2 -The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, November 14, 2000
NATION/WORLD
Cost of stamps
to raise a penny
WASHINGTON - The cost of
mailing a letter will be going up a
"-penny, probably in January.
The independent Postal Rate Com-
mission acted yesterday on a request
by the Postal Service for a rate
increase to offset rising costs.
Under the commission's action, the
'price of a first-class stamp will rise to
34 cents. But the 22-cent cost of a sec-
ond ounce of first-class mail will stay
"the same, as will the 20-cent postcard.
The Postal Service had asked that the
'second-ounce rate be raised by 2 cents
and the postcard by 1 cent.
The post office Board of Governors
will decide the effective date. Jan. 7 is
said to be the likely date.
The Postal Rate Commission
approved the increase after months of
hearings and deliberations. The higher
rate for a first-class stamp will bring in
about $ billion a year.
The commission also raised the cost
of mailing two pounds of Priority Mail
from $3.20 to $3.95.
The last rate increase, a penny for a
first-class stamp, was Jan. 10, 1999.
Because it takes so long to print the
billions of stamps needed when new
rates take effect, the'Postal Service
already has interim stamps in the works.
In the past, those changeover stamps
carried letter designations, A through H,
but that practice has been discontinued.
The next first-class non-denominat-
ed stamp is likely to go on sale before
the end of the year to allow people to
stock up for the change. It will carry a
picture of the Statue of Liberty.
Linn's Stamp News, the weekly
magazine for stamp collectors, reports
that other non-denominated stamps in
preparation include four issues show-
ing flowers, a postcard-rate stamp fea-
turing a bust of George Washington, a
Priority Rate stamp showing the Capi-
tol dome and an Express Mail stamp
with an image of the Washington
Monument.
UGLI
Continued from Page :1
LSA senior, and LSA-SG vice presi-
dent Erin Reese, a junior, presented
the idea to Gosling.
"During finals time people keep
weird hours and hopefully these hours
will help the students with their study-
ing," Orandi said.
The cost of keeping the library
open and has not yet been deter-
mined. The extended hours plan is
a pilot program for this semester
only and library officials plan to
use the trial to estimate the cost of
keeping the library open, the
amount of staff needed and the
number of students who will take
advantage of the extended hours.
"Initially we were concerned with
staffing and safety but we came to a
mutual agreement that will benefit the
student body," Orandi said.
Gosling said if the demand exists,
the library will consider making the
extra hours a permanent feature of
exam week.
"If a fair number of students respond,
we are prepared to find the funding to
continue the extended hours for future
final exam weeks," Gosling said.
Orandi said that he expects students
will take advantage of the UGLi's 24
hour schedule during exam week.
hours...
- B.J. Orandi
LSA-SG president
"During finals time
people keep weird
"!
"I think there are enough students
who would stay during finals to war-
rant keeping the library open," Orandi
said.
LSA sophomore Tiffany Means said
she believes in the importance of group
work and sees the all-hours plan as
more opportunity for students to meet
with each other during finals.
"It's always better to study in
groups and the library is a great
place where that can be done. The
extended hours will be very benefi-
cial during finals week," Means
said.
When Orandi ran for president last
year, extended library hours were part
of his platform. He said seeing his
goal become reality is exciting.
"I'm really pleased with this plan.
This is a great partnership between
students and the University and
they've been really receptive to stu-
dents needs on the issue," Orandi
said.
ACROSS THE NATiON(
Alaska forest added to protection plan
WASHINGTON - In a major win for environmentalists, the Clinton admin-
istration has added Alaska's Tongass National Forest -the nation's largest - to
a protection plan for some of America's most pristine lands.
The plan covers 58.5 million acres of national forests that do not have roads. It
prohibits road-building; bans logging except when such activity is deemed to
help maintain or improve areas; seeks to improve habitats for threatened, endi
gered or sensitive species; and attempts to reduce the risk of severe wildfires.
In Alabama, the plan would protect 13,000 acres, most of them in the Sipsey
Wilderness area of Bankhead National Forest and the Dugger Mountain and
Cheaha areas of the Talladega National Forest. The 13,000 acres is about 1.9
percent of the 665,000 acres of land in Alabama's four national forests.
The Forest Service said the protection plan would not reduce the timber harvest
or the number of jobs involved in the harvest within Alabama's 13,000 designated
acres. Environmentalists have been pressing for years for a road ban because they
believe the pathways increase erosion, disrupt wildlife habitat and make it easier for
logging trucks and mining operators to reach remote public lands.
A draft of the plan in May cqvered 43 million acres - an area the size of
Washington state - but delayed until 2004 a decision on whether to include t
8.5 million roadless acres in the Tongass. Under the new plan, the protections
would be extended to the Tongass in 2004.
®--_--J
s
I
:. ,
NEED CASH?
RECEIVE $10
I U
GREAT GIFT IDEAS!
Perfect for conversation freaks!
RECYCLED TOILET PAPER, also giv'e
USE RECYCLED TOILET PAPER" bumper
stickers. Save the trees! Paper is
only $5.95/roll, 3 for $15.95. Bumper
stickers are $4.95 each, 3 for $13.95.
Add $3.95 S&H to each order. (MN
resid also add .065 tax). Send
check/money order name & mail
address to Mencken's Law P.O. Box
290178. Dept. 17, Minneapolis MN
55429-0178. Allow three weeks for
delivery.
Question: Where can
you get the most
affordable class rings
and graduation
accessories?
Answer: Visit
WWW.GRADWEAR.COM
Graduate for Less!
Police use of force
goes to high court
WASH INGTON - The Supreme
Court entered the debate over police
brutality yesterday, agreeing to clarify
when officers can be held legally
responsible for using excessive force
while making an arrest.
The Clinton administration says a
lower court ruling means police offi-
cers "in many cases, may use no force
at all" in arresting someone. The jus-
tices agreed to hear the government's
bid to throw out an animal-rights
activist's lawsuit against an officer
who arrested him during a 1994
speech by Vice President Al Gore.
"This case boils down to whether it's
going to be a judge or jury who decides
whether police used excessive force,"
said attorney J. Kirk Boyd, representing
activist Elliot Katz, who was arrested
when he unfurled a banner during
Gore's speech on a military post.
The justices' decision, expected next
year, is likely to be of great importance
to police forces nationwide.
High-profile allegations of abuse
have been made in recent years against
police departments in cities including
New York City and Los Angeles. This
month, Los Angeles officials agreed to
make changes aimed at eliminating
brutality and other abuses and to accept
an independent monitor of the cit
police department.
Work-related injury
laws under attack
WASHINGTON - Business groups
and GOP lawmakers said government
rules proposed yesterday to protect
workers from job-related injuries could
cost industry billions of dollars each
year.
The Occupational Safety and Hea
Administration rules take effect Jan. 16,
but businesses will have until October
to comply.
The rules are intended to protect
against workplace injuries for more
than 100 million workers who perform
repetitive functions such as typing,
working on an assembly line, sliding
groceries past scanners or lifting hea
loads. '
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
For filling out a 15-20 mm.
consumer research survey
Show up at one of these time slots:
Mon, 11/13 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30
D1210 Business School
Tue, 11/14 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30
D1210 Business School
Wed, 11/15 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 4:30
D0235 Business School
1.n iverSity
of Michigan
Contact Joseph Koo,
(ihkoon a)imich edu' for more info
A~ouND HE WORL
:1
1
1
Search for bodies
underway in Austria
KAPRUN, Austria Rescue work-
ers braved toxic fumes and unstable
wreckage Sunday to begin retrieving
the charred remains of at least 155
skiers and snowboarders, including
eight Americans, from the grisly tomb
under Kitzsteinhorn mountain where
they suffocated and burned to death a
day earlier in the worst Alpine disaster
in modern history.
Officials conced that they were
still uncertain of the xact number of
people trapped in a cable car con-
sumed by flames half a mile into a 2-
mile-long mountain tunnel. The list of
names of presumed victims - still
being withheld pending family notifi-
cations - was compiled from reports
by friends of those known to have
gone up the mountain early Saturday
and who never returned.
The suspected death toll from Satur-
day's disaster was initially set at about
170, based on what appeared to be a
full load of passengers in the 180-per-
son-capacity funicular train car from
which only eight were known at the
time to have escaped. In addition, three
people waiting at the upper lift station
died from smoke inhalation.
authorities raised the number of sur-
vivors to 12 on Sunday and speculated
that the lack of further missing-person
reports could mean the car was carrying
closer to 165 passengers.
Ethnic groups show
splits in elections
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegov*
- Defying foreign pressure, voters
from all three of Bosnia's ethnic groups
have given strong support in general
elections to hard-line nationalists.
The first official results from Satur-
day's vote left foreign observers here
shaking their heads at the setback to
efforts to build a stable, multiethnic
democracy. The reversal came nearly
five years after the peace accords were
reached in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995.
- Compilecdf/om Daily wire reports.
I
I
I
" '- - ~ ~ .
I
i
' C
i.
You only have one life,
so choose your career
wisely. When you become
a Doctor of Chiropractic,
you get lifestyle rewards
plus the satisfaction from
helping others to good
health. You do it the
natural way, with your
own hands, not drugs
or surgery. And, when it
comes to your chiropractic
education, one name
stands out. Palmer.
A
.1 IV
The Michigan Daily IISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by
students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term. star ting in September. via U.S. mail are
$100. Winter term (January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. On-campus
subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid.
The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and The Associated Collegiate Press.
ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily. 420 Maynard St.. Ann Arbor. Michigan 48109.1327.
PHONE NUMBERS (All area code 734): News 76-DAILY: Arts 763-0379: Sports 647-3336: Opinion 764-0552:
Circulation 764-0558: Classified advertising 764-0557: Display advertising 764-0554: Billing 764-0550:
E mail letters to the editor to daily.letters@umich.edu. World Wide Web: www.rmichrgarndauivcom.
NEWS Jewel Gopwani, Managing Editor
EDITORS: Nick Bunkley, Michael Grass, Nika Schulte, Jaimie Winkler
STAFF: Lindsey Alpert. Kristen Beaumont. Anna Clark. Laura Deneau. Lizzie Ehrle. Whitney Elliot. David Enders. Jen Fish. Robert Gold.
Krrsta Guile. Rachel Green. Lisa Hoffman. Elizabeth Kassab. Jodie Kaufman. Yael Kohen. Lisa Koivu, Jane Kruli Hanna LoPatin. Susan Luth.
Jacquelyn Nixon. Caitn Nish. Jeremy W. Peters. Natalie Plosiky. James Restivo. Karen Schwartz. Tara D. Sharma. Maria Sprow.
Carrie Thorson. Johanna Wetmore.
CALENDAR: Lindsey Alpert: GRAPHICS: Scott Gordon
EDITORIAL Emily Achenbaum, Managing Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Peter Cunniffe, Ryan DePietro, Josh Wickerham, Nicholas Woomer
STAFF: Dane Barnes. Ryan Blay. Kevin Clune. Chip Culien. Sumon Dantiki. Seth Fisher. Lea Frost. Rob Goodspeed. Jessica Guern,
Aubrey Henretty. Henry Hyatt. Shabina Khatri. Patrck Kiley. Cortney Konner. Chris Kula. Thomas Kullurgis. Christine Lambert.
Erin MeQunn. Del Mendez. Manish Raiji, Branden Sanz. Rachael Smith. Waj Syed. Katie fTbald
SPORTS David Den Herder, Managing Editor
SENIOR EDITORS: Chris Duprey, Mark Francescutti, Geoff Gagnon, Stephanie Offen
NIGHT EDITORS: Raphael Goodstein. Arun Gopal, Michael Kern, Ryan C. Moloney. Jon Schwart. Dan Wiliams.
STAFF: Rohit Bhave. Michael Bloom. Chris Burke. Kareem Copeland. Sam Duwe. Kristen Fdh. Rhonda Gilmer. Richard Haddad. Brad
Hoffman. David Horn. Steve Jackson. Nick Kacher, Shawn Kemp. Albert Kim. Nathan Linsley. Peter Lund. James Mercier. David Mosse.
Jeff Phillips. Eric Powell. David Roth. Naweed Sikora. Benjamin Singer, Jeb Singer. Joe Smith.
ARTS Gabe Fajuri, Chris Kula, Editors
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Ben Goldstein
WEEKEND, ETC. EDITORS: Jenni Glenn, Elizabeth Penster
SUB-EDITORS: Matt Barrett (Fim. Robyn Meamed iFinePerforming Artsi. Gina Hamadev iBooks, Jinnier Fogel i TV New Medal. John Uhl iMusic .
STAFF: Gautam Baks . Ryan Blay. Leslie Boxer. Rob Brode. Jee Chang. Christopher Cousino. Katie Den Bleyker. Rick Deris. Jeff Dickerson. Kean
Divela. Melissa Gollob. Joshua Gross. Lyle Henretty Christian Hoard. Elena Lipson. Jenny Jeltes. Matt Manser. Willhemna Mauntz. Sheila
McClear, W. Jacarl Melton. Shannon O'Sullivan, Lisa Rajt. Darren Ringel, Jim Schiff. Jacquelene Smith. Luke Smith. Andy Taylor-Fabe. Kelly
PHOTO Louis Brown, Jessica Johnson, Edit
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: David Katz, Marjorie Marshall
ARTS EDITOR: Peter Comue
STAFF: Peter Cornue. Rachel Feierman. Justin Fitzpatrick, Sam Hollenshead. Jeff Hurvitz. Michael Hynes. Joyce Lee. Carrie McGee. Danny
Moloshok, Norman Ng. Brendan O'Donnell, Joanna Paine. Brad Quinn. Abby Rosenbaum. Brandon Sedloff Elie White. Alex Wolk. Alyssa Wood.
ONLINE Rachel Berger, Paul Wong, Managing Editors
STAFF: Kiran Divvela. Dana M. Goldberg. Sommy Ko. Mark McKinstry Vince Sust.
CONSULTANT: Satadru Pramanik
}
i
t
f
qq ,,
I
i
7
4
palmer chiropractic.
On the Palmer Chiropractic Web site you'll find out what it's
like to be a chiropractor and how Palmer Chiropractic is leading
"the good health revolution" in a surprising number of ways.
Check It out today.
i