-1-M 2 - The Michigan Daily - - Friday, September 22, 2000 NATION/WORLD Nader seeks student vote NADER Continued from Page 1 After his address, Nader said students should not buy into that idea because "A vote for me is a vote for univer- sal health care. It's a vote for (saving) the environment. If those things are important, then they'll vote for me." Moore spoke about fear controlling the vote. "There are people here that feel that they must vote for Gore, to stop George W. Bush from beitig the next presi- dent," he said. "Let me say this ... George W. Bush ain't gonna be the next President of the United States." Urging students to vote for Nader, Moore said, "You have to find the courage of your convictions and act on them. Especially to the students here today, you most of all must not begin your adult life already giving up." The three men also criticized the Commission on Presi- dential Debates, which consists of a former head of each major party. "If you can't get on the debates, then you can't get up in polls, if you can't get up in she polls, you can't get in the debates," Donahue said. Later, Donahue said Nader's appearance in the debates is important because, "I believe the issues he raises are the same issues that are important" to the American peo- ple. Asked if a third party candidate would break into the debates anytime soon, Donahue said, "Definitely, Ralph is the first real important bang on the door." Nader also spoke about many of his policies, including the environment, foreign policy and higher education. Nader said he wants to make higher education -- and all public education - free for Americans. "No tax-credit here, gimmick there, forget it," he said. It will take "thirty-two billion to give every student in a public university free tuition." With world trade, Nader said the Green Party stands for initiating the provisioned six-month withdrawal notice from GATT and NAFTA. Biology graduate student Dan Griffith said he supports Nader because he is anti-free trade. "I want to live in a just world where peasants can have a decent living," he said. But Moore has a different idea of what he most wants students to know about Nader. "He's cool," Moore said. "I got him to listen to Rage Against the Machine." GORE Continued from Page 1 MTV has opted to interview stu- dents and community members at least 18 years of age to be chosen to partici- pate in the program. One hundred fifty audience mem- bers will be picked this weekend by MTV staff. Students will be chosen to partici- pate in the forum today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Michigan Union room 2105A and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in room 2105D. Interviews will consist of casual con- versation, Katz said, adding that inter- viewers are looking for students from diverse backgrounds and who are "able to contribute and add an educational and exciting dialogue" with Gore. Rehearsals for the taping will be held Monday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mindy Tucker, a spokeswoman for the Bush campaign, said their partici- pation in a future MTV program is being seriously considered. ACROSS THE NATION Lauws block felons from right to vote WASHINGTON - On Election Day, nearly 1.4 million voting-ago hlac men - more than one in eight - will be ineligible to cast ballots because oo state laws that strip felons of the right to vote. "Here we are, 50 years after the beginning of the civil rights movement and we actually have an increasing number of African-Americans who ar disenfranchised each year," said Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Prnj ect which analyzed 1996 Justice Department statistics along with Human Ri t Watch. Disenfranchised black males account for 35 percent of all Americans nov barred from .voting because of felony convictions. Two percent of all Anjeri- cans, or 3.9 million, have lost the right to vote, compared with 13 percent10 adult black men. State laws governing voter eligibility vary. Nine states impose a lifetimni voting ban on convicted felons. In 32 states, felons can vote after servin< their sentence and completing parole. Four states - Massachusetts. Maine Utah and Vermont - have no prohibition and allow prisoners to vote although Massachusetts voters will act on a ballot measure in November tha would strip prisoners of voting Tights. Six other states impose restrictions based on a felon's prior rector parole status. LEHMAN BROTHERS Lehman Brothers cordially invites you to attend an information session on Analyst opportunities in Operations & Corporate Services Tuesday, September 26,2000 Michigan Union, 1st Floor Kuenzel Room 7:00 - 9:00 pm www.lehman.com 2000 iiiiaii l$ro tihc i iInc. All R ~,ghis IR emdinrSIP(: Torricelli allows ads against Ashcroft WASHINGTON - As a senator from New Jersey, Democrat Robert Torricelli wrote a bill to help phar- maceutical giant Schering-Plough Corp. extend the patent on its lucra- tive allergy drug Claritin. But as head of his party's elec- tion effort in the Senate, he put money from the company into a campaign fund that is paying for ads attacking Republican John Ashcroft of Missouri for co-spon- soring the "special legislation for Claritin 's New Jersey manufacturer to keep cheaper generic variations off the market." Torricelli's dueling roles have prompted cries of hypocrisy. An Ashcroft spokesman called the ad fraudulent. The Missouri Republican Party responded with an ad accusing Ashcroft's challenger, Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan, of "assaulting the truth." Torricelli said yesterday that he disagrees with the theme of teh anti-Ashcroft ad. But he defended his decision no to block the ad, which was spon- sored by the Missouri Democratit Party with funds from the Democra tic Senatorial Campaign Commit- tee, of which he is chairman. Military attempts to create new image Not a single gun or soldier appear in an advertising campaign that th U.S. Army unveiled this week. Instead, teenagers speak ptlartinI about surmounting hardships, sucha s pregnancy or a brush with the law, tc finish high school. As with other new ads aired b, armed services, the goal is not jus t entice new recruits but to change'th public's view of the military. The Pentagon reached its manpow er goals for the fiscal year that.erd: this month, but only by spending record amount on advertisingam recruitment the equivalent of SIl1,00( per recruit. ARouND THE WORLD 5 Hotel asylum turns into prison for Iraqis TIJUANA, Mexico - About 150 men, women and children were being held yesterday by Mexican authorities in a shabby Tijuana hotel that has become an internationally known way station for Iraqi Chris- tians seeking political asylum in the United States. In nearby San Diego, across the world's busiest border crossing, 45 more Iraqis were being detained by U.S. authorities after they tried to enter the United States without visas Wednesday. It wasn't immediately known what prompted the crackdown at the hotel. But the dingy Royal Suites clearly has become a key gathering point for Iraqis, many of whom spend their life savings just to reach Mexi- co. "l say to you death or asylum, nothing else!" Talale Hanna shouted as he leaned out a window of the four-story hotel. He said adujt inside were on a hunger strike an hadn't eateii iii twoas. Other Iraqis stared out a dust hotel window at American relative waiting below. They were kept from Ieavii9 Mexican federal police in the lobb and the courtyard, some of them car rying rifles. Iran court reduces prison tern for JewS TEH RAN, Iran -- An appeal court reduced the prison term 10 Jews convicted of coopcra l with Israel yesterday. The court states that though th prisoners had helped Iran's arcl enemy, they hadn't formed a gait, or tried to recruit agents. The United States and Isral which denies the convicted me were its agents, criticized thlicour for not going far enough. - Compiledoivm Daily tirere v t 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. Winter term (January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. On-catapus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. 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