The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 24, 1991 - Page 7 Project SERVE draws students 'Into the Streets' by Uju Oraka Daily Staff Reporter Battling homelessness, hunger, and environmental hazards are only a few of the many community ser- vice projects which students will be able to participate in through the second annual "Into the Streets" program on Nov. 1. The program, which is spon- sored by Project SERVE, seeks to encourage students to volunteer on a long term basis. Engineering senior Helen Bellanca, a member of the SERVE coordinating committee, said the main goal of the program is to try to get as many people as possible to incorporate service into their lifestyle, now and beyond college. "Once you start doing service you are more aware of the commu- nity. You are more aware of how the community works and you ap- preciate life more," Bellanca said. Bellanca said the only require- ments for participation in the pro- gram are a willingness to work and learn, and an open mind. This year, Project SERVE plans to focus "Into the Streets" on seven issues: homelessness, chil- dren and youth, education, the envi- ronment, hunger, senior citizens, and community revitalization, she said. The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a "motivational" speech, de- livered by LSA senior Susie Hassan. The speech will stress the importance of community service. Afterward, students will be split up and sent to 15 to 20 differ- ent sites across Ann Arbor for a "We are only involving Uni- versity students this year because we had such little time to get things together," Bohn said. "Next 'Once you start doing service you are more aware of the community. You are more aware of how the community works and you appreciate life more' - Helen Bellanca SERVE coordinating committee member concept of "Into the Streets" be- gan at a COOL (Campus Outreach Opportunity League) conference, a national program which encourages students to take part in volunteer activities. "COOL would have an 'Into the Streets' wherever it had its confer- ence. But this year we decided to make it a national event. So 200 campuses across the country are also having an 'Into the Streets' event on Nov. 1," Bohn said. LSA senior Janel Robinson, a coordinator of the event, said she enjoys being a part of SERVE and plans to make community work a part of her life once she graduates. "I started volunteering last year and thought it was a lot of fun and it has made me more ambi- tious," Robinson said. Registration tables for the pro- gram will be at the Fishbowl and the Michigan Union, as well as the SERVE office at 2211 in the Union, until 5 p.m. tomorrow. If students cannot participate in the event itself, the Project SERVE office can refer students to organizations actively recruiting volunteers. Anita Bohn said she is happy with the number of University or- ganizations involved in the event. "People from other student or- ganizations are sending people over, such as the Black Student Union and the Angel Club," Bohn said. one day volunteer project. Organizers said they hope this one- day project will inspire them to adopt a more long term one. year, we hope to make it more of a communitywide event." Anita Bohn, director of SERVE and a University alumnae, said the EVICTION Continued from page 1 ,state subsidy ended Oct. 1 when Engler eliminated the $246 million General Assistance program. The rent on her apartment on Detroit's impoverished lower east side is $265. "Now I have no income coming in," said McGhee, who is studying for a high school equivalency diploma in hopes of landing a job. "All I'm getting is food stamps." Ingham County Circuit Judge James Giddings ruled Oct. 11 that welfare benefits must be restored for almost 83,000 recipients of General Assistance. The judge ruled the state had given inadequate notice of the cutoff.. Demonstrators who shouted, "Housing is a right. We're going to fight, fight, fight," said they had no choice but to protest when Giddings' ruling was blocked by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Resolutions were introduced Tuesday by state Rep. David Jaye (R- Utica) and Sen. Jack Welborn (R- Kalamazoo) urging Engler to re- move Giddings from the bench be- MIDEAST Continued from page 1 Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and the 'Palestine Liberation Organization agreed not to strike any separate peace deal with Israel, such as the Camp David accords signed by Egypt in 1979. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity. "There will be total Arab coor- dination," said Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa. Egypt, which is to attend the peace conference only as an .observer and potential mediator, plunged the Arab world into political disarray vhen it took its military might out of the Israeli-Arab equation with the Camp David accords. The conference is expected to break up into three sets of bilateral talks between Israel and Syria, Lebanon, and a joint Jordanian- Palestinian delegation. cause he intruded in a legislative matter. Protest co-organizer Jerry Goldberg of the socialist Workers' World Party said poor tenants re- mained hopeful the city would tem- porarily stop evictions. That step was taken by many U.S. cities during the recession-wracked early 1970s, as well as during the 1930s, Goldberg said. Detroit's city charter gives lead- ers the authority to declare a state of emergency and then enact ordi- nances such as a moratorium on evic- tions, he added. Resolutions that included a ban on evictions were introduced but quickly withdrawn Tuesday by Detroit City Council President Maryann Mahaffey and Councilmember Mel Ravitz. "It's illegal. It would require landlords to give free rent to every- body," Ravitz said. 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