LSA faculty clarifies C-minus ri By MICHAEL LUSTIG The LSA faculty yesterday clarified last month's change in the foreign language requirement to affect only students entering this fall. The new requirement will force students to get a C-minus to fulfill their LSA foreign language requirement. The original wording of the motion caused confusion over whether a grade below C-minus would discount credits. But Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Eugene Nissen explained that students with a lower grade can still apply the class credits to t h e graduation requirement, just not to their language requirement The motion will go into effect beginning in the Fall 1988 term. Then, all students who begin a foreign language sequence needed to fulfill the LSA graduation requirement will have to get a grade of at least C-minus. The applicability of the new measureaalso created confusion. Language Lab Director Trisha Dvorak and French Prof. Peter Hagiwara had wanted the requirement to make all students who begin the language sequence in Fall 1988, even if they are already enrolled as students. Yquirement LSA Dean Peter Steiner said because of the wording in the LSA College Bulletin, the college could not change the graduation requirements for students already enrolled. But the foreign language departments have the power to enforce any minimum passing grade, and are not restricted by the Bulletin. At yesterday's meeting, Steiner said individual departments can change their own requirements to make all students starting the language se- quence get grades of C-minus or better. "It makes a lot of sense," Dvorak said, explaining that as the system now exists, instructors will be teaching classes where some students will have to get C-minuses but others will be able to get by with grades in the D-range. Romance Languages Chair Thomas Kavanagh said it is "feasible" that the departments could make their own changes, but said that any changes they might make would have to be approved by the LSA Curriculum Committee. As long as people understand ,what is required of them, Kavanagh said, he saw nothing wrong with making the additional change. The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 10, 1987- Page 3 Author speaks .. . on sex polities in war, peace Daily Photo by DAVID LUBLINER Jerald Bachman, an award-winning researcher with the Institute of Social Research, speaks last night at Chrsyler Auditorium on North Campus about youth and drugs in America. He said drug use among youths changed as their lifestyles change. Du gfe By LAUREN SINAI "We have a tendency to defer power to the 'men who know best,' our political leaders," said author Paul Loeb in his workshop on the Sexual Politics of War and Peace November 6 in East Quad. "But let us really ask what the consequences are of an action - a complicated morality. Whatever it is you do, ask questions. How do your actions affect global issues like nuclear war?" Sponsored by the Residential College and the School of Natural Resources, Environmental Advocacy program, the workshop covered a variety of issues - from myths and stereotypes of women's political roles throughout history to nuclear war. Loeb lectured for 45 minutes and then held a question-answer session for the workshop's 20 attendees. Loeb pressed the necessity of citizen participation in global issues such as the prevention of nuclear war. "Through models of village politics, we can bring action down to smaller institutions so people can act in immediate environments. On the U of M campus, for example, there is Greeks for Peace," he said. But only recently have people - especially women - unified together to ask questions and challenge political leaders, Loeb said. "Part of the vision that is emerging is one of diversity and responsibility and a notion of private morality. People are now taking action and there is a conversion of people with very different styles of living who arrived at a common point of responsibility." To illustrate his point, Loeb cited activists include women from small towns in North Carolina, a former National Mother of the Year and those who have been fighting nuclear weaponry for decades. But people must still fight a boundary role that tells them, "it's not your role to deal with larger issues" like nuclear war, he continued. Fragmentation is also woven into sexual roles. Male prowness is deep-rooted in our culture. One is not manly unless he uses physical force. In the training of the military, there is a stress of maleness in contrast to the soft female. There is a less-than- a-man connotation unless a man can fight meanly; men are called 'women (or) pussies. There also exists a link between militarism in silences of traditional female roles, Loeb said. "There are implicit bounds in our culture that prevent the raising of certain questions.Traditionlly, women supplied moral justification for male' action. It was not appropriate for women to step outside their families to make a judgement on the rest of the world. At that time, ethical questions were not asked about plutonium levels in weapons but about how to raise children." "In our present culture, women are more socialized to look towards these aspects than before," he said. SODC studies rules governing Diag use By EVE BECKER Several campus groups hope to soon bring new rules for Diag use before the University's executive officers. The Student Organization Development Center has been .working for five months to update rules and limit the number of exceptions. SODC hopes the revised policy will improve communication with Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library staff and professors who may be disturbed by loud noontime rallies on the Diag. Currently, only v o ice amplification, not m u s i c a l amplification, is allowed on the Diag between noon to 1 p.m. The new policy will allow musical performances, as long as the music remains within the noise-level limit set by the City of Ann Arbor. This change is being made because SODC has had administrative problems with constantly granting exceptions for musical performances. c hanging By KATHERINE BEITNER Changing lifestyles lead to changing drug use habits, say two University researchers. Jerald Bachman and Lloyd Johnston, of the Institute for Social Research, discussed the use of four of the 30 drugs that they have studied - alcohol, cigar- ettes, marijuana and cocaine. "Trends were found for three of the drugs - with alchohol use declining slightly in recent years among all age groups, marijuana use declining more sharply, fol- lowing a period of increase, and cocaine use having increased sharply in the late 70s, followed by a period of stability," Johnston said. "We have determined... that cigarette smoking is the most stable of all the drug using behaviors," he said. One trend shows an increase in the likelihood of heavy drinking among full-time college students, compared with little change a- mong those in full-time jobs. There is a similar trend in mari- juana use following graduation. "Is it that these students have lifestyles somehow been corrupted by their liberal professors?" Bachman said. "The consistent answer is that the entire 'college' effect seems attributable to living arrangements and marital status. So that would seem to get those liberal profes- sors off the hook," Bachman said. Every year since 1975, Bach- man and Johnston have conducted a nationwide survey every year of more than 17,000 seniors from more than 135 public and private high schools in the United States. They monitored the drug use of the students after high school graduation by mailing them ques- tionnaires. Bachman and Johnston offer $5 for every completed questionnaire, and have a response rate of 70-85 percent. Bachman and Johnston won the University Senior Research Sci- entist Lectureship, established to honor University researchers. As co-directors of the Youth and So- cial Issues Program in the Survey Research Center of the Institute of Social Research, they have devot- ed the past 20 years to studying the attitudes and behavior of adol- escents and young adults. TH IST What's happening in Ann Arbor today NOTICE Beginning Friday Nov. 13, all items for The List must be submitted in writing by the Friday of the weekend before publication. This deadline applies to both the Weekend Magazine and daily Lists. Groups celebrate culture with art, dance evens onum a 1) Among the activities UMASC "I want to reach everyone, not just planned for this year is a rally sup- the elite." porting reparations for Asian Amer- The University of Michigan icans interned during World War II. Asian Student Coalition, which is Lim hopes that awareness of Asian sponsoring the art show, was formed issues will create political pressure last year in response to racist mci- to pass a bill through Congress over dents on campus. It is a support President Ronald Reagan's predicted group for the Asian Americans and veto to pay each survivor of the Asians who represent more than 5 internment $20,000 and issue a for- percent of the student body. mal apology by the government. Cornerstone .1] Campus Cinema Jules And Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1961) Lorch Hall, 7:00 & 9:00 p.M. This French film has touches of pre-World War I nostalgia; Catherine, an amoral w om an, loves two fraternal friends and wants them both. With Jean Moreau. Subtitles. Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) Nat. Sci., 7:30 & 9:15 p.m. Classic crime drama about a detective (Dana Andrews) who in- vestigates the murder of a femme fatale (Gene Tierney),. only to have the corpse turn up alive. Personal Services (Terry Jones, 1987) Mich., 7:15 p.m. Julie Walters (Educating Rita) is a waitress who sets up a bor- dello aimed at serving upper class members of British society. Satir- ical look at prostitution and the class system, directed by Monty Python's Terry Jones. Everything You W an t e d To Know About Sex (W. Allen, 1972) Mich., 9:25 p.m. Woody Allen in a series of vi- gnettes about the "S" word. Among his more touching por- trayals are that of a neurotic sperm and a man attacked by the world's biggest tit. Speakers Sydney Lea - reading from his work, UM Visiting Writers Series, 4 p.m., Library, Michigan League (3rd floor). Norikazu Komada - topic TBA, 4 p.m. 1300 Chemistry Building. Hartmut Steinecke - "Heinrich Heine: Der 'Erste Artist der Deutschen Sprache,"' Depart- ment of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 4:10 p.m., East Lec- ture Room, Rackham. Carl Barnes - "The Cathe- dral of Soissons, 1175-1225: A Reappraisal," 7:30 p.m., 180 Tappan Hall. Brian Morton - will dis- Nutrition in the Dorms," 7 p.m. Stockwell Hall Library. John Clarke - "Black Women in Antiquity," 7:30 p.m., Hale Auditorium. Mark Poleman - "Choosing the Path of Success," Society of Christian Engineers, 11:30 a.m., 1018 Dow Building. Harry Antis - will discuss his work, sponsored by the Michigan Chapter of the Guild of natural Science Illustrations. 7:30 p.m., 2210 Art & Architecture Building. Meetings Hebrew Speaking Club - 5 p.m. 206 Angell Hall. TARDAA - British Science Fiction Fan Club, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 296 Dennison. LaGroc - 8:30 p.m., 3200 Michigan Union. Women's Study Torah study group - 8 p.m., Chabad House. Job Hunt Club - 12:00, U-M Center for Continuing Educa- tion of Women, 350 Thayer St. Furthermore Pre-Interview - LTU Steel Co., sponsored by Society of Women Engineers, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., 1013 Dow Building. Jewish Communal Ser- vice Career Day - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hillel, 339 E. Liberty. Revolutionary History Series - "Civil War and Recon- struction: The Struggle to Re-form Society," Sponsored by SPARK 7 p.m. 116 MLB. U-M International Center - Semester at Sea film showing, 3 p.m. International Center. Rare Air - 8:00 p.m., The Ark, 637 -1/2 S. Main. Sushi Making - 7 p.m.,. Ann Arbor "Y", 350 S. Fifth Ave. Star Trax - Sing along to tapes free, 9:30 p.m. Pizza Unos. City Council defea housing project bil By ALYSSA LUSTIGMAN reaffirm support for somethi The Ann Arbor City Council last we've already approved in Al night narrowly defeated a resolution "This is tan extensive that would have reaffirmed support decision and commitment, a for a Minimum Wage Housing developers wanted to know d Facility on West Liberty Street. feelings (of the council). Last February councilmembers Edgren, who submitted the pi unanimously supported the proposal for reaffirmation. but the developer, William Martin, The 40-room facility is t wanted to test if support still existed for single people whose incor after several months of controversy. or near minimum-wage. The measure was defeated 6-5. The controversy centers around West Side residents, who say they are being burdened with low-income and homeless accommodations. The Shelter Association for the Homeless is located on Huron Ave. "There is an overconcentration of facilities, that have a negative impact on the neighbothood," said West Side resident Glen Ziegler. "It could become a nightmare." Councilmembers who voted against the proposal last night said they were not necessarily against the idea of low cost housing. "I gave my support for the concept in February, and I still support it. But the other parts of theBpat Ordoven bargain have not been kept up with," SA TOD said Jeannette Middleton (R-Third Ward). Middleton was referring to the still unsigned Salvation Army contract and unclear residency requirements.m Councilmembers who supported the proposal said the project would not be considered a shelter or an institution, but an affordable place for people who are working to live. "It would be an asset to the - neighborhood, and would diversify it," said Dave DeVarti (D-Fourth Ward), who supported the proposal. 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