NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 29, 1999 - 7 hina begins 50th anniversary observance SH GHAI, China -China has begun a week approved by the Central Committee of the f festivities marking 50 years of Communist rule Communist party. An example: "Rely on the y hosting some of the world's wealthiest capital- working class wholeheartedly." is in the skyscrapers of a new Shanghai business The parade, with dozens of floats including istrict that evokes the space age world of George oil derricks and pink apartment houses symbol- .The Fortune Global Forum was designed, in izing modernization, will be closed to normal se words of Zhou Mingwei, the dapper director of spectators. Half of Beijing will be placed under hanghai's Foreign Affairs Office, as "a beacon of martial law for the event. hina's future." The contrasting observances in China's two A very different celebration has been planned main metropolises display with unusual clarity >r Friday in Beijing. There, in China's sprawl- two seemingly contradictory strains of Chinese ig capital 600 miles to the north, a half-million communism today: a desire for reform and eople, closely screened for their "love of the openness while insisting on a continued dicta- notherland," will participate in a parade with torship and Marxist ideology. With their clash- oose-stepping students and soldiers accompa- ing pomp, the ceremonies also dramatize a fun- ied by tanks, rockets and mobile anti-aircraft damental problem faced by the Communist veapons, a highly ideological tribute to the party on the eve of the 21st Century: Like many ''s 50 years in power. of the people they command, China's leaders archers in Beijing will shout 50 slogans, all face a crisis of values. Two decades of economic reforms have freed millions of Chinese to create and pursue dreams the party itself never dared to dream. But the party has had trouble keeping up, unsure of the philosophy it wants to implement at home and represent in the world. China's Communist government pushed world revolution and rigid collectivism for 29 years after it was founded in 1949 with Mao Tse-tung at the helm. But when Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, he switched the focus to economic development. Since then, the party has careened around the ideological map, in search of a new value system to replace the doc- trinaire Marxism left behind - although never repudiated - in the drive- for economic progress. The party leadership flirted with Westernization in the 1980s and won the back- ing of most Chinese. One former party chief in those days even suggested Chinese abandon chopsticks for a knife and fork. But these ideas were tossed aside in 1989, when too many peo- ple wanted democracy too quickly and the party cracked down on student-led demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. After the crackdown, the party embraced patriotism. Students were sent for basic military training and patriotism was taught in schools. Ultra-nationalism became a fad. But after a while, these ideas ran into problems as well. China could not completely reject the West; it needed its investment, markets and technology. Traditional Chinese culture also became a party favorite. The party encouraged Chinese to resume martial arts and study ancient sages. Last year, the party embraced a campaign for "courtesy and Confucius." But the retum to China's roots has also proved dangerous. The massive popularity of spiritual groups like the Falun Gong movement was a product of support for traditional culture. On April 25, 10,000 Falun Gong followers surrounded the Communist party headquarters, demanding their organization be legalized. The party responded by crushing the movement, "The government is in a bind in China," said Li Fan, an independent scholar in Beijing, "Marxism is finished. Westernization means democracy. But nationalism and traditional cul- ture open other Pandora's boxes as well." Most recently, the party launched a new cam- paign ordering its 60 million members to resume the study of Marxism and atheism. Many party members acknowledge they believe in one of China's many religions; very few admit to being Marxist anymore. 50 years youngI ~ *:75 4VV%.,w 44 4t 4 * ,, New encephalitis strain claims 4 New Yorkers I Virus confirmed to be present in 37 cases in boroughs, suburbs NEW YORK (AP) -A strain of encephalitis never before reported in the Western Hemisphere - and not the St. Louis strain blamed earlier - has caused four deaths and sickened 33 people in the city and its suburbs, federal health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reclassi- fied the cases as West Nile-like fever, a mosquito-borne ail- ment whose symptoms are similar to those of St. Louis encephalitis but generally milder. The two viruses are easily confused in laboratory tests, offi- cials said. Scientists are re-examining 174 more cases - including eight fatalities - to see whether they also were caused by the new strain. "This is a question of two very, very rare diseases, and there was just some confusion about it," Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said. "If anything, the disease we're dealing with now is some- what less severe than the one we were dealing with before,"he said. Scientists got their first hint that St. Louis encephalitis might be a misdiagnosis when birds around the Bronx Zop died and tested positive for West Nile-like fever. Officials call the new strain West Nile-like because they have not yet identified it with certainty. A related strain known as the Kunjin virus is also suspected. The West Nile strain is found mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It would probably enter the United States through infected birds, said Ned Hayes, a CDC epidemiolo- gist. Humans can get the virus from mosquitoes that have picked it up from birds. Treatment and prevention measures are the same for both illnesses, Giuliani said. For several weeks, the city has been spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes who carry the "West-Nile-like" virus. AP Photo Chinese performers take part in a ceremony to commemorate Confucius' birthday, at the Confucian Temple in Beijing yesterday. The ceremony involved making offerings to Confucius' foremost philosopher on his 2,550th birthday. ontinued from Page 1 cademic year. Despite the fact that the grant runs out at the end f this month, Zsenyuk said the project will contin- e. "I don't know if the grant will be renewed, but we 'ill continue the program either way," Zsenyuk said. He cited the progress that has been made so far s-ason to keep the program. "We'll find the money somewhere," Zsenyuk aid. "From 1995 to 1998 (AAPD officers) wrote ree violations per year for minors attempting to urchase," he said. Between April and July officers wrote 14 cita- ons for minors attempting to purchase. "In fact, we were out last weekend," Zsenyuk said. it's going well." Campus area bars and liquor stores involved in Zsenyuk also said that a range of locations have the program have been supportive of the AAPD been targeted, including Central Campus, down- initiative. town and the outskirts of Ann Arbor. "We don't have a problem with it," said Gus "We go anywhere we perceive or the business Batwo, a manager at Campus Corner. people perceive that there are problems," he said. Dominick's, a local bar, participated in the first Zsenyuk said that there are no other new pro- two phases of Operation Spotlight and is planning grams planned for the immediate future, even with on participating in the third. the return of students. Following training last spring by AAPD offi- There are four types of tickets that AAPD writes cials, "employees are much better at detecting and under Project Spotlight: Minor in possession, minor confiscating fake IDs," said Richard DeVarti, a attempting to purchase, possession of forged docu- manager at Dominick's. ments and furnishing alcohol to a minor. Mike Bender, the general manager of the The "furnishing alcohol to a minor" charge can Nectarine Ballroom, said he has been cooperating be given when a legal drinker shares alcohol with a with the program and believes it's beneficial. minor or buys alcohol from a liquor store for a "We've had officers in here and we haven't had minor. A first-time offender can serve up to 60 any problems," he said. "From my point of view, days and be fined up to $1,000. Employee fired for selling body parts IRVINE, Calif. (AP) -The medical school at the University of California at Irvine has fired a mortician accused of selling body parts -- another scan- dal for the institution where fertility doctors once stole eggs from women. Christopher Brown was dismissed last week as director of the College of Medicine's Willed Body Program, where his job was to embalm and repair donat- ed cadavers for research andto dispose of them afterward. Besides allegedly selling spines to a research hospital, Brown also reportedly mishandled cremated remains, helped conduct unautho- rized anatomy courses and abused his position by cutting business deals with companies owned by his wife and a friend. Brown, who made $33,000 a year, denied any wrongdoing to the Los Angeles Times. "I've never done anything that would be deemed unethical and anything that wasn't done by the university's proce- dure," he said. "I've done everything the way I was trained or taught to do . They can't prove anything." The scandal comes four years after three doctors at the university's Center for Reproductive Health were accused of taking eggs from a woman without her consent and transferring them to another woman, who delivered a baby. Investigators found later that doctors stole eggs from 100 women. Although investigators in Brown's case have found nothing to suggest the bodies were used for anything but edu- cation and research, officials say it is unclear where some of the 225 cadav- ers ended up during his three years of service. /AREHOUSE PART-TIME scal beer distributor seeking people to move empty bottles and cans from route acks, stack product and perform general arehouse duties. Apply in person at 3974 ckson Road, Ann Arbor, MI or call (734)- 2-4353. M-F, 2pm-6pm, $7.60/hour. t/ ELITE, www.webelite.com seeks e, driven Web programmers to create phisticated on-line applications for Fortune 100 clients. Experience with Peri or SQL ding necessary. Must dedicate a min. of 15 's./wk. 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What I was given in that play and what I experi- enced with it taught me more about fel- lowship, camaraderie and about work- ing together as a community than any- thing else," Spacey said. "I think the two experiences inform each other. I walked away to 'American Beauty' with this feeling, and I know that's the feel- ing that I had to feel in order to get where Lester gets" Just as Lester makes a change in his career path and life in general, Spacey, as well, has reached a point in his career where he wants to branch out from his established on-screen per- sona. "I no longer wanted to play the kind of characters I became known for. I wanted to start moving in new direc- tions;" said Spacey. "This film kind of completes a step that I've been taking since 'L.A. Confidential.' I began to try to play characters that were just a little more ambiguous and perhaps on moral- ly shifting ground, but nonetheless HARVARD Continued from Page :1 the people here combine to make it a friendly place where students can pur- sue the best education possible," said Yale Law associate Dean Barbara SafrieL The McKinsey & Co. study showed that unlike Yale students, Harvard stu- dents complained of large class size and inaccessibility of professors, two prob- lems which plague many large schools. "I think classes are really large, but that is a phenomenon prevalent at most law schools. I personally have had pro- fessors make themselves readily avail- able but you have to take the initiative, something which I feel is not a crazy thing to ask of students," said Teddy Kang, a Harvard Law second-year stu- dent and an Ann Arbor native. With 341 first-year students, condi- tions at the University of Michigan Law School are similar. "This is a big school and we struggle with a high student/faculty ratio. In order for good interaction outside class, it takes stu- moving toward characters that werejust much more affected by events. It allowed me to go to a place that's more vulnerable than I've been able to show in film.: Thanks to characters like Lester, Spacey's future appears blessed with success and security, so much ,so that he feels confident enough to turn his attention to smaller projects by first-time writers and directors. Not coincidentally, "American Beauty" is the product of rookie director Sam Mendes and screen- writer Alan Ball. "There's a lot I want to do and there's a lot I want to help do that I won't act in, and there's a lot of things I want to help other people do, Spacey said. "That, to me, is fantastic to give an opportunity to people that otherwise wouldn'tget itand watch them run with the ball and deliver something that's fantastic." Spacey himself is clearly poised for a fantastic run of his own as the great roles keep getting thrown his way, prov- ing to us all why it's never too late to get it back. dent initiative," said Jeffrey Lehman, dean of the University Law School. Some law students agree. "It is a tra- dition to ask a professor to lunch. They can tell you about their interests, careers, things you don't learn about in lectures;" said Jim Griffioen, a Law first-year student. Lehman feels that there is little need for a McKinsey & Co. type study in Ann Arbor. " I am happy with student culture and think the impression is that we are very fortunate," he said. Students hail the University atmos- phere as one of the law school's best qualities. "It's not even as competitive as I heard law school was going to be. It's really friendly," said Law first-yea student Laura Juhnke, who chose the University over rivals Duke, Georgetown, Northwestern and the University of Pennsylvania. "I heard law school horror stories about students throwing each other's books away. Itsis a tremendous relief to see that doesn't go on here. Everyone seems really happy," Griffioen said.