41 Pg e 2-The Michigan Daily-Thursuay, November 30, 1989 Pof. calls IM math art Greeks' weapon' by Bob DeMayer Greek mathematical art is a "secret weapon," University Prof. John Onians told a packed Rackham Amphitheater crowd yesterday. Onians, the founding editor of the "Journal of Art History," has also been a visiting professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and Syracuse University. "The Greeks were obsessed with warfare," Onians told the audience. "They valued brawn above brain." An efficient, well-trained soldier was considered more valuable than an intelligent one, he said, which is one reason why Hercules was the Greeks' hero. During the hour-and-a-half speech, he said math had a military value to the Greeks. Using math, they developed the phalanx forma- tion, a precise linear formation used for fighting. Each military man stood a given distance from the other as the unit marched. The Parthenon is as mathematical as the Greek military was disciplined and controlled. "It is the pinnacle of Greek architecture," he said. "It is the most complete military building." Its columns represent the young Greek men of the military, he said - strong, emotionless, lean, and powerful. "People should be like buildings," Onians said. "(Greek) works of art are weapons meant to prevent war," Onians said. "However, the Spartans ended up beating the Athenians because, in the long run, military weapons win over military art." Greece was built upon the four mathematical arts - arithmetic, ge- ometry, astronomy, and music - Onians said. These arts are now the foundation of the Western world's educational system. "The United States success in business and technology is based upon these arts. Therefore, Greek mathematical art is a supreme secret weapon," Onians concluded. Balloons for Israel Engineering senior John Blow hands out balloons in the Fishbowl for "Proud to Be a Zionist Day" yesterday, a Tagar-sponsored event to support Israel. Panel to analyze Beijing's effects on intellectuals IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Communist party opposes Germany reunification EAST BERLIN - Communist Party chief Egon Krenz joined with leading dissidents yesterday in calling for East Germany to remain independent, but West Germany began an international effort to win support for reunification. The United States already had given its support to uniting the Germanys, whose common border is considered the dividing line of East and West and was established after the Nazi defeat in World War II. The Soviets criticized the plan yesterday. East German Communist leaders reiterated their opposition, and a leading group of dissidents also rejected it. Krenz used the situation to rally support for his beleaguered Communist Party by signing a petition circulated by the dissidents, who called for a national "vote of confidence" in socialism. The Communist government, bowing to a popular uprising for reform, already had promised free elections by early 1991 and a constitutional amendment stripping it of its 40-year monopoly on power. Officials drops plane search NARRAGANSETT - A search for eight people missing aboar a twin-engine commuter plane that disappeared off Block Island the day be- fore was called off last night, a Coast Guard spokesperson said. "The results of the search indicated there were probably no survivors from the crash," said Petty Officer David Jersey, speaking from Coast Guard headquarters in Boston. All searchers found was debris and the bodies of two dogs aboard the aircraft. Jersey said the search was officially suspended at 9:38 p.m. and the eight aircraft and cutter were told to cease their efforts. Jersey said the search would not be resumed today. While earlier in the day Coast Guard officials expressed hope of finding survivors, veteran islanders said the seas of 5 to 6 feet and water tempera- tures of about 45 degrees made survival unlikely. Police release accident data LANSING - State police have records of 10 wind-related accidents on the Mackinac Bridge in the last seven years, and only two of those involved cars, an investigator told lawmakers yesterday. The data, which covered 1982 through May of this year, indicates there were 106 accidents total, including 44 that occurred at toll booths, said Lt. Dan Smith of the Michigan State Police. A House Transportation Subcommittee was formed after a Royal Oak woman apparently lost control of her car and it flipped over the guardrail and into the Straits of Mackinac. Leslie Pluhar died in the Sept. 22 acci- dent. Smith said that of the two wind-related accidents involving passenger cars, one driver was arrested for drunken driving after posting a blood al- cohol level of 0.15 and another driver who complained about wind re- gained control of that car but a truck behind it lost control. Mx missile to be located at Michigan Air Force Base WASHINGTON D.C. - Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Mich., is one of seven installations chosen as sites for the rail-based version of the MX nuclear missile, the Pentagon said yesterday. Wurtsmith's selection will guarantee the base an important mission for an indefinite period as improving U.S.-Soviet relations propel efforts to scale back military spending, said Rep. Bob Davis (R-Mich.). The possibility of MX deployment at Wurtsmith has divided Michigan politicians. Davis and Oscoda community leaders have championed the project, while Sen. Carl Levin and Rep. Dennis Hertel have fought it. Davis said the rail garrison will pump $100 million into the local economy over five years. But Hertel (D-Harper Woods) said the program's benefit to the Oscoda area had been exaggerated. EXTRAS by Cherie Curry A panel of China experts from all over the country will analyze last spring's Beijing massacre and how its legacy has affected the rest of the world during a University conference today and tomorrow. The experts - including Yale History Prof. Jonathan Spence and Princeton Economics Prof. Gregory Chow - will analyze the "Beijing spring's" effects on science, economics, and Chinese intellectuals abroad. The conference, sponsored by the University's East Asian Initiatives program, is the third in a five-part series about the impact of the Tiananmen Square events. This conference, said Trudy Bulkley, administrative associate of the University's Center for Chinese Studies, "is focusing on the impact on Chinese intellectuals because these people have historically been seen as the best hope for building a strong, technological society in the late 20th century. They hold the key to China's industrialized world." PETS Continued from page 1 once in a while (the dogs) just run away." The Humane Society of Huron Valley does not let groups of four or more unrelated adults adopt animals because "we believe individual ani- mals need individual owners," said Linda Reider, the society's director of education. "We don't want to see a dog or cat tossed around; animals need an emotional bond and regular care." Each fraternity which owns a dog has its own method of care. Alpha Delta Phi and Sigma Chi elect a member annually to feed and care for :iv Food Buys , I The first two conferences, held earlier this month, were on the massacre's impact on research universities in the United States, and China's domestic development. The conference will begin tonight at 7 p.m. at Hale Auditorium. Spence will deliver the keynote address. Two panel discussions will be held tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. the house's pet. Neither fraternity reported problems with dogs running away. Everyone at Beta Theta Phi con- tributes to the care of Buddy, the house dog. Business senior Mike Zultowski said Buddy often follows members to class but "he knows his way around campus and usually finds his way back." Sororities, though, seem to have less house pets. LSA sophomore Lori Mireles, a Chi Sigma member, said, "I don't know any (sororities) offhand that do... Sororities spend a lot of money to have their houses look nice and pets would kind of mess that up." ELECTIONS Continued from page 1 ers because "they don't read." Rackham Student Government will decide whether to redo its own elections, Putnam said. Five hundred graduate student ballots were deliv- ered to the sites, but the distribution of the ballots to polling sites did not fit the Rackham voter turnout at those sites. BOARD Continued from page 1 undergraduate students were only allowed to vote for the undergraduate board positions, and graduate students for the graduate position. However, MSA provided the same ballots for all voters, and both undergraduate and graduate students voted for all positions. As of last night, this had not been remedied by the MSA election directors, who offered no explanation. "We can't decide what's going to happen with any of this," Malhorta said. "We don't know - we're just administrators. Our best guess is that the CSJ (the Central Student Judiciary, MSA's judiciary council) will decide," she said. I RESTAURANT & RATHSKELLER " 215 N. 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Working behind closed doors in a small room stacked high with Yuletide goodies, Bob Hundemer, the Torquemada of the toy business, is gleefully wrenching the nose off a cuddly teddy bear. He is working in the toy testing laboratory of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and their tables are crowded with diabolical devices specifically designed to fold, spindle and mutilate - or worse. With extra help for the Christmas rush, Hundemer and his assistant, Garfield Jenkins, work full-time testing about 900 toys annually for potential safety hazards to children. 4be.£k 41iu+- The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscription rates: for fall and winter (2 semesters) $28.00 in-town and $39 out-of-town, for fall only $18.00 in-town and $22.00 out-of-town. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Student News Service. 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