r The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 14, 1988 - Page 3 Film maker urges' change in system BY DONNA IADIPAOLO Cristina Choy wants people to stop complaining about the injustices in the world and start taking action to reform them. She uses her documentary films, including the award-winning Who Killed Vincent Chin, to reveal how America systematically excludes minori- ties. "The system was not designed for newcomers, not for people of color," Choy said. "We must look to change the system." Choy introduced Who Killed Vincent Chin at Rack- ham Saturday and led a discussion with over 300 stu- dents and faculty. The film examined the first civil rights case brought to trial concerning Asian Americans. In 1982 an unemployed auto worker, Ron Ebens, had beaten a stranger, Vincent Chin, to death with a baseball bat after a dispute. Witnesses said Ebens had accused Chin of "taking jobs away from Americans" because he was an Asian American. Ebens was convicted of manslaughter but will never serve time in jail. In a following civil rights suit, Ebens was found not guilty of racial discrimination. Choy wanted to expose the case to the public, so she investigated how the harsh economic realities of the au- tomotive industry, the history of Asian immigrants, and the loopholes of the justice system, came together in the form of a brutal killing. In the discussion following the movie, Choy broad- ened her criticism to encompass the worldwide effects of racism that stem from imperialism. She called for im- provements in education, and said the military and* multi-national corporations foster racism. Choy specifically criticized the University for hav- ing no Asian-American department to teach students their history, culture, and concerns. One student quoted a line Ebens said in the film - "I don't know about any Asian plight in this country" - to demonstrate how many Americans remain unaware of the concerns of the minority community. Yesterday, Choy held a discussion concerning the impact of media on racism and racial stereotypes. Today at 4 p.m. at MLB Aud. 1, she will discuss the more' technical aspects of film making. Choy, is the.fist speaker in the University of Michi- gan Asian Students Coalition series: "Asian Americans; Making an Impact - Directions for Social Change" an7 the keynote speaker for Asian Awareness month. ALEXANDRA BREZ/Daily Film maker Christine Choy hosts a workshop on the impact of the media on racism and racial stereotypes yesterday at the Michigan League. SIXTH ANNUAL MICHIGAN PUERTO RICAN WEEK roday: "industrialization and Environment in Puerto Rico: Progress at all Cost?" symposium. speakers: Neftali Garcia, Vivian Carro-Figueroa, and Jeffrey Glogiewicz. enderson Room, League, 6 p.m. ' Wednesday: "Challenges of Changing Society: Preparing Hispanics for the ;Twenty-First Century" speaker: Awilda Orta )oom D, League, 7:30 p.m. Friday: "Migratory Aspects of the Economy of Puerto Rico" speaker: Francisco Rivera-Batiz Poom ©r, League, 7:30 p.m. Paturday: "Afro-Antillan Heritage in the Community of Pinones, Puerto Rico" speaker: Juan Guisti Trotter House, 1443 Washtenaw, 7:30 p.m. or more information, contact Walter Diaz, 996-1824. ki I th E shp bfi olice imposter goes ) shooting rampage WEST GARDINER, Maine (AP) home's former bookkeeper, tw A man posing as a police officer officials involved in requlating suc led a state official and wounded homes, and one of their relatives. On ee othef people in a two-state person was in critical condition. poting spree believed linked to his The shootings spanned about 10C ng from a home for the retarded, miles in New Hampshire and Main lice said yesterday. within four hours late Saturday an The man killed himself while early yesterday, said state polic lice chased him at speeds up to 90 spokesperson Stephen McCausland. )h. The state troopers 'saw Mattersor Alan Matterson, former head of the shoot himself during the chase echanic Falls group home, shot the McCausland said. MSA Continued from Page 1 help deter crime on campus. The other three parties, however, believe that deputized officials will not help to deter crime and may endanger free speech. Another point of contention is the University's policies on harassment and protests. Again, the parties split. Three support the current policies. The remainder cite the lack of student participation in the policies' forma- tion and the continued lack of student control over their execution. MSA's handling of off-campus o issues also continues to be a major h issue. The assembly has come under e criticism for passing resolutions this semester, including the allocation of o money for a Jamaican disaster relief e charity and a demand for the release d of Salvadoran political prisoners. e The parties take three differing n positions on this issue. Three believe that the assembly should not dabble in off-campus affairs unless students demand action on a specific issue. Two parties think the assembly does not represent the student views well enough to take position on such is- sues. One party believes MSA should continue to address these is- sues and that students should be edu- cated on off-campus affairs. All of the parties do stand in agreement on one issue: increased communication between the assem- bly and the student body and more student representation. Although all parties claim to rep- resent the true student views, what these views are seems to be a point of contention. I JESSICA GREENE/Daily Students protest errors in a minority affairs +report at noon Friday on Regents' Plaza. At least six minority student organizations are demanding that " the report, entitled "One Year Later... A Commitment to Leadership," be recalled. THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Speakers "Refracciones-Refractions" - Visiting Prof. Octavio Armand will perform a bilingual peotry reading, W. Conference Rm., Rackham, 7 pm, Thursday,'Nov. 17. Everyone is wel- come. "Una Silva de Quevedo: El Amor y el Reloj de Arena" - Prof.. Eugenio Asensio, Fourth Floor Commons, MLB, 4:10 pm, Tuesday, !Nov. 15. Everyone is welcome. "Ecological Disruption in the Himalayans" - Geography Prof. Jack D. Ives, University of Colorado, 1046 Dana, 12 noon. "The Sustained Effects of Sin- gle-Sex and Coeducational :Secondary Schools on College StudentOutcomes" - Dr.Valerie .Lee and Ms. Helen Marks, 2219 School of Education, 12 noon-1 pm. Bring lunch if you wish. The Thomas M. Cooley Lec- tures, "Constitutionalism, )emocracy and Foreign Af- airs" - Lecture I: "Tension in the ;Twilight Zone: Congress and the esident", Prof. Louis Henkin, 100 Hutchins Hall, 4 pm. 'Recent Advances In the Mod- ling Nitrogenase Active Site" Chem. Prof. Dimitri Coucouvanis, 1200 Chem. Bldg., 4 pm. f'The Arab-Israeli Conflict: What Role for the U.S.?" - sev Na'im Ateek, Wesley Lounge, First Methodist Church, State at uron, 7:30 pm. 'Ideology in Romantic Music" -- Leonard Meyer, University of Pennsylvania, Rackham Assembly .fall, 8 pm. Free. 'Ecological Perturbation -ausing Shifts in Species De- velopment Timing" - Dept. neological Sciences, Jennifer Kitchell, 1046 Dana, 4-5 pm. Tea, coffee, and cookies: 3:304 pm. i'Industrlalization & the Envi- o onment in Puerto Rico: rogress at all cost?" - Vivian arro-Figueroa, Neftali Garcia and Jeffrey Glogiewicz, Henderson Rm., Pichigan League, 6 pm. Symposium ,n the costs of industrializatinn in Protest Continued from Page 1 think the report should be recalled, if only because it has been out for al- most four months. He advocates in- serting a letter detailing its errors in the front of each copy. Martinez said she first saw a copy of the report about a week ago when she visiting the Office for Minority Affairs. "Apparently they don't know (how offensive the mistakes are to students of color)," Martinez said. "But if they do, we might be in even worse shape." At the protest Friday, six speakers condemned the report, then 40 to 50 protesters entered the Fleming build- ing to talk to Duderstadt. Students attempted to enter Duderstadt's second floor office, where they were met by Director of Public Safety and Security Leo Heatley, Assistant Director Robert Pifer, a security guard, and an atten- dant, who refused to allow students into the elevator. Five students who ran upstairs to Duderstadt's office found it locked. When they returned to the first floor, the hallway door was also locked. Vice President for Communica- tions Keith Molin, who came down the stairs, was asked by one of the people locked in the stairwell if the door could be opened and if five protesters could speak to Duderstadt. Molin walked back upstairs and did not return, protesters said. The students were locked in the stairwell for a few minutes, until Pifer 'let them out. At that point, three or four students rushed from the hallway to the staircase door. Pifer and Heatley threw students against the walls and shut the door on several arms when protesters rushed the door, said Rackham graduate student and member of the Puerto Rican Solidarity Organization Jose Norat, one of the people locked in the stairwell. Heatley said he shut the door be- cause the number of protesters who wanted to talk to Duderstadt would be "too many people in the President's office." Pifer refused to comment. - Third Floor Michigan League, 7:15 pm. Michigan Hodgkin's Disease Foundation - ProvidenceHospital Medical Bldg., Eighth Floor, Rm. C, Nine Mile Rd., Southfield, 7:30 pm. Ann Arbor Cage Bird Club - Matthei Botanical Garden, 1800 N. Dixboro, 7 pm. Lecture on anatomy and physiology. Visitors welcome. United Jewish Appeal (UJA) - Hillel, 7 pm. For more info call Steve 994-3924. U of M Taekwondo Club - 2275 CCRB, 6:30-8:15 pm. U of M Archery Club - Coli- seum, 7-10 pm. For more info call 764-4084, send message to Archery @ UB. Study Abroad - 3231 Angell Hall, 4-5 pm. Furthermore "Hunger in Central America" - Kuenzal Rm., Michigfan Union, 7:30 pm. A slide show presentation by John Vandermeer, U of M Biology Prof. Photo Exhibit - 1209 Michigan Union, 2-8 pm. (Mon-Fri). By Robert Carris, Residential College Senior. Dance Benefit for Amnesty In- ternational - "The Difference" at the Nectarine Ballroom, 9 pm. 996- 4859 for info. "Racism & Ethnocentrism: Quality of life issues for in- ternational students" - Held in Dining Rms 3&4, Michigan League, second floor. Writers Gay Rubin and Larry Pike Read From their Works - Guild House, 8 pm. English Peer Counseling - 4000A Michigan Union, 7-9 pm. Help with papers and other English related questions. UM vs. OSU Blood Battle - Pendelton Rm., Michigan Union, 12 noon-5:30 pm. Mon, Nov.14-Thurs, Nov.17. Seville Summer Program - B116 MLB, 4:30 pm. All interested students in attending the Summer a- i ssc Continued from Page 1 chance to organize their resistance to the SSC. According to Cady, the study's findings conflicted significantly with information supplied by the state. Cady cited an example of state "disinformation," contrasting the state's assertion that the "environmental effects of the SSC would be benign" with the EIS's suggestion that the environment's wetlands would in fact be threatened if the project were constructed. "As it got further and further along and more information got out, the people were finding that the destruction of the community would be much greater than projected by the state," Vorndran said. Area resident and CATCH mem- ber Jim Jenkins cited as an example the increased property taxes that Look at the birds of the air; They do not sow or reap, nor store away in barns, yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? would inevitably result from the SSC. Because all properties removed for SSC production would be given to the federal government, he said, the state would in turn reimburse the townships for the lost tax base. To compensate for the lost state revenue, he added, area taxes would be sub- stantially increased. Vorndran said that the state was also dishonest about a proposed "regional government." She said that if the Stockbridge site was chosen for the SSC, a state-planned regional government would immediately as- sume control of community govern- ments. When promoting the SSC, she said, the state "never brought this out." CATCH members seemed most pleased that the SSC was going to Texas instead of their own backyards because of the direct impact it would have had on the composition of the community. "It's an absurd thing to try to im- pose a project on an area as dense and lush as we have here," Cady said. "We're growing at a comfortable rate economically and don't need any help from the state or federal govern- ment." UM News in The Daily 764-0552 Tues. Nov.15 The University of Michigan SCHOOL OF MUSIC Arts Chorale Jonathan Hirsh, conductor, Linda Furuyama, piano Randall Thompson Frostina Irving Fine Three Pieces from Alice in Wonderland Leonard Bernstein Selections from West Side Story Hill Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. FREE Wed. 1T _ -91 Concert Band Tlnn C .} :n.n - ... .-. 1I