The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 3, 1987- Page 3 Activist speaks on Black Nationalism: Library uses i computer files By SHEALA DURANT Last night, at Hale Auditorium, writer and Black activist Imamu Amiri Baraka addressed a group comprised mostly of Black students on Black Nationalism and the destruction of imperialism. Baraka made references to the Black, Chicano, and Native American struggles in the United States and feels that America is suffering from a lack of democracy and equality. He said the United States is a leader in imperialism and a "superpower world oppressor." Baraka told the audience that America has never been a democracy for Blacks. Blacks have make great strides in a relatively short period of time, he said, but Black achievements have been based on Blacks' fierce struggle and determination to be free. Referring to the writings of Frederick Douglas, Baraka said "(Blacks) are the determinants of how much we will be oppressed." Baraka supports the Rev. Jesse Jackson and stressed Black unity voting power for the '88 elections. Baraka urged voters in the audience to fight against "neo- facism" and "Reaganism." Baraka emphasized the need for1 Black students to develop and nurture an understanding of Black history. Baraka feels that for many Blacks, colleges have become centers for "Buppyism" (Black Urban Professionals) rather than struggle. Baraka said that colleges can be an outpost to learn how to liberate Black people.. Baraka, a professor at the' University of New York at Stonybrook, has won several awards including the Obie Award for the best American Play and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts in poetry. Members of the Black Student Union invited Baraka to speak as part of Black Solidarity Day, which began in1969 at Brooklyn College. It was traditionally recognized on the Monday before election day as a time when Blacks could get together and See Writer, Page 5 By RYAN TUTAK The United States may "lose its memory," but the National Archives will try to save it with computers. Because the public may not be able to find historical documents because records are not kept or are difficult to find, archive officials plan to index them on computers. The Ford Library, which houses 17 million papers from the 38th president's administration, has been selected by the National Archives to test the viability of a computer system to retrieve documents that have been recorded as opposed to a search for a document by hand. Thomas Soapes, a researcher for the National Archives who is coordinating the test, said he hopes the computers can improve upon the tedious and difficult manual search for documents and instead "provide a more complete, more detailed and faster" way to access presidential documents. If the test is successful, the computers will be used for all eight presidential libraries in the country, Soapes said. The Gerald Ford Library, built in 1981 in honor of former President Ford, who graduated from the University in 1935, was selected for the test because it is a new library which had not sifted through all of its documents. People currently looking for information on a topic must peruse the files of each of Ford's 15 0 members of his congressional and presidential staffs in order to find all- the material on an issue raised in the administration. Research on the economic policies of recent presidents has taken Political Science Prof. George Grassmuck up to the Ford Library often. "You have to comb through document after document," he said. Dennis Dallenbach, an archivist at the Ford Library, said computers would be able to cross-reference all of. the different papers on a subject at once. It may take a while before the Na- tional Archives concludes this test, which began last April, because recording information about., documents on computers is a slow process, Dallenbach said. All files must be organized, reviewed to see if they are classified, and labeled before,. they can be logged on the computer, he said. Don Wilson, director of the Gerald" Ford Presidential Library on North Campus and PresidenthReagan' nominee for the leadership post of the National Archives, told members of the U.S. Senate last week that hw would store the nation's billions cf documents on computers f appointed. Senators will make the decision this month, Wilson said. (The Associated Press contributed to this story) D~aily Ph~oto by DANA MENDELSSOHNI' Amiri Baraka, a professor at the University of New York at Stonybrook, speaks last night at Hale Auditorium in the Business School as the Black Student Union observes Black Solidarity Day. Baraka addressed Black nationalism and the destruction of imperialism in America. Rep. Purs By EVE BECKER Rep. Carl Pursell (R-Plymouth) met with faculty yesterday in an effort to make stronger a connection between University faculty and Capitol Hill. Pursell sits on the Health, Education, and Welfare appropriation committee in Congress. Many funding bills for research projects and student financial aid pass through this committee. Pursell said he represents concerns of the faculty at the University and the student body on the appropriations committee and will be increasingly active in this role. ell meets with SACUA members "You're in a position where you can get some clout," Pursell told the faculty's Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Some universities take advantage of having a member of congress represent their interests, he said. Universities are avoiding going through the traditional peer review process for funding grants. Instead are using influences of their congressmembers to get funding for their individual schools written into the legislation, Pursell said. "All I'm suggesting is that when key funds are at the state level we be aware. I'm not saying we can always produce, but it's a matter of communication and priorities," he said. SACUA chair Harris McClamroch told the group when he mentioned the meeting with Pursell two weeks ago, "We've been lagging in playing the Washington game and this is our effort in that respect." "I think the University of Michigan is fundamentally opposed to that, but I think that sometimes we have to say, that's a game being played and we can't stand on the sidelines and watch it forever," McClamroch said. The University is finding itself in a position where members o f Michigan's congressional delegation are in much more importantI positions than they used to be, saidt McClamroch.I The meeting was suggested byi University lobbyist Tom Butts, assistant to the vice president fori academic affairs.t Butts said the University feels, "the best way for the grants process to go forth is in the merit competition and review procedure." "We do our best to keep people informed," Butts said. Pursell has been "very supportive" of University interests, Butts said, and he "sits on a very important (committee) in terms of education, student financial aid, and health." Transplant patient A. S. i i . Unique school teaches freedom, responsibility receivesfive PITTSBURGH (AP) - A three- she's re year-old girl was awake and kicking When w with her favorite doll beside her toes,' sh yesterday as doctors watched for any Trans signs of rejection after she became Stazl saj only the third person in the nation to but coup receive a five-organ transplant. Ireathing Tabatha Foster of Madisonville, may be r KY., remained in critical condition sedated - which is normal after transplant sedat surgery - at Children's Hospital of restraine Pittsubrgh, said h o s p i t al n spokeswoman Lynn McMahon. "She "Tabatha's moving. She's said. "I kicking," said her mother, Sandra kidneys Foster. "She's opened her eyes and cardio-vz sponding to her dad and . ve say, 'Tabatha, wiggle your e'll wiggle her toes." splant pioneer Dr. Thomas id Tabatha was wide awake Id not talk because she was. g with a respirator, which emoved tomorrow. She was enough to make her able, and her arms were d. 's great right now," Starz Her lungs are fine. Her are functioning well. Her ascular system is normal." ,(Continued from Page 1) at local businesses, University facilities and interest groups. Okley Winter, Community Resourge monitor, said the program focuses on "enrichment and exploration." Currently, the-program has about 280 students - around 170 are students at Community High. In order to receive credit , students must abide by a contract that they have devised with their supervisor, and write a paper about the experience. Several students chose to volunteer at Ozone House, a crisis intervention center located in the Ann Arbor area. Their duties include answering the crisis line, counseling people, training new workers and lobbying for youth rights. Kathleen McNamara, training and volunteer coordinator at Ozone House, said, "The Community High volunteers go through the same screening as our other volunteers. The kids from Community are really student while Mill motivated and socially conscious. the plot of a book. They are wonderful to work with; they're energetic, committed and "Kids here tendt responsible. in expressing their Mark Gort, Manager of Frank's makes for interest Nursery and Crafts, said, "I've had Community kids working here for three years and I haven't had any Council problems. They assist customers, do stock work and gain knowledge about (contnuedstr the products." Councilmember Jef Students at Community also Ward), said, "It i benefit from a diverse arts program. ordinance... This c Their jazz ensemble won a national because it reflectsI competition which enabled them to by gun ownership compete internationally. Betsy Handguns cannot King's advanced drama class came in responsibly." second in last year's Michigan Last month, 38 Interscholastic Forensic Asso- the proposal at its p ciation's Drama Competition. of them spoke out Within the classroom, students are it was gun control. vocal, taking advantage of the it because, as the opportunity to question what they are "firearms in genera learning. Teacher Brian Miller, in his particular represen social issues class was corrected by a health problem an er was discussing to feel comfortable opinions, which ing and dynamic class discussion," said teacher Robbie Stapleton. Gallup said, "They're not trying to fight the system; students have learned that you go to school because you want to." may limit arms sales um Page 1) ff Epton (D-Third s a gun control ordinance is here problems created in our society. a be operated people debated public hearing; 22 against it, saying Others supported proposal says, d and handguns in t a serious public id that decreasing eapons is in the safety interests of Arbor." ginal ordinance, ed at last night's ased on citizen nArbor Rod and THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today accessibility to w general health ands the citizens of Ann, DeVarti's orig which was amende meeting, was b protest of the Ann Gun Store. On several consecutive Saturdays, an Ann Arbor group called Neighbors Against the Gun Store picketed the store's opening. Councilmember Jerry Schleicher (R-Fourth Ward) submitted a similar proposal at last night's meeting, but it would have allowed gun stores to function in a 15-block downtown area between Liberty, Catherine, Ashley, and the University campus. It also would have eliminated the special exception use, but .it was tabled after DeVarti's proposal was passed. City Council also discussed an ordinance which will make "passing up" - when crowd members at Michigan football games lift other fans from their seats and hand them to other spectators behind them - illegal. With the council's Democratic majority, it was expected to pass through its first reading, but official results were not available at press time. Councilmember Ann Marie Coleman (D-First Ward) said that after last night, the proposal is expected to become a law before the Nov. 21 Ohio State football game if it passes through council three times. NEW YORK (AP) - Treatment with two naturally occurring substances that stimulate bone marrow may protect against some of the most lethal consequences of radiation exposure and cancer chemotherapy, researchers said yesterday. Radiation and anti-cancer drugs both interfere with bone marrow's production of infection-fighting white blood cells. The new treatment triggers renewed production of those New treatment helps cancer, radiation victims cells, thus lowering the likelihood of life-threatening infections, according to a report in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "The period when the patient is at greatest risk of infection due to reduced white cell functions is reduced," said Dr. Malcolm Moore, a cancer specialist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and principal author of the new study. Cornerstone I i ---T- CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Speakers Karen Malpede - reading from her work, sponsored by the Visiting Writers Series, 4 p.m. Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union. David North - The Seventieth Anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, "What is happening in the USSR?" 7 p.m. Mason Hall room 2435. Professor Federico D'Agostino - from the University of Naples, "Politics and Society in Italy," 4 p.m. Large Conference Room, ISR; sixth floor. Meetings TARDAA - British Science Fiction Fan Club, 8-11 p.m. 296 Dennison. LaGroc - 8:30 p.m., 3200 Michigan Union. Hebrew Speaking Club - 5 p.m. 206 Angell Hall World Hunger Education and Action Committee - Help plan the Oxfam fast, 6 p.m. 4202 Union. Furthermore Skills, 9 a.m.- 12 noon, 3001 SEB. Ensian - senior portraits for the yearbook, walk-in appointments, 8:30-5:30, Wedge Room, second floor, West Quad. Movie: The Business o f Hunger - Environmental Advocacy Film, 12-1:30 p.m. 1520 School of Natural Resources. Concert of the Month - Pianist David Flippo and friends perform music of Bach, Chopin, Flippo, and Miles Davis, 8 p.m. Pendleton Room. Revolutionary History Series - presented by SPARK, "Who's side are they on?" Marxist view of the State, 7-8 p.m. 116 MLB. Pierre Bensusan Ensemble - guitar performance, 2 shows, 7:30 and 10 p.m. The ARK, 637 S. Main. Millatarism and 'U' - "What can you do?" workshop and discu ssion on stopping the arms race, 7 p.m. Alice Lloyd Blue Carpet Lounge. Hair Styling with a Flair " 7 Barber Stylists for MEN & WOMEN - NO WAITING!!! DASCOLA STYLISTS Opposite Jacobson's 668-9329 Who . . ... .....--.-..- - What...... ....... When............ ? 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