The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 21, 1992- Page 7 LGMPO sponsors welcome tea for community members by Karen Talaski Daily Gender Issues Reporter Addressing everything from equal opportunity in housing to their summer vacations, about 100 stu- dents, staff and faculty rallied to- gether at the Lesbian Gay-Male Programs Office's (LGMPO's) Welcoming Tea Friday. "The tea is a good way to get the community together, and get to know one another," said first-year MBA student Ron Genotti. Founded in 1971, the LGMPO offers counseling, referrals, educa- tional out-reach, support and com- munity consultation for the U-M and Ann Arbor communities. "This is the place I cane to four years ago when I was in the process of leaving a marriage and an addic- tion. I didn't have any place to turn so I started calling around," said Debra, an Ann Arbor resident and professor at a local college. "I finally found this office and they asked me 'why don't you come down and we'll see if we can help you,"' Debra said. "They saved my life. "There was no way for me to conceptualize that this could be a way of life and that it would be good (until) I got involved here," Debra continued. "I like to support (the LGMPO) when there are things go- ing on. I wish there had been some- thing like this when I was young, instead of me carrying it inside." Natural Resources senior Rusty Brach said he thought the tea was important for new-comers to the U- M community. "That way, when they come back into the office and they'll know who we are," Brach said. "It's nice to connect with people." Many people attended the tea to show their support for the organiza- tion. Several students said they were troubled by how the LGMPO will be affected by the appointment of three new deans to the Office of Students Affairs, which governs the LGMPO. "It's important to support the of- fice in light of the university's am- bivalent support," said Rackham graduate student Julie Hastings. Fellow graduate student Coralynn Davis agreed that some areas of the U-M have been antagonistic toward the LGMPO, "especially the regents, who have not been ambivalent in their hostility." LGMPO co-coordinator Billie Edwards expressed her concern over possible changes resulting from the reorganization. "There are different philosophies as to what (the new deans') organi- zational style is," Edwards said. "We are in the beginning stages of the re- organization in terms of how it all will work ... and affect all of the students." Brook Stair, Educational Outreach Programs coordinator for the LGMPO, said she enjoyed the tea because it gave her a chance to mingle with people in the commu- nity. "(Community members) can see us and meet us and see what we're all about," she said. This year, the LGMPO plans to add groups for gay male couples, gay male authors and a group to talk about relationships for gay and bi- sexual males, said LGMPO co- coordinator Jim'Toy. Edwards' plans include a lesbian and bisexual self-defense class to be held again in October. Edwards is also organizing a ropes challenge course for women who are in the "coming out" process. Free for all Students grab at the 300 U-M t-shirts thrown of the roof of Ulrich's Book Store Friday afternoon. TEST Continued from page 1 precedent for humanitarian flights." Elsewhere, two people were re- ported injured in a mortar attack on a funeral ceremony for a dozen Bosnian soldiers at Sarajevo's Lions cemetery. During the final prayer at the Muslim service, a mortar shell landed within 100 yards of the mourners, who included about 400 of the dead soldiers' comrades. 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