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The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, March 11, 1998 -3
HIGHER
EDUcTION[.
Hackers attack
computers on 25
U.. campuses
I housands of' computers at 25
iuniversity campuses in the United
States were attacked by hackers on
the night of March 2, resulting in
widespread system failures, The
Chronicle of Higher Education
reported this past Thursday.
'I he attack caused minor distur-
bances, but no critical data was lost,
computer administrators said.
The machines were not perma-
nently damaged, but all of the infor-
mat ion not saved before the crash
was lost.
The incident affected all comput-
ers installed with Microsoft
Windows '95 and NT operating sys-
tems connected to the Internet.
Macintosh computers were unaf-
f'ected by the crash.
Antioch expels
four students for
racist prank
Antioch College recently expelled
four students, saying they created a
racist atmosphere when they hung a
charcoal-colored mannequin from a
tree on the Yellow Springs, Ohio
campus, The Chronicle of H igher
Education reported last Monday.
Bob Devine, Antioch's interim
president, expelled the students and
said they would be allowed to return
to campus to attend anti-racism
classes but that they would not be
re-admit ted.
Four male first-year students
admitted to the act but denied that
the incident was racially motivated.
Ihe students apologized at a cam-
puswide meeting last week.
This past weekend, a meeting
only open to white students and fac-
ulty members was held by Devine to
discuss the mock lynching.
Warren said that nearly all cam-
pus meetings are open to all stu-
dents, but that in this case there was
a "rare need" for white students and
professors to discuss racism.
%ritish students
protest plan to
end free tuition
Un iversity students in Brit ain
walked out of classes this past
Wednesday to protest the govern-
ment's plan to begin charging
uition at British universities next
,fall, The Chronicle of Higher
Education reported last Thursday.
The National Union of Students
reported that two million protesters
participated in the walkout, but the
number could not be confirmed.
Beginning this fall, yearly tuition
amounting to 51,700 will be
charged to all but the most finan-
cially disadvantaged students. In
addition, students' cost-of-living
*tipends will be eliminated.
Leader calls for
morals training in
tech classes
Malaysia's Prime M inister
Mahathir Mohamad asked his coun-
trV's tn ivers ities to teach moral
*esponsibility to technology special-
sts last Tl ucsday, The Chronicle of
Higher Education reported this past
Thursday.
le blames Asia's economic crisis on
the development of technology.
The Mohamad warned students of'
the consequences of "technology
without morality."
He also stressed that unless good
values were taught in technology
classes, technology could be used
,or negat ive and harnmfu i purposes.
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C( hristinc A. Paik f om The
C hr-omele cof Iligher Education.
Radiology Prof. receives faculty award
Prof. David Kuhl, the Henry
Russel Lecturer, presents a
lecture on nuclear medicine
By William Nash
IJadly Staf[ Rep"t cr
After being presented with the Henry Russel
Lecturer award yesterday, radiology Prof.
David Kull gave a JcCtUre on the history of'
nuclear niedicine.
Although audience nienibers may not have left
with a complete understanding of the subject, they
at least were taught two things the correct pro-
nunciation of acetylcholine, and that Kuhl gives a
great lecture.
"Kuh) is unquestionably one of the university's
most valued faculty mriembers " said University
President Lee 13o11inger, who announced the facul-
ty award winners.
The award, considered the highest faculty honor
at the University, is presented annually for out-
standing achievement in research and lecturing
ability.
"I was very pleased to be presented with the
award," Kuhl said. "I know this is a highly
respected distinction - especially since it is
from the entire university and not just the
Medical School."
Kuhl became the first radiology professor to
win the award, which he said will be beneficial to
the his field.
No stranger to awards ceremonies, Kuhl has
won a number of other distinctions,which
include the Javits Neuroscience Investigator
Award and the Medical School's Distinguished
Faculty Lectureship in Biomedical Research.
lie is most renowned for his role in the develop-
ment of the PET scanner. He also worked with
NASA in a project to ' rmine the effects of
gravitational forces upon the blood flow in the
lungs.
Kuhl no longer teaches Medical students; he
is now more involved with research and
arranging confferences for w hat lie calIs "criti-
cal disagreement."
"I now spend more time arranging discus-
sions to challenge some of the controversial
topics," Kuh I said. "TIhey disagree in a good
way."
He currently is working with other Urniversity
professors to research Aliheimer's disease.
'ihe winner of the Ihenry Russel ILturner award
is selected by former award winners and by a
selection committee.
"Much of it is a balancing act," said Francis
Wayman, president of the Research Club. "There
are so many wonderful candidates, and it is a very
difficult choice."
Kull) will receive 52,000 in addition to the
framed award.
lTwo Henry Russel awards also were presented
to associate professors.
Mathematics associate Prof. David Wooley
received the award for his discoveries in ana-
lvtic number theory. He currently is working
in Germany, but in a written statement he said
lie is "very grateful" to receive the recogni-
tion.
Archaeology associate Prof. Susan Alcock also
received the award for her studies in arch, cology,
which include books she has written about ancient
Rome and Greece.
"I found out about it when a photographer e-
mailed me about a photo,"Alcock said. "So when
it was actually made official, I was more relieved
than anything else."
Wooley and Alcock, who made a "raise the
roof" sign when presented the award, will receive
SI ,200 for their awards.
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MSA reaftnres its fight
for student regent seat
By Peter Romer-Friedman
and Kristin Wright
Daily Staff Reporters
Tle Michigan Student Assembly passed a resolution last
night in support of the assembly's ongoing fight for student
representation on the Board of Regents.
The assembly sponsored a press conference yesterday in
the Michigan Union to publicize the student regent cam-
paign, titled the "Yes! Yes! Yes!" camnpaign.
"[his issue is 30 years old," said MSA Vice President Olga
Savic."It started back in the '60s and it didn't get very far. We
need a voice at the regents' table. That's where the power is."
The "Yes! Yes! Yes!" slogan stands for how MSA wants
students to answer its three student regent questions that will
be on the ballot for next week's elections.
Savic said students can help support the effort by vot-
ing "yes" on a proposal that would increase the student
fee by S4-5.
"We're closer than we've ever been to get a student regent,'
Savic said. "The only way is if students vote Yes! Yes! Yes!
We'll be able to get enough money to get the signatures to get
this on the ballot."
If students vote to support the Yes! Yes! Yes! campaign
during elections, MSA will have the funding necessary to
hire a company for the collection of 400,000 signatures in
favor of student representation on the Board of Regents.
If the assembly obtains enough signatures, a question
regarding a student regent will appear on Michigan voter
ballots in November.
MSA Communications Committee Chair Ryan Friedrichs
said MSA is confident that the proposal would be passed by
Michigan voters.
""lis is the crucial step," said Friedrichs, an indepen-
dent party candidate for MSA president. "Engler identi-
fied that 73 percent of the voters in Michigan would sup-
port a student regent if it were on the ballot."
Through the assembly's Website, MSA recently polled stu-
dents and others interested in the issue about the possibility
of a student regent.
More than 60 percent of about 120 people who voted said
they would approve a change in the law that would increase
the number of regents, therefore allowing room for a student
regent. About 45 percent of respondents said they would
approve of changing the law so that a non-voting, advisory
seat would be added for a student representative. More than
60 percent of the voters said the student regent should be
elected instead of appointed.
"The results of that pretty much mirror the results from
when we polled the states," said Bram Elias, co-chair of the
student regent task force.
Elias also is hopeful that students will support the pro-
posed fee increase next week.
"Ideally, we would like the $5 because we could single-
handedly run the campaign, but that's a lot to ask from stu-
dents," said Elias, an LSA junior. "Everyone supports the
campaign. We're looking for approval of all three."
Co-chair of the Student Regent Task Force Trent
Thompson said that although the assembly voted to continue
to fight for student representation on the Board of Regents,
the decision is ultimately up to students.
"MSA is in support of'a student regent. The Yes! Yes! Yes!
campaign will provide a student regent, but the decision is up
for students to make' said Thompson, an LSA junior. "lt's
not up to the assembly."
Chair of Hillel's governing body David Caroline said he is
in support of MSA's campaign and hopes students will take
time to understand the issue.
"I'm here as a student leader to say I think that the student
regent and Yes! Yes! Yes! campaign area great way for students
to empower other students'said Caroline, an LSA junior.
"Any student who cares about the University should take a
vested interest in the student regent campaign," Caroline Said.
"lThe issue of representation is very important. There's always
a struggle to have students' voices heard."
SARA STILLMAN/Daily
Debbie Levenstein of SAFE House speaks during an interview following a
SAFE House monthly brown bag lunch discussion.
SAFE Huse hosts
" i
dScussion o10in
domestic violence
By Jason Stoffer
ID;111V Stal'Re p -tr
if approached by a domestic
abuse victim, Northfield Towishiip
City Services Board meimber Glary
Weiling would have told the victim
to "just get out" of the relationship.
But Weiling and other community
members gathering at SAF F louse's
brown bag Iunicheion learned yester-
day that telling a victim to heave tile
relationship is the worst way to coni-
ront doimiestic abuse.
"Always be there for her," said
SAFE House Clinical Supervisor
Debbie Levenstein. "She might try to
leave seven or eight times. It's fis-
tratinig when you see her go back, but
the important thing is to be there to
give hier information and support."
SAhF louse, a shelter and ser-
vice provider'for victims ot'domes-
tic abuse, holds brown bag luni-
cheons coverinig different domestic
abuse-related topics each month.
ILevenstein said it is a common
misconception that domestic abuse
consists only of physical or sexual
violence.
"Domnestic abuse is not a hit, a
slap or a rape. It's a pattern of
abnse." she said.
SAFE House staff members said
abusers use a number of psycho log-
ical methods to control their victims.
TheV tell victims they are ugly and
attelipt to eliminate thei' paitnier's
ties to friends and familv.
Victims, facirig i0creased isolation
and feelings of hopelessness, often
turn to alcohol or drugs to deaden
their pain. Another common response
is to deny there is a problem.
"I'd have a fortune if I got a liick-
el every time I hear from a caller,
''m not a battered woman, but lie
ilit me and threatenied to take the
kids away,', Ievensteini said.
A domestic abuse victil's friend,
who wished to reiiain anoniVlious,
said the leCtute affirmed the first-hand
knowlledge she has gainied throungh
interactions with her abused friend.
"We're startitig a care nietwork in
oun'ch'rchi because we know domes-
tic violence is a severe problem in
tiis comnmiinity,' the woman said,
addinig that the luncheon gave her
more information than she could get
from books.
College-aged females are particu-
larly susceptible to domestic abuse,
anid rniversity administrators need
to do a better job addressing the
problem, ILevenstein said.
"From what I've heard and kniow,
domestic abuse is a serious problem
on campus,' ILevenstein said.
"Younger people who haven't had a
lot of relationship experience and
are away from home for the first
time often ail to see the warning
signis of it coming on."
There are domestic abuse victims
and abusers in every deiographic
and socioeconomic group,
Levenisteili said.
If you saw itgroup of 100 peo-
ple, you wouldn't be able to pick out
the abusers or the victims,'
levenstein said."It's a societal prob-
lem. Even locker room jokes are part
of a whole attitude that gives men
permission to control their partners.
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