2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 11, 2000 NATION/WORLD STUDENTS Continued from Page 1 Half-an-hour after the debate ended, Michigan Secretary of State Candice Miller came to the podium and intro- duced Bush to the spirited crowd as "the next President of the United States." "He showed us why we picked the right candidate," she said. "Did you stay awake the whole time?" Bush asked jokingly, before thanking his audience for their sup- port. Bush briefly addressed the issues he had touched on at the debate but kept the speech light-hearted. Responding to a cry of "I love you, George," Bush said, "Wait until I cut your taxes, then you'll really love me." Business junior Barb Lambert said she enjoyed the opportunity to attend the rally. "It's fun to be here with other Bush" supporters, she said. "It's nice to see a variety of people. It's an interest- ing mix." The Republican population at the University is severely underestimat- ed, said LSA first-year student Matt Nolan, external relations executive vice president of the Michigan Student Assembly. "People perceive U of M as a very liberal campus, but there's more conser- vatives than you'd think," Nolan said. Calvin College students who didn't get to attend the debate said they were disappointed but still felt they benefited from attending the rally. "I'm not very familiar with this whole scenario," said Calvin sophomore Matthew Rip. "It's very much a learning experience for all of us." Rip added that the debate gained more buzz on campus when Bush added himself to the forum. "All of a sudden there was a flurry of excite- ment," he said. After some technical difficulties dur- ing the first 10 minutes of the debate, the attendants eagerly responded to the candidates appearing on the screen in front of them. Inevitably, Bush's answers were fol- lowed by thunderous applause. Comments by Steve Forbes, who was particularly hostile to Bush in the debate, were often accompanied by jeers from the crowd. LSA junior Jenny Cowley said she was impressed with Bush's debate per- formance. "Bush showed his strength in his issues with competent conser- vatism," she said. Lambert said she agreed, but added, "All of the candidates showed that they were decent men." Candidates maintain ACROSS THE NATION ---- - fendly i DEBATE Continued ftom Page 1. opportunity to address an issue that has been of great concern to his Arizona constituents. Despite friendly banter between Bush and McCain, the remaining candidates were more antagonistic when it came to issues concerning what they believed to be the- moral questions facing the nation, includ- ing homosexuality, internet pornog- raphy and spending U.S. dollars in overseas relief efforts. Candidates attacked McCain when it came to the topic of gays in the military. McCain was the only candidate that spoke in support of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and the Arizona senator said he had served with gay men in uniform. "I wish this had not come into the political arena ... The policy of 'don't ask, don't tell' is working," McCain said, citing other issues facing the mili- tary including low pay and dwindling recruitment. Both Keyes and Bauer were adamantly opposed to the current policy and pledged that if either of them were elected as president they would ban gays from the armed forces. "We better pay attention to the moral environment with gays in our military," Keyes said, expressing his concern that problems in the military stemmed from this moral question. In what is becoming a recurring question at GOP debates, Forbes asked Bush to pledge to preserve the GOP's pro-life policy by appointing pro-life judges and selecting a pro- life running mate if he wins the nom- emeanor ination. When Bush stopped short of agreeing to choose a pro-life vice presidential candidate, Forbes expressed his dissatisfaction with Bush's refusal to complete the pledge. "I will have a vice president that agrees with ny policy. I will have a vice president that likes me," Bush said in response. Bush's last-minute decision to join the debate prompted Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press, to moderate the event. He and panelists Susan Geha and Rick Albin of WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids posed most of their questions based on current events such as whether 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez should be returned to his father in Cuba and yesterday's deci- sion by the United Nations to send relief funds to Africa to combat AIDS. Most of the candidates agreed that sending relief to Africa should be a priority of the United States but expressed concern that sending money would not necessarily be the best policy because some corrupt governments may not relay the funds to the.right areas. "Look at the moral root of that prob- lem," Keyes said, adding that he does not support sending funds to cure an incurable disease spread by immoral acts. Russert questioned Bush's reli- gious convictions and the high num- ber of executions in the governor's home state. "I don't believe that we've ever executed an innocent person in this state," Bush said. "It protects inno- cent people to have the death penal- ty," he added. Peace talks recess without agreememt SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Peace talks between Israel and Syria recesseI yesterday without agreement on new borders or any other major elements of a land-for-peace treaty still eluding them despite rigorous American mediation. As the two delegations packed to go home, State Department spokesperson James Rubin said they would resume negotiations Jan. 19, probably in the Washington area. "We are on the right track," he said. He gave no indication how the gaps might be closed quickly. The basic shape of a treaty has been clear since Prime Minister Ehud BaraW took office last July. Israel would surrender virtually all the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau on the Syrian frontier, for peace, provided security mea- sures are found to take the place of the highland Israel has held since the 1967 Six-Day War. Syria insists on a pullback to the Sea of Galilee, thereby letting it recover a stretch of land it captured in the 1950s. Another scenario would push Israel back to borders set in 1923. Or patches of land might be swapped. But Barak has not specified what line he wants drawn between Israel and an Arab country with which Israel has fought three major wars. "We have not resolved the border issue, but we are working on it, and work will hopefully continue at the resumption of the talks," Rubin said. - A Cuban boy may speak to ongress WASHINGTON - Members of Congress are moving on various fronts to block Elian Gonzalez from being returned to his father in Cuba. One such tactic - subpoenaing the six-year-old boy to testify before a House committee - was being reviewed yesterday by government lawyers. In Miami, a family court judge was expected to announce her ruling late yesterday afternoon on a petition for custody by the boy's great-uncle. That would allow him to seek political asy- lum for Elian. Lawyers for the Justice Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service were evaluating the subpoena issued by Rep. Dan Burton, chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, in an effort to delay Elian's departure. Also from Capitol Hill, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) is seeking to make the boy a U.S. citizen, while other lawmak- ers are weighing resident status for the father. The subpoena issued late Friday requires the child to testify before his committee Feb. 10. But Burton (R-Ind.) does not expect to compel the boy to appear, spokesperson Mark Corallo fHgh court to hear rapist penalties case WASHINGTON - Today, the jus- tices will hear oral arguments in a dis-- pute concerning federal penalties for rapists and other perpetrators of vio- lence against women. The case pre-_<. sents a direct challenge to Chief-,- Justice William Rehnquist court's sig-'- nature effort to rein in federal laws, that encroach on the states. At issue is a key provision of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act that allows, women to sue their attackers in federal court for money damages. The case in hand was brought by a Virginia Polytechnic Institute student who claimed she was raped by two foot- ball players. SURVEY Continued from Page for low crime, women still need to know that sexual assault still occurs," said LSA sophomore Jamie Kushner, a member of the Sexual Assault and Prevention Awareness Center. "People should not take this ranking for granted and 'should always be cautious and aware." Ann Arbor was ranked in the 44th percentile for lifestyle, the second most important concern expressed by readers. The city ranked low in part due to weather conditions which have a detrimental effect on a woman's hair, skin and nails, said Margaret Gillman, a spokesperson for Ladies Home Journal. The city also fared well in education, job opportunities for women, health care, child care and the number of 4 We re Looking for A B i ' ,4as FactSet is the leading provider of online financial, market, and economic information. Our product is used by over 10,000 investment professionals worldwide to f women in politics. Once the readers' priorities were determined, the magazine gathered data from federal, state and local sources such as the Census Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Investigation to quantify a city's resources. Factors such as parks and recreation facilities, air and water quality, the ratio of single men to single women, weath- er and voter involvement came into play, Gillman said. The magazine looked at the number of sexual harassment and job discrimi- nation charges filed in a city, the num- ber of women-owned businesses and the salary gap:between the men and women in the city. A high number of obstetricians, gynecologists and fertilization special- ists in a city yielded a high percentile ranking in health care. The average weight and general obesity of women in the area also played a role in rank- ings. "The ranking provides a valuable ser- vice to people.: It is an age of high mobility, and this is a resource for women who hawe the opportunity to choose where they want to live," Gillman said. In addition to providing a valuable guide for women of high mobility, it also provides a tool for women with no intention to relocate, Gillman said. "Ours is the only magazine doing rankings from a female perspective. It determines where a community falls short, and inspires women to contact government officials," she said. Last year Ann Arbor secured the top spot in the rankings, after being rated tenth the previous year. Gillman said some variability is expected because "each year women's priorities change slightly." "Just being in ,the top ten is an indi- cation that this is a pretty darn good place to live," Ann Arbor Mayor Ingrid Sheldon said. "This community places confidence in women, which can be attributed to the quality of women in Ann Arbor." Sheldon said. "It's a testimony to the women in the community and the com- munity in general." SACUA Continued from Page 1 parking lots around campus from early morning until 1:0 a.m., but SACUA members expressed concern that those hours are not enough. "Monitors in the parking lots are a strong and good effort, but they are not there quite long enough," said SACUA Chair Sherrie Kossoudji. When monitors are on duty, vehicles without correct parking stickers are not permitted in the lot. When the monitors are gone, many students and other area drivers tend to occupy the spaces without concern of tickets. "It doesn't bother them" said Kossoudji, a Social Work professor. SACUA members complained about instances when faculty mem- 1 town with automatic weaponst ire yesterday, trying to fend off mounting rebel attacks to retake the town. After heavy fighting during the day, rebels fired on the local military com- mandant's building as darkness fell. In Argun, another key town taken by Russia weeks ago, rebels launched an attempt at sundown to storm the local railroad station, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported, citing the Russian Interior Ministry. Russian helicopter gunships rock- eted rebel positions in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, yesterday and Moscow admitted for the first time that its forces had suffered major losses as resurgent rebels put Russian troops on the defensive, Russian forces took Argun and Shall, 12 miles east and southeast of VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul It has shown signs of quickening phys- ical decline in recent months. Yet until now, owing to Vatican taboo, debate over whether he might or should resign " had remained rather quiet. But Sunday German Monsignor Karl Lehmann broached the subject publicly and at length. His words caused a stir because German and Italian media mil read them as a call for the pope to abdi- cate - an interpretation the bishop later rejected. To set the record straight, the Vatican on yesterday published lengthy portions of the interview -- an unusual " step that, in effect, brought the issue of John Paul's leadership capacity officially' into the open. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. AROUND THE WORLD Chechen rebel storm Grozny, in December while ground, troops closed in on the capital. But' Russan train station rebels mounted attacks on the towtis' Sunday. SH ALI, Russia - Russian forces Po e's health snark ' holed up in a well-fortified building Pr sprayed the streets of this Chechen de ate ofretiremen . op", i N JmLn The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are . $100. Winter term (January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. 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