The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 13, 2000 - 7


Palestinians
seek Security
Council ruling

SPRAWL
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Lonik helped Manny and his neigh-
bor obtain a conservation easement for
their combined 220 acres of land.
"My job is to work with them ini-
tially," Lonik said, and provide "hand-
holding through the lengthy process."
Manny and his neighbor applied for
the sale in 1997. Lonik said only 70 of
1,200 farm owners statewide that have
applied have been able to complete the
sale.
"There is not enough money to
accommodate the many, many people
in line for this," said Hansen, whose
district encompasses western Washte-
naw County, including the University's
North Campus.
Hansen compared stopping the
spread of urban sprawl to extinguishing
a forest fire. Rural land tends to form
rings around a city. By protecting one of
these rings against development, farm-
ers can stop development from spread-
ing, just as firefighters cut down a row
of trees to put out a forest fire.
Glickman spoke of the importance of

Michigan's agriculture, the state's num-
ber two industry behind the automobile
industry.
The state ranks second in production
diversity, but it also has the nation's
fourth fastest rate of converting farm-
land into new development.
"If we're going to make progress of
conservation in this country, it's got to
be helping people to do it themselves,"
Glickman said. "This is not the heavy
hand of the government," he said.
Incentive programs are the way to
stop urban sprawl, he said.
Often on opposite sides of the fight,
Glickman said agriculturists and envi-
ronmentalists should build a bridge to
bring their causes together.
"Farmers and environmentalists
don't have to beat each other's throats,"
he said.
Jan Ben Dor, an advocate against
urban sprawl in Washtenaw County
and an observer at the event, said she
supports the legislators' visions.
"I'm so excited. I've been one of
Dan Glickman's big fans for a long
time," she said. "They've done very
well with very little resources."

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The
Security Council said yesterday it
was gravely concerned about the
escalation of violence in the Middle
East but held off on Palestinian
demands for an emergency session to
consider another resolution demand-
ing an end to the fighting.
U.S. Ambassador Richard Hol-
brooke said the United States would
oppose any new resolution at this
point, saying the one adopted on
Saturday which condemned the
"excessive use of force" against
Palestinians was biased and unhelp-
ful.
The United States abstained from
the resolution, which also backed an
objective investigation into the vio-
lence.
"It's hard to conceive of any action
the Security Council could take today
which would be anything other than
negative to an explosive situation and
furthermore would undermine the
valiant efforts of the secretary-gener-
al," he said.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is in
the Middle East trying to negotiate a

truce between the two sides.
His efforts were all but dashed yes-
terday when Israeli helicopters rock-
eted Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat's residential compound, Pales-
tinian police stations and broadcast-
ing centers to retaliate against the
killing of Israeli soldiers by a Pales-
tinian mob.
The Palestinian U.N. observer,
Nasser Al-Kidwa, had requested an
emergency meeting of the council
yesterday, saying the Israeli attacks
were "tantamount to the declaration
of an overall war against the entire
Palestinian people."
Al-Kidwa told reporters he wanted
the council to adopt a resolution call-
ing for a cessation of violence,
demanding implementation of Satur-
day's resolution, and expressing sup-
port for Annan's efforts.
Security Council president Martin
Andjaba of Namibia said the council
was considering the request to con-
vene a meeting but that the council
had directed him to contact Annan
first to get his assessment of the situ-
ation.


AP PHOTO
Palestinians run away from the Palestinian police station as it is hit by Israeli
rockets fired by helicopters in the West Bank town of Ramallah yesterday.

Palestinian mob kills two Israelis

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -
A wrong turn. An infuriated Palestin-
ian mob. The bloodied bodies of two
Israelis dumped into the street as
Palestinians cheered and flashed vic-
tory signs.
Hours later, Israeli attack heli-
copters reduce the police station to
rubble and rocket several other Pales-
tinian buildings in retaliation for what
Prime Minister Ehud Barak said was
a cold-blooded lynching.
The attack on the soldiers yester-
day was stunning in its brutality and
is likely to sharply increase tensions
between the two sides.
The killing took place inside the
Palestinian police station in Ramal-
lah. A mob of hundreds of Palestini-
ans had rushed to the building after
rumors spread that members of an

Israeli undercover unit was being
held inside.
About a dozen men climbed into
the police station through a window
and a few minutes later, gunshots
could be heard.
Two men appeared at the window,
sticking their bloody hands out.
The crowd roared with approval.
Italian private Mediaset TV broad-
cast footage of one of the soldiers
dangling head down from a rope
from a window.
Crowds stood below waving fists
and cheering.
Two people standing at a bloody
windowsill inside of the police sta-
tion then dropped the body.
A crowd quickly gathered by the
body, some raising their fists in exul-
tation. One man raised a window

frame over his head and began bash-
ing the soldier's body. The body of a
second soldier was thrown out of the
door, witnesses said. Blood could be
seen covering his face.
The Israeli army said two soldiers
were killed, though Barak later
announced, in an interview with
CNN, that three soldiers were
"lynched and mutilated."
Israel radio later quoted defense
officials as saying that a third man
was burned to death in the car. TV
footage showed Palestinian firemen
dousing a burnt, overturned cat.
Israel retaliated with rocket attacks
and vowed to hunt down the killers.
"We will settle accounts with
them," Amnon Lipkin-Shahak,
Israel's transport minister, said on
Channel Two television. "We are

going through the pictures and identi-
fying each one, the civilians, the
policemen, each one. We will settle
accounts with them. It may take a
day, it may take a week, it may take a
year, but we will settle accounts with
them."
By nightfall, the Palestinian town
of Ramallah was in darkness after
Israeli helicopters blasted the town's
generators.
Both sides were accusing the other
of escalating the conflict.
"The peace process is over," said
Ramallah resident Mouhib Barghouti
as he watched Israeli helicopters
rocket a second police station near
Ramallah. "It is too late to think
about it now. The whole thing has
gone too far. There is fault now on
both sides."

There are those who shy away from challenges. And then
there are those who travel 9,000 miles looking for them.
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.CORPS
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weekend, more people will talk about the Peace Corps, then
more people will hopefully become interested and more
will be likely to join
At tomorrow's homecoming football game, Schneider
Will join University President Lee Bollinger and former
Peace Corps volunteers from the University on the 50-yard-
line for a special presentation ten minutes before kickoff.
Schneider said the events are "very important to remind
everyone of the accomplishments that have occurred by stu-
dents of the University of Michigan who responded to the
words of Kennedy. Many continue in public service around
the world.
"The 40th anniversary comes at a point where the Peace
Corps is growing, and we want to ensure that it expands that
Orfleets the diversity of the American people, and we want
o find ways as we grow to respond to the increasing num-
ber of countries we are serving," he said.
Schneider said countries have been requesting volunteers
skilled in information technology to teach the English lan-
guage in African countries as well as individuals who can
help confront the HIV/AIDS threat in Africa.
The Peace Corps has three main goals which have
remained consistent over the past 40 years, even as the orga-
nization has endured significant changes, Schneider said.
The goals are "to continue to fill the needs of developing
*untries for trained human power, convey through the vol-

unteers that are living and working in the countries a greater
understanding of who the American people are as a people
and to encourage understanding here at home about what
the reality is around the world," Schneider said.
Tom Napolitano, a 1966 graduate and Peace Corps alum,
will participate in this weekend's events. Napolitano volun-
teered in Malaysia teaching math and physics for two years,
beginning in September 1966, a few months after his gradu-
ation.
"The experience continues to affect me. I have not gone a
day since I returned without thinking of Malaysia," Napoli-
tano said.
National celebrations also are planned in collaboration
with recruitment efforts, said Carol Wilkerson, public
affairs specialist for the Peace Corps in Chicago.
"We are looking for individuals who have flexibility and
who have business experience, agricultural experience,
environmental experience, are health educators, teachers
and speak other languages and who are from a variety of
backgrounds," Wilkerson said.
"There will be a line up of recruitment events at the Uni-
versity Monday through Thursday, aiming to inform stu-
dents on how they too can be a part of the Peace Corps," she
said.
Throughout the year, there will be many events nation-
wide, including a gala at the John F Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., a symposium at the
John E Kennedy Library in Boston and a final event on the
Mall in Washington.


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"We've decided that is too loose an
approach to this. In the past there
hasn't been a real clear policy," West
said. "We want to be more consistent
with the county and internally."
While the city attorney had been
offering students the first-time offend-
option, the law states that second-
time offenders will not have any
options to plea.
"It's been a matter of fact that the
policy is they are not offered the first-
offender program," said Regina Kinni-
son, traffic criminal division lead

clerk. "If the city attorney or prosecu-
tor decides to offer an agreement, they
can do so. But it is not something the
court offers."
Because a minor in possession
charge is a misdemeanor, it is a crimi-
nal charge.
"Students must realize that there is a
greater risk now that the second
offense will go on their criminal
record as a conviction," Lewis said.
He also added that this means if
students who are second-time
offenders apply to graduate schools
or for jobs, they must declare that
they have been convicted of a crime
if asked to do so.

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when they were in it, because they
span so many years," said Gregory
Whitmore, drum major of the March-
ing Band.
To prepare for Saturday's game the
Student Alumni Council will host a
pep rally at 7:30 p.m. tonight on the
Diag.
"This will be the biggest pep rally at
Michigan in years," Tom Charron,
Vice President of the Student Alumni
Council said.
Head football coach Lloyd Carr will
make an appearance at the event,
addressing a crowd with attendance
estimated between 2,000 and 3,000.
The captains of the women's rowing,
men's swimming and diving, women's
gymnastics and men's gymnastics
teams are also scheduled to speak this

r ji evening.
FevOther highlights of the pep rally will
include performances by the Michigan
Marching Band and cheerleaders, a
announCements step performance by the members of

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