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TWO/Tile Press/Friday. November 4, 1988 News Briefs on campus The Educational Policies Committee is consider- ing American Sign Language as a foreign language to fulfill the foreign language requirement at Cort- land. If you are interested in this, please show your support by contacting Dr. McDoweii-Loudan, chairperson of the EPC, at Cornish 3 I 8, or calling x-2485. The Employee Assistance Program needs your help. In order to get ideas for programs and in order to get publicity out on programs, and gain support for our programs, we must have committee participants from each campus building. The E. A.P. Committee does not deal with the confiden- tial support and referral service open to all campus employees. The Committee deals strictly with pro- gramming, grant writing, writing and distributing a newsletter, bringing events and speakers to campus, etc. If you are interested in helping and can attend a monthly meeting, please call Rev Heath at 4828, Betty-Lou lsaf at 2222 or Sharon Boyce at 2206. Thank you! If you are a senior or recent college graduate with a major in Mathematics, a Science, or English you may be eligible to join MESTEP. The Math English Science Technology Education Project i~ a iS-month program that could start your career through paid internships and/or courses toward a master's degree or teaching certification. For more information see the Education Section in Room B7, VanHoesen, Career Resource Library. international Christian Science Monitor Moscow Soviet officials said they will start liquidating un- profitable businesses and farms to bolster the na- tion's economy and overcome a budget deficit ex- pected to reach $58 billion next year. The announcement was made as the Supreme Soviet legislature gathered in Moscow for a two-day session on a 1989 development plan and $804 billion government budget. Finance Minister Boris Gostev admitted the government of Soviet leader Gor- bachev is finding it difficult t() bring deficit spen- ding under control. Punta del Este, Uruguay Presidents of Latin American nations that grow th raw material for cocaine want tougher action against so-called first-world producers of the chemicals that convert plants into dangerous drugs. Officials said that the drug topic would be high on the agenda for the Latin American summit scheduled. The conference was to be formally open- ed by Uruguayan President Julio Sanguinetti and attended by his counterparts from Asrgentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Washington Members of the House Armed Services Commit- tee urged President Reagan to take drastic steps to ensure the safe operation of the nuclear weapons manufacturing complex, particularly the Savannah River Plant where reactors have been closed for safety reasons. Thirty-one representatives, in letters to Mr. Reagan and Energy Secretary John Herrington, urged the administrati?r:t . to move quickly to ~p point the Nuclear FacJhties Safety Board, wh1ch Congress ordered created this fall to oversee the . troubled weapons complex. \'I '. Start practicing for the real world. l'sing an IB~1'~ Personal System/l~' computer to help you succ~Pd in college can also preparr- vou to suc~ef'd in a c~r. Because chances are, ~er you grdduate, you'll bP working on an ffil\1 <'omputer. So the IBM PS/2 is the perft\d investment.· h ean help you organi1..e your notes, write and wvise papers., produce high-quality grdphies, and more. And not only is it easy to learn and use., but if Pligihle, you 'II get up to 40°1<l off. Get a head start by working now on the computer you \U probably bf' working on later. For more information or to place an order; please contact: Robert Wheeler 24 Miller Administration Bldg. --- ---- --- ...._._ - _. - - ---- --- - -- --- --~-- ----·-· ••• ,. '•!:! '· .... f'• ,,, '1-'1 \11• •