The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 24, 2001- 5 lush prepares for 2 big initiatives in first 100 days By Hanna LoPatin Daily Staff Reporter Although George W. President Bush has been in office less than one week, the pressure is already on for what he will be able to complete in his first 100 days. So far, Bush has touched on two of his main objectives, introducing his education plan yesterday and his tax cut plan Monday. Both initiatives are aimed at achieving bipartisan support, and at least one has reached some measure of that. Most aspects of the education plan have received vast amounts of praise from politicians on both sides, and Bush enlisted a Democrat, Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia, to help announce his tax cut plan. "President Bush realizes that he needs to build some sup- port for his initiatives," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said when asked about Miller. The tax cut plan aims to reduce taxes by $1.4 billion over a period of 10 years. "You're going to see Bush go after a couple Democrats," said University political science assistant Prof. Daniel Carpen- ter, referring to Miller and Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, two of the most visible members of the party's conservative Blue Dog sector. University history Prof. Sidney Fine said the incorporation of Democrats into the Bush agenda is necessary due to an evenly split Senate and the small margin of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. "He needs Democratic support for whatever he proposes" Fine said. As for the education plan, Fine said, "It looks like (Bush) is going to have pretty good success with the education bill." The majority of Bush's education plan was given a warm reception by both parties, particularly his ideas on account- ability for public schools, regular testing for math and reading skills and flexibility of federal funds. Although Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) sponsored an alternative education plan in response to a voucher stipulation in the president's form, Lieberman said in a statement yester- day that the two plans have much in common and that collab- oration will be achieved. But Bush's plans for bipartisanship are not necessari- ly as close as he may hope, as he struck a sour chord with pro-choice activists on Monday when he reinstated an anti-abortion measure on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The executive order, which places a ban on sending federal funds to overseas family planning facilities, was originally instated by President Reagan. Carpenter said the move was politically very understand- able. "A lot of times what you want to do really early in the term is energize your base," Carpenter said. Fine expressed similar sentiments saying the executive order was "a concession to support on the right." There are many areas that Bush is expected to touch upon in the first 100 days. Bush "is going to be very active," Stanzel said. "There are a number of proposals that he's going to be working with Con- gress to implement." Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made it very clear that he wants Bush to make his campaign finance reform bill a priori- ty. "Senators have the prerogative to introduce their legisla- tion," Stanzel said. "Senator McCain and President Bush will talk about that" Fine said the campaign finance reform bill will likely tie up Congress when it is introduced. Stanzel also said that Bush will be looking at using eight percent of the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge for domes- tic energy resources, an area protected during the Cling ton administration. By the end of this potentially crucial beginning period for Bush "I don't think you're going to see too much change in a whole bunch of areas," Carpenter said, pointing to the fact that Democrats are in a good position now to stop Bush's bills from passing. Whatever measures Bush takes in the first 100 days, Fine said he will still be under the shadow of a controversial elect tion and the fact that his opponent, former Vice President Al Gore, won the popular vote. Currently several media organizations, including The Miami Herald, are underway in a recount of all the undercounted ballots in Florida. Though Bush is the official winner, many of the organizations are predict- ing that Gore actually received the maiority of Flori- da's votes. "It wouldn't be a surprise to me if he even lost in Florii da," Fine said. "That's going to be rather interesting for a man to lose a popular vote and the electoral vote and still be president." Last2 *escaped inmates cornered COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. P) - Authorities late last night sur- rounded a hotel where the last two of seven inmates who escaped from a Texas prison a month ago were believed to be holed up in a room. Police negotiators were communi- cating with the two men, who identi- fied themselves as fugitives Patrick Murphy Jr. and Donald Newbury. S"We are in the process of negotiat- g with them right now to try to bring this to a peaceful conclusion," police Lt. Skip Arms said. Arms said the two identified them- selves as the escaped convicts, but officers will not know for sure until they see them. Texas Department of Criminal Jus- tice spokesman Larry Fitzgerald said he was sure they were the missing con- victs. *"We got 'em," Fitzgerald said. Murphy, a 39-year-old rapist, and Newbury, 38, a convicted armed rob- ber; were among inmates who escaped from a Texas prison in December, trig- gering one of the largest manhunts in the history of the Southwest. All seven were charged with capital murder for the slaying of an Irving, Texas, police officer during a robbery of a sporting rods store. Four of the other convicts were cap- tured peacefully Monday in Woodland Park, a rural bedroom community 15 miles northwest of Colorado Springs. A fifth convict killed himself as authorities closed in on a cramped motor home where the fugitives appar- ently had been staying since Jan. 1. Arms said police got a tip yesterday that the two missing fugitives were in a Holiday Inn two blocks from a motel rking lot where their van had been #und earlier in the day. Police officers and SWAT team members surrounded the hotel and evacuated rooms near the fugitives. Authorities have said the two were believed to have a dozen weapons, including assault rifles and shotguns, and may have bulletproof vests. Earlier yesterday, Newbury's wife d pleaded for him to surrender. "I don't want him hurt. I don't want him dead," Jacqueline Newbury said. The hotel was about 20 miles from thomobile home park where the other escaped convicts had been captured. Inside the RV where the inmates had been staying, officers found a "person- al note" from Larry Harper, the con- vict who killed himself, to his family; the contents were not disclosed. Also found were S10,000 in cash, thousands of rounds of ammunition, two-way *ios, a medical kit and receipts for bulletproof vests, recently purchased in Denver and Aurora, said Mark Mer- shon, FBI agent in charge in Colorado. "There were 35 weapons in there, loaded, cocked and ready for action, as we say," Mershon said. Some of the guns were taken from the Texas prison; others were traced to the sporting goods store, he said. &The seven fugitives broke out of a maximum-security prison in Knedy,; Texas, southeast of San Antonio, on Dec. 13. Theywere believed to have been in the Woodland Park area since around New Year's Day. Authorities were tipped off to their presence by residents who had seen the convicts New Hampshire blaze Special collections prepares exhibit By Lakali Jones For the Daily Hidden on the seventh floor of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, the Special Collections Library is not one of the libraries included on the University's campus tours. But a new exhibit may increase the amount of traffic through the nor- mally quiet rooms that hold such rar- ities as James Audubon's original paintings and the Unabomber's let- ters when it opens in Feb. The exhibit, called, "Costuming and Shakespeare's History," will be held from Feb. 7 to April 14. The purpose of the exhibit is to show dif- ferent costumes that people wore in Shakespearean plays. "The exhibit will feature prints, photographs and materials from Stratford (Ontario) and England," said Wanda Monroe, the spokes- woman for the graduate library. Kathryn Beam, curator of the library's Humanities Collection, said that not only the costumes are important to her. "We'd also like to emphasize the changing philosophy toward costum- ing from the time of Shakespeare's first productions to the year 2000," she said. The exhibit will also give students a chance to explore everything the Special Collections Library has to offer. "We have one of the top 10 collec- tions in the country," said Peggy Duab, head of the library and curator for the History of Math collection. One of the library's most recent acquisitions is a collection of the let- ters of Theodore Kaczynski, com- monly known as the Unabomber: Kaczynski was a graduate student who lived in East Quad Residence Hall in the 1960s. He left the Uni- versity with two degrees in mathe- matics and was convicted of creating and sending mail bombs in the late, 1990s. The library does not only have let- ters, but also has a wide variety of rare books. "We have the book, 'Birds of America" by John Audobon. The regents of the University bought the book for $970 in 1838...Today the book is worth $7 million. It's the, most valuable book in the collec- tion," Duab said. The museum also houses a pepy- rology collection, which contains the. Bible, other religious works, letters, and documents. Pepyrology refers to the use of the papyrus plant used to make the paper. "We have the largest collection (of pepyrology) in the Western Hemi- ,sphere," Monroe said. Other collections in the library include the Social Science Collec- tion, which contains historical books, the Labadie Collection, which contains materials on anarchy and social protest and the Science and Technology Collection, which has books on math and science. Likethe upcoming Shakespeare exhibit, the library sponsors many special events including an annual Bible exhibit which is well known outside of Ann Arbor. "Eight hundred to 1,000 churches come to see the exhibit," Duab said. The exhibit displays ancient Biblical works and tells of the many transfor- mations the Bible has made, from the type of paper used to which ver-, sions are now in circulation. "One of our goals is to take care of the very expensive things of the' collection, protect them while they're here for future generations," Duab said. The Special Collections Library is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. AP A firefighter battles a four alarm blaze that destroyed a threestory apartment building in Manchester, N.H. yesterday. One firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries and it is unclear if anyone was inside the building. Prosec%,.utors argu-e for re 4 of Saudi citi"zen confessiont NEW YORK (AP) - A Saudi on trial in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa asked a judge in a closed hearing yesterday to throw out his confession, arguing in court papers that American inter- rogators threatened to hang him "like a dog"if he did not cooperate. Federal prosecutors say Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali admitted hurling a stun grenade at a guard outside the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, just before a bomb exploded, killing more than 200 people. Al-'Owhali, 24, said his confes- sion was coerced by U.S. investiga- tors who threatened to hurt him and his family, according to court papers. The hearing, scheduled to last four days, will determine whether jurors hearing the case against Al-'Owhali and three other alleged followers of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden can see the confession. If U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand excludes the confession, it would be a significant victory for the defense. Prosecutors, however, have had substantial success in earlier ter- rorism cases, convicting defendants even without confessions. The dispute over the confession halted jury selection until next week. Sand has closed the hearing to the public; saying disclosures could affect the fairness of the trial and even national security, but many details are outlined in court filings. Al-'Owhali is one of four men who went on trial Jan. 3 on conspira- cy charges in the twin attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 7, 1998. The bombings killed 224 people, including 12 Americans, and wound- ed more than 5,000 others. If convicted, A1-'Owhali and another man, Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, 27, of Tanzania, could be sentenced to death. A1-'Owhali's confession, as recounted by the FBI, provides an inside look at a plot prosecutors allege was engineered by bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. Al-'Owhali told the bureau that the Nairobi bombing was meant to be a suicide attack, though he man- aged to escape with only minor injuries and was arrested five days later. Prosecutors have accused Al- 'Owhali of conducting surveillance of the embassy three days before the attack. Afterward, he allegedly dis- carded two keys that fit the padlock on the bomb-laden vehicle and three bullets from a gun he left behind in the vehicle. FBI agent Stephen Gaudin testi- fied that he properly advised Al- 'Owhali of his rights as he spoke with him six times over eight days in Nairobi. He said Al-'Owhali asked to go to the United States. "He said that America was his enemy and not the Kenyans and, as such, he would rather be tried in the United States than Kenya," Gaudin said. At one point, Gaudin said, Al- 'Owhali threatened the families of investigators. 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