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The Michigan"Daily - Friday, October 27, 1995 -L 5


Newspaper employees tell
of life on the picket lines

A quiet bus ride
turns frightening
What began as a quiet ride on a Uni-
versity bus Tuesday turned into a scary
situation that could have become rather
violent. Department of Public Safety
reports indicate that a bus, trying to
park in abusparkingspacenearBursley-
Baits, could not do so because of a car
parked there.
A passenger on the bus told the DPS
that the bus driver honked at the car,
and the driver of the car ran out of the
vehicle andto the bus and banged on the
door.
The passenger saidthatthe bus driver
grabbed a black bag, located behind his
seat, and put his hand in it. The bus
driver then yelled to the driver that ifhe
wanted to start a fight, to enter the bus.
The passenger told the DPS that he
thought a gun was in the black bag.
Two other passengers on the bus that
day called the DPS with similar reports.
DPS officers gained consentto search
the bus driver's bag. The officers did
not find any weapons, however.
Student threatened
in Couzens Hall
Early Tuesday afternoon, a resident
ofCouzens residence hall told DPS that
she was threatened by another indi-
vidual who told her he had a gun.
The woman said that no weapon was
seen, only implied, but the victim said
that a gun was probably there.
D'S looked over the premises and
said that the dorm was "secure and that
there was no indication that suspect
%would be showing up."
DPS reports did not indicate the rela-
tionship between the two subjects.
Taubman traffic jam
Early Monday morning, a DPS of-
ficer saidhe wasunlocking the Taubman
HealthCare Centerwhen he discovered
that approximately 40 wheelchairs were
jammed into the area near the north
Taubman elevators.
DPS reports did not indicate whether
there was a suspect in question.
Small child injures
his finger
A caler reported to DPS that his
young child had his finger stuck in the
drain ofakitchen sink atthe University's
Northwood IV. A patrol vehicle was
flagged down by the child's father,
which than transported the father back
to his residence.
The injtired child was transported to
the Emergency Room at University
Hospitals.
DPS reports indicate that the child's
right middle finger was caught in the
cabinet dor, and not a drain, but didnot
indicate if permanent damage was sus-
tained.
Chemical spill at
Eye Center
A caller reported to the 5PS Monday
that approximately 4 liters of Xylene, a
chemical, was spilled near the dock of
the Eye Center.
The bottle was in a box, so much of
the chemical was contained. However,
some of the luid leaked through the
Rbox. The Agqvdd is flammable so the
Occupational Health and Safety Ad-
ministration vs notified of the inci-
dent and responded appropriately, DPS
said.
Rollerblading crash

at CouzensT
A caller requested a ride to the Emer-
gency Room at University Hosptials
Monday when a friend was injured after
a rollerblading accident.
The friend, according to DPS reports,
ran into the exterior wall of Couzens
residence hall. The skater-incurred an
arm injury and was bleeding.
- Compiled by Daily Staff
Reporter Zachary M. Raimi

By Tim O'Connell
Daily Staff Reporter
Striking employees of The Detroit
News and the Detroit Free Press had a
chance to tell their side of the story last
night at a discussion that at times re-
sembled a United Auto Workers' rally.
"The people who have crossed the
lines are no longer my friends, and I
will not talk to them again for the rest of
my life," said Steve Waskul, a member
of the Teamsters Local 372.
Waskulwasworkingas adistrict delivery
manager until the strike began July 13.
Since then, six unions have been strik-
ing the Detroit News Agency, which
has published both papers under a joint
operations agreement between the na-
tional newspaper publishers Gannett,
Inc. and Knight-Ridder since 1989.
"Basically we're trying to get the
word out to the public, especially since
the media has not covered this thing at
all," Waskul said.
Only 8 percent of the Teamsters have

crossed the picket lines, he said, while
more than 40 percent ofthe Guild mem-
bers have gone back to work.
The panelists, who were from the
Newspaper Guild of Detroit and the
Teamsters, fielded questions from an
eclectic group of students, professors
and Ann Arbor residents in Rackham's
East Lecture Room.
The discussion, sponsored by the Stu-
dents Labor Action Coalition, formed last
fall, drew a crowd of more than 40 people.
Louis Mleczko, president ofthe News-
paper Guild of Detroit, said he did not
know about the discussion until his daugh-
ter, a University student, informed him of
the meeting.
Mleczko has been involved in talks
with the newspapers' management re-
cently, but has not gone home pleased.
"There's no end to the strike right now,
as far as I can see," he said.
Mleczko strongly believes that strik-
ing workers will have jobs waiting for
them when the negotiations are over.

"This is a prerequisite for ending
the strike," he said.
Despite the difficulties that strik-
ers have faced, humor thrives. In
discussing picket confrontations,
Waskul said thatpolice officers don't.
know the law: "I love dealing with
the average patrolman."
"I don't," Guild member and pho-
tographer Jetta Fraser quickly said, a
comment that received a laugh from
the audience.
The group was largely supportive.
of the strikers, occasionally clap.
ping or speaking in affirmation. But
one of the strikers' goals is to reach
the many people they feel have not.
yet heard their side. The fact that he'.
has only spoken to supportive crowds'
troubles even the optimistic Waskul.
"Sometimes, I do feel like I'n,
preaching to the choir," he said.
RC junior Amy Carroll, who
helped to organize event, was pleased:
with the number in attendance.

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Steve Waskil, a striking Teamster, explains his personal reasons for participating
in the strike against The Detroit News and Detroit Fne Press as Melissa Koenig,
a University resident, looks on.
'U researchers make
new anti-virus drug


By Megan Schimpf
Daily Staff Reporter
A new drug developed by University
researchers could be apowerful weapon
in the fight against a virus common in
AIDS patients and other people with
weakened immune systems.
"It has the potential for use in many.
patients," said Leroy Townsend, one of
the drug's developers. "It will be wel-
comed with open arms by almost any
physician."
Townsend, the Pharmacy School's
chair of medicinal chemistry, and John
Drach, a professor of medicinal chem-
istry, developed the drug, called
BDRCB, to fight human cytomegalovi-
rus (HCMV).
HCMV, which is related to the virus
that causes herpes, causes no symp-
toms or a mild flu in people with normal
immune systems. In people with a less-
ened ability to fight disease - includ-
ing AIDS patients, chemotherapy pa-
tients, newborns and organ-transplant
patients - it can cause a wide range of
infections that could cause blindness,
pneumonia or serious stomach prob-
lems.
HCMV is one of the primary oppor-
tunistic infections associated with AIDS
and is a leading cause of birth defects.
"Essentially, it can infect almost any
organ system in the body," Drach said.
The drug is currently in pre-clinical
trials by Glaxo Wellcome Inc. Drach
said they will know in a few months if
the compound is safe for human trials.
Once in clinical trials, Drach said it
could take two orthree years for BDCRB
to hit the market.
"Most people go their whole lives
and never have a compound go to clini-
cal trials for use in patients," Townsend
said. "I feel I've contributed sorrething

to society.'
While two drugs are currently avail-
able to treat the virus, patients build up
resistance to both and are once again
susceptible.
But BDCIRB works unlike any previ-
ous drug, crippling the mechanism vi-
ruses use tooinsert genetic material into
cells. The DINA then replicate to pro-
duce more virus particles.
"It's a new drug hitting a new target,"
Townsend said. "It's sheer luck we found
it - we didn't start out to inhibit the
enzyme. No one knew about theenzyme."
Townsend said he is excited about
the unique nethod of fighting HCMV.
"You see something you have de-
signed and tlkought of - only you -
actually used to alleviate human dis-
eases," he said. "Wouldn't that give
you a rush?"
Most drugs halt replication, but
BDCRB blocks the mechanism viruses
use to cutoff apiece of its DNA so it can
move on and iinfect other cells.
Townsend amd Drach received a new
$2.5 million grant in August from the
National Instibute of Allergic and In-
fectious Diseases to continue their
BDCRB research into HCMV.
"That's all we'd all like to do -
make atangibleocontribution to the well-
being of society. Some people write hit
songs and other people write master-
piece novels tat become classics,"
Townsend said.
"For medicirml chemists, the ulti-
mate high is to design some drug that
finds its way ivto use against some
human disease,'y he said.
Drach said mos;t drugs take nine to 10
years from the time of synthesis to
market availabilly, at a cost of about
$300 million. BDCRB was made four
years ago.

A sculpture honoring Raoul Wallenberg and Sol King was dedicated In front of the Art and Architecture Building yesterday*
SculehonorsW berg, Kin

By Laura Nelson
Daily Staff Reporter
Tens of thousands of Jewish people
owe their lives to one man and his
actions during World War II. Yester-
day, Raoul Wallenberg's efforts were
nonored with a sculpture in front of the
Art and Architecture Building.
"One Person Can Make a Differ-
ence" is the message inscribed on the
sculpture dedicated to Wallenberg, a
graduate of the Art and Architecture
School. He saved more than 20,000
Hungarian Jews from execution by the
Nazis while serving as a Swedish diplo-
mat in Budapest in 1944. He provided
Jews with Swedish citizenship, pass-
ports and sanctuary in safe houses.
The sculptor, Art Prof. Jon Rush,

said in a statement that he developed
the "concept around the fact that
Wallenberg studied architecture yet did
not create buildings. Rather he created
safe houses which, because they had
diplomatic immunity, provided sanctu-
ary, saving the lives of thousands."
The sculpture is composed of stone
fragments, representing the chaos of war,
on a brick base. The stainless steel frame-
work rising out of the base suggests a
sanctuary. Viewers can walk through the
sculpture and to experience it.
Inscribed on one of the stones is
"Koszonom Raoul Wallenberg."
"Koszonom" is Hungarian for "thank
you."
Wallenberg was taken into custody
by Soviet authorities in 1945. His fate

remains unknown.
Sol King, whose family commis-
sioned the sculpture in his memory,
was a classmate of Wallenberg's. King
started the University Wallenberg En-
dowment in 1985 to keep the memory
of his friend's humanitarian deeds alive.
"A Memorial to Sol King, 1934, in
Honor of Raoul Wallenberg, 1935,
Classmates, Friends and Humanitar-
ians," is written on the work's plaque.
King and Wallenberg represent the
"best that Michigan traditionhas toof er"
Provost J. Bernard Machen said n a
speech at the sculpture's dedication.,
For students today, King 4nd
Wallenberg "provide role models we so
very much need in our society today,
Machen said.

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Several injured in.
three-carcollisionx

By Anupama Reddy
Daily Staff Reporter
Following a three-car accident yes-
terday at the corner of Division and
East Liberty streets, several people were
transported to University Hospitals
around 6:30 p.m., police said.
The pile-up occured when Art junior
Mark Schatz ran a red light crossing
East Liberty and was hit by an oncom-
ing vehicle.
"I ran the red light, but I wasn't
speeding. I guess, I was not paying
attention," Schatz said.
Schatz collided with Lizette
Donascimento, an Eastern Michigan
University student who had just visited

a friend and was heading down Divi-
sion toward State Sit.
"I hit his car; there was no time (to
stop). The impact made my car turn and
hit the van going in the opposite direc-
tion," Donascimenta' said.
The third vehicle was a van that had
several passengers who were taken to
the hospital. The driver was elderly,
and one of the passengers was a younger
woman, said Sgt. Brad Hill of the Ann
Arbor Police Department.
"There injuries were not life-threat-
ening. The driver wasissued a violation
forrunningthe light,"'Sgt. Hill said. All
ofthe vehicles received extensive front-
end damage and were towed.

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Notice
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Where: Dance Theatre Studio
711 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(Above Moe's Sport Shops)
When: Friday, October 27, '95
7:30 p.m.
Jazz Dance Theatre is looking
for several male and female
dancers technically proficient
in ballet and jazz for their
1995-1996 performing sea-
son. If possible, please bring a
current resume and photo.
No audition fee.

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