STUDENTS WILLING, SPIRITS ARE WEAK The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 21, 1980-Page 3 A Smoke BY ANN MARIE FAZIO An anti-cancer society asked people to stop smoking for a day for their own good, while a group concerned about world hunger asked that people stop eating for a day to recognize the problems of others. At least among studen- ts, however, neither ploy appeared to be very successful yesterday. Most students questioned about their com- pliance pleaded ignorance of the campaigns rather than any lack of willpower. THE AMERICAN CANCER Society's 4th Annual Great American Smokeout asked that smokers give up cigarettes from midnight to midnight in hopes that it would entice them to quit permanently. "The most important thing is to pick a day . _ out, fas (to quit), stick to that day, and quit," said Don Backhaus, an American Cancer Society spokesman. He said the publicity of the event alone makes it effective by raising the con- ] sciousness of the 54 million American smokers 1 who are the target of the campaign.1 Twenty-five percent of all cancer deaths are estimated to be related to cigarette smoking, but health isn't the only reason to quit, accor-r ding to the Cancer Society. The society said several life insurance companies offer reduc- t tions on premiums for non-smokers.; TIPS FROM the Cancer Society for quitting include switching to cigarette brands with lower nicotine levels, announcing to friends c your definite plans to quit, and taking long showers where it is impossible to smoke I marginally successful whenever the urge hits. While the Cancer Society urged smokers to quit their habit for at least a day, an anti- hunger group urged people accustomed to the habit of eating to give up that ritual for 24 hours. Oxfam America's 6th Annual Fast for a World Harvest was designed by the non-profit relief and development agency to "dramatize what 500 million people go through every day of their lives," according to Alan Tucker, a spokesman for Ann Arbor's Committee Con- cerned with World Hunger. "THE FAST IS a symbolic gesture to show our concern," Tucker said. But most students continued to keep their bellies full while the smokers for the most part r kept smoking. When asked about the smokeout, many students who were smoking said they didn't know anything about the event. Some said they would quit for the rest of the day after learning. about it. SEVERAL STUDENT smokers said they knew about the Smokeout but did not plan to stop for the day. "It's like people who only go to church on Christmas. Why bother?" one woman said. State Discount and Marshalls Drugs clerks said they hadn't noticed a reduction in cigaret- te sales yesterday, but both employees said the stores have been running cigarette sales since last week. EVEN FEWER students seemed to know about the fast. The food service directors for West Quad, Betsy Barbour, and South Quad residence halls said they noticed no djfference in the number of students eating at the dor- mitory cafeterias. Both Tucker and Rose Siri, members of the Ann Arbor Society of Friends, said it was dif- ficult to organize a campus-wide fast, par- ticularly in the dormitories. They explained that too much advance planning would have to be done in advance of any such event. The only organized event connected with the fast, according to Tucker, was a pot luck dinner at the Wesley Foundation. Persons who had been fasting during the day broke the fast there and shared with each other the experience of being hungry, she said. Police notes Owner stakes out store Armed with a .38-caliber handgun, the owner of a Kerrytown meat market waited in the darkness of his store just before midnight Tuesday. Several times during the past few weeks, sums of $15 and $30 had disappeared over- night from the cooler where it was hid- den-he figured whomever had been stealing his money would be back. Sure enough, at 11:30 p.m. the door of the meat market at 407 N. Fifth Avenue opened. A burglar went straight to the cooler; jimmied the lock open, and took out some cash, police said yesterday. The suspect lunged at the owner with a screwdriver after being challenged by him. The owner shot the suspected burglar in the arm, then called the police and an ambulance. The suspect, a 21-year-old Ann Arbor resident, was reported in fair condition at University Hospital yesterday. No warrant has been issued following the incident, pending review by the prosecutor's office, Sgt. Harold Tinsey. said. Bully steals bicycle An unidentified bully stole a 14-year- old boy's bicycle Wednesday after pun- ching the youth in the face and stomach, police said. The young bicyclist was riding down East Stadium Boulevard when the hoodlum; described as about 18-years- old, told the boy to get off the bike. Ann Arbor schools LISTEN8&WATCH a bSCOTCH scrap busing proposalIa By GREG DAVIS The Ann Arbor School Board, after several hours of heated discussion, voted 5-4 early yesterday morning to scrap plans to follow state guidelines for student racial balance by means of busing. The board decision scrapped almost four years of debate on how the school district should accomplish racial desegregation in Ann Arbor schools. CONSERVATIVE members of the board stymied liberal attempts to retain the essence of a June 25 resolution that called for "forced busing for racial balance," according to board trustee John Heald. He called the June resolution a "blind attempt to meet state racial guidelines.". The board, in .an amendment to the resolution, said the school district should concentrate on improving educational opportunities for students by investigating problem areas in in- dividual schools and classrooms. Trustee Lana Pollack said the board "must act on our values," and that the new resolution is not an effective program for desegregation. "Kids suf- fer in white schools," Pollack said, ad- ding that it is "presumptuous" to assume only black-impacted schools suffer from the effects of segregation. POLLACK AND Trustee Kathleen Dannemiller provided most of the op- position to the amendment to the June resolution, offering a number of'coun- ter-amendments in wording similar to the original document. Most of these amendments also failed by 5-4 margins. Some board members expressed con- fusion over the meaning of some parts of the June resolution, and said there was no proof that education in the school district is suffering from the current racial balance. Paul Weinhold, author of the resolution adopted at yesterday's meeting, was criticized by some board members for preparing the document without more discussion. Daily Classif ieds Get Results ! 1"T tA&4JI. (313) 662-314 Vfl~lflM211 E.Hurotj EDUCATIONAL CENTER TEST PREPARATION / ( 19 C T L F 8 SrECIAUISTSSINCE 1938 CALL TOLL fREE 8 0- 3 8 The Bettmann Archive C1980 Beer Brewed by Miller Brewin cn Milw akee Wis HAPPENINGS- FILMS AAFC-American Gigolo, 7, 9p.m., MLB 4. Cinema Guild-Scenes from a Marriage, 7, 9 p.m., Lorch Hall Aud. Cinema II-The Long Goodbye, 7, 9:15 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. Gargoyle Films-Pink Flamingoes, 7, 9p.m., 100 Hutchins Hall. A-V Services-Detour, You See, I've Had a Life, 12:10 p.m., SPH II Aud. Mediatries-Escape from Alcatraz, 7:30,9:45 p.m., Nat. Sci. AUd. International Center'-The Kingdom of the Netherlands, 8 p.m., MLB 3, in- person narration by Russ Potter. PERFORMANCES Musical Society-"Carnival of Trinidad," 8 p.m., Power Center. Residential College-Plays, "Sgnarlle of the Imaginary Cuckhold," "The Proposal," 8p.m., East Quad. School of Music-Wind Ensemble, H. Robert Reynolds, cond., 8 p.m., Hill Aud. School of Music Opera Theatre-"The Counsel," Gustav Meier, cond., 8 p.m., Mendelssohn Theatre. Theatre and Drama-"The Eccentricities of a Nightengale," 8 p.m., Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Bldg. UAC-Comedy Troupe, "Sunday Funnies," 8 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. School of Music-"Walkaout," 8p.m., Dance Studio A. Eclipse Jazz-Ronald Shanna on Jackson and the Decoding Society, 8, 10:30 p.g., University Club, Michigan Union. SPEAKERS Arch. and Urban Planning-Bill Martin, Bag lunch lecture, noon, 2104 AAB. Guild House-Bret Eynon, "Reagan, Reich, and the Nuclear Family," lec- ture, noon, 802 Monroe. W. European Studies-Richard Evans, "Rituals of Retribution: Capital Punishment in Prussia 1794-1945," noon, 5208 Angell. Ind. and Operations Engin.=O. L. Mangasarian, "The Linear Program- ming Problem as a Minimization Problem on the Nonnegative Orthant of the Entire Euclidean Space," 3 p.m., 246 W. Engin. WUOM/WVGR Lecture-Harold T. Shapiro, "The Michigan Outlook for 1981," WUOM radio, 10:15 a.m. Engineering-Trevor Mudge, "'Topics in Parallel Processing," 3 p.m., 2077 East Engineering. Wholistic Health Council-Gloria Kamler, "Polar Energetics: Self-Help Exercises," 7:30 p.m., 602 E. Huron. Hillel-Oneg Shabbat with Jonathan Omer-man, "True Believers and False Messiahs: The Story of Jewish Messianic Movements," 8 p.m., 1429 Hill. 'MEETINGS Ann Arbor Chinese Bible Class-7:30 p.m., U. Reformed Church, Huron at Fletcher. MISCELLANEOUS International Student Fellowship-Dinner, Bible Study, 6:30 p.m., 4100 Nixon Road, for ride call 994-4669. Hillel-Shabbat Services: COns. and Orth., 4:45 p.m.; Reformed, 7 p.m.; dinner, 6:15 p.m., reservations by Friday noon, 1429 Hill. Rec. Sports-International Rec. Program, 7 p.m., Coliseum. U. Duplicate Bridge Club-Game, 7:30 p.m., Henderson Room, Michigan League. > /% >u~,~ -444'x Now comes Mle ie