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NEWS
QuickTake
v A glance at the morning’s news and the day ahead
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National & World Headlines
Envoy tries to save Columbian peace talks
SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Colombia — Hours from a
government deadline, a United Nations envoy met with
commanders of Colombia’s largest leftist rebel army
Saturday to try to revive peace negotiations.
Envoy James LeMoyne held a second day of talks in a
rebel safe haven amid cautious hopes that he could patch
up the 3-year-old peace process between the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia and the government.
“We’re working in a constructive spirit and I believe
we’re making progress,” said LeMoyne, who warned earlier
that the South American country hung between peace and
all-out war.
A few hours later, a car bomb exploded near the wall of a
military base a few miles north of the rebel haven, injuring
15 civilians, the army news agency said. Troops had been
arriving at the base in the town of Granada ahead of the
deadline. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the
blast.
President Andres Pastrana declared peace efforts over
Wednesday and threatened to send troops back into the
rebel haven. But the next day he gave LeMoyne until
Saturday night to restart peace talks, which the rebels sus
pended in October after the army instituted security con
trols outside the zone.
Greenspan optimistic
about U.S. economy
WASHINGTON — Federal
Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan said Friday that
there are scattered hopeful
signs that the recession
could be ending, but he
warned that the American
economy still faces “signifi
cant risks.”
Greenspan, making his
first public comments on
the economy since the Fed
last cut interest rates on
Dec. 11, said there are “ten
tative indications” that the
economic slump could be
drawing to a close, but he
said those signals at present
are far from conclusive.
“I would emphasize that
we continue to face signifi-.
cant risks in the near term,”
Greenspan said in a speech
prepared for delivery to a
business audience in San
Francisco. Copies were
released in Washington.
Greenspan identified
some of those threats as
weak profits and business
investment and restrained
household spending caused
by rising unemployment.
But Greenspan said
there are tentative signs
that a recovery could soon
begin.
“If the recent, more
favorable developments
continue and gain momen
tum, uncertainties will
diminish,” he said.
The Fed last year drove
interest rates down to a 40-
year low in a series of 11 rate
reductions.
Greenspan’s comments
on Friday appeared to leave
the door open to a further
rate cut, possibly at the Fed’s
next meeting Jan. 29-30.
Hockey dad seeks
gentler image
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —
He’s been called a raging
bully, the 270-pound truck
driver who killed another
hockey dad with his fists.
But a gentler picture of
Thomas Junta will likely
emerge when his family tes
tifies at his sentencing later
this month.
Junta, 44, was convicted
Friday of involuntary
manslaughter in the July 5,
2000 beating death of
Michael Costin.
His lawyer says Junta is a
“gentle giant” who, after his
son took an elbow in the
face, confronted Costin for
running a rough hockey
practice.
The jury found Junta did
not intend to kill Costin, but
went too far during the fight
at the Burbank Ice Arena in
suburban Boston. He faces a
maximum 20 year sentence,
but guidelines recommend
three to five years.
Juror Richard Rotberg
said the jury thought Junta
came off as a decent man
during his testimony.
“He’s a down-to-earth
guy,” Rotberg said. “I think
he’s very, very sorry for what
happened.”
During his sentencing
hearing, Junta will be
allowed to present character
witnesses and family mem
bers in the hope of persuad
ing the judge to give him a
lenient sentence.
Judge rules ACOG
clear of suit
ATLANTA — A State
Court judge has ruled again
that the Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Games is
immune from a lawsuit
brought by victims of the
1996 Centennial Olympic
Park bombing.
Judge Charles Carnes
had twice before said ACOG
was shielded from liability
by the Georgia Recreational
Property Act of 1965, which
was designed to encourage
property owners to make
land available to the public.
The park bombing killed
one woman and injured
more than 100 other people.
In 1998 and 1999, Carnes
dismissed separate lawsuits
for more than $100 million
filed by some of the victims
who claimed ACOG failed to
provide proper security in
the park.
Plaintiff lawyers argued
that while ACOG was non
profit, it used the park as a
money-making venture and
should be as liable as any
other enterprise.
Carnes said Friday that
while the park had commer
cial aspects, the scales
tipped to ACOG.
Democratic leader
faces ethics panel
ATLANTA — Charles
Walker was called before the
state Ethics Commission
Friday on charges that he
failed to properly disclose
his business connections
with Grady Hospital and
the Medical College of
Georgia.
Before the hearing,
Walker’s attorney said the
Augusta Democrat “had
nothing to hide.”
Walker is accused of fail
ing to list on several finan
cial-disclosure reports
income his temporary-ser
vices company received
from MCG and Grady
Hospital. The two hospitals
depend on the Legislature
for funding.
— Associated Press
UGA Today
Announcements
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holds practice every Monday
and Wednesday night from 7-9
in the Ramsey Center's
Aerobics Room A (upstairs).
V Kappa Delta Epsilon,
holds a general meeting tonight
at 7:30 in Room 319 of Aderhold
Hall.
► WatchDawgs, meets
Monday, Jan. 21 at 9 p.m. in
Room 137 of the Tate Student
Center. A club update and mem
bership interest will be
discussed.
► People Over Profit,
holds a progressive film festival
Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Tate
Student Center Theater.
Information: 338-0153.
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available.
ISS corporate research recognized
By JEREMY CRAIG
jcraig@randb.com
The Terry College of
Business announced it has
gained another point of pres
tige as its new Directors’
College received accreditation
from an internationally
known corporate services
group.
The Institutional
Shareholder Services group
(ISS), a leading provider of
corporate research, leader
ship and shareholder voting
services, accredited the pro
gram last November.
“It puts us one step ahead
of the pack,” said Executive
Programs Director Terrye
Schaetzel.
“When people look at the
quality that goes with accred
itation, it improves (the
program’s appearance),”
Schaetzel said.
The Directors’ College
opened last fall.
Held at the University’s
Alumni Club and Business
Center in Atlanta, the non
credit program offers semi
nars for executives on boards
of directors or those who
want to be on boards of direc
tors in the future, she said.
Schaetzel said executives
receive training on compli
ance with government regula
tions, litigation issues and
corporate trends, among
other issues.
David Dodson, communi
cations director for the Terry
College, said the program
helps executives understand
their responsibilities and how
to be proficient in them.
“They understand what’s
expected of a board director
now,” Schaetzel said. “They
are held to a much higher
standard than 10 years ago.”
Classes at the Directors’
College are kept small.
“It’s very interactive and
case-oriented,” Schaetzel
said. “It’s important to have a
small class.”
Schaetzel said two sections
of classes containing 40 to 45
students are offered.
Robert Gatewood, associate
dean for academic programs,
said the program helps in the
Teny College’s outreach.
“One of our strategic objec
tives is to be more interconnect
ed with the Atlanta business
community,” he said. “It’s good
for the faculty and the students.
People who hire have more
knowledge of our students’
expertise.”
Gatewood said the program
may help to facilitate the
arrangement of joint projects
between Atlanta businesses
and Terry College.
Battery arrest first in six months
By RACHEL VOTTA
rvotta@randb.com
Zachary Waits, a 22-year-old University
student, was arrested early Friday morn
ing on charges of battery.
The last battery case at the University
to result in arrest was reported July 1,
2001. Randy Shifflett, a visitor, was arrest
ed for battery of a person known to him in
the Triangle Parking lot, according to
police reports.
In 2000, six cases of battery were
reported to University police. None of the
six resulted in arrests, according to Public
Safety Department crime statistics.
The latest victim, a female University
student, was someone known to Waits.
At 3:22 a.m. University police officer
Vince Henderson of University Police was
patrolling Riverbend Road when he
passed the entrance of the University
Commons Apartments.
Henderson said he saw a man and
woman standing in the dark on the side of
the road, according to police reports.
When Henderson approached the two
people, he said he noticed the woman had
blood on her mouth and hands.
When he asked her what had hap
pened, the victim replied, “He hit me,”
the report stated.
The officer arrested the man, Waits,
and brought the two individuals to the
Public Safety Building for questioning.
The victim signed a statement detail
ing the event and photographs were
taken of her injuries, according to the
report.
Waits was transported to Athens-
Clarke County jail and is being held with
no bond posted, according to jail officials.
University Police Chief Chuck Horton
was unavailable for comment as of press
time.
NEWS NOTEBOOK
International
women’s fraternity
to host interviews
Open interviews will be held
starting today for women inter
ested in joining the Delta
Gamma international women’s
fraternity.
The interviews will be held
today through Thursday from 9
am to 4 p.m. in Room 142 in
the Tate Student Center,
according to a news release.
Also, the fraternity will hold
a dessert open house Jan. 16
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at its chap
ter house at 290 S. Milledge
Ave.
A formal presentation to the
University community is sched
uled to be held Jan. 17 from 6:30
to 8 p.m. on the fourth floor of
the Dean Rusk building.
Students can now
apply for 2002-
2003 financial aid
University students who
need an added boost to help
pay for their education can now
apply for the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA).
U.S. Secretary of Education
Rod Paige said federal student
aid programs can ease the
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financial burdens that keep
some students from pursuing a
college degree or training,
according to a news release.
“There is more federal assis
tance available now than
ever before, and we’ve worked
to make the application
process easier for students,”
Paige said.
To ensure that the aid will
be correctly assigned, stu
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eral tax returns for 2001
completed.
Students can go online to
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