Haunted House helps 1chil1dren BY MIGUEL CRUZ Not all spirits of the night are evil. The ghosts and goblins that frightened students on Halloween weekend split $2,400 in profits be- tween Mott Children's Hospital and UNICEF on Friday. The money, proceeds from the annual Tri-Service ROTC Haunted House, was the result of a coopera- tive effort between the Air Force, Army, and Navy units. The Air Force coordinated the event, the Navy handled publicity, and the Army did the acting. Joscelin Alexander, Public Affairs Officer of the Arnold Air Society, an Air Force service organization, was pleased with this year's Haunted House. "It was very successful and that's reflected in the amount of money we raised," she said. They collected over $3,500, of which $800 covered ma- terial costs, $300 was set aside for next year's event, and $2,400 was donated to the two charities. According to Alexander, who co- ordinated this year's Haunted House, about 135 students, starting in September, spent their Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8 to noon publicizing, building, and organizing the event. Brent Chrite of the Mott Hospital Administration accepted the donation on the hospital's behalf. He said the 5 money will most likely be used ei- The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 5, 1988-- Page 5 Right-to-die gets mixed reactions BY VERA SONGWE Your mother is terminally ill, hooked up indefinitely on a life sup- port system. Under Michigan law, neither she nor her relatives can do anything to stop it. But a new bill passed by the state House last week would change that: patients could designate an 'advocate' who would be legally able to deny the life support. The bill now goes to the state Senate. The 'right to die' bill, pushed by Sen. David Hollister (R-Lansing) for 12 years, would serve to protect physicians, said philosophy Prof. Carl Cohen, who specializes in medical ethics. "If such a person's authority is established in law, the hospital is protected," he said. When asked if the bill will have an effect on the University Hospitals, he said, "it is not infrequently that we have cases where such a decision could be needed." Rev. Will Stevenson of Saint Mary's student chapel said the church officially believes in "a per- son's right to die." "Artificial life support has created a big challenge in the field of medi- cal ethics," he said, "but the issue here was whether life should be sus- tained by artificial means or not." Stevenson emphasized the differ- ence between pulling the plug on someone already on a life support system and not putting a patient on one at all. "Pulling the plug is much more difficult," said Mackey Mark, a first- year medical student. "If I believe as a physician that the patient is termi- nally ill, I will refer him to another physician and make a decision there- after." Mackey said the bill was a "good step in some cases and very danger- ous in others, because it is difficult to know when a disease is terminal." Rev. Stevenson expressed some concern over how the 'advocate' is chosen and the fact that the whole family might not be in favor of such a decision. Also, he said, the 'advocate' may have other interests at heart. "Inheritance and other per- sonal issues might get in the way of the decision," he said. But Cohen said, "It is extremely unlikely for that to happen because the advocate is appointed by the per- son... if we cannot trust that person, who will we trust?" Opponents of the bill are primar- ily right-to-life forces who think doctors should not be barred froml providing food and water if that would result in the death of a pa-; tient. Hollister said if the bill does not clear the state Senate before the end of the session, he will pursue it again next session. JESSICA GREENE/Daily An ROTC vampire swoops towards visitors at the annual Tri-service Haunted House. The event, which took place in October, raised $2,400 for UNICEF and Mott Children's Hospital. ther for the new Maternal & Child Health Care Center currently under construction, or for a children's heart fund. While $1200 may seem like a drop in the bucket for a hospital system with an annual budget in the hundreds of millions, Chrite said that since the University Medical Center receives no state funds, each dollar is important. And, he said, it's "that much more appreciated when students take time out of their schedules" to raise the money. The Haunted House is held in North Hall, the current home of the ROTC program and original site of the University Hospital. It takes place in the basement, which was appropriately the first hospital's morgue. 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