- _ _.... _..___. I The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 31, 1984 - Page 3 Break-ups bum women out more, study says BOSTON (AP) - Women are more likely than men to suf- fer physical and emotional problems from the breakup of a romance, even when they do the jilting, a psychological study concludes. Dr. Robin Akert of Wellesley College surveyed 344 college students about their heartaches. Not surprisingly, she found their level of misery depended a lot on whether they initiated the break-up, were dumped, or reached a mutual agreement to split up, she said. But in all cases, the business was usually more traumatic for women. "I'M NOT saying that men are callous and cruel, that they aren't hurt at all and blithely go on with their lives," said Akert. "But it does look like women are more upset, no mat- ter what role they are in." Both men and women often feel wretched when they get jilted. But the women tended to have more trouble adjusting to the split, regardless of who called it quits. They suffered more unhappiness, lineliness, depression, and especially, anger, than did men. T1hey also were more apt to sleep too much or too little, lose their appetite or overeat, or suffer stomach aches, headaches,and other physical woes. THE UNPUBLISHED research, presented in part at a meeting of the American Psychological Association, was based on a survey of 171 men and 173 women. It found, for example, that 49 percent of the women who terminated a relationship - the "breakers" - suffered physical ills af- terward, compared with 26 percent of the men who made the break. Among those who got dumped, 88 percent of the women and 76 percent of the men remembered these sym- ptoms. The study also found that the women liked to spend more time than men talking over the impending split with their mates. And the women also were interested in staying on friendly terms, while the men, in general, were not. 'Men have a different approach to this than women," Akert said Monday. "It might be healthier to get your life started again. Women's strategy might cause them more pain." WHY WOMEN suffer more at the end of an affair was not clear. However, Akert speculated, "To some extent, it may be part of the female sex role. Women are supposed to be the nurturers, the ones who are in charge of the relationship. "Men value relationships very much," she added, "but I think that when they end, the loss is taken more philosophically by men, whereas women may place more on their self-esteem in their relationships." Akert said it's possible that the women surveyed were sim- ply more willing to acknowledge how bad they felt when af- fairs ended, but she doesn't believe that the men are being macho and don't want to admit to it, she said. "The fact that the male breakees are admitting to all kinds of symptoms that aren't terribly macho leads me to think that they really are reporting accurately." Associated Press Artesian earthquake Although it looks like Parisians are watching an earthquake hit their city, they are actually admiring a fountain-sculp- ture called "Embacle" created by Canadian sculptor Charles Daudelin. 'U' may vote on suicide pills (Continued from Page 1) A NEW campus organization, Students Against Nuclear Suicide (SANS) is sponsoring the referendum. SANS was organized to increase awareness on the nuclear issue and to have people equate nuclear war with suicide, said Brown organizer Jason Salzman. They seek to offer an option to those who prefer suicide to suffering the consequences of nuclear fallout, he said, adding that the group emphasizes that the suicide pills can only be used in the event of a nuclear war and that the use of the pills is optional. The group hopes to get the suicide pill proposal on the ballot in next April's MSA election. THE REFERENDUM is non-binding, therefore, even if the students pass the resolution, the University does not have to act on it. SANS has arranged for Salzman to fly to the University next week to speak to an r ngnisthclass. The University of Colorado, mean- while, is voting on the same referen- dum this week during their school elec tions yesterday and today. "We're get- ting a large voter turnout," said Jill Hanauer, student body president. "Seven hundred ninety students within the first three hours voted. This is only from one of four ballot locations on campus, too." THE ISSUE is a particularly sen- sitive issue at the University of Colorado which is located only nine miles from Rocky Flats Arsenal, the plant which manufactures all the nation's platunium triggers. Rallies protesting the nuclear movement will be held this Friday on college campuses nationwide. The University will not be participating in this rally, however, because the group has not had time to organize, said Karen Mysliwiec, LSA senior and spokesperson from SANS. Also last night, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling for the University to increase minority representation on campus. Although the Universtiy published a report citing an increase in black students on campus, the increase only accounts for .2%. This is* an insignificant increase in black student enrollment," reported Roderick Linzie, MSA's black student researcher. The law school and medical school show most of the increase in black enrollment. Report froN Number One W aI Street Attention: MBA Candidates TO make it big n bankiung you have to be in the right place at the right time. Irving Trust, one of the largest banks in the US, boasts the human, financial and technological resources to make a significant impact on the future of the banking industry. 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Speakers Russian & East European Studies-Brown bag, Sandra Gubin, "Soviet Policies Towards the Elderly," noon, Lane Hall Commons. Computing Center-"Introduction to Textform, Part II: Textform Macros," 3:30 p.m., 177 Business Administration Building. Linguistics-Vitalij Shevoroshkin, "On the Genetic Classification of Languages," 4:10 p.m., 3050 Frieze Building. Dental Research Institute-Thomas Ford, "An Examination of Tissue Reac- tion to Materials & Its Relation to Seal," 4 p.m., 1033 Kellogg. Chemistry-Gary Callen, "Amine Claisen Rearrangements," 4 p.m., 1300 Chemistry Building. Comparative Literature-Claude Richard, "Quantity & Quality in Contem- porary Fiction: Sarraute, Robbe-Grillet, Barth, Pynchon," 4:10 p.m., 411 Mason Hall. Anatomy & Cellular Biology-Anne Young, "Neurotransmitter Receptors in Basal Ganglia & Huntington's Disease," noon, 5732 Medical Science II. Statistics-James Berger, "Testing a Point Null Hypothesis: Are Error Probabilities Reasonable Measures of Accuracy?" 4 p.m., 451 Mason Hall. Industrial & Operations Engineering-James Ho, "Recent Advances in the Decomposition Approach to Linear Programming," 4 p.m., 421 IOE Building. Biological Sciences-Lawrence Heaney, "Island Biogeography of Mammals in Southeast Asia: or What (If Anything) Do We Mean by Equilibrium," 4 p.m., 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Transcendental Meditation Center-Introductory lecture, 8 p.m., 528 W. Liberty. Meetings Academic Alcoholics-1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Ann Arbor Support Group for Farm Labor Organizational Committee-5:30 p.m., 4318 Union. Science Fiction Club-Stilyagi Air Corps, 8:15 p.m., League. Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship--Bp.m., 225 Angell Hall. ACS/Student Affiliates-Meeting for those interested in chemistry, 5 p.m., 3005 Chemistry Building. Entrepreneurs Club-General meeting, 6:30 p.m., 130 Business Ad- ministration Building. Miscellaneous Student Wood & Craft Shop-Powertool safety class, 6 p.m., 537 SAB. Near East & North African Studies-Video, "Hyenas Under the Sun, Part II," (in Arabic), noon, Video Viewing Room, MLB Language Lab. CEW-Course, "Step Before the Job Search," 7 p.m., 350 S. Thayer. Business Administration-Course, "Strategies in Sales Management for Robbery attempted An 89-year-old Ann Arbor woman was. the victim of an attempted robbery at ap-. proximately 3:00 p.m. Monday in the parking area of a Farmer Jack's grocery store on West Stadium Boulevard, said Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Jan Suomala. The victim was approached by what she described as a young Mexican female, who claimed to know the elderly woman from a doctor's office and asked the victim whether she suf- fered from arthritis, Suomala said. When the older woman responded af- firmatively, the other woman told her to remove her rings so she could demonstrate a hand massage technique used to alleviate pain, he said. 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