LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 12, 2001- 3A CAMPUS Conference to focus on economy The University will hold its annual Conference on the Economic Outlook this Thursday and Friday to discuss the future of the national and Michi- gan economies and consumer outlook for 2002. Thursday's events will include: Professor of economics and sta- tistics Saul Hymans, director of the University Research Seminar in Quantitaive Economics, will open the conference with a presentation on "The U.S. Economic Outlook." U Richard.Curtin, director of the Survey of Consumers at the Universi- ty Institute for Social Research, will discuss "The Consumer Outlook for 2002.' A presentation on "The Tax Rebate: Spent or Saved?" will be given by University economics profs. .Matthew Shapiro and Joel Slemrod. M Tufts University profs. Drusilla Brown, Alen Deardorff and Robert Stern as well as Michigan professors of economics and public policy will examine "The Effects of Recent and Potential Trade Agreements on the U.S. and Other Major Trading Coun- tries:" Michigan resident and economist E. Philip Howrey will talk about "The Index of Consumer Sentiment as a Predictor of Cyclical Peaks." Friday's events will include: University economics pofessors Joan Cary and George Fulton will begin the day with a presentation on "The 2002 Outlook for the Michigan Economy." David Cole from the Center for Automotive Research will give a speech on "Auto 2000+, Life in the Really Fast Lane." German banker Peter Hooper will discuss "Deutsche Bank's View on the U.S. and Global Outlook." All lectures will be held at the Michigan Theater on East Liberty Street and will begin at 9:30 a.m. Knighted prof. to speak on health inequalities Sir Michael Marmot will give a lec- ture today titled, "Inequalities in Health: Interaction of Research and Policy," during the School of Public Health's annual Thomas Francis Jr. Memorial Lecture. Marmot, who was knighted for his work on health inequalities, primarily focuses on epidemiology, the preven- bion of cardiovascular disease and social and cultural determinants of disease with respect to psychosocial factors and nutrition. He is a professor of epidemiology at University College in London and the director of the Interational Center for Health and Society. Marmot's talk is part of a theme at the University addressing the causes and cures of inequalities in health. The event will be held from 4-5 p.m. at the School of Public Health Building H. The talk is free and open to the public. Author to speak on privacy in the information age The interrelationship between telecommunications and law and the issue of privacy in the informa- tion age will be discussed Wednes- day by author and scientist David Brin. I This event is sponsored by the Park Foundation's grant to support the study of telecommunications and law. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 100 of Hutchins Hall at' the University Law School. The event is free and open to the pub- lic. Brin's lecture, "A World Filled With Cameras: Security at the Cost of Freedom? Or Can We Have Both?" is one in a series of presen- tations by University faculty, staff and students. Brin is best known as the author of best-selling science fiction novels such as the "Uplift War" and the Hugo Award winning novel "Star- tide Rising." He holds a Ph.D. in physics as well. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Shannon Pettypiece. International panelists discuss labor in Asia By Daniel Kim Daily Staff Writer New York University graduate student Sush- ma Joshi said that when traveling from Nepal, she was denied entrance into India because she did not have a male guardian with her. She was allowed to enter only after having promised to return the following day with her brother. Joshi was one of many panelists from all over the globe who spoke at a weekend-long conference titled "Globalization, Labor, and South Asian Communities" in the Michigan League to address labor issues such as human trafficking in India and underemployment of immigrants in the United States. "I was very impressed by all the speakers. ... And, overall, the conference was very infor- mative and cohesive," said LSA junior Mered- ith Koenig, who added that she had decided to attend the conference "knowing virtually noth- ing about issues in Southeast Asia." The conference began Friday afternoon with Wellesley College political science prof. Christopher Canland's discussion of the prob- lems faced by workers in India, 93 percent of whom "work without any form of contracts with the employers." On Saturday morning, Columbia University anthropology graduate student Svati Shah spoke about human trafficking for prostitu- tion. Shah said that victims of trafficking include Nepalese women who are forced to into prostitution in large cities in India. In the same discussion, Joshi explained the anti-trafficking fight as a restriction to the women's movement within Asia. In a discussion titled "'Diasporic Labors: Domestic Workers and Taxi Drivers in the USA," Loyola University undergraduate stu- dent Ali Taqi said 70 percent of the immigrant taxi drivers he interviewed in Chicago held bachelor's degrees and that they had entered the profession as a "temporary, transitional job." Many of them maintain their jobs because they do not want to lose "the sense of belonging" they had gained in the new coun- try, he added. Other topics of the conference were the impact of globalization on Indian industrial relations law, conflicts in the United States between employees and employers of South- east Asian origin and the growing cases of dis- crimination in the United States after Sept. 11 against Southeast Asians who are Muslim. "There is a major hole in South Asian stud- ies meetings having to do with real-world pol- itics of working-class communities. This is somewhat surprising since South Asians are well represented in most disciplines and across the intellectual and political spectrum," said Sharad Chari, a University of Michigan assistant professor of anthropology and one of the organizers of the conference. "I hope that the intellectual and political energy from this kind of event widens in its concerns for social change," Chari added. A man to remember State lawmakers push a new crossing to Canada DETROIT (AP) - State lawmak- ers are pushing for the opening of another new bridge or tunnel between Michigan and Ontario to help deal with the slowdown in bor- der traffic since the Sept. 11 terror- ist attacks. State Sen. Bill Schuette plans to hold a hearing in Detroit on Dec. 3 on a new border crossing. The hear- ing will be before the Senate Eco- nomic Development, International Trade and Regulatory Affairs Com- mittde, which he chairs. "There's been talk of a bridge Downriver, a parallel to the Ambas- sador Bridge'or opening up an old railroad tunnel in Detroit," Schuette said. "We need full review of adding a gateway to Canada, and it needs to start now." Schuette said delays of more than five hours at the border have been reported since security increased after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That slows the movement of 12 mil- lion vehicles each year and $1 bil- lion worth of goods and services every day, he told The Detroit News. Schuette's committee also will look at the states role in providing border security, he said. Meanwhile, state, federal and Canadian government officials con- tinue work on a plan for a new bor- der crossing between Ontario and Southeast Michigan. "We're working on the red tape "and were now trying to hire a con- sultant to do a study to determine where the crossing should be built and what type it should be," said Ari Adler of the Michigan Depart- ment of Transportation. "We're looking at potential crossings from Detroit to Port Huron." Government officials decided another international gateway was needed even before the assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Adler said. "We need one as quickly as possi- ble," Adler said. "We want to speed up the process," he added, but said it could still take as long as eight years to get something built. Anthrax vaccine producer protested by 40 in Lansing LANSING (AP)-- About 40 people protested the military's anthrax vaccination program at the Capitol yesterday. The protest, which happened just after the dedication of the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, criti- cized the U.S. Defense Department as well as BioPort Corp., the Lans- ing company that is the only U.S. manufacturer of the anthrax vac-. cine. Protesters said BioPort and the Pentagon are ignoring signs of ill- ness in troops that have been vacci- nated. They also say the military has not done enough to investigate the vaccine's long-term effects, or to see whether the anthrax vaccine can be given safely with other vaccines. Steve Robinson, a Gulf War veter- an who now works for the National Gulf War Resource Center, said Congressional testimony shows that there are many unanswered ques- tions about the vaccine's effects. A 2000 federal report recommended ending the military's anthrax vac- cine program after six hearings on the vaccine's effects, he said. LESLIE WARD/paily Engineering prof. David Neuhoff speaks of the late University alum and renowned engineer Claude Shannon at the unveiling of a bust in his memory outside the Electrical Engineering Building Friday. Ca~suaies of Vietnam War honored by new memorial 1n Lansing LANSING (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered near the Capitol yester- day for the dedication of Michigan's new Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a graceful steel arc that honors the 2,654 state men and women who were lost in the war. "It's beautiful, a nice tribute," said Ken Diegel, 56, of Newport, who served two years in Vietnam with a Marine Corps unit that removed mines. "Each time I go to a wall I get a different feel- ing. But more and more, it's a feeling of belonging and healing." Michael Hoa Viola-Vu, a native of Vietnam, attended with his family. Viola-Vu was a 14-year-old orphan when he was airlifted from Saigon in 1975 by U.S. troops. He was adopted by an American family and now lives in Holland. "Many people sacrificed for our free- dom, for this," he said, pointing to his two young daughters. "It's a very pre- cious gift." The crowd was sometimes celebrato- ry, as when Peter Lemon -- Michigan's only surviving Vietnam recipient of the Medal 6f Honor .-- exhorted everyone to join hands and sing "God Bless America." But it was silent as a box of dog tags was interned at the monument, accom- panied by a lone trumpeter playing taps. Shortly afterward, four military heli- copters flew over the ceremony in for- mation. Around 400,000 people from Michi- gan served during the Vietnam War, Gov. John Engler said in a tribute that was televised because he is attending a conference in Japan. With the monu- ment, those people will not be forgotten, Engler said. "No one will see this memorial with- out being profoundly moved," he said. Visitors placed flowers and pho- tographs yesterday along the 120-foot monument, which bears plaques with the names of those who died or are missing. Among those at the monument was the family of Roland Pineau, a Navy pilot from Royal Oak who was shot down in Vietnam. Pineau, who was 38 when he was shot down, has never been found. Pineau's parents, two brothers and wife have died, but his three sisters con- tinue to hope that searchers will find his remains. One sister, 61-year-old Mary Pineau, said she plans to go to Vietnam some- day and collect soil from the mountain where his plane was believed to have crashed. Here are some of tie companies waiting to meet you!' 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