The Michigan Daily- Friday, October 4, 1991 - Page 3
HouSe
votes to,
Iose own
bank
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Houise voted 390-8 yesterday to shut
down a prized perk - its members'
bank - following disclosure that
Samakers, including Speaker
omas Foley, wrote rubber checks.
The resolution also ordered an
ethics committee investigation of
whether House members "routinely
and repeatedly" wrote checks know-
ing they had insufficient funds in
their accounts.
House Majority Leader Richard
Gephardt (D-Mo.) said the investi-
gation would concentrate not on oc-
*asional rubber check writers but
look for habitual abuse "that could
lead to disciplinary action against
members" or House employees.
Gephardt also admitted that
three of his checks, totaling $216.28,
were submitted to the bank when he
had insufficient funds. He blamed
the problem on a payee who waited
two months before presenting a
Gephardt check for payment.
0 The resolution ordered a closure
of the bank, run by the sergeant at
arms office, by year's end.
Foley said current and former
members who are delinquent in
clearing their tabs at the House
restaurant should be forced to pay
up.
He said a suggestion to post the
names of such members is "an ex-
Araordinary thing I'm not ready to
endorse."
Foley said that he, too, had
bounced a check at the House bank.
Last Dec. 27, he said, he wrote a
$540 check for a compact disc player
and an audio receiver without know-
ing he did not have sufficient funds
to cover the amount.
"I didn't knowthe check pre-
sented for payment was delayed for
A4 hours," Foley said yesterday.
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UAC mini courses offer
students change of pace
by Travis McReynolds
Students feeling a gap in their
education can turn to University
Activities Center (UAC) mini
courses once again to fill that hiatus
with classes designed to heal their
sore bodies, lift their souls, and im-
press their friends with a dizzying
knowledge of alcoholic beverages.
Mini courses are non-traditional
educational seminars which give
students a break from their regular
scheduled classes. Many of the pop-
ular courses are returning this fall,
including massage therapy, yoga,
and bartending, to name a few.
In the past, mini courses have
only been available on Central
Campus. This year UAC is offering
a variety of new courses on North
Campus, includingasilk-screening,
watercolor, and black and white
photography.
Also new this year on Central
Campus is a seminar co-sponsored
by the Student Organization Devel-
opment Center called Leadership
Institute. UAC offers this four-ses-
sion seminar at three different times
and it is the only free mini course
available this semester.
UAC Director of Mini Courses
and LSA junior Joe Shantz said, "I
think the free Leadership Institute
Seminar is the most important
course we are offering this semester.
It allows students an opportunity
for personal growth and to develop
organizational management skills."
While UAC officials are enthu-
siastic about new programs being
offered this year, massage classes are
expected to remain favorites among
students.
This semester UAC is offering:
Pre-weekend Massage, Massage for
Beginners, and Introduction to Mas-
sage Therapy.
Last Wednesday evening, the
three-hour Introduction to Massage
Therapy course met for the first
time. The class consists of a lecture
about anatomy, followed by a 15-
minute demonstration, and then a
one-hour massage exchange.
Barry Ryder, a professional mas-
sage therapist, said, "A one-hour
massage from a professional thera-
time and has become quite
experienced.
"I'm addicted," said Lukjan. "A
massage is a great way to relax. If
you can find the time for the class,
take it. It really settles one down."
Shantz said the courses can be a
relaxing break for students since no
grades or University credit are given
and the prices for the classes are
low.
The classes also allow students
the opportunity to take courses they
'I'm taking the class to learn to give better
massages. I figured I could attract more men
that way'
- Theresa Flynn
Engineering sophomore
Say when
LSA sophomore Kara Van Dam pours latte - a frothy, milky concoction
-while preparing a drink at Caff6 Fino in the Michigan Union yesterday.
Researchers isolate gene
pist usually costs about $40, and
when students enroll in this course
what they are basically getting is
seven one-hour massages for a total
of $30."
The 17 students in the class ex-
change massages on foam mats with
the lights low- and relaxing music
playing. Ryder said he teaches the
students to focus on their breathing
and their hands while centering
their energy into their hands.
"I'm taking the class to learn to
give better massages," Engineering
sophomore Theresa Flynn said. "I
figured I could attract more men
that way."
Engineering senior Zack Lukjan
is taking the course for the fourth
otherwise would not be able to take,
Shantz said.
"Where else could a student take
a course on winetasting or the fun-
damentals of billiards?" he said.
Shantz said most of the instruc-
tors return year after year to teach
their course. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton
are returning to teach their 31st year
of ballroom dancing and Ryder has
been teaching the massage therapy
courses for six years.
Mini courses are available during
the fall and winter semesters and
usually cost between $10 and $40 a
course. Mini courses meet once or
twice a week for one to three hour
sessions.
triggering Al
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Researchers studying three genera-
tions of a family with Alzheimer'sl
disease have isolated a mutated gene
that may trigger one form of theI
brain disorder, giving new evidence
that it canbe passed from one gener-
ation to another.
Researchers at the Indiana
Corrections
Michael McClure and Ray Manzarek will play this Sunday, not
Saturday, at Club Heidelberg. They will perform at 6 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12.50.
The former University researcher arrested on an outstanding felony
warrant Sept. 19 was misidentified in the Sept. 24 Daily. His actual name is
John Roland High.
THELS
What's happening in Ann Arbor today
Mvi e et ing s "Scar of Shame" and "Ten Nights in
a Barroom," films. Angell Aud A, 7
Friday p.m., free.
Society of Professional Hispanic En- "Chushingura," film. Lorch Hall Au-
gineers (SHPE). Dominick's basement, ditoriup , free.
5 p.m. ditorium, 7 p.m., free.
Jewish Feminist Group, women's U-M Ultite Fie ,7am, Friday
minyan. Hillel, 7 p.m. practice. Mitchell Field, 7-9.
U-M Ninjitsu Club, every Friday. Call
Sunday 662-2306 for info. IM wrestling room,
Alpha Phi Omega. Union, Anderson 6:30-8.
Rm. Pledge meeting, 6 p.m. Chapter U-M Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do Club,
meeting, 7 p.m. practice. CCRB Martial Arts Rm,
U-M Chess Club. Michigan League. 1 6:30-7:30.
p.m. Call 994-5824 for-info. U-M Women's Lacrosse Club. Friday
U-M Cycling Club, mass mtg. Union practice. Oosterbaan Field House, 9-
Ballroom, 7:30. 10:30.
$Speakers U-M Taekwondo Club. Friday work-
out. CCRB Small Gym, rm 1200, 6-8
Friday p.m.
'ih Peace' Process: Behind the Michigan Quarterly Review, publi-
Rhetoric," Mark Buchan. Guild House, cation party. Shaman Drum Book-
802 Monroe, noon. shop, 4-6.
"Problems of Biblical Chronology Multi-Racial Multi-Cultural
and Historicity in the Light of the Group, fall reception. Union, Ander-
Samaritan Chronicles," Dr. Paul son Rm, noon-2.
Stenhouse, University of Sydney. 3050 "Germans Growing Together: Psy-
Frieze, 4 p.m chological, Cultural, and Political
"Beyond Hollywood: Character Aspects of the Unification Process in
Driven Narratives form Thelma and Germany," symposium. Union, Kuen-
Louise to Cinema Paradiso," Andrew zel Rm, 1-5.
Horton. 2520 Frieze, noon. Saturday
"Cenozoic Chemical Weathering," "Sex, Love, and Intimacy," workshop.
Lee Kump of Penn State University. $25 students/$50 others. League, 1-7
Chem Bldg, rm 1640,4 p.m. p.m.
"The Bible in 17th Century Politics," Career Planning and Placement.
Tanner Lecture by Christopher Hill. Kick-Off Saturday. CP&P Program.
Rackham Aud, 4 p.m. Rm,-9: 10-noon.
Saturday Drum Circle, percussion and rhythms.
"What Hope for the Nicaraguan Rev- Guild House, 802 Monroe, 7:30.
olution?," Dr. Omar Cabezas Lacayo. Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra,
Rackham Amphitheater, 7:30. opening concert. Michigan Theater, 8
p.m.
Furtherm ore "The Role of African-Americans in
the Social and Built Environment,"
symposium. League, Hussey Rm, 9-
Safewalk, night-time safety walking 4:30.
service. Sun-Thur, 8 p.m.-1:20 a.m. and "Late Summer Blues," film. Hillel,
Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Stop by 8:30 & 10:30.
102 UGLi or call 936-1000. Extended Sunday
hours are 1 a.m. -3 a.m. at the Angell
Hall Computing Center or call 763- Israeli Dancing, every Sunday. $2.
4246. Hillel, 8-10 p.m.
Northwalk. North Camus safety U-M Ultimate Frisbee Team, Sunday
.zheimer '5
University School of Medicine ex-
amined blood, tissue and clinical
histories of 30 members of an
Indiana family over three genera-
tions and found that those who suf-
fered from Alzheimer's all had an
alteration in a single gene on chro-
mosome 21.
Jill Murrell, a co-author of the
study, said yesterday that the find-
ing provides a genetic basis for a
type of Alzheimer's disease that
starts at an early age, but a link be-
tween the gene and the disease that
occurs randomly after the age of 65
has not been established.
Familial, or inherited, Alz-
heimer's Disease accounts for
between 15 to 20 percent of the
250,000 new American cases of the
disease diagnosed annually. Murrell
said that only some forms of inher-
ited Alzheimer's disease start at an
early age.
The disease is a fatal disorder of
the brain that involves the progres-
sive death of brain cells. The disease
is marked by the steady, irreversible
erosion of memory and the ability
to reason. Finally, brain function is
destroyed and death results.
Conference to discuss cultural
construction of sexual identity
by Julie Schupper shops. Some will be general, others Perez and Michael Kimmel, will
Daily Women's Issues Reporter will be more restricted to particu- speak Saturday and Sunday at 10:30
How do feelings of desire and lar groups," said Rackham student a.m.
conceptions of the erotic differ by
gender, race, and culture? How has
AIDS affected individual sexual be-
havior on campus? Interested in ex-
ploring how socialization defines
how we view ourselves as sexual
beings?
These questions and others will
be addressed at the Conference on
the Cultural Construction of Sexu-
ality, which will be held Saturday
and Sunday at 9 a.m. in the Rackham
Auditorium and Modern Languages
Building. Registration will be at 8
a.m. in Rackham Auditorium.
The conference will offer stu-
dents and the University commu-
nity the opportunity to investigate
the concept of sexuality through in-
teractive workshops and panel dis-
cussions, organizers said.
"There will be about 25 work-
Linda Kurtz, a coordinator of the
conference.
Topics of workshops at the con-
ference include: Sexuality in the
AIDS Era, Masculinity- How
Does an American View Hold Up,
and Sexual Assault and the Media
- What's the Connection.
"The Conference will attempt
to bring a critical and academic ap-
proach to human sexuality," Kurtz
said.
"We are trying to move out of
restrictive ideas and behaviors. We
want people to be who they are,"
she said.
Organizers said the conference is
open to anyone interested in explor-
ing sexual stereotypes and behaviors
across races, classes, genders, and
sexual orientations.
Two keynote speakers, Emma
Perez will speak on "Speaking
from the Margin on Sex and
Power" while Kimmel will focus
on male culturally constructed sex-
uality and how it is manifested in
pornography and AIDS research.
"This conference will do a num-
ber of things," said Jerry Schneider,
an alumnus of the University. "It
will bring together people who do
not have a forum for talking can-
didly about sex, particularly people
who are marginalized by society
people of color, lesbians, and gays."
The Conference on the Cultural
Construction of Sexuality is a grass
roots effort co-sponsored by the
Department of Anthropology, the
Office of Minority Affairs, the
Women's Studies Program, the Cen-
ter for the Education of Women, and
the Rackham Student Government.
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