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. i 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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