The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 9, 1988 - Page 3 Local protesters Swain to head ' . disrupt assembly for new students* Affirmative BY DAVID SCHWARTZ University President James Dud- tadt didn't let the actions of four student protesters distract him from officially welcoming several thou- sand first-year students Tuesday. In act, Duderstadt's characterization of the protest as typical University ac- tivism drew laughter from the audi- iehce. He encouraged the students, who assembled in Hill Auditorium for the lannual Freshman Convocation, to t!ake the most of the diverse opin- ions, people and programs available at the University. BUT THE four protesters, who tgok the stage after Michigan Stu- dent Assembly President Michael 1 hillips spoke, criticized the University for not promoting a truly diverse campus. JRackham graduate student Sandra Steingraber said sexism and racism pervade the University, and cited a song performed by the Friars, a se- *l0ct group of the Men's Glee Club, earlier in the program. The song, Harry Belafonte's The Banana Boat ;ong, is about peasant workers c6mplaining about their intolerable work conditions. In addition, the protesters criti- cized the University for imposing an anti-discrimination policy, rescind- ing a regental bylaw that guaranteed sfudent participation in drafting such acpolicy, and deputizing two campus safety officers. The protesters - LSA senior Caleb Southworth, LSA junior Amy Harmon Rackham graduate student Mark Greer and Steingraber - told dhe assembled first-year students to pntest several recent decisions made the University's Board of Re- gents. THE ASSEMBLED students first reacted to the protesters with amazement, then later with resent- ment. While the protesters spoke, many audience members booed until the demonstrators departed. Later, Duderstadt took the stage and gave his first address to students as University President. Shrugging off the protest, he asked the students to contribute to diversity on campus, and stressed how important a role the University will play in their lives. "A college education is not the end of education; rather, it is the first step in a lifetime of education," he said. Phillips and Social Work Prof. Beth Reed, chair of the faculty's Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, also addressed the students. Phillips encouraged the students to question authority and University administrators' decisions. "Never passively accept authority, or the decisions it makes for you," he said. REED ADVISED the students to experiment in many different aca- demic and social areas, and warned them against getting trapped in a field of study too early in their aca- demic careers. The annual convocation, held in Hill Auditorium, is the University's official welcome to new students. In the past few years, the convocation has run without interruption of protesters. Southworth is the Daily Opinion Page editor, and Harmon and Stein- graber are both current Daily Opin- ion staffers. Greer is president of the Rackham Student Government. BY AARON ROBINSON Mary Ann Swain took over the reins of the University's Affirmative Action Office this week as interim director, while the search for a permanent director continues. The post, vacant since former di- rector Virginia Nordby was promoted to Associate Vice President of Gov- ernment Relations in June, will be filled by Swain, who was previously associate vice president for academic affairs. Swain, a nursing professor and member of the University faculty since 1963, said the Affirmative Ac- tion Office is "critically important to' the University," adding that as direc- tor she will have a "full agenda." SHE SAID the office had "a number of initiatives moving in the right direction," and declined to specify any changes she might make after assuming the post, saying that it was "premature." In the meantime, the University will continue its search for a perma- nent director. Colleen Dolan-Greene, chair of the search committee for a new Affirmative Action Director, said the University hopes to select someone during the fall semester. "We are going very broadly with a national advertising campaign," she said. Nordby left the post last June amid criticism of her stance against amending the University's anti-dis- Action crimination bylaw to include sexual orientation. HOWEVER, Sharman Spieser, program associate for Women's Concerns who once served with Swain on a University task force, said she would be "surprised" if Swain made any dramatic changes in the office. "She won't have enough time," Spieser said. Swain's 25-year association with the University began with a teaching fellowship in psychology in 1963. In 1975, she was named director of the Doctoral Program in Nursing, and in 1983 became Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. This promotion made her the highest ranking woman in the University administration, along with Nordby. Swain ... interim AA director What's happening in Meetings Successful Resume Program Wolverine Room, Business School, 5:30 - 6:30. Sponsored By Michigan Plus. Graduate Women - Introduction to Campus Life and Organizations. Rackham Assem- bly Hall and Terrace. 4-6 pm. Public Health Conference - Tribute to Prof. Myron Wegman. School of Public Health and Michigan League. All day. Free admission. Furthermore Pete Seeger in Concert - LIST* Ann Arbor today Power Center. 8 pm. Tickets - $15.50 at Michigan Union Ticket Office and Ticketmaster outlets. September Dances - Various dances. Performance Network, 408 W. Washington. 8 pm. Tickets $7 adults, $5 seniors and students. Usher Applications - University Musical Society is taking applications for ushers. Hill Auditorium Box Office. 1-5 pm & 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Paella-making Demonstration - with Spanish Chef Antonio Buendia. Zingermans Deli, 422 Detroit St Moving Sale - St. Andrews Church 306 N. Division. 10 am - 8 pm. Sponsored by the Women's Crisis Center. U' picks interim code director BY RYAN TUTAK Cynthia Straub, director of the Student Organization Development Center, was appointed this week to oversee the University's discrimina- tory harassment policy on an interim basis until Nov. 1, when the Office of Student Services has promised to fill the post permanently. Straub said she will spend the two months on the job explaining the code to University community members. She will also be responsible for handling student complaints about harassment and discrimination. Straub will return to her post in the SODC after a perma- nent code administrator is hired. No complaints have been reported so far, she said. Roselle Wilson, assistant to Vice President for Student Services Henry Johnson, said a search committee is still reviewing applications of more than 100 candidates for the post. Wilson said she hopes interviews will begin soon. The University's Board of Re- gents approved the code at its April meeting, responding to increased cases of reported harassment on campus. U.S.-Soviet officials to hold parley WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Soviet Union have scheduled high-level talks to survey prospects for improving superpower relations and promoting arms control measures during President Reagan's last months in office. The talks will be held Sept. 22-23 in Washington between Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevard- nadze, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. Michigan Daily ARTS 763-0379 BY ERIC LEMONT Building the Superconducting Super Collider in Michigan could harm 2,800 acres of wetlands, ac- cording to a draft of the Department of Energy's Environmental Impact Statement released last week. Though the Wetlands, which provide a habitat for many plants and animals, cover roughly 20 percent of the project area in Michigan, state officials involved with the project say the effect it will have on Michi- gan 's chances of landing the high- speed atom smasher is minimal. "There is a great misunderstand- ing about the wetlands," said John Mogk, President of the Michigan Energy Resource Research Associa- tion. Mogk said only 620 of the 2,800 acres of Wetlands would be affected by surface construction, 360 of which would be returned to their natural condition when construction is completed. The remaining 260 acres, Mogk said, will be cared for as part of Michigan's mitigation plan. The plan would replace and improve the Wetlands endangered by the project. Churches UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL Bible Study at 9:15 a.m. Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Open House & Supper at 6:00 p.m. 1511 Washtenaw, 663-5660 Pastor Ed Krauss * ** * ** *** *** American Baptist Campus Center First Baptist Chutrch Huron St. (between State & Division) Across from Campus Inn Sunday: 9:55 Worship Service 11:15 Church School aasses for all ages. On September 1 1-There will be a special welcome brunch following the service. You are our guests. Wednesdays: 5:00 (beginning September 14) Supper (free) and fellowship and Bible Study A get acquainted supper will be held Sunday, September 18, at 5:30. Please join us. Center open each day For Information call 663-9376 Robert B. Wallace, pastor Impact statement: Super Collider may hurt wetlands GE T ITE EUOTH But not all Michigan residents are as optimistic as Mogk. Ann Arbor resident and SSC opponent Scott Mendrek said the local ecology can be hurt by tunneling, a part of the construction project. Mendrek is worried that water pumped out of the ground during drilling will endanger the quality of the wetlands. And Jeff Sherwood, Press Secre- tary for the Department of Energy, said the presence of wetlands is "one of the many, many, many things that is listed" in the several thou- sand-page statement. Mogk said other states have their own problems, including the abun- dance of desert surface in Arizona and the mountains in Colorado. "We feel from the reviewing of the statement that we will have less disruption of environmentally sensi- tive area than other states," he said. 4 Currently, sites in Arizona, Col; orado, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas arg competing with Michigan to lan4 the collider, which will consist of a 53-mile underground ring through which protons will smash into one another at close to the speed of light, The analysis of these collisions will help scientists from around the world to better understand the atom and the creation of the universe. The Department of Energy will choose a "preferred site" for the col lider in November, which Energy Secretary John Herrington will con- firm in January 1989. . 0 The Personal Column MICHIGAN DAILY CLASSIFIED ADS CHICAGO BLUES EXPLOSION at the I- @frgd Featuring two special shows at 10 pm & midnight. Live from Chicago- Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Tickets at Ticketmaster, Schoolkids Records and the Michigan Union. 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