2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 21, 2000 NATION/WORLD TEQUILA Continued from Page 1A and restaurants to keep tequila in stock. Buhr said Michigan distributors were out of some tequilas during the summer. "We were making drives to more scenic parts of Detroit to get tequila," Good Time Charley's general manager Tony Binino said. The current status of Michigan's tequila stock has improved, Macielak said. "Slowly but surely it's coming back into the state," he said. Frank Langmesser, manager of the Brown Jug, said he encountered similar problems. "The price of Jose Cuervo has jumped four dollars in a year," Langmesser said. This, in turn, has forced the Brown Jug also to raise their drink prices. Top-shelf tequila increased 50 cents and well tequila increased 25 cents. Langmesser said some smaller tequila compa- nies have started to make blends in an effort to produce larger quantities. One company, Mon- tezuma, now sells a blend which on the label is called "tequila and liquor.- Another cause of the problem is that in recent years tequila has become more of a "sipping drink" than it has been in the past. "Five years ago people weren't doing tequila like that," Langmesser said. "Now a lot more people have started to be connois- seurs and tequila is more of a sipping drink like bourbon, not just margaritas and shoot- ers." Some students on campus said they weren't aware of the tequila shortage and hadn't noticed an increase in price. "Maybe the Spring Break exposure is helping tequila's popularity in the States," LSA junior Nate Kline said. LSI Continued from Page 1A fields of biology, medicine and anthropology. A large part of life science includes the study of humans, but other species, such as organisms and life forms are included in the field. The University has had a stake in many newsworthy research discoveries throughout its history, the most recent being former University Prof. Frances Collins' involvement in mapping the sequence of the human genome. Although the Life Sciences Institute -- a six-story build- ing that will contain research labs, offices, principal investi- gators, meeting spaces and a small reference library - is three years from completion, the research community already feels the excitement. "I think the institute will enrich the research environ- ment," human genetics Prof. Miriam Meisler said. "I'm not expecting funding, but more seminars, good faculty and better information." The particulars of where the money m-rore than S200 million - will go is undetermined. "The first step in initiating a new program is getting a director," Meisler said. Researchers aren't expecting research money and equip- ment handed to them on a silver platter. "That never happens anywhere," biological chem- istry Prof. Philip Andrews said. "Typically, say there's a group of researchers who need a particular instrument that they'll use, say, 80 percent of the time, they then look for funds," Andrews said. University researchers expect the initiative to help form collaborations between great scientific minds through the next few years. ACROSS THE NATION' '_- Budget not on schedule due to disputes WASHINGTON - A GOP plan to begin sending key spending bills to Presi dent Clinton collapsed yesterday in a cross-fire between Democrats and consern ative Republicans, as congressional leaders all but conceded they will be unabl to wrap up work on the budget by the time they are scheduled to adjourn Oct. 6. Republicans tried to push through a nearly S33 billion package of spending fo the Treasury Department, Postal Service and congressional operations, but cor servative Republicans balked over an election-year pay raise for members A Democrats strongly objected to what they criticized as heavy-handed GOP tac tics in forging the package. In an effort to deny Democrats an opportunity to offer politically sensitive gu control amendments, GOP leaders negotiated the spending package with Hous leaders before even bringing it up for an initial vote - and tried to force through the Senate on a take-it-or-leave it basis. The same package, including pay raise for federal workers and language repealing a century-old telephon excise tax, squeaked through the House last week. But on a 69-to-28 vote, the Senate unexpectedly rejected the package, embar rassing GOP leaders and underscoring how difficult it will be to resolve diffei ences over the budget. The impasse has serious political ramifications, incumbents of both parties are eager to get back onto the campaign traji could be trapped in Washington until close to the Nov. 7 elections. RESEARCH Continued from Page 1A The S653.6 million will not be spent in its entirety this year. Many of the awards will be used during the next few years, the largest award will take 10 years to exhaust. But, the University also spent S46 million more than last year, an increase of 9.1 percent from fiscal year 1999. Most of the money used came from research awards from previous years. The money awarded this year was spread among many different departments. The Insti- tute of Social Research won S122.9 million, an increase of S81.6 million; the Medical School won S246.4 million, S44.6 million more than last year; the School of Public Health won S51.8 million, a S28.9 million increase; the College of Literature, Science and the Arts won S59.1 million, ,n increase of S17.3 million; and the College of Engi- neering won 587.1 million, a S16.9 million more than last year. "This is due to the hard work of the faculty and students," Ulaby said. "And also, a lot of credit goes to President Bollinger, University Provost Nancy Cantor and other members of the adminis- tration." r r.rr..iw r. iri..r.. r , ; : }wr , , . w ' .. r: s ; " , W, y. _, . i wp= ..off ya ": y 6 Y" A. a , w ... . The Chevrolet Soccer Festival is coming to The University of Michigan September 22, 2000 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Come to the North Campus Diag next to the Dow Bldg. And join the fun ! Admission is free! All are welcome! 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