The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 9, 1992- Page 7 U-M distributes safety books in community by Christine Young With the stated intention of pro- viding members of the university community a quick reference of campus crime prevention facilities, programs and statistics, the U-M dis- tributed more than 50,000 campus safety handbooks to all students, faculty and staff. Last fall, the Safety and Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) rec- ommended to the administration that the university consolidate all infor- mation dealing with crime preven- tion into one single source. After re- ceiving a positive response, the committee contacted campus organi- zations, including the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, searching for crime prevention tips and statistics. Other crime-conscious groups on campus worked in conjunction with SSAC, which made the actual drafts of the handbook. The U-M Department of Public Safety (DPS) calculated the campus crime statis- tics while Vice President of Student Affairs Maureen Hartford provided the campus federal crime require- ments. The Campus Safety Committee also helped with collect- ing tips on fighting crime. "The handbook was designed and meant for students to put next to their telephones. All the information is in one location as opposed to be- ing scattered all over the place," said Architecture Prof. Jim Snyder, SSAC chair. The handbook also incorporates federal college crime prevention re- quirements such as providing infor- mation based on alcohol and drug prevention, regulations on gun con- trol, statistics on campus crime and phone numbers of safety services. "We decided to go beyond the federal requirements and give more information so that it could benefit the students," said Walter Harrison, executive director of university relations The handbook cost the university about $20,000 which was taken out of the Finance and Business budget. The most expensive part, Harrison said, was paying for the distribution costs because many students live off campus. "We are actually in the long run saving the university money since we put all the crime prevention in- formation required to be distributed to the students in one package" Snyder said. He added that the handbook will be updated yearly because there are constantly new students, faculty and staff. There have been mixed opinions on the handbook's effectiveness in promoting crime prevention awareness. "The feedback has been terrific. Students and administrators from all over the country have been calling me, requesting that copies be sent to them. The calls have ranged from Arlington, Va., Athens, Ohio, Washington, D.C., all the way from Hawaii," said DPS Lieutenant Vernon Baisden, co-chair of the Campus Safety Committee. LSA sophomore Aaron Bowron agrees. "The handbook gives a com- prehensive overview of the services provided by the university." "I think it was a waste of time and money," disagreed LSA sopho- more Beatrice Gonzalez. "I either didn't read it or didn't get it. This is the first time I have ever seen this book," said LSA first- year student Brian Park. "All I can do is encourage stu- dents to pick up a copy of the hand- book. It has information in it that can be helpful for everyday life to all students," Snyder said. Dress you up Captain John Vaughn helps Kathleen Snow put on her fire gear as the two demonstrate what it is like to be a firefighter to a 5th grade class at Northside Elementary School. ----I U-M grad Bogert I discusses by Angela Dansby Robert Bogert, a 1941 Engineering graduate who co- patented the air sole for athletic shoes, spoke yesterday about his inventions before a crowd of 200 in North Campus' Herbert Dow Building. Bogert, who left his original field of aerospace engineering in 1970 to start his own business, de- veloped the inflatable ski boot in conjunction with associate Frank Rudy. "Aerospace engineering was pretty flat and we both liked skiing so we figured if we got into the ski business, we could take expenses off of our income tax," Bogert said. This development, which pro- vided a pump-up "air liner" around the lower leg and foot within a hard-shell ski boot, was a significant improvement over the hard-shell boot alone that had just come out on the market, Bogert said. air sole The liner was manually inflated by the consumer with a carbon dioxide pump as needed, he added. This air pump concept, patented in 1971, was taken a step further to develop the "air sole," a permanently inflatable cushioning device for use within athletic shoes. After receiving patents for this concept in 1977, sneaker manufacturer Nike offered Bogert and Rudy a one-year research and development contract. Upon completion of the techni- cal and test phases, Nike obtained a licensing agreement for exclu- sive worldwide rights to the patents and the concept. A good air shoe will allow the wearer to run 2-3 percent faster and farther, due to the improved energy of locomotion, Bogert said. Surprisingly - despite the vac- uum-like bubble design of Nike's air-sole - there is only one failure out of every 200,000 shoes. Classifieds -read them Daily Ancient Formula Health Conscious _O Foods 764-0552 GO BLUE! BEAT STATE! DASCOLA STYLISTS -53 years of service- Opposite Jacobson's 668-9329 . Health foods : Herbs " Vitamins ..Sports nutrition . Cosmetics - - Books 1677 Plymouth Rd. - 665-7688 Located in the Courtyard Shops at North Campus Plaza MOLLY STEVENS/Daily Robert Bogert addresses crowd in North Campus' Herbert Dow Building about the air pump idea he co-patented. I . Study says some southerners more violent than northerners by David M. Powers According to a new study headed by U-M Psychology Prof. Richard Nisbett, the differences in homicide rates between northern and southern states may be explained by the her- itage and trades of the early settlers in these areas. The study, begun in 1990, claims that people residing in the dry plains and hill country in the south are more likely to have violent attitudes than northerners when confronted with certain situations. In a related study, Nisbett and his assistants have been conducting similar experiments at the U-M. These studies compare the attitudes of white male students from the north with the attitudes of their southern counterparts. Even in the university setting, Nisbett said, there is a detectable difference in attitude and response when these people are threatened or insulted. Through phone surveys, students were asked how they would respond to certain scenarios. When asked if they felt if punch- ing a person was acceptable if they insulted the subject's girlfriend, or if it was acceptable to shoot a man who had raped a family member, the southern men were more likely to approve of the violent retaliations. In his newly-released study, Nisbett compared the homicide rates of white, non-Hispanic, male north- erners versus their southern equiva- lents. The study examines the dispar- ity of rates in areas with similar population sizes. There is no difference in homi- cide rates in northern and southern cities with populations more than 200,000, Nisbett said. However, as the population samples get smaller, the difference grows. In areas with populations be- tween 10,000 and 50,000, the mur- der rates are four times higher in the south, Nisbett added. Nisbett said that the differences occur only in situations involving self-protection or insults. In the study, he attributes their predisposi- tion to violence to the geographic history of these areas. "It's the herding regions of the south that have the highest homicide rates. It's not the old plantation re- gions," Nisbett said. "Herding people tend to be very tough, violent people." he said. "If you earn your living by herding, you can lose any possibility of your livelihood in an instant ... your entire wealth is in the herd." Nisbett said that this fear has lead to a greater reliance on physical force when herding people felt threatened. "The violence differences con- tinue, at least in those areas where the economic history of the region supports that kind of culture." he added. However, there is not a general approval of violence in the south, Nisbett said. The University of Michigan School of Music University Symphony Orchestra Halloween Concert Friday, October 30, . 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