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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 11, 1997 - 3
Officers watch
for post-game
nayhem
SThe Department of Public Safety
posted officers at different Central
Campus locations Saturday following
the Michigan football team's win over
Penn State.
Students running near Church Street
and South University Avenue were pos-
sible candidates for disorderly conduct,
DPS reports state.
The officers noted that students were
r.unning westbound toward East
university Avenue with the Michigan
nion as a possible destination.
The students caused "disruption" in
the Shapiro Undergraduate Library, but
no property damage was reported,
according to the reports.
Man locks
himself in unisex
bathroom at lab
A man locked himself in a unisex
bathroom on the first floor of the
Mortimer Cooley Memorial Lab last
thursday. DPS reports state that the
man was a student, and not a person
who had been trespassing in the lab the
previous night. The lab is located on
B3onisteel Road.
Patient agitated
at University
Hopsitals
A patient at University Hospitals was
"heavily agitated" and about to fight staff
if let out of restraints Thursday night,
RPS reports state.
,A DPS officer called for assistance
before giving the patient a ride to the
,MCA, according to the reports.
flames ignite in
Saits oven
A custodian working in the Vera
;,,,aits I Stanley House on North
Ampus reported flames coming out of
an oven last Thursday.
The custodian allegedly set the oven
to "self-clean" and later was surprised
* see red flames inside the oven.
Jjarker House staff called DPS for
.assistance after the custodian ran to the
employees for help.
Ann Arbor Fire Department officials
responded to the situation and declared
that the scene was safe, DPS reports
s ate.
Motorist crashes
Onto bicycles
A motorist who crashed into a group
of bicycles on Washington Street on
.riday evening sparked a physical con-
flict, in which people were "standing
;face to face shoving each other," DPS
,reports state.
The Ann Arbor Police Department
kept the individuals under control,
while DPS officers took care of the
4affic area, according to the reports.
.Man plagued by
chest pains
a..A 70-year-old man was having chest
pains in the dining room of the Law
Quad on Saturday afternoon, DPS
reports state.
Officers and EMS workers had trou-
e assisting the man, who only spoke
Japanese. At that time, no one on the
shift spoke Japanese, according to
ports.
The man was transported to the
emergency room at University
Hospitals by ambulance, the reports
state.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Alice Robinson.
I
Powell
speaks
on race
relations
By Asheley Riley
Daily Staff Reporter
Kevin Powell, a former inaugural-
season cast member of MTV's "The
Real World,"joined the ongoing cam-
pus debate on affirmative action and
race relations last night in the
Michigan Union Ballroom.
Powell, a cultural critic, writer, poet
and journalist, is the author of "Post-
MTV reflections on Race, Sex and
Politics - Keeping it Real." In his
book, Powell addresses topics on
everything from black self-hatred to
rap music.
On his first trip to the University,
Powell expressed a desire to "talk open-
ly and honestly about race relations on
campus and race and gender issues."
Powell's speech concentrated on
education, self-education, the apprecia-
tion of personal and cultural history
and the history of the United States. "A
people who do not know their history
are bound to repeat it,"he said.
Powell said he is very concerned
about the educational opportunities
open to black people, which he said
have a good chance of being taken away
if affirmative action is dismantled.
"The only reason I have gotten
where I am now is the result of a pro-
gram known as Educational
Opportunity Fund." This affirmative
action program gave him the funds to
attain a college-preparatory high
school education, he said.
An end to affirmative action would
only ensure that blacks and other
minorities are not given the chance to
attend institutes of higher learning,
Powell said. Powell commented fre-
quently that, "America is going back-
ward ... there is an ongoing legacy of
racism in this country."
Powell encouraged the audience of
about 400 to continue to educate them-
selves and to read. Powell even gave
those in attendance a suggested read-
ing list, which included works by his
U
group seeks
minority bone
marrow donors
DANIEL CASTLE/Daily
Former star of MTV's Real World, Kevin Powell spoke on race relations last
night in the Michigan Union Ballroom.
favorite author Ernest Hemmingway,
as well as works by Ralph Ellison, Bell
Hooks and Angela Davis. He said the
"Autobiography of Malcolm X"
changed his life.
Powell said the more he read the
more angry he became, and finally
realized that he was angry at all white
people.
"Some of the residue of that was
evident in my actions on 'The Real
World,"' Powell said.
Powell's televised actions and
fights with cast members in "The
Real World's" New York house alien-
ated some viewers.
"I didn't like him on 'The Real
World,' because he was so angry, but
as a speaker he really earned my
respect," said LSA sophomore
Andrea Lamothe. "I am glad he has
found a positive outlet for his anger."
Why is he a little less angry now?
"I have learned there are two types
of anger, there is pro-active anger and
reactive anger. Pro-active anger
allows you to do something positive
which will channel your energy into
doing something good," Powell said.
"Reactive anger will make you say
and do things that you will later regret
and which will make others think of
you as crazy as did people who were
watching me on 'The Real World."'
Powell offered advice to students
currently grappling with similar
issues and told his audience to "have
an informed opinion, not just an opin-
ion, learn to read and think critically
and take your own stand on these
issues. After all, that is essentially
what college is all about."
Powell's speech was sponsored by
the University Activities Center's
Viewpoint Lectures, the Michigan
Union Programming Board, the
Michigan League and Little Caesars
Pizza.
By Heather Wiggin
Daily Staff Reporter
A University group is hoping to con-
vince minority students that a little bit
of time and pain are small prices to pay
for saving a life.
Today, tomorrow and Thursday, the
Minority Marrow Donor Coalition will
register potential donors and determine
their bone marrow types.
The bone marrow transplant isn't done
during the registration, but takes place
when an individual's marrow type is
needed. Registration takes about 15 min-
utes and requires a small blood sample.
"Two tablespoons of blood, that's it,"
said Eric Huang, the drive's coordinator
and a Medical third-year student.
The Minority Marrow Donor
Coalition is dedicated to raising aware-
ness about bone marrow donation while
encouraging minorities to register.
"There's a need," Huang said. "It can
happen to you. It's easy to do something
about and doesn't cost you anything."
Many minorities do not register to
donate bone marrow for cultural rea-
sons, Huang said.
Hong Pham, an LSA senior and the
group's publicity chair, said donors of
many different ethnicities are encour-
aged to participate in the drive.
There is a "very low number of
minorities in bone marrow registry,"
Pham said. "A match is most likely to
be someone of your ethnicity."
Huang said he hopes more minorities
will get involved in bone marrow regis-
tration this year. "It really does affect
people around us," Huang said.
Bone marrow is removed with a spe-
cial needle and syringe. Anesthesia is
used. The process is painless, but leaves
soreness for several days after donation.
Less than five percent of the body's
bone marrow is removed, and regener-
ates in a few weeks.
LSA junior Jesse Perez is registered
to donate bone marrow, and said the
donation procedure does not scare him.
"I wouldn't be nervous at all because
it's such an easy process" he said. "Why
be nervous about saving someone's life?"
Those affected by bone marrow dona-
tion say the results are life-changing.
Alex, who didn't want his last name
published, is a local patient recovering
from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His
grandmother said Alex had trouble find-
ing a marrow donor due to his Caucasian
and Hispanic ethnic background.
"We looked all over," his grandmoth-
er said. "We were particularly looking
for minority donors."
But a donor was not found and Alex's
cancer cells began to resist the
chemotherapy. Doctors made a quick
decision and harvested stem cells,
immature blood cells from Alex's own
body and replaced them in his marrow.
Alex is recovering from this
surgery that was performed three
weeks ago. Ironically, his grand-
mother said, "about a week ago, a
donor turned up."
Despite the delay, Alex and his family
said they are thankful to have a donor in
the event of further medical difficulties.
"Bone marrow donation is truly the
gift of life. I think it's a wonderful thing
to do and it doesn't cost anything,"
Alex's grandmother said.
LSA sophomore Stephen Tan went
through "a very trying period" when a
family member was afflicted with
childhood leukemia. "Everyone in my
family got typed," Tan said. "You never
know who it's going to hit."
Tan said he would "jump at the chance"
to give bone marrow to someone in need.
"Not many people know about bone
marrow donation,"Tan said. "A lot of it
comes from lack of awareness ... it's
such a quiet thing."
Perez realized the importance of
bone marrow transplants when his
cousin got sick at the age of 12. His
possibility of surviving without a bone
marrow transplant was slim to none.
"There was no help for him in the ste
of Texas," Perez said. "Time was rutnng
out and the family had to act quickly"
Perez's family members were all tested
to see if their marrow would be a possible
match for donation. Surprisingly, the
patient's own sister was found to be,-tm-
patible. The operation successfullytaok
place soon afterwards.
"Go out and give. You could possibly
save a life," Perez said.
SACUA discusses Rtecycle
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diversity saeet al.
By Chris Metinko
Daily Staff Reporter
While trying to define what diversity
means to the University, the Senate
Advisory Committee on University
Affairs discussed yesterday ways to
implement the faculty's recently
approved diversity statements.
"If we truly believe diversity is good,
we should be able to state why it is
good," SACUA member Donald
Deskins said. "The faculty hasn't han-
dled this in any in-depth way."
Deskins, a sociology professor, said he
was disappointed that the faculty hasn't yet
talked about ways to implement the joint
statements on diversity that were passed
last month by SACUA and the Senate
Assembly, the faculty's governing body.
The statements say that the faculty
believes the University should be a
diverse educational environment open
to everyone. The statements also urge
the faculty to accept all individuals and
then help them succeed.
"If someone came and interviewed
us and said, 'you voted to support diver-
sity, why?' What kind of answers would
you give?" Deskins said.
SACUA member Bunyan Bryant said
he also has been frustrated about the
faculty's failure to implement these
statements.
"It doesn't hurt anybody to say that,"
said Bryant, an SNRE professor. "I'm
not interested in what you say, I'm inter-
ested in what you do."
Bryant suggested involvement by the
schools' deans as one way the state-
ments could be put into action.
"There ought to be a category as part
of the deans' evaluations that deals with
diversity," Bryant said.
Bryant added that these evaluations
conducted by the Office of the Provost
should look at all departments to make
sure all units are fostering diversity.
Also, professor evaluations should be
examined to see if professors are doing
what they can to encourage diversity,
like encouraging the hiring of more
minority graduate student instructors.
In Bryant's proposal, the deans and
professors who foster diversity in their
departments would have merit-based
increases added to their salaries.
Deskins said that type of criteria
already exists on evaluations.
"We should revisit it to see if it's
there and is it being used," Bryant said.
But even Bryant said he wasn't sure
if faculty members could implement
the ioint statements.
SACUA Chair Louis D'Alecy said
he can understand the concern voiced
by Deskins.
" We want to see a statement as to
why (we want diversity)," said D'Alecy,
a professor of physiology. "This is an
arena we've had trouble in before."
SACUA will send the issue to the
Senate Assembly's multicultural subcom-
mittee, which will try to come up with
other ways to implement the statements.
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