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Thursday, October 5, 2006 - The Michigan Daily - 3A
ON CAMPUS
Career Center to
hold job fair
The Career Center is holding
its annual job fair in the Michi-
gan Union from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
today. An estimated 85 to 90
organizations will be in atten-
dance. Students will need to show
their M cards to register.
Wallen berg
lecture to be
held tonight
The 16th annual Raoul Wallen-
burg lecture and medal presenta-
tion will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
Rackham Auditorium today. Uni-
versity Provost Teresa Sullivan
will introduce the medal winner,
Sister Luise Radlmeier, who will
be giving the lecture. The event is
free and open to the public.
SIX FEET OVER
Auto alliance
talks called off-
GM: Alliance with
Renault, Nissan not in
shareholders' interest
DETROIT (AP) - General
Motors, Renault and Nissan said
yesterday that they have cut off
discussions about forming a three-
continent automotive alliance
after GM sought compensation for
its participation.
"The parties mutually recog-
nized that significant aggregate
synergies might result from the
alliance," the three companies
said in a joint statement. "How-
ever the parties did not agree on
either the total amount of aggre-
gate synergies or the distribution
of those benefits."
GM's board decided unani-
mously Tuesday that the proposed
alliance was not in the best inter-
est of the company's shareholders,
GM Chairman and Chief Execu-
tive Rick Wagoner said at a news
conference yesterday.
General Motors Corp. had pro-
posed that Renault SA and Nissan
Motor Co., which are already joined
in an alliance, provide compensa-
tion as part of a potential linkup, the
companies said. But Renault and
Nissan believe compensation would
be "contrary to the spirit of any suc-
cessful alliance," they said in a pre-
pared statement ahead of Wagoner's
news conference.
The reason for demanding com-
pensation was twofold, GM spokes-
man Brian Akre said. First of all,GM
wanted payment because it believed
it would have benefited from the alli-
ance far less than Renault and Nissan
would have, Akre said.
In addition, an alliance could
have prevented GM from teaming
up with other companies, and the
automaker believed it should be
compensated for giving up those
potential opportunities, he said.
The University Water Ski Team watches the jump of teammate Andrea Buras in Decatur,
lilinois. Buras's iumn hened the team sualifv for nationals.
Prof to speak ona
health disparities
in Detroit Boxing legend backs stem
Social work Prof. Edie Keffer
will lecture on healthy moth-
ers who are active in Lane Hall
today from noon to 1:30 p.m.
The Institute for Research on
Women and Gender is sponsor-
ing the event.
CRIME
NOTES
Chocolate bar
taken from store
A $3 chocolate bar was stolen
from the University Hospital's gift
shop, the Department of Public Safe-
ty reported. The incident occurred
between 9 and 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Police have no suspects.
Backpack stolen
from library
A backpack left unattended was
stolen from a student on the second
floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate
Library, DPS reported. The bag was
taken between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Tues-
day. The value of the stolen property
was estimated at about $150. Police
have no suspects.
Runner escorted
out of Big House
A person was escorted out of
Michigan Stadium during a daily
run up and down the bleachers
Tesday, DPS reported. The runner
was issued a warning.
THIS DAY
In 'U' History
New housing
complex delayed
f October 5, 1968 - The com-
pletion of the Northwood mari-
tal living complex, originally
expected to be completed next
month, has been pushed back six
months.
Of the expected 400 units,
only 50 are expected to be fin-
ished by Oct. 15. The remaining
units are expected to be finished
by Nov. 15.
Because of the shortage of units,
100 applicants will be denied liv-
ing quarters. About 800 students
who were expected to move into
the apartments this fall have been
told to seek living quarters else-
where.
George Ostafin of the Office of
Housing attributes the delay to the
three-month worker strike this past
spring.
"As soon as the delay became
evident, we sent out notification
letters explaining the reason for the
delay and alternative housing pos-
sibilities," he said
When asked how the Univer-
sity would deal with the housing
r problem, Norman Kraker, super-
intendent of University Housing
said, "There was no need for
the University to take action
because no one came back and
staled they had a problem."
Kraker said students had
sought other living arrange-
ments and Northwood's delay
had little impact on their situ-
ation for the upcoming school
year.
cell research, Granholm
Muhammad Ali
supports Granholm's
stance on stem cells
DETROIT (AP) - Boxing legend
Muhammad Ali endorsed Gov. Jen-
nifer Granholm for re-election yes-
terday, saying he backed her because
of her efforts to overturn Michigan's
ban on embryonic stem cell research.
Ali has Parkinson's disease, a con-
dition that stem cell research advo-
cates say might be treated or cured
through such research.
"She wants talented research-
ers and businesses around the world
- who are working on cures for dev-
astating and gut-wrenching diseases
right now - to relocate here ... but
she's been hindered in her efforts to
attract them because our laws are too
restrictive," Ali and his wife, Lonnie,
said in a statement released by the
Granholm campaign.
State law does not permit Michigan
researchers to get embryos left over
from fertility treatments in the state.
State scientists can use embryonic
stem cell lines from California, Illi-
nois or other states with less restric-
tive laws, but those lines sometimes
are patented by other researchers.
In Monday's first gubernato-
rial debate, Republican Dick DeVos
said he is against embryonic stem
cell research but supports research
using adult stem cells. Opponents
say embryonic stem cell research
destroys human lifeone reasonPres-
ident Bush earlier this year vetoed
federal legislation expanding federal
funding of such research.
Granholm supports legislation
being sponsored by state Rep.
Andy Meisner (D-Ferndale), that
would allow more embryonic stem
cell research in Michigan, and has
asked citizens to voice their sup-
port for easing restrictions on such
research in Michigan by signing an
online petition.
Ali's endorsement enabled
Granholm to make a point of her
support in her campaign against
DeVos. Observers said she's more
likely than DeVos to benefit from
raising the issue.
"The Granholm camp can start
painting a picture of him as an out-
of-synch true-believer," said Craig
Ruff of Lansing-based Public Sec-
tor Consultants.
"A plurality of voters support the
Granholmposition," saidfEdSarpolus
of the Lansing-based polling company
EPIC-MRA. "She's looking for those
on-the-fence voters" whose decision
doesn't hinge on the economy.
Stem cell research may not be
a top national campaign issue but
could swing some races, said politi-
cal scientist Bruce Buchanan of the
University of Texas at Austin.
"It's significant enough to be
raised in that debate" in Michigan,
he said. "It could make a difference
in a close race ... There are people
who are keying on this:'
Ali and Granholm were to have
appeared togetheratsamorning rally
at a Detroit union hall, but his plane
was grounded by stormy weather near
his southwestern Michigan home.
In a phone conversation with
the Democratic governor car-
ried live at the rally, Lonnie Ali
said: "We believe in the gover-
nor and the agenda that she has
for the state."
Granholm responded, "My oppo-
nent may have the heavyweight bank
account, butI have the stamina. ... I'll
go 15 rounds if I need to."
Later, Granholm and Ali were
to appear together at a Detroit
fundraiser.
DeVos spokesman John Trus-
cott said Granholm has been
"basically silent" when it comes to
promoting the permitted forms of
stem cell research.
"She hasn't taken a leadership
role in moving forward research
that's allowed by our laws ..
whether it be policies or programs
that move forward adult stem cell
research," he said.
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