2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 20, 2000 NATION/WORLD MAYES Continued from Page 1 attended the service and 160 cars drove in a more than two-mile long funeral procession. One of Mayes' roommates, LSA junior Alissa Zuellig, said each person at the funeral let go of a balloon at the burial site. "It was like a release in a way. It was something special that Shannon would have really liked," Zuellio said. Several students who attended the funeral also attended last night's vigil for a smaller and more intimate setting. "We did this to allow people who knew her well, or not so well, to come together to share their memories," said Brian Judkins, an LSA junior who was Mayes' big sibling in Phi Alpha Delta. "She was an unbelievable person who the world is truly going to miss." Another of Mayes' roommates, LSA junior Melanie Gerlach, held back tears as she spoke about her friend who had once offered to donate a kidney to a woman from her church who was in need of a donor. Gerlach and others plan to paint the Rock on Sunday in Mayes' honor. "She had just come to school here and she always really wanted to do that, so she'd love it," Gerlach said. PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE Students, faculty, and staff are invited to 2 open forums, sponsored by the President's Commission on the Undergraduate Experience, to express their thoughts on how the University should prepare and develop tuture experiences that support our undergraduate education programs. In what ways can we use our size and resources to prepare to meet the needs of future undergraduate students that will allow us to maintain a position of leadership in future decades? These forums have been scheduled for October 24, hosted by the lA Student Government, 6pm to 7:30pm, Angell Hall, Auditorium C and, October 25, hosted by the Engineering Council, 7pm to 8pm, East Room, Pierpont Commons. Please attend one of these forums and give them your opinions and ideas. Please refer 4uestions to Isabelle64ur-at-Mertha, Ofice of the Provost, phone: 6'15-16b34, fax: 764-4546, eni a i I: ziturqua tff u mi ch ed u=- RU-486 Continued from Page 1 what we at the Health Services can do safely," Winfield said. The FDA-approved terms state that a physician distributing mifepristone must be able to determine the length of pregnancy and detect any complica- tions associated with the pregnancy. The physician must also be capable of providing 24-hours a day, seven-day a week care in the case of an incomplete abortion or severe hemorrhaging. "Our position may disappoint some people but we need to act in a medical- ly responsible fashion," Winfield said. But some students contend that the University should make an effort to offer the drug. "I think they should eventually create the facility to offer it," LSA senior Carrie Williams said. A lack of transportation, especially for freshman, will make mifepristone less accessible than if it was offered within walking distance at UHS, Williams said. "It needs to be accessible so it is an option ... so as a society we adjust to it," Williams said. Women's Choice of Ann Arbor, a health care clinic, is likely to be one of the first places in Ann Arbor to distrib- ute mifepristone. "As soon as its avail- able we will definitely be using it," said Paula Davis, office manager of Women's Choice. The University IHospitals and Planned Parenthood of Ann Arbor are also plan- ning to offer mifepristone, but they do not have a definite idea of when they will begin prescribing the pill. Winfield said the only school in the Big Ten considering prescribing mifepristone is the University Wiscon- sin at Madison. Scott Spear, clinical director at Wis- consin's University Health Services, said the question is whether prescrib- ing mifepristone is a needed service when there, Fare other abortion providers. "Most Big Ten schools are in big cities and so universities won't be able to provide a lower cost or significant advantage to students by distributing mifepristone,' Spear said, adding that if there was "ignificant support from Wisconsin students, the school would probably offer mifepristone. But Wisconsin is at a slight disadvan- tage for prescribing mifepiistone, Spear said. t Other health centers such as the Uni- versity's may have access to ultrasound equipment to determine the age of preg- nancy, while Wisconsin does not. Mifepristone terminates early preg- nancy, of 49 days or less, when fol- lowed by a second pill misoprostol. About 14 days after taking the mifepri-, stone a follow-up visit is required to determine that the abortion was suc- cessful. ACROSS TH E ATION _ General defends refueling in Yemen, WASHINGTON - The former Marine general who arranged for U.S. war- ships to refuel in Yemen defended his decision yesterday before a Senate panel, saying all ports in the region are "rats' nests ... for terrorists." In the first hearing on last week's terrorist attack on the USS Cole that left 17 sailors dead, retired Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Senate Armed Services Com- mittee that the Yemeni coast is a "sieve" for terrorists, and that its port at Adei is the best of many undesirable locations to refuel. Zinni, who headed the Central Command in 1998, when the contract to refuel Navy ships at Aden was negotiated, said some previously scheduled refueling stops there had been canceled due to terrorist threats. But he said a U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf must be maintained to protect the economy in a region that produces more than,half the world's oil. And he personally took responsibility for the decision to refuel at Aden, although he said it had been made in close consultation with security and intelligence officials. On Oct. 12, a small boat carrying powerful explosives blew a giant hole in the USS Cole as it refueled in Aden harbor, killing 17 sailors, injuring three dozen and leaving lingering questions about protection of military personnel abroad. Although the State Department recently reported that Yemen remains a haven for terrorists, Zinni said he is convinced the Yemeni government wants to W with the United States to combat terrorism. P", Em First United at the MICHIGAN Theater 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor During our renovation, please join us at the Michigan for worship, 9:30 a.m. each Sunday in October. First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor 734-62-4536 I. - Clinton attacks Bush for clouding issues WASHINGTON - In remarks laced with humor, sarcasm and trenchant par- tisan rhetoric, President Clinton yester- day departed from a planned speech on education and instead lit into the GOP and George W. Bush, accusing them of trying to "cloud the issues" and-distort the administration's record. Appearing before cheering congres- sional Democrats on Capitol Hill, Clin- ton brutally critiqued Bush's performance in his final debate with Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday night, saying at one point "I almost gagged" when Bush claimed credit for. HMO legislation in Texas that he origi- nally vetoed. Clinton also blasted Republicans for dragging out year-end budget negotia- tions over education, Medicare, the minimum wage and a host of other issues. He threatened to force lawmak- ers to-stay in town by signing tempo- rary spending bills - necessary to keep the government open-lasting only one-day. "Can you imagine a Democrat going home and running for re-elec- tion saying, 'Vote for me so that next year I can finish last year's business'?" Clinton said. "Now we wouldn't do that and we shouldn't let anybody4o that. We need to stay here until fae resolve this." Florida Everglades restoration begins WASHINGTON - The House yesterday approved the first phase of a 57.8 billion plan to restore the Florida Everglades, one of the largest such environmental projects in the Unitdd States. More than half of the 300-mil long Everglades ecosystem has bee destroyed through decades of flood- control efforts that, while benefiting farms and new housing communities, disrupted the natural water flow. The legislation, part of a larger water resources bill, authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a 36-year project to restore the natural flow of water into the Everglades. ARouND fEWot Suicide bomber tor Wecrasinghe National Hospital wounds AneriCans The wounded identified in hosp COLOMBO, Sri Lanka- Short- Monteleone, Na ly before Sri Lanka's president Barbara Barker; installed her new Cabinet, a sui- they were out of cide bomber blew himself up yes- Barker suffered terday, killing two other people and while the others wounding 21 -- including three injuries. American women. The military said the bombera was a Tamil Tiger rebel who hoped to attack members of President might not Chandrika Kumaratunla's Cabinet. The president campaigned for the MOSCOW-T Oct. 10 parliamentary elections on commander yester a promise to crush the Tamil rebel- divers will be depl lion. bodies of sailors1 "From now on you may see more nuclear attack submi and more rebel attacks in Colom- Admiral Vladim bo," Harry Goonetilleke, a former an unusual forma air force chief, said after the bomb- will cancel the ope ingl crew if conditions i The bomber triggered explosives looks too hazardo wrapped to his body after a police dive to the wreck patrol challenged him. He died begin shortly. immediately, while a policeman and a civilian died later, said Hec- - Compiledfovn , director of the 1. Americans were pital records as Pat ansie Jubitz apd Weerasinghe s f danger. Hes d a chest wouid, s suffered minor sed, bodies be found he Russian Navy -day raised doubt oyed to recoverthe lost in the sunken iarine Kursk. * iir Kuroyedov said in i statement that he ration to recover the nside the submarine us. 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