4 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 27, 1988 Brush upj p Dental educatioff ultystudy is By AMY KOSKO Watch out! The cavity creeps may have the upper hand in the constant war to achieve dental perfection. A study released last week by University dentistry professors said elementary school teachers' knowledge about oral health and current methods of prevention is "incomplete." Dentistry Prof. W. Paul Lang, one of five researchers studying elementary dental hygiene education, said most people have little understanding of the importance of certain dental hygiene methods. LANG conducted a study of 404 elementary schoolteachers in Michigan to discover their knowledge about healthy mouths. The study showed that teachers believe regular dental visits and reduction of sugar consumption are most vital to one's dental welfare.- But while teachers fight tooth and nail to get their students to the dentist, they do not realize that drinking fluoridated water and using sealants are more important in preventing oral problems, the study found. Teachers ranked these methods low on a priority list, showing that they know "fluoridated water is important, but not how much," Lang said. Elementary schoolteachers get their information from dentists; 82 percent of the teachers cite the dentist office as their source of oral health knowledge, the study said. THE MEDIA also plays a role in distributing misleading information by influencing the way teachers and the public feel about dental hygiene, the study said. Ads for toothpaste and dental visits are stressed, while minimal importance is placed on fluoridated wa- ter and sealants. . Lang began the study about a year and a half ago, collaborating with University Dentistry Prof. Marilyn Woolfolk, research associate Barbara Faja, and two professors at the University of Minnesota. Lang's study is only a beginning step to help people brush up on dental health awareness, he said. The research team plans on interviewing elementary school students about their knowledge of dental health, making more in depth comparisons to the study done at the University of Minnesota, and hopefully performing a similar survey in Israel. "It's easy to see trends, but we'd like to run some tests on it," Faja said. Student (Contnued fropPage 1) read at a "ridiculously young age," though Davis will not reveal the ex- act age. When Davis was four years old, she was a member of the Ann Arbor Gifted Association. HER MOTHER'S tutoring blossomed at Detroit's Bates Academy for the Gifted and the Tal- ented where Davis attended seventh and eighth grades. She said she does not enjoy spe- cial treatment or being called an "intellectual." "I can be really silly, act really stupid. It's an act. I'm me. I don't fit a label," she said, remembering the time she completed the wrong page on an IQ test and "messed up my score by a couple of points." "When I was at Wayne County, people thought I was 'Miss Air- enius enjo head."' Carla describes herself as "a real dorky person" and "a world-class bore" who enjoys "her own com- pany," and she likes to spend time alone reading. CARLA SAID she finds guid- ance and strength from her religion. "Life is about getting to know God. God knows what's best for us. I really think of God as a real per- son; when I pray I feel like there's really somebody there listening," she said. Davis said she believes disap- pointment teaches people lessons about themselves from God - she doesn't shy from challenging herself and trying her best. For example, she described an economics class at the University in Dearborn for which she received a B. "I was so disappointed but that's when I realized that I was human and .! ys re ading, that brought me closer to God. God was saying, 'Look, stupid, you're human.' Now if I don't get an A but I did what I could under the circum- stances, then I feel that I've suc- ceeded," Davis said. DAVIS SAID she loves tc spend time alone reading and writ- ing. She said she has written nine movie synopses. In her spare time, she likes to play tennis and go shopping. At the Dearborn campus, Davis said she wrote for the Michigan Journal. Editors refused to publish an article she wrote about AIDS because they thought it was too controversial.,Davis decided to stop writing for the paper. Davis said she may apply for a summer internship with the Ann Arbor News. Also, she said she wants to visit Spain next summer. writing She looks at obstacles, hardships and pain as "something that builds you up." "IF YOU really want to do something, I think you can do it. When you hear people say 'Well, I can't do this because of racism or sexism' or whatever, I think it's be- cause you let it be there." Davis has her own beliefs about fighting racism. "It's the individual person that causes the act of racism. If we focus on education and then we can change the individual person, " Davis said, adding that, "In the 60s white racist institutions were al- lowed to exist. Martin Luther King's movement was when people recog- nized their power as individuals to change things." Without her extraordinary motivation, Davis would probably not be where she is now. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Israeli police, protesters clash JERUSALEM - Israeli border police in the West Bank opened fire on Palestinian protesters yesterday, wounding one, and Arabs hurled firebombs at soldiers in the Gaza Strip. Defense Minister Yitzhak Shamir said the policy of using beatings to quell protest applies only during violent demonstrations. Border policemen shot a Palestinian in the leg when dozens of protesters, many covering their faces with checkered Arab headdresses, surrounded a patrol in the Jenin refugee camp, an army spokesman said. He said the patrol used tear gas and rubber bullets first, then fired because their lives were in danger. The Arab-run Palestine Press Service said Israeli gunfire wounded two Arabs, one 12 years old, during protests at the West Bank town of El Bireh and the Jalazoon refugee camp near Nablus. Photographers saw 15 Arabs detained at Jalazoon. Senators call Helms' criticism of arms treaty a 'red herring' WASHINGTON - Republican and Democratic senators joined forces yesterday seeking to discredit attempts by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) to condemn the new Soviet-American arms treaty because it would destroy only missiles and not their nuclear warheads. The top U.S. arms-control negotiators at Geneva, Max Kampelman and Maynard Glitman, said the treaty achieves the goal of eliminating Soviet medium-range missiles as a military threat to Western Europe and a political threat to the stability of the NATO alliance. Several senators called Helms' arguments a "red herring" and one of his fellow Republicans, Daniel Evans of Washington, said: "It's more than a red herring. I would call it a crimson whale." Legislators want budget details LANSING - With 12 of 19 state departments ordered to reduce spending, lawmakers said yesterday they want to know more about what programs are going to be eliminated in the process. After listening to a 30-minute briefing on Gov. James Blanchard's proposed 1988-89 budget, members from the House and Senate appropriations committees praised state Budget Director Shelby Solomon for holding the line on overall spending increases. But they also demanded more details about how Solomon plans to cut up to $61 million in some departments when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. In the budget released Monday, Blanchard proposed cutting the departments of Management and Budget by 41.5 percent, State'by 40.5 percent, Natural Resources by 10.9 percent, and Licensing and Regulation, Treasury, Military Affairs and Civil Rights by more than 7 percent. Engineers find flaw in shuttle WASHINGTON - Detective work led NASA engineers to a critical seal in a space shuttle main engine that was improperly welded by the manufacturer, the space agency said yesterday. The repair may require replacement of turbo pumps on all three shuttle engines. While disassembling and inspecting one of the high-pressure fuel turbo pumps on a main engine last Friday, engineers found cracks in a so-called fish-mouth seal. It was determined the cracks were "use-related"-caused by firing the engine. "It is not known to what degree the condition of the seal might limit its acceptability for flight," said Jerry Berg, a NASA spokesperson atthe Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. EXTRAS New magazine looks at past NEW YORK - Unable to keep up with the Sean Penn-Madonna saga? Having trouble telling Donna Rice from Fawn Hall or Jessica Hahn? Confused by the scary price swings on Wall Stret? Not to worry. If you can't keep up with today's rush of news, here comes a magazine that will catch you up later. It's called "Memories," and most of the events it re-examines occurred 20 to 50 years ago. It is the first new magzine from Diamandis Communications Inc., created last summer when it bought the CBS Magazine Group for $650 million. "There comes a point in your life that your personal life history becomes more important to you as you grow older," he said. "There is more going on here than nostalgia," said editior Carey Winfrey, a veran reporter who was editorial director at CBS magazines. Winfrey likes to call the publication "a news magazine of the recent past occupying the no-man's land between People and American Heritage." If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. HEALTH & FITNESS Ferris St. administrator files racism complaint BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Black administrator has filed a civil rights complaint against Ferris State University, alleging both subord- inates and superiors have subjected her to institutionalized racial harass- ment. Joyce Hawkins, director of human resources at the Big Rapids school, said in her complaint to t h e Michigan Department of Civil Rights that the nine white employees Considering A bortion? Free Pregnancy Test Completely Confidential Pregnancy Counseling Center 529 N. Hewitt, Ypsilanti Call: 434-3088 (Any Time) on her staff banded together to abort her leadership. Hawkins, a 1975 Ferris State graduate, also accused school officials of not responding to her complaints and failing to adequately investigate an anonymous letter charging her with mismanagement. Top univers- ity officials received the letter in November. Hawkins would not discuss her complaints about her staff in detail but said the white employees resented her appointment to years ago and tried to undermine her authority. The problems in her office have reflected subtle forms of bias against other Black staff members and Ferris State students, she claimed. 4 What's )h( Happening Recreational Sports " FOUL SHOOTING TOURNAMENT ENTRIES ARE DUE TODAY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27! 4:30pm Intramural Sports Building TOURNAMENT DATES: SUN., January 31, 2pm and MON., February 1, 6pm . 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