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Wcdnejdavn: t. OELU r (?IEAJb, ~JS RECALL IAJ EPfSObE 'ou w NATION ■dnesday, January 26, 2000 THE BATTALION Page 7 lian’s grandmothers return to uba after failing to meet with him EXCEPT FQt -a ! r't, I HE PSf : GPOMWE$ CHASNG L'iM \A/rrU -h 1 - hll I /Vi i p Tp* .iV i fMTt MIAMI (AP) — Elian Gonzalez’s grandmothers flew to iami on Monday in hopes of meeting with their 6-year-old andson before they return to Cuba, but the women left wn without seeing the boy because of a dispute over the sjte of the get-together. The boy’s maternal grandmother, Raquel Rodriguez, and Bitemal grandmother, Mariela Quintana, nunned an invitation to have dinner Mon- dpy night at the home of Elian’s relatives in Miami, who insisted the meeting take place there. I The grandmothers w anted to meet pri- Ktely w ith Elian at a neutral site. Alter lly- Hg in from New York, they spent about five Bnirs at the airport before departing for VLishington. I Some of Elian’s Miami relatives were planning to travel to Washington as well. I The grandmothers left Miami while a group including Elian’s two great-uncles and Rodriguez’s sister were heading to meet the women at the airport. They did not bring Elian along, and Spencer 1 ig, an attorney for the Miami relatives. Stud they were told the grandmothers had no interest in meet ing w ith the great-uncles. I “Elian is disappointed,” Eig said. “1 know the grand- nu’thers are disappointed. The situation is heartbreaking for tiu Gonzalezes.” I The Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Coun cil of Churches, who sponsored the women’s trip, said the grand mothers were scared to come to Miami because of protests by GONZALEZ Cuban-Americans who want Elian to stay in the United States. “They were frightened. They see the thousands of people here in Miami marching and protesting and you can imagine as very simple, loving, caring grandparents that they would be frightened to come,” Edgar said. Edgar said the women were willing to return to Miami, or go anywhere else, to meet with Elian as long as there is agreement on a neutral location for a visit. The Miami relatives have been caring for Elian since he was found clinging to an inner tube off the Florida coast on Nov. 25. His mother and 10 other Cubans died in their ill-fated attempt to reach the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has ruled that Elian must be sent back to Cuba to live with his fa ther, but the Miami family is suing in federal court to block the boy’s return. In a letter to the INS, an attorney for the Miami family said a dinner at the home of Lazaro Gonzalez—Quintana’s brother-in- law and Elian’s great-uncle — would let the grandmothers “see and feel for themselves how well Elian is doing and how much he wishes to remain in the United States.” Elian had spoken by telephone with his father in Cuba and was excited as he prepared for his grandmothers’ arrival, family spokesperson Armando Gutierrez said. The family had bought cameras so Elian could take pictures of his grandmothers, the spokesperson said. Gutierrez said the family would only allow the meeting to take place at the home. “This is where they live. This is where Elian lives,” Gutier rez said. “No budging on that.” THURSDAY NIGHT LADIES NIGHT Free Cover Ladies ALL NIGHT 50<f Pints ALL NIGHT s l-Longnecks 5 1-Well Drinks s 1.5 0-Crown Til 11:00 FRIDAY & SATURDAY s 1.25 Kazi & Sex on the Beach Shots ALL NIGHT $ 1-Well Drinks $ l-Longnecks Til 10:30 $ 1-Off cover with College ID EVERY NIGHT Rodeo 2000-WHERE WE ALWAYS SELL A GOOD TIME 1600 B South College 823-6111 t BARRf [Father banned sat son’s school Mental patients less prone to severe heart surgeries IT n Wholesale Marl ALLEGAN. Mich. (AP) — A fa- ■her who went nose-to-nose with his Ison’s high school basketball coach in la dispute over his shouting directions ■from the bleachers has been banned ■from school grounds and road games. The school board decision Mon- Iday to discipline Sam Grigg has split ■the Allegan High School team. Some ■players are writing Grigg’s initials on ■their shoes, while others are writing ■hose of the coach, Marty Martins. According to witnesses, Grigg was ■shouting encouragement and direction ito his son, Shawn, during a Jan. 7 road game when Martins told Shawn to ^top looking into the stands or risk be ing benched. H After the game, (irigg approached AJartins and an argument broke out. IMartins, a 6-foot-4 former football player, pointed his finger close to the jp-foot-S Grigg, who pushed the ■coach’s hand away, The Grand Rapids jgPress reported Tuesday. Superinten- Ident John Van Nieuwenhuyzen said Grigg gave them no choice. “I felt that there was no action on the part of the coach that required physical confrontation. It’s totally im permissible,” he said. Grigg said Monday: “I feel sor ry that 1 did it. I know it was wrong. I’d love to see me and Mr. Martins shake hands and get things like they were before. 1 want to see my son play ball.” CHICAGO (AP) — A study of 113,000 heart attack victims found that people with mental illnesses are much less likely to receive a bypass, angio plasty or other common, aggressive treatments. Previous research has found similar disparities in cardiac treatment for women and blacks. The researchers in the new study suggested that for the men tally ill, bias among doctors is at play. The study was published in Wednes day’s Journal of the American Medical Association. The authors re viewed data on Medicare recipi ents nationwide ages 65 and older who were hospital- " . . . are people treated different ly medically as a result of some thing other than the medical dis- order?” ized for heart at tacks in 1994 and 1995. Of those, 5,365 had been di- agnosed with men tal disorders such as schizophrenia, de pression and substance abuse. The researchers examined what pro cedures the patients received, including cardiac catheterization — the “gold stan dard” diagnostic test for heart disease. It involves squirting dye into cardiac arter ies and X-raying them to locate block ages and determine whether treatments such as angioplasty or bypass surgery should follow. Mental patients were 28 percent less likely to undergo catheterization, 25 per cent less likely to undergo angioplasty — in which a tiny balloon is inflated in side an artery to clear away fatty buildup — and 32 percent less likely to have by pass surgery. There were no significant differ ences in the death rates for both groups within 30 days of hos pital admission. However, Druss said that finding is not as important as possible differences in the long-term outcome. The study did not look beyond 30 days. The researchers said possible reasons for the treatment dis parities include the attitudes of mental patients and the doctors who treat them. Dr. Roy Ziegelstein, a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Cen ter in Baltimore, said the study “raises an incredibly important issue, and that is, are people treated differently med ically as a result of something other than the medical disorder?” — Dr. Roy Ziegelstein Johns Hopkins cardiologist MSC E.L. Miller Science andTechnology Committee Join one of the newest MSC committees! From the history of spaceflight to the cutting edge of forensic science, from biological weapons to the impact of the ComputerAge on society, this committee will address a wide range of science and technology issues with entertaining as well as educational programming. Informational Meeting: Thursday, January 27th 6:00 p.m. MSC 146 Leadership positions available involving web design, event planning, marketing, public relations and financial development activities*! <k * Glasses and a laptop are not required. For more information, please call 845-7625. 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