The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, November 10, 2008 - 7A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, November 10, 2008 - 7A China announces $586 b illion stimulus plan China: No progress made at Tibet talks Economy declined to months expansio 9 percent growth in Econt percent third quarter lowest le decline f BEIJING (AP) - China That announced a $586 billion stimulus slow for package Sunday in its biggest move to creat to stop the global financial crisis workers from hitting the world's fourth- every ye largest economy. that has A statement on the government's ing inco Web site said China's Cabinet had Expor approved a planto invest the amount annual r in infrastructure and social welfare but anal by the end of 2010. low as z Some of the money will come global de from the private sector. The state- The s ment did not say how much of the at a me spendingis on new projects and how Wen Jial much is for ventures already in the active fi pipeline that will be speeded up. easy mo China's export-driven economy give deta is starting to feel the impact of the The s economic slowdown in the United would fo States and Europe, and the govern- They ment has already cut key interest pace ofs rates three times in less than two ing - an represen 'REGISTRATION schools From Page 1A Northwe State Un peerinst allow students to make up the class versity o work," he wrote. 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It did not ils. tatement said the spending cus on 10 areas. included picking up the pending on low-cost hous- urgent need in many parts tatives of other Big Ten with similar policies, like stern University and Ohio iversity, and other national itutions, includingthe Uni- d California at Los Angeles, ersity of Notre Dame and ersity of Virginia. and SAAC's goal, which we eve to be the University's s to create and maintain a balance between athlet- academics for student-ath- hingwani said. se athletes comprise only nt of the student body - 750 students - Shingwani ority registration for ath- uldn't have a major affect est of the student popula- said she thinks students 'support of the resolution. hecked how much of an is would have on the rest of ent body, and we spoke to cific student-athletes to get rsonal testimonials about lack of priority registra- cts them," she said. "All of ctive evidence overwhelm- oved that student-athletes ority registration." ding to the Office of the of the country - as well as increased spending on rural infrastructure. Money will also be poured into new railways, roads and airports. Spending on health and educa- tion will be increased, aswell as on environmental protection and high technology. Spending on rebuilding disas- ter areas, such as Sichuan province where 70,000 people were killed and millions left homeless by a mas- sive earthquake in May, will also be sped up. That includes $2.93 billion planned for next year that will be moved up to the fourth quarter of this year. The statement, without giv- ing details, said rural and urban incomes would be increased. Credit limits for commercial banks will also be removed to chan- nel more lendingto priority projects and rural development, it said. As well, reform of the value-add- ed tax system will cut taxes by $17.5 billion for enterprises, the state- ment said. Registrar, there were atotal of 5,631 undergraduate courses offered dur- ing the 2008 winter term. Fifty-five percent of those ended at or before 2:00 p.m. Shingwani said most athletes can't take classes after 2:00 p.m. because of practices and games. Collins said he understands that students who play on a varsity ath- letic team have tight schedules, and that he agrees with the University's desire to help them, but he said help shouldn't be limited to just ath- letes. "I see the situation, I'm just not sure if this is the correct way to go aboutit,"hesaid. "I understandhow certain athletes, they might need a little but of extra help because they do have very demanding schedules, but I don'tthink puttingthem ahead of the student body is the way to go about it." And despite the University's sup- port for athletics, Collins said stu- dent-athletes should remember the "student" part of their designation. "In ROTC, they say that you should be a student first and a cadet second," he said. "And because they are student-athletes, they are stu- dents first, and athletes second." BEIJING (AP) - China said Monday thatno progress was made atrecent talks with representatives of the Dalai Lamaand said it would never accept the exiled leader's demands for greater autonomy for the mountain region. The talks last week were frank and sincere but the "two sides had great divergence over China's poli- cy over Tibet," said Zhu Weiqun, a vice minister of the United Front, the government department in charge of the talks. "The sovereignty is the most PARTY BUS From Page 1A for him to get students once they make the call. When a Michigan Daily report- er rode the bus between midnight and 1a.m. Sundaymorning,the bus was about half full. Blevins, who used to drive a cab before switch- ing to the bus, said he expects the atmosphere to get rowdier as busi- ness picks up, but that he'd be able to handle it. "It's basically just like a cab. You deal with the same kind of people all the time, you get your crazy people. Here, they can do a little bit more crazy things like roll around on the floor or something," he said. "I got five kids so I'm pret- ty good at dealing with kids, you deal with kids at home and then you come and deal with somebody else's kids here." AFFIRMATIVE ACTION From Page 1A Since that time, the Univer- sity has implemented programs and scholarships that aim to replace the use of race and gender in admissions. Instead, admissions officials use a sys- tem called Descriptor PLUS, which gives them socioeco- nomic background information about prospective students, including the average income and racial breakdown in a stu- dent's neighborhood. The University's underrepre- sented minority enrollment since the ban has dropped slightly, from 12.2 percent in 2006 to 10.4 in fundamental issue. The Dalai has - by denying Chinese sovereignty over Tibet - been trying to seeka legal basis for his claims of inde- pendence or semi-independence over Tibet," Zhu told a news con- ference. Envoys of the Dalai Lama have already returned to India, where the Tibetan government in exile is based, after the Oct. 31 to Nov. 5 visit. They have said they would not comment on the talks until after a special meeting of Tibetan exile LSA sophomore Trevor George, who used to ride in Blevins's taxi, rode the bus late Saturday night across the street from his house to the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. "We only travel in style," he said. "We don't cross the street for nothing." Blevins said most of his custom- ers so far have been students like George who were chummy with him as a cab driver. Later in the evening, though, a group of about seven guys who had never met Blevins before hopped aboard the bus. Blevins took them to Scorekeep- ers Bar and Grill for a 21st birthday celebration. LSA junior Bennet Butler, who called the bus for the group, said he'd discovered the ser- vice from a sign on campus. "It's wonderful,"' he said. "If you're trying to go green, the BTB bus is the place to be seen." Blevins said most students he's spoken to have voiced appreciation 2008, far less than the ones that took place at state schools in Cali- fornia and Washington. Connerly said the University's ability to limit the impact of the ban shows that race-based affir- mative action is unnecessary. "We will try to work with the people that are there to reassure them that the world hasn't come to an end," he said. "Even though in places like Michigan, where there is still opposition within the univer- sity community, life did not end." Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Founda- tion, a nonprofit organization that provides analysis on public policy, said affirmative action bans often lead to socioeconomic class-based preferences in the admissions process at universities. He said he communities and political orga- nizations to be held Nov. 17-22 in Dharmsala. Both sides have accused each other of being not serious about resolvingthe Tibetan issue. The Dalai Lama, who fled to India amid a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, says he does not seek Tibet's separa- tion from China but wants mean- ingful autonomy that would ensure the survival of the Hima- layan region's unique Buddhist culture. for the bus since it started running about two weeks ago, but Lowen- stein said it has caused confusion for some. "A lot of people will get on and will be like, 'CanI buy food here?"' he said. "Well, not a lot of people - only people that are really wast- ed." 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