The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 24, 1995 - 3 .Hindus celebrate 1st heritage week Tuesday, January 24 *Bhajan - Traditional prayers and chants Wolverine Room (Union) 8:3010 p.m. By CHRISTY GLASS For the Daily The Hindu Students Council is celebrat- ing the first Hindu Heritage Week with events devoted to religion, culture and philosophy this week. The events are aimed at all University students and will include meditation, music and dance workshops, film presentations, guest discussions and religious ceremonies. "We are hoping to attract a broad range of people to these events because the Hindu culture defines different people with different cultural, religious, and social beliefs," said Mihir Meghani, a member of the council.. Shri Kanchan Banerjee, the national coor- dinator of the council, agreed. "The Hindu philosophy is universal and can serve a prac- tical purpose in every person's life." Honorary Chairperson Dr. Gayatri Garg said she hopes this week's events will increase awareness of the Hindu heritage and promote understanding of Hinduism on campus. "Knowledge is the basis for dispelling misconceptions and for understanding people," Garg said. "Hindu Students Council is propagating the accumulation of knowledge about the Hindu heritage, which will bring increased awareness among Hindu students and non- Hindu students as well," Garg added. Rahul Kohli, another member of the coun- cil, said he hopes the events will "increase awareness for those students unfamiliar with Hinduism and increase activism for those students who are." Meghani said that depending on the suc- cess of this year's events, Hindu Heritage Week may become an annual event at the University. He added that all students are encouraged to attend these events. All events are free of charge, except the final presentation of national Indian dances on Jan. 28. Tickets will be on sale at Ticketmaster in the Michigan Union for $3. Wednesday, January 25 Pond Room (Union) Thursday, January 26 MLB Lecture Room 2 Friday, January 27 Anderson Rooms C&D (Union) Saturday, January 28 Pendleton Room (Union) *Discussion - Great Hindu Achievements 8-10 p.m. *Movie Presentation - "Ghandi 7:30-11 p.m. *Mehndi/Dance/Music Workshop 6-8 p.m. Raas/Garba/Bhangra - Traditional dances 9 p.m.-1 a.m. * denotes event is free of charge Arcade worker may have aided m robbery Faculty accepts minority report A report of armed robbery from an employee of Pinball Pete's video ar- cade on East William Street Friday morning led police to investigate a possible conspiracy to rob the store. Initial reports indicated that three *nasked men robbed the employee at gunpoint at the Polic East William video arcade. Beat The employee allegedly fled the scene to the Packard Street Pinball Pete's location to call the police. "Inconsistencies in the 'victim's' tory eventually led to another account," of what happened at around 1:30 a.m. Friday, according to AAPD reports. Allegedly, the employee arranged with the suspects for the robbery of cash and jewelry from the arcade and was partially involved in the incident, "planning to take a cut," according to the police report. Cash was stolen and approximately $500 in damage was lone to equipment in the building. Further investigation is pending. Suspect pulls gun on 17-year-old After exiting a school bus on the 2400 block of Arrow Wood Trail, a 17-year-old high school student was approached by a suspect the student 0new, and was asked, "Do you want a blast?" according to AAPD reports. The suspect then allegedly threw a punch at the student that the student avoided. The suspect then exposed a revolver tucked into his waistband. AAPD reports said that the sus- pect stated, "I'm going to kill you." The student was able to flee the scene without incident. Host of accidents include one fatality Seventy-three traffic accidents were reported to police over the week- end, during which the season's sec- ond large snowstorm complicated driving conditions. The worst of the accidents oc- curred Friday afternoon when a 49- sear-old man ran a red light and col- lided with another driver's vehicle. The man's car hit a pole, throwing him out onto the road. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and was apparently not wearing a seatbelt at the time of impact. Bouncer suspect in assault An O'Sullivan's Pub and Eatery bouncer allegedly threw a customer out onto the sidewalk of South Uni- versity Avenue at 12:30 a.m. Satur- day and then punched him in the face. According to a police report, the victim and the bouncer had a confronta- tion inside the establishment. The bouncer to put the victim in a headlock and throw him out the door. The victim said his head hit the sidewalk and when he tried to get up, the bouncer punched him above the left eye and said, "You better take care of that eye." The victim was taken to the Uni- versity Hospitals emergency room. Police reported that the bouncer is an Eastern Michigan University student. Student wakes to find stranger At 6:30 a.m. Saturday, a student awoke in South Quadrangle Residence Hall and called police about a man hiding in his room. Department of Public Safety re- ports indicate that the caller woke up to his alarm and found a Black man in his room who was "trying to hide." The suspect fled the room and DPS officers were unable to locate him. Law student harasses professors A Law School dean and a secre- tary reported Friday that they had received harassing calls on their voice mail sometime Thursday night. According to DPS reports, several Law School professors also received similar calls from a Law student who lives in the Law Quadrangle. The suspect was traced through voice mail recordings of his phone number. The student confessed to calling several of his past instructors the morning of Jan. 20 and leaving harassing and obscene messages. The suspect said that he "had gotten in- toxicated (Thursday night) and was venting some frustration." --Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Josh White MARK FRIEDMAN/Daily University alum Max Apple spoke last night at Hillel. f( d -nre ads A&,% 2AO A2mmor By JODI COHEN Daily Staff Reporter The University's faculty Senate Assembly voted yesterday to accept a revised version of the minority climate report that was stalled in debate in December. The assembly decided last month to table acceptance of the report by the Committee for a Multicultural Univer- sity after lengthy debate over word choices and the negative tone of the document. "Changes in the recommendations reflect a more positive approach to the problem and a greater emphasis 'The issues on the role of the faculty," said complex. W former commit- taken the fi tee chair Rashid h Bashur, describ- I hope that ing the changes committee made to the docu- c ment this past c t e month. specific, ma The report recommend now states, "The University of - Ra Michigan should former cor recommit itself to its established policy of advancing diversity and inte- gration in academic life, and it should look for ways to strengthen this policy." It also calls for an increase in mi- nority faculty, with special attention to promotion, merit review and tenure. However, the debate at yesterday's meeting focused on the future of the report. Although it urges "all units within the campus community to achieve the common goals of diversity and integration," some assembly mem- bers expressed concern that this may be an unattainable goal. Many said that it will be difficult to enact the recommendations because the University has a dual system of faculty governance - the Senate As- sembly and the executive committees in the various schools. Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. said he sees problems in coordinating ef- forts across the different units. "The issues and recommendations belong to executive committees and faculty of the school, not the Senate Assembly. I think there is going to be a C U Ve have Irst step and the will -make ore detailed dations.' ishid Bashur imitteF rhair minority faculty situation at the University. "The issues are quite complex. Wehave taken the first step and I hope that the committee will continue to make specific, more de- tailed recommen- dations," Bashur said. lot of concern about every school do- ing it the same, which is a basic under- lying recommendation," he said. Whitaker added,"I know that if you are recommending to the executive committee that they consider forming a process to find equal kinds of poli- cies, it is going to be complicated." Assembly member Charles Smith said that the committee must now make specific policy suggestions. "The next step is for the committee to figure out specific ways to imple- ment these recommendations," he said. Bashur explained that the report was not a final are quite statement on the F, By RACHEL LAWSON For the Daily University alum and author Max Apple explained his passion for writ- ing stories to an audience of more than 200 people at Hillel last night. "To you they're entertainment, to me, breath," Apple said. Apple's memoir "Roommates" de- tails his life as a University graduate student living with his 93 year-old grandfather Rocky. First-year LSA student Jaime Berman said, "I read 'Roommates', but listening to him read it really made the book come alive." Originally Apple wrote "Room- mates" as a screenplay and sold it to Disney, which will release the motion picture of the same name March 10. "My grandmother would be happy." Apple said. "She always wanted me to own two stores. Now I'm opening in all the malls." There are many differences be- tween the movie and the book. In the movie, Max's character is a medical doctor instead of a writer and the family's religion is Polish Catholic instead of Jewish. Ann Arbor does not appear in the movie. "You'll love this. Not only are we not Jewish, but we're Buck- eyes," Apple said. The film was made in Pittsburgh and Ohio State was the closest cam- pus on which to film. Apple's University experiences fill the first half of the book. "I stayed in a dormitory room, and I thought I smelled pork everywhere." When asked if he has been back to the South Quad cafeteria where he ate as a student, Apple said, "I've been back to a lot of places, but not there. If I did go back, I'd probably be just as fearful as I was that first time." Apple said he does not keep a journal to record his experiences. "As a moment is happening, you don't think 'this moment is pictur- esque,"' he said. "If you do, you're living your life in quotation marks. "Life happens and then memory happens and memory goes on for- ever. Life changes with every sec- ond, but memory can stay." Apple said that once he decided to write the book, it was not difficult to recreate the characters. His grandfather, Rocky, was especially easy to capture. "Rocky had no pretense about anything. He responded with the full force of his being at all times. You don't see that much." First-year RC student Daniel Messinger said hearing Apple read excerpts from the book "really made me evaluate my relationships with older relatives." r IILLLc Ycda pirU Headded, "All we are asking is now it is up to the Senate Assembly to decide what steps to take." Senate Assembly chair Jean Loup agreed that the committee had com- pleted its task. "What we can do is accept the recommendations and choose, as a body, to decide what to do with them," Loup told the faculty gov- ernance board. After some discussion, Bashur im- plored the committee to accept the re-, port. "We would just like you to say1 thank you and good-bye," Bashur said. He also stressed that none of the recommendations were based solely on a survey of minority faculty, one criticism of the original report. At the December meeting, assembly mem- bers expressed concern that the sample was not representative because only 200 of the 672 minority faculty mem- bers had responded to the survey. Bashur said the recommendations also were formed after examining de- mographic analysis, questioning col- lege officials and reviewing relevant literature during a two-year long study." Correction: The Wolverine hockey team beat Notre Dame 9-3 on Saturday. 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