S the MicnigarA y -- - uesday, Aprii 11, 2000 NATION/WORLD Panelists discuss need to lessen o OIL Continued from Page 1 one as cheap as gasoline surfaces, fossil fuels must be utilized. "Nobody in the industry will debate that fossil fuels are a finite resource," he said. Miller said the dependency on oil can only be reduced by a change in the perception of the American people, who are not willing to pay for alternatives. "There's nothing on the horizon now that even compares to the price of gasoline," he said. Joining Miller on the side of the oil industry was Ronnie Chapell of British Petroleum Exploration in Alaska who spoke via speaker phone from Anchorage. Representing advocacy for alternative fuels was Cheryl Bynum of the Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change Team and Midwest Regional Coordinator of the Alaska Wilderness League, Bruce Kiracofe. The purpose of the AWL, Kiracofe said , is to pro- tect the remaining 5 percent of the North Coastal Plain of Alaska where oil drilling from BP is not allowed. "If they drill oil there, it could threaten hundreds of species of migratory birds," he said. Chapell said drilling in Alaska is one of the only ways to ensure a diversity of oil supply, "The problem isn't that there isn't enough oil," he said. "The problem is Mother Nature put 60 percent of that oil in the Middle East." BP, he said, was "one of the few companies that is willing to comply with the Kyoto Protocol," referring il dependency to the 1997 conference in Japan setting some interna- tional environmental policy. Miller spoke of the importance of changing the strong dependency the United States has on the "politi- cally unstable" countries of the Middle East, but stressed that the United States still needs to be sold on that idea, citing the Persian Gulf War and continuous military presence in the Middle East as proof. Bynum maintained that the most efficient way to reduce the toll fossil fuels have taken on the environ- ment is to research alternative mei hods. "We can't keep guzzling gas," she said. "It isn't our birthright." Both Bynum and Kiracofe told students the best way for them to get involved is to write their senators and house representatives. ACROSS T HE N ATION U.S. diplomat charged for selling visas MIAMI - American diplomat Thomas Carroll apparently had no clue he was a target of investigation when he landed in Miami last month on a flight from the Caribbean nation of Guyana, where he had been posted for two years. And when he met that day at the Miami International Airport with his succes- sor as chief of the U.S. Embassy's nonimmigrant visa section, it was unlikely Carroll knew he was being taped. His pitch to his replacement, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, was as simple as it was chilling: "Carroll asked (his colleague) to approve approximately 250 U.S. visas in exchange for $1 million in United States currency." In fact, since Carroll's arrest at his parents' home in suburban Chicago on March 17, the day after the airport meeting, investigators say they have uncov- ered a hoard of cash and gold bars in his safe deposit boxes, bank accounts and other investments totaling nearly $1.8 million. Much of the wealth was amassed, according to seizure orders and other documents filed in federal court, during the 12 months that the $49,000-a-year civil servant had authority in Guyana to decide who could enter the United States. In a rare prosecution of a visa-for-sale scam, and one of the largest such cases ever alleged by investigators for the State and Justice departments, fe* al agents also acknowledge that Carroll probably would not have been arrested without the cooperation of his successor. BUDGET Continued from Page 1 Toby Smith, University govern- ment relations officer for research, said that while NIH funding may increase, the status of NSF remains unclear. Because NSF allocations falls in the Va-Hud-Independent Agencies appropriations subcommit- tee, priority will probably be given to the Department of Housing and Development and the Veterans Asso- ciation, Smith said. TREE Continued from Page 1 versity with a $32,314 check for the senior class gift. Following the ceremony, students were invited to shovel dirt onto the base before attending a reception. LSA senior Ashley Rice said "the best thing about the tree is that when I come back I can say that I put dirt on that tree." The tree planting was the kickoff of Senior Days 2000, a series of events organized for members of the graduat- ing class by the Alumni Association. "For the last year the student, alum- ni staff, student affairs staff, and the development office wanted to put together a week of activities," Blo- chowski said. "I'm going to miss Michigan, but it's exciting to begin a new stage of my life," Education senior David Mausolf said. "I'm going to miss my friends." LSA senior Julie Leizer said, "Graduating is really scary and I'm definitely not ready to leave." Senior Days 2000 holds many opportunities for members of the graduating class. On Wednesday at the Michigan l eague, a financial seminar is scheduled to be held in the Michigan Room. Thursday and Friday will be Diag Days from I I p.m. to 3 p.m. where students can eat, play miniature golf, pick up yearbooks and activate their Alumni Association membership. Also Friday on the Diag represen- tatives from the Alumni Club will talk to those moving to other states. Friday at 4 p.m. the Michigan Leadership Awards are schedule d to take place at the Mendelssohn The- ater in Michigan League. Degrees of Freedom A ;, r a ! Lpanclor......... .$461 Paris ..............$452 Roie .............$33 Amsterdlam... .$534 AN ft ea re uncdnp from Dc t Tm ant ,chjdedSae rzczzoap*-y - (734) 769,2555 MkchWg.Muion aond Floor 734) A1 %D SutUniveritymsuite 1 3 Pulitzers awarded to Washington Post NEW YORK - The Washington Post won three Pulitzer Prizes yes- terday, including the public service award for the second year in a row. The Wall Street Journal took two honors, and The Associated Press won for investigative reporting on the killing of civilians by U.S. troops at the start of the Korean War. Denver's two daily newspapers each won a Pulitzer for their cover- age of the massacre at Columbine High School, which has come to symbolize America's gun-violence epidemic. The staff of The Denver Post won for breaking news reporting and the Denver Rocky Mountain News photo staff won the spot news photography award. Carol Guzy, Michael Williamson and Lucian Perkins of The Wash- ington Post won the feature pho- tography award for covering the plight of the Kosovo refugees. The winning images included a heart- breaking picture of a little boy being untangled from a barbed wire fence he was trying to climb. Prison guards on trial for staging fights FRESNO, Calif. - Eight guards accused of staging gladiator-style inmate fights for their own amusement go to trial today in the biggest brutality case yet to come out of one of Califor- nia's toughest prisons. Four of the Corcoran State Prison guards face possible life sentences for the shooting of an inmate during one, the 1994 brawls. moments after a guard allegedly said: "It's going to be duck hunting season." The federal trial has been a long time coming. The guards were indicted in 1998 after years of internal investiga- tions, legislative hearings and a state grand jury probe produced no charges. The FBI accused the state of trying to block its investigation - a charge cg rections officials denied. 0 r') d BIKE-AID 2000-Pedal for the Planet! A cros.couintry bicycle ride for Education and Ain Seattle s ..,. .- g * -*---..... -C San rancisc" ..-"sgtonDC F~dasing " ,phytctt Ci lkge * ,"'"Dates of Ride: .(ju 17 =, fgust 20th) '. Mexico For more info Contact 1-800-RIDE-808 or www.bikeaid.orR ,ETRAVEL WE"VE BEEN THERE. ARouND THE WORLD released the results after delaying Fujimori nearing J . them for more than 12 hours. The victory in Peru race board had promised to release first results Sunday night. LIMA, Peru - Alberto Fujimori, The delay raised suspici* Peru's iron-fisted president, was among Fujimori's opponents that within a hair yesterday of a majority the government might attempt to of votes needed to win an unprece- tamper with the outcome. The dented third term and avoid a runoff doubts led to violent street protests against an upstart contender, early early yesterday. official returns showed. Alejandro Toledo, a U.S.-trained Parliament ropoSes economist who had appeared to be headed toward a second-round opeinpg uS 24 hrs. showdown with Fujimori, has com- plained of election fraud and LONDON - Hoping to cut do0 warned he would lead street on rowdy scenes as thousands of. protests if he lost. Britons pour out of pubs simultane- Exit polls and unofficial vote tal- ously at the mandatory II p.m. clos- lies by independent monitors on ing time, the government today Sunday had indicated Fujimori proposed allowing pubs to stay open would likely fall short of the 50 per- 24 hours a day. cent plus one he needs. But yester- Scrapping closing time was the day, with just under 40 percent of centerpiece of plans to liberalize and the ballots counted, the first official streamline licensing laws that were results indicated Fujimori had 49.8 inspired by fears of munitions work- percent, while Toledo took 40 per- ers getting drunk during World War cent. 0 The national elections board -Compiledfrom Daily wire reports. 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. 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