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Thursday, April 25, 2002
Russian Diplomat Makes Rare Visit
By Will Arey
Staff Writer
The Russian Federation ambassador
to the United States spoke on campus
Wednesday about how relations between
the two countries have improved and
about an ongoing partnership between
UNC and a top Russian university.
Yuri Ushakov, Russian ambassador
to the United States since January 1999,
spoke for about 30 minutes to a crowd
ed audience in Carroll Hall.
In his talk, titled “U.S. - Russian
Relations Before and After Sept. 11,"
Ushakov focused on the improved rela
tions between the United States and
Russia since the terrorist attacks.
Ushakov said many Russians saw the
attacks as a national tragedy of their own.
He identified Sept. 11 as a turning point
between the two countries, and he empha
Helms May Undergo Heart Surgery This Week
Sen. Jesse Helms' health
problems have caused him
to miss Senate sessions for
the third time in two years.
The Associated Press
Sen. Jesse Helms will receive open
heart surgery at a Maryland hospital as
early as this week to replace an artificial
valve installed 10 years ago, his aides said.
The 80-year-old Republican will con
tinue undergoing tests Wednesday at the
National Naval Medical Center in
Bethesda, Md., where he was admitted
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sized that any discussions on the lasting
implications of the Cold War were moot.
“More than once in the past decade, the
Cold War has been declared dead," he
said. “The tragedies of Sept. 11 have put
the Cold War forever in the past.”
While Ushakov identified Russia as a
main contributor and ally for the United
States in its continuing war on terrorism,
he said thought, not emotion, should be
the guiding factor in any plan of action.
“Our actions should not be guided by
emotion, but should be closely guided
by the U.N.," he said.
Ushakov said improved U.S. relations
with Russia would promote greater coop
eration on other fronts as well. He specif
ically mentioned the situation in Palestine
as one in which both the United States
and Russia could make a great impact.
“Russia and the U.S. were long plagued
by ideological differences, but now we
Monday after feeling tired and weak
over the weekend.
“He checked in several times
throughout the day,” Helm’s Chief of
Staff Jimmy Broughton said Tuesday.
“He sounds just fine. He's not groggy or
anything.”
The worn-out valve is on the left side of
his heart between the lower and upper
chambers and pumps oxygenated blood
into the rest of his body. The problem
valve is the pig valve doctors used to
replace Helms' mitral valve in 1992,
Broughton said. The mortality rate from
valve surgery generally ranges from 2 per
cent to 5 percent, said Alan Wasserman, a
cardiologist and chairman of the
both want peace and security,” he said.
Ushakov spoke briefly about a part
nership between UNC and the Moscow
State University for International
Relations. The institutional relationship,
coordinated at UNC by Germanic lan
guages Professor David Pike, has been
in effect for four years.
Pike, an organizer of Ushakov’s
speech, said the agreement encourages
interaction between the two schools and
the two countries.
Pike identified Moscow State
University as the “Russian Harvard”
and said it was a great honor to have
Ushakov speak at UNC. “This is a rare
occasion,” Pike said. “The ambassador
rarely travels, so it is a wonderful dis
tinction to have him visit UNC.”
Ushakov, an alumnus of Moscow
State University, also said being the
Russian ambassador to the United States
Department of Medicine at George
Washington University, who isn't treating
Helms. Helms could remain in the hospi
tal a week or longer after the surgery and
could spend weeks more recuperating.
Helms likely will choose between
another tissue valve - taken from a pig
- or a mechanical one, which is often
risky because such valves require blood
thinners to prevent blood clots. The
downside to pig valves is that they wear
out after 10 years, Wasserman said.
Helms was sent to the hospital after
seeing the Senate physician Monday.
Helms, who plans to retire in January
2003 after 30 years in the Senate, has
missed Senate business on two other
News
is often a hectic, if not frustrating, job.
“Being Russian ambassador to the
United States often resembles riding a
roller coaster,” he said. “There are con
tinuous twists and turns, ups and downs,
and the speed of the events is super-fast.”
Ushakov’s speech was sponsored by
the Office of the Provost, die School of
Journalism and Mass Communication
and the University Center for
International Studies.
Victoria Shields, an assistant to former
UNC-system President Bill Friday, said
she was interested in hearing the remarks
of Ushakov because of his prominence.
“He’s a high-level ambassador for
Russia, a country putting itself back
together,” she said. “It could be a very
important ally.”
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occasions in the past two years because of
health problems. He was hospitalized in
October 2000 after coming down with a
serious case of pneumonia. And what
aides described as “a bad head cold” kept
Helms in Raleigh last December during
the waning days of the Senate session. He
then had fluid drained from his lungs.
The most recent public assessment by
a doctor was released by his office in
February 2001. At that time, Dr. John
Eisold, the attending physician to
Congress, pronounced Helms “in good
health.” Helms announced in August
2001 that his fifth term would be his last,
citing a desire to spend more time with
his family during his twilight years.
Developments in the War on Terrorism
FBI Warns Agents of More Attacks
■ The FBI has quietly warned its agents nationwide
of unconfirmed information from a captured 111 p TlCd
senior al-Qaida official that terrorists may be planning • Ctt
attacks against supermarkets or shopping centers, I tiiCKS
law enforcement officials said Wednesday. * '* * s
Fighting Erupts South of Kabul
■ Factional fighting erupted Wednesday in southern Afghanistan after one local police
commander arrested another and locked him in a shipping container for five days,
the provincial intelligence chief said.
No Anthrax Threat Found at Army Lab
■ Additional testing at Fort Detrick after an accidental leak of anthrax spores from a
laboratory found no new areas of dangerous contamination, a post spokesman said.
But the sampling did find a type of anthrax spores that can’t cause the disease, he said.
Campus Calendar
Today
noon - The Office of the Provost
invites you to meet with the architects
from Polshek Partnership who are plan
ning the Arts Common. Three mem
bers of the firm will be in the Pit until 1
p.m. Find out about the planning
process and help shape the future of the
Arts Common.
8 p.m. - Following tonight’s produc
tion of “Twelve Angry Men,”
Company Carolina will be hosting a
round-table discussion on the criminal
court system with Raleigh lawyers Benji
Taylor Jones arid Bryan McGann from
the law firm of Smith, Anderson,
go to dailytarheel.com
■ Teach-In Explores Israeli,
Palestinian Conflict ■
By Eshanthi Ranasinghe
■ U.S. Officials to Push
Colleges to Boost
Graduation Rate ■
By Cleve R. Wootson, Jr.
uJljp Sailg (Tar Hppl
Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell, &Jemigan,
LLP. The show is in 203 Bingham Hall;
student price is $5, general public is SB.
Friday
10 a.m. - The Orange County
chapter of the American Red Cross’
Bloodmobile will be at the School of
Medicine’s Berryhill Hall until 2:30
p.m. For an appointment, please e-mail
Benny Joyner at
Benny_joyner@unc.edu. Each donor
receives a Chick-fil-A coupon and a
Domino’s coupon. Remember, every
pint can save up to three lives!
8 p.m. - Pauper Players’ spring
musical, “Once Upon A Mattress,” will
take place today through Monday, April
29. Friday through Sunday performances
are at 8 p.m., Monday performance is at
8:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in
the Pit the week before show. This play
is a musical version of the classic fairy
tale “Princess and the Pea.”
For the Record
In the April 24 article “Low Vote
Count Stops Fee Increase,” it was
incorrectly reported that students
voted 241 to 176 to raise the student
activity fee $ 16.50.
Students voted to raise the student
activity fee to $ 16.50.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
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