Prof. i talks of L modern birth The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 17, 1989--Page 3 Students report racial slurs in Stockwell 4 1 t } t } t t t R 1 BY SARAH SCHWEITZER A visiting University professor gave a feminist's view yesterday on ethical dilemmas surrounding such reproductive techniques as pre-natal screening, surrogacy, and artificial insemination. Sandra Tangri, on leave from Howard University, said feminists believe women should have control over their own bodies. But she asked the 40-member crowd at the Center for Continuing Education of Women (CEW), "Can a woman use her autonomy and sign jaway her autonomy?" She said ethical questions come into play when women use their rights to give pup control of their own children. She said many new reproductive techniques, such as surrogacy and artificial insemination, have raised ethical issues. Many feminists feel that breeding children for a fee allows women to become "wombs," rather than individuals, which violates a basic feminist principle, she said. Many women are ambivalent about new techniques like pre-natal screening because they feel it makes childbirth unnatural, she said. "The motivation for women to exercise control over their own reproduction is not new as evidenced by their use of abortion for many years," Tangri said. 'But with the new techniques, she said more women are "not prepared to deal with the implications of the new technology," she said. Many similar principles, such as a woman's freedom to control her own body and her right to informed consent, which were previously applied to the abortion argument, act as a guide to determine the ethics of techniques . like artificial insemination, Tangri said. Tangri received her doctoral degree in social psychology from the University in 1969 and is currently a psychology professor at Howard University. She has returned to Ann Arbor to be the CEW's visiting .scholar in Adult Development. While at the CEW, Tangri will continue to research sexual harassment topics. }1 BY MELISSA KARPF A series of reported racial inci- dents at Stockwell Residence Hall culminated this week when an LSA first-year student said she found the racial slur "Nigger Bitch Don't Slam Doors" on her door last Tuesday. Since last semester, two Black women living in Stockwell have re- ported racial harassment by white students. Residents on the hall were ini- tially planning to meet last night to resolve the tensions, but the the meeting was postponed until this Sunday. The students involved held an "unofficial" meeting last night with a member of the United Coalition Against Racism and a Stockwell "the ultimate physical challenge A test of skill and ! physical brilliance for any level. ! ! -If you play fooseball or air hockey, ! you've only just begun to have fun. ! BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY. 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Tunes at noon Tenor Ray Wade, accompanied by Susan Gray on the piano, delights a noon-time crowd at the Pendelton Room in the Union. The entertainment was part of the "Music at Mid-day" program, featuring songs ranging from "Down by the Sea" to "Your Lips are Wine." Rev. Cofin to speak on 'human justice' movement BY KRISTINE LALONDE Those who hold set images of ministers and politi- cal activists may be surprised by Rev. William Coffin, who is a combination of both. Coffin, who will speak 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rackham Auditorium, is a 30-year veteran of both the civil rights and peace movements and a minister in the United Church of Christ. "You ask anyone who was involved in the '60s (peace movement) they'll know who Coffin is," said Jackie Victor, a member of the Washtenaw County SANE/FREEZE chapter. "He was a real integral part of the anti-Vietnam movement and bringing the church community into the movement." 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