The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 14, 1992 - Page 3 Judge says do not treat * people by stereotypes by Karen Pier Daily Graduate Schools Reporter . About 50 people - some of whom will graduate from law school next month - received a piece of advice on law in the real world from Federal Circuit Court Judge Emilio Garza yesterday. "You have to treat people like people, not stereotypes," he told an audience of about 50 in Hutchins Hall. Garza spoke on "real life" as an attorney and as a judge. An ex- Marine, he graduated from the * University of Texas Law School in 1976. He was appointed as a Federal Circuit Court judge last year. "I got a phone call from the pres- ident, telling me of his appoint- ment," he told his listeners. Most of his talk focused on "the things you don't learn in law school." "One is that in the practice of law there are winners and losers. In law school, there are no winners and losers," he said. , Another important point, Garza stressed, is that stereotypes are shat- tered once new attorneys begin to practice law. "Finally, the meritorious party doesn't always win." "I am reminded of the song 'The Gambler.' There's a phrase in it that says, 'Every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser.' Tha's trial work." One problem with trial work is the lack of good trial judges, Garza said. He said that only one-third of them are competent in knowing the law and using it fairly. The judge spoke of a time when two attorney friends came in before him, one on each side of the case. "I asked one friend, 'What supports you?' ... and he told me. I turned to my other friend and asked him, and he told me, I'm relying on the same rule.' But it didn't support it all." That experience, Garza said, taught him, "You look at the issues not the people." Garza said that after people be- come federal judges, they have more of a tendency to input their own be- liefs. "And when you get to the Supreme Court, nothing stops you. "When I was in the Marines, there was a motto from Thomas Paine, 'All good people have to do for evil to triumph is nothing."' Third-year law student John Shepherd, who has been hired by Garza for a clerkship, said the Federalist Society - which spon- sored Garza's visit - said often sponsors speakers that "can inform us about the real world." Faculty members worry about lack of retirement age cap R by Robin Litwin Daily Staff Reporter Faculty members said the Michigan Legislature's decision to uncap the age on mandatory retirement could lead to problems when professors are too old to teach, during the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) meeting yesterday. The previous law said that faculty members must retire at the age of 70. Although this will allow some professors, such as history Professor Sidney Fine, to con- tinue teaching, it also raises a number of prob- lems including reviewing tenure, benefits, and undergraduate education in general, said SACUA chair Jim Diana. "It adds a lot of questions. What do you do with a faculty member who is no longer capa- ble, but has tenure?" Diana said. "Hiring new people frees up money and_ brings in new ideas. There is a fear that will be disrupted." SACUA is currently discussing ways of en- couraging people to retire before a faculty member who is no longer capable of teaching does not want to leave. SACUA members also discussed the prob- lem of evaluation in relation to the retirement issue. "I think another major issue is assessment - assessment of teaching, of administration work, of everything," said SACUA member Ejner Jensen, an English professor. SACUA member and public health Professor Peggie Hollingsworth agreed. "I think a lot of the problems we're seeing are because we have a system out of balance. The normal checks and balances are not in place," Hollingsworth said. In other business, SACUA members ad-" dressed the Flint campus faculty's recent re- quest for unionization. Currently, the faculty of: all the University campuses are considered one body. However, in a recent survey, more than half of the Flint faculty members said they wanted to unionize themselves separately from faculty members at the Ann Arbor campus. The Michigan Employee Relations Commission is currently deciding if they are able to do this. If the commission decides in favor of sepa- rate unionization, faculty governance may be- come unimportant, Diana said. He added that relations between the two campuses would be" unclear since faculty members from the Flint campus sit on the Senate Assembly. The committee also made last minute preparations for the Academic Freedom Lecture that is to take place Monday in which: Law School Dean Lee Bolinger will speak. Yeltsin's cabinet resigns, protests reform changes i t i i MOSCOW (AP) - President Boris Yeltsin's Cabinet submitted its resignation yesterday, telling parliament that abandoning free market reforms could heighten inflation and block Russia's entry into the world marketplace. If Yeltsin accepts the resignations by Russia's top officials, it would create the worst governmental crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union last December. Read between the arches An unidentified bicyclist rides through the West Engineering a sign asking people to walk their bikes underneath it. Arch yesterday, paying no heed to I Center offers advice to students by Shelley Morrison Daily Staff Reporter Third World travel may be made easier for interested University stu- dents due to peer advising and a se- ries of conferences and informa- tional workshops offered by the International Center throughout April. As part of a promotional and ed- ucational service to the increasing number of students involved in in- ternational programs, International Center representatives will give ad- vice on such traveling concerns as packing, trip planning, budgeting, health and safety, and culture shock. William Nolting, International Opportunities coordinator at the International Center, estimated that more than 1,000 students travel abroad each year, and about 100 of them travel to Third World countries in places such as South and Central America, Asia, and Africa. Nolting said it is important for students to educate themselves about the "dos and don'ts" of traveling be- fore making the decision to go abroad. At a workshop last Thursday, six students and former students who have traveled in Third World coun- tries offered advice for interested students. Among the most important issues addressed was the safety of women traveling alone. Yolanda Itala-Lorenzo, an LSA senior who spent her childhood in Colombia and has done extensive traveling throughout South America, said women planning to travel alone should "be inconspicuous." "Dress as the people of that cul- ture do, try to learn as much of their language as you can, and try to be- friend the women and children," Itala-Lorenzo said. "You are far less likely to be harassed if you are with other people." Des Preston, a journalist who has traveled in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, said that although Latin visiting America can be a dangerous travel, cultural differencesa the source of discomfort. "The sexual dynamicsc American culture are dif Preston said. "In my experie in the experience of som women friends, cat-calling e necessarily indicative of sexual motives." Preston added that the 1 to learn about another cult live there on one's own. Ted Sevransky, a peer a the International Center and; student who has traveled t and England, said, "Whe abroad, I was told there Yeltsin, who is both president and prime; minister, asked his ministers to continue' working longer through the end of the parliament session, when he will decide whether to accept the resignations. Several legislators said they thought the res- ignations were a bluff, and Parliament Speaker, Ruslan Khasbulatov addressed the ministers} with such derision that they walked out of the: Congress of People's Deputies. Third World place to types of Americans: The ones they are often like - who are interested in the culture - and the ones they don't, of Latin that come and flash their money fferent," around." once, and Other members of the panel e of my agreed that blending in is the best -tc. is not way to prevent culture shock. ulterior "If you go to an African country and flash around your money, best way thieves will see you as a walking ure is to dollar sign," said Crispin Rigby, a student who studied at the' dviser at University of Ghana for a year. a former "Put your money in a neck o Africa pouch, and don't carry a walleL. n I was That's the first place thieves look on. are two American travelers," Rigby said. Correction Carrie Pittman has been MSA elections director for the past two terms. Her position was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Daily. sTHE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today Meetings Ann Arbor Committee to defend; Abortion and Reproductive rights, (AACDARR) weekly mtg, Michigan Union, Tap rm. 6:30 p.m. MSA Weekly meeting 3909 Michigan Union, 7:30 p.m. Social Group for bisexual Women, 9:30 p.m. call 763-4186 for location and more information ;Student Education Peer Program, STEPP 4th floor Union, 8:30 p.m. SADD general meeting, 2nd Prescott Lounge East Quad, 9:00 p.m. IASA Board Meeting, Nikki lounge, Mo-Jo, 9-11 p.m. "Spark Forum," MLB Rm B 122, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Asian American Student Association, weekly meeting, Nikki lounge, Mo-Jo, 7:30 p.m. Time and Relative Dimensions in Ann Arbor, 2439 Mason Hall 7 p.m. University Cancer- Information/Discussion Session, Michigan Union-Anderson Room, 6:30 p.m. Recycle UM 4th floor Union, Recycle- UM offices weekly meeting, 6:30 p.m. Undergrad Psych Society, Mass Meeting, Dr. Jerry Miller, 7:30 p.m. Anthropology Club, meeting Rackham Amphitheatre, 4:00 p.m "Altering the Growth of the face and Jaw," Center for Human Growth, & Development, 300 N. Ingalls 12:00 p.m. Furthermore Third Annual International Fest, Rm 2411 MLB 1-3 p.m. Safewalk, night-time safety 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 1-3 a.m. Stop by Angell Hall Computing Center or call 763-4246 Northwalk, North Campus night-time team walking service. Sun-Thurs 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Stop by 2333 Bursley or call 763-WALK. Stress and Time Management, Consultations with peer counselors available, 3100 Michigan Union, 11-1 p.m. Undergraduate Psychology Department, Undergraduate psychol- ogy advising, walk-in or appointment, K-108 West Quad, 9 a.m-4 p.m. Kaffeestunde, weekly German coffee and conversation, 3rd floor Commons Rm., MLB, all welcome, 4:30-6 p.m. ECB Peer Writing Tutors, Angell/Mason Hall Computing Center, 111 __ Burning of ALPENA, Mich. (AP) - The disposal of toxic chemicals burned as fuel in giant cement kilns has res- idents of this northern Lower Peninsula community worried about pollution from the fumes. Lafarge Corp. burns 17 million gallons of liquid hazardous waste a year in two of its five kilns that turn limestone into cement. The company has applied for permits to increase this to 30 million gallons by burning wastes in its other kilns. State and federal environmental officials say burning wastes in the high-temperature cement kilns is an efficient way to destroy them. The 5TH AVE. AT UBERTY 761-9700j $3.00 DAILY S u ALL DAY TUESDAY* PM *GX STUDENT WITH I.D. $3.50 cement companies get paid to dis- pose of the waste and save money on fuel. But concern is growing about the emissions that come from the stacks during this process. Last summer, Alpena residents formed the Huron Environmental Activist League. HEAL is trying to rally the public against the burning and opposes Lafarge's application to burn additional waste. "Until last August, when Greenpeace was here, I didn't know we had Michigan's largest haz- ardous-waste kilns in our midst and one of the five largest in the nation," said John Pruden, one of HEAL's founders. Pruden, 45, an artist who lives a few miles south in Ossineke on the banks of the Devils River, worries about toxic chemicals from Lafarge; ending up in rivers and Lake Huron.' "One of the reasons I moved up here was to fish and hunt," Pruden said. "I've got the best salmon hole right here in my back yard." A recent HEAL rally in Alpena drew more than 1,000 people to hear an environmental consultant discuss' the dangers of burning hazardous wastes. toxins concerns Alpena Township The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs presents the 1992 Student Recognition Awards Wednesday, 3:00 - April 5:00 15, p.m. 1992 OIROEAP I( WHITE ME AN T )uP ROADSID ROP SI Michigan Union Ballroom Come and show your appreciation of our students!! COMBO COUPON! ' 6Present this coupon __r when purchasing a large popcorn and receive one FREE LARGE DRINK expires 4/30/92 Sociology 389, 3 credits R.S.V.P. The Student Organization Development Center 2202 Michigan Union, 753-5900 The school yea'st mmot over and you'v xi saved up lots of memories.... Don't forget to save the i ii i 1'