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RESEARCH

MSA candidates examine group funding

'U' economists:
2001 will bring
slower economy
University economists have predict-
ed that the economy will continue
rowing this year and slow down in
In the University's annual forecast
update of the U.S. economy, they pre-
dict the rate of economic growth will
remain at 4.9 percent this year and
decrease to 2.7 percent next year as
the Federal Reserve continues to raise
interest rates.
Mortgage rates will grow from 7.4
percent in 1999, to 8.6 percent in
2000, to 9.2 percent in 2000, the
"eport predicts. Treasury bills will
lso grow from 4.6 percent last year to
6.9 percent in 2001.
They also predict that there will be
a greater inflation rate and a decrease
in the growth of disposable income.
The forecast says inflation rates in
2001 will rise to 2.8 percent - 1.7
percent more than last year.
The economists say the unemploy-
ment rate will remain relatively the
Same next year at 4.4 percent, a 0.2
percent difference from 1999.
They also forecast that the value of
the dollar will rise by 0.8 percent this
year before declining by 1.6 percent in
2001.
The forecast was based on the
'Michigan Quarterly Econometric
Model of the U.S. Economy and com-
piled by the University Research Sem-
inar in Quantitative Economics.
AJ. Minnesota
researchers find
bulimia drug
Researchers at the University of
Minnesota have found a drug that
might help in combating bulimia.
The drug, called ondansetron, is
currently used for patients receiving
*hemotherapy to reduce vomiting and
nausea.
Ondansetron blocks the activity of
the afferent vagal circuit nerves which
give the brain a signal saying the
stomach is full. The researchers found
that bulimia causes hyperactivity in
the nerves.
In a small study of 25 bulimic
women, researchers found that women
on the drug purged an average of 6.5
Apes per week compared with 13.2
mes for women on the placebo.
Research will continue on the drug,
which can help the 2 to 3 million
women in the nation who have been
diagnosed with bulimia.
They warn that the drug might be
dangerous for patients who take anti-
depressant medication, one of the cur-
rent treatments for bulimia.
Grown U. study
explores sleep
issues of children
Researchers at Brown University
have found that 37 percent of students
in kindergarten through fourth grade
have sleep disturbances, a percentage
much higher than they previously
expected.
The study, led by Brown University
hool of Medicine assistant pedi-
trics Prof. Judith Owens, found that
the children have many sleep issues,
such as snoring, bed-wetting, sleep-
iime anxiety and daytime sleepiness.
They also found that poor sleep
habits in children carry into adoles-

cence and adulthood.
Owens said she hopes to perfect a
five-question screening tool to deter-
ine if children have sleep issues,
ong with developing a sleep medi-
cine curriculum. The study, which
was published in the journal Develop-
mental and Behavioral Pediatrics and
funded by a five-year grant from the
National Institute of Health, shov s
that extended periods of sleep depri-
vation is unhealthy.
She attributes many of the sleeping
disorders to the rising availability of
computers and video games that stim-
hatechildren's brains before bedtime.
W..Comrpiled by Daii Staff Reporter
Lindsey A /pert fomi wiire reports.

By Lisa Koivu
Daily Staff Reporter
The future of funding for student groups on
campus could be completely altered if the U.S.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Scott South-
worth in the case of The Board of Regents of the
University of Wisconsin v. Scott Southworth.
Southworth filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin in
1996, arguing that it is unconstitutional for students
to fund groups they ideologically oppose through
student fees. The case reached the Supreme Court
last November and is now awaiting a final opinion.
Many candidates running for representative
positions on the Michigan Student Assembly are
worried about the effect a ruling in favor of South-
worth could have on the University of Michigan.
University students pay S5.69 per semester
toward student group funding. The money is dis-
bursed by MSA's Budget Priorities Committee,
which reviews applications and allots funds to
groups having an impact on the University.

Dan Barrera, an LSA freshman running as an
independent candidate, said limiting student fees
would be detrimental to a diverse university
atmosphere.

"Legally, I think Southworth pro
some standing. Instinctively I think th
mountain out of a molehill," Binghamn
written response.

"Student fees are necessary. Many stu-
dent groups can't survive without it. Just
because a group isn't popular doesn't
mean they shouldn't exist," Barrera said.
Some students, such as Jessica Cash,
an LSA freshman running for a seat on
the assembly with the Wolverine Party,
said the ruling could have a damaging
effect on the University.
"I believe this would seriously thwart
the exchange of ideas on campus.
Although there are several groups that I
personally support and a few that I

MSA elections:
March 22-23
Part 3 in a 3 part
series on the issues
facing MSA this year

"I certainly favor an in
autonomy. The problem isd
this really has a negative i
ones' autonomy, no," she add
MSA President Bram Elia
University has little to wor
regardless of the ruling.
"Whomever becomes then
dent will step into a well-establ
structure handling the case," Eli
"We've worked with peo
Division of Student Affair
Office of the General Counse

adamantly oppose, an exchange of ideas is
always positive" Cash said.
Aimee Bingham, an LSA junior running with the
Defend Affirmative Action Party, said she thinks
the case is understandable but also ridiculous.

sure MSA will have ample bureaucratic
support no matter what happens," he ad
Interim Vice President for Student,
Royster Harper said the last she had h
plans at the University in case of an em

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bably has "Glen (Roe) and I were talking about getting a
e case is a group together to talk about a contingency plaf"
n said in a Roe, chairman of the Budget Priorities Com-
mittee and Blue Party candidate for presidtit,
dividual 's said lie isn't anticipating any problems.
do I think "We are waiting on a ruling to be able to know
mpact on the situation the University is in regarding siu-
ed. dent group funding. If there is a problem affect-
as said the ing funding, we have looked at possible solutobhs
rry about, on a preliminary basis," Roe said.
Tu-Anh Tran, an LSA sophomore runiiri'g
next presi-' with the All Peoples' Party, said that although
ished infra- students don't directly allocate money to stud'it
as said. groups, they have a say in the process leadingIto
ple in the the disbursement.
s and the "Technically, students are already involved idihe
el to make process-of allocating funds to student groups, MVn
c and legal if it is indirectly. They vote on the candidates
Ided. whom they want to represent them. These repre-
Affairs E. sentatives, in turn, play a role in deciding how
eard about much money to give to student groups that apply
ergency is for funding," Tran said in a written statement. -J
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roster with both those qualities.
So Michigan picked its poison.
When it played Murphy man-up, the Irish star work4
on his game-high scoring mark.
When the Wolverines sent help, Murphy passed o4
and found a shooter for one of Notre Dame's nine I
point field goals.
"He's very good," Ellerbe said of Murphy. "Al
Americans do that. He should have a bright future."
As much scoring damage as Murphy did, Note'
Dame's killer blow was actually delivered at a tim"
when Murphy was out of the game.
After picking up his fourth foul with 4:27 to play
Murphy rested the next defensive possession, whiq
culminated in Gaines shooting a one-and-one. 1
Gaines made the first free throw, upon which MurP41
trotted over from the bench to check in before the Itih
got the ball back. He was too late.
Gaines missed the second, and the Irish were force
to run their offense without Murphy, holding a 66-6-C
lead.
Notre Dame ran down the floor, and David Grav
flared off an Ivan Kartelo screen to hit a lethal 3-point
er that gave Notre Dame an eight-point lead with 3:5$
left. It was the death bell that, up until that point,
ther team had been able to sound.
"I looked at David (Graves) at halftime and said
can't shoot any worse, so we better let them fly in
second half,"' Notre Dame guard Matt Carroll s '
"We did, and some of the shots fell for us." .
Michigan survived a large portion of the first
without Blanchard, who went to the floor to secur'O&
jump ball and was called for an unusual personal fdbl
his second, with 8:08 left before halftime.
The Wolverines were able to plug the role in tK
rotation and make it through the game's first 20 rii
utes, deadlocked at 33 with Notre Dame.
"The Troy Murphy Show" will likely air again nex
Monday night. The Irish will face Xavier in the secon a
round, again at the Joyce Center.

University students crowded into Rick's
American Cafe yesterday for a shot to win
S2 million.
Three hundred students packed Rick's to
take a qualifying quiz.for the Fox Network's
game show "Greed." The show will air a col-
lege edition the first few weeks of May.
Students began lining up outside the bar and
around the corner up to 30 minutes before the
5 p.m. quiz. Of the 300 who took the quiz,
about 60 made it to the interview round.
The college edition of the popular game
show is a good idea, said Kinesiology senior
Jamie Kaplan. "I don't care about seeing a
rich lawyer win. It's so much more exciting to
see a 19-year-old kid win SI million," Kaplan
said, munching on pizza as he waited.
The inside of the bar was alive with excite-
ment. Students were crowded around tables,
standing at the bars and leaning against the
shamrock-covered walls.
Event coordinators Michelle Meid and

LSA freshmen Jeff Dickerson, Jeremy Ortwine and Matt Kish and Music freshman Josh
Breitzer answer questions during a "Greed" preliminary selection session at Rick's American
Cafe yesterday.
Casey Slade laid out the rules of the quiz and an info junky. Reading a lot helps."
the dates students should be available for trav- Grading began as soon as the first quiz
el to Los Angeles should they be selected. was handed in. With a simple 'thank you for
Meid quickly assured the crowd that most coming' or 'please stay,' the students' fate
of the students would be turned away before was decided.
the second round. "Quite frankly, most peo- While a group of friends waited for the
pIe don't pass," she said. interviews to start, they discussed what it
"We are going all over the country," Meid would be like to be on the show.
said. "We are only looking for a very small The group decided that they'd give
number from every school we go to." some money to charity if they won. "I'd
"Greed" is going to other Big Ten universi- go to the Far East," LSA senior Monica
ties and Ivy League colleges. Fishman said.
The quiz tested general knowledge on Whatever happened, "whoever wins buys
topics ranging from Absolut Vodka to Dr. for everyone else," Kaplan said.
Seuss to cheese. "It's about remembering something you
"It was pretty easy, although there were a heard six years ago," Kaplan said, who was
few difficult ones," Rackham first-year stu- asked to stay. He attributed his success in
dent Eric Sheneman said. "You have to be part to the amount of television he watches.

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U' students take a
ride in zero gravity


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By Lindsey Alpert
Daily Staff Reporter

Many students cringe when they
think about riding Cedar Point's Mag-
num or Blue Streak roller coasters, but
riding NASA's Vomit Comet didn't
turn the stomachs of five aerospace
engineering students who are part of
the Reduced Gravity Student Flight
Opportunities Program.
Engineering juniors Vito Ciaravino,
Danielle Renton, Sarah Shull and Jeff
Zimmerman and sophomore Dan
Berkenstock returned to campus this
week after two weeks at the Texas
Space Center where they rode in the
KC-135 airplane, nicknamed the
Vomit Comet.
Pilots fly the plane upwards and then
drop to simulate a zero-gravity envi-
ronment, which lasts for about 25 sec-
onds at a time, so students can perform
experiments free from the pull of the
earth. The University students were
among more than 45 teams accepted
this year from about 100 applications
submitted by colleges nationwide.
The team's experiment involved a
liquid droplet radiator to create heat.
"It's kind of like a shower head,"
Ciaravino said. "We wanted to create a
single stream, which is a more effi-
cient method to radiate heat."
The students, who are all members of
the national aerospace honor society
Sigma Gamma Tau, formed their team
in the fall. They completed their propos-

al in October and received an accep-
tance letter just before winter break.
The trip to Texas included a week of
physiological testing and tours of
NASA, including lectures by Duane
Ross, the head of astronaut selection,
and Gene Krantz, Apollo 13's flight
director. The second week the teams
were flown on the "Weightless Wonder
V" to perform their experiments.
"Our flight time was two hours," Ren-
ton said. "About every two minutes
you'd get about 25 seconds of zero grav-
ity and 35 seconds of double gravity."
Team members were given an anti-
nausea drug before the flight and were
required to carry motion sickness
bags.
"They told us to lie on the floor
when at 2G because that's when most
people get sick," Shull said.
Although none of the University
team members got sick, which NASA
refers to as "kills," there were six kills
on the first flight and only three kills
on the second flight.
"On Monday 13 of the 16 people
got sick,' Renton said.
The team experienced 30 zero-gravity
runs - one run with moon gravity,
which is about one-sixth of earth's gravi-
ty, and one run at Martian gravity, which
is about one-third ofearth's gravity.
The zero-gravity experience "was
absolutely incredible," Renton said.
"It's like complete freedom. The clos-
est thing that I can relate it to is swim-
ming, but it's not even that."

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