LoCALISTATE The Michigan Daily -- Friday, November 14, 1997 --3 Fraternity members bicker off campus A fight broke out early yesterday morning between members of different fraternities, according to Department of Public Safety reports. The fight did not take place on campus, according to 4he reports. One victim was assisted at the University Hospitals' emergency room after someone hit him over the head with a bottle, according to DPS reports. Despite his injuries, the victim refused I file a report about the incident, but was advised to contact DPS if he changed his mind. DPS reports did not give the name of either fraternity involved. Larcenies occur Oi campus Several larcenies occurred in differ- 'tareas of campus over the last few 'ys, according to DPS reports. On Tuesday, a man called DPS from the Medical inn on Catherine Street to inform them that $40 had been stolen from his wife's purse, which had been stored in a suitcase. ,On Wednesday, a woman working in the Rackham building came back from lunch to find $16 missing from her purse, which had been left unattended under her desk. *A larceny report was filed with DPS ater on that same day, after a subject attempted to steal several reams of paper from the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. Also on Wednesday, a woman 'reported that her wallet had been stolen, possibly from West Hall or somewhere on East University Avenue, The caller told DPS officials that some- one had used her credit cards to make purchases at Tower Records and Pizza ;ouse during the following 24 hours. Caller reports discrimination 'A caller notified DPS officials Wdnesday night that he or she had been harassed in an "act of discrimina- tion that occurred on campus." The caller, who had been standing outside of the DPS substation at 525 hurch St., disappeared by the time PS officers arrived at the scene, according to DPS reports. Man shouts at other people A man was standing outside Domino's Pizza on Tuesday shouting at 6thrs, according to DPS reports .. Museum of Fine Arts employees, 6h called DPS to tell them about the an, had been informed of the unknown shouter by someone who stopped in to notify them. Hospital admits assaulted boy A 12-year-old boy was admitted to University Hospitals' late Wednesday might after he was assaulted in Dexter, D S reports state. *0 The boy, who said he knew the per- petrators of the attack, suffered a pos- sible fracture to his cheek bone, according to DPS reports. -DPS officials advised the Washtenaw =isnty Sheriff's Department ofthe inci- dent, DPS reports state. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Alice Robinson. Music, food to liven Puerto Rican By Rachel Edelman Daily Staff Reporter University students can get a taste of Puerto Rico through a sprinkling of musical performances, speakers and ethnic food in the annual Puerto Rican Week celebration, which begins today. "We want the University community to learn about our cultural heritage, his- tory and some of the issues affecting our community," said Samuel Lopez, Engineering senior and president of the Puerto Rican Association. The celebration begins tonight with a Caribbean dance workshop at 7 p.m in Baits 11 on North Campus. Lasting. Impressions, a dance company based in Detroit, will teach people the basics of salsa, meringue and other types of Caribbean music. Lasting Impressions will follow today's workshop with a dance perfor- mance on Saturday. The performance will be held at 7 p.m. in East Quad. Both the Lasting Impressions workshop and performance will be co-sponsored by Alianza, a Latino/a student organization. Puerto Rican Week is a commemora- tion of Christopher Columbus' discov- ery of Puerto Rico in 1493. "I expect it to be educational and fos- ter pride," said Katalina Berdy, the hispanic-Latino/a coordinator of the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs. "I'm hoping that it will be an environ- ment that will foster dialogue." Students, faculty and staff can eat tra- ditional Puerto Rican cuisine at 2 p.m. Sunday at Trotter House. "It's a chance to get together, mingle and eat some traditional food," Lopez said. Two speakers are planned for next week. Ozzy Rivera, host of "Caribbean Serenade," a music radio program in Detroit, will give a speech and perfor- mance at 7 p.m. Monday in the Michigan Union's Wolverine Room. Rivera will talk about the history and influence of Caribbean music. After the lecture, Rivera will incorporate the audience into a musical performance. John Herbert, a senior specialist in Hispanic bibliography at the Library of Congress, will speak Wednesday about initial encounters between Europeans and Americans in the Caribbean islands. Herbert will follow the 6 p.m. lecture with a slideshow of the libraries' collection in the Union's Kuenzel Room. An art exhibit in the Union Study Lounge will run today until Nov. 22. The exhibit will feature the arts, crafts, paint- ings and instruments of Puerto Rico. "Some of the items were constructed Week by students, and others are actual items from people in Puerto Rico," Berdy said. The week will conclude with a Puerto Rican dance, "El Baile Del Coqui," at 9 p.m. Friday at Irotter House. Student organizers expect the week, sponsored by the Puerto Rican Association and the Office of Multi- Ethnic Students Affairs, to be success- ful and worthwhile. Other campus organizations partici- pating in the week's activities are the Puerto Rican Solidarity Organization, the Cuban American Student Association, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Alianza. Hospital kit, prophylactic drugs help rape victims By Stephanie Hepburn Daily Staff Reporter After a recent campus sexual assault where a female University student was penetrated by her assailant, officials from University Hospitals say prophy- lactic drugs can help prevent disease while an evidence kit can help put the rapist behind bars. A 21-year-old student was sexually assaulted at Nichols Arboretum by a man who threatened her at knifepoint at 8 p.m. Sunday evening. The young woman spent the night in the hospital due to injury, with only a small scratch due to injury from the assailant's knife. The Department of Public Safety is presently investigating the sexual assault. Terry Murtland, a midwife nurse at University Hospitals, said victims have the choice of two options: Prophylactic drugs can be administered to stop the onset of sexually transmitted diseases, including one that likely prevents AIDS, or midwives can use a police evidence kit to collect semen and fibers. "We offer women the morning-after pill in order to prevent pregnancy from the criminal sexual assault," Murtland said. "We also provide prophylactic treatment for gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. This treatment is absolutely curable and preventative." Murtland said the midwife nurse also talks with survivors about possible treatments for hepatitis or HIV/AIDS. "We just started this summer routine- ly offering women medication that will likely help prevent contracting AIDS," Murtland said. "It is also important for women to be informed that the chances of a woman getting AIDS during a criminal sexual assault is very small." A woman who has been sexually assaulted is advised not to change her clothes, take a shower, brush her teeth or even empty her bladder, Murtland said. "The one thing women should remember is the longer you wait, the more evidence that can be lost," Murtland said. The midwife on duty will ask the sur- vivor permission if they can keep her clothes. "On the woman's clothing there can be fibers from his clothes, or even fibers from the assailant's car," Murtland said. All midwives of University Hospitals who administer the evidence kit are female, which helps ease the anxiety of the survivors, Murtland said. The Michigan State Police in Lansing recieve the evidence kit from University: Hospitals and analyze the collected evi- dence in their crime lab. The collected evidence is strong proof in a court trial of the sexual assault, said Lori Coates, assistant prosecuting attor- ney for Washtenaw County. "Once the kit is obtained, it goes back to the crime lab of the Michigan State police and then comes to us:' Coates said. "The evidence is also pre- sented to the defense as well." Some of the evidence collected includes any semen, pubic hair and clothing fibers. Swabs and saliva tests are taken from the survivor's mouth. DNA testing can be conducted on any hair particles, skin under the survivor's fingernails and semen. Coates said DNA is important circum- stantial evidence in the criminal trial. "DNA is an acceptable science," Coates said. "DNA analysts often tes- tify in court on their findings. They can say which band patterns they see and the statistics involved in DNA testing." Clothes are analyzed because some- times clothing fibers of the assailant's clothes are found. "If a woman reports that a man with a red sweater assaulted her and there are red fibers found on her clothes that match the red sweater that everyone saw the assailant wearing that day and is hanging in his closet, this could be used as evidence in court," Murtland said, EMILY NATHAN/Daiy The above painting is part of a new exhibit about the 200-year-old story of the HMS Bounty. The exhibit is currently on display in the Clements Library. Ehib it offer*s look at Bounty mutiny By Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Daily Staff Reporter Ahoy matey! High seas adventures are the stuff myths and legends are made of, and numerous writers, playwrights and directors have been swept away by story of the mutiny on the Bounty. The latest dive into this world of nautical mayhem is a new exhibit at the Clements Library that highlights the tale of the HMS Bounty and the mutineers who took the vessel cap- tive more than 200 years ago. The display has its origins in a library acquisition made 10 years ago. "The library had the good fortune to acquire a letter which described the Island of Pitcairn and mutineers of the Bounty," said Clements Library Director John Dann. The 18 cases filled with documents, books and maps examine exploration of the Pacific Ocean for more than 300 years, with a particular emphasis on the mutiny on the Bounty. The exhibit will remain open until Christmas. "I think it's an extraordinary collec- tion of documents," said Clements Library Head of Reader Services Arlene Shy. "No other library in the world could put together that exact exhibit." About 200 years ago, HMS Bounty Captain William Bligh and his crew sailed for the West Indies after a five month stay in Tahiti, in which the roughly 40 sailors enjoyed personal and sexual freedom with the islanders. The transition from freedom to a regimented ship strained the men, and 24 days after leaving port, the mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, seized the ship and sent him and 18 crewmen on a raft with only a week's supplies. Shy attributes the mutiny's enduring popularity to "the combination of dan- ger, adventure, noble and despicable behavior" inherent in the story. Bligh managed to reach land 3,900 miles away after 46 days, with only one man dead. About 19 years later, when Captain Mayhew Folger landed on the island of Pitcairn, he discov- ered the mutineer colony with only one mutineer remained alive. The letter in the library's posses- sion is Folger's account of his experi- ences with the colony, later recounted to a successful merchant. "I was delighted to find what rich resources we had," Dann said. The story forms the basis for a book published by the Clements Library called "The Captain from Nantucket and the Mutiny on the Bounty." CNN will broadcast a lec- ture given by the author Walter Hayes regarding his book in the near future. FESTIVAL Continued from Page 1 Ronny Luhur said of the large selection of Thai food. "It's excel lent." Several students said they were curious to learn about the traditions surrounding Loi Krathong. "I take Thai as a foreign language so my friends from the class were putting it on," said LSA sophomore Darcy Saffar. After receiving an e-mail inviting members of the University communty to attend the celebration, Dental third- year student .lennifer Lee said she was curious about Thai culture. "We're just here to kind of understand what they're doing," Lee said. Engineering sophomore Piradee Talvanna, who explained the holiday's history and significance, said she was pleased to see a large turnout for the event. "I'm glad everybody is showing interest in other people's KNOW OF NEWS? CALL 76-DAILY. T traditions and cultures:' Talvanna said. TSA President Phraythoune Chothmounethinh, an LSA junior, said last night's gathering brought together many TSA members, which is one of the organization's goals. "I'm really happy about it because in the past we really haven't had this big of a turnout" Chothmounethinh said. Chothmounethinh said previously low turnouts can be attributed to the difference in cultural and academic interests of TSA members. Most of the group's graduate students are natives of Thailand, whereas most of the active undergraduate students were raised in America, he said. Chothmounethinh said a sense of unity was displayed dur- ing the holiday celebration. "We've had it in the past, but not this strongly," he said. The night concluded when students made their wishes, some placing a penny in the blossoms' potpourri-filled cen- ters, and lightly blew on the boats to propell them through the water. JA. HD1GO gir. s ! I Shaming of the Sun v-'L? WORLD TOUR + ION IGNY< Fj r f ? ""'. >; (ULLLND NR First Light What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend FRIDY Q "Angel Tree," Sponsored by NAACP, Michigan Union, Across from CIC desk, 1'4ormal operating hours. O "Graduate Students and Young Professionals Shabbat Schmooze," Sponsored by Hillel, Hillel, 1429 Hill St., Call for time. d "Graduate Students Mishneh Torah Ch " onsored by Hillel, Hillel, 1429 Hill St., 8:30 a.m. U "Male idols of the Japanese Cinema," Movie screening, Sponsored b The Center for Japanese Studies, Natural Science Auditorium, 7 p.m. U "Michigan Collegiate Job Fair," Sponsored by Wayne State University, Burton Manor, 27777 Schoolcraft Rd. in Livonia, 9 a.m- 3 p.m. U "1997-98 Tanner Lecture on Human Values," Sponsored by j Department of Philosophy, Rackham Building, Auditorium, 4- 6 p.m. Q "Oneg Shabbat with Professor Ralph Williams," Sponsored by Conservative Minyan,sHillel, 1429 Hill St., 7:45 p.m. p.m. 0 "Scott Turner Lecture Series: Costal Erosion: Exhumation of Ultrahigh Pressure Rocks," Lecture, Sponsored byThe Departmentrof Geological Studies, C.C. Little, Room 1528, 4 p.m. U "University Aikido," Sponsored by The University Club Sports Program, Intramural Sports Building, Wrestling Room, 5-6 p.m. U "Womansong," Sponsored by The Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Media Union Studio, 8 p.m. SATURDAY U "Community Garage Sale and Raffle," Sponsored by Recycle Ann Arbor, ReUse Center, 2420 South Industrial Highway, 9 a.m-3 Q "HV/AlDS Testing," Sponsored by The HIV/AIDS Resource Center, HARCHOffices, 3075 Clark Rd., Suite 203, Ypsilanti, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. U "Indonesia and East Timor: Tyranny and Resistance," Sponsored by Lasting Impressions - Dance Performance," Sponsored by Alianza, East Quad, South Cafe, 7 p.m. U "Symposium on the Tanner Lecture," S onsored by Department of Philsoph, Michigan Union, Anderson oom, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. U "Vegas Night for Paws with a Cause," Sponsored by The Ann Arbor Jaycees, Clarion Hotel, Jackson Road, 7 p.m-12 a.m. U "Weekly Rummage Sale," Sponsored byThe Kiwanis Club of Ann Arbor, Kiwanis Building, 200 S. First St., corner of Washington, 9 a.m- 12 p.m. SUNDAY Q "Israeli Dancing," Sponsored by Hillel, Hillel, 1429 Hill St., 8-10 p.m. U "NAACP Mass Meeting," Sponsored by NAACP, Trotter House, 6 p.m. U "Puerto Rican Week: Taste of Culture," Sponsored by Puerto Rican Association, Trotter House, 2 p.m. U"Sunday Worship,"_Sponsored by Ekoostik Hookali Geitaw Cruiser DOORS OPEN AT 9:30PM e +r calls attention to the highlights of 4 your reports. Amazing full color copies with many options including November 14 Q . E U A i, t o r l t { i r i. U of M Office of Major Eventa Presentation Reserved seats at the Michigan Union Ticket Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Charge at 763-TKTS m m