LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 17, 1996 - 3A Woman honored for Holocaust help effortsI Panel to address adolescent girls' .sexuality The Michigan Institute For Women's Health will hold a discus- sion on the sexuality and identity of adolescent girls this Wednesday, Oct. 23. "Adolescent Girls' Sexuality And Its 'Relation To Self" will feature speakers Cornelia Porter, associate professor in the School of Nursing, and Karin Martin, assistant professor of sociolo- y, along with a presentation by stu- '1ents reflecting on their own personal experiences. The discussion, supported by the Interdisciplinary Program In Feminist Practice, is open to anyone, and will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in -the West Conference Room of Rackham. Amy Seeta, program assistant for -MIWH said young men should feel welcome because they will likely be partners of young women. Kiosks to provide health info With $1 million in state tobacco ,funds, the University's Comprehensive Cancer Center will develop a statewide network of computer kiosks to give ople the latest in a broad range of ealth information - from cancer screens to immunizations to quitting smoking. Researchers with the Michigan interactive Health Kiosk Project will deploy between 50 and 100 comput- er kiosks - which will be similar to kiosks used for automated teller .machines - in libraries, work sites, health clinics, shopping malls and other public areas with the hope of *eaching medically under-served individuals. "I feel that it's critically impor- tant, at a time when diagnostic pro- cedures and treatment regimens for cancer and other diseases are chang- ing so rapidly, that the public is as well informed as possible as to what their health options are," said Sen. John Schwartz, M.D., who spon- sored the Michigan Interactive (&ealth Kiosk program. With touch-activated screens, print- ers and custom software, the kiosks will provide access to the World Wide Web and display a home page created by University scientists. "Our goal is to reach people in a way they can relate to and enjoy, so the kiosks will look and act more like inter- :- aotive TV's than computers," said pro- ect leader Victor Stretcher, a professor 4f public health and director of the Cancer Center's Prevention and Control Program. Bones linked to depression A recent study found that women who have suffered bouts of depression have signif icantly weaker bones and may run 'j more serious risk of fractures.' Twenty-four women - with an aver- age age of 41 - who had suffered major depression had their bone densi- ty compared with 24 mentally healthy women, and a third of those with j depression had a level of bone loss usu- : tly witnessed only after menopause >~hen osteoporosis becomes a serious ;walth risk. ZDr. David Michelson and colleagues om the National Institute of Mental 'kealth couldn't explain exactly why depression was harmful to bones but thought it may be related to women's eating habits, physical activity or hor- mone secretions. The study was published in last Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Brian Campbell. Dutch woman receives Wallenberg Medal for WWII service By Nick Farr Daily Staff Reporter As a child raised in the Netherlands, Marion Pritchard said she was taught to obey the law and the Ten Commandments. While rescuing 150 Jews during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Pritchard said she, "had stolen, cheated and even killed. And I still consider myself the product of a good upbring- ing." In reward for her heroic actions during the Holocaust, Pritchard was awarded the Wallenberg Medal and gave the seventh annual Wallenberg Lecture last night at Rackham Auditorium. The award was created in 1985 to honor the actions of Raoul Wallenberg, a 1935 University alum who saved Jews as a Swedish diplo- mat in Hungary. In her talk titled, "The Active Role of Jews in Rescue and Resistance During the Holocaust,' Pritchard told an audi- ence of 300 about her own personal experiences as a rescuer during the Holocaust, and how Jews themselves were active participants in rescue activ- ities. "People ask, 'Why didn't the Jews resist, why didn't they stick up for themselves?' and the fact is that they did. There is a misconception that the Jews went willingly to their deaths,' Pritchard said. Pritchard told stories, humorous as well as courageous, of her own attempts to rescue Jews. One such story included a time she lost her temper while procur- ing food for those in her care. "I told them what I thought of Hitler, even though everyone was telling me to be quiet," she said. When two Nazi soldiers came to pick her up in a truck, she said, "I thought I was dead for sure. They put me in the passenger seat, took the food and my bicycle, dropped me across the bridge and wished me well." Pritchard, an associate professor at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, also related some char- acteristics of rescuers. While Pritchard said rescuers tended to be independent thinkers, and those who were true to themselves, she said, "the motivation of the rescuers was as varied as the partic- ipants." Andrew Echt, a first-year student in the School of Social Work, said Pritchard was, "truly remarkable. It's amazing that an ordinary person can do extraordinary things." Amy Ravit, an LSA first-year stu- dent, said she thought Pritchard's talk was powerful and moving. "It's just amazing the way she risked her life to save Jews. I'm so impressed people like that exist," Ravit said. Ravit thought the most powerful parts of Pritchard's speech were the per- sonal experiences she related. "It's what people want to hear. They want to hear about friends ... they want to be able to pull pieces out of their lives and relate it to what she has to say," Ravit said. Pritchard will be participating in a coffee talk on the fourth floor of East Hall at 10 a.m. today. The event is open to the public. JOE WLSIiL/U^,Q4 Marion Pritchard speaks after receiving the Wallenberg Medal last night for her ; service during World War 11. Interim University President Homer Neal looks on. t4 Task force works students' By Katie Wang Daily Staff Reporter When LSA senior Rebecca Phillips enrolled in the University eight years ago, she brought her infant son Zachary with her. After years of trying to juggle her schedule to accommodate classes, Zachary's child-care needs and a part-time job, Phillips was forced to send her son to live with her parents four hours away in Alpena, Mich. Phillips is not alone in her efforts to balance her roles as a parent and as a student. In fact, she is one of an increasing number of students who are simultaneously pursuing a degree and raising a child. More than 1,520 residents live in University family housing. And it is unknown how many more students with children live off campus. Now Phillips and other students like her must wait for the newly formed Task Force on Child Care to make their recommendations before she can receive more help. Although students voted last winter in favor of allocating $1 perrstudent per-term to providing more child care, the implementation of this fee was stalled in June when Regent Rebecca McGowan (D-Ann Arbor) proposed to create a task force to examine the child- care issue more carefully. Now the future of affordable child care at the University rests in the hands of the task force under the supervision of Provost J. Bernard Machen and Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen Hartford. child-car The committee is expected to present a progress report to the Board of Regents by November. "I think that people are seeing (child care) as a real question in our society, especially at the University where the demands and the sources are varied," said Ejner Jensen, spe- cial counsel to the president and task force member. Also seated on the task force area Fiona Rose, The d Michigan Student Assembly presi- of child4 dent; Eric Luskin," director of family lOk housing; and , li Leslie De Pietro, p coordinator of the educatib University's Family Care - Resources pro- gram. "I'm hoping that out of this task force comes a broad-based statement of philosophy regarding the need for child care on this campus, as well as a strategic plan that lays out the steps for implementation," De Pietro said. The University currently offers six programs to assist with child care, but many student parents argue that it is not affordable. Rose said that among other options, the task force is still examining the SI fee, the establishment of a scholarship fund and the creation of an infant-care center. "I am hoping the regents will approve i RE k ee the $1 fee and match it by winter 1997 Rose said. The $1 fee was an initiative Ros took under her wing as an MSA reri resentative and lobbied for as a ment ber of the MSA Child Care Tas! Force. At the June meeting of the Board of Regents, McGowan prompted th board to crec ate a task force to study fficulty possible sol1 tions to chiIde are has care problemA on Icamhpus. dered my " have 4 f an concern the l we not handt the child-car issue in onr ebecca Phillips stroke for only LSA senior a handful members this commumi ty," McGowan said in June. Rose said she did not view the delay it the implementation of the $1 fee as large downfall, but a temporary setbacks "It was a disappointment in the sense they would have to wait longer to get help;' Rose said. "It impacts students who don't know if they can pay for text- books this semester." Meanwhile, Phillips and other stu- dents with children must wait for more University support. "Child care is a nightmare, it's outra- geous," Phillips said. "The difficulty of child care has really hindered my pur- suit of an education." AJA DEKLEVA COHEN /Daily IPasta maker Connie Rosenthal gives a presentation on how to prepare "Pasta with Herbs" yesterday. Rosenthal's class was held at Kitchen Port in Kerrytown, where she works. to share custody DETROIT (AP) - For LSA sopho- more Jennifer Ireland, the three-year fight to gain custody of her daughter is over. Ireland, who was to have lost custody of her daughter two years ago in part because she used day care, has agreed to share custody with the girl's father. Ireland and Steven Smith agreed to joint legal and physical custody of Maranda Ireland-Smith after several hours of meetings yesterday and last Friday with a court-appointed advocate and attorney for the 5-year-old, Macomb County Circuit Judge Lido Bucci said. "It's a decision they made I believe after a great deal of soul searching," Bucci said. "It's an agreement that I think shows both parents are taking the best interest of this child at heart." Ireland's attorney did not immediately return a telephone call and Smith's attor- ney could not be reached for comment last night. People answering the phones at the homes of Ireland and Smith said neither could talk about the agreement because of a gag order Bucci issued. The Macomb County custody battle drew national attention in June 1994 when Macomb County Circuit Judge Raymond Cashen said in a ruling that Maranda would be better off living with Smith because Ireland placed Maranda in day care while she attended classes at the University, with aspirations to attend law school. "Under the future plans of the mother, the minor child will be in essence raised and supervised a great part of the time by strangers," Cashen said two years ago. 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