LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 23, 2000 - 7A 'Abraham, Stabenow debate in Grand Rapids MCCAIN Continued from Page IA activity in Michigan. Gore visited Flint on Wednesday for a rally that drew 5,000 supporters. That same day, former first lady Barbara Bush and the Texas governor's wife, Laura, visited Southfield. Thursday, George W. Bush spoke to a crowd at a Fras- er aerospace and auto parts plant. Saturday, Cheney and Engler traveled from Flint to Ann Arbor where they mingled with tailgaters before the Michigan- Michigan State football game. McCain did not come to Ann Arbor. Bush is scheduled to return to Michigan on Thurs- day and Friday. "I don't have to tell you what you already know. "We must and will carry Michigan on Nov. 7." - U.S. Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. Michigan is a battleground state," McCain told the Plymouth crowd. "We must and will carry Michigan on November 7." Engler echoed this sentiment and said he is confi- dent that Michigan will go to Bush this time. "I think Bush is going to win Michigan, which means he's going to become the next president GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - U.S. Senator Spence Abraham, (R-Auburn Hills) and his challenger, Rep. Deb- bie Stabenow (D-Lansing), fielded questions from undecided voters on Social Security, education and foreign affairs yesterday in their first debate. The candidates were civil but feisty in the hourlong debate, which included questions via satellite from viewers in East Lansing and Detroit as well as Grand Rapids. It was taped midday at the Grand Rapids campus of Grand Valley State Uni- versity and wrapped up minutes before a po.wer outage hit that area of downtown. Public television stations were to air the debate statewide yes- terday evening. The matchup was the only one to be televised before the Nov. 7 election. The candidates are scheduled to dis- cuss their views today before the Eco- omic Club of Detroit, but that debate is not expected to be broadcast. Stabenow cast Abraham as behold- en to the corporations and special interests that donate to his campaign. She criticized him for voting against campaign finance reform and suggest- ed that donations from special interest groups have affected his votes on pre- -scription drug coverage, patients' rights and other issues. "My opponent calls himself the workhorse. The question is, who is he working for?" she said. Abraham said Stabenow also had ,accepted money from special interest groups. He characterized Stabenow as -a free-spending liberal who would increase government bureaucracy and vote against tax cuts. He said she opposed welfare reform and had supported more lenient sen- *ences for criminals, charges she denied. "My opponent makes Washington- LANE HALL Continued from Page 1A the University in 1972. The following year the program offered four courses. The program now has expanded to offer one concentration and two nors in women's studies, Smith said. ast year, 70 undergraduate concentra- tors completed women's studies degrees. Smith said her department "uses gender as a theory and analysis to look et the interaction between class, race, sexuality and gender." because I believe cy," he said. RACE Continued from Page IA year in Chicago. The four suited up in identical, glowing gold Michigan t-shirts. As they ran together throughout the duration of the race, their maize and blue appearance attracted the crowd's attention. "Every minute we heard 'Go Blue!' or 'Go Michi- gan!' There was a little trash talk- ing. But, it was mostly positive," Penz said. Blank received a similarly encouraging response from Michi- gan fans in the crowd. The Michi- gan State fans were still a little bit- ter from Saturday's football defeat at the Big House. "MSU is right ahead of you!" Blank recalled hear- ing from the sidelines along the course. In order to lift their spirits, during the first half of the race the four- some talked and even carried a tune. "The four of us sang Sweet Caro- line three times throughout the race. The crowd clapped and sang along," Penz said. "We were a loud- er bunch of joggers. We also sang "Hail to the Victors." The second half of the race was dedicated to concentrating and counting down the miles: Penz this state will decide the presiden- attributed his successful finish to the admirable support of his three running mates. He said he would have quit at the fourteenth mile without them. "I was leaning on my friend's shoulder at the end," Penz recalled. "I was fighting back the tears because I was so moved by the Iwp from my friends." Before the race, Hayden said that he knew it was definitely going to hurt. Yet, the pain didn't stop the four runners from singing as long as they could-the pain didn't stop Blank from loving the finish even though the last six miles were the toughest for her. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Debbie Stabenow looks on as Republican incumbent Spence Abraham speaks at their debate in Grand Rapids yesterday. knows-best' decisions," he said, adding that he supports letting local schools decide how to spend federal education dollars while Stabenow wants to lock the money into programs to hire more teachers and build or fix up schools. The candidates agreed that the United States must continue its peacekeeping role in the Middle East and must help put former Yugoslav President Slobo- dan Milosevic on trial for war crimes. Both oppose the school voucher measure on Michigan's Nov. 7 ballot, although Stabenow said Abraham has voted for some pilot voucher programs at the federal level. Both also expressed confidence that they'll be able to work on a bipartisan basis to pass legislation. "That's been my forte, and I'm very proud of that," Stabenow said. Because Republicans control the U.S. House, Stabenow has been unable to pass any bills during her four years in Washington, D.C. But she has won Some of the classes the program offers range from Women and the Law to Psychology of Women. "When I tell people I am a women's studies major, I get jokes like, what about men studies?"' said LSA senior Angela Zonderman, a concentrator in women's studies. "But it's not just about women, its about everyone. The Women's Studies Program is based on history, sociology, and how gender works in our society. The program talks about the inequali- ties and the progress. There is a little bit of everything," Zonderman said. NOT GOING TO CLASS TOMORROW? READ THE MICHIGAN DAILY ONLINE WWWMIICHIGANDAIL Y. COM tax credits for companies that donate computers to schools and tightened food safety laws by adding amend- ments to bills. Abraham pointed out that 21 of his bills have been signed into law. "I think I've demonstrated in the U.S. Senate my capacity to work together to get things done," he said. The candidates pointed out they hold sharp philosophical differences on education, gun control, prescription drugs and taxes. Abraham supports teacher testing and merit pay to force schools to be more accountable, and said that the federal government needs to let local schools decide how to spend federal dollars. Stabenow said she wants to lower ' class sizes through a program to hire more teachers. She also said she wants to get parents more involved and tight- en gun laws to prevent violence at schools. REGENTS Continued from Page IA ence at the forum earlier this month, SACUA chair Jackie Lawson said the two canceled last week because of scheduling problems. Lawson said the cancellation was not only unexpected but disappointing since SACUA had "made every effort to make this an open, non-partisan forum to give the campus the opportu- nity to hear the view of all the candi- dates." The remaining six candidates for regent are scheduled to attend the forum at 4:30 p.m. in the Michigan League's Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre. With Avery's and Anderson's vocal opposition to affirmative action, the regents race has been viewed by some as referendum on the lawsuits the Uni- versity is facing. Mich"an's constitution gives the board "general supervision of its insti- tution and the control and direction of all expenditures from the institution's funds," but the day to day operations of the University are delegated to the president. University President Lee Bollinger has delegated litigation of the cases to the office of the Gener- al Counsel. Hypothetically, the regents could ask Bollinger to settle the case or, if the case's outcome is appealed by either side, direct him toanot engage the University in any appeal process. Regent David Brandon (R-Ann Arbor) said while he did not wish to comment on the two Republican can- didates' campaign, he is "prepared to abide by whatever the courts decide." "I don't think there should be parti- san bickering over a lawsuit that is already in place and the courts are already in a position to rule on," he said. Brandon also pointed out that whoever is elected will serve an eight-year term, and much of that term will be spent exploring a vari- ety of issues besides affirmative action. The vote on who you support for the Board of Regents should not be seen as a referendum on affirmative action. People should vote for the candidate they feel they can entrust with dealing with a number of issues. 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