The Michigan Daily - Monday, March 30, 1992 - Page 3 rivobTul :j J1 I Sol !Fu WAR Oil A 4 444-9 [*1-& X PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MSA 1992 winter election poll sites hours. March 30 VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES EECS DOW Union Fishbowl MLB School of Ed. East Engin. Bus. Lounge Art & Arch. Pub. Health Pharmacy Music Nursing Law Nat. Res. Dentistry 8:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. UGLI 8:30 a.mn3:30 p.m. Couzens 8:30 p.m.-10:15 p.m. Alice Uoyd 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Mo-Jo 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Markley 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. South Quad 9:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 12:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. West Quad 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m. 10 a.m.-2:40 p.m. East Quad 10:15 a.m.-3 p.m. 10:15 a.m.-3 p.m. Bursley 10:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Rackham 10:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Grad. Lib. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Med. Science 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 3:15 p.m.-10 p.m. 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. 4:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. 4:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. 5 p.m.-6:45 p.m. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m.-6 p.m. 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. 4:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. 4:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. 7 p.m.-10:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m.-9:45 p.m. . t 't r r Ede Fox Scott Gast Progressive Party Conservative Coalition How do you feel about the current assembly? What are your top three priorities if elected to MSA? Hunter Van Valkenburgh Beth O'Conner Progressive Party Conservative Coalition How do you feel about MSA's image problem? Ede Fox, Progressive Party presi- dential candidate: I feel the current MSA administration has been inef- fective in lobbying for student con- cerns. Under the conservative party MSA has become an exclusive body to serve the needs of the administra- tion of this University rather than its constituents. Hunter Van Valkenburgh, Pro- gressive Party vice presidential candidate: The current administra- tion seems to be good at cranking out thick reports that no one had the time to read and that are ignored by the University administration. A 50-page report is meant for elite eyes only, and doesn't do anything to improve MSA accessibility. A better use of time would be to disseminate infor- mation pertinent to student issues to students, and use it as a basis for organizing for change. Scott Gast, Conservative Coalition presidential candidate: The assem- bly under President James Green of the Conservative Coalition has gone a long way toward greater respect on campus. James has done much to in- crease MSA credibility with both the students of this campus and the ad- ministration. MSA has become more responsive to student needs and less focused on personal agendas. Beth O'Conner, Conservative Coa- lition vice presidential candidate: The assembly under the Green ad- ministration has improved a great deal. The assembly is more responsive to the needs of students, as shown in the record of CC leadership. CC has in- creased student funding while at the same time cutting the student fee, they have implemented automatic stu- dent group recognition, and they have createdan all-nightlibrary. This shows the concern CC has for students, not its own personal agendas. Fox: My top priorities if electedto the assembly wouldbe to increase MSA's accountability and effectiveness, to address concerns of all traditionally excluded people, and to open family housing on North Campus to all fami- lies regardless of sexual orientation. Van Valkenburgh: A. Restore the service level of the Tenants Union and Student Legal Services - both free services for all students - to previous levels. B. Investigate the University's budget, and publish an easily understood summary of it so students get an idea of where their tuition dollars go. C. As an extension of (B), lobby the regents and the Leg- islature for a freeze on tuition hikes of indefinite length. Gast: As president of the Michigan Student Assembly, my first priority would be to make MSA more respon- sive to the needs of students. The assembly now is still too far removed from the students, lacking the respect it could have if it had always truly pursued student concerns. I would also like to see much of the needless bureaucracy of the assembly reduced. O'Conner: My first priority as an MSA representative would be to re- duce much of the internal bickering of the assembly, which is simply coun- terproductive. Secondly, I would like to bring MSA closer to the students. This could be accomplished by hold- ing meetings in the residence halls and making representatives more ac- cessible to the students. Thirdly, I would like to see more money made available for student groups. Themain reason MSA exists is for the students; this is one of the most direct ways in which the assembly can serve them. Fox: MSA's image problem is solv- able with a lot of work. Past adminis- trations have done the minimum amount of work to keep MSA run- ning. If elected, we plan to do a maxi- mum amount of work to make MSA accountable to all student groups rather than waiting for students to come to MSA and voice their con- cerns. This in itself will increase the number of students voting in MSA elections. Once students see thatMSA can improve all aspects of student life, students will begin to care about their government. Van Valkenburgh: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.... Office hours by reps have traditionally been ignored, cutting back on rep/constituent contact. I would be in favor of replacing them with information tables in each school on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, and putting up suggestion boxes to find out what students want us to do. Leav- ing major controversial decisions up to referendum would also promote greater democracy. Gast: In the last year, Conservative Coalition has gotten MSA back on a road to respectability. Meetings are run much more efficiently under the CC administration; minutes are also being kept for the first time in many years. If we are to continue MSA's movement toward greater credibil- ity, we must continue to put the con- cerns of students first in our priori- ties. We must also bring MSA closer to the students, so that the students know what it is that MSA does for them. By working for students, and not our own personal agendas, we will continue to earn the respect of students. O'Conner: MSA does not enjoy a respectable reputation on campus now. CC has been working to change this in the last year with a good deal of success. We will continue this process, with a continued emphasis on student concerns and student is- sues. By truly representing student concerns, students will grow to re- spect MSA more. 4 ,Refugees plan to go home to Cambodia Women address feelings, network SITE 2 REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) - Cambodian refugees gathered their belongings and hopes yesterday, preparing to return home under a peace accord. For some, it also meant freedom from the fearful grip of Khmer Gouge guerrillas. About 600 refugees from camps just inside Thailand were bused to a compound in Site 2 for final checks and a last night of exile: Today, after a ceremony, the United Nations plans to transport them transport them across the bor- der to western Cambodia, starting a nine-month repatriation of 370,000 refugees. The operation faces many possi- ble perils - continued fighting in some areas of Cambodia, the coun- try's numerous land mines and lack of secure areas, its primitive health and living conditions. "You don't easily take people back to a country after 20 years of bloody conflict ... to a country that is still not at peace," said Sergio Vimira de Mello, a special envoy of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Chane Sokchhea, one of the refugees chosen for the trip today, expressed anxiety, "I feel worried about snipers, mines and the Khmer Rouge, but I want to meet my rela- tives in Cambodia, my parents, brother and sister," he said. The refugees fled the border after Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia in 1978. at 'U' by Gwen Shaffer Daily Staff Reporter syr THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Meetings American Culture: Udergraduate Society, pre- CRISP coffee hour, 221 Angell Hall 4 psm. 1jndergraduate Philosophy Club, Angell Hall 2220 7-8 p.m. American Advertising Federation, 3040 Frieze 6:00 p.m. Environmental Action (ENACT), weekly mtg, 1040 School of Natural Resources, 7 p.m. Public Relations Student Society of America (PASSA), mandatory mtg, 2050 Frieze Building, 5:00. Society for the Advancement of Environmental Education, 1046 School of Natural Resources, 7:30 p.m. Take Back the Night, weekly ntg, Michigan League, check information desk for rm, 7 ,p.m. Undergraduate Psych Society, 2235 Angell Hall, 7:30 p.m. U of M Sorin-Ryu Karate-Do Club, weekly meeting, CCRB Martial Arts rm, 8:30-9:30 p.m. Speakers "Meaning Change Standards," 2220 Angell Hall, 4:00 p.m. 'Grassroots Organizing and Socall Change," ACORN, 164 E. Quad,.7 p.m. "The Capitalist Economic and Prospects for Socialism," 2010 MLB, 7:00 p.m. "Maezel and me:Poe and the Chess-Playing Automation," 41 4 Mason Hall, 4:00 p.m. "Magnetic, Electronic, and Crystal Structures," 1640 Chem, 4:00 p.m. "Estaablishment of Programs designed to recruit minority In the former Soviet Union," Rackham East Conference Room, 4:10 p.m. "Choosing Submission: Fundamentalist Responses to Modernity," Nat Sci Aud, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. "Discussion/Open Forum on Christian Scienec, Andeson Rm, Michigan Union, 7-8 p.m. Furthermore Guild House Campus Ministry, 8:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Art Show Opening, "Transcending Boundaries," Union Art Lounge Quiloombo, R a c k h a m Amphitheater 4th floor, 7 p.m. "Public Skating, Yost Ice Arena, 1:50 p.m. Safewalk, night-time walking service. Sun-Thurs 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Fri-Sat, 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Stop by 102 UGLi or call 936-1000. Also, extended hours: Sun-Thurs 1:30-3 a.m. Stop by Angell Hall Computing Center or call 763-4246. N o r t h w alk, North Campus nighttime team walking service. Sun- Thur 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Stop by 2333 Bursley or call 763-WALK. U-M Taekwondo Club, Monday workout. CCRB Martial Arts Rm. 2275, 6:30-8:30 p.m. U of M Ninjitsu Club, practice, I-M Bldg, wrestling rm, 7-8:30 p.m. ECB Peer Writing Tutors. Angell/Mason Computing Center, 7- 11 p.m. Stress and Time Management, Consultations with peer counselors available, 3100 Michigan Union, 2- 4 p.m. Picnic, wednesday for fans of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," 4:00 p.m. Ann Arbor community park near Arb University women had the oppor- tunity to discuss feelings and con- cerns unique to them, network with one another and learn from profes- sional women in the community at the Michigan Women's Symposium Saturday. Workshops addressed issues such as assertiveness, breaking racial barriers, and women's health issues. One session titled "Chilly Climate in the Classroom" brought women to- gether to talk about sexism in the University. According to a survey conducted by the Women's Commission of the Michigan Student Assembly, women regularly encounter sexual innuen- does, stereotyping and insensitivity from male professors, TAs and students. "Harassment and discrimination are so common that they are almost normative," Associate Director for the Center for Education of Women and symposium facilitator Sue Kaufman said. "Sexual harassment affects about one-fourth of women on campus." Nearly all of the approximately 50 woman present said they have had a personal experience with sex discrimination in a University class. Kaufman said she has heard "horrible stories" involving male students harassing female students. "The really scary thing is that in college is when your personality be- comes cemented," LSA junior Heather Johnston said. "If people come out of here with sexist atti- tudes, they will probably keep them their whole lives." Nancy Badore, employee rela- nposium tions manager for Ford Motor Company's Technical Affairs and Automotive Group, told workshop participants in her keynote address to turn anxieties about entering male-dominated fields to their advantage. "Make sure you have people, things and possibilities that are up- lifting - it is part of controlling your own reservoir of optimism," Badore said. "Don't waste your time with people that drag you down." Badore said she has found her work at Ford to be fun and rewarding. Badore also said many women are so busy trying to live up to the expectations of others that they don't acknowledge the things they are good at and enjoy. "No matter what it is, there is a way to surround it and make money at it," she said. It is possible to turn your short- comings into something positive by accepting challenges and learning to master them, Badore said. She said anxiety and courage play a role in accomplishing this. "It is important to.know anxiety is a cue that something important is hovering nearby, which involves a decision on your part, and that', growth is on the other side," she added. "The symposium gave me a lot of reassurance and the allowed me to see women as role models," said LSA first-year student Marilyn Lori. The women's symposium was sponsored by the Student Organization Development Center and approximately 15 other campus groups- All the news that's fit to print M Jan Simo, a cashier at a local grocery store, gives the latest copy of the Weekly World News a second look as she checks out a customer Saturday mornin . ME CHIGAN iILY a __ _ __ M SPECIAL REPO~R The Americanl Neo-Nazi 1 Movement TodaN A PEOPLE OF COLOR DIALOGUE SERIES: . j* discussion topic: HATE CRIMES IN AMERICA A Los Angeles slaying stirs fears that racial hatred is growing. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE GROWING INCIDENCE OF HATE CRIMES WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT? come to a showing of: 48 HOURS ON HATE STREET ---a CBS documentary about the rise in violence against racial the U.S.-- IN THE U.S.? WONDERING and ethnic minorities in ,. __.