The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 26, 1986 -Page 3 Bracelets weave friends, trends By ELIZABETH ATKINS "Friendship bracelets," thin, thick, and every imaginable combination of colors, are a hot trend on campus this fall. The decorative creations adorn students' wrists and ankles, symbolizing friendship or trendiness. The bracelets seem to be just a trend, but Nancy Elias of Orchid Lane, a State Street shop specializing in South American clothing and goods, says they're often worn for a more "powerful" reason. "A LOT of people now wear them to show American support for Central American people, " she said. Elias , who has lived and studied in South America, said Guatemalan children make and sell the bracelets. The bracelets probably originated in remote areasof South America, Elias said. She said an isolated culture in the jungle of Peru on the Amazon River was discovered in the late 1940s in which the men made the bracelets and wore them for decoration. Others claim the bracelets mark the wearer as a "dead- head," a follower of the Grateful Dead rock group. An anonymous East Quad resident said she could only find a dark-colored bracelet she had been looking for at a Grateful Dead concert. She said she likes the group's music, but would not call herself a "dead- head." LSA FRESHMAN Marybeth Reavis calls the bracelets "friendship bracelets." She said &tt31 U09 friends in high school taught her how to make them using embroidery floss, so now she makes them herself. They're made like macrame, she said, while other students reported making them from telephone wire. Reavis said friends who exchange the bracelets make a wish and tie them onto their wrists with a knot. When the bracelets break or fall off, Reavis said, the wish is supposed to come true. Wearing five pastel-colored bracelets on her wrist and two more on her ankle, LSA freshman Jennifer Meyer admitted the bracelets are simply a fad, but said it's special to her when a friend puts the time and energy into giving her one. Many students, saying they are just following the trend, sported the colorful bracelets for no particular reason. Others are skeptical of the trend. Engineering sophomores' Steve Woroniecki and Corey, Erickson agreed wrist bracelets are "alright," but that ankle bracelets are strictly for strange people on the beach. r m Tuesday Lunch Lectures CURRENT WORLD ISSUES: AN UPDATE 12 Noon ' At The International Center - 603 E. Madison St. September 30: "Israel and the Palestinians" Speaker: DR. ANTHONY SULLIVAN, Director, Near East Support Services Sponsored by the. ECUMENICAL CAMPUS CENTER Don't Forget Daily Photo by JAE KIM Bible reading 101 .Waving a Bible, "Preacher Mike" lectures to students lounging on the grad haven for voicing moral messages. steps. ' tie Diag is his afternoon ,,, 'T-bear bi By LYNNE CHAPMAN Julie Lightenon, LSA (sophomore, innocently strolled ,dwn the Mosher-Jordan halls l'uesday wearing a ruffled floral flannel nightgown and a pink -bow in her hair. She carried a ather whip and a teddy bear. heryl Williamson, engineering sophomore, was at her heels equipped with cookies and milk. )The two women then went to ,tuck in the men of third Jordan.' The students were :participating in a "tuck-in" ;organized by their resident advisers as a way to meet-new people. The women of fourth osher's end and wing brought everything from popcorn and .coolers to whips and stuffed frogs to entertain the men, who reported ,that they slept well that evening. ,To determine their "tuckees," the women had picked names at random from sign-up sheets posted i-the bathrooms. Upon arriving at third end and " " r igade tucks In MoJo0 wing, around 11:30 p.m., the sported sunglasses and held a women were greeted with dim beer can. "This is an experience lights, soft music - including that may change my political George Winston and 'Pillow views," joked Vostal with a big Talk'- the scent of Polo cologne, grin. and smiling young men clad in robes. Nursing sophomores Cheryl Lightenon greeted LSA junior Drongowski and Laura Stuckey John Simms, a resident adviser, treated engineering freshman by snapping her whip, saying Jeff Jakubowicz and his "John, it's bedtime," and roommates to, milk, cookies, ordering the wide-eyed student to "awesome" backrubs, and get into his loft. Simms complied. bedtime stories. Once in the room, Lightenon and Williamson lent Simms It was an interesting night for their teddy bears, fed him cookies everyone involved. According to and milk, and talked for several Resident Adviser Kristine Yu, minutes. Simms later said, "It "Everyone was eager and hurt so good." cooperative. And everyone agreed In another room, Julie Brown, that it was a unique and good way LSA sophomore and her partner, to meet new people." LSA fres man Nora McLaughlin, tucked in LSA Th of Jordan's third d freshmen Pat Vostal and Dave Te menoend Pinelli. The room was dark as and wing vowed to return the the couples sat on the floor favor next week by serenading relaxing with Mrs. Peabody's the women of fourth Mosher's end Cookies and J&B Coolers, while a and wing with a song written by teddy bear wired to the stereo freshman Rich Freysinger. CANTERBURY HOUSE ESPISCOPAL CHURCH AT U-M 218 N. Division St. Services daily, 5 p.m.; Midnight (exc. Saturday). All Are Welcome FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave.-662-4466 (between Hill and S. University St.) William Hillegonds, Senior Minister Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Church School, including nurseries at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. CAMPUS MINISTRY Sunday Bible Study 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Communion Service 7:00 p.m. * * * AMERICAN BAPTIST CAMPUS CENTER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Huron St. (between State & Division) Sundays: 9:55 Worship, 11:25 Bible Study groups for both Undergrads and Graduate Students.. Wednesday: 5:30 Supper (free) and Fellowship. CENTER OPEN EACH DAY for information call 663-9376 ROBERT B. WALLACE, PASTOR NEED MONEY? WORK FOR HOUSING! Jobs with Housing Division's Food Service offer $4 .2O/hr. starting wages FLEXIBLE HOURS NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Phone or stop by the Food Service Office of any Hall. Alice Lloyd ..... 764-1183 Bursley ....... .763-1121 East Quad..... .764-0136 Couzens Hall ... 764-2142 Law Quad..... .764-1115 Mosher Jordan . 763-9946 ,Storms cause mental, dental distress t _ .. s From The Associated Press 'Thunderstorms continued their wet onslaught on Michigan yesterday, this time picking on th southwest part of the state. Van Buren County received more than five inches of rain, washing out several roads, while other areas of southern Michigan received one to four inches of ain, officials at the National Weather Service in Ann Arbor said. ONE PERSON died and five were injured in the storm, 'authorities said. It also knocked ut power to about 2,500 electricity customers, officials said. Central Michigan and the Saginaw River basin, devastated vw6 weeks ago by what some have a'Rd Michigan's worst flood in ;nodern history, received about an inch of rain yesterday, too little to cause more flooding, said Gary Clihrson, a hydrologist with the. weather service. But the future doesn't look fright. THUNDERSTORMS accom- panied by heavy rain-possibly Ws -much as five inches in some areas-were expected to invade :the Lower Peninsula today and :tomorrow, Charson said. -'They could cause more :flY'&ing, but nothing like what occurred two weeks ago, he said. :All rivers were receding yesterday except for the Saginaw at Saginaw and the Geand at Ionie. Tanspat ei (Continued from Page 1) ;apparently denied a heart :,transplant because available infant hearts are rare and :officials at a California hospital 'believed her unmarried parents :cold not provide adequate care r the child. Only after the 41.. . 1 1- 1 Michigan's two weeks of rain have done more than flood basements, wash out roads, and drown farm crops. The weather also put some people in a blue funk and sent others to the dentist. THE DREARY days that have been a daily occurrence since high waters began pouring over central and southern Michigan Sept. 10 can contribute to de- pression in many people, au- thorities said. Some people also have been grinding their teeth over the dreadful weather, and that's costing them a lot in dental bills, dentists say. Bob Rankin, a psychology professor at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, said a study he completed about five years ago showed moods changed with the weather. "WE DID find there was a fairly clear difference," Rankin said. "People experienced a little more unhappiness and sour moods" when it was cloudy. "A certain percentage (of people) are weather sensitive, and they are more likely to experience depression" when it rains, he said. Recent studies have supported the notion that some people suffer from a lack of sunshine and become depressed during long stretches of gloomy days, said Frederick Gault, a psychology professor at Western Michigan Univrsity in Kalamazoo. "KEEPING someone indoors is duesexplored when someone dies, a professional with appropriate training must approach family members with a formal request for organ donation," he said. "Currently, family members are frequently not approached with such requests." Caplan said I going to add to the stress factor," Gault said, adding that parents with children are especially at danger. Meanwhile, three Saginaw dentists said they have had an unusual number of patients with chipped or loosened teeth, broken dentures, and lost fillings since the rains started pushing area rivers to record levels. Dr. Leonard Sarosi said he has treated five patients this week with chipped teeth and lost fillings, more than double his normal caseload. "They're all worried. Their house is on the line," he said. k Markley Hall south Quad Stockwell . . L ... 764-1151 ... 764-0169 764-1194 . .. . West Quad . . ..764-1111 MONO .I Jaan exclud es Amnerican suppliers WASHINGTON (AP)-Cozy ties between Japanese carmakers and their traditional suppliers are keeping American auto parts companies out of Japan and threatening jobs in the United States, a Senate subcommittee was told yesterday. Bruce Smart, U.S. commerce undersecretary for international trade, testified that unlike other areas of trade where U.S. access to Japan's markets is limited by governmental barriers, the problem in auto parts stems from private agreements between Japanese manufacturers and suppliers. "They don't really consider qualified competitors from outside that tight family circle," Smart told the Senate sub- committee on employment and productivity. The English Composition Board Announces . ACADEMIC WRITING SERIES k4 4 i "4 The Academic Writing Series is a series of active work- shops designed especially for undergraduates; the sessions will explore and explain some of the problems, forms, fea- tures, and demands of writing required at the University. Overcoming Writer's Block Thursday, 2 October 4:00-5:15 Francelia Clark, Emily Jessup ECB Lecturers Writing An In-Class Mid-Term Essay Exam Thursday, 16 October 4:00-5:15 Michael Marx ECB Lecturer Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics* *But Didn't Know Whom to Ask A Round Table Forum Thursday, 30 October 4:00-5:15 Robert Carlisle, Michael Marx, Ele McKenna, and Barbara Morris ECB Lecturers Documentation for the Research Paper Thursday, 13 November 4:00-5:15 Helen Isaacson ECB Lecturer I I - { T ,. {