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Christian
groups
*keep faith
on campus
by Bryn Mickle
Although Preacher Mike is wait-
ing for warmer weather to resume
his Diag sermons, campus Christian
groups are still providing a forum to
share their faith.
Groups such as the Intervarsity
Christian Fellowship (ICF) encour-
age interested students to attend
weekly mass meetings of worship
and small Bible study sessions.
"There is a hostile attitude on this
campus towards Christians," said
Residential College senior Keith
Kline, president of ICF. "It's alright
to say whatever you want, as long as
you don't espouse Christian beliefs."
Although the groups advertise
worship meetings by means of cam-
pus flyers, most new members at-
tend after hearing about the group
from friends.
Abe Radmenesh, staff director of
Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC)
said his group does not want to "jam
the message down people's throats.
Instead we want to be positive, re-
latable and clear."
'There is a hostile
attitude on this
campus towards
Christians'
- Keith Kline
Intervarsity Christian
Fellowship President
The three largest groups - CCC,
ICF and Christians in Action (CIA)
- have between 40 and 120 people
in attendance at their mass meetings.
The groups hold open meetings and
do not keep official membership
rosters.
Other major Christian groups in-
clude the Korean Campus Crusade
* for Christ, the Christian Medical and
Dental Society, Christian Law Stu-
dents, Christian Life and Labor of
Love Christian Fellowship.
While the fundamental beliefs of
the groups are similar, they differ in
focus and approach.
ICF aims to engage the Univer-
sity campus in religious discussion
and influence campus attitudes to-
wards Christians, said Kline.
CIA takes a more charismatic
approach towards their worship.
Chatismatic worship stresses direct
divine inspiration and often mani-
fests itself in the speaking of
tongues.
LSA sophomore Betty Babion
said she joined CIA because of the
people she met and stayed because
of the friendships she made.
Radmenesh said, "The goal of
(CCC) is to be a resource to college
students so that they may grow in
the physical, intellectual, social and
spiritual senses."
CCC attempts to achieve this
through educational video work-
shops and sponsored debates with
guest speakers.
"I like this setting for college

students," said LSA sophomore
Aimee Smith. "It's more laid back
and not as much fire and brimstone."

Urban League
looks to Clinton
for better future

Dean of Student Affairs Royster Harper addresses the Michigan Student Assembly last night on the state of the
Lesbian Gay Male Programs Office after Co-coordinator Billie Edwards quit..
MSA admits student
concerns not addressed

by Adam Anger
Daily MSA Reporter
The Michigan Student As-
sembly - the official student
voice at the University- facili-
tates communication between
students and the administration,
and advocates student issues and
concerns.
At least, this is what a state-
ment outlining the goal of MSA
says.
However, many students, in-
cluding some MSA representa-
tives, claim the assembly falls
short of this goal.
"I think MSA has the poten-
tial to do a lot, but apparently
they haye wasted it," said Engi-
neering representative Brenton
House.
MSA claims the most vital
role of the 42-member assembly
is the "advocacy and protection
of student rights," which is ac-
complished by including elected
representatives from every school
at the University.
But many representatives said
the concerns of the student body
are still not adequately addressed.

House said only a limited
number of representatives talk
with their constituents and ex-
press their views at assembly and
committee meetings.
"We have lost the voice of the
average constituent," said Aca-
demic Affairs Committee Chair
Leah McRae.
McRae also said the assembly
consists of the same type of stu-
dents each year and fails to seek
input from those outside of the
assembly.
"Unfortunately, it seems that
concerns brought up by con-
stituents that do not agree with
the executive officers' political
agendas are not brought to the at-
tention of the administration,"
House said.
The division of the assembly
into the Progressive Party and the
Conservative Coalition is also an
issue representatives said pro-
hibits the assembly from produc-
tive business.
"A big problem with the as-
sembly is that the representatives
cannot divorce their personal and
political biases when making

decisions in assembly voting,"
said Communications Committee
Chair Amy Kurlansky.
Kurlansky said many people
are hindered by party agendas
and cannot make objective
decisions.
House said allocation of the
mandatory $6.23 MSA fee in-
cluded on tuition bills is subject
to the biases members of the
Budget Priorities Committee
have toward the different student
organizations.
But McRae defended MSA
spending and said, "I think the
assembly allocates the student fee
wisely."
Although representatives are
concerned about their personal
accomplishments, they also at-
tributed inefficiency to a lack of
cooperation by the University
administration.
"The administration really
gives us no power to do anything.
We do what we can," McRae
said. "In my term, I have found
that the administration is not in-
terested in hearing our input."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The
nation's oldest civil rights group
declared yesterday that President
Clinton must back up his promises to
African Americans with billions of
dollars in economic help for inner
cities and strict enforcement of civil
rights laws.
African Americans must do their
part to rebuild their communities and
the power base that slipped away as
federal social programs were dis-
mantled in the last 12 years, the
Urban League concluded in its 18th
annual report, "The State of Black
America."
The picture for African Ameri-
cans, the report said, is not a rosy
one. It cited steep increases in
African American unemployment, at
more than 14 percent in third quarter
of 1992, and warned of economic
devastation for African Americans
as jobs are cut in auto manufactur-
ing, the military, defense and ser-
vice-oriented industries.
"Black America in 1992 turned a
hopeful, expectant face to the future,
even as the terrible conditions of the
present led to despair and rebellion,"
said Urban League President John
Jacob.
"It is still remarkable how much
hope has been sparked by the
Clinton victory," he said.
Eighty-two percent of African
Americans voted for Clinton and ad-
dressing their needs is his way of
paying that political debt, Jacob said.
"We believe that we have some
cause on holding him to his word
that he will create jobs and he will
use government as a problem-solv-
ing mechanism for the African
American community," Jacob said.
"That, plus what we should do our-
selves, ... should begin to make some
of these problems go away.'"
The league repeated its demand
for passage of its domestic
"Marshall Plan," a 10-year federal
investment in education, job train-
ing, transportation, water supplies,

waste treatment and telecommunica-
tions technology.
Jacob said the plan would cost an
estimated $50 billion a year -
nearly two thirds of the $80 billion
that Clinton has proposed spending
over four years for economic
programs.
"We talk about more money be-
cause we believe the problem is
greater than the administration has
identified," Jacob said.
The report also urged Clinton to
bolster enforcement of existing civil
rights laws and work to reverse court
decisions attacking minority set-
asides and capping damages for
employment discrimination.
"The (Los Angeles) riots exposed
to view a complex network of in-
terethnic rivalries and frictions that
set group against group," the report
said. "It is increasingly clear that ...
issues such as race, ethnicity,
poverty and the survival of our cities
will determine our national future
for good or for ill."
Other suggestions for Clinton
were:
ensuring that all African
American children learn calculus, a
foreign language, essay writing and
ethical behavior before they
graduate;
. providing direct federal aid to
inner city schools, hospitals and law
enforcement agencies;
enacting waiting periods on
handgun purchases;
building and renovating public
housing;
setting up community-based
banks; and,
providing federal funds for
testing children for lead poisoning.
"The day after the election,
America knew there was a new sher-
iff in town," Jacob said. "Our con-
cern is not whether people are racist
or not. Our concern is whether they
behave racist or not."

University program helps students kick the cigarette habit

by Courtney Weiner
Although a University Health
Service (UHS) study said 85 percent
of cigarette smokers would like to
quit, many find their efforts
eventually go up in smoke.
To help students kick the habit,
UHS recently expanded its smoking
cessation program to satisfy the
needs of a wider variety of smokers.
UHS offers a free one hour "You
Can Quit" motivational seminar on
the third Wednesday of every month
from noon to 1 p.m. in the Health
Service building.
Students and faculty can pick up
Quit Kits at UHS or schedule private
appointments with a clinician to dis-
cuss prescription medicine.
Also offered is an eight session
"Smoke-Free" program that includes

'if people perceive their nicotine consumption
to be a medical or social threat, then a smoking
program may be appropriate for them'
- Janet Zielasko
UHS Program Associate

Bridget Marlatt.
According to studies, 18 percent
of University seniors report having
smoked cigarettes at some point
during college.
But despite the constant reports
of the dangers of cigarette smoking
there has been a remarkably small
decrease in the numbers of student
smokers, said Janet Zielasko, pro-
gram associate in the Health Service
Director's Office.
Debbie Burnell, UHS nurse edu-
cator, said advertisements such as
the Joe Camel cartoon series may
contribute to the increase in young
smokers because they target younger

people.
LSA junior Stacey Colman said,
"Though the evidence of the dangers
of smoking are persuasive, the ef-
fects of peer pressure and media tar-
geting on young women are more
so.
Zielasko stressed the commit-
ment necessary for quitting smoking.
"If people perceive their nicotine
consumption to be a medical or so-
cial threat, then a smoking program
may be appropriate for them," she
commented. "It is a personal deci-
sion. These programs are not magi-
cal, it does take that initial
commitment."

both lectures and group discussions
on quitting, relapse prevention and
peer support.
Students pay a $50 registration
fee, but half is refunded to those who
attend all eight sessions.
"It would be harder to stay in the
program if it was free. If you've in-
vested money at least you have in-
vested something tangible," said
Candice Levine, a junior in the

School of Natural Resources and
Environment.
But other students disagreed. "If I
made a commitment to quit smok-
ing, the money would not make a
difference," said LSA sophomore

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Student groups
U American Civil Liberties Union,
meeting, Law School, Hutchings
Hall, Room 116,7 p.m.
Q Amnesty International, Human
Rights in Somalia, speaker, East
Quad, Room 126, 7-8 p.m.
Q Hillel, orthodox services, Hillel,
upstairs, lecture room, 7:30 a.m.;
Jewish Feminist Discussion
Group, Michigan Union, Cafe
Fino, 7 p.m.
Q Hindu Student Council, Famous
Hindus, MLB, Room B118, 8
p.m.
Q Lesbian/Gay Male/Bisexual
March on Washington, com-
mittee meeting, MLB, Room
B 119, 6 p.m.
Q Newman Catholic Student
Fellowship, Infant Baptism
Preparation Class, 7 p.M.;
Centering Prayer, 7 p.m.; U-M
Catholic Student Fellowship, 7
p.m.; SaintMary Student Parish,
331 Thompson St.
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Animal Rights, meeting,
Dominick's, 7:30 p.m.
Q TaeKwonDo Club, regular work-
out, CCRB, Room 2275, 7:45-
9:15 p.m.
Q Time and Relative Dimensions
in Ann Arbor, meeting, Mason
Hall, Room 2439, 8 p.m.
Q Undergraduate Anthropology
Club, meeting, Literature, Sci-
ence & Arts Building, Titiev Li-
brary, Room 2033,.7 p.m.
Q U-M Amnesty International,
meeting, East Quad, Room 122,
7 p.m.
Q U-M Ninjitsu Club, practice,
I.M. Building, Wrestling Room
G21, 7:30-9 p.m.
Q U-M Students of Objectivism,
Introduction to ObjectivistEpis-
temology, Michigan Union,
Room 2203, 7 p.m.
Events
U Anti-Diag Policy Protest, Diag,
12 p.m.
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ries, Lane Hall, Commons
Room, 12 p.m.
Q Mozart Birthday Concert,
Rackham, Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Q Rapid Convergence to
Stationarity: A Review and
Some Comments on Markov's
Chain, speaker, Mason Hall,
Room 451, 4 p.m.
Q Synthesis of Dienedmnes Re-
lated to the Neocarzino-
Statin Chromophore, organic
seminar, Chemistry Building,
Room 1640, 4 p.m.
Student services
Q Northwalk Safety Walking Ser-
vice, Bursley Hall, 763-9255, 8
p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Q Peer Counseling, U-M Counsel-
ing Services, 764-8433, 7 p.m.-
8 a.m.
Q Psychology Undergraduate
Peer Advising, Department of
Psychology, West Quad, Room
K210. 10 a.m.-4 n.m.

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