2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 10, 2000 TOWER Continued from Page 1 States Aid for International Development, Gray said. It will be a population fellow program studying environmensal problems. The space will not be usco by only professors and staff. "Students will be working" on the projects too, Gray said. Gray said renovations will begin shortly. "You probably won't recog- nize" the inside, he said. By Sept. 1. Gray said the school plans to have access to the space. The University offered to buy out Tower Records' lease in mid June, and the store closed on June 25, Johnson said. He added that Tower Records is looking for an alternative location closer to downtown, and they expect to reopen in Ann Arbor in three to six months. The Michigan Daily apologizes for misprinting Farah Rose Creations' address.. The correct address is 4410 Jackson Rd. Suite B, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. NEWS BRIEFS GOP announces convention agenda, features numerous changes AUSTIN, Texas - Elizabeth Hanford Dole will have a prime speaking part. So might Laura Bush. But George W. Bush's famous father will play a more modest role at a GOP convention designed to show diversity and showcase the Texas governor. In an effort to attract TV coverage in a day when the major networks' have demonstrated little appetite for such fare, the Bush campaign is planning a few features that could add a smidgen of novelty to the minutely scripted event, which runs four days starting July 31. Texas Gov. Bush may forsake the first two days of the Republican gathering to appear elsewhere around the country at events that would -be beamed to the convention hall via satellite. He could arrive in the host city of Philadelphia at mid- week, on the day he formally claims the GOP presidential nomination. The formal roll-call of states bestowing the nomination omay take place over three nights, rather than one, and the convention might for- sake the usual "keynote" address for a series of prime-time speeches, including appearances by retired Army Gen. Colin Powell, Arizona Sen. John McCain and Dole, who delivered a successful theater-in- the-round performance for her hus- band at the 1996 GOP convention. Bush has already said that he would eschew the attack-oriented nature of past GOP conventions in favor of a program that would serve more to highlight the positive aspects of his "compassionate con- servative" agenda. Bmdley, Gore campigntogther Former Democratic candidate Bill Bradley will campaign with Vice President Al Gore next week, marking the first joint appearance of the one- time rivals since Bradley dropped out of the presidential race more than four months ago. Bradley will join Gore at a rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Thursday, aides said. The "unity event" between the two Democrats is remarkably low key, considering the long wait, highlight- ing the chastm that lingers between the vice president and his former chal- lenger. Bradley's March 9 exit from the can- paign marked a bitter end for the former New Jersey senator, who clearly resent- ed the negative attacks Gore used dur- ing the Democratic primaries. An aide said Bradley would use the word "endorse' which he avoided last March when he expressed his support for the vice president. Aides are hoping a warm tone between the two men could help patch their differences and signal solid sup- port for Gore in the Democratic Party. Gay ights march held m Rome for firt ime ROME - In a triumphant com- ing-out party that the Vatican tried to stop, tens of thousands of gay men and lesbians marched through this ancient capital Saturday to demand an end to bias against homosexuals in predominantly Roman Catholic Italy. Leather-clad motorcyclists and a Communist Cabinet minister led the carnival-like procession, followed by bare-breasted transsexuals, drag queens in gaudy wigs, a provincial priest in clerical collar, and row after row of jubilant marchers in ordinary summer wear. Police counted 70,000 marchers, most of them Italians. Gay pride celebrations have drawn larger crowds to U.S. and northern European cities, but this was one of the biggest in a mostly Catholic country. And it was the rmost highly- politicized gay event anywhere in' years, staged despite opposition from the Vatican, Italian rightist parties and conservative Catholics. The gay festival received extensive coverage in Italy's newspapers all week, provoking the country's first serious debate about homosexuality. Some commentators likened the debate to the battles that led to Italy's legalization of divorce in 1974 and of abortion in 1981, both over conserv- ative Catholic opposition. Churches make historic alliance Episcopal Church leaders Friday approved an historic alliance with the nation's largest Lutheran denomina- tion, endorsing a document that recog,- nizes the members of both churches, allows an exchange of clergy and ful- fills a 3-year ecumenical quest for closer ties. Meeting in Denver, Episcopal bish- ops overwhelmingly voted to go ahead with plans -- already accepted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - to bring the two Protestant denominations into full communion even as they maintain their separate identities. The landmark document, entitled "Called to Common Mission," still needs approval by the church's lower legislative body consisting of priests and lay persons. But Episcopal Church officials said they expected no opposi- tion when that vote takes place early Saturday at the denominations triennial General Convention. -Canpiledfion Da lv wire reports S ,^ S 'I' READ THE DAILY. r READ THE DAiLy. WEEKLY. fJ j1m - ! 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