The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 23, 1989 - Page 3 Chem.. building named for Dow BY HEATHER LUCIER The new chemistry building was officially named the Willard Henry Dow Laboratory, after the founder of Dow Chemical Company, by the University's Board of Regents at its meeting last week. Dow's family and company con- tributed more than $10 million - over half the construction cost - to the N.- University Ave. building, which should be open by fall term. University Secretary Richard Kennedy said the sizeable gift was what prompted the regents to name the building after Dow. But Regent Neal Nielsen (R- Brighton) said the regents' decision was based on a number of factors, including Dow's reputation as a "premier scientist and chemist, a leading entrepreneur... (who) helped develop a very large company in Michigan." Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline) said the board never considered nam- ing the building after anyone else. The new Dow building - not to be confused with the Herbert H. Dow engineering building on North ;Campus - is located next to the old chemistry building on the edge of the Diag. The building, touted as techni- cally superior to the older chemistry facilities, should augment the "ca- pacity for both instruction and research" in the chemistry depart- ment, Kennedy said. Chemistry Department Chair David Curtis said he foresees more progress and opportunity in the de- partment with the addition of the building. He said there will be "modern facilities and more space," whereas now the department is working under "cramped, sub-quality conditions." 4 Residents protest e Bush inauguration I -JOHN WEISE/Daih, LSA Senior Nan in a skit in front BY HENRY E. HARDY As George Bush and his support- ers celebrated his inauguration in Washington D.C., almost 200 Ann Arborites protested his policies in front of the Federal Building Friday. In Washington, Bush told the 140,000-member crowd assembled on the White House lawn that "a new breeze is blowing" in America. As the 41st president of the United States, Bush called for a "new ac- tivism." But the Ann Arbor protesters, like similar groups across the country, remained opposed to Bush's politics. "This is the one of the scariest parts of American history," said Ann Arbor resident Rob Koeff, who added that Bush's record as former Central Intelligence Agency director was a threat to democracy. "Everything that the founding fathers stood for is about to be slapped in their face. Our Constitution is being used as a piece of toilet paper- CIA man is in charge." The mood of the Ann Arbor crowd was festive, as demonstrators defiantly held hand-lettered signs and cheered enthusiastically. The speak- ers criticized Bush's record on health and reproductive choice, the envi- ronment, human rights, and the war in Central America. "I'm here to protest the govern- ment because they're lying about the whole Iran-Contra thing," said Ann Arbor resident Alex Saklovich. LSA junior Phil Johnston, carrying a "Bush-Noriega: a Crack Team" sign, said he felt that Bush and Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega had an ongoing relationship. "Bush is supporting a drug czar," Johnston said. "We've been giving him support all along." Johnston said more drug-fighting money should go to treatment and rehabili- tation than to police and state action. English Prof. Diana Abu-Jaber said she was at the protest mainly out of concern for reproductive free- dom and lesbian and gay male rights. She said that her response to Bush's inauguration was "sadness and dis- may." However, she said the event should serve as a call to action for -itizens who oppose Bush-Reagan policies. Michigan Student Assembly Rep. Corey Dolgon, a Rackham graduate student, began the official portion of the rally. He played guitar and gave satirical rendition of the song "(Give Me That) Old Time Religion," titled, "Give Me That Old Time Politics." Members of the Latin American Solidarity Committee gave a guerilla theater presentation on the theme; "There are no death squads in a democracy." The group contrasted parodies of official U.S. pronounce- ments with the effects ,of thos*. policies on Central American peo- ple. The players representing the U.S. client states of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras ended the., skit with ersatz "blood" dripping from their hands. Unsuccessful democratic congres- sional candidate Dean Baker took a tongue-in-cheek attitude toward the Bush inauguration. "At least Reagan's out of there," he said. "I'm celebrating that." The Associated Press contributed to this story. Protesting the Inaugaration of George Bush, Goblirsch represents the Nicaraguan Contras of the Ann Arbor Federal Building. '. I Panel discusses how refugees learn to -adjust BY ANNA BONDOC Transplanted from their rural, agricultural homes in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to major cities in the United States, refugees often experience immense trauma spawning from language barriers, culture shock, and racial discrimination, Southeast Asian pan- elists said at a symposium Saturday. Addressing the problems of assimilation and immi- gration, panelists advised students on ways refugees can adjust to the United States at the symposium, "New Americans: Southeast Asian Refugees in the United States." One of the most distressing problems refugees grapple with is the misconceptions they have about the United States and the misconceptions Americans have about them, said panelist Huan Nguyen, a member of the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA), which sponsored the symposium. "There is a common misconception that refugees drain the United States of its resources," Lung Nguyen, a second-year student in the School of Engi- neering and VSA member, said. But he countered this stereotype by saying that Vietnamese refugees will contribute much to American society through hard work and education. Some students spoke about the misconceptions they had about the United States before coming here. Lung Nguyen said he expected life to be easier in the United States. "Nothing comes free, not even in See Refugee, Page 5 Michigan gears. up for 1990 census Detroit (AP) - Michigan resi- bution. dents responsible for counting mil- lions of Americans are gearing up Census officials estimate that 5 for the census season in 1990. percent of the Black population- and a far higher percentage of inner-city An estimated 300,000 people are Black men- were not registered in the ,expected to work for the Census Bu- 1980 survey. ,reau to conduct the once-a-decade survey that determines how many Estimates show that each person :members each state receives in the not counted in the survey costs his ;U.S. House of Representatives and or her community about $150 per how billions of dollars in federal year in government money. A num- money is distributed. ber of cities, among them Detroit, have filed lawsuits to seek changes Census data will also dictate how in the census system, including en- ;state officials draw district bound- suring that the traditionally under- aries, giving relatively more or less counted populations will be better power and money to communities, represented in the final census tally. depending on the population distri- F 1 r t I r fS f 4ee it ' t ert , t ~ ~ rde YOr o e d 5Pe'itonS!S i AUN OAN ' A RQ" e r, J Ol hip oNrerAY Mio t'sM C~ GET IT! GR The Personal Column MICHIGAN DAILY CLASSIFIED ADS Join us for... Entrepreneurism - A Viable Career * Alternative - - with Marva Allen, President Software City Company Tuesday, January 24 12:00 N - 1:00 p.m. Wolverine Room, Michigan Union -4 Sponsored by the Taubman Program in American Institutions For more information call 763-2584 THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Speakers "Charge Transfer and van der Waals Complexes of SO2" - Chem. Prof. R.L. Kuczkowski, 1200 Chem. Bldg., 4 pm. "Utopian Spaces: Bloch, Lu- cacs, Pontoppidan" - Liliane Weissberg, Johns Hopkins University, E. Conference Rm., Rackham, 4:10 pm. German Contributions to Liter- ary Theory Series. Guild House Writers Series - Mike Barrett and Scott Lasser, reading from their short stories, Guild House, 8 pm. Refreshments. Meetings International Relations Society (Model United Nations) Mass Meeting - 2209 Michigan Union, 7 pm. For those interested in being on a delegation. United Jewish Appeal Meeting - Hillel, 7 pm. APO Service Fraternity Mass Meeting - Michigan Union Pond Rm., 7:30 pm. ing Program - University Health Service sponsored. Michigan League, Mon & Thur, 12 noon-1 pm, for four . weeks. Pre-registration required. $30 fee with a $15 refund to those who at- tend all sessions. Call 763-1320. Begins 1/23. Practice Interviewing on Video - Career Planning and Placement Center,Rm. 1, 3:10-5 pm. Business Opportunities with a Liberal Arts Degree - Career Planning and Placement Center, Con- ference, 4:10-5 pm. Employer Presentation: CNA Insurance Co. - Michigan Union Kuenzal Rm., 6:30-8 pm. MTS Basic Skills Computer Course - 3001 SEB, 9 am- 12 noon. Registration required. Lotus 1-2-3 Basic Skills Course - 3001 SEB, 1-5 pm. Registration required. Pre-Interviews - Apple Com- puter, 1013 Dow, 6:30-8:30 pm; Dow Chemical, 245 Chrysler, 4:30-6:30 pm. Starbound - Auditions for camnus - " - !1 /-A T L ' - - -/ 1T