LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 20, 1999 - 3 CRIME North Campus cook taken into jolice custody A cook working for food services -° Rn-Bursley Residence Hall was taken 'into custody by the Department of , Public Safety on Thursday, accord- ing to DPS reports. .The Washtenaw County Sheriff's " .iepartment forwarded information to DPS earlier that day stating that Kthe cook was wanted on two felony warrants and one civil warrant. .fyj .Officers were dispatched and con- a'rmed the warrants. The subject + as handed over to the WCSD, DPS reports state. Man found lying under porch Occupants of a building in the x700 block of South Division Street reported a person laying under the tIructure's front porch Friday, *cording to DPS reports. The Ann Arbor Police Department was notified as well as Huron Valley A;wbulance and the Ann Arbor Fire tepartment. ZkOfficers arriving at the scene tflecked the subject and concluded that the person was alive, but just ° covered up and cold. The subject was revived and sent bn his way. rtowdy Couzens resident gets alcohol violation A subject was on the fifth floor of Couzens Residence Hall on Sunday rining through the halls, tearing °g things off doors and walls, accord- ing to DPS reports. The subject was described as hav- ig light brown, spiked hair, wear- ing a T-shirt and jeans and having oscruffy facial hair, DPS reports "ate. "Officers made contact with the subject, checked for outstanding -rarrants against him and issued a citation for a minor in possession of alcohol. "A report was filed. ,PS picks up male trespasser in West Quad Officers were dispatched to the "pbby of West Quad Residence Hall "-n Monday to meet with a trespass- er, DPS reports state. %' A warrant check on the 30-year- 1 ld male returned with a felony war- rant out of Mt. Morris Police Department for possession of 'cobcaine. ,,A statewide pick-up warrant was confirmed by DPS and the subject -was arrested and subsequently sent to Washtenaw County Jail for pick up in the morning by MMPD, DPS 'reports state. A report was filed. Student's TV taken s practical joke A University student left his Iursley Residence Hall room n locked and unattended for an ,°'-hour-and-a-half Thursday and apparently was robbed of his 19- inch Phillips Magnavox television set during that time. The student had previously jinscribed his driver's license num- ber on the back or bottom of the TV as a precautionary measure. Officers were dispatched, but the student called back before their 'atrival because he discovered that the TV had been taken as a practical joke. 'Large mob surrounds South Quadrangle 9 A group of several hundred peo- ple was seen gathering around South Quad Residence Hall on Thursday, according to DPS reports. +' 'The group was causing a distur- bance and was very loud. The throng of people induced sev- eral cars in the vicinity to sound 'heir alarms. No persons were cited for disturb- *ing the peace and no report was filed. Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Avram S. Turkel. Bollinger recommends interim VP By Michael Grass and Jaimie Winkler Daily Staff Reporters University President Lee Bollinger announced yesterday that Dean of Students E. Royster Harper will be rec- ommended to the University Board of Regents to become the interim Vice President for Student Affairs. Maureen Hartford, who currently holds the position, is leaving the University in mid-June to become the president of Meredith College in July. Hartford is the first female president of the all-female college in Raleigh, N.C. In a recent interview, Hartford said the search to find her permanent replacement will most likely begin in September. Harper, who holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the University, is Search for deans for Information and Art and Design also underway currently pursuing a doctoral degree in higher education from the University's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Harper was not available for com- ment yesterday. Searches for permanent deans for the School of Information and the College ofArt and Design also are underway. Karen Gibbons, assistant to the provost, said the search for a new Education dean is currently inactive. "It's in a holding pattern right now," said Gibbons. The interim dean of the School of Education is Karen Wixson, but the search to fill this position will continue in September. There is no interim dean for the School of Art and Design, but current dean Allen Samuels submitted his res- ignation last September. A national search to fill the perma- nent spot for the dean of the School of Information is still underway. "Both of those searches are literally still in progress," Gibbons said. Last Monday, Bollinger appointed Medical School interim Dean Allan Lichter to the permanent position. In a written statement, Vice President for Medical Affairs Gilbert Omenn said Lichter's experience as interim dean familiarizes him more than other candi- dates with the missions of the Medical School. "During the past four months, Dr. Lichter has served as our interim dean. He has a clear understanding of the strengths of the Medical School and the Health System and the challenges fac- ing academic medicine nationally and locally," Omenn said, Lichter received his undergraduate degree from the University in 1968 and his doctoral degree from the University Medical School in 1972. The University's proposed life sci- ences initiative should make the begin- ning of his tenure very exciting, Lichter said. "Using our strengths and investing in our future we can advance medical research and education, while enhanc- ing patient care as we move our school into the highest ranks of medical schools in the nation, "Lichter said in a written statement. Lichter, the president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, pioneered the development of a three-dimensional X-ray that allows doctors to bypass healthy tissite and focus radiation on tumors. Ultimate fun Migrant farmworkers face challenges in daily work ..... r By Sarah Lewis Daily Staff Reporter Michigan is one of the many states whose crops are tended by migrant workers~-professional harvesters who work at different farms throughout the United States during the growing sea- sons. The challenges migrant workers and farmers face each day to get produce onto the plates of millions of consumers is an issuebeing tackled by the govern- ment, health care providers and University students. Gerald Deer, the acting state monitor advocate for the Michigan Department of Career Development, estimated that about 40,000 to 45,000 migrants - the majority of whom come from Texas - work in Michigan each year. The workers migrate to midwestern states as early as February to tend. greenhouses, pick up to 40 different crops during the summer and, in some cases, stay until the Christmas tree sea- son, Deer said. He added that most of the migrant workers live in "supply states" like Texas and Florida. Deer said that after the Mexican- American War, employers hired large numbers of Mexican Americans to work in the fields. The numbers dropped during the 1930s when "many left for manufacturng jobs," but by the 1950s there were 30,000 migrants pick- ing cherries in Traverse City. Bertha Lopez, the migrant outreach coordinator for the Community Action Agency of Lenawee County and orga- nizer of a course that allows University students to volunteer health care ser- vices to migrants, said that in the 1950s, U.S. representatives went to Mexico to find workers who would harvest crops during a 90-day stay in the country. But some of the men stayed on after their visas expired "and in the next few years they brought their families," Lopez said, leading to a yearly migra- tion in which entire families will leave their permanent homes in the southern states to work further north during the summer. This nomadic lifestyle can lead to difficulties for the workers, including language barriers and access to health care and education, Lopez said. Young children may fall behind in classes if they bounce from school to school when traveling across the United States. "The University has strong ties to migrant workers," said School of Public Health and School of Social Work sec- ond-year student Miguel Martinez, vol- unteer coordinator for the migrant health project. In addition to health vol- unteers, there are summer classes that train students to teach English to pre- dominantly Spanish-speaking migrant workers. Martinez said student organi- zations on campus have done service work and collected clothing for migrant farm workers in the past. Lopez's volunteers visit a migrant farm once a week to provide health care. "We make the programs come to them instead of them coming to us" she said. "They have such a hard job. It impacts their psyche as well as their bodies" The program has been success- ful in providing doctors and medicines in areas such as birth control and eye and dental care, Lopez said. Martinez said the nature of migrant work - which includes long hours, "backbreaking work," and sometimes exposure to dangerous pesticides - makes access to health care imperative. In addition, a "lack of enforcement" of housing and water regulations for migrants makes life hard. Common stereotypes of migrants being lazy are completely unfounded, Martinez staid. But he added that "They're like t nv other population - they're working to get ahead." Lopez said that while migrants dor't necessarily enjoy traveling so muci, many have been doing it for gener- Lions. "These are the people who put th vegetables and fruits on the table for a I of us," she said, pointing out that migrants - whose average lifespan is 49 years - have been referred to as "the invisible people" in literature. KELLY MCKINNELL/Da y LSA first-year student Jesse Miller practices for the Michigan Magnum ultimate frisbee team in the Diag yesterday. Native meic n request U By Risa Berrin Daily Staff Reporter Despite his meeting with University administrators last Friday, Joe Reilly, an SNRE junior, said he isn't sure action will be implemented regarding the demands of the Native American Students Association. "Since the early 1970s, the administra- tion has been cooperative on the surface'; Reilly said. "But as far as implementing structural changes, there has only been minimal action taken." NASA's demands include the estab- lishment of a strong Native American studies program, the termination of University support for the senior honor society Michigamua and formal recogni- tion of tribal land influence in the estab- lishment of the University. Provost Nancy Cantor said she believes last week's meeting with NASA representatives was very productive. "We're going to get to work now and take the necessary steps," Cantor said. "We are very concerned." Cantor said she could not comment on the specific steps the administration hopes to initiate. Rackham second-year student Andrew Adams said the association hopes the University expands its studies of Native Americans. But in order for this to come to fruition, he said, the American culture department must be granted the freedom to hire its own faculty. According to Adams, American cul- ture professors are currently recruited through the English and history depart- ments, which do not guarantee hired pro- fessors will teach Native courses in addi- tion to their English and history teaching obligations. "If the American culture department is able to hire its own faculty, Native American professors can be recruited and guaranteed that they will teach specific Native Studies courses," Adams said. Another aspect of NASA's demands claims Michigamua stereotypes and mis- represents Native Americans in the struc- T' changes ture of its organization. The association said that historically, members of the society made a mockery of the Native American culture by paint- ing themselves with grease paint and donning cowhide breech clothes and turkey feathers. The society also erected its own totem pole. Adams said Michigamua should divorce itself from the name or the University should terminate support for the society. "The University should withdraw sup- port for Michigamua. The name is inher- ently racist and the society has a racist history" Adams said. "The society repre- sents disrespect for the Native culture" Another demand is for the University to publicly acknowledge the historical influence of the Native land donation which led to the establishment of the University. "We want a public display of that donation - a statue or monument, in a high-traffic area on Central Campus," Adams said. According to the Treaty of Fort Meigs, the Objibwa, Odawa and Potawatomie tribes granted land to the American gov- ernment in 1817 in order for the govern- ment to create a college in the Detroit area, In exchange, the government promised to allow Native students admis- sion into the college. Native American undergraduates enrolled in fall 1998 numbered 170 out of 23, 977. Despite the low numbers, Reilly said he thought the University would have recognized the presence of Native Americans during the past 30 years. "The University does not seem to embrace that presence;' Reilly said. "I would have thought these things would have been dealt with a long time ago." But Reilly said he has not lost his opti- mism, explaining that he still sees the potential for change. "I feel that potentially it could be a very encouraging situation since there is a prospect for continued dialogue on these issues,' Reilly said. '1 1171 ( .s I