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U.S. makes demands of North Korea in talks
TOKYO — U.S. officials demanded that North Korea dis
mantle its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon during unofficial
talks in Germany last month, potentially straining
Washington’s close ties with South Korea, a major Japanese
daily said Sunday.
At the Feb. 20-21 meetings, held at the North Korean
Embassy in Berlin, U.S. diplomats also called for Pyongyang
to allow International Atomic Energy Agency officials to
return to verify that the isolated communist nation wasn’t
enriching uranium for its purported nuclear weapons pro
gram, the Asahi, a major national newspaper, reported.
However, North Korean officials rejected U.S. demands
and the discussions ended in disagreement, the paper said,
citing an unidentified former U.S. official who attended the
meeting. The North Korean side had proposed a visit by
U.S. nuclear inspectors, according to the report.
If confirmed, the talks would be the first direct contact
between the two sides since January, when New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson — a former U.N. ambassador — met
North Korea’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Han Song Ryol in
New Mexico.
Former Pres, warns
against war on Iraq
NEW YORK CITY —
Former President Jimmy
Carter says a unilateral
attack on Iraq would not
meet his criteria of a “just
war” and would violate
“basic religious principles”
and “respect for interna
tional law.”
In an opinion piece pub
lished in Sunday’s editions
of The New York Times,
Carter says the United
States has not exhausted all
options for a peaceful reso
lution to the Iraq crisis. He
says the Bush administra
tion has presented an
“unconvincing” case linking
the al-Qaeda terror network
to Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein and should more
aggressively seek interna
tional support.
“As a Christian and as a
president who was severely
provoked by international
crises, I became thoroughly
familiar with the principles
of a just war, and it is clear
that a substantially unilater
al attack on Iraq does not
meet these standards,”
Carter writes in the
editorial.
Carter says a war with
Iraq could destabilize the
Middle East and increase
the likelihood of terrorist
attacks.
“American stature will
surely decline further if we
launch a war in clear defi
ance of the United Nations,”
Carter writes. “But to use
the presence and threat of
our military power to force
Iraq’s compliance with all
United Nations resolutions
— with war as a final option
— will enhance our status as
a champion of peace and
justice.”
Survivor of plane
crash is discharged
ALBANY, N.Y. — The
youngest of the three broth
ers who survived after their
family’s plane crashed has
been discharged from a hos
pital, a spokesman said
Saturday.
The boys survived 18
hours on a snow-covered
mountain after the crash
last weekend that killed
their parents and two
siblings.
Two-year-old Ryan Ferris
was discharged from Albany
Medical Center on Friday,
but remained there with rel
atives who stayed to be with
his brothers, spokesman
Greg McGarry said.
His brothers, Jordan, 5,
and Tyler, 10, who both had
broken limbs, were upgrad
ed from serious to fair condi
tion, McGarry said. All three
boys suffered severe
hypothermia after the
March 2 crash in southwest
ern Massachusetts.
Their family was return
ing to Swanzey, N.H., from
Florida when their single-
engine Piper Cherokee Six
crashed, killing their moth
er, Tayne Ferris, and their
two brothers, Shawn and
Kyle. Their father, Ronald
Ferris, died at a hospital the
next day.
CIA suggests potential
attack by al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON — Al-
Qaeda operatives are plan
ning to strike at U.S. and
allied forces taking part in a
war in Iraq, according to
information acquired by
American intelligence agen
cies, counterterrorism offi
cials said Saturday.
The operatives are subor
dinates of Abu Musab
Zarqawi, whom CIA officials
describe as a senior associ
ate of Osama bin Laden.
The intelligence does not
suggest any kind of coordi
nation between the govern
ment of Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein and the al-
Qaeda operatives; instead
officials believe the terror
ists are looking to capitalize
on the chaos created by any
military conflict to strike at
American and allied troops.
A CIA report, passed to
senior government officials
last week, warned of the
potential strikes.
Doctors, lawyers argue
over malpractice caps
ATLANTA — Cole Allen
may never walk. The 5-year-
old boy uses a wheelchair
and isn’t able to bathe,
clothe or feed himself.
He was born with cere
bral palsy after major com
plications from a delivery.
Cole’s parents, Bill and Jeri
Allen of Carrolton, sued for
medical malpractice and
settled out of court for an
undisclosed amount.
The money will help pay
for a lifetime of speech,
occupational and physical
therapy. But it isn’t enough.
The Allens have had to bor
row money and both work
full-time to afford Cole’s
treatments.
The Allens and other
Georgians who have been
victims of medical malprac
tice are criticizing proposed
legislation that caps jury
awards for noneconomic
damages at $250,000.
Supporters say the legis
lation — which is still being
considered by a Senate
committee — is needed to
slow down skyrocketing
insurance premiums that
are hurting doctors, hospi
tals and nursing homes. But
victims and lawyers say
insurance companies — not
the handful of settlements
paid in the state — are to
blame for the higher rates.
— Associated Press
UGA Today
Announcements
>- Religion Colloquium,
sponsored by the Department of
Religion. Jonathan Holloway, an
associate professor of African
American Studies and History at
Yale University, will speak on
“The Politics of Cultural
Authenticity” in room 219A of
Peabody Hall at 3:30 p.m.
Information: 542-5356.
>- Visual Arts Lecture,
sponsored by the Lamar Dodd
School of Art. Rachel Blackburn,
of the Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art, will discuss
career development in Room 116
of the Visual Arts Building at 5:30
p.m. Information: 542-0069.
>- Meeting, University
Council Educational Affairs
Committee will hold its meeting
in Room 143 of the Tate Student
Center at 2 p.m.
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able.
Tanning season starts up
again
ELISSA EUBANKS | The Red £ Blace
▲ Sunshine Tan on Baxter Street is just one of the
many available tanning facilities in Athens.
Beds shown to
cause cancer
By ANNA FERGUSON
For The Red & Black
Spring break is right
around the corner and many
students are anxious to get a
head start on that golden
tan by going to a tanning
bed.
A study done at Indiana
University concluded that 92
percent of students had been
or continue to go to a tanning
bed, said the WebMD Web
site, (www.webmd.com).
Seventy-five percent of
those who use the beds said
they were aware of the dan
gers related to ultraviolet
rays used in tanning
beds, yet they still continue
to go, according to the Web
site.
“Despite adequate knowl
edge of the adverse effects of
ultraviolet (UV) exposure,
University students freely
and frequently use tanning
lamps,” said J. Matthew
Knight, a dermatology
researcher linked to this
study.
“Even though I know
tanning beds are bad for me
in the long run, the short
term effects are totally worth
it. I can't get tan by being out
in the sun, so I figure I am
sparing the world from deal
ing with my Casper-like legs,”
said Meg Lavelle, a freshman
from Saratoga, Calif.
Yet, golden tans can come
at a high price, since the UV-
rays emitted in the beds have
been linked to skin damages
such as cancer, wrinkles and
premature aging, said Dr.
Narendra Shah, of the East
Georgia Radiation Oncology
Center.
Not only do these rays
cause skin damage, they can
cause irreversible damage on
eyes.
The Federal Trade
Commission provided results
of studies to the WebMD Web
site, which said “studies show
that exposure to ultraviolet
rays can damage the retina.
Overexposure can burn the
cornea and lead to cataracts.
Left untreated, cataracts can
cause blindness.”
Though some people
assume closing their eyes,
using regular sunglasses or
cotton wads can prevent the
harsh rays from affecting
their eyes, this is a myth that
proves untrue, according the
Web site.
Shah said that individuals
on certain medications, such
as birth control pills, are at a
higher risk of harm from tan
ning beds.
Often, medications can
cause a harmful reaction to
the UV rays, such as acceler
ated burning, cold sores and
rashes, he said.
Not only do tanning beds
cause harm to the outside of
a person’s body, they can
cause damage to the immune
system, making it hard for a
body to heal itself, and it can
also cause long term scaring,
Shah said.
Tanning beds also are
linked to forms of
cancer such as malignant
melanoma, which can be
fatal.
“People who have fake
tans don’t really look healthy;
they look orange. Plus, in
forty years, they are really
going to regret going (to tan
ning beds) when their skin is
leather-like and cancerous,”
said Gregg Stevens, a junior
from Lawrenceville.
More information about
the risks of skin cancer and
tanning beds is available
at the University Health
Center.
“We have a wonderful
resource at the health center
on tanning — a notebook full
of related articles. I suggest
(those wanting further infor
mation) come to the Health
Promotion department on
the second floor and take a
look,” said Liz Rachun, the
Health Promotions director
for the University Health
Center.
Students get ready
for spring break
By JESSICA LEE REECE
jreece@randb.com
Sweat dripping off bronzed arms.
The smell of coconut saturating the air.
The fake bake season has begun.
Spring break is less than a week away
and students are packing into local tan
ning beds like sardines.
With 16 beds, Sunshine Tan is open
from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
They were booked solid all weekend.
“It starts about a month before
(spring break) and it doesn’t let up,”
said Kate Wolters, a senior from
Augusta and an employee at the Baxter
Street salon. “There is definitely an
increase.”
Silver Sun Tan USA #1 usually has 15
customers a day, said Mandy
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Sellers of the Southside store where she
works.
Now, they see about 150.
More than 1 million Americans visit
tanning beds each day, according to a
spokesperson for Wolff System
Technology, the company that claims
to have founded the tanning bed
industry.
Most women use tanning beds before
important events such as a formal, said
Beth Raley, an employee at Sunshine
Tan.
“When I’m pasty white after the win
ter and I have to wear something nice I
lay in the tanning beds,” said the
senior from Thompson. “I’m not
laying to just get dark for the
summer.”
Sunshine Tan runs a spring break
special for $17 until March 18 to attract
customers, Wolters said.
Most women are just coming to get a
base tan for spring break or “to look
good in a dress that exposes a lot of
skin,” said Raley.
After spring break there is usually
about a 30 percent decline in the num
ber of customers, she said.
Other students have opted for other
ways to fake the summer glow before
spring break.
Mandy Anglyn, a senior from
McDonough, said she switched to self
tanning to save money.
“My dad will pay for self-tanner but
he won’t pay for me to go to the tanning
bed,” Anglyn said.
Self-tanning costs her $40 less a
month, she said.
SELF-DEFENSE: Group offers defense training
>- From Page 1
“We teach people that when
they’re approached by
strangers, to take control of
the situation,” Gossett said.
“You don’t want to find out
what a stranger wants when
they’re within touching
distance.”
Yet, the program was not
designed to be used in the
event of terrorist attack, she
said.
“I think there are a lot of
organizations and products
that are being hocked to the
post Sept. 11 world,” she said.
“This will not protect you from
a biological or chemical attack
those are our
limitations.”
The program costs $495 per
day, but that depends on the
set-up and the company or
organization that is sponsor
ing the program, Gossett said.
Personal instruction costs
more.
There are 18 different
programs ranging from gener
al public instruction to a full-
day seminar on knife attacks,
Gossett said.
For more information, call
S.A.V.E.! International at
1-800-425-4536 or visit the Web
site at (www.save-
training.com).
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