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Israelis, Palestinians to resume talks
JERUSALEM — Israel and the Palestinians are resuming high-
level peace talks, officials from both sides confirmed Thursday.
Israeli officials suggested that Israel is stUl hopeful that a
framework peace agreement might be reached with the
Palestinians before the unofficial deadline — the Jan. 20 end of
President Clinton’s term in office.
Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, who is leading the
Israeli negotiating team, unexpectedly cut short a trip to France
and rushed home Thursday to resume the talks, Israeli officials
told The Associated Press. An exact time for the talks was not set,
but one official said they would be imminent. The negotiators are
to draft a treaty outline, with each side listing its position on
points of dispute, a Palestinian official said, speaking on condition
of anonymity. Once the work is completed, U.S. envoy Dennis Ross
would come to the region to try to narrow the gaps.
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Bush nominates new
Secretary of Labor
WASHINGTON — President
elect Bush will nominate Elaine
Chao, a former Peace Corps
director and the wife of a
Republican senator, to become
secretary of labor, GOP officials
said Thursday.
Bush also was to name
Robert Zoellick, who served in
the state and treasury depart
ment of earlier Republican
administrations, to become
U.S. trade representative with
Cabinet rank.
The president-elect appoint
ed Chao two days after his first
choice for the labor post
withdrew to quell controversy
over the disclosure that she
had provided a home and
financial support to an illegal
immigrant who performed
household chores for her in the
early 1990s.
Bush was expected to make
the announcements shortly
before ending a two-day visit to
Washington and returning to
his ranch at Crawford, Texas.
r Interim Sheriff to run in
Dekalb special election
DECATUR — Interim Sheriff
Thomas Brown announced
— Thursday that he plans to run
in the special election to
replace DeKalb County Sheriff-
elect Derwin Brown, who was
assassinated before he could
take office.
The interim sheriff; who was
the county’s public safety
director for a decade before
accepting the temporary
appointment, said a lot of
people have encouraged him to
run in the March 20 election.
DeKalb County’s Superior
Court judges issued an order
Wednesday allowing two spe
cial grand juries to investigate
the assassination and allega
tions of corruption in Dorsey’s
administration.
District Attorney J. Tom
Morgan’s office and the
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation have been looking
into whether Dorsey used on-
duty deputies in his private
security firm.
Elephant tramples
Peace Corps volunteer
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
; — An American woman was
trampled to death by an ele
phant in a Tanzanian national
park after it became enraged
by the clicking sounds of her
! camera, officials said Thursday.
Natalie Waldinger, 24, of
Huntington, N.Y., died Sunday
in Ruaha National Park in
central Tanzania, during a
break in her tour as a U.S.
Peace Corps volunteer teacher
in this East African nation.
Waldinger was traveling with
another woman, who scram
bled to safety and was badly
shaken, but uninjured, said
Lota Melamari, chief of the
Tanzania National Parks
Authority.
The two women left their car
to photograph the wild animal,
Melamari said. The sound of
metallic clicks from their cam
eras enraged the elephant, she
said, which charged them.
America Online merger
close to completion
WASHINGTON — Federal
regulators are close to settling
on the conditions they will seek
from America Online and
Time Warner and allowing the
companies to complete their
$100 billion merger.
Announced a year ago, the
merger has passed muster with
European and U.S. antitrust
regulators. The companies
could clear their last hurdle at
the Federal Communications
Commission as early as
Thursday, according td sources
familiar with the review.
Only three commissioners need
to approve the deal, but all five
must vote before a decision is
final. And a majority must also
approve any conditions
attached by the agency.
Pulsar linked to ancient
star's explosion
SAN DIEGO — Images from
an orbiting telescope show
that a rapidly spinning star
called a pulsar was formed
when a massive star exploded
in the year 386, an event that
was witnessed and recorded by
Chinese astronomers.
Victoria Kaspi and Mallory
Roberts, astronomers with
McGill University in Canada,
used the Chandra X-ray
observatory to locate the
pulsar in the exact center of an
expanding cloud that is the
remnant of a supernova known
as Gil.2-0.3.
Since pulsars are known to
move rapidly away from the
center of the exploding star
where they formed, the location
suggests that it is very young.
This would be consistent with
the 1,615-year-old records of
the Chinese astronomers.
UGA Today
Meetings
► Asian American Christian
Fellowship, Mondays, 7:00 p.m.,
Memorial Hall, Rm. 233. Free food and you
don’t have to be Asian. For more informa
tion, contact Eric at 425-2876.
► Allies and Friends, Tues,
Jan 16,7:00 p.m. Tate Student Center, Rm.
137. First meeting of the semester. For more
information, call 549-0488.
Announcements
► News Conference, Friday,
1:30 p.m. Main foyer, Administration
Building, North Campus. News Conference
to discuss memorial to late Senator Paul
Coverdell. Hosted by Senators Zell Miller
and Phil Gramm R-Tx. For more
information contact Tom Jackson at 542-
8090.
► Sorority Informal Rush
Sign-ups, Jan 8-12. Sign-ups held in
Greek Life Office, Memorial Hall. Sponsored
by Pan-Hellenic Council.
► Print and Poster Sale, Jan 8-
Jan 12,9:30-4:30 pm. Tate Student Center
Gallery. Exhibition and sales of art prints and
posters. For more information contact Jane
Chen at 542-6396.
► Closing Reception for In
the City: Urban Views 1900-
1940, Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Reception
Hall of the Georgia Museum of Art. After
Hours at GMOA: New York Night will serve
as closing reception. Exhibition runs through
Jan 14. For more information contact Wendy
DeVaughn at 542-4662.
>• Jazz Train, Sat, Jan 13,8:00
p.m. Fine Arts Theater located on Baldwin
Street at Lumpkin. A unique dance theater
piece by three of America’s greatest jazz
musicians. Pre-concert lecture by University
professor Dr. Mark Wheeler starts at 7:15.
Tickets $21-$25. Group and student dis
counts. For more information call 542-4400.
► Pianist and Conductor
Philippe Entremont, Sun, Jan 14.
7:30 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall in the
UGA Performing Arts Center. Recital given
by world renowned pianist and conductor
laureate of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
Pre-concert lecture given by University pro
fessor Dr. Martha Thomas at 6:45. Tickets
$25-$29. Group and student discounts. For
more information call 542-4400.
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Students react
to Adam’s plans
STEPHEN JONES | The Red* Black
a University President Michael Adams, left, addresses a
crowd of students, faculty and staff Thursday afternoon.
He outlined a $2.5 billion plan for the future.
ADAMS: Strategic Plan
components outlined
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“One of 'the realities of con
ducting and sponsoring research
in an increasingly technological
age is that it is virtually impossi
ble to keep up with the
advances in equipment and the
space requirements,” he said.
The third component of the
Strategic Plan’s initiatives will
help to prepare students for
employment in an increasingly
global economy, he said.
Adams also said the initiative
will help University graduates be
better prepared for their profes
sional careers and attain
higher job placements upon
graduation.
One way the University can
help prepare students is to
expand its existing study-
abroad programs in Oxford,
England, and in Cortona, Italy.
Adams said he now is looking
toward other locales, such as
Asia and Latin America, to host
students in their travels.
“I am not talking about job
training,” he said. “I’m talking
about life training in the 21st
Century. I’m talking about the
kind of education which is
cognizant of the world out there
and which prepares our stu
dents to succeed in it.”
Adams said he sees the
University’s future as a promis
ing one and the Strategic Plan
as the path to travel on a road to
success.
“We now have a roadmap that
can help us to become one of the
very, very best public institu
tions in America,” he said.
By SAMIRA JAFARI
sjafari@randb.com
The handful of students who
attended Thursday’s State of
the University Address said they
were excited about the changes
suggested in the recently
approved Strategic Plan, though
they said they aren’t expecting
to be directly affected by the
plan.
University President Michael
Adams presented the three main
pillars of the proposal —
enhance the student experience,
maximize research opportuni
ties and accelerate Georgia in
the global economy — in hopes
of preparing the University for
the upcoming decade.
“I’m really glad we have a
president that wants to make
changes for the University in the
right direction,” said Emily
Adgate, a senior from
Jonesboro.
Though Adgate will graduate
from the University before ever
seeing the Student Learning
Center completed or the pro
posed expansion of the Tate
Student Center, she said she had
good reason to be enthusiastic
about the changes.
“I’m glad that changes are
being made because I have a 13-
year-old brother who wants to
come to college here,” she said.
Adams also said he wanted to
build more residence halls and
retain and attract teachers
through the proposed Superior
Teachers Program — these and
other projects will mainly be
u
“I’m really glad we have
a president that wants to
make changes...”
EMILY ADGATE
Senior from Jonesboro
funded with money from the pri
vate sector.
“He mentioned a lot of pro
grams being funded with private
money — I wonder if that will
ever happen,” said Amy
Pittman, a junior from Augusta.
“(The Strategic Plan) is great
with a lot of good ideas ... but
the whole thing is a ‘we’U see’
project.”
But Thomas Wyatt, a senior
from Griffin, said even though he
may not see some of the physical
changes as a student, he appre
ciates the administration taking
student issues seriously.
“I think the issues being dis
cussed have taken the students’
interests to heart,” Wyatt said.
“When (the changes) are imple
mented, (future students) will
get the big picture of the
University. I look forward to
coming back as an alumnus.”
Vice President of Student
Affairs Richard Mullendore said
students had significant involve
ment in mapping out the
Strategic Plan during its early
steps.
He said a student committee,
representing the general student
body, was formed to give insight
to the plan as it was outlined.
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