8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 26, 1997 LOCAL/STATE Feminist speaker addresses mequality By Erike For the Daily Speaking to a full audience in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union, feminist speaker Cynthia Enloe and a male audience member removed their sneakers in the name of equality. Enloe was trying to draw a compari- son between a Nike sneaker and a Converse low top. The difference, Enloe pointed out, was between the amount of stitching involved, and therefore the amount of labor needed to produce a shoe. Enloe, a professor of government at Clark University, has written or co- edited more than 15 books and 60arti- cles about feminism and international politics. The speech made last night at the Michigan Union was part of the University's "Genders, Bodies and Borders" theme semester. The speech focused on "feminists and the global politics of sneakers." Enloe targeted Nike and the prob- lems of the female workforce that makes most of its shoes. Enloe said Nike folded all of its U.S. shoe facto- ries in the 1970s, and hired subcontrac- tors in foreign countries to produce shoes in order to access a cheaper and less demanding work force. "Nike was assuming that women were controllable, especially if they were young, from rural areas and not organized. This is why they first looked to South Korea," Enloe said. Enloe went on to explain how diffi- cult it was for these women to organize labor rights groups, since they were frowned upon by their government. Nike was forced to move its compa- nies from South Korea to Indonesia Drunk driving decreases, " but state officials want more DETROIT (AP) - Alcohol was a factor in 36 percent of the fatal traffic accidents in Michigan in 1996, com- pared with 57 percent in 1980. But to those trying to further reduce drunken driving, the glass is still half empty. Much of the focus is on repeat offenders, already the target of longstanding publicity and educational cam- paigns. "Obviously, we're not getting to these people," said Michigan Secretary of State Candice Miller. "They just get into their cars and go" A bill pending in the Legislature would lower Michigan's legal blood-alcohol content to 0.08 percent from the current 0.10 percent. Michigan is in danger of losing $1 million a year in federal alcohol prevention funding because the state's, drinking laws fall short of proposed new federal standards, The Detroit News reported yesterday. While the percentage of fatal crashes involving alcohol has fallen steadily since 1980, other statistics bother experts: The average motorist arrested for driving while intoxi- cated in 1996 had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16, far above the current legal limit. Of the more than 490,000 licensed Michigan drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated, nearly 5,000 have at least six offenses on their record. "We are talking about people with serious alcohol problems who are intractable to change," Russ Fontaine, a senior analyst with Alcohol Research Consulting in California, told the News. Critics of a stricter definition of drunken driving say such a law would miss its target. "The problem is the repeat offenders who aren't going to be swayed" by lower blood-alcohol levels, said Michael Lashbrook, president of the Michigan Beer and Wine Wholesalers. "It's a symbolic fix that ... puts the fear of God "Obviously we're not geting to these people - Candice Miller Michigan secretary of state into people who will be afraid to have that first or second glass of wine. These people are not the problem." Tougher laws and high-impact counseling programs - including those in which Mothers Against Drunk Driving members tell offenders how families have been ravaged by drunken drivers - are only part of the solution, experts sa "No one countermeasure can be prescribed," Fontaine sa "Each person's behavior and experience is unique. You have to match the clients to treatments. If you don't, your chance of success is slim or none." One of the more successful Michigan programs aimed at curbing drunken driving is run by New Paths, a residential treatment center in Flint. A 1995 study found that 95 percent of clients had not been arrested for drunken driving after leaving the program, the News said. Russell, 55, of Flint, spent 90 days at New Paths this sum- mer after being arrested for drunken driving. "I was scared when I went for my sentence," said Russe, who did not want his last name used. "I didn't realize drink- ing could get me in prison." The New Paths program includes personal counseling and education courses, mandatory Alcoholics Anonymous meet- ings and talks by MADD members. "The MADD class is devastating. This finally hit home," said Russell, who acknowledged that the New Paths program seemed to have little effect on other par- ticipants. PAUL TALANIAN/Daily Theresa Enloe spoke last night in the Michigan Union's Pendleton Room. Enloe comes in honor of this semester's "Gender, Bodies, Borders" theme. when the women did organize protests, Enloe said. The South Korean protests helped achieve minor pay raises. Audience questions ranged from the moral standards of the Converse com- pany to the movie "G.I. Jane." Rackham student Gisela Fasado said Enloe changed her perspectives on some of her buying habits. "I feel really inspired to change the way that I am a consumer," Fasado said. Enloe pointed out the irony of Nike ads promoting the self esteem of U.S. girls, arguing that the company dis- courages any acts of empowerment for women in its factories. Enloe also pointed out that college sports players are forced to wear the "swoosh" symbol if Nike is their school's sponsor. "If a student athlete didn't want to be a walking advertisement, it would- n't matter, because the contract with Nike says that you can't defile or cover up the symbol in any way, Enloe said. Enloe also said that being a student at the University and opposing Nike is practically impossible. RECYCLE THE DAILY* U U DIAG Continued from Page 1 Rebecca Philips gave a personal testimony of her relationship with Williams. A close friend of Williams, Philips read poems from PRISM, a University publication, relating to Williams' domestic situation. "We need to unite together," Philips said. "Do not be silent and sit by because silence is a form of com- pliance." University President Lee Bollinger attended the vigil for Williams, and although he didn't address the crowd, said he felt it was important to show his support. "It's important to learn from tragic events, but I'm not sure we're ready to deal with it," Bollinger said. "It's important to show public expression, remembrance and public support for (Williams') family. "In every sense, this is something the community needs to be aware of. Let's mourn together," he said. When the focus turned to recent hate crimes on campus, Nagrant beseeched the University community to "think of two steps of action you can take to pre- vent violence and hatred in our commu- nity." Nagrant spoke of the recent vandal- ism at Mary Markley residence hall and of Queer Unity Project and Hillel Diag boards, as well as alleged racial com- ments made by an employee of the Nectarine Ballroom. "We are all affected, because a com- munity that excludes, a community that does not appreciate its differences, a community that does not allow its members to enjoy freedom, is a com- munity that will perish." Danielle Baker, president of the University's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter and an LSA senior, said she felt it was important to stress community action. "The central thing that I want is unity, but not only that," Baker sa "We must learn to listen to the cries others in silence. "Although we are of different races, have different objectives in life, we're still here for one purpose, and that is to love one another," Baker said. Nagrant said that despite the inci- dents he discussed, the crowded Diag last night showed a true unity and awareness on campus. "I think (the vigil) demonstrates to our community is not apathetic to these kinds of issues," Nagrant sad. "There's a strong, strong community on this campus." 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