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Cashes continue on holiday '
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians and
Israelis exchanged gunfire yesterday, hours
before the deadline on Israel's ultimatum to
e Palestinians to end the violence or face
forceful" action.
World leaders stepped up their efforts to
stemthe crisis.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
held out the possibility of a leadership sum-
mit, and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
were due to arrive yesterday evening to con-
fer with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Arafat, returning from a meeting with
gyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said he
would limit his talks with Annan to Palestin-
ian demands for an international inquiry of
the events of the past 12 days that have left
88 people dead, most of them Palestinians.
The U.N. Security Council has called for
an "objective inquiry," but stopped short of
Arafat's demand for an international com-
mission. Israel has rejected both calls.
Israeli officials were unavailable for com-
ment, observing Yom Kippur, the Day of
Atonement, until yesterday evening.
In his ultimatum Saturday, Barak said the
deadline would be yesterday night but he did
not give an exact time. He was to convene an
emergency Cabinet meeting at 9:30 p.m. to
assess Arafat's compliance.
Today, Barak is to meet Annan and
Ivanov, who were also due to visit Gaza
- Annan on yesterday night, Ivanov
today. The visits were expected to have a
calming influence, with Israelis and
Palestinians perhaps interested in avoid-
ing an escalation as long as Annan and
Ivanov are in the region.
Israeli officials had threatened to go onto
an offensive footing if Arafat did not
announce a cease-fire. Palestinians dismissed
the ultimatum as "insulting."
Fighting continued throughout Yom Kip-
pur, and spread again to inside Israel, with
Arab and Jewish youths throwing stones in
Nazareth, the town of Jesus' boyhood.
A Palestinian youth covers himself from incoming Israeli fire, as other Palestinian youth pelt Israeli
troops with stones during clashes on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday.
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icy expressing much concern about
the recent numbers.
"There's also a poll out there that
- ws the race at two points. That's
Sere we think the race is," said
Stabenow press secretary Kerin Polla
in reference to a Democratic National
Committee poll released last week in
which Stabenow has 42 percent of the
vote to Abraham's 44.
"Abraham still has the lead," said
political science prof. Christopher
Achen, adding that the senator is not
yet in the clear.
"From his point of view the worri-
ee fact of the race is that he hasn't.
enable to break above the 50 per-
cent mark. And when incumbents
don't break 50 this late they're in trou-
ble:'
A tell-tale sign of a competitive
race is a bitter ad campaign -
something the Abraham-Stabenow
race is not lacking.
Allegations from both sides claim-
i distortion of facts are common.
braham officials recently
objected to a Michigan Democratic
Party ad that features a mother
explaining how she spent the last
days of her teenage daughter's life
battling with an HMO despite her
repeated pleas to Abraham's office
for intervention.
Citing $213,000 in contributions
from the insurance industry, the
woman adds, "If I were from a big
pany that could make a large
donation, he probably would have
returned my call."
After repeated criticism from
Abraham's campaign, the Democrats
changed the wording of the ad.
"It was blatantly false and negative.
They were forced to change it," Wise-
cupsaid.
"The change was a change of one
Polla said. "It changed the word
'company' to 'industry.' It didn't
change the fact that he's taken $213,
000 from insurance."
Stabenow, campaign officials claim
Abraham misrepresents her record on
education in a radio ad that accuses the
representative of opposing expanded
funding for Pell Grants.
"He's talking about one budget
vote, not her record of being in
Congress," Polla said. "The reason
she voted against the bill was
because it would've raided Social
Security. When it comes to college
loans, Debbie Stabenow has taken a
leading role."
Still, Wisecup maintains that had the
budget bill been defeated, college stu-
dents would have been left "holding the
bag"
The reason for the ads, the Abraham
camp said, is directly linked to their
lead in the polls.
"The reason they are running such
negative ads is because they're so far
behind," Wisecup said.
Not so, Pollo said.
"I think the polls show the race is
narrowing. It will be close to the fin-
ish," ie said.
The gap in the polls, Achen said,
will inevitably close as November
approaches.
"My expectation is it will tighten
towards the end," he said.
The two sides have still not resolved
their conflict over when, where and
how many times the candidates will
debate.
"They've been dragging their feet
for a long .time. I think she wants to
spin it that the senator doesn't want to
debate her. That's just not true," Wise-
cup said.
Polla insists the matter boils
down to how many people will be
able to watch the debates on televi-
sion.
"The debate at the Economic Club
of Detroit they're proposing ... you
have to pay $25 to get in and it hap-
pens at lunch time"
The Life Sciences, Values, and Society Program_
announces its inaugural lecture I
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alcohol level.
According to police reports, Gaines'
breathalyzer test indicated his blood
alcohol level was .17 percent, which is
above the legal limit for operating an
automobile.
The reports said that Gaines
d ve the car the night of the Taylor
indent. Police said that at the time
ofarrest, the three players had
stopped their car on Telegraph
Road and started wrestling in the
shoulder of the divided highway.
Roumel said Gaines will likely
have to pay $775 in fines, court
costs and fees when sentenced.
A date for Gaines' sentencing has
not been set.
Queen, a 5-foot-3-inch, 150-pound
freshman guard from Moreno Valley,
Calif. is expected to compete for Michi-
gan's starting point guard spot in the
upcoming season with Gaines gone.
Robinson is a 6-foot-6-inch 185-
pound forward from Washington,
D.C.
Gaines started all but one of Michi-
gan's games in the 1999-2000 season,
leading the team in assists (133), steals
(341 and finishing third in points per
game(111.7).
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don't think that's true at all. There
are only allegations floating around by
the media," Bollinger said. "We pre-
sume people are innocent until proven
guilty and he has not been proven
guilty. His gift happened quite inde-
pendently of all of this."
Susan Feagin, University vice presi-
dent for development, said Taubman
has had a relationship with the Univer-
sity for many years, dating back to his
days as an architecture student.
*eagin said the University normally
has good relationships with those who
donate large sums of money.
University Regent Rebecca
McGowan (D-Ann Arbor) said she
was shocked when she heard about the
allegations surrounding Taubman.
"This came as a complete surprise. I
don't think anybody at the University
knew this was going on" McGowan said.
McGowan said the suspicion around
Taubman has no bearing on any of the
gifts he has given to the University.
"How (the suspicion) weighs on his
gift to the University is not appropri-
ate," McGowan said.
Taubman has also given large dona-
tions to Harvard and Brown universi-
ties. Brown's public policy school is
named for Taubman and at Harvard's
Kennedy School of Government, the
Center for State and Local Govern-
ment is also named for him.
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"One of my classes was Hebrew, and
i as canceled since the majority of
scents are Jewish," he said.
"So far my experiences have been
positive. The teachers I have this semes-
ter consider it an important holiday,"
Mountain said.
Nussel said that the University is
moving away from scheduling vacations
in correspondence with religious holi-
days.
"What used to be Easter break is now
in February. I don't get the day off for
Good Friday and that's a major holiday
for my religion," Nussel said.
Kruman said, "I really think that it's
the holiest day of the year. Breaks Are
worked around the holiest days of the
Christian calendar, so I don't see why
they can't do it for this one day."