pell grants, Work Study and the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. The proposal gives an $200 increase to Pell grants. University officials said they are con- tent with the overall increases in higher education spending as proposed by Clinton, Bank said. MICHIGAMUA Continued from Page 1 exploit the Native American communi- ty. "This is a public institution. These people have access to a place in this community that no one else does,' he said. Reilly said three Michagamua mem- bers came to speak with the protestors Sunday but "we said we're through talk- ing and it's time for them to leave." Michigamua member Joe Delgado said the coalition is degrading the soci- ety's integrity by supplying the Univer- sity with incorrect evidence of its activity. "They're supplying the University with false information. We want the Attention: Pre-Med/Pre-Nursing Studen Excellent opportunity to'work with doctors in a camp infirmc setting, as a Camp Health Officer. We will pay for the sho certification course. Enjoy working in a beautiful Northerr Michigan setting. For more information, contact Larry Stevens/Camp Walden, ph: (248) 661-1890, Fax: (248) 661-1891, e-mail: waldenmi@aol.cc A o CS_ SluciiS University to know the facts. We still ts stick to our proposal of honest and open dialogue. To resolve this, we need dia- ary irt NAKED MILE rt n Continued from Page 1 was estimated to be between 8,000 to 10,000 people. Somewhere between 400 to 800 actually stripped down and participated in the run, which begins at the Rock and ends in 3 Regents Plaza. Granholm's office got in touch with Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie after receiving the letter. "We are fully satisfied that local law officials are taking necessary steps,' Granholm's spokesman Chris DeWitt said. Mackie has discussed concerns with the Ann Arbor Police Department, and characterized the run as something to be cautious about. "There's a certain danger, of course. We've had people hit by a car, there's the problem of groping - and imag- ine applying to a job with an indecent exposure conviction,"Mackie said. wN Indecent exposure is considered a misdemeanor sex offense. The list of sex offenders is public information throughout the nation. But there have never been citations given for anything other than alcohol violations at the event, according to the AAPD. During the past few years, large crowds and the use of video cameras by spectators have become concerns for Naked Mile participants. The threat of possible sexual assaults and the participation of local high school students have also heightened police awareness of the annual event. ' "As it's grown and gotten more dan- gerous, the police may react different- ly," Mackie said. "There's a number of difficulties no matter what course they take. Public safety has to be their num- . l"- log. "We have the same goals - they need progress and we need progress," Delgado said. Reilly said they have attempted to contact University President Lee Bollinger, Provost Nancy Cantor and Harper through phone calls and e-mail but have not received any direct responses. Reilly said interim Dean of Stu- dents Frank Cianciola personally visited the group several times yes- terday and Sunday. Reilly said the group is not satisfied with just dia- logue because "we've talked to them for many years," and the soci- ety still exists. He added that the eight coalition members will remain in the Michiga- mua's room until the three administra- tors visit them and comply with their demands. 15 people who write letters to local and state officials on various concerns. Bolz has never participated in or been to the run. "I'm just a taxpayer expressing my opinion," he said. His letter cited safe- ty concerns for the runners and also stated "aren't the laws on the books meant to apply to all; young as well as older people; college students as well as the general public?" "It's not like people are going around an elementary school naked," said Katie McLaughlin, an LSA junior who ran the mile last year and plans on participating this April. It's kind of a fun college prank." McLaughlin said she was aware of the possible penalties. If they were serious about enforc- ing it, I wouldn't run," she said. "I don't think anything they do should affect the people running it. I think they should step up security for the runners," she said. "I don't think it's harmless, violating the law,' Bolz said. Neither does the AAPD. "At this point, as far as preparation for the Naked Mile, we are in the plan- ning process," said Larry Jerue, the patrol division chief for the AAPD. He said that last year the mile prompted the Department of Public Safety and AAPD to put 25 extra officerson patro. "there is no definite plan yet," he said. Jerue also answered to the plea that the mile is a harmless college prank. "I went to college too, but we have to explore other options." He said the police department plans on meeting with University officials before the event. Historically, the University has dis- couraged students from running the mile, but has never done anything to stop it. In the end, Mackie gave the simplest advice on the matter. "Don't run," he said. WANT TO WRITE? JoN THE DAILY CALL 76-DAILY. AcROSS THE NATION F --^ (- Consumer reports prepares defense LOS ANGELES - Consumer Reports, America's widely respect- ed buyers' guide, will be forced to defend its own credibility in a trial that gets under way this week in Los Angeles federal court. Isuzu Motors has accused the magazine and its nonprofit parent, Consumers Union, of rigging tests to show that the 1995-96 Trooper sport utility vehicle displayed a propensity to roll over when mak- ing emergency turns. Both sides already have poured millions of dollars into prepara- tions for the product-disparage- ment and defamation trial, which begins today. Since 1968, Consumer Reports has been sued a dozen times for knocking products and has never lost a case or paid an out-of-court settlement. But this legal battle could prove to be the most challenging. And looming just ahead is a companion suit by Suzuki Motor Corp., whose Samurai SUV was branded rollover-prone in 1988. The.Trooper was put through its paces in the spring of 1996 at Con- sumers Union's 327-acre test track in East Haddam,Conn. Pfizer strikes multi- billion dollar deal NEW YORK - After a bruising three-month takeover battle, Pfizer Inc. struck a deal to buy Warner-Lambert Co. for $92.3 billion yesterday in a merger that puts Viagra and the block- buster cholesterol drug Lipitor in the same corporate medicine cabinet. The combined company, to be called Pfizer, will be the world's sec-y ond-largest drugmaker. But if the merger succeeds as analysts expect, the company is expected to vault to No. I within two years. The challenge for executives of both companies is to put aside their nasty accusations and lawsuits and unite their research, sales and manufactur- ing efforts. Clinton proposes final federal budget WASHINGTON - To a chorus of Republican ridicule, President Clinton sent Congress his budget finale yesterday, a $1.84 trillion plan to expand health care access, shrink the national debt and shower Democratic constituencies with election-year largesse. Blessed with a budgetary bonanza that past presidents could only dream about - a projected $2.92 trillion in federal surpluses over the next decade - Clinton used his spending outline to propose something for almost everyone. He would cut taxes for the sick, elderly, poor and college-bound; spend more for the environment, schools and gun-law enforcement; and erase the $3.7 tril- lion publicly held portion of the national debt by 2013. The proposal is sure to be heavily'reworked by Congress, where defiant Republicans dismissed it as a gambit to bolster Vice President Al Gore's presi- dential bid and the Democratic drive to capture Congress. They promised to fat- ten the plan's tax cuts, trim its spending boosts and ignore its tax increases. "It has all things for everyone they feel they'll need to get Al Gore elected president," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich (R-Ohio) who called it "the president's fantasy budget." 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The letter that started the recent controversy was sent to Granholm's office last April by Ralph Bolz, a Livo- nia resident and member of a group of o Hijack negotiations underway in London LONDON - Britain's hijack nego- tiators settled in yesterday for what could be days of talks with the armed group still holding 157 passengers and crew on the Afghan airliner that was diverted to London's Stansted Airport after a hop-scotch journey across central Asia on Sunday. .The hostages on the plane, includ- ing about 20 children, were said to be uncomfortable but calm as they head- ed into their third day of captivity. Earlier yesterday, eight passengers were freed and told police they had been treated decently. But nobody could say when the ordeal might end for the others. The standard British approach to hijacking cases is to keep the plane on the ground, surrounded by soldiers, and just keep talking. 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