LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 21, 2000 - 3A Buchanan sues for spot on state ballot Study questions survival benefit Iof mammograms A study from Canada shows woman over the age of 50 who receive compe- tent physical breast examinations alone do not have a greater risk of death from breast cancer than those who receive annual mammogram screenings. Breast cancer experts from Canada have questioned the study's results, recognizing that the Toronto study is the only out of seven similar studies in North America and Europe to produce these results. The study, published in yesterday's Journal of the National Cancer Insti- tute and co-authored by Dr. Cornelia Baines of the University of Toledo, said complete annual physical breast examinations can protect women from deaths related to breast cancer equally as well as mammogram screenings. Between 1980 and 1985, 39,405 *'female volunteers aged 50 to 59 were divided into two groups. One group received mammography and careful 'physical examinations. The other group received only physical examinations. Initial screening in the mammogra- phy group found 267 cases of invasive breast cancer and 148 in the physical- exam group. At the end of 1993, the study showed nearly an equal number of tumors in both groups: 622 invasive tumors and 71 in-place tumors were found in the mammography group, and 610 invasive tumors and 16 in- place tumors were detected in the physical-exam group. Dr. Robert Smith. director of can- cer screening at the American Cancer Society, and Dr. Daniel Sullivan, head of the biomedical imaging pro- gram at the National Cancer Insti- tute, said the advantage of mammography testing is diseases are detected earlier because mammogra- phy spots small tumors. Iowa study tracks source, cause of emotion Researchers from the University of Iowa found that feelins come from 0distinctive, measurable patterns of nerve-cell activity in several specific egions of the brain. o The study, published in the October issue of Nature Neuroscience, found a pIarge amount of nerve activity in the "somatosensory' section of the cerebral cortex in the brain. Previous research placed the origin of emoions in the '"imbic system" part of the brain. " Somatosensory areas monitor exter- nal senses, such as pain, temperature and touch, as well as internal condi- tons of organs and joint positions. The research team, led by Antonio Damasio, performed PET-scans on the brains of41 volunteers. Subjects, which ranged in age and sex, were asked to recall events of great happiness, sad- ness, anger and fear. By using heart rate sensors and electrical conductance monitors on the skin, scientists were able to tell when the desired emotion was being recalled by the subject and took the brain scan accordingly. The emotions showed substantial changes in activity in brain areas that " normally receive nerve signals from the belly area, muscles and skin. Instances of a rise in blood pressure and heart rate were also fOund. Each volunteer was also scanned while thinking of neutral thou ghts present in a typical day. The results of these scans were compared to the -,scans during periods of emotion. Each 2,kind of emotion was found to produce a similar pattern in all subjects that was different from other emotions. Researchers hope to further explore the anatomy of human emotion to help in various other fields of research. - Conmpiledfiv staff and i re By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter After a tumultuous year within the Reform Party, presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has found himself without a place on the Michigan ballot. Michigan Secretary of State Candice Miller denied Buchanan a spot on the ballot after a rift in the party left two people claim- ing to be Michigan's Reform Party chair - each submitting a different nominee for pres- ident. The decision has been upheld in five Michigan courts, most recently in a federal court in Flint on Monday. Buchanan staged a protest outside of Miller's office Tuesday and his lawyer has filed an appeal in the 6th Federal District Court in Cincinnati. John Hagelin, the other Reform Party candi- date, will appear on the Michigan ballot as a Nat- ural Law Party candidate. Mark Forton, the Reform Party chair on Buchanan's side, accused Miller of making the decision to bolster her own nominee; she's co- chair of Republican nominee George W. Bush's Michigan campaign. The decision "limits choices that Michigan voters have in hopes of electing George Bush," he said. It's "nothing but absolute politics at its worst." But the Secretary of State's office denies that there were any politics involved. "It's not Candice Miller that has put Buchanan in this position," Miller's spokeswoman Liz Boyd said. "If they want someone to blame, they should look in the mirror." The controversy resulted from a split formed during the Reform Party National Convention in early August. Forton claims that former Reform Party chair, Diane McKelvey, was voted out prior to the convention and was one of 23 Reform Party members to walk out of the convention - thereby making their nominations void. "The National Convention is the highest authority of the party," he said. But McKelvey claims that it was actually those who walked out that formed the true convention. "The real Reform Party went to one spot and the Buchananites to another," she said, adding that the Buchanan convention "wasn't recog- nized" McKelvey holds fast that she is still the Reform Party chair in the state. Hagelin is recognized as the Reform Party candidate in several other states, she said. But Forton, who is running for a U.S. senate seat, said he believes that Miller should have known that Buchanan was the rightful candidate. "The whole planet knows it," he said. Buchanan received 550,000 of campaign funding from the Federal Election Commission as the Reform Party candidate, which Forton argues is further proof that he is the legitimate candidate. "Nothing could be further from what we con- sider pertinent," Boyd said. Buchanan's team did not follow the rules involved in getting on the ballot, she said. "If you do not follow the rules, then you do not get on the ballot. (Miller) is above reproach on the issue," she said. McKelvey also said she does not think that politics were involved in Miller's decision. "Buchanan should not be calling our Secretary of State corrupt," she said. "The whole thing would just be a huge come- dy - a great Vegas show - if it wasn't so seri- ous," Forton said. DLETROtIT (AP) - Continuing an aggressive campaign against illegal business online, Michigan Attorney General .ennifer Granholm announced yesterday 20 criminal charges dealing with Internet companies that she says sold cigarettes to minors. Granholm also accused the compa- nies, based in Viiginia, Kentucky and Missouri, of failing to pay tobacco sales tax to Michigan. The charges are the result of an online sting that nabbed superclapci- guI'ettes.com, i'oubitObaccUO.coml, solcig ire.eso, minosOke.o and rasnols.calo, Granhol m said. "In at least some of these instances, these retailers appeared to be selling piroducts that are directly targeted to children. In one case, they were link- oin toys like yo-yos and space rockets to cigarettes" Granholm said, "To let a sale to a minor slip through the cracks is one ihing, to target children for an addic- tive product is anotheir" The eight people and three corpora- tions ame-d inthe hage ad epe sentatives or the companies were not available for comment yesterday. The charges allege selling tobacco to a minor, usiig a computer to commit a crime and filing to report the transfer ofcigarettes into Michigan. MISS THE STOP E PuBLICA JUSTIN FITZPATRICK/Daily Annette van der Schalie, a member of the Ann Arbor Women's Club since 1937, peruses a scrapbook before a meeting yesterday. Club sueres as fixture for women By Lisa Hoffman Daly Staf Reporter Eyen though she has lived around the world, 87-year-old Bon- nie Ackley has always considered Ann Arbor and the University her home. Ackley remembers how her hus- band Gardner's job as an economic advisor to President John F. Kennedy took them in and out of the city, but they always came home to Ann Arbor, where he taught economics. A large part of her love of the city. Ackley attributes to her 60- year membership in the Universi- tys Faculty Women's Club. "It's always wonderful to come home to the University and the club," Ackley said. "It satisfies so many interest groups, and some of my very best friends are involved,"she said. Each member of the Faculty W\omen's Club has either held a staf' or faculty position at the Uni- versity or is the spouse of a faculty member and the group works to promote acquaintances and fellow- ships among its members. In honor of the club's Golden Members, women who have partic- ipated for more than 50 years, the group held a tea yesterday to cele- brate the "Silver Anniversary." The Golden Members section now has 73 members. In 1975, when the section was created, the club honored 40 mem- bers for their support to the group and the University. About 35 of the Golden members women were prc- sent at the tea.. which was held at the Womcn's City Club in Ann Arbor. The Faculty Women's Club facilitates its members to partici- pate in 38 interest groups, includ- ing cooking, quilting. gardening and athletic activities. Since more women entered the workforce. the number of interest groups has decreased since the group was founded in 1921 by Nina Burton. wife of former Lnitersity President Marion Burton. But it still provides women a chance to share their interests with one another and make close friends. "The most important thing in the club are the interesting peo- ple who belong and the friends I've made," Golden Members tea Chairwoman Mary H addad said. "The people you meet through- out the University and getting acquainted with new University buildings is a great plus to the Club," historian Betty Arnett added. "They are our biggest sup- porters." No onesmore 0. e aYon the e-Business strategies of tomorrow. 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