*Ohio State, By JODI COHEN Daily Staff Reporter The battle begins today and the two teams are "out for blood," but this isn't any ordinary battle, and the competition is friendlier than most. The 13th annual blood battle between the University and Ohio State University begins to- day. The blood drive is held by Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, and the American Red Cross. Each fall, the two schools compete to see which college can collect the most blood during a two-week period. Ohio State currently has the winner's tro- phy after winning the past two battles. Neal Teach For PLA America recruiter o visit By DANIELLE BELKIN Daily Staff Reporter Last year, the highest number of recruits for the Teach For America program hailed from the University Tomorrow, a recruiter will be on cam- pus encouraging students to apply for the program in which they will devote two to three years to teach in urban and rural areas.z ':.? Carlin Johnson, the midwest re- cruiter for Teach For America, will be conducting an information session at *e Pendleton room of the Michigan Union tomorrow night at 7:30. Teach For America was founded to provide quality education for children in the nation's most under-served pub- lic schools in urban and rural areas. The idea initially came from a Princeton graduate's senior thesis. It has, since it's implementation five years ago, grown from the fledging organi- tion she began, scoffed at by skep- tics, into a program that has placed 2,800 members to teach in 16 geo- graphically diverse areas, consisting of g urban and five rural College graduates from various backgrounds participate in Teach For Rain an "America. Participants have pursued peae differentconcentrations while in school prepar and are individuals motivated by and dedicated to the belief that a quality iucation should not be a privilege doled out according to the district one can afford to live in. Teach For America is a two-year commitment with a possibility one could beplaced somewhere in thecoun- ,tythat is completely foreign to them. Johnson said, "Flexibility is im- On portant. More often placement re- cussed quests are met than not. It depends between amore on the districts because their States i needs are always changing." abandon The three main qualifications be- The exj ing targeted for the program are: con- that the centrators in math, the sciences, or deal. foreign languages, people of color K.A and bilinguist's. These are the people address most in demand in the districts Teach the futu For America serves. rian fro Most of the program's core mem- cused o ecome from America's top schools prolifer e Stanford, Northwestern, Berke- United ley and Yale. "It's "The program is becoming more the best competitive," Johnson said. "That situation kids from the top schools are the core Cum of the program lends a lot of credibil- that call ity to it." both rac The commitment to stay for two ing that years is often extended to three by by the d about 60 percent of the teachers. Many "The on to teaching as a profession. certain Some go back to, graduate school in said. education or social policy. Acc President Clinton incorporated liferatio this teaching organization into his viewed national service program - by nucl Americorps. defend t The MichiganDaily - Monday, November 7, 1994 - 3 'U' annual blood drive begins today in dorms Frye, the Red Cross blood drive representa- tive at the University, said, "We have every intent of bringing it back to U-M because that is where it belongs." The school that reaches the highest per- centage of its quota wins. The University's blood goal this year has been increased to 2,100 pints to help offset the shortage of blood in southeastern Michigan. "It is really important to the region that we collect all this blood. People don't realize there is such a need," said Katy Vincent, student co-chair of the battle. There are 54 hospitals in the region that collectively use 1,000 pints of blood a day. "There have been specific times when the level of blood supply has been dangerously low," said C. J. Voci, an LSA senior and blood drive co-chair. Collection sites will be located in a differ- ent residence hall each day during the first week, and then will move to the Michigan Union during the second week of the drive. The drive begins at Bursley today, and con- tinues at Stockwell, the Business School, Markley and East Quad, before shifting to the Union. First-year student Sarah Little said, "I'm really scared to give blood but it's a really good cause. It will be easier because I can just walk downstairs from my room in Markley." Frye said that having an appointment will shorten the waiting time. In the past, long waits, especially in the Union, have discour- aged students. "This year, we promise to have you in and out in 1 hour, 15 minutes. Two- hour waits are history," said Frye. Voci said there are many reasons why students do not give blood. Some believe that it hurts too much, while others are scared about contracting AIDS, which is impossible because needles are used only once. But orga- nizers stress the severe need for blood. "If every person in Washtenaw County gave blood once a year, there would never be a shortage in this county." Voci said. The organizations have tried to dispel any fears and then convince students that giving blood is an important thing to do. Some students see the drive as something important that they can do to help the commu- nity. "Giving blood is one of the most reward- ing feelings because you know that you've saved a life," said LSA junior Stacy Levey. Frye said, "The single most important thing you can do in a day is take the time to donate blood and save someone's life." YGROUND Candidates debate crime in local and state races By JONATHAN BERNDT Daily Staff Reporter Shootings, lootings and serial rap- ists, plea bargains and furlough pro- grams - all have people concerned about crime. Candidates have responded with plans to combat crime and, ensure public safety. "There can be no higher priority than public protection,' said Demo- cratic gubernatorial challenger Howard Wolpe said in his 29-point crime plan. "The top priority must be to lock up violent predators." Republican Gov. John Engler's plan basically agrees. "Ensuring a safe, orderly and free society is a fundamental function of government." The process of creating such a society though is more controversial. The debate has centered around the relative merits of prevention and punishment, with the realization there is a place for both but not always enough money to do both. "Preventative measures are in or- der," said Renee Birnbaum, the Re- publican candidate for state House in the 53rd District. "I do not advocate less money to prison and law enforcement." Community policing has become one of the most popular prevention strategies. Basically returning to the "cop- on-the-beat" system, officers walk through neighborhoods and ride bi- cycles in high-risk areas, trying to increase visibility and deter crime. "It's reassuring to know someone is coming by," said state Rep. Mary Schroer (D-Ann Arbor),who is running for re-election in the 52nd District. Wealokns bans have been proposed as another way to deter crime. But Marty Straub, the Republican candidate in the 52nd District, says crime comes from the person. "We've gotten away from indi- vidual responsibility," he said. Other strategies include midnight basketball leagues and afterschoool arts programs, which have been at- tacked as "pork" and fighting crime with social workers instead of cops. But imprisoning criminals can have its down sides. Michigan has one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation; the United States has the Student activists grind out last hours of '94 campaign TO NYBROADM/Daily id increasing cold push children and adults indoors as Ann Arbor s for winter, leaving many community parks empty. 'perts on Korea praise clea wepons ~accord By SCOT WOODS Daily Staff Reporter The time left before the election can now be counted in hours rather than days. And coming down to the wire, student political activists are making every hour count. College Republicans chair Mark Fletcher said his organization will be using the remaining time to the fullest. "It's probably the most im- portant work of the election," he said. LSA sophomore Fraya Hirschberg has been volunteering with the College Democrats. "(To- day) we're getting up early to flyer and Tuesday we're getting up early to chalk," Hirschberg said. Both groups have been using the last few days to phone potential voters and blanket subdivisions and dorms distributing campaign literature.Their eleventh-hourefforts are aimedat getting out the vote for this midterm election. This afternoon, the College Democrats will staff a table in the Fishbowl to distribute campaign lit- second-highest rate in the world. Engler notes violent crime has dropped iI percent in the last two years, while prison capacity has in- creased by 7,000 with the building of seven prisons and three prison camps. He also instituted double-bunking, a change he says added another 6,500 spaces and saved $630 million. "If college students can live two to a dorm room, then criminals can live two to a cell," Engler said. "I am determined to make prison a source of punishment, not a source of enter- tainment." But others say prison time should be spent rehabilitating criminals to keep them from becoming repeat of- fenders. "We want prisoners to come out with skills so they don't return to a life of crime," Wolpe said. Other strategies deal with not let- ting them out at all. Truth in sentenc- erature and copies of "Ann Arbor Today," a Democratic publication. The College Republicans are us- ing similar tactics to get out the con- servative vote. They have provided volunteers to work phone banks and will be promoting tonight's visit to campus by U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Holland). The Michigan Student Assem- bly is sponsoring Hoekstra as the last speaker in its "Election '94: Battle at the Ballot Box" series. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Michigan Union's Pendleton Room. Conventional wisdom has it that young adults are turned off by mod- ern politics. But Fletcher said he has been pleased with student involvement in this election. "Overall, the response is good, given it is a midterm election," Fletcher said. ing - the idea that a 20-year sen- tence should mean 20 years behind bars by eliminating parole - has gained favor with many. So have "three-strikes" laws, where crimi- nals convicted of three violent felo- nies would be locked up for life. There is even debate about how secure prisons really are. In August, 10 convicted felons escaped from the Ryan Correctional Facility in Detroit. One was found dead a few days after the break and the other nine have since been cap- tured. Wolpe called it a "very deep man- agement failure" and questioned staffing levels and officer training programs. "We've made many changes in the corrections department," Engler replied. "We've cut escapes by one- half, and increased parole officers by 55 percent. I'm proud of our record." Y JOSHUA GINSBERG Daily Staff Reporter Saturday, two scholars dis- the recent agreement signed :n North Korea and the United n which the North pledged to r its nuclear weapons program. perts sought to dispel criticism North got the better end of the k.Namkung and Bruce Cumings ed 100 faculty and students on re of Korea. Cumings, a histo"- 1m Northwestern University, fo- n the recent nuclear weapons ation agreement between the States and North Korea. a very good agreement, by far that we could get in a volatile