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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 26, 1996 - 3A
Couples strong
as newlyweds
ifter 35 years
If married couples can stay together
or 35 years, they're likely to find
themselves as happy with each other as
newlyweds, according to a University
study of marital quality published in
Social Psychology Quarterly.
The study analyzed links between
marital quality, duration and various
social and economic factors among
1,470 individuals in first marriages.
"Marital happiness follows a fairly
redictable trajectory," said co-author
erri Orbuch, a sociologist at the
Institute for Social Research.
The study found that after the first
few years of marriage, marital happiness
tends to decline for about 20 years. But
by the time the couple is married for
about 35 years, they become as happy as
when they were first married - during
the so-called "honeymoon period."
"Our results show that declines in
Sork and parental responsibilities
plain a large portion of the increase in
marital satisfaction in later years of mar-
riage;" Orbuch said. "Declining income
and increasing assets in later life also
explain a small portion of the increase."
The study also showed that after 15
or 20 years of marriage, couples don't
consider divorce or separation nearly
as often as couples who haven't been
married as long.
The study was funded by grants from
e National Institute of Health and
ational Institute on Aging.
Views on virginity
vary by gender
Men and women who have never
been sexually active perceive their vir-
gin status differently, according to a
study by researchers at Illinois State
'University.
Women were more likely than men
to say they had not engaged in sex
because they hadn't been in a relation-
ship long enough, been in love deeply
enough, or met the right person. They
were also more likely to say that they
feared parental disapproval or that they
simply weren't ready for intercourse.
Emotional responses to being a vir-
gin were also varied between men and
women. Men were more insecure than
.vomen about sex and had more nega-
ve emotions such as feelings of anxi-
ety, embarrassment and guilt associat-
ed with their virgin status.
The study reported that though it was
once considered socially undesirable
for college-aged men and women to
remain virgins, this view has changed
in recent years.
Both men and women who gave reli-
gious or moral reasons for waiting to
Dave sex were usually proud or happy
about their virginal status. Fear of sex-
ually transmitted diseases was another
reason given for remaining a virgin.
The study was performed on 97 vir-
gin men and 192 virgin women at a
midwestern university. The average age
of the participants was 19.5 years and
93 percent of the students were
between 18 and 21 years old.
Research council
:o fund minorities
Twenty postdoctoral fellowships for
minority scholars will be awarded by
the National Research Council to give
recent doctoral recipients the opportu-
_nity for extended study and research.
Sponsored by the Ford Foundation,
the fellowships will be given to schol-
ars who show the most promise in a
national competition among Native
mericans, Alaskan natives, African
Americans, Mexican Americans,
Pacific Islanders and Puerto Ricans.
Each candidate must select a not-for-
profit institution of higher education or
research for their studies.
The fellowship program is open to
'all U.S. citizens who are members of a
designated minority group, have held a
Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree for no more than
seven years and who plan a career in
eacing and research.
- Compiled by Daily Staff'Reporter
Brian Campbell.
Regent rallies College Reps. behind campaign
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By Jodi S. Cohen
Daily Staff Reporter
Running for regent is nothing new
for Deane Baker.
This November will bring the fourth
election for Baker (R-Ann Arbor), who
has served as a member of the
University Board of Regents for 24
years.
Baker spoke last night about the
upcoming election to the campus chap-
ter of the College Republicans, outlin-
ing three important issues facing the
University.
"The first one is the search for the
president," Baker said. "It will set the
way the University goes for another
decade."
Baker said the board must also con-
front nationwide changes in health care
that.directly affect University Hospitals.
The third issue is the employment
agreements that former University
President James Duderstadt made with
top officials before he stepped down,
Baker said.
"The regents didn't know about it and
normally we would have," Baker said.
While Baker talked mostly about
those issues, he also told the chapter that
they can help both him and the other
Republican candidate, Mike Bishop, a
29-year-old Bloomfield Hills attorney.
"The University of Michigan is
undergoing a change to be a more con-
servative University;" Baker said at the
meeting, which was like a pep rally for
the group.
"Anything you can do to help, the
party would be pleased," Baker said.
N i c h o I a s
Republican presidential candidate Bob
Dole in the Michigan polls, but said the
Kirk, president
of the College
Republicans,
said he's not
worried about
Baker's re-elec-
tion.
"Anything you
can do to help, the
party would be
national election
will not affect the
regent election.
"Clinton has
no bearing on this
race because of
the strong record
of Deane Baker
and the fact that
he is a trusted
candidate," Kirk
said.
Kirk said
opinions and strong beliefs:' Kirk aid.
"College Republicans really respect
that, as do the people of Michigan."
LSA sophomore Jennifer Skomer
said she enjoyed listening to Baker.
"He kind of reminds me of my grand-
father. He is a genuinely nice guy who
thoroughly believes in what he talks
about," Skomer said. "I am confident
people will see his name and know he
has done a great job for the University
Evan Knott, an LSA sophomore.said
it's important that Republican candi-
dates are elected to the board.
"They serve as a check on the over-
powering liberal sentiment on campus:"
Knott said. "It's important to have
Republican regents check against going
too far to the left."
"We have pleased. "
utmost confi-
dence in his - Regen
ability to run a
strong race,"
Kirk said. "We have the confidence in
the people of Michigan."
Kirk acknowledged that President
Clinton is currently ahead of
nt Deane Baker
(R- Ann Arbor
Baker, one of the more vocal board
members, will be re-elected because
voters recognize his name.
"People respect him for his strong
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'Urecycling
efforts pay off,
JOE WEsTRATE/Daily
We've got spirit
A painted mural decorates the parking lot near the tunnel entrance to Crisier Arena.
Artistic elephant sparks debate
By David Rossman
For the Daily
As part of a 10-year agreement
signed last year with the city of Ann
Arbor, the University is committed to
making recycling work on campus.
New collection programs simplify-
ing recycling in residence halls, acade-
mic buildings and the football stadium,
combine with recycling-awareness ini-
tiatives to help the University generate
less solid waste.
During student move-in week, Aug.
27 to Sept. 2, a total of 63.17 tons of
paper products were collected for recy-
cling, according to Grounds and Waste
Management Services. The office is
responsible for hauling and management
of waste and recyclables on campus.
"This year will be better than previ-
ous yearsbecause of the new recycling
totes in each student's room," said Erica
Spiegel, University recycling coordina-
tor. "Housing spent a lot of money to
put the totes in each room."
While the amount of waste generated
on campus is still greater than the
amount recycled, Spiegel said, students
in residence halls are becoming more
sensitive to the need for recycling -
partially as a result of informative
efforts made by Grounds and Waste
Management during move-in and in
previous weeks.
"it is convenient and more accessible
to students in residence halls," Spiegel
said. "From random walks around dif-
ferent halls, I've noticed an increase in
(students) putting the right materials in
the right places."
"We've done a lot, but it's still not
much," said SNRE senior Angie
Farleigh, who is a co-facilitator of
Environmental Action (ENACT), a stu-
dent group committed to recycling..
"There are some members who are
adamant about getting recycling to
work in the dorms."
ENACT is concentrating on the poli-
tics of the environment as the presiden-
tial election draws nearer, Farleigh said.
"Yeah, recycling levels were up dur-
ing Welcome Week, but it's hard for stu-
dents once they get into the 'routine,"'
she said. "After the election, we'll con-
centrate on dorm recycling."
"It's really easy to recycle,"said LSA
Reduce Waste at the
Source
Reducing waste before it's created
is even better than recycling. The
recycling office suggests the follow
ing to prevent waste:
U Carry a plastic beverage mug
when traveling around campus. 3
(Many local coffee shops give a dit
count if you bring your own.)
N Edit and spell check reports ors
the computer screen. Only print d Iai
the final copy for the professor.
-9Buy food items in bulk and avx4c
overly packaged items. Avoid taking;
plastic straws, plasticware and
extra napkins.
first-year student Josh Pashman. " ?by
would you not do it?"
The city's year-old Mateil
Recovery Facility helps collectth
University's recyclables for distribu-
tion to manufacturers who reuse :the
waste.
"What we are doing well is collectig
material more efficiently," Spiegel sa'.
"Other schools are doing much bettert
composting and source reduction."
In comparison to other schools, the
University's recycling efforts come out
on top. Michigan State University bas
no university-operated or funded recy-
cling programs in residence halls.
"Most of our recyclables come out-of
academic and administrative buil-
ings," said Peter Pasterz, MSU's man-
ager of the Office of Recycling and
Waste Reduction. "But we do have alit
of volunteer student involvement in oir
residence halls."
The University's efforts have aso
extended outside of campus facilities,
as more students are becoming aware of
the many benefits of recycling.
"It's not an inconvenience," said
Music sophomore Courtney Murphy.
"We recycle in our house, and trade off
taking it for processing each week."
Last year, the University's revenue
from the sale of recycled material
assumed 42 percent of the $355,348
total recycling program cost, according
to an annual report published by
Grounds and Waste Management.
By Heather Kamins
Daily Staff Reporter
Give an elephant a paintbrush and
call it art. Give an elephant a paint-
brush, team her up with two artists and
call it collaboration.
Such was the genesis of a current
exhibit at the University's Museum of
Art and the topic of debate at a sympo-
sium last night called "The Possibilities
and Limits of Collaboration."
The collection that opened Sept. 9
and runs until Oct. 13 is the first public
exhibition of the work of Komar,
Melamid and Renee.
The five paintings were created
through the "collaboration" of two
famous artists in their own right, Vitaly
Komar and Alex Melamid, and Renee,
the African elephant.
Komar and Melamid first found out
about Renee, the painting elephant, a
few years ago while visiting the
University. In July 1995 the two artists
ventured to Renee's home at the Toledo
Zoo to work with her for a week on' a
series of paintings.
"We followed Renee," Melamid said.
"She taught us more than we taught her.
We really felt like one organism."
As expected, the exhibit raised ques-
tions and uncertainty. The symposium
was held to investigate whether the col-
lection can truly be classified as art or a
collaboration.
The symposium's panel consisted of
the artists Komar and Melamid; Don
Redfox, elephant manager at he Toledo
Zoo; Barbara Smuts, associate profes-
sor of anthropology and philosophy;
and Sally Vallongo, art critic for The
Toledo Blade. The symposium was
moderated by Museum Director
William Hennessey.
The panelists had differing views of
how to interpret the painting elephant
and the collaboration.
"The painting is one of the things we
do as an enrichment tool," Redfox said.
"I look at the painting more as an
enrichment behavior than as an expres-
sion of (Renee's) inner feelings. As far
as I am concerned she does it because I
give her carrots for it."
But the artists insisted there is noth-
ing unusual about an elephant or any
other animal expressing artistic tenden-
cies.
"You say it's funny that the elephant
has a brush in its trunk, but someone
gave me the brush and someone taught
me," Melamid said.
Komar said the elephant's behavior
could be described in other ways.
"We can really call it a dance because
it was a kind of common kind of art that
not only humans are able to do, but all
of the animal kingdom can do;' Komar
said.
Engler questions state
judges' control of prisons
LANSING (AP) - Michigan Gov.
John Engler testified yesterday that he
was frustrated at a new law designed to
limit judges' oversight of prisons has
not allowed Michigan to end judges'
longtime oversight at three prisons.
Speaking at a Senate committee
hearing, Engler blamed the Justice
Department for failing to help stop
judges' "micro management of state
prisons" through consent decrees more
than a decade old.
However, Associate Attorney
General John Schmidt testified that the
Justice Department supported the new
law and was merely trying to protect the
legislation from constitutional chal-
lenge.
Engler called the situation "frustrat-
ing" and "disappointing."
He said it has cost the state some
$200 million to comply with the judi-
cial decrees for prisons.
"We had hoped this law would allow
for the rapid wrapping up of some of
the consent decrees," he told the
Judiciary Committee senators -
including Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-
Mich.), who had pushed for the new
law.
"I do not see an end in sight" Engler
said.
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What's happening in Ann Arbor today
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