The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 4, 2002 - 7A

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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP)-- Clashes between rival eth-
nic groups killed at least 17 people and sent thousands
fleeing for their lives yesterday in Nigeria's largest city,
here residents were still mourning the victims of
eadly explosions at an army base a week ago.
The fighting began Saturday evening and appeared
to die down yesterday after hundreds of heavily
armed police were deployed. But witnesses said vio-
lence broke out again after the officers left.
,Streets were littered with glass and rocks yester-
day, and black smoke hung above scores of burning
houses. Reporters from The Associated Press saw 17
burned, mutilated bodies on the streets and in the
back of a government dump truck. But witnesses
spoke of dozens more dead.

'etween tribes kills 17

The fighting, often with rocks and bottles, was
between militants of the Yoruba and Hausa tribes -
among Nigeria's largest ethnic groups - in the
crowded neighborhoods of Idi Araba and Mushin.
Groups of Hausa men in Idi Araba carried sabers,
sticks and bottles, and wore white headbands deco-
rated with Arabic script. Others wore plastic buckets
on their heads to protect against flying debris.
Thousands of people were fleeing the two neighbor-
hoods, many carrying their belongings on their heads.
It was not clear what triggered the clashes, but
there are long-standing hostilities between the main-
ly Muslim Hausas and the Yorubas, most of whom
are Christians and animists. The Hausas dominate
Nigeria's north, while the Yorubas are the main tribe

in the southwest.
Some Hausas said members of a Yoruba militant
group, Odudua, attacked Hausa homes and a mosque
in Idi Araba on Saturday. The Yoruba fighters said
the Hausas made the first move.
Many others said the fighting began with a neigh-
borhood squabble after someone allegedly defecated
in front of another person's home.
Saidu Audu, a meat seller from Mushin who was
bleeding from a long gash in his forehead, said he
barely escaped an attack yesterday evening by
machete-wielding Yoruba militants.
"I thank God that I am alive," he told reporters,
but said he feared some of his friends may not have
escaped.

CONYERS
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gan as well as the University has made
him "a champion to people."
Conyers said he has proposed legisla-
tion every year since 1989 to establish a
commission which would investigate
the possibility of slave reparations for
15 months and then issue a report.
The commission would contain
members appointed by both the Presi-
dent and Congressional leadership. But
Conyers said he believes it has failed in
part because people want to leave the
past where it belongs, and most people
think that since they did not own
slaves, they should not be responsible
with it.
"It is not a question of what your
CONSUMERS
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"It's different for college students
because for many people here, par-
ents cover the costs," Rukstele said.
"The only time I'm really affected is
during the summer when I'm work-
ing, but I do feel positive about that"
LSA sophomore Amy Isaacson
agreed. "I do feel that I'm not directly
affected because I am a college student,
but I have noticed there is a general

ancestors did or did not do. This is a
national issue," Conyers said.
Conyers said the government has
never officially apologized for enslave-
ment of blacks in the early part of this
nation's histo.ry, and feels reparations
could help mend past mistakes
"We're not talking about a Holocaust.
We're talking about centuries of contin-
uing violent subjection," Conyers said.
. Conyers also said people question
whether reparations will make the
United States more diverse, or whether
it will further divide the nation. He
feels Americans need to know more
about the issue before anything signifi-
cant will come.
"There's a level of awareness that
has to be raised to precede national leg-
islation," Conyers added.
feeling of hopefulness,"she said.
The Index of Consumer Expecta-
tions, a component of the Leading Eco-
nomic Indicators, also posted a gain in
January, rising to 91.3 from December's
reading of 82.3. It has increased 20 per-
cent since September.
The Current Conditions index also
showed slight improvement, moving
upward to 95.7. But most economists
caution against reading too much into
the gain, as the survey had a reading of
94.6 in September.


9OWER
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The difficulty in restoring power is
that the situation worsens as time pass-
es, Porter said. "In an ice storm, the
damage is progressive. Even as we are
restoring (electricity to) people there is
more and more ice buildup," Porter said.
"Even though we're restoring people
a continuous basis, we're having a
ard time," he added.
Ice buildup on power lines could con-
tinue today. A high temperature near 22
degrees and a low at night of 9 to 14
degrees is expected, said University
weather observer Dennis Kahlbaum.
But he said weather will improve
tomorrow with a high near 33 degrees.
Another sign of the improved situa-
tion is the closing of an American Red
Cross shelter that provided food and
helter to local residents who had lost
ctricity since the Red Cross closed
the shelter yesterday afternoon after
rceiving no requests for shelter over a
12-hour period.

GEO
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GEO Chief Negotiator Alyssa
Picard said the GEO agreed to
extend the contract in order to show
good faith to the University and the
union's parent organizations.
The extension means the two par-
ties have until Feb. 15 to negotiate
the terms of the new contract,
which will last until 2005.
GEO and the University began
meeting in November, when GEO
first stated their platform and nego-
tiations have become more frequent
in the last two weeks.
Although the University has
offered several counter proposals,
most of them have been rejected by
the GEO or are still under review.
Now both sides must come to an
agreement on some of the most
pressing issues up for debate.
GEO is asking the University not
to use bottom line budgeting, to
increase wages and to expand

childcare facilities and
protection.

harassment

Peterson said they are unable to
afford many of the GEO's proposals
due to a lowered budget and are
looking for more feasible options.
The details of the negotiations
are closed to the public until a new
contract has been signed.
GEO cannot take any work-
action, such as strikes or walkouts,
until the new expiration date,
fhough Picard said the number of
GEO members who voted against
extending the contract indefinitely
shows that some work-action might
be taken after Feb. 15.
"The overwhelming majority of
our membership might consider a
strike after that two-week extension
expires," Picard said.
Other University unions tradition-
ally honor picket lines when GEO
strikes or walks-out, essentially
slowing down campus activity.
"In past years, GEO has asked
other campus unions to respect our

picket lines. This means, for exam-
ple, that UPS drivers, who are
teamsters, do not make deliveries to
campus. ... (This is) very standard
among unions in work action situa-
tions," Picard said. "We ask under-
graduates and other members of the
campus community to do the
same."
Work-actions were taken after the
last two contracts expired, in 1996
and 1999.
The last work-action taken was a
36-hour walkout, during which no
on-campus sections were held and
some lectures were cancelled.
"In past work actions, some grad-
uate student instructors have held
section off campus, as a way of
respecting picket lines while still
meeting undergrads' needs," Picard
said.
"But some do cancel section out-
right, and some professors have
cancelled lectures as a way of
showing support for GEO," Picard
added.


FRESHMEN
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track grade inflation very well," Matney added.
"What rings true in our experience is that much hard-
-working students are trying to get into U of M."
Matney said she knows students' grades are
not necessarily due to grade inflation because,
"U-M entering students reported more participa-
tion in study with other students and tutoring,
and more hours spent on studying than their
peers at other public highly selective institu-
tions."
In addition to studying more, University of
Michigan students seem to be more involved in

extracurricular activities.
"U-M entering students report more often than
their peers that, in the past year, they have
played musical instruments, attended recitals or
concerts, visited art galleries or attended reli-
gious services," Matney said. "A larger propor-
tion of U-M entering students also report that
they performed volunteer work in the past year,
as well as expect to perform ... community ser-
vice while enrolled at U-M."
However, while high school students' grades
seem to be going up, Sax said she attributes
some of the increases to changing attitudes
about the difficulty of college courses. This may
not be the case at the University.

Sax said as high school grade point averages
rise, American students' perceptions about the
difficulty of college work change.
On a national level, unusually high expecta-
tions about college academic performance do
not necessarily lead to freshmen leaving college
after their first year.
"The first-year retention rate is about 70 per-
cent, but that varies by campus," Sax said.
Matney said administrators can use this data
"to see trends and incorporate those trends into
future planning. We do see profound changes in
student behaviors, experiences and goals over
time --,and we need to be alert to these
changes."

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