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Israel, Syria table peace talks for now
JERUSALEM — Israel announced Monday that peace talks
with Syria had been suspended indefinitely, following hints that
Syrians were frustrated by the lack of progress toward a withdraw
al from the Golan Heights.
The announcement by Prime Minister Ehud Barak's office did
not give a reason for the postponement, nor did it say whether it
was at Syria's request. The talks had been scheduled to begin
Wednesday in Shepherdstown, W.Va„ where they recessed Jan. 10
after a week.
The statement sent to news agencies announced "the postpone
ment of the next round of talks," and added that "the prime minis
ter will not leave (today) for the United States.”
A Syrian official said Sunday a decision had not been made as to
whether to return to the United States for the new round of talks.
Israeli media said the Syrians apparently want to pressure Israel to
commit to a withdrawal from the Golan Heights before negotia
tions resume.
Monday Barak said he was unconcerned.
“If it isn’t comfortable for the Syrians to come now, and they
need some time, they should take the time," he said. "We will come
when there are discussions, and the delay, if in fact it is agreed on,
does not bother us."
Atlanta’s growth will
serve as an urban model
RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov Jim
Hunt will lead a group of about
90 business and government
leaders on a one-day trip to
Atlanta this week to learn
about the city's growth prob
lems and how it has tried to
solve them.
The trip Wednesday will
include a visit with Georgia
Gov. Roy Barnes and other offi
cials and a bus tour of two mas
sive urban redevelopment pro
jects.
Hunt should see not only
innovative solutions to urban
growth but a picture of what
could happen to North
Carolina's urban areas should
warnings go unheeded, officials
say.
Atlantans drive farther to
work than residents in any
other city in the country. The
smog is so bad that two years
ago the federal government cut
off all federal money for new
highway construction in the 13-
county region around the city.
Georgia officials also will give
an overview of the Georgia
Regional Transportation
Authority, a state agency creat
ed to take control of Atlanta-
area transportation decisions.
College students reveal
growing interest in CIA
WASHINGTON — "Do you
have what it takes?” the adver
tisement asks in large type.
More and more college grad
uates are deciding they do —
and signing up with the CIA.
While military recruitment is
slumping and federal agencies
are struggling to compete with
the private sector's high
salaries, the Central
Intelligence Agency is report
ing an increase in new hires.
"We're getting great recep
tion on college campuses and a
lot of new people coming in the
door. We're quite pleased,” CIA
spokesman Bill Harlow said.
Agency officials said job
offers extended by the CIA
increased by 57 percent in 1998
over the year before, and rose
by 53 percent in 1999. About 70
percent of those offers were
accepted, the agency said.
King’s daughter asks
America to follow M.L.K.
ATLANTA — Martin Luther
King Jr.'s daughter called on
Americans Monday to follow in
her father's footsteps by carry
ing out their own God-given
assignments just as King car
ried out his.
“As we move into the 21st
century, it's going to be incum
bent upon all of us to realize
that while Martin Luther King
Jr. was a great and awesome
man, that we, too, have a calling
and assignment in this life," the
Rev. Bernice King said at the
annual church service marking
the King holiday.
"Today, God is calling upon
all of us to look at ourselves and
ask the question, 'What is it
that I am to do to further the
cause of freedom, justice and
equality?"’
Deadly crash brings
Irish clan in public eye
DALLAS — A clan of wander
ing Irish descendants known for
clinging tightly to their privacy
have been dragged into the
public spotlight by a Jan 2
crash that killed five young
cousins.
Some of the boys carried
identification indicating they
were 20 years old, but family
members said they were 12 to
14. The county medical examin
er is still waiting to review their
birth records.
The discrepancies have
fueled long-held suspicions that
members of the clan, known as
the Greenhorn Irish Travelers,
are involved in fraudulent activ
ities.
Edward Daley, a spokesman
for a group of Travelers in Fort
Worth, said accusations by offi
cials and in books including
"Scam — Inside America's Con
Artist Clans" that the Travelers
are accomplished scam artists
with no legitimate source of
income "is just accusations and
innuendoes."
About 7,000 Travelers live in
the United States — most in
Texas and South Carolina — by
some estimates and about
40,000 live in Ireland and
England.
— Associated Press
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Symposium speakers discuss
future of research universities
By PAUL FULTON Jr.
The Red a Black
The world is presently under
going rapid changes, and the
future of research institutions
may be affected by those
changes, according to speakers
participating in a symposium
titled "Year 2020: The Research
University in a Global Society."
The symposium, held Friday in
the Georgia Center for
Continuing Education, brought
in speakers from around the
country to discuss issues relevant
to research universities. The day
long event featured three differ
ent sessions.
James Duderstadt, a professor
of science and engineering at the
University of Michigan, pointed
out the extinction of the family
farm in the last few decades as an
example of a possible fate of
higher education institutions.
"We've entered a unique time,”
he said. “Will a tidal wave of soci
etal forces sweep over universi
ties?"
He blamed the rise of educa
tion commercialization for some
of the potential risks research
universities may face.
He said a “market-driven’' and
“media-based” approach to edu
cation could create schools too
expensive for many people to
attend, forcing them to find
cheaper, lower quality educations
at “shopping mall" colleges.
Michael Janeway, director of
the National Arts Journalism
Program in the Graduate School
of Journalism at Columbia
University, agreed that the rise of
the marketplace may have severe
effects in the future.
There is currently a "customer
obsession in higher education,"
he said, telling of a recent conver
sation he had with a colleague
who warned him against grading
students too harshly because
they must provide for their "cus
tomers" — students attending
the university.
Janeway also blamed the "all
too breathless race" of computer
technology as finally creating the
“vulgarized Star Trek of our
time,” another factor that could
decrease the quality of education
at research universities.
Technology is "a magnificent
tool for the management of our
destiny — or is it our destiny in
the saddle?” he said “These are
still just machines, instruments.
Mankind is still in charge.''
He said many universities may
spend too much time looking
toward the possibilities of tech
nological advancement rather
than asking hard questions to
provoke thought in students.
Duderstadt said he has high
hopes for the futures of colleges
and universities, despite the chal
lenges they may face.
"As society changes, so too
must societal institutions, such
as the university," he said. They
“will change in a profound way to
save a profound world, but how
and by whom?”
Those attending the forum
said it was a useful way to consid
er the possible future of higher
education.
“We don't have an opportunity
to think about issues outside of
our departments,” said Brenda
Cude, head of the Department of
Housing and Consumer
Economics at the University.
“This is an opportunity to listen
to ideas and consider points
about the University as a whole."
RAKHI OALAL I Blau,
a Michael Janeway, director
of the National Arts
Journalism Program in the
Graduate School of
Journalism at Columbia
University and a speaker at
Friday’s symposium, said
universities may face seri
ous consequences in the
future for becoming too
commercialized and focus
ing too much on technology.
>- Phi Kappa Literary Society,
Debate and creative writings and orations, 7
p.m., every Thursday, Phi Kappa Hall.
Information: 316-2250.
> Demosthenian Literary
Society, Current issues debate. 7 p.m.,
every Thursday, Demosthenian Hall.
Information: 542-5061.
> Spring rush, UGA Intertratemity
Council. 6 to 9 p.m., Tate Student Center
Georgia Hall. Information: 542-4612.
> College Republicans, Fair tax
program and other issues, 7:30 p.m., Jan.
19, South Pre-Journalism Building. Speaker
Congressman John Linder Information: 613-
8847
> Leadership Resource
Team, Leadership success senes, ’Using
Tour Involvement to Get a Job,’ Thursday,
Tate Student Center Room 142 Information:
542-6396.
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