LOCAL/STATE r..1MPUS O'Donnell to get engineernge professorship * Engineering Prof. Matthew O' Donnell is slated to be installed as the first Jerry and Carol Levin Professor of Engineering at a cere- mony Wednesday. The event is scheduled to be held in the Johnson Room of the Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center on North Campus. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 p.m. O'Donnell, who holds joint pointments in the department of omedical engineering and in the department of electrical engineering and computer science, focuses his research interests on elasticity, har- monic and magnetic resonance imag- ing. During the ceremony O'Donnell plans to speak on "Imaging Sound as Light". The professorship is named for eniversity graduate Jerry Levin who is now president and chief executive officer of the Sunbeam Corporation and Carol Levin, founder of Women's O.W.N., an organization devoted to women's health issues. "Jerry Levin also is scheduled to speak at the ceremony via video con- ferencing technology from his office in Florida. *reenpeace founder to visit 'U, In celebration of Earth Week, the Office of Student Affairs and the Michigan Student Assembly's Environmental Issues Committee and the Michigan Animal Rights Society are sponsoring a visit from Greenpeace founder Paul Watson. Watson is scheduled to speak in e Michigan Union's Pendelton Room at 7:30 p.m. Watson, who is also known as the president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society plans to speak on about the development of the con- temporary environmental movement and the evolution of the media's environmental role. elsey to display Instruments of Roman Egypt Visitors to the Kelsey Museum have the chance to determine if the instruments and other devices in an exhibit at the University's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology create music or noise. The exhibit "Music in Roman Qgypt" not only features Roman Egypt musical instruments such as bronze cymbals and bone whistles but animal bells and rattles -- items not traditionally considered as musi- cal instruments. The musical instruments in the museum's collection were excavated from fieldwork in Egypt. Also on display are artifacts relating to the instruments and the people who layedthem. The exhibit is sched- ~ed to continue at the museum through Sept. 26. Admission to the exhibit is free. For information about =iuseum hours contact 764-9304. Movie features history of 'U' minority females * The Women of Color in the Academy Project at the University plan to debut "Through My Lens," a 28-minute video focusing on the experiences and challenges of women of color at the University on Friday. The video features the reflections of University leaders and tenured faculty. The screening is scheduled to take place at Rackham Amphitheater at 4 p.m. and will be *llowed by a reception. WOCAP is supported by the Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice President for Research and was developed as a way to focus per- manent attention to career satisfac- tion, successes and retention. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Nika Schulte. 'U' hosts national quiz bowl tourney The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 12, 1999 -=3A By Jeannie Baumann For the Daily Who would have thought that Mason Hall would have been such a happening place to be on a Friday night? Yet, about 300 students from schools in the United States, Canada and England met there this weekend to compete in the 1999 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. The ICT is the culminating quiz bowl tourna- ment led by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments, Limited Liability Corporation. Two of the University's teams won the sectional tourna- ment in February, which is the qualifying basis for the ICT. Other schools received invitations due to exceptional fall performances and international quiz bowl competitions. Michigan's A team placed third in the overall con- test. It lost to the University of Chicago in the semi- finals by five points - the smallest margin possible. Rackham student and Division I player Rory Molinari said he was satisfied with the results. "We did well. ... It's a little bit disappointing, but Chicago is an excellent team and they're known for having some of the best players," Molinari said. The ICT has three titles between two divisions. Division I is for undergraduate and graduate stu- dents who have previously competed, and Division II is only for first-year participants. The three titles are Division I overall championship, Division I undergraduate and Division II. The University of Chicago team won the overall top spot, while Carleton College won the undergrad- uate. Princeton University won the Division II title. The tournament organizations made these dis- tinctions in order to make the tournaments fairer. "There are so many tournaments and so many opportunities to practice that a new team has no hope of winning against a Division I team that has been around for several years," NAQT President Robert Hentzel said. The two divisions are kept totally separate. In Division II, all 16 teams play each other, and the teams with the top two scores play for the champi- onship. The 48 teams in Division I play a series of random matches. From there, the best teams vie for the championship title, having gone through a total of 15 rounds, Hentzel explained. LSA first-year student Mike Shapiro competed on the Division II team. It finished 7-7, but beat top teams such as Harvard University and California Technology University. "With me being a first-year player, it's all very exciting. We're not very experienced, so to be one of the top 10 teams in the nation is still a thrilling experience;' Shapiro said. Hentzel said "this is a competitive game. Students who can't or don't want to compete in sports can be part of a team and play for national championships." He added that the ICT bowl gives students a chance to travel and meet college students from other schools and countries. Robert Dougans and David Stainer, both from Oriel College in Oxford, England, made their first trip to America to compete in the ICT. "The ICT was GABE EICKMtOFF/ Deity Education graduate student Haggal Elitzur, a member of the University's "Team A" college bowl team competes against University of California at Berkeley students Nick Meyer and Steven Linn during t.e 1999 intercollegiate Championship Tournament, which the University hosted in Mason Hall this weeftpnd. a great opportunity, although we're not taking it too seriously. We wanted to play for fun," Dougans said. Some students took great pains to get to the ICT. Jennifer Portman, a first-year student from the University of Arkansas, said her team "flew stand- by into St. Louis and Columbus. Then nine of us drove in a seven-passenger minivan from Columbus to Ann Arbor." Portman said she likes these competitions because they "give me a chance to compete even though I'm not athletic." Although the competitors are mostly male, Hentzel said the number of female participants has been increasing, especially in comparison to the number of women in the 1992-93 tournament. "Nobody really knows why there are so many more men. But some of the best players have been women;" he said. Many competitors have been competing for years. Tim Young competed as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and now plays for George Washington University, where he attends law school. But Hentzel noted that "every once in while, a player will come out of nowhere. There is a lot of opportunity for students to compete. Every weekend there are two to three tournaments across the coun- try. Those who come to the ICT are considered the best in this field, Hentzel said. For more information about ICT, students can look on the tournament's Website at www.nagt.com. *1 Students rally against isms' Stepping up to God 4* ._._ - - - _ _ - By Yael Kohen Daily Staff Reporter Nearly 50 students passed five reso- lutions against sexism and racism on campus when they met to support Maureen Johnson, a former Music graduate student who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the University last week. The tribunal also provided an outlet .for women of all backgrounds to share their experiences with racism and sex- ism at the University. Johnson has made claims that former Music Prof. Pier Calabria sexually harassed her while she was his student. Johnson also has alleged that University administrators failed to act against Calabria, and she was, in effect, driven from the University. Johnson is suing Calabria, Music Dean Paul Boylan and the University Board of Regents. The tribunal is "more than just a speak out" but also a place where sup- porters can gather together to make a plan, said Tanya Troy, a Johnson cam- paign organizer and member of Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary. To build a larger campaign to support Johnson, the group also passed resolu- tions, stating that sexism and racism are unacceptable. The five resolutions passed unani- mously and include: Building a campus movement to fight racism and sexism; fighting for justice for Johnson; fight- ing sexism in Fletcher Residence Hall; fighting sexual harassment and assault by male athletes; and building a move- ment to defend affirmative action. "This is our chance to go on the offensive against all these attacks," said BAMN member and Johnson campaign organizer Caroline Wong. This tribunal is important to "build- ing a more anti-racist and anti-sexist campus" Wong said. "It will take a social movement to change the level of sexism," she said, adding that the move- ment needs to be led by University stu- dents, faculty and staff members rather, than administrators. Those who attended the event were invited to share their experiences with sexism and racism with tribunal partic- ipants. Fletcher Resident Adviser Alicia Hamilton was among one of the women who made claims that she and other stu- dents in the residence hall are being harassed by a male RA who she did not name and that her supervisor has failed to respond to any claims. Fletcher administrators could not be reached for comment. Hamilton, an LSA junior, said her co-worker continuously made advances toward her at the beginning of the acad- emic year. "It made me uncomfortable' Hamilton said, adding that under her supervisor's advice she informed her co-worker of her feelings. Since then, he has not spoken to her, but conditions in the hall have wors- ened and female residents also have submitted similar complaints. Hamilton said these complaints have reached her supervisor, but she claims the supervi- sor has failed to act. "They've told me to be quiet," Hamilton said. Wong said she was happy with the results of the tribunal and is planning to organize additional speak-outs next term. d' GABE EICKHOFF/Daily LSA first-year student Edmond Ivy performs a step routine during Christ Fest '99 on the Diag on Saturday. Students from University and Eastem Michigan University make up the step group Glorified God. Poland s president: Public avors NA TO s actions !Mdi ®IL If SUMMER IN ISRAEL Chicag-Volunteers neededas crunselors at an Enc"+' speaking Day Camp In Ibael, June 27-July 29. Room & Board with local families. Participants responsible for airfare; subsidies are available. Contact Josh at 312-842-8282 or kefiada@yahoo.com If~~~~ y"atha yI"J rgnt rULAILV Continued from Page 1A remarks. Bollinger expressed the important lessons the round table can teach, saying, "this is why globaliza- tion is vital to the future of the University." At a press conference following the session, Kwasniewski said about the conflict in Kosovo "70 percent of Polish public opinion is in favor of NATO and NATO action." Kwasniewski indicated his desire to have friendly relations with all his country's neighbors, but said, "it is difficult to have good relations with Russia in this time." He indicated that Poland was pre- pared to commit ground troops to NATO action if it became necessary, saying, "if we want to guarantee peace for Poland, it is necessary to be involved in such missions." Many attendees said they found the conference informative. John Jankowski, a citizen of both Poland and the United States, said the Round Table was the "most important turn in 1,000 years of Polish history." For Jankowski, the conference was a way of experiencing the events of 1989, although he was not in Poland at the time. Ronald Suny, a political science professor at the University of Chicago, said he will use information from the conference to enrich his classes. "I saw how badly the Soviet Union made the transition to Democracy," Suny said. "I was just impressed and really stunned by the way Poland was able to manage it." After Saturday's session, University history Prof. and panel moderator Brian Porter said the con- ference was "quite successful." Porter said the conference met its most important goal, which was "to show both Poles and Americans that the complex issues of the round table were important to the rest of the world." Porter said the conference, which took a year and a half to organize, was a major accomplishment for the University. "We have now established that we have the strongest, most active Polish studies program in the nation," Porter said. Porter said proving the strength of the Polish studies program to the president of Poland made the accomplishment especially satisfy- ing. w What's happening in Ann Arbor today non -1 nnn C.-ni 1irr .. .I m m