NATION/WORLD The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2000-- 7 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. SENATE Continued from Page 1 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 qW BASKETBALL Continued from Page 1 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). TAU BMAN Continued from Page 1 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. YOM KIPPUR Continued from Page 1 "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."