Wi i *4. t 9' r4$q Randy Schemidt, LSA first year student, studies Fr Languagela fcbelift, get m By DANNY WONG University language lab coordinators think the primitive and weathered facility is ready for a new be- ginning. "This stuff is really used and old. You can barely hear the words through the headphones," said L S A Sophomore Roy Hamm. Sixty to 90 students use the 40-year-old lab's facilities - located on the second floor of the Modern Language Building - during peak hours. IN AN OPEN meeting with concerned students and faculty earlier this month, Language Lab Director Trisha Dvorak introduced proposals for the expansion and improvement of the lab's facilities. The proposals ranged from the removal of existing carrels to a total reconstruction of the lab's layout. To create a more relaxed environment, Dvorak plans to install diagonally patterned islands - designed in crescent shaped booths to allow easier access, added privacy, and more open desk space - instead of the rectangular verticals of the present carrel system. The current language lab uses only audio tapes to teach students, but Dvorak said the language teaching profession has changed and requires interaction instead of mere repetition. PLANNERS hope to modernize the facility and increase interaction with videos and microcomputers. "Repetition is no longer sufficient for richer lan- guage skills and through the combinations of comput- ers, video, and audio the lab moves beyond primarily a listening tool," Dvorak said. The estimated costs of the furniture and equipment en 1 At r i 3 t Philosophy anti -racist By JIM PONIEWOZIK the idea dul Students in an advanced philoso- been circu phy class discussed the most recent Fishbowl, racist flier on campus, and they con- deuce hall cluded that talking was not enough. students nc - Last week, about 20 students began the petitio o ~to circulate a campus-wide petition outside Ar condemning the flier and warning its Angell Ha creators that such incidents will not be tolerated. ANDE "Just sitting around and saying, the petitic 'that's awful, that's awful,' isn't do- gested by ing anything," said LSA first-year cussion or student Jon Steiger, a student in tioned the Philosophy 355/455 (Contemporary last week. Moral Problems), taught by Philos- The pei ophy Prof. Elizabeth Anderson. in the cla specific a Doily Photo by DAVID LUBLINER THE PETITION calls the flier, flier incid nch in the soon to be renovated NLB language labs. which was posted on kiosks and tion did nc buildings throughout campus Feb. cause the 1, "factually incorrect, socially alienate st to u n derg o a unacceptable, and morally reprehen- of non-aca sible." "We're The flier said Blacks are intellec- thrown of _91o w eqlu ip mie ittually and genetically inferior to "We're say whites and "belong hanging from said, we ag trees." it, but w~ alone would be around $400,000, Dvorak said. Al- "this behavior by the 'white they're say though lab coordinators are uncertain where they will supremacists' cannot and will not bet obtain funding for the renovation, they have consulted tolerated in this community," states T HEC with Interactive Learning Systems, a company based in the petition, referring to a group ner over 1 Cincinatti that has installed similar labs at Bowling calling itself "Students for White They set t Green University and Northwestern University. Supremacy" that claimed responsi- flier's de Dvorak could not say how long the renovation bSuprecy supremaci would last or when it will begin. bii.o thlir members New headphones with higher amplification will also Students in Anderson's honors the class be installed to allow some hearing-impaired students to discussion section, who developed identified. take advantage of the lab's resources. 1e1 MEDIA SERVICES will also be provided to Bursley Faniil faculty for the recording, duplication, and production of The lab's satellite network will be extended to pro- s vide teleconferences along with the taping and rebroad- cast of local and international television programs like By KRISTINE LALONDE Another o the Soviet Moliniya broadcasts. A barbershop quartet, a stand-up advancer comic, and a host of singers and communit She said she hopes the lab's "New Beginning" will dancers drew a standing-room-only The pr not only change its physical capabilities, but also its crowd to the Bursley Residence Hall will prov philosophy. Lab coordinators want to steer away from Auditorium Saturday for the minority their "language studies only" stereotype to incorporate seventeenth annual Bursley Show. academic a variety of functions that involve other areas of studies The variety show, organized by commitm like linguistics, cultural civilization, and literature, the Bursley Family minority group, minoritie Planners have also discussed changing the name of enabled Black students to celebrate dedicated the Language Lab to de-emphasize its foreign language Black achievement and unity while Black you connotations. spotlighting individual talent. About incidenta Dvorak hopes these ambitious reformations will es- 400 people attended. 1986. tablish the lab as one of the University's major re- "It's a way of showing our unity, Harol sources. By "discovering as well as mastering" the of contributing something back to emcee, st lab's resources, she hopes to create an environment in the Black community," said LSA recognizin which students can explore a variety of multi-media junior Michelle White, Bursley the Unive activities. Family member and co-chair of the was not e Committee for Campus Unity. but for aring a class meeting, have lating the petitions in the in classes, and in resi- s. They have also invited lot in the class to circulate ons, which are available ,nderson's office in 2214 ll. ERSON said the idea of an was spontaneously sug- her sectionduring a dis- n racism. She had men- fliers during her lectures %ition, drafted by a student ss, does not call for any action in response to the ent. Steiger said the peti- ot call for punishment be- class did not want to udents opposed to a code demic conduct. not saying they should be ff campus," Steiger said. ying we've seen what they gree with their right to say e don't agree with what ying." CLASS is hoping to gar- 1,000 signatures by today. his goal in response to the escription of the white ist group as "over 1,000 strong," said a student in , who asked not to be "We want to show them, if there is such a group, that they're not go- ing to do well here," Steiger said., The class also wanted to use the petition to demonstrate a broad base of community outrage because they were concerned the flier was "testing the waters" for community support of the white supremacist statements. The class felt the distributors of the fliers "wanted to see whether the community would respond with outrage or indifference," Anderson said. DOROTHY Clore, an engineering sophomore and secretary of Ambatana, South Quad's minor- ity council, said almost every stu- dent she asked has agreed to sign the petition. The class will present the peti- tions to the Office of Minority Af- fairs tomorrow or Wednesday, An- derson said. The class has previously covered a number of ethical issues, but is focusing on racism this term, Anderson said. She has emphasized discussing University issues, such is the fliers and Interim University President Robben Fleming's pro- posed plan for academic sanctions against racism, in connection with these broader subjects. The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 15, 1988- Page 3 ! class begins petition drive i t r i r t t 1 1 1 e 1 1 J y laughs, dances, innual talent show ibjective, she added, is to performances ranging from religious members of the Black hymns to rap music with a message. y at the University. One rap group, The Alum1i oceeds of this year's show Crew, was made up of University ide a scholarship for a alumni and former Bursley Family student who has shown members. One of .their s o n gs excellence, as well as addressed the continuing racial unreit ent to the advancement of on campus. "(Minorities) want ,a s. The scholarship is chance to make a valuable contri- to Michael Griffith, the bution to society; the only way we ith killed during the racial can make the contribution is if the at Howard Beach, N.Y. door is open," said group member and Rackham graduate student Nate d Edwards, a program Carter, summarizing a song. ressed the importance of Alumni Crew Member and LSA ng non-academic talent at first-year student William Jones said, ersity. He said the event "Once they start listening, they'fl xclusively for minorities, start acting; and when they start anyone interested in acting, things will start changing." k it is viral in nature; we hours. ay be food." Three students entered Health sity Health Service doctors Services for intravenous treatmer , could not identify the mal- others missed mid-terms, and LSA do not believe it is food first-year students Ken Brothers and . Dr. Caesar Briefer, direc- Mark Sorensen of the Michigan alth Services, said the first hockey team were forced to sit oot omplaining of the problem the Lake Superior State University Health Services Monday, games Friday and Saturday. complaints continued West Quad building director Alan riday. Dr. Albert Girz said Levy said he believes the students soning occurs within a have stomach flu. eriod of time, usually 24 See STUDENTS, Page 5 - - - - ------- - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE L ST What's happening in Ann Arbor today dmistrikes 70 W Quad residents By MARINA SWAIN and don't thin RYAN TUTAK think itma A harmless greeting to incoming Univer students at West Quad's Allen Rum- said theyc sey Hall - "Rumsey Fever... Catch ady, butd It!" - came true this weekend when poisoning more than 70 hall residents con- tor of Hea tracted the "flu." students c Students, complaining of frequent came into vomiting and diarrhea, claim they and the may have been victims of food poi- through F soning by the dorm meals. Ken food poi Stein, LSA sophomore, said, "We shorter p Speakers Arthur Kinoy- attorney who tooka leading role in the fight against McCarthyism and the civil rights struggle, will speak on "The Current Constitutional Crisis" at 4;30 p.m. in room 132 Hutchins Hall. Sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild. Ahmed Shawki-Editor o f the Socialist Worker will speak on "The Meaning of Marxism" at 7:00 p.m. at 2209 A and B in the Michigan Union. Sponsored by the International S o c i a l i s t Organization. Gregory Armstrong- Director of the University of Wisconson Arboretum will speak on "The Interesting History and Exciting Future of the UW-Madison Arborteum:The Maturing Idea of Ecological Restoration". 7:45 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Sponsored. by the Huron Valley Chapter of the Michigan Botanical Club. Robert Armstrong - Chemical engineering prof. from MIT will speak on "Analysis of Complex Flows of Polymeric Liquids" at 4:00 p.m., 1006 Dow Bldg. Richard Messmer - Representative from GE Corporate Research and Development in Schenectady, New York will speak on "Valence Bond Theory from Molecules to Superconducters" at 4:00 p.m. in room 1200 of the Natural Science Bldg. Sponsored by the University Department of Chemistry. Meetings El Salvador workshop- South Quad West Lounge, 7:00 p.m.. Spnosored by the Michigan Student Assembly Peace and Justice Placement programs- On- Campus Recruting Program Mass Meeting 6:00-7:30 p.m. , MLB Aud.3. Pre-registration for Summer Job Fair, 3200 SAB. Guild House Writers Series- Joy Dworkin and Su Normolle will read form their work at 8:00 p.m., Guild House: 802 Monroe Street. Amnesty International Undergraduate group- General meeting, 7:30 p.m. Room 439 Mason Hall. Christian Science Organization- 7:15 p.m., Michigan Leagu'e. Chabad House- "G-d's Wonders in Creation", 5:30 p.m., 715 Hill Street. Furthermore South African Political PrisonerBracelet Program- Bracelet Sale in the fishbowl, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Sponsored by International Possibilities Unlimited. International Center 1988 European Travel Series- "Surviving and Thriving in Europe" ,Brown Bag Lunch at 12:00 p.m., International Center, 603 E. madison Street. Ann Arbor Public Library Guest Storyteller- Sarah McCoy will be featured for the sixth Evening Voyages Storytime program. 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. in the New Conference Room of the main library, 343 S. Fifth Avenue. 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