One hundred ten years fedioriafreedorm MMPpm7 NEWS: 76-DAILY CLASSIFIED: 764-0557 wwwmichigandaily.com Thursday October 12, 2000 p 1 ' - Y . -C' r: :.a w ,.x. *<,:'4 ., >i ~ I Ne man: Org. studies should return i By Lisa Koivu Daily Staff Reporter LSA Dean Shirley Neuman expects the * organizational studies option of the Individual Concentration Program to reappear in the Uni- versity's curriculum. Following two announcements yesterday that organizational studies and the School of Natur- al Resources and Environment undergraduate program, Neuman didn't comment on the SNRE program, but said the block on organi- zational studies should be temporary. Neuman said she is planning to reenact some aspect of the program next fall. "We expect a proposal for a minor or a con- centration and will be thinking in terms of one or both," Neuman said in a written statement. "We expect to have at least a formally approved minor available next fall." But Neuman stressed that no decisions about the program have been approved. "Any such proposal has to be approved by the faculty at a college meeting and this has not yet happened," Neuman said. Esrold Nurse, associate dean of student aca- demic affairs, said the proposal for organiza- tional studies' new structure is due soon. "I think it should be out in mid-October," Nurse said. "The proposal is on the way and hopefully the program will be reestablished." The demise of the organizational studies option is the another in a string of programs that the University has dismissed. The journalism program left five years ago, the inteflex program two years ago and reli- gious studies last year. Neuman said many reasons justify the unavailable programs, including the need to redevelop programs and acquire new faculty. "In the case of organizational studies, stu- dents have been using a program that was designed for genuinely individualized concen- trations, to develop a "shadow" concentration with hundreds of students in it," Neuman said. She said there is a process for ensuring that concentrations meet the standards expected at the University. "That process requires that faculty with expertise in the field develop the curricu- lum, that the curriculum is reviewed by the college curriculum committee and adopted 4. by the college in a faculty meeting," Neu- man said. Programs must also have directors and facul- ty advising, both were missing from the old organizational studies option. James Diana, associate dean for SNRE, said that no plans for SNRE have been approved. He said a committee formed and issued a proposal that the SNRE undergraduate pro- gram merge with LSA, but the faculty will have the final say on the proposal. "The plan in SNRE is that the committee See PROGRAMS, Page 7A Candidates settle down in presidential face off The Washington Post WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Presidential rivals Al Gore and George W. Bush found more agreement than differences as they focused largely on foreign policy in their sec- ond televised debate yesterday night. The tone of last night's debate was less con- frontational than their opening session in Boston on Oct. 3, and Gore in particular seemed to have, taken to heart the criticism that he appeared overbearing in that meeting. "It may seem like we're having a great love- fest tonight," the Republican nominee observed after he and the vice president expressed similar-sounding sentiments on the Middle East crisis and on broader questions of national security during the first third of the . debate. While Bush said "I'm worried about over- committing" American forces in "nation- building" missions, it was Gore who criticized interventions ordered by Republican presi- dents in Lebanon and Somalia. "Just because we can't intervene every- where," Gore said, "it doesn't mean we shouldn't intervene anywhere." On the Middle East, Gore said the United States should call on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to end the violence and warn Iraq's Saddam Hussein not to meddle in the conflict. Israel, he said,"should feel secure" that its friendship with the United States will surmount any diplomatic disagreements. Bush endorsed administration policy and said it was "important that everyone under- stand we have one policy" toward the Middle East. But he said the coalition of nations that opposed Saddam "is unraveling" and argued that developing a theater missile defense sys- tem, as he has advocated, would add to Israel's LGBT seeks local, national understanding By Rachel Green Daily Staff Reporter LSA junior Rivka Gates said she doesn't understand why there is discrim- ination within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Gates, a bisexual, has been called a traitor because she is open to both male and female partners. "When we start discriminating against people in our own community we start breaking apart. We are a house divided ... we can't do that,"she said. Gates joined several speakers yes- terday at the 9th annual National Coming Out Day Rally, held at Regents' Plaza. Katherine Severs, a Music senior and coordinator of the rally, said she wanted to focus this rally on the upcoming political election. "We made it an effort this year to make it an extensively politi- cal rally in the sense of pro-activity," Severs said. While no candidates were specifically promoted, Beth Harrison Prado, a Grad- uate Student in Sociology and the School of Social Work, said LGBT stu- dents and staff need to be aware of the issues involved in the upcoming presi- dential election. "Regardless of national, regional, state and local politics, issues that affect our community are political all the time," Harrison Prado said. "Tradition- ally we back progressive parties, because they have been more inclusive of LGBT people." Harrison Prado, a founder and co-chair of Gender MOSA- IC Q&A, worked with Severs to plan the event. "Complacency is dangerous, and Coming Out Day has become a cele- bration, but it has to remain a call to See LGBT, Page 2A Electionma decide justices AP POTO Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore shake hands following the second of their three debates last night at Wake Forest University In Winston-Salem, N.C. security. Gore said it was important that the United States "remain an honest broker" in the Mid- dle East, but Bush cautioned that the "timetable for negotiation be one that people are comfortable with in the Middle East." The rivals agreed they had few differences in this area, but Bush said he hoped he could "handle the Iraqi situation better" than the current administration has. Gore noted that the administration of Bush's father had left See DEBATE, Page 5A --.-j By Jeremy W. Peters Daily Staff Reporter Abortion is one of the few issues in this presidential campaign where con- crete distinctions can be made between candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore. Simply put, Bush favors restrictions on abortions and calls himself "pro-life" while Gore has said repeatedly he opposes any limits on a woman's right to abortion and Part; labels himself "pro-choice" part In this election, abortion has Ab evolved into an issue concerned with Extra semester not rare after senior audits By James Restivo Daily Staff Reporter Most students spend the summer after graduation in internships, starting jobs or traveling the world, but a small amount of students forgo post-graduate plans to take classes for the summer because during their senior audits they find they never fulfilled their undergraduate requirements. The senior audit, one of the last stresses of undergraduate life, ensures that each student knows the status of their degree before they register for their final semester by laying out the fulfilled requirements. Phil Gorman, LSA associate director, said the num- ber of students who stay an extra semester varies from year to year. He said most of the students who need to take an extra semester didn't take the mandatory cours- es for a University degree. "Students should be familiar with undergraduate requirements," Gorman said. "Stu- dents have been forced to spend summer term making up these requirements, even though they knew at the time that they were making bad decisions." About 500 students plan to graduate in December and an additional 2,500 in May, granted they fulfill the academic requirements. Harry Marsden, associate director of LSA advising, said depending on the degree, most senior audits go through the , er" 1 a or in a six series: portion the judicial appointments the next presi- dent will make. Will the next president's nominees to the Supreme Court seek to overturn or protect Roe . vWade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion? This distinction has led pro-choice activists to focus on Bush who, they warn, will appoint anti-abortion judges. Women's rights activist Gloira Steinham spoke specifically to abortion and its relevance to young voters during a telephone interview last week. See ABORTION, Page 7A Bagging it Aaron Klleman, a visiting professor from Tel Aviv University, lectures at Hiilel yesterday on the tumultuous situation in the Middle East. sraeli Prof. pushes peace By Johanna Wetmore For the Daily For the first time since recent fighting broke out nearly two weeks ago between Israelis and Palestinians, members of the University's Jewish community came togeth- er to public address the situation. About 250 students and concerned citizens peaceful exchange of ideas. "Not one person has come here with an open mind. Everyone here has a bias," Kleiman explained. "This conflict divides, polarizes. It's hard to remain indifferent, but this-is a learning process." Kleiman conclud- ed, "But first we must unlearn." Emphasizing a "bi-partisan" outlook, Kleimen said, "we're like Siamese twins, if I ~'-,' .&-.:--