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EDUCATION
Poll's results
shows diversity
is a priority
The first-ever poll on diversity
sponsored by the Ford Foundation
showed that people believe the
nation is not meeting its require-
ments for diversity in higher educa-
tion, by The Hatchet, George
Washington University's student
newspaper, reported.
According to the results, 97 percent
of Americans who were surveyed said
in the upcoming years they expect they
will have to work with people who are
*rom different cultural and ethnic
backgrounds.
GW officials said students should
be surrounded by those who are dif-
ferent from them in order to be pre-
pared for the next century. Students
said they should make the effort
now to learn about others who are
unlike them.
GW administrators said the uni-
ersity actively seeks minorities
0rom 50 states, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico and is
making the effort to have a diverse
student body.
Virginia governor
requests inquiry
University of Virginia officials claim
they have already disclosed all of the
necessary information, but Gov. James
* ilmore said he is seeking further
nformation in dealings of where the
money the university receives comes
from and how funds are spent, the
Cavalier Daily reported
In an interview with The Washington
Post, Gilmore expressed his concern
about where the money was going. He
questioned whether foundation funds
were going to help students or into
business ventures.
0 Donors can give money to specif-
ic parts of the university by dona-
tion money to non profit organiza-
tions which help certain depart-
ments.
Iowa State
announces new
business initiative
Iowa State President Martin Jischke
nnounced a $35.5 million College of
Business initiative Friday, the Iowa
State Daily reported.
The business initiative will generate
public and private funds for a new
building, scholarships, a faculty
endowment and program enhance-
ments.
Jischke said the initiative is part of
ISU's mission to strive to have the best
4*usiness school it can.
But members of the College of
Business Advisory Council said goals
could not be reached because of finan-
cial hurdles.
The university is asking for $10 mil-
lion from the state and $25.5 million
from alumni and friends. The ISU
Foundation will solicit private donations.
The goal of the initiative is to have
$25.5 million raised by the year 2000. A
couple has already invested $10 million
the College of Business initiative.
Due to the largest first-year class in
UCLA on-campus
housing sparse
years combined with a guarantee for
housing for first- and second-year stu-
dents, many University of California at
Los Angelos residents were forced to live
in study lounges for a semester, The
aily Bruin reported.
More than 50 students on campus
were placed in study lounges because of
inadequate accommodations in the
dorms.
- Housing officials said they had to
try to avoid the problem of overcrowd-
ing by placing 51 percent of on-cam-
pus residents in triples.
But according to housing officials,
the problem of overcrowding
occurred because UCLA accepted a
*ubstantially larger number of stu-
dents on appeal after the housing
deadline than ever before.
-Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
Susan T Port
Timber!
'U' to host 8th
regional APA
conference
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to
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Students and scholars
discuss development
Asian American
KELLY MCKINNELL/Daily
A tree in the atrium of the Chemistry Building fell down yesterday, causing a slight safety hazard in the busy Central Campus
building.
Harper informs MSA of pns
for new multicultural initiatives
By Nika Schulte
Daily Staff Reporter
After seven years of meeting on
the East Coast, the regional East of
California Conference, the largest
Asian Pacific American academic
conference in the nation this year,
will be held this weekend at the
University.
The event, with the theme
"Mapping the Geographies of Asian
American Studies," will bring hun-
dreds of students and scholars from
universities, including Princeton
University and University of Illinois,
to Ann Arbor to discuss the develop-
ment of Asian American Studies
Programs on college campuses
throughout the nation.
Gail Nomura, director of the
Asian/Pacific American studies pro-
gram, said hosting the conference at
the University asserts that Asian
American studies programs exist
outside of coastal schools.
"Having the conference here puts
the University on the map for our
field and brings students in contact
with the best in the field," Nomura
said.
Nancy Chen, a graduate student
intern with the Office of Multi-
Ethnic Student Affairs said the
event, which is the fall conference of
the Association for Asian American
Studies, allows students the opportu-
nity to meet scholars whose work
they might read in class.
"It is very odd to get a collection of
people with such a wealth of knowl-
edge of APA issues," Chen said. "If
students are interested in the issues,
they can come and talk to the sources."
In addition to the workshops that
will continue throughout the week-
end, there will be a free, public liter-
ary reading by nationally known
authors such as Barbara Tran and
Heinz Insu Fenkl. The reading is set
to take place at 6:30 p.m.. at
Hutchins Hall in room 132.
Another highlight of the weekend is
a free performance featuring "A Grain
of Sand Reunion Trio." The group,
whose music became anthems for the
early Asian American Movement, is
scheduled to play at 8 p.m. Saturday at
the Modern Languages Building in
Auditorium 4.
Although the reading and the con-
cert are free and open to the public,
students interested in attending the
workshops on Friday and Saturday
need to register by contacting
ecoc.students 4um ich.edu for more
in formation.
By Jennifer Yachnin
Daily StaffReportcr
Associate Vice Provost of Student
Affairs E. Royster Harper addressed
Michigan Student Assembly members
last night about the Transforming Our
Communities project.
The project, which is aimed at improv-
ing University students' multicultural
experience, also involves an evaluation of
the Multi-Ethnic Student Affai Office,
created in the mid '70s.
"We promoted and talk about how
diverse the University of Michigan is,..
My experience is that we are living sepa-
rate lives or separated lives," Harper said.
Harper discussed the problems of seg-
regated student groups and the creation
of a more "comfortable" community,
where students both live and learn.
"Most of the time we are doing diver-
sity ... with the folks who are having the
experience," Harper said.
If the University multicultural experi-
ence was working properly, Harper said,
"it wouldn't be as hard as it is for every-
body to make a contribution to multiple
communities"
The program should take about four
years to complete, Harper said. "You are
training every generation of students who
come into Michigan," she said.
Students can find information on the
program's Website at http:/www
umich.edu/~dofs/transition.htmn.L
Assembly members also defeated a
ballot referendum to make the
Community Service Board, which sup-
plies funding to student groups, a perma-
nent sub-group within the assembly.
Budget Priorities Committee Chair
Dave Burden objected to the referendum
because, he said, CSB often creates loop-
holes for student groups to be funded
more than once by MSA.
"This has been abused and its going to
continue to be abused," Burden said.
Tomorrow, members of the assembly's
Communication Committee plans to
meet with Director of Recreational
Sports Mike Stevenson to discuss
improvements to the Central Campus
Recreation Building.
Communication Chair Joe Bernstein
said the committee is focusing on the
CCRB because of the three athletic facil-
ities "it's the worst"
The committee is collecting signatures
for a petition that will be presented to
administrators in about a week.
"If we can prove to the administration
that we have enough student support,
they'll give us money' Bernstein said.
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MSUexamines use
of 'date-rape drugs'
By Sarah Lewis
Daily Staff Reporter
Despite having no reported incidents
of date rapes due to drug use on campus,
Michigan State University's
Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic
Council called a meeting last week to
discuss the use of Rohypnol and Gamma
Hydroxy Butyrate, commonly referred to
as "date-rape drugs"
Rohypnol, also known as "roofies"
and "rope," comes mainly in the form of
small tablets that are tasteless, odorless
and colorless when dissolved in a drink.
GHB can be ingested in liquid or pill
form, said Sarah Heuser, training and
education coordinator of the University 's
Sexual Assault Prevention and
Awareness Center. She said other names
for GHB are liquid ecstasy and scoop.
The drugs are illegal in the United
States and "they are commonly used as
substitutes for heroin and cocaine,"
Heuser said. State law charges posses-
sion of roofies as a felony.
"They are used quite a lot for setting
up women for rape," she said.
If roofies or GHB is slipped into an
unsuspecting person's. drink, they can
take affect in as little as 20 minutes and
remain in the system for up to 12 hours.
GHB can cause comas or even be lethal.
"A person only has to take a few sips
to be affected," Heuser said. "It's like a
walking alcohol blackout."
She said roofies and GHB can cause
short-term memory loss in addition to
the blackouts, so rapes involving these
drugs are hard to prove.
Kelli Milliken, a senior at MSU and
the Panhel president, said the meeting
was called to talk about things that were
happening on campus. "The meeting was
to inform all the chapter members what
types of drugs are out there, like roofies
and GHB, and educate them about what
the side effects are and how to notice it,"
Milliken said.
She said the meeting was prompted by
reports of sexual assaults connected with
the drugs, coupled with the recent death
of LSA first-year student Courtney
Cantor.
Milliken said one objective of the
meeting was "to make sure the campus
and the rest of the community is
informed. It's happening not only in the
Greek system, but in the dorms, off cam-
pus and in the bars," she said.
MSU junior Ryan Bladzik, the social
chair of Delta Upsilon fraternity, said
three houses on campus "had incidents
that may have involved drugs."
At last Wednesday's meeting at MSU,
the Council discussed ways to implement
programs like the "Buddy System" and
how to educate people about the dangers
of drugs and alcohol.
"This was the first time this issue has
permeated the Greek system at Michigan
State University," said Bladzik, adding
that one woman at the meeting said she
was recently drugged in a bar.
DPS spokesperson Beth Hall said
there have never been any reported inci-
dents of drug or roofie-induced rapes on
campus.
The University's Panhellenic
Association, Interfraternity Council and
University Health Services are scheduled
to sponsor national speaker Mike Green
at Rackham at 7 p.m. on Nov 18. His talk
will include issues about drugs.
Heuser said that if someone thinks
they have been given roofies or- GHB,
they should go to the hospital immedi-
ately to be tested before the substance
leaves the system. SAPAC counselors
can be reached at its 24-hour crisis line at
936-3333.
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