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The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 28, 1999 - 3A
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Coursepack store wraps up
Oral hygiene
important for
more than mouth
*entistry Prof Walter Loesche dis-
cussed the link between oral health and
heart disease and Dentistry assistant
Prof. George Taylor presented evidence
of the link between oral health and dia-
betes at a recent conference.
While researchers have speculated
about a connection between oral
hejth and heart disease for the past
five years, Loesche recently present-
ed several possibilities for the mech-
anisms by which periodontal disease
rht lead to cardiovascular disease.
Because periodontal disease is both
preventable and treatable,
researchers hope a clearer under-
standing of the link could someday
help to prevent and treat stroke and
hert attack.
In his own patients, Loesche found
that those with coronary artery disease
have high levels of certain periodontal
b eria. He suggested periodontal
leria or their products travel
through the bloodstream and damage
blood vessels. Elevated levels of a
substance called the von Willebrand
factor - found in people with peri-
odontal disease - could also be a sign
of. lipopolysacharides damaging
blqod vessels.
Loesche also discussed evidence that
oral bacteria themselves are found in
blood vessel linings.
researchers aid
isolated scientists
In a collaborative project with scien-
tists in North America, Europe and
Asia, interim Dean of the School of
Information Gary Olson and other
University researchers developed com-
puter tools that will allow isolated sci-
entists to keep current with the rest of
tiesearch world.
Olson spoke about the projects at a
symposium "Science and the Internet:
Globalization, Cooperation and
Development" during an annual meet-
ing of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Faculty and students at small univer-
sities around the world will gain access
to expensive instruments and will be
able to interact with a variety of scien-
ti, hopefully leading them to make
tl own advances in their fields,
Olsan said.
Researchers hope the collaboratory
approach of the project will also attract
scientists from even more remote parts
of the world.
A University of Florida professor's
research is yielding rejuvenating
results, the Independent Florida
Alligator reported.
could slow aging
Christian Leeuwenburgh, a professor
in the College of Health and Human
Performance, recently co-authored a
study on anti-oxidants, showing their
effectiveness in slowing the aging
process.
The study claims anti-oxidants break
radicals, harmful substances in the
that degenerate cell strength and
fition.
The researcher found the more
aZti-oxidants were present in the
bldy, the fewer radicals were circu-
laing.
Oommon virus
finds new foe
Researchers at Stanford University
4it may be possible to use protease
inhibitors, the main drugs used in HIV
tbcapy in the United States, to treat the
t common form of the virus in the
world, known as strain C, The Stanford
Daily reported.
Subtype C is most common in India
and Africa and is responsible for 90
percent of all new infections in the
world. Most research until now had
focused on the use of protease
inhibitors for type B, which is popular
ie United States and Europe.
The researchers analyzed the impact
cf the drugs on African patients with
subtype C and found the drugs highly
effective.
Compiled by Daily Staff Reporters
Gerard Cohen- Vrignaud
and Asma Rafeeq.
By Yael Kohen
Daily Staff Reporter
The Michigan Student Assembly's Student
Coursepack Service sold its last coursepack for
the term yesterday after its premiere in early
January.
The assembly began the service as an experi-
ment to decrease students' expenses by making
coursepacks more affordable.
The SCS is an educational service, rather than a
store or business, MSA Treasurer Bram Elias said.
"We don't sell coursepacks. We provide them at
cost to students," said Elias, an LSA junior. He
added that "our only mission is to make sure stu-
dents get cheap coursepacks."
The store operated from MSA offices in the
Michigan Union. Coursepacks for five class were
available and about 150 students purchased
coursepacks from SCS, Elias said.
Students who used SCS said they were happy
with the results.
"They gave a nice binder, the copies were nice,
it was cheap," LSA sophomore Libby Reece said.
Engineering sophomore Laura Carter agreed
with Reece.
"I think it was a great idea," she said. A "coursep-
ack at five bucks instead of 20 is really a great help."
History Prof. Regina Morantz-Sanchez decided
to use the SCS instead of a private copy store com-
pany. Sanchez said she uses coursepacks in all of
her classes and they can be very expensive.
"Students are paying to have access to reading that
they should have access to," Morantz-Sanchez said.
Last year a similar coursepack from a private
company cost about $60 to $70. "For a compara-
ble coursepack," Sanchez said, MSA "was close to
cutting (the price) in half."
Assembly members worked along with
University Law professors to determine
could provide coursepacks to students v
lating copyright laws.
The assembly will supplement roya
revenue from the sale of coursepacks i
cient, during the first semesters of oper
a non-profit service to keep it running.
The store "exceeded everyone's exI
Elias said, adding that he hopes the
store will return next term.
"I would have been really in trouble"
unsuccessful, Sanchez said. "I believed
willing to take the risk."
Although SCS is closed for the rei
winter term, many patrons said they ar
will return in the fall.
MSA opened the store with the h
General Counsel's Office and the Of
Vice President for Student Affairs.1
1st semester
how MSA officials and assembly members plan to work
vithout vio- during the summer to reopen SCS and possibly
expand the store, Elias said.
lty costs, if "It would be a benefit to everyone if more pro-
s not suffi- fessors got their coursepacks there," Reece said.
ation at the Morantz-Sanchez said she informed her stu-
dents about SCS so they knew the reasons Sanchez
pectations," chose to use the service and also so they could
coursepack pressure other professors to use SCS.
Several student said SCS was an effective pro-
if SCS was ject for MSA and expressed satisfaction that the
in it. I was assembly is actually accomplishing its goals.
On "two occasions people mentioned that this
mainder of was the first time they saw their assembly do
e hopeful it something for them," said Andy Coulouris, an
LSA junior and SCS volunteer.
elp of the Coulouris, a former member of MSA, said that
fice of the "delivering solid, tangible programs," should be a
University new direction for the assembly.
Students call for
better code
supporting labor
Group marches to
Weidenbach to speak to
University Athletic
Department officials
By Adam Brian Cohen
Daily Staff Reporter
Not one Nike shoe could be seen on
the feet of 70 participants in an anti-
sweatshop rally; which moved from the
Diag then south on State Street to
Weidenbach Hall yesterday.
The Collegiate Licensing
Corporation, which includes the
University and 159 other schools,
recently drafted a new code of conduct
to improve international conditions of
factory workers, said LSA junior Joe
Sexauer, a member of Students
Organizing for Labor and Economic
Equality.
The code is scheduled to be finalized
Feb. 1, Sexauer said.
The new code lacks certain attribut-
es that SOLE and similar organiza-
tions would like to see added, Sexauer
said.
"We want to show the (University)
administration that they have our sup-
port to put a living wage and public dis-
closure in the CLC's manufactured
code of conduct, which will be a good
first step in ending sweatshops,"
Sexauer said.
The Michigan Student Assembly
unanimously passed a resolution
Tuesday night to endorse SOLE's
revised code.
At 3 p.m. on the Diag yesterday,
members of SOLE began speaking
about their goal of ending what they
called sweatshop labor and encouraged
others to aid in their efforts.
"Students and faculty, if you're
appalled that your clothing is being
made in sweatshops, please come and
join us in the rally." said Andy Cornell.
an LSA junior and SOLE member
using a' megaphone to address the
crowd.
SOLE is the campus branceh of the
national organization, United Students
Against Sweatshops.
"We're trying to help and support the
University's effort to curb sweatshop
labor," Sexauer said. "It's an industry-
wide problem"
By 3:15 p.m., members of the rally
began to march toward Athletic
Department offices at Weidenbach
located on Hoover Avenue and State
Street.
During the walk, rallyers shouted
their messages on megaphones while
drivers honked their cars horns and
passers-by voiced their opinions.
Several SOLE members shouted,
"Hey, hey, ho, ho, sweatshop labor's
gotta go!"
An Arbor Street resident yelled to the
protestors from the couch on his porch,
"Nobody cares, nobody cares, nobody
cares!"
Upon their arrival at Weidenbach,
rallyers shouted for University Athletic
PETR KER~ I./Special to
Keith Molin, a member of the University's task force examining the new Collegiate Licensing Corporation code, speaks
yesterday to members of Students Organizing for Labor Economic Equality outside of Weldenbach Hall.
Director Tom Goss and Keith Molin, a
member of the University's task force
examining the new CLC code.
"Goss, Molin; their lives are in your
hands," rally members chanted.
Shortly after the chanting began,
Molin emerged from the building and
was presented with the SOLE and
MSA-approved revised code by rally
participants.
"The ultimate objective is not to
write a code, but to eliminate sweat-
shops," Molin said. "I am reasonably
confident that the final code will lead to
disclosure of the sweatshops."
After speaking with Molin, philoso-
phy Prof. Eric Lormand said "the reso-
lution is dead on arrival in Keith
Molin's hands.
"He said he won't even ask for a liv-
ing wage," Lormand said. "And
Michigan won't ask for its own code."
Molin also commended the students
for their concern.
"This kind of passion took us from
no code three years ago to where we are
today" Molin said.
In recognition of a National Day of
Action yesterday, groups at 29 other
universities across the nation also con-
fronted their administration depart-
ments, Sexauer said.
"This has been an issue at Harvard,
too," Harvard sophomore Mary Rude
said. "I know that the Harvard adminis-
tration has been pretty responsive."
Several individuals, including Molin,
members of SOLE, and Nike
spokesperson Vada Manager said the
issue does not only pertain to one com-
pany or one type of apparel.
Last year, Nike President Phil Knight
laid out several steps for satisfactory
worker conditions across the globe,
Manager said.
"Our position is one of action,"
Manager said. "You won't find other
competitors doing what we're doing."
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Man unharmed in
attempted armed
robbery of vehicle
By Marta Brill
Daily Staff Reporter
An unidentified suspect attempted to
steal a vehicle while holding its owner
at gunpoint yesterday afternoon,
according to Department of Public
Safety reports. The incident occurred
on the second level of the M-22
Carport, which is located near the
University Hospitals.
"We're encouraging anyone with
information to call the Department of
Public Safety," said Beth Hall, DPS
spokesperson.
The victim was walking toward his
car when he was approached from
behind by the suspect. He informed DPS
officials a silver gun was pushed into his
back during the attempted hijack.
The suspect tried to force the victim
into the vehicle, but the victim resisted
and struggled with the suspect before
succeeding in shoving him away from
the car, according to the report.
After fleeing from the scene, the sus-
pect was neither found nor identified.
The suspect is described as in his
20s, standing between 5 feet 8 inches
and 5 feet 10 inches tall. The victim
estimated the suspect weighs more than
DPS5 officials ask
anyone with
information about
the suspect to
contact them by
calling 763-1131.N
200 pounds and did not have facial hair
or glasses. At the time of the assault, he
was wearing a maroon stocking cap,
baggy pants and a dark colored nylon
jacket.
DPS officials advise students to take
certain safety precautions to avoid
assault and theft. They stress the impor-
tance of remembering to lock car doors
when the vehicle is parked or driving on
the road, have the car keys ready before
reaching the car, and avoid remote or
isolated places.
Students should also try to appear
assertive and attempt not to walk alone
if possible, DPS officials said.
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