The Michigan Daily- Monday, November 11, 1991 - Page 3 i Program aims to increase minority graduate students Peacekeeping forces arrive in . . : Cambodia by Mona Qureshi Imagine bonding with a profes- sor for a summer, doing research at the graduate school level, network- ing with potential employers, and being paid for it - while still an *mdergraduate. About 50 students from the University of Michigan and other universities had such an opportunity this past summer while participat- ing in the Summer Research Oppor- tunity Program (SROP), sponsored by Rackham Graduate School. SROP, the only undergraduate program sponsored by Rackham, has several goals in mind - the most *mportant being an increase in mi- nority students attending graduate and professional schools and becom- 'in statistics class, we used situations. Here, what I did meant something ... in real life' - Valarie Burton LSA senior ing faculty of the University, says Marilyn Gordon, coordinator for Minority Affairs at Rackham. The SROP program at the Uni- versity is part of an initiatve by the Big Ten Schools and the University of Chicago to increase minority stu- dent participation in graduate stud- Oes. Overall, two-thirds of students who have graduated after participat- ing in the program have gone on to graduate and professional school - three times the national average for all baccalaureates - and over half show interest in becoming profes- sors. SROP has three parts - an eight to 10 week research program with a rofessor/mentor, weekly campus- ased activities concerning graduate school and research, and an annual conference/forum, in which the stu- dents and professors share their findings. Participants in the program must be sophomores or juniors who are U.S. citizens with an ethnic minor- ity background as defined by the University. Areas of study range from engineering to theater and are chosen by the students. Astronomy Prof. Nancy Houk has seen the successes of her stu- dents since she began participating as a mentor in 1988. One of her for- mer students, Aaron Evans, a 1990 graduate, reported his findings at a national conference of the American Astronomical Society in 1989. Cur- rently Evans is doing graduate work at the University of Hawaii. "People work for me on the project as routine research," says Houk, "but it's not as challenging as the SROP." Students and professors alike have found several benefits in the program, among the most men- tioned being a "real-life experi- ence" and a $2,500 stipend, funded by Rackham, upon successful com- pletion. Valarie Burton, an LSA senior majoring in statistics, had no interests in graduate studies until she began participating in the SROP program two years ago. Burton used her statistical knowledge to research various methods of quality improvement. "By contributing to a project, I had the experience of working with something real. In statistics class, we used situations. Here, what I did meant something ... in real life," Burton says. Since August, she has been employed at the Center for Statistical Consultation, where she first began her SROP research. Victoria Anzaldua, a School of Music senior and a theater concen- trator, worked with Prof. Erik Fredricksen on a theatrical combat project. She said that she felt lucky to collaborate with such a well- known mentor on her project, which took her to theatrical combat camps in Las Vegas and San Diego for six to eleven hours of training a day. As a result of her participation, Anzaldua has made connections with several professional choreog- raphers. It's competitive considering 50 out of 230 applicants were accepted last summer, she said, but students should start applying at the end of the fall semester. "You don't have to-be a 4.0," Gordon says. "You just need the po- tential to go on and the will to learn more." Anzaldua said she hopes more people will become aware of the program. "The more people know about this program, the more we can interact and present a big project." PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Australian soldiers in blue berets arrived yesterday in Cambodia, the first of a vast U.N. force that will try to keep peace in the country wrecked by 13 years of civil war. In yet another sign of hope for the devastated Southeast Asian land, U.S. diplomats were flying to Phnom Penh today to restore rela- tions severed 16 years ago. Japanese diplomats also arrived to open a new embassy, four days ahead of the arrival of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who will lead an interim government. Under a United Nations-bro- kered peace accord signed last month, the government and three guerrilla groups are to lead the country toward democratic elec- tions scheduled in 1993. The war between them raged since Vietnam invaded in 1978, oust- ing the ruthless Khmer Rouge Communists that three years earlier drove out a pro-American govern- ment. An eventual $1 billion peace- keeping force will be the largest since the U.N. dispatched 20,000 soldiers and police to the Belgian Congo, now Zaire, in 1960. Because of the tens of thousand's of land mines that are buried throughout the country and lorig- years of warfare, Cambodia has the' highest percentage of war-disabled in the world, along with an abysmal health care system and the lowest per capita income in Asia. Today, Charles Twining is to ar- rive as the charge d'affaires at a new U.S. embassy, 16 years after Washington closed its embassy when the ultra-radical Communist Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh. None of the arriving diplomats will establish ties with that 13- year-old government, which was es- tablished by Vietnamese officials in 1978 and is now headed by Premier Hun Sen. Instead, they will present their credentials to Sihanouk, who is to arrive Thursday from Beijing. ANTHONY M. CROLL/Daily Where're the brakes on this thing? Don Newman challenges the laws of gravity as he delivers soap, paper goods, and butter to local restaurants. Blood - no guts and glory sought in annual Blood Battle against Buckeyes u by Jennifer Silverberg Daily Staff Reporter The University hopes to reclaim their trophy during the tenth an- nual blood battle against Ohio State University (OSU) by collect- ing 2,240 units of blood during the next two weeks. The battle is sponsored by Al- pha Phi Omega (APO), a co-ed ser- vice organization, and the winner will be awarded a trophy during halftime at the Michigan-OSU football game Nov. 23. "We organized the battle to be a competition between the two schools in an effort to heighten awareness that blood is needed and to stimulate a little competition between the two chapters (of APO)," said Weezie Pauli, presi- dent of APO. Michigan has won the trophy six times but last year OSU claimed it. "We don't want Ohio to keep the trophy. We don't feel the Buck- eyes are smart enough to even know where to put it," said Neal Fry, the Red Cross representative on cam- pus. "There's no great love lost be- tween us and OSU, and we don't want them to have the trophy two years in a row." The University's blood drive is the largest in Michigan and one of the biggest in the United States, said Heather Burrows, co-chair of the battle. The 72 hospitals in this area use 1,100 units of blood a day and the blood battle provides 25 percent of the area's daily need for blood during the next two weeks. "We serve as a model for the Red Cross," Burrows said. "They. try to create other drives that are as large and as organized as ours." "It's the biggest event we do all year long, and it encompasses every aspect of our chapter and what we stand for," Pauli said. "Most of the chapter really believes in it and sees it as a worthwhile cause. Blood at the hospital is so desperately needed that anything we can do to help is worth it." The appointment system was a new feature of the blood drive last year allowing people to make ap- pointments to give blood. A little over half of the alloted times were filled through this system, Barkan said. Appointments for giving blood in the Union can be made on Monday through Wednesday and Friday this week. "People really appreciate the appointment system because they can get in and out in an hour instead of waiting in line for an hour," Pauli said. There are incentives for under- graduates to donate blood. Stuc- chi's coupons will be given to stu- dents from the hall that donates the highest percentage of blood in the dorm. In addition, a pizza party will be given to the sorority and fraternity that donate the highest percentage of blood within the Greek system. The top reason that people don't give blood is because they aren't asked, Burrows said. "It's hard to ask 35,000 people but we are try- ing," she said. The drive will last for eight hours each day. APO will have six volunteers each hour who will help with set up, clean up, registra- tion, escorting people to tables to give blood and to the canteen for juice and cookies. Each donor will give one unit of blood and a few additional tubes to be tested in Detroit for AIDS and other diseases before the blood is taken to area hospitals. "Unfortunately, the percentage of people who give blood on cam- pus is not as high as we would want. We want to get people started giving blood now to make this a regular event in their lives," Barkan said. '° , . : THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Blood Battle 1991 Date Location Time Nov 11 Bursley 3- 9 Nov. 12 MohrJra 3 - 9 N o v . 1B -..h.::.. - . . Nov. 14 E ast Qua d 2 -8 N o v :. 7 u K :::.::: :::::.. :SK:. :1( N.v.t15 Mosrk/Dey 2-L8 Nov. 17 South Quad 1 -7 Nov. 18-21 Un ion 1 -6:30 Nov. 22....Union.....12 - 7:30 Christine Kloostra/DAILY GRAPHIC 1 Meetings Enact, weekly mtg. SNR, 1040 Dana, 7 p.m. Indian American Student Associa- tion, weekly board mtg. All members welcome. League, 1st floor conference rooms 1 & 2, 8 p.m. U-M Greens, weekly mtg. Union, Tap Room, 5 p.m. Support Group for Women Who Are or Have Been in an Abusive; Relationship. First United Methodist Church, 3-4:30 Asian American Association, fitness workshop. Trotter House, 7 p.m. Hindu Students Council. Topic: Human Sexuality and Hinduism. MLB, B115A, 8 p.m. U-M Asian American Student Coalition, committee meeting. East Quad, 52 Greene, 7:30. Undergraduate Philosophy Club. Topic: Philosophy: A Graduate School Perspective. 2220 Angell Hall, 7 p.m. International Program in Uppsala, Sweden, informational mtg. 443 Mason, 5 p.m. Speakers "The Ironies of War," Rashid Bashshur, and "Historical Perspective on the Middle East," Janice Terry. 1014 Dow Bldg,3:30-5. "Activation of Dinitrogen at Binuclear Sites," Kostas Demadis. 1640 Chem, 4 p.m. "Structure Relations in Metal Insulator Transitions," Brendan Foran. 1640 Chem, 4 p.m. "Perspectives on Peace: A Journalistic View," Viewpoint Lectures by Richard Strauss and Hisham Melhem. Rackham Aud, 7:30. "Israeli Econ 201: Jews, Arabs, Money, and Peace," Joel Bainerman. Hillel, 7:30. I" _ - -J - i _-f W i - 102 UGLi or call 936-1000. Extended hours are 1 a.m. -3 a.m. at the Angell Hall Computing Center or call 763- 4246. Northwalk, North Campus safety walking service. Sun-Thur 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. and Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m.-11:30p.m. Stop by 2333 Bursley or call 763- WALK. Ultimate Frisbee Club, practice. Be- ginners welcome. Mitchell Field, 7-9. Call 668-2886 for info. Guild House Writers Series, Leisha Jones and Reba Devine. Guild House, 802 Monroe, 8:30-10. English Department Coffee Hour, ev- ery Monday. Haven 7th floor lounge, 3- 4:30. Blues Party and Open Mike Night,, every Monday, $1.50 cover. Blind Pig, 8:30. U-M Ninjitsu Club, Monday practice. IM Bldg, wrestling rm, 7:30-9. U-M Women's Lacrosse Club, Mon- day practice. Oosterbaan Field House, 9-10:30. Call 996-3392 for info. ECB Peer Writing Tutors. An- gell/Mason Computing Center, 7-11. 611 Church, 7-9. U-M Taekwvondo Club, Monday workout. CCRB Martial Arts Rm, 6:30-8. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Interfacing With the Medical System," Lesbian Health Series, free. Common Language Bookstore, 7-9. Ethnic Greek Dancing. Union, rm 1209, 7:30. Israel Information Day. Hillel, 10-4. The Yawp literary magazine is accept- ing applications in 7629 Haven. Emerging Leaders Program Group Leader applications available at SODC, 2202 Union. Applications due Nov. 22. Career Planning and Placement. Prenaring for the Second Interview I Do You? I zs Ass ocii ates t ...... ..... ......... .. ... ... .... . .... ...... .......... ZS Associates is a rapidly growing entrepreneurial consulting firm. Just eight years old, we work in 28 countries, employ 87 professionals, and have offices on both sides of the Atlantic. The corporate environment at ZS is fast-paced -- driven by creativity and enterprise. We combine our knowledge of sales and 2. 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