LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 1 'U' libraries put select volumes up for sale 1 More than 3,500 withdrawn and dupli- cate volumes from University libraries will be available at a public book sale from 10 am. to 4 p.m. on Friday in the atrium of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. The selection represents a wide range of subjects, including a large assortment of works in psychology, phi- losophy, religion and mathematics. The sale is open to the public. brad show has food for thought From novels to short stories to con- temporary cookbooks from Indonesia and Thailand, the newest exhibit at the north entrance to the Hatcher Graduate Library has it all. In keeping with the University's theme for the semester, "Food in &lobal History" the Graduate Library's hibition features selected works from its collections. One display case focus- es on six different literary works that feature food and includes "Remembrance of Things Past," Marcel Proust's seven-volume work in French, written after the author had a treat of tea and cookies. "The tea and cookies brought back a memory that lasted for seven volumes," said exhibit curator Judith Ahronheim. Tea is also the main ingredient in a !splay featuring the tea party from "Alice in Wonderland." A work by Virginia Woolf features beef stew and Thomas Pynchon's novel, "Gravity's Rainbow," includes bananas. Yet another display features contem- porary cookbooks from some more exotic library programs and includes books from Indonesia and Thailand. The exhibit continues through Sept. 27. CROP Walk to benefit charities Washtenaw County will hold its 22nd annual CROP Walk on Sunday, Oct. 6. The six-mile walk will begin and end at St. Mary's Student Chapel, located at 331 Thompson St. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. and the walk starts at 2 p.m. All money raised will help the out- *ach efforts of Arbor Haven Shelter, Brown Chapel A.M.E., Community Action Network, Food Gatherers, Northfield Human Service, Saline Social Service and St. John's St. Vincent dePaul Society. In the 21 years that CROP Walks have been held in Washtenaw County, almost $670,000 has been raised for hunger relief in the county and around ~e world. On the day of the walk, anned goods will be collected and dis- tributed to Women in Transition and Safe House. For more information, or to register as a walker or as a sponsor, call Rob Carpenter at the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice at 663-1870. Web site contest offers cash prizes Vivarin has announced the expan- sion of the "Vivarin There's No Place Like Home Pages 2.0 contest." In 1996, the competition that honors the coolest sites on the World Wide Web designed by college students will be open to full-time graduate students, who were previously excluded from a chance to win the grand prize of a $10,000 scholarship. From Sept. 3 through Dec. 31, stu- Oents who visit Vivarin's contest site at http://www/vivarin.com/vivarin can access the complete set of rules and enter their web site address using a con- venient electronic entry form. Winners will be announced in February 1997. Entries will be judged based on cre- ativity, design, content, accessibility and navigability of links, and value of the service provided. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jeff Cox. A2 befriends sister ctles worldwide By Heather Kamins For the Daily Just outside the city limits of Ann Arbor stands a sign with the names of Ann Arbor's five sister cities - Tubingen, Germany; Hikone, Japan; Belize City, Belize; Peterborough, Ontario and Juigalpa, Nicaragua. And while Ann Arbor is not alone in having sister cities - communities all over the country have foreign counterparts - it is one of just a few with as many as five. Brigitte Maasen, co-chair of Ann Arbor's sister city com- mittee, said Ann Arbor benefits from its relationships with other countries. "Because people have stereotypes about other countries, (this program) allows you to see how different somebody else is and how alike we all are," Maasen said. The sister-city concept was developed by President Dwight Eisenhower and was an outgrowth of World War II. "It provided a way for the countries to come together and to build bridges with the 'enemies," said Mayor Ingrid Sheldon. "The sister cities were to foster understanding so as there would never be war again." As support for the program became extremely strong and interest in it grew, cities all over the United States formed sib- ling bonds with cities all over the world. Ann Arbor has had at least one sister city for more than 30 years. Ann Arbor, because of its close connections to the University, encompasses a diverse and multicultural commu- nity. The city looks to its foreign students as a way of gaining understanding and learning, Sheldon said. In Ann Arbor, there is no office that handles the creation of or the fostering of the relationship with the sister cities. It takes a "very dedicated community of volunteers and a large effort to sustain the relationship (with a sister city),' Sheldon said. "The interest of a group of citizens can create a sister city," Maasen said. Tubingen and Hikone, also university towns, became Ann Arbor's sister cities in 1965 and '69, respectively. In 1994, Maasen and Sheldon traveled to Japan to celebrate the 25th anniversary of friendship between Ann Arbor and Hikone. Every year a delegation of junior high students from either Ann Arbor or Hikone travels to the other town for a two- or three-week educational trip. Belize became a sister city in 1967, and in 1983 Peterborough joined the group. Every year Ann Arbor partic- ipates in a sport cultural exchange with the town of Peterborough. The 600-700 participants range in ages from 10-16 and can compete in nine sports. "The teams compete in friendly competition. No one cares who wins," said Peterborough Recreation Coordinator Mary Gallop. "This is a great opportunity for Peterborough chil- dren to meet people in another country. It brings a lot of peo- ple together in a community event to learn about another cul- ture." In 1986 Juigalpa became Ann Arbor's fifth sister city, but its relationship is different than those with other sister cities - Juigalpa and Ann Arbor first united because of a citizen referendum as a way of becoming more conscious of politi- cal conflict. "We have to be more aware, people to people," Sheldon said. In 1986 a large delegation of volunteers from Ann Arbor traveled to Nicaragua and assisted the people with sanitary matters and shipped the people of Juigalpa a garbage truck and school supplies. MSA looking t fill vacant seat° By Will Weissert Daily Staff Reporter This term the Michigan Student Assembly wants more than your vote - they may want you. MSA needs to fill the two LSA rep- resentative slots vacated by Fiona Rose, who was elected president of the assembly, and Paul Scublinsky, who left to become president of the LSA- Student Government. A special LSA-SG appointments committee will fill these two positions, which have been open since March. done by-the end of the "When we find two appir t qualified, we w ta e away." Shah said the comminee n ra iLw all applications and then m condact an interview process. W may inter view the applicants - but it re ire whole lot then we won't hae tinm to do interviews," he said. Those selected to fill the re