Page 2 Michigan Daily -Monday, January 15, 1990
Students' plans for MLK Day differ
by Ilana Trachtman
The University has canceled classes so stu-
dents may attend more than 80 lectures and activ-
ities planned to honor Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
And whether they will be marching for unity,
attending lectures, sleeping, beginning hell week,
watching Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," or
lifting weights, students' plans for King's birth-
day reflect the diversity in the student body.
. For LSA first-year student Amishi Jha, "It's
just a day off," but for Business School junior
Larry Smith, "It's an opportunity to learn about
racial differences." Smith plans to attend a lecture
sponsored by the Business School and watch "Do
the Right Thing."
Other students don't realize the University has
events planned. Said Adrian Tabangay, LSA
sophomore, "I don't know what's offered. I don't
live in the dorm, and it's a lot easier to find out
about things in a residence hall."
Bethany Klipec, a junior in the Residential
College who works for the Campus Information
Center, estimated that she answered at least 60
questions from students from all racial back-
grounds concerning today's events in her first
hour and a half at the CIC desk.
Publicity has been a problem. The Office of
Minority Affairs ran out of pamphlets listing the
activities. Students in the residence halls received
them, but people living in off-campus housing
did not.
As a result, said Klipec, "People call up and
ask if there are any events planned for Martin
Luther King Day. They are really surprised by
how much is going on."
Most widely publicized has been the viewings
at 1:30 and 4:30 of "Do the Right Thing," an In-
stitute of Social Research-sponsored program for
people of different ethnic backgrounds to watch
Lee's film and discuss it afterwards.
Many students say they plan to attend the
noon march on the Diag.
Still, many students will not be involved, for
various reasons. LSA sophomore Jack Behar
said, "I'm lazy and I'd rather relax." Arvon
Mitcham, an engineering senior who plans to
march and then sing in the Michigan gospel
choir, said, "Most other people aren't taking it
seriously. It's just an excuse for a three-day
weekend."
LSA first-year student Chris Jackson don't
feel the need to get involved. "There doesn't seem
to be any reason to celebrate. Remembering
what it's about is important," he said.
Jeff Drott, an LSA junior, said he doesn't
plan to attend any events because "I don't do any-
thing special for Washington's or Lincoln's
birthdays either."
Lifting or listening, singing or shopping,
students will spend the day in different ways.
Nancy Persley, an LSA senior, plans to "catch a
few lectures." Tracy Cohley, an engineering
sophomore, will do "what my friends are doing."
For LSA sophomore Jim Trout, today "is a
day to realize what's going on. It's a day for tak-
ing a stand."
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UCAR members Nikita Buckhoy and Jennifer Bayshore fix up one of the Dia
Annual Unity March. The shanty was vandalized over Winter Break.
SPEECH MLK
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could not overlook the the plight of
lesbians and gay males, the handi-
capped, striking coal miners, and
farmers.
Concluding with a quote from
King himself, Saxon Perry said,
"We must be determined to work and
fight until justice runs down like
water and righteousness as a mighty
stream."
C1EMA DIRETUORY
"Discussion-oriented activities are
good because they allow people to
talk about things." Such activities
allow members of the University
administration to see the problems
and perhaps in the future act on
them, Harris said.
The day does help the Univer-
sity's improve its image and can
help in recruiting minorities, said
Eugene Nissen, assistant dean for
student academic affairs in LSA.
"The University comes off as being
a little bit more friendly to the
(concerns of minorities)," he said.
People may see this and talk to their
friends which could help recruitment.
Though the celebration should be
applauded because it reminds the
University of accomplishments
which have been made in the past, it
still only begins to scratch the sur-
g shanties in time for today's
face of minority issues at the Uni-
versity, said Stella Robinson, direc-
tor of minority affairs in the School
of Nursing. "One day can not rectify
all of these years that have gone by,"
she said.
The University must still in-
crease minority enrollment and pro-
vide a climate where minorities wait
to remain, she said.
LSA junior David Maurrasse, a
member of the United Coalition
Against Racism - one of the
groups which fought to establish the
MLK day celebrations - agreed.
"Problems just don't arise or dis-
appear on MLK day," he said.
"People have to be aware of them all
the time." Still, holding an event the
magnitude of the University's cele-
bration is positive, he said "because
a lot of people who might not have
gone to these sort of activities on
another day will go out and listen on
MLK day."
Religious
services
honor
Dr. King
by The Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr. was re-
membered in church services na-
tionwide Sunday on the eve of what
would have been his 61st birthday,
and Haitian exiles in Miami honored
the slain civil rights leader's beliefs
by holding a peaceful rally.
"Dr. King took us to the dawn of
a new era," New York Mayor David
Dinkins, the first black to hold that
office, told about 400 people who
gathered at Judson Memorial
Church. "It is up to us to push on
into the bright light of day."
"Dr. King dreamed of an inclu-
sive society, where people would be
judged by their good will and their
good deeds," he said. "That is my
dream for our city."
In Atlanta, King's widow,
Coretta Scott King, prepared to give
her annual "state of the dream"
speechhat Ebenezer Baptist Church,
where her husband was pastor.
In Cleveland, Roman Catholic
Bishop Anthony M. Pilla presided at
an afternoon prayer service at St.
John's Cathedral.
The Rev. Howard Moody, senior
minister at Judson Memorial, ex-
pressed concern at Sunday's service
that King's dream had not been ful-
filled.
Racial strife shows that the
"dream has been deferred and we
haven't lived up to the promise,"
said Moody, who is white.
"Racism and prejudice is still
alive and well in this country despite
everything he did," Moody said. "I
don't think white people have lived
up to what he hoped we would. He
was betting everythingwon us. He bet
his life, finally, that we would
change."
King, the son of an Atlanta Bap-
tist minister, led non-violent
marches in the South in the 1950s
and 1960s in a quest to end discrimi-
nation against Blacks and other mi-
norities. He was assassinated on
April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn.
King's teaching were honored
Sunday in Miami as about 100 to
150 Haitian exiles staged a peaceful
demonstration for democracy in their
Caribbean island nation. Demonstra-
tors called for a halt in U.S. aid to
Gen. Prosper Avril's government.
"The reality of that time has not
arrived," King said. "We still have a
long way to go ... to try to achieve
his unfinished work, to create a
world where freedom justice and
equality become reality to all
mankind."
ACTIVISTS
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serious about what they do in the
publicity and programming, and the
day itself," he said.
While more than 70 events have
been planned for the week-long cele-
bration, some activists say the large
number of events are too short-lived
and overwhelming.
"So many things happen on this
day simultaneously that people can't
take advantage of it all," explained
Kim Smith, a UCAR member who
has pushed to establish MLK Day.
"If some events were spread out over
the entire year a lot of neonle could
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports
Czechs call for Soviet pullout'
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - About 6,000 people calling for the ear-
liest possible pullout of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia rallied yester-
day on the eve of Soviet-Czechoslovak talks on the topic, the state news
agency CTK reported.
The protesters in the town of Pohorany reportedly demanded the est
mated 70,000 Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia leave by Aug. 21 the 22nd
anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion that crushed the Prague Spring re-
forms of then-Communist Party chief Alexander Dubcek.
They protested the deployment of any foreign troops on Czechoslovak
soil and supported the government's efforts to seek an early withdrawal,
CTK said.
Local chapters of the Civic Forum political movement organized the
rally in Pohorany, about 150 miles east of Prague, the capital.
The government has proposed that the Soviet soldiers be removed by
the end of the year.
Bodies found in plane wreckage
SANTIAGO, Chile - Police on yesterday recovered five bodies
including those of two U.S. government officials, from the wreckage of a
plane crash in the Andes in nothern Chile.
The air force said the bodies were taken to Copiapo, a city in the
Atacama desert 500 miles to the north, and flown to Santiago later in the
day.
The twin-engine Cessna 206 crashed Wednesday night, shortly after
taking off from the Copiapo Chamanate airport. It was found Saturday'
near Copiapo, according to Cmdr. Rodolfo Acunna, head of the air force
Rescue Service.
The Americans killed were John Harty, Jr. and Patrick Pouzar, officials
of the Food and Drug Administration who arrived in Chile a week ago to
check security procedures in the export of fruit to the United States.
The security checks were part of an agreement reached with Chile after
two grapes laced with cyanide were found in Philadelphia last year.
Fumes kill 43 in Spanish bar
ZARAGOZA, Spain - A fire at a discotheque yesterday sent poi-
sonous smoke pouring into a lounge where people sat listening to music,
and at least 43 people were overcome by the fumes and died, officials
said.
The fumes were so strong some victims had no chance to attempt an
escape and died in their seats, police said.
The fire began at about 2:40 a.m. in the Flying discotheque in a run-
down section of Zaragoza when an electrical overload triggered a short
circuit. It was put out in minutes.
By then, toxic smoke had funnelled through air conditioning ducts to
the basement, where the dance floor, bar and lounge are located, said a lo-
cal government representative, Carlos Perez Anadon.
Investigators found traces of hydrocyanic acid in the lounge, said Ig-
nacio Bruna, another government spokesperson in Zaragoza.
Episcopal priests bless gay
men and lesbian weddings
DETROIT - Some Episcopal priests quietly have been blessing ho-
mosexual weddings for the past few years, but the leader of the Michigan
diocese says such unions will not be officially sanctioned for some time.'
Civil laws prohibit persons of the same sex to be legally married.
Episcopal Church rules forbid priests from marrying couples without a
marriage certificate. Some priests, however, bless gay couples.
"People marry each other. The church hears them make their public
vows to love each other and to live in a faithful relationship. Then the
church adds its blessing," said the Rev. Zalmon Sherwood, a homosexual
Episcopal priest.
Sherwood was a participant in a symposium on gay unions held Satur
day at St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Church in Detroit.
Bishop R. Stewart Wood, head of the church's Michigan diocese, said
any formal diocesan policy to bless gay unions is not likely to be ap-
proved soon.
EXTRAS
Firefighter uses mouth to
mouth to revive two kittens
DURHAM, N.C. - A firefighter who used mouth-to-mouth resuscita-
tion to revive two palm-sized kittens overcome by smoke says he draws
the line at reptiles.
"If somebody has a pet snake and it quits breathing they can hang it
up. I'm not kissing a snake," said A.J. Green, who received letters from
far and wide after his Nov. 13 feat was publicized.
Green used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation followed by oxygen to save
the 2-week-old kittens at a house fire. Since then, Green has received let-
ters from animal lovers from California to Massachusetts.
Green said he saw the two white and gray kittens lying on the ground
outside the burning house, where they had been brought by other fire-
fighters. Neither animal appeared to be breathing. Their 13-year-old
owner, Jennifer Pruitt, was screaming nearby. That's when Green said he
sprung into action on one of the pets.
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