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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 3, 1997 - 3A
Commission to request next step for condos
U stud shows
alcohol reduces
condom use
Kathleen Ford, a research scien-
ist in the University's Department
9f Epidemiology, said a study of
sexual relationships confirms that
alcohol use reduces the use of con-
doms.
Ford and her colleagues interviewed
1,435 black and Latino/a candidates,
ages 15 and 24, in the city of Detroit -
;population groups that are at high risk
for AIDS.
The study examined three types of
relationships: married partners,
well-acquainted but not married
partners, and casual partners who
did not know each other very well, if
.at all.
The majority of drinkers who were
-interviewed agreed that alcohol use
increased the likelihood of sex and
decreased the use of condoms among
all three groups.
"The failure to use condoms due
i alcohol is a great health concern,
since many of the respondents had
been in several different sexual rela-
tionships in the past year," Ford
said.
More people
leaving suburbs,
U' study finds
White flight from both cities and
t suburbs is creating a rural renais-
sance, according to a University
.study.
"The Ozzies and Harriets of the
1990's are bypassing the suburbs of
ahig cities in favor of more livable,
homogenous small towns and rural
areas," said William Frey, a demogra-
pher at the University Population
Studies Center.
The researchers presented their
indings at the annual meeting of
the Population Association of
America.
The study found that while many of
America's largest cities continue to
attract immigrants, the domestic popu-
lation is looking for housing elsewhere.
Researchers reported that since 1990,
record numbers of white Americans
have migrated from both urban centers
\ d their suburbs in search of small-
wn life.
"So far during the 1990's, Los
Angeles and New York City have lost
over one million domestic migrants
each," Frey said.
Media misleads
women about
reast cancer
In the pages of popular magazines, it
may appear that there is a breast cancer
epidemic among young women that is
related to their lifestyle choices - but
researchers say no such epidemic
exists.
\While there has been a 30-percent
rise in the cases of breast cancer among
young women, researchers say the rise
can be attributed to the increasing num-
bers of women who are having early
Mmmograms.
According to University researcher
,Paula Lantz, many popular maga-
ines have misconstrued the rise in
Wbeast cancer cases and have reported
"al young women across the county
re- facing a breast cancer "epidem-
Lantz developed her conclusions
about the women's health and media
eatment of issues surrounding
east cancer after studying a num-
ber of widely read magazines pub-
lished between 1980 and 1995.
She also completed a content
analysis of 228 magazines published
between 1987-1995.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Marc Lightdale.
By HeatherKamins
Daily Staff Reporter
The Ann Arbor City Planning Commission
plans to recommend construction approval by the
Ann Arbor City Council for a condominium com-
plex, reserved especially for University faculty and
staff over the age of 55.
After 10 years of planning, the University
Commons project is taking another step forward.
The living community is slated to include 95 liv-
ing units and a common space available to active
and retired University faculty and staff seniors.
"They will be very nice," said University
Condominiums Association's project planner
George DeMuth, an emeritus pediatrics professor.
"The idea is to have a place where faculty and staff
seniors can live together and have meals together,
if they wish. It is an enrichment community."
The University Commons will be built on an 18-
acre site on Huron Parkway, of which the University
Board of Regents authorized the sale in May.
"The University is selling the property to the
(University Condominiums Association), and the
organization plans to build the complex," said inter-
im Chief Financial Officer Chandler Matthews.
City Planner Jeff Kahan said the proposal will
go to the city council on April 21. Kahan said he
can not predict whether the plan will be
approved.
"One major issue that will be raised is (in)
regard to tree replacement," Kahan said, referring
to a discrepancy in funding for the installation of
necessary replacement trees. "The petitioner is
denying to replace that number."
Kahan also said there was concern raised about
traffic congestion at the intersection of Glazier Way
and Huron Parkway, north of University Commons.
"Northbound traffic has to virtually make a U-
turn on Glazier and come back to the other side to
enter the site, Kahan said. "Some people are still
going to be concerned."
Units in the complex will have from one to three
bedrooms, the commons area will include a lecture
and recital hall, and the complex will include exer-
cise and craft areas.
Demuth said the project has had a complicated
history. The original backers of the project wanted
the complex to be located closer to downtown Ann
Arbor, but those plans fell through, DeMuth said.
About five years ago, professors emeritus
Alfred Sussman, Isadore Bernstein and Ronald
Friedman formed a sub-group to emulate the pur-
suits of a similar complex at the University. of
Minnesota, DeMuth said.
Since May, the committee has further developed
plans for the community, Demuth said. Demuth
said the units will range in price from $150,040 to
$300,000. The projected cost of the project is close
to $24 million, Demuth said. Preliminary deposits
have been put down on nearly half of the units,
DeMuth said.
"We hope the units will be pre-sold, and we can
begin construction by next fall or least the follow-
ing spring," he said.
NWROC
rali1es for
homeless
By Greg Cox
Daily Staff Reporter
"We will march! We will fight!
Decent housing is our right!"
Those words echoed in downtown
Ann Arbor last night as the National
Women's Rights Organizing Coalition
and Homeless Power Union participat-
ed in their "March for Homeless
Rights."
Marchers left the First Presbyterian
Church on Washtenaw Avenue at 6:30
p.m. The march concluded at the
entrance to the Huron Street homeless
night shelter around dusk. The 40-
person group was escorted by several
Ann Arbor Police Department offi-
cers.
Spawned by a homeless rights
groups' criticizing recent Washtenaw
County Task Force suggestion to
expand the shelter system, protesters
chastized the task force for proposing
that a new shelter with an increase of
only 75 beds be built near a prison.
NWROC President Jessica Curtin
said volunteer work is not the solution
to the problem the area faces.
"(N WROC's) conception of how to
fight homelessness is not to organize
volunteer efforts but to organize a
union of homeless people to get con-
trol of shelters and facilities," said
Curtin, an LSA senior.
Also marching in the rally were rep-
resentatives from the Michigan
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Gender, body,
mind highlighted,
By Sarah Volaric
Daily Staff Reporter
As students search for classes for the
fall semester, LSA officials hope to
offer an alternative perspective to regu-
lar classes.
This fall's LSA theme semester,
"Genders, Bodies and Borders," offers
45 classes in 24 different departments.
Judy Mackey, an administrative
assistant in the women's studies
department, said that the theme semes-
ter intermingles many different disci-
plines.
"Many of the classes are co-taught by
women's studies faculty and professors
in other departments," Mackey said.
These classes will focus on "gen-
ders" - cultural constructions of
manhood and womanhood; "bodies"
- biological and physical issues;
and "borders" - the natural and
cultural boundaries present in soci-
ety.
This program is jointly sponsored by
the Institute for Research on Women
and Gender, the women's studies pro-
gram and the International Institute.
Jayne London, staff member at the
Institute for Research on Women and
Gender, said the theme semester was
developed last summer during a semi-
nar called "Differences Among
Women: International Perspectives."
Graduate student instructors and facul-
ty participated in the seminar.
After the seminar, the committee
received a grant from the Ford
Foundation, as well as approval from
LSA administrators.
Mackey said the committee "sent out
a call for faculty and graduate students
and received a tremendous response"
Many students have inquired about
taking classes in the theme semester,
Mackay said. "I expect to see a l tof
enrollment," she said.
Nursing sophomore Pamela George
said she thinks the theme semester's
topic is a great idea.
"It allows a new outlook on subjects
that have been previously untouchedby
other classes," George said.
London said organizers wanted to
bring feminist analysis and internatibn-
al perspectives together.
Currently, many of the LSA classes
offered in gender issues either look
only at the perspective of the United
States or only at foreign views; but
rarely both at the same time, London
said.
LSA sophomore Anisha Huidiwal
said these classes offer unique perspec-
tives.
"I think theme semesters are intrigu-
ing because (they allow) students to
take classes in subjects they are inter-
ested in" Hundiwal said. "These types
of classes were not offered before.
"It also lets students become maore
diversified in all areas. I would &fi-
nitely take a class for credit" Hund i*
said.
In addition to the fall semester e40-
es, there will also be a series of lectu ,
films and performances throughoatFe
semester.
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LSA sophomore Joel Heeres marches with the National Women's Rights
Organizing Coalition through the Diag last night.
Student Assembly, which endorsed the
rally at Tuesday night's meeting.
"Homeless people are community
members just as students are, and we
have a responsibility to address the
issue," said Social Work Rep. Charity
Bracey.
A resident of the Huron Street shelter
gaye an analogy to describe the efforts
the county is making to fix the home-
less problem.
"People working on the problem in
Ann Arbor are trying to fix a bullet-
wound with a Band-Aid," said
Wendell, who did not want his name
published. "They have good intentions,
but don't succeed in getting the job
done."
Wendell emphasized that to fix the
homeless problem, the underlying
causes, usually drug or alcohol abuse
or extreme personal issues in the lives
of the homeless need to be addressed
first.
Groups, officials
join against suicide
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DETROIT (AP) - Suicide is a top
cause of death nationally, underscoring
the importance of acting quickly to help
people in trouble, mental health experts
said as National Suicide Prevention
Month began.
"By knowing the signs, changes in
behavior or expressions of suicide, you
can intervene and get the person to
some help. Suicide is always about end-
ing pain, usually emotional pain," said
Tony Rothschild, president of Pontiac-
based Common Ground Crisis Center.
Nationwide, suicide is the ninth lead-
ing cause of death among all age
groups and the third leading cause
among people ages 15-24, show figures
from the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's National
Center for Health Statistics.
"You see them across the age specter,"
said Rothschild, whose agency evaluates
children throughout Oakland County and
who was a consultant for Oxford schools
after more than a dozen students attempt-
ed suicides in about a year.
Some attempts stem from biological
depressions, or with teens, because
they're too young to handle overwhelm-
ing feelings of hopelessness, said Dr.
Jimmie Leleszi, chief of psychiatry at
Children's Hospital of Michigan.
"While they're in this dangerous area,
they may need short-term hospitalization
or intensive counseling. Medications at
times are helpful," Leleszi said.
"Depression and anxiety are painful.
You wouldn't expect a child to have an
arm set without relief."
Tara Fuller, 20, of Wayne County, said
counseling and medication helped ease
her out of a deep depression in 1991.
"I was staying in my room. I would-
n't go out, I wouldn't do anything. I
wouldn't eat"she said.
Fuller's advice to people who feel
overwhelmed: "It's real good to talk to
someone and get help."
With teens, parents should watch for
talk about suicide and changes in
behavior, such as sleeping all the time,
Rothschild said.
"When they make the decision to kill
themselves, they tend to be up in spir-
its" and may begin giving away prized
possessions, he said.
Attempted suicides have gradually
increased over the last 30 years, and more
of them end in deaths, mostly because
guns are now used more often, he said.
GROUP MEETINGS
O Campus Crusade for Christ,
Fellowship meeting, Dental
School, Kellogg Aud.,7 p.m..
O Lutheran Campus Ministry issues of
Faith Group, 668-7622, Lord of
Light Lutheran Church, 801 South
Forest, 7 p.m.
Q Muslim Students' Association, 930-
9049, Rackham, Assembly Hall, 7
p.m.
© Residence Halls Association, General
assembly meetin , 763-3497,
S Mosher Jordan Hall, Ceasar
Chavez Loun e, 7-9 p.m.
Michigan League, Henderson
Room, 7 p.m.
Q "Cheerleader Tryouts," sponsored by
The Cheer Team, Intramural
Building, Gymnastics Room, 7-9
p. m.
Li "Daniel Goldstein Film Festival: 'Long
is the Road,'" sponsored by Hillel,
Natural Science Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Q "Darkness into Light: The Re-emer-
gence of Jewish Culture in
ermany," Art exhibit, sponsored
by Hillel, Michigan Union, Art
Lounge
L "Fiction and Poetry Reading," spon-
sored by Creative Writing Sub-
Conntractrs. Angell Hall. Room
SERVICES
U Campus information Centers,
Michigan Union and Pierpont
Commons, 763-INFO,
info@umich., UMeEvents. on
GOpherBLUE, and http://
www.umich.edu/-info on the
World Wide Web
Q En lish Composition Board Peer
utoring, need help with a paper?,
Angell Hall, Room 4440, 7-11
p.m.
C Northwalk, 763-WALK, Bursley Hall,
8 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Q Psychology Peer Academic Advising,
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