Thursday, September 21, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A
ON CAMPUS Girls may be
I Lecture will
highlight poker requed to get
strategy tips
KICKIN'T
The Department of Mathemat-
ics will hold a free lecture and
discussion today from 4 to 5 p.m.
in room 1324 in East Hall on the
fundamental theorem of poker.
Students will learn about the
mathematical principles behind
poker and how to apply useful,
strategies to playing the game.
Student group
to hold first
mass meeting
The Vietnamese Student Associ-
ation will hold its first mass meeting
today from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Room
2105B of the Michigan Union. The
group encourages interested stu-
dents to attend in order to meet new
people and learn more information
about becoming a member.
Students to
share poetry at
'U' Club
University Unions Arts and Pro-
grams will hold a poetry slam today
from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in the Univer-
sity Club of the Michigan Union.
Students will have the opportunity to
perform original poetry.
cancer vaccine
Some conservatives
say vaccine encourages
underage sex
LANSING (AP) - Michigan
girls entering the sixth grade next
year would have to be vaccinated
against cervical cancer under bills
passed yesterday by the state Senate.
As with other vaccines required
for school children, parents could
choose to not have their children
immunized.
The legislation, the first of its
kind in the United States, passed
on a 36-1 vote and heads to the
state House.
The cervical cancer vaccine
was approved by the Food and
Drug Administration in June for
use in girls as young as 9, up to
age 26, and has been hailed as a
breakthrough in cancer preven-
tion. It prevents infections from
some strains of the sexually trans-
mitted human papilloma virus, or
HPV, which can cause cervical
cancer.
The American Cancer Society
estimates 9,700 women nation-
wide will be diagnosed with cer-
vical cancer in 2006 and 3,700
will die.
"It is a huge step forward for
young women in this state," Sen.
Beverly Hammerstrom, a Tem-
perance Republican and the leg-
islation's main sponsor, said after
yesterday's vote.
The vaccine has been shown in
clinical trials to be 100 percent
effective at preventing disease
from the two types of HPV.
Hammerstrom stressed the
vaccine does not protect against
strains of HPV that cause 30 per-
cent of cervical cancer cases.
Some national conservative
groups have expressed concern
that schools would make the vac-
cine a requirement for enrollment.
They have argued that requiring
the vaccine would infringe on par-
ents' rights and send a message
that underage sex is OK.
The three-shot vaccination costs
$360. Hammerstrom says most
employer health plans in Michi-
gan will cover the vaccine and
uninsured girls could be covered
through the federal government's
Vaccines for Children program.
Sen. Alan Sanborn (R-Rich-
mond) voted against the bills.
The Legislature is taking a
break until after the November
election, so it is unclear when
the House may consider the leg-
islation.
8global vehicle sales for 2008
CRIME Five more arrested in
NOTES dated murder case
Plan highlights
company's success as
Ford closes plants
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota
announced an ambitious plan yes-
terday to boost global sales to 9.8
million vehicles in 2008 - driv-
ing home a message of stellar suc-
cess as its troubled U.S. rivals are
closing plants and scaling back
production.
Japanese automaker Toyota
Motor Corp. already surpassed
Ford Motor Co. as the world's
No, 2 automaker in annual global
vehicle sales in 2003.
And the latest plan shows Toyo-
ta is readying to overtake General
Motors Corp. as No. 1. GM sold
9.2 million vehicles worldwide in
2005, the second-largest volume
in the company's history.
Soaring oil prices have proved
a godsend for Toyota as drivers
turn to fuel-efficient cars. Toy-
ota models have a solid repu-
tation for that with the Prius
hybrid, Corolla compact and the
midsize Camry, the best-selling
model in the U.S. for eight of
the last nine years.
In contrast, GM and Ford have
long relied on sales of larger vehi-
cles, including trucks and sport
utility models, to drive profits, and
have been devastated by the recent
consumer shift to small cars.
Toyota said it sold 8.13 million
vehicles worldwide in 2005, and
is set to sell about 8.85 million
vehicles this year, including sales
from subsidiaries, truckmaker
Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor
Co., which makes small cars.
Toyota's share of the American
market is growing, mainly at the
expense of the U.S. makers,climb-
ing to 16.1 percent in August, up
from 13.8 percent a year ago.
"American automakers are in
trouble because their products
aren't selling" said Shotaro Nogu-
chi, auto analyst with Mitsubishi
UFJ Securities Co. in Tokyo.
He said Toyota's main chal-
lenge would be to keep profitabil-
ity up as it lifts vehicle sales. "It's
a positive and aggressive plan," he
said.
Toyota President Katsuaki
Watanabe declined to give a vehi-
cle production target for 2008 but
said the number may be slightly
higher than the sales figure.
"We are aiming for steady
growth through strengthening
all our operations," Watanabe
told reporters at a Tokyo hotel,
adding the manufacturer hopes
to strengthen quality control,
expand overseas production and
cut costs.
According to figures released
by Detroit-based GM earlier this
month, the American automak-
er produced 9.05 million autos
worldwide in 2005.
GM does not release forecasts
for its global vehicle sales but is
aware of the serious rivals it faces,
spokesman John M. McDonald
said Wednesday.
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woman drives Hop
through Diag HOL
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a blue Jeep on the Diag hitting ing the t
trees and benches on Tuesday the case
at about 10:45 p.m., the Depart- general
ment of Public Safety said. Offi- Amoi
cers arrested the female driver woman
for operating a vehicle while mate an
intoxicated. The driver was not at the tii
a student. said dur
Holland
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Wallet stolen Monday
from Couzens Pennsyl'
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student
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dorm room in Couzens Residence at the ho
Hall Tuesday at about 5:15 p.m., In Fe
DPS reported. A man who may be of Three
connected to the theft was arrest- to be ar
ed and is under investigation. The nection
wallet has not been found. authoriti
THIS DAY Fi
In 'U' History
iet Chandler, a
College student,
trangled in 1979
LAND (AP) - Five more
have been arrested in the
ying of a hotel clerk, bring-
total number of suspects in
to six, Michigan's attorney
said yesterday.
ng those in custody is a
who was the victim's room-
d boss at the Blue Mill Inn
me of the killing, Mike Cox
ing a news conference at the
police department.
ive suspects were arrested
and Tuesday in Michigan,
Iania, West Virginia and
sin. They are accused in the
ation killing of Janet Chan-
23-year-old Hope College
who disappeared Jan. 31,
hile working the night shift
tel desk.
bruary, Robert Lynch, 66,
e Oaks, was the first person
rested and charged in con-
with the killing. At the time,
es said other arrests were
possible.
"It has always been the mission
of all parties involved in this inves-
tigation to ensure that the family of
Janet Chandler sees justice. That day
is now coming closer," Cox said.
The victim's parents attended
the news conference but declined to
speak to reporters.
Authorities said Chandler was
kidnapped from the hotel by the
six suspects and taken to a house
where she was beaten, raped and
strangled. A snowplow driver
discovered her body a day later
about 35 miles south of Holland
in a wooded turnaround on Inter-
state 196.
Holland police Chief John A.
Kruithoff said all five were taken
into custody in their hometowns.
Like Lynch, the five new suspects
were arrested on warrants charging
each of them with three counts of
first-degree murder.
Each suspect is charged with pre-
meditated murder and committing
a murder during the commission
of two other felonies, which in this
case included kidnapping and crim-
inal sexual conduct.
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Student group
hopes to
transform Union
M University
Sept. 21, 1980-The Michigan Unions
Union Student Interim Adviso-
ry Council is working to com-
pletely transform the Michigan
Union into a more student-ori-
ented establishment.
The Office of Student Servic-
es currently determines Union
policies, but the committee
wants to have a louder voice in
these decisions.
"There is no student group To play: ComplE
that governs any part of this
university, and there is no legal and every .
mandate for it," said Henry
Johnson, vice president for stu- There is
dent services. just use log
Despite the lack of support,
USIAC is still looking to have an
impact on the future of the Union. DiffiCUIt.
"We hopefully want to let
students do what they are good 813
at doing, deciding what stu-
dents want and need in terms
of a Union, and let administra-
tors do what administrators are 6
good at: running the building,
hiring the staff and handling 6
the administrative responsibili-
ties," committee member David
Schaper said.
The committee has proposed
creating a governance board so
executive committee members
could have authority over space
usage, financial planning, direc-
tor evaluation, programming
and university relations. The
committee plans to present the
proposal before the Michigan
Student Assembly atits Oct. 7
meeting.
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