The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 26, 1988 - Page 51 Interns r summer BY NOELLE SHAD WICK Tensions were high on the fourth floor of Rackham yesterday as one student after another remarked: "Do I look nervous?" or "Oh no, I haven't read the speech yet." But Associate Dean James Jackson told them to re- lax. "Think of this afternoon as a rare opportunity to share the work which has been important to you and your mentors," he said. The students were gathered to share the results of their summer internships as participants in the Sum- mer Opportunity Research Program for minority stu- dents. The program, sponsored by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies, hired 55 minority undergraduates to develop research projects that were either original ideas or part of an ongoing faculty research project. The projects covered psychology, chemistry, his- tory, and other disciplines. Much of the research com- pleted by the interns will be part of the "mainstream" research of the future, said Charles Moody, university vice provost for minority affairs. Some of the research was prompted by personal ex- perience. Rubina Yeh, an art school junior, examined the Asian-American woman's perception of the Ameri- ecount research can beauty. "When I was younger, I didn't see myself as beauti- ful. I used to clip a clothespin to my nose for five minutes every morning... because my nose would grow narrow and have a bridge," she said. "As an art student, I wanted to express my culture which hasn't been done before." Her project included many large paintings and sketches of Asian-American woman doing unusual things to make themselves beautiful. The purpose of the program is to introduce minori- ties to what research is like, Jackson said. "It's easy to know what a doctor or dentist does, but what a profes- sor does... well," he shrugged. The program works, he said. "It opened my eyes up; I'm now considering a joint degree," said LSA junior Antoinette Hall. The program has 250 students on 13 campuses, in- cluding the 55 from the University. Rackham received over 100 applications for the program. To apply, students must submit a preliminary pro- posal, then find a sponsoring professor. Sophomore and junior minorities are eligible, and seniors are ac- cepted under certain circumstances. ALEXANDRA BREZ/Daily Art School junior, Runia Yeh, explains how many Asian American women feel a need to completely assimlilate into American culture. Yeh is standing in front of the artwork she presented at the 3rd annual Summer Research Opportunity Program at Rackham yesterday. 'U' activist describes West Bank visit BY SCOTT CHAPLIN Robert Hauert, the religious coordinator of the University's Of- fice of Ethics and Religion, recently visited the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and spoke about his travels Friday at the Guild House. "The day after I arrived the whole Gaza Strip was put on curfew," Hauert told about 30 people gathered for a weekly brown-bag lecture se- ries: The Israeli Army is trying "to c6n ol a population that they are uname to control," he said. He listed house destructions as well as labor and curfew laws among other forms of "collective punishment" that have been used by the Israeli Government against Palestinians in the region. Israel has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the 1967 war with the United Arab Republic. Hauert, a human rights activist, lived for three weeks with Pales- tinian families as part of a program sponsored by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The Israeli Army regularly im- poses 24-hour curfews for entire refugee camps and in many cases they have shut off water, electricity, phones, and food supplies, Hauert said. He added that the Israeli Army shoots tear gas - which has been suspected of causing miscarriages in women, among other things - into private homes, clinics, and Mosques. Palestinians are being forced out of the territories, said Mayada Shafie, an advisor to the Palestinian Aid Society at Michigan State Uni- versity, who attended the talk. The Palestinians want to co-exist; they want their own state, flag, and political representatives as well as the chance to build their own econ- omy and infrastructure, she said. Benjamin Ben-Baruch, co-chair of the Middle East committee of the Ann Arbor chapter of the New Jew- ish Agenda said that "the Israeli Government's Policies (in the occu- pied zones) are in opposition to democratic, humanitarian, and Jew- ish values. The collective punish- ments and population transfers are in violation of international law and are in no way justifiable." He added, "as a Jew I have strong emotional feelings towards Israel. 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