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MICHIGAMUA
Continued from Page 1.
discuss space allocation is unneces-
sary, given that MSA already exercises
a similar process when allocating
space, but overall, he said he was
pleased with the outcome of the meet-
ing.
"I feel encouraged that we can move
in a positive direction - we're help-
ing Michigamua understand their
obligation in terms of a resolution,"
Reilly said.
SCC also met with members of Vul-
cans and Phoenix on Sunday after-
noon.
Vulcans member Sara Soderstrom, a
Rackham second-year student, said Vul-
cans submitted a proposal to SCC, but
their proposal expressed concern for
SCC's emphasis on discontinuing use of
the tower meeting space rather than the
entire petition as it was presented to the
University on Feb 4. Soderstorm said
SCC's request for Vulcans to surrender
their meeting space is not what Vulcans
feels is the answer to SCC's concerns.
"We think they should take a stand
on the other points so that they do not
get ignored," Soderstorm said.
February 22, 2000 NATIoNWORLD
Phoenix members said they have not
yet reached an overall consensus as to
how the group stands on the issue of
space allocation.
A Phoenix member, who wished
that her name not be printed, said "the
meeting was great -- both groups ben-
efited from the one-on-one dialog."
She said SCC asked Phoenix about
their relationship with Michigamua.
SCC members said they feel
Phoenix's practices could be similar to
Michigamua's alleged practices being
that the groups were previously related,
but the representative said while friend-
ships do exist between the groups, but
work-related affiliations no longer exist.
The representative said although the
two had ties in the past, after changing
its name from Adara to Phoenix in
Spring 1999 when both societies dis-
banded their relations and went co-ed,
Phoenix began "to free itself from
(dependency on Michigamua) and
stand alone as an individual society."
Phoenix members said they are
nowhere near a resolution and "will
leave no stone un-turned."
Delgado said legal counsel repre-
senting the SCC, Michigamua and the
University will be in contact today.
TAUBMAN
Continued from Page I
In June, Taubman also donated $30
million to the College of Architecture
and Urban Planning prompting the Uni-
versity Board of Regents to rename the
college for Taubman - the second Uni-
versity college to bear a donor's name.
The Board appointed former Colum-
bia University President Michael Sovern
as the new chairman. "As president
emeritus of Columbia University,
Michael Sovern brings to Sotheby's
board a distinguished reputation as
leader, lawyer, scholar and educator,"
the board said in a written statement.
"The strong and experienced manage-
ment team which is in place will build
on the extraordinary momentum of the
past year and we are confident that they
and Sotheby's talented staff will contin-
ue to further enhance of the greatest
franchises in the world."
Board President and Chief Executive
Officer Diana Brooks also announced
her resignation.
"My decision is a difficult one, but I
have taken it in the best interests of the
company and of my colleagues," Brooks
said in a written statement.
CENTER
Continued from Page 1
"Diabetes is one of the most costly
health problems in America," the
American Diabetes Association Web-
site states.
Nearly $98 billion annually goes
toward health care costs for diabetics,
some estimates run as high as $138
billion.
Nearly 6 percent of the U.S. popu-
lation, or 16 million people, has dia-
betes, but 5.4 million have not been
diagnosed, according to the ADA.
More than 190,000 Americans die
each year from diabetes and dia-
betes-related complications, for
which the new center will aim to
unlock the secrets.
While there is no cure or known
cause for diabetes, methods of control-
ling the disease increase the lifespan
of diabetics.
For children, the risk of develop-
ing Type I diabetes, which prevents
the body from producing insulin, is
higher than the chance of develop-
ing any other childhood disease.
CALLER ID
Continued from Page 1
Lilly said ITD is paying attention
to how the Caller ID system works at
Eastern Michigan.
Fitzgerald said there have been
many "bugs - troubles with people
not knowing the equipment."
"But we're working through it," he
added.
Fitzgerald emphasized that this
semester is a trial period for the
Caller ID service on Eastern Michi-
gan's campus.
"We're not sure if it'll still be here
next year," he said. "If the bugs end up
smoothing out in the next few months,
we'll probably keep it."
At EMU, students choose whether
to use the new service and can pur-
chase Caller ID-compatible tele-
phones. Fitzgerald estimated that
about 60 percent to 80 percent of the
2,100 residence hall phone lines on
campus are hooked up to Caller ID.
He also said it costs EMU about
$1,800 a month to provide the service
to students, or $.90 per phone line.
University RHA President Jason
Taylor said Caller ID is a "a great lux-
ury and a good idea"to install on cam-
pus, but he hopes it won't raise
students' room-and-board fees.
"If Caller ID raises room and board
a dollar or two, I don't think it's a big
deal," he said. "But otherwise, I don't
think it'd be worth it."
He said he would like the Universi-
ty to offer Caller ID to students as an
optional service.
AcROSS THE NATioN
Studies suggest nicotine fights disease
WASHINGTON - Despite its evil image, new research suggests that nicotine
is a surprisingly potent drug for a variety of diseases that afflict the brain, includ-
ing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Tourette's syndrome.
Many small studies over the past decade have explored the possible benefits of
this ubiquitous drug. But the field appears to be taking on fresh life as doctors test
nicotine patches for neurological diseases in both children and the elderly, and dru@
companies race to concoct nicotine substitutes that carry fewer side effects.
At a conference yesterday, doctors said the field's first gold-standard study
suggests the patch shows real promise in children with Tourette's syndrome, a
strange affliction in which victims are beset by spates of tics, shouted obscenities
and violent urges.
Nicotine has many drawbacks, including its unsavory reputation as the addic-
tive grabber in cigarettes. Some experts believe nicotine's real future is in fake
forms of the drug.
"The problem with nicotine is that it is nicotine. You're asking parents to put
their kids on nicotine," said Dr. Paul Sanberg of the University of South Florida
who has tested the drug on more than 100 young Tourette's patients.
Typically, doctors treat Tourette's with Haldol, a powerful tranquilizer that is alsG
used against schizophrenia. In the latest study, Sanberg and colleagues combined
nicotine patches and Haldol in 70 children, half of whom got dummy patches.
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Hostage held by
inmates at Texas jail
LIVINGSTON, Texas - Two death
row inmates who were part of a
botched escape in 1998 took a female
guard hostage yesterday in a new
prison that was supposed to be more
secure.
The guard was taking one inmate
back to his cell at about 4:15 p.m.
when he and another inmate overpow-
ered her, said Texas Department of
Criminal Justice spokesman Larry
Fitzgerald. One inmate had somehow
jimmied his cell door, Fitzgerald said.
The guard, Jeanette Bledsoe, was
handcuffed with one leg shackled. She
was seated on the floor in a small
cage-like room adjacent to death row
in the Terrell unit. I
"They have no place to go. Officers
have sealed off the area," Fitzgerald
said. "She has not been threatened or
harmed in any way, but it is a tense
situation."
In talks with negotiators, they com-
plained it takes six months to make
changes in visitation lists. They also
want to be allowed out of their cells
for longer than one hour a day.
"Basically it's complaints about
conditions in the prison," Fitzgerald
said.
One inmate had a makeshift knife;
the other had a 2-foot long piece o
metal used to open the dinner door o
each prison cell.
Pentagon faced with
spend'g problems
WASHINGTON - A system
designed to rid the Pentagon of outra-
geously priced hammers and multipage
cookie specifications has sped up pur-
chases but produced new excesses such
as a $714 electrical bell.
The Clinton administration has been
trying to make its military purchasing
system more efficient, where speed and
volume discounts are emphasized and
detailed product specifications and cost
analyses are usually scrapped
An Associated Press review of
military records found the system,
faster and less burdensome to indus-
try, isn't cheaper - producing pur-
chases like a S76 screw.
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Mandela present for
Burundi peace talks
ARUSHA, Tanzania - Hopes of
bringing an end to Burundi's
intractable war inched forward yester-
day as warring factions relaunched
peace negotiations under the mediation
of former South African President Nel-
son Mandela.
The presence of Mandela and the
backing of an array of world leaders
have helped propel Burundi into the
international spotlight. Mandela urged
Burundians to make good use of their
moment on the world stage.
"I would like the leaders of Burundi
to seize this opportunity and not to
allow it to slip," Mandela told a crowd-
ed conference hall in this northern Tan-
zanian town.
At least six African heads of state,
including Mandela's successor, Thabo
Mbeki, and Burundian President Pierre
Buyoya, were present. President Clin-
ton and his French counterpart,
Jacques Chirac, were expected to
address the delegates tomorrow via a
live video link-up.
While analysts agreed that raising
the profile of the peace talks could
help, they cautioned that reconciliation
depends on Burundians themselves.
"If we are going to have peace in
Burundi, the main burden is on the
Burundi leaders," said Joseph Wanio-
ba, a trustee at the Nyerere Foundation,
which was formed to help shepherd the
negotiations.
U.S. uses herbicides
in war on drugs
RIO NEGRO, Colombia - In near
a decade of U.S.-sponsored fumigation,
planes have sprayed hundreds of thou-
sands of gallons of herbicide on illicit
drug crops in vast expanses of Colom-
bia's highlands and rainforests.
Drug cultivation in the world's No. I
cocaine-producing nation is at a record
high and climbing. Crop yields are also
improving as traffickers plant more
potent strains of coca and opium poppy,
the sources of cocaine and heroin.
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