2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 28, 1995 JOURNALISM Continued from Page 1A ate training. Maensaid an additional commit- tee wi Wbe formed to further explore the Certificate in Journalism and will re- port its findings by the end of the aca- demic year. Harrison will chairthe com- mittee: "We haven't researched it yet, we haven't identified how it would work, or where it would be housed, or how much it would cost," Machen said. "I have not approved the program until they answer these questions." Charles R. Eisendrath, director ofthe Michigan Journalism Fellows Program and a task force member, partially dis- sented from the final report submitted to Machen. Eisendrath, the sole journalist on the eight-member task force, opposed the idea of the small certification program proposed by the committee. "... At the scale proposed, (the cer- tificate program) falls squarely within the parameters of what the Committee ruled should be avoided at Michigan - a program not given the resources nec- essary for acheiving national leader- ship," Eisendrath wrote in his dissent. The committee also decided against an initial idea to relocate the program, currently housed in LSA, to another school in the the University. Robert J. Weisbuch, interim dean of the Rackham School of Graduate Stud- ies and chair of the Journalism Task Force, said L$A does not want to con- tinue housing the program and no other school has expressed an interest in pick- ing it up. "There wasn't any school in the Uni- versity that was crying out for it. If we don't have the active enthusiasm from the school then we shouldn't relocate it," Weisbuch said. The committee made its decision af- ter gathering information from more than 20 journalism experts nationwide. "Times change and needs change," Weisbuch said. "We were told that what journalism needs now is not so much someone with a journalism degree and a couple of public health courses, but someone who has a public health de- gree with some strong journalism courses." Israeli cabinet approves treaty; hurdles remain JERUSALEM (AP) -Foreign Min- ister Shimon Peres called it "a present to a world tired of wars" - the Israeli Cabinet's approval yesterday of a plan to bring self-rule to most of the I mil- lion Palestinians in the West Bank. The PLO's executive committee gave the accord approval the day before, and the Middle East peacemakers will gather at the White House today for a formal signing ceremony. But there are still loose ends that could unravel the deal. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will meet with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat prior to the signing, and President Clinton may have to do some arm- twisting to get the last details in place. Three issues-a timetable for Israeli troop withdrawal, the size ofan autono- mous enclave around the West Bank city of Jericho, and the scope of Pales- tinian prisoner releases - must be re- solved before today's signing. The accord must also be approved by Israel's 120-member parliament Oct. 5, and Nissim Zvilli, secretary-general of Rabin's Labor Party, predicts a one- vote victory. "Nobody knows what will happen if the final agreement is not approved," Zvilli said yesterday. "There is a danger that it could paralyze the process with the Palestinians." A more immediate issue is the Pales- tinian demand for the release of prison- ers from Israeli jails. Israel has agreed to free 2,000 of the 5,500 now held - one group shortly after the signing of the West Bank ac- cord, a second on the eve of Palestinian elections and the rest later. But Israel has refused to grant early release to about 350 Palestinians convicted ofkill- ing or wounding Israelis. Arafat also wants Rabin and Peres to free Sheik Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, which has carried out a campaign of suicide attacks in an effort to foil the agreement. Israel has no plans to release any of the 1,700 Islamic activists rounded up since the Israel-PLO agreement was signed Sept. 13, 1993. An Israeli official said Rabin would not budge on Arafat's demands to ex- pand the autonomy zone around Jeri- cho. The PLO wants territory along the shores of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, border zones that Israel does not want to give up for security reasons. An Israeli official, speaking on con- dition of anonymity, said the disagree- ments might lead to a last-minute crisis before the Washington signing. He said Clinton might have to do some arm- twisting to get the accord signed. The West Bank plan was finalized last weekend after 14 months ofnegotiations. It calls for a troop withdrawal from seven West Bank towns, followed by general elections in which the Palestin- ians will choose an 82-member Pales- tinian Council with executive and leg- islative powers. NATIONAL EPORT Gene therapy fails to fix inborn diseases BOSTON - In a sobering setback for gene therapy, two promising attempts to fix nature's inborn mistakes have failed to help victims of cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. Scientists in recent years have found the genetic flaws that cause both condi- tions. They are among the most common lethal inherited diseases, and the discoveries led to speculation that soon there would be cures: Just replace the bad genes with good ones. The new reports suggest it won't be as easy as scientists had hoped. Neither experiment was a complete bust. Some healthy genes actually were transferred. But the gene therapy came nowhere close to doing the patients any good. Proponents of this approach caution against gloom, however. They say that a quick cure is too much to expect in a field that is only about 5 years old. Indeed, more than 100 other human experiments are under way in efforts to correct a variety of both inherited and acquired illnesses, including AIDS, cancer and heart trouble. The disappointing reports were published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. In both experiments, researchers attempted to reverse inherited illnesses by giving victims the healthy genes they were born without. Molson ce FRIDAY: FIRST LIGHT e $5 CORONA BOTTLES SATURDAY: JES GRU W/SPANK * $100 OFF"ALL PITCHERS * $225 IMPORT PINTS RICkj'S 99&-2747 ove LiveMusi SixNighs A erk New U.S. $100 bill sports a bigger, more Outhful Franklin WASHINGTON - Ben Franklin is bigger, slightly left of center and maybe even looks a little more youthful on the new $100 bill. The new-look founding father was on display yesterday as the government took the wraps off its new bill to launch the first overhaul of U.S. currency in nearly 70 years. The goal is to thwart increasingly sophisticated counterfeiters worldwide - not to improve aesthetics, officials said. "We must stay ahead of the rush of technology," said Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Modern computers and color scanners could pose a threat to the greenback if the United States failed to act, he said. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, on hand for an elaborate unveiling ceremony by the Clinton ad- ministration in the Treasury Department's ornate Cash Room, said there is little cause for concern. Fewer than one of every 100,000 bills of all denominations in circulation is found to be counterfeit, he said. The Fed dis- tributes currency through its regional banks. The government is concerned mainly with forgers overseas, where about two- thirds of the $390 billion in U.S. paper money is in circulation. Feds implement new car-latch regulation Federal auto safety officials said yes- terday they will require stronger latches and hinges on the tailgates of hatchback ears, station wagons, sport uti lity vehicles and minivans starting with 1998 models. The requirement, issued by the Na- tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin- istration and generally supported by the auto industry, is an effort to reduce the growing numbers of injuries and deaths that occur when hatches fly open in crashes and passengers sitting near them are ejected. The agency estimates that about 150 deaths and 190 serious injuries occur each year in such ejections. The stron- ger latches and hinges are expected to add about $3 to the cost of a vehicle. SPENDING Continued from Page 1A in passing the bill. The reduction in the EPA budget - though less severe than that approved by the House -still "places the Ameni- can public at serious risk," said EPA Administrator Carol Browner. She said air and water pollution con- trol efforts would be curtailed and work at hundreds of Superfund toxic waste sites would stop. Republicans defended the spending reductions as part of a broader cam- paign to reduce the federal deficit. "It sets priorities in very tough times," said Sen. Christopher Bond (R-Mo.) the bill's floor leader. "We've done as good ajob as possible within the dollars avail- able." But Democrats said the priorities were wrong and that many of the cuts would finance tax reductions for the wealthy. Federal low-income housing pro- grams were particularly hard hit. Overall spending on housing would be cut by $5 billion to $20.4 billion. That would be 20 percent below current spending, and 16 percent less than Clinton had requested. Public housing construction funds would be reduced by $1.6 billion and senators approved new restrictions on housing programs that critics said may lead to rent in- creases for poor tenants. Oo.AROUND THE OL - \rcv INENSIVE fET P REPARATION CLASSES NOW FILLING! Is n s. m uLj q 1800-300-PREP Practicing Pharm.D.'s discuss Ca,..re er OPt i.ons for Doctor of Pharmacy Graduates A TM College of Pharmacy seminar open to students interested in the health sciences Thursday, September 28, 1995 7-9 pm 1544 C.C. Little Building (corner of Church & Geddes) REFRESHMENTS SERVED 1 Ontarians protest policies of premier TORONTO - Riot police battled protesters trying to stormOntario's leg- islature yesterday as the new conserva- tive premier, earning his nickname "Chainsaw," outlined plans to slash social spending. The premier, Mike Harris, isa former golf pro and teacher often depicted as a Canadian version of Newt Gingrich. An estimated 5,000 protesters -in- cluding union members, welfare recipi- ents and aboriginals - surged over the legislature's front lawn, forcing police to use clubs and pepper spray to keep them away from the building's large' wooden doors. The legislative building was evacu- ated after security received several bomb threats. Harris, elected in June, confirmed that his government plans radical sur- gery on the vast welfare state serving the 10 million people in Canada's most populous province. Harris intends to reduce annual spend- ing by $6.7 billion, a 20 percent drop, by imposing huge cuts on welfare, pub- lic housing, mass transit and cultural programs. Outside the legislative chamber, some anti-Harris demonstrators broke sticks from their signs and starting swinging them at police yesterday. Others threw water bottles and stones. One woman's face was covered in blood as police tried to beat back the crowd. There was no immediate word on other injuries or arrests. Colombian pres. lawyer attacked BOGOTA, Colombia - Assailants fired machine guns yesterday at cars carrying President Ernesto Samper's lawyer and bodyguards, killing two bodyguards and injuring the lawyer. Five gunmen jumped from a van and fired automatic rifles at the lawyer's Mercedes Benz and his bodyguards' car, a witness told RCN radio. The lawyer, Cancino, got out and was shot, the unidentified witness said. A previously unknown group calling itself the Movement for a Dignified Colombiaclaimed responsibility for the attack and said Samper, his wife and othergovernment leaders wouldbe next. Interior Minister Horacio Serpa, meanwhile, suggested that U.S. drug agents were behind a conspiracy to topple Samper and destabilize Colom- bia, but he didn't specifically blame U.S. officials for yesterday's attack. Samper canceled public appearances yesterday and met with law enforce- ment officials to discuss security. - From Daily wire services v The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term. starting in September, via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through Apri) is $95, year-long (September through April) is $165. On-campus subscriptions for fall term are $35. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Arm Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. PHONE NUMBERS (All area code 313): News 76-DAILY; Arts 763-0379; Sports 747-3336; Opinion 764-0552 Circulation 764-0558; Classified advertising 764-0557; Display advertising 764-0554; Billing 764-0550. 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