The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 10,1992 - Page 3 Students escape i " - arcad+es by Yawar Murad Daily Staff Reporter "Tiger, Tiger! Attack, attack!" And with one final scream Tiger dies, spouting blood all over the screen. This scenario is one of the hundreds of possible endings for the arcade game Street Fighter II, -* perhaps one of the most popular in Ann Arbor. "There really is no other game," said School of Music . sophomore James McKenzie, of Street Fighter II, adding that he spends about $5 per week on ar- cade games. Students said this video game addiction pre-empts studies well into the night. "While returning to my room .. from the ResComp site at 4 a.m., I saw a few guys still playing Street Fighter II," said Stephen Fung, School of Art first-year stu- dent. "For a lot of people, playing -video games is.their daily work- out," he added. Fung related an anecdote about two arcade-game crazy friends of his. He said one day, late at night, a few friends got together and or- dered some pizza. Fung's friends returned with the pizza two hours o after they went to receive it at the front door of the residence hall. When asked why they took so long, they replied they had been playing Street Fighter II. Andrew Kim, an LSA first-year student, said he goes down to the ''arcade located in Bursley Hall at 2 a.m, before going to bed. Lawmakers battle for control of Statehouse LANSING, Mich. (AP) - It's "Let's Make A Deal" time at the po- litically deadlocked Statehouse, but not like it was back in 1966, Democrats and Republicans said yesterday. Both parties are trying to entice at least one lawmaker to defect and break an apparent 55-55 tie for con- trol of the 110-seat House. In November 1966, the last time the chamber was deadlocked, four- term maverick Detroit Democrat E.D. O'Brien abstained when the full House voted on a new speaker. That broke the tie and put Republicans in charge. O'Brien later was appointed to three powerful House committees, and led a delega- tion to Central America to study low-cost housing. Similar arm-twisting is going on behind the scenes in the state Capitol this week. But Republicans and Democrats say the talks won't in- clude quite that kind of wheeling and dealing. "Anything's possible. But that demeans the process," House Democratic spokesperson Steve Serkaian said yesterday. "Whatever decisions arc made will be based on conscience. "There is a tremendous amount at stake. It's not which party will con- trol the House, but what direction state government will take for the next two years." Republican hopes of holding a 56-54 edge in the House are fading as preliminary recounts in several razor-thin races create an apparent 55-55 stalemate. An unofficial recount of votes in the 29th District over the weekend suggests that first-term Rep. Dennis Olshove (D-Warren) was re-elected after all by six votes. But those re- sults won't be certified until Nov. 17, and a formal recount is sure to follow. A formal recount also is expected later this month in Genesee County's 47th District. Original ballot counts showed Rep. Nate Jonker (D-Clio) losing to GOP challenger Sandy Hill by 41 votes. But the Genesee County Board of Canvassers was rechecking votes in two precincts yesterday. Formal recounts might not be complete until early December. Until then, House Republicans wile, "keep moving forward on the transi? tion of power," said spokesperson Ken Silfven. "We are convinced we have the majority. We're not buying what everyone else is saying. Anyone who thinks we're going to roll over and play dead has another thing com- ing," Silfven said. Republicans are expected to name House Minority Leader Paul Hillegonds (R-Holland) to head their caucus. The full House votes Jan. 13 to decide who actually fills the speaker's position. LSA first-year student Andrew Kim plays video games all night long in Bursley's game room. Germany commemorates Kim said, adding that he spends $3-$4 every week on video games. While Kim said that he is try- ing to break his video game addic- tion, he said the games serve as an outlet from too much studying. Engineering first-year student Shannon Lelliltt explained that he plays arcade games regularly be- cause of the limitless scenarios these games provide. Students said that violence seems to be the most popular theme of arcade games. In Street Fighter II, players assume one of several identities and fight other opponents or the computer in hand-to-hand combat in front of various backdrops. Games such as "X-Men," "Lethal Enforcer," "Mortal Kom- bat" and "Terminator-2" also use graphic design and fast sound- tracks to heighten their attraction. Creatures with names like Vega and Bison - and with knives for hands and grotesque fea- tures - provide an escape from the realities of academic pressure into a fantasy world where might is right for U-M students. LSA first-year student Mark Potter added, "Arcade games are more than just an escape from re- ality. They are fast becoming a preferred, alternative form of real- ity. Players reserve large amounts of time to spend in this state of quasi-existence." 'Crystal BERLIN (AP) - Germany marked the 54th anniversary of the Nazis' "Crystal Night" attacks on Jews with solemn memories yester- day of destroyed Jewish communi- ties and warnings about a wave of neo-Nazi violence. In Berlin, Mayor Eberhard Diepgen helped lay the cornerstone of a new Jewish Museum intended to draw the world's attention to today's treatment of Jews in the city where the Holocaust was planned. Nazi thugs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses throughout Germany on Nov. 9, 1938, leaving so much broken glass it became known as "Crystal Night." It marked the start of open persecu- tion of Jews and ushered in the Night' ersecution Holocaust, which claimed the lives The head of the Central Council of 6 million European Jews. of Jews in Germany, Ignatz Bubis, On the same date in 1989, the said at a ceremony in Bremen that Berlin Wall was taken down, so the wounds of the Holocaust are not Germany marked contradictory an- yet healed and he admonished politi- niversaries yesterday. ca leaders to stand up to extreme The euphoria of unification gave rightists. way long ago to worries about the Weak leadership was a prime cost of merging the country's cause of the collapse of Germany's bankrupt formerly Communist east- post-World War I democracy, the ern lands with its long-prosperous Weimar Republic, Bubis said. west. The burden has been com- German politicians tried to put pounded by the cost of caring for the best face on the rally that was tens of thousands of foreign asylum disrupted by leftist radicals Sunday. a seekers. About 350,000 people marched Observances of what Germans to the rally, but a group of protesters call the "Pogrom Night" of 1938 booed and threw eggs. Kohl had to were colored by worry about the be escorted away, and federal - right-wing violence and new signs of President Richard von Weizsaecker anti-Semitism. was snattered by ets as he snoke. 1 t t s t s . s. a 1 r "Usually, people are this time playing video there at games," .. u.a . Yr.a«v+vu v J vb . a... a.v ..t.r.ia.v. DPS internship program puts students into the community W by Abby Schweitzer Gaily Staff Reporter A student internship program within the U-M Department of Pub- ic Safety (DPS) is making a special. effort to increase student safety on campus this year. SWAP - the Student Work As- sist Program - was started last year to increase student input about safety concerns on campus and to dive students an opportunity to see the operations of the campus police department, said Lt. Vern Baisden. "It has worked out extremely well for everybody. The students do a lot for us all," Baisden said. SWAP interns said they were also enthusiastic about the program. "The major point is to get stu- dents into problem areas on campus. The police want to know the stu- dents' interests and areas of concern and where the dangers are," said Lisa Margulus, a SWAP intern with DPS. SWAP has a group of interns who do motorist assistance work. This unit helps jump-start stalled cars, helps students who are locked out of their cars, provides non-medi- cal escorts and checks to make sure 'The major point is to get students into problem areas on campus. The police want to know the students' interests and areas of concern and where the dangers are' - Lisa Margulus SWAP intern force. Although SWAP does work with the DPS, the students who are in- volved with SWAP are not necessar- ily interested in police work. Cathi Odtoham, a Publication Assistant said, "A (public relations) intern anywhere is valuable experi- ence. You are learning as you go along." Margulus added, "It's a great program to get involved in. It's a way to feel like you help people out and prevent crimes." Students create brochures advis- ing steps for crime and theft pre- vention, including one that offers safety tips when using automated teller machines. They also do crime analysis, conduct surveys and try to pinpoint problem areas on campus. "You learn to put together a program, you meet a lot of different people and it's a way to get out in the community," Margulus said. Other functions of SWAP in- clude: administrative interns, com- munity service field and office assis- tants, crime prevention interns, pro- gram coordinators, publication assis- tants, research assistants and re- source center assistants. the emergency blue phones and campus lights are working. SWAP members also get hands- on experience Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at the Michigan Union, when they check student IDs. The Special Events Interns serve as entrance monitors in place of uni- formed police. A popular misconception, SWAP members said, is that the program serves as a subset to DPS. However, the unit is separate from the police or security functions of the police *Student groups :U Arab-American Students' As- sociation, meeting, Michigan Union, room 2203, 8 p.m. Q Christian Science Organiza- tion,meeting, Michigan League, check room at front desk, 7-8 p.m. Q EnvironmentalIssuesCommis- sion,meeting, Michigan Union, MSA Chambers, 6:30-7 p.m. U In Focus, meeting, Frieze Build- ing, room 2420, 6 p.m. Q Michigan Student Assembly, meeting, Michigan Union, room 3909, 7:30 p.m. Q National Women's Rights Or- ganizing Coalition, meeting, Michigan Union, Crowfoot Room, 6:30 p.m. Q Newman Catholic Student As- sociation, Catholic Update, SaintMary StudentChapel, 331 Thompson St., 7 p.m. Q Phi Alpha Delta Pre-law Fra- ternity, meeting, Michigan Union,Pond Room C, 7:30 p.m. Q TaeKwonDo Club, regular workout, CCRB, room 1200, 7:45-9:15 p.m. U U-M Asian American Student Coalition, meeting, East Quad, check room at front desk, 7 p.m. Q U-M Bridge Club, free bridge 1SC nnc AiIh In i n nrnrm p.m. U U-M Outing Club, meeting, Michigan Union, 4th floor, 7:30 p.m. Q U-M Shotokan Karate, prac- tice, CCRB, Martial Arts Room, 8:30-10 p.m. Events Q "Alcohol and Sexual Assault: What's the Connection?" sponsored by University Health Services and SAPAC, West Quad, Wedge Room, 7 p.m. Q Annual Food Drive, Bryant Community Centerseeking food donations until November 20, drop off donations at Bryant Community Center, 3 West Eden Ct., for more information call 994-2722. U "Dynamics in Complex Liq- uids," Moses Gomberg Lecture Series, Department of Chemis- try, Chemistry Building, room 1640, 4 p.m. Q "Focus on Michigan," photog- raphy contest, City of Ann Ar- bor Parks and Recreation Department, accepting entries until December 1, call Irene Bushaw 994-2780. Q "Politics and Personality Among Catholic Prelates in thw I ofa nlin'_ "1rrn w on p.m. Q "The Invincible and Immortal Army: Warrior from Xian," art exhibit to be held Sunday, November 15, Museum of Art, West Gallery, 2:30 p.m., please register by Wednesday, Novem- ber 11, call Leslie Stainton, 747- 2063. Q "The Paris Commune of 1871," SPARK: Revolutionary Dis- cussion Series, MLB, room B122, 7-8 p.m. Q U-M vs. OSU Blood Drive Battle, Mosher-Jordan Hall, Jordan Lounge, 3-8:30 p.m. Q "Whodunit: A 16th-century Flemish Annunciation," Ob- ject Lesson, Museum of Art, Information Desk, 12-12:30 p.m. Student services Q Kaffeestunde, Department of Germanic Language and Litera- ture, MLB, 3rd floor Confer- ence Room, 4:30-6 p.m. Q Northwalk Safety Walking Ser- vice, Bursley Hall, lobby, 763- WALK, 8 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Q Psychology Undergraduate Peer Advising, Department of Psychology, West Quad, room' K210,10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Q1 :; fmwalr C: fctyWallrins Cer-- The MichiganDaily._Weve gotit all __ NEWS SPORTS ARTS * PHOTO * OPINION The Office of International Programs INFORMATION MEETING FOR ALL STUDENTS INTERESTED IN STUDY ABROAD ACADEMIC YEAR IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, AT 5:00 ROOM 2440 MASON HALL The Aix-en-Provence program offers the opportunity to take regular classes in the French university system. A variety of housing is offered including apartment, homestays, and dorms. SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN SALAMANCA, SPAIN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT 5:00 ROOM 2440 MASON HALL Students may study any level of Spanish language. Housing will be with families or in residencias. SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN SAINT-MALO, FRANCE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 5:00 ROOM 2440 MASON HALL Students will live with families while studying either French 232, 361, or 362. Students will also take a 2 credit conversation course.