2 - The Michigan Daily -- Wednesday, March 15, 2000 NATION/WORLD NAMES Continued from Page 1 While one-hour shifts were sched- uled throughout the vigil, anyone was welcome to come and read names, silently or aloud. LSA freshman Matthew Katz said it is important "to remember the names, remember the people" and "to not allow the people who passed on to be forgotten." Co-Chair of the conference Josh Samek, an LSA sophomore, said Hillel was able to obtain several books with close to three million names from Yad Vashem, a museum located in Israel, which is dedicated to Holocaust victims. But, Samek added that only about two thousand would be read during the vigil. "If we read only a name a minute, it would take 24 years to get through all the names," said Lani Roth, one of the conference's organizers. "We are read- ing faster than that, but at most we will get through a couple of thousand." The subtle presence of this event only intensified its impact on many students who walked through the Diag. Many students did not realize what was happening at the podium in the tent, but some of those who did said they felt obligated to read. Lisa Men- sch, an Art and Design senior and a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, decided to stop and read some of the names as she was walking by. "It's a wonderful way of getting the commu- nity involved," Mensch said. :SERVICE Continued from Page 12 pants the chance to improve themselves as they improve their community. "I've learned that it's important to test yourself and make a difference," Wofford said. "The Peace Corps set the precedent for the government playing a vital role in creating opportunities for citizens to serve in local community programs under local leadership," Wofford said. An alumnus of the University of Chicago, Howard University, and Yale Law School, Wofford has also served as a senator, law professor, author, and was president of Old Westbury Col- lege in New York and Bryn Mawr Col- lege in Pennsylvania. Wofford said he hopes students today will do what students did in 1960 to launch the Peace Corps. "Young people as leaders can change this country for the better. "We have to finish the unfinished business of civil rights and fulfill the promise of America for all Americans through programs that offer equal opportunities for children and youth," Wofford said. He said through service, students can make an impression on their communi- ty. AmenCorps, which is sponsored by the Corporation for National Service, was created by Congress and President You could spend two years teaching in Nepal and discover you're the one who's learned the most. Selecting now for spring and summer 2000 departures! www.peacecorps.gov 800-424-8580 . *~' f , "-t - Information Meeting : Wednesday, March 15 7:00 PM International Center,Room 9 603 E. Madison Street For more information, . call Nancy Parachini at (734) 647;2182 or Peace.Corps@umich.edu. 1 -11- w "W" Clinton in 1993, and is often referred to as the "domestic Peace Corps.' "Recruitment in AmeriCorps has increased to about 50,000 which is more than the Marines and the Peace Corps," Wofford's Press Secretary Sandy Scott said. Ann Arbor's AmeriCorps Program, Michigan Neighborhood, sends its members to areas in Detroit for service projects. "Our motto is 'getting things done.' We try to meet the needs of Detroit youth and their families," Program Director Carmen Wells said. The program, launched in 1995, offers students an education award for tuition in return for their service. These opportunities vary from con- struction to tutoring. "All our service is done in Detroit since that is where there is the most need," Wells said. "It's important to know that service is necessary and that there are many different ways to serve," Wells said. AmeriCorps participants serve on a full-time and part-time basis and cur- rently have about 70 members. "I would like Michigan students to realize that spending a year in Ameri- Corps or the Peace Corps would be an, opportunity in their lifetime that they couldn't get anywhere else," Wofford said. GREED Continued from Page i versity will be flown to Los Angeles to compete as part of a Big Ten team. The team will include students from Purdue University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, University of Wisconsin and the University of Indiana, Blain-Wein- stein said. The Big Ten team will be chal- lenged by teams from other college conferences such as the Pack Ten schools and Ivy League universities. The show will be taped on April 14 and air in the first few weeks of May. Hosted by Chuck Woolery, the show began in November 1999. The game consists of teams of five players answering multiple choice questions. Ultimately the team mem- bers turn on each other in quest of the ultimate prize, two million dollars. This is the show's first college edi- tion. In the past they have had themes such as TV trivia and the 1970s. The show airs on the Fox network Fridays at 9 p.m. The show's popularity is part of a recent trend in multi-million dollar game shows, including ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" hosted by Regis Philbin, and NBC's "Twenty One" hosted by Maury Povich. "A free trip to Los Angeles and a chance at 2 million dollars? I'm defi- nitely going to give it a try," Joanna Martino, LSA freshman said. Blain-Weinstein urges students to arrive promptly as the number of seats available for the quiz are limited and will be restricted to a first-come-first- serve basis. Students must bring school and state identification to qualify to take the quiz. Deadline looms for Clinton's license WASHINGTON - President Clinton faces a deadline this week on how to handle a potentially embarrassing ethics investigation in Arkansas: Begin a fight to keep his lawyer's license or give it up volun- tarily? So far, the president has given no reliable sign of how he will respond to the state Supreme Court committee's inquiry into his denial under oath that he had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. But there are indications that he does not plan to surrender his license without a fight. Clinton paid his annual $100 license fee last month. He had faced a March 1 deadline to pay, so that is not necessarily a signal of his intention to fight. But along with his own reputation for refusing to yield to critics, the fee payment might have been a sign that the president wants to retain what is, for him, the largely symbol- ic formality of being a licensed attorney. He paid the fee about two weeks after receiving formal notice of the charges against him. Last month, in his only public coin- ment on the ethics investigation, Clin- ton seemed to suggest unwillingness to surrender. Fla. judge throws out voucher program MIAMI - A state judge yesterday struck d'own as unconstitutional Flori- da's year-old program of school vouch- ers, the first statewide system that allows students to escape failing public schools and enroll in private institutions The ruling by Circuit Judge Rl Smith Jr. in Tallahassee directly con- cerns 53 students who formerly attended two public elementary schools in Pensacola, the only Florida schools that so far have been labeled as failing, but has the potential to affect thousands of the state's estimit- ed 2 million public school studeits who would otherwise become eligible for vouchers in a few months. ACROSS TH E NATION a House GOP cool on gas tax suspension WASHINGTON - House Republicans are backing away from proposals to suspend a 4.3-cents-a-gallon gas tax to help ease spiraling prices at the pump. Although the GOP labels it the "Gore tax" because of the vice president's tie- breaking vote in 1993, opposition to a suspension from key Republicans, road builders and even truckers is sinking the idea. "Let's not get bogged down on only one dimension of the problem - a sho term dimension that offers scant relief," House Majority Leader Dick Armey ( Texas) told reporters yesterday. There's a political attraction to lifting the tax while consumers fume about gas prices approaching $2 a gallon. And many Republicans have been eager to criti- cize Vice President Al Gore, whose 1993 vote broke a Senate tie and passed a budget that included a raise in the federal gas tax to 18.4 cents per gallon. But transportation projects are favorites on Capitol Hill, and some estimates conclude that temporarily suspending the tax would cost states $7 billion a year for roads, bridges and mass transportation. In a memo to Senate staff, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association said the suspension, combined with a separate proposal for a one- year rollback of the 24.4-cents-a-gallon tax on diesel fuel, would cost highv programs an estimated $10.3 billion. Some truckers agreed that would serious damage critical road and bridge maintenance and construction plans. THE OFFICE OF NEW STUPENT PROGRAMS wouid like to congratulate its Summer 2000 Orientation Leaders! Ryan Ba rrett Justin Bright Anna Clark Kyle Goodiridge Pamela Inbasekaran Emily Mathews Mudhillun MuQaribu Elizabeth Patterson Kristin Prentiss Sameet Sheth Michael Stromayer Roger Toguchi Katie Bondy )im Christie Jim Dale Martin Hale Ismat Sarah Mangla AROUND HE WORL sheonna Mix Pavid Neely Maria Perdido Laura Russell Katy Siu Benjamin Tao Deird ra Williams Hungarians protest government policies WARSAW, Poland - On the eve of a national holiday to celebrate Hun- garian freedom, about 2,000 support- ers of the country's two main opposition parties and civil rights groups took to the streets yesterday night to protest the government's media policies, which also have been criticized in recent days by the United States, the European Union and press freedom organizations. "Freedom of the press is endan- gered," said Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky, a leading figure in the opposition Alliance of Free Democ- rats party, who for the first time in nine years will not have his annual address marking the 1848 revolution broadcast on Hungarian national tele- vision today. "It's a very serious situa- tion." The most recent catalyst for the protests was the government's deci- sion to appoint only government party members to the boards overseeing state television and radio, which have been accused of tilting news coverage to favor the two-party center-light governing coalition and excluding opposition figures from the airwaves. But the government also has be* criticized for awarding radio broadcast frequencies to right-wing supporters, excluding more established but inde- pendent broadcasters. Researchers clone first litter of pigs Researchers in Virginia have ce ed the world's first litter of clone pigs, marking the fourth kind ofmam- mal ever to be cloned and moving sci- entists one step closer to a controversial goal of growing pigs with gene-altered organs for trans- plantation into people. Scientists at PPL Therapeutics, a Scottish company that helped clone Dolly the sheep, saw their year-long effort come to fruition March 5. - Compiled from Daily wire report. 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. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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