'CAMPUS I -Ar/STThe Michigan Daily - Monday, March 8, 199 LOCAL/ScTATE House to debate school takeover bills 9 - 3A Henry Russel lecture, awards to be given Jack Dixon, professor of biological chemistry, is scheduled to deliver this fear's annual Henry Russel Lecture tomorrow. Being chosen as the speaker of the .lectureship is the highest honor the University bestows upon a senior facul- ty member. Titled "Playing Tag with Death: A Biochemist's View of Cancer, The Plague and Signal Transduction," Dixon's lecture will be presented in Rackham Auditorium tomorrow at 2 ~Before Dixon's presentation, junior faculty members will be honored with Henry Russel awards. Recipients include Thomas Hales, .associate professor of mathematics; Alexander Ninfa, associate professor of biological chemistry and Ann Marie Sastry, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. Aan Gogh play debuts at League The lecture and awards were established at the University in 1925. Telling Vincent Van Gogh's story through the perspective of his sister-in- law, a performance of "Vincent: Hearkening to Divine Whispers Theatrical Fragments for the Life of incent Van Gogh" will be presented at e Michigan League. The presentation was written by playwright France Sebastian, who authored last year's performance, "Taste of Monet." Sponsored by Friends of the Michigan League, the performance is produced by Nancy Heusel and will take place each evening this eekend. Each of the weekend per- rmances is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. In addition to the performance, the purchase of a $45 ticket includes music, wine and dinner. For parties of eight a special package is available for $320. To make reservations contact Friends of the Michigan League Coordinator Ginger Sissom at 647- 7463. peace Corps to hold meeting for applicants Students interested in joining the Peace Corps are encouraged to attend a meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Peace Corps and the International Center are sponsoring the *eeting which will provide students with general information as well as offer an opportunity to answer questions. The meeting will take place in room nine of the International Center in West Quad Residence Hall. 'U' women's club sponsors speech The University's Womens Club, * conjunction with the Center for the Education of Women, are spon- soring a lecture by Brenda Flanigan. Titled "In Praise of Older Women's Other Crimes," the presentation is scheduled for March 11 at 8 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Hall Auditorium of the Business School Assembly Hall. Funding for the presentation is pro- eded by the Center for Afro- American studies. Pre-med club to host walk-a-thon at Palmer Field The University's Pre-Med club is scheduled to host the American Heart Association Walk-a-thon this Sunday, * arch 14. The event is set to take place at Palmer Field, which is located near the Hill Area residence halls. Participants should plan to be at Palmer Field by noon. -- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Nikes Schulte. LANSING (AP) - House leaders expect little resistance this week as they begin to debate legis- lation that would let Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer appoint people to reform his city's troubled schools. Nearly two weeks ago when the measure came up for a vote in the Senate Education Committee, opponents stalled the vote with loud chanting and cheering. And Rep. Ed Vaughn (D-Detroit) took the gavel away from the committee chairperson and waved it over his head. But Vaughn and Rep. Keith Stallworth (D- Detroit) who also was admonished for disrupting the Senate committee, have apologized to Senate Education Committee Chair Loren Bennett (R- Canton Township). House Speaker Chuck Perricone (R-Kalamazoo Township) is considering formal sanctions. Other members of the House's black caucus have given Perricone assurances that no such dis- ruption will be repeated when the House Education Committee meets tomorrow. House leaders have scheduled just one hear- ing in committee. The plan is to amend the bill there and send it to the floor for final action next week. Consideration of Gov. John Engler's plan to improve Detroit schools gets off to a less rocky start in the House than it did in the Senate for sev- eral other reasons. Chief among them is the effort by House Education Committee members to understand the frustration on the part of Detroit residents who say Engler's plan strips them of their voting rights. Engler's takeover plan would replace the i11- member elected board with a seven-member reform board. Voters would have no say in the matter until the reform board served five years. Unlike the Senate committee, made up of five veteran lawmakers, the House committee is head- ed by a freshman. Of its 17 members, 15 were elected for the first time in November. And some freshmen, 10 of whom are Republicans, are showing a slip of independence. They have promoted amendments Engler doesn't support, such as one that keeps the elected school board in some lesser role. The whole committee, in fact, broke up into groups and quietly toured several Detroit public schools on Friday. Members wanted to see for themselves the problems of the system and talk with school teachers, students, parents and admin- istrators. Despite intentions to put the House stamp on the Senate bill, House Education Committee Chairperson Jason Allen (R-Traverse City) said GOP committee members have agreed to support it with few changes. "We're basically.going to report out the Senate bill. We're very comfortable with the intent of the plan," Allen said. "We wanted a lot of flexibility for the reform board. We think it's better to let the reform board figure out what's going on down there." House Minority Floor Leader Kwame Kilpatrick (D-Detroit) said late last week that the final battle for an agreement hasn't even begun. He said the Democratic caucus would announce its amendments to the bill tomorrow. Look, Mom, I can fly! Candidates vie for MSA seats MSA Continued from Page 1A easier," Coulouris said. Coulouris added that the Graduate Employees Organization contract nego- tiations and establishing a more struc- tured connection between MSA repre- sentatives and members of the student body are important issues for the Blue Party this semester. Presidential candidate and current Rackham Rep. Jessica Curtin said she decided to run for this office to "contin- ue the process of turning MSA into an organization that will take up students' issues and stand for students' rights." LSA seats attracted the largest num- ber of candidates, with 33 students run- ning for nine open LSA seats. LSA sophomore Marisa Lin, who was appointed to the assembly earlier this semester, is running to maintain her LSA seat on the assembly. Lin, who has been working on the assembly's safety commission, said she is interested in improving safety for stu- dents living off campus. Independent candidate David Taub, who is also running for a LSA seat, said he is not pleased with the assembly's progress this semester. "They're not doing anything for stu- dents," said Taub, who has never been affiliated with MSA. He cited resolutions regarding Iraq and the Ann Arbor Police Department passed earlier this semester. Although other schools didn't attract as large of a turnout, they are not with- out competition. Engineering first-year student Brent Williams said, "There's just some things that need to get fixed." Williams, who is one of six people running for two open Engineering seats, said he would like to see improvements in the student meal plan and on North Campus. Business candidate Tom Panoff said he would like to see "a greater sense of responsiveness to students by adminis- tration." Ksenija Savic, who is currently a School ofArt and Design representative, said she is excited to run for a second term. "I'd like to see a lot of teamwork and a lot of mutual respect on MSA' Savic said Serowik added that because the School of Education sheet was not- printed on the original candidate pack ets, the deadline for students who wanto to run for that seat has been extended toj tomorrow at 5 p.m. AP PHOTO David Beard enters the atmosphere and prepares for landing after a thrilling flight yesterday at the Riverside Country Club in Battle Creek, Mich. MSU Greeks delay vote on alcohol popsa 1 - _ .. Speaker I nitiative and Hillel By Pat Muir The State News Michigan State University campus Greek chapter presidents delayed vot- ing on the alcohol-free proposal Thursday night, saying they needed more time and information, MSU spokesperson Terry Denbow said. The meeting, held at the MSU cam- pus chapter of the Kappa Delta sorority came near the end of the Greek sys- tem's self-imposed 30-day moratorium on social events. Fraternity and sorority presidents voted for the moratorium to give the greek system time to return to its founding values, officials said. In a letter from MSU President M. Peter McPherson presented at Thursday's meeting, McPherson said he wanted Greek leaders to decide the issue themselves. "Your leadership's proposal to move toward alcohol-free housing is consis- tent with trends encouraged by your national organizations and has been very successful on other campuses across the country," he said. "As a Greek, and as president of this universi- ty, I think this is a wise move." Interfraternity Council President Jason Rosenbaum and Panhellenic Council President Rebecca Gillespie met with McPherson on Feb. 26 to dis- cuss a proposal for "modified alcohol- free housing"' The proposal would have banned alcohol in common areas of fraternity houses but allowed members to drink in their rooms. It would have taken effect July 1, 2000. According to a memo distributed by Rosenbaum and Gillespie at a Sunday meeting of chapter presidents, McPherson "stated that if this was the only proposal that was passed by chap- ter presidents, he would not only pub- licly denounce the Greek system, but he would also pull all university support." But in his letter McPherson insists that he did not give the greek system an ultimatum. McPherson wants "modified alco- hol-free housing" by fall 1999 and alcohol-free housing by fall 2000, Rosenbaum has said. MSU's Greek system has come under scrutiny in the past several months. A Feb. 10 WJBK Fox News Detroit segment featured hidden-cam- era footage of a Sigma Phi Epsilon house party. The newscast was a cata- lyst behind the moratorium, said Billy Molasso. coordinator for Greek Life. The system also faced scrutiny in November when a Psi Upsilon party guest was allegedly given the "date- rape drug" Rohypnol and in January when Sigma Alpha Epsilon was pun- ished for posting a Rush flier some called sexist. present Gloria St einem! "The Politics of Sexuality" Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm Michigan Theater Free Tickets Available at the Michigan Union Ticket Office MONDAY and TUESDAY for students only (with ID) and WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY for general public and stu- GROUPS What's happening in Ann Arbor today SERVICES I I x ?