LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 14, 2000 - 3A tDAMPUS Horticulturist offers tips for galentine 's gifts In order to prolong the romance of Valentine's Day, Michael Palmer, senior horticultural assistant at the University's Matthaei Botanical Gar- dens, has some tips for how recipients of flowers can keep their gifts in great condition. For those sending roses, Palmer suggests making sure the bouquet is delivered quickly by a company using derature controlled trucks. 'almer recommends that the lucky recipients should consider three fac- tors - temperature, light and water - after receiving their gift. Palmer recommends that the flow- ers remain in a cool room, at about 55 to 68 degrees, away from heat sources. The roses should be kept in bright, indirect light out of the sun. hebstemsbshould be cutaunder water before being placed in a vase, and everyday thereafter. 3 awards given to campus TV station The University of Michigan cam- pus cable system, and some of the University 's on-campus television production resources have received three 1999 Communicator Awards for lEgrams produced for cable televi- sion and special audiences during the past year. The Communicator Awards, which is a national awards program, honors outstanding achievement in the com- munication field. One of the three awards includes the Crystal Award of Excellence, the highest honor given to a communica- tin the competition, for the program ' TV Time Capsule." Temple 'U' prof. to lecture on Japan The University's Center for Japan- ese Studies presents Kathleen Uno this Thursday as part of their Noon Lecture Series. Uno, a visiting professor of history at the University, will give a lecture tAd "Century of the Child? Approaching Modern Japanese Chil- dren's History," at 12 p.m. on the first floor of the International Institute. Uno is an associate prof. in the His- tory Department at Temple University and is the author of Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan. no's major research interests are in the field of social history - Japanese women, gender, family and children's history since 1850, Asian American women's history, theory and social history, and comparative social history. Russian human rights activist to speak at 'U' rgei Kovalyev, a Russian human rights activist, will speak at the Uni- versity at two free public events next weekend, February 20-21. Kovalyev serves as a current mem- ber of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, which was formerly the head of past President Boris Yeltsin's Hnoan Rights Commission. Kovalyev will speak Sunday at a c oquium called "The Perm-36 g Museum: The Unique Chal- lenges and Opportunities in Creating a Comprehensive Museum to Com- memorate Victims of Repression," at 3 p.m in room 2147 of the Art and Architecture Building. Monday there will be a panel discussion at 4 p.m. on "Chechnya: War, Politics, and Empire in the New Russia," in the Schorling Auditorium at the School of Edu- c t' Compiled by Daily StaffReporter Jodie Kaufnan. Contest to give $10,000 prize to messiest apt. SARA SCHENCK/Daily The cast of "The Vagina Monologues" performs "Wear and Say" Saturday. The monologues feature how various women feel about their vaginas, from a dominatrix to a Bosnian refugee rape victim. National movement brings 'Vagna' to campus for V-Day By Eddie Ahn For The Daily Being messy has never been so lucrative. Hosting the first Messiest Col- lege Apartment Contest, Apart- ments.com is searching for the dirtiest, most disgusting college apartment in the nation. The national online apartment guide will award the renters of the messiest apartment S10,000 for one year's rent, a free cleaning and $2,000 shopping spree on their sis- ter site Auctions.com. "If I were messy enough, I would do it," Engineering freshman Jenny Denbow said. The prospect of winning that large sum of money is expected to lure slobs across the nation to enter the contest. "We think that the contest is a fun opportunity to win this amount of money doing what you normally do," Bob Orr, the contest coordina- tor said. "To convince that you're messy is a great way to have fun and to earn some money.' To enter the contest individuals must send two to four pictures of their unkempt residences along with a short essay which describes why their apartments are the messiest in the nation. Orr said the chance to win S10,000 will draw many phonies. "Some people will fake their messiness, but the truly messy have honed their messy ability for years, and it will be evident who those people are," Orr explained. Orr said the contest will be judged on three criteria: clutter, neglect and cleanliness or lack thereof. By these criteria messiness veterans will be identified. "I would definitely think about" "There is a pile that is 10 feet long and four feet high of empty pizza boxes and glass."' -Jon Saginaw LSA senior entering the contest, LSA senior Jon Saginaw said. "There is a pile that is 10 feet long and four feet high of empty pizza boxes and glass. We also have a pile of clothes, but that's only one-and-a-half feet high." When asked whether he'd feign messiness to win the contest, Sagi- naw replied, "if you give us a week or so we don't have to rig any- thing." In addition to an indoor mess, Saginaw also describes his lawn as "covered with garbage" and he resolved the litter by "putting a tarp over it." There remains the question of how the realtors and landlords feel about the unkemptness that messy people spew all over their apart- ments. "We just ask that the tenants leave it as they found it," Bruce DeKraker of Campus Rentals said. "I haven't really had any horror stories of messy tenants We don't deal with messiness unless it dam- ages the apartment. Security deposits are not affected if there is no damage." With this contest, individuals such as Saginaw will finally be rewarded for their untidy lifestyles. To find out official rules to the con- test, visit www apartments.com. By Usa Koivu Daily Staff Reporter "Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas. They get very excited," said LSA senior Katie Williams, acting out the part of Eve Ensler in "The Vagina Monologues." The show began Saturday night and will conclude tonight. Williams, also the director of the show, was first intro- duced to "The Vagina Monologues" last Easter when her mom stuffed Ensler's book into her Easter basket. "After reading them, I was appointed as the women's commission co-chairwoman, and I wrote to Eve Ensler. and asked her if I could direct the initiative here," Williams said. Then, in November, Planned Parenthood and "Self Magazine" sent Williams and about 100 other student directors and producers from across the country to New York for a workshop on the monologues with Ensler. According to The Vagina Monologues Website, Ensler, an award-winning playwright, poet, activist and screen- writer, wrote the monologues after interviewing more than 600 women about how they felt about their vaginas. From those interviews, 18 monologues emerged. Ensler has been performing the monologues across the country Ifor the past three years. In 1998, the New York production starred actresses such as Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder and Whoopi Goldberg. Last year, Ensler donated the rights to her show to a number of universities, provided they perform it on Valen- tine's Day, which Ensler dubbed "V-Day;" and donate the proceeds to a woman-oriented charity. This year, more than 150, colleges and universities across the nation are partici- pating, Williams said in a written statement. In addition to Valentine's Day, "the V stands for vagi- na, violence and voices,"she said. According to the Website wwweminist.(coin, V-Day demands that "Rape, childhood sexual abuse, battery, and genital mutilation must end now." Also, Valentine's Day was chosen as V-Day, "to celebrate women and end the violence." The performance here at the University involves 20 different females including students, graduate students and alumni. The monologues vary discuss issues such as the rape of a Bosnian refugee, to how a 6-year-old would describe her vagina, to an in-depth description of moaning by a domina- trix. LSA sophomore Kym Stewart said she got involved with the monologues because she wanted to challenge herself. "In order to play my role, I had to do a lot of research on Bosnia and rape victims. If I portrayed the victim cor- rectly, I would convey my message;" Stewart said. Admission to the Vagina Monologues is free, although donations are being accepted that will be given to Safe- house and Father Pat's - both shelters for women escap- ing abusive relationships. Tonight's show will be at 8 p.m. in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union. ' MORE THAN 40,000 SERVED DAILY. THE MICHIGAN DAILY. CRAWFORD Continued from Page 1A $3,763 for a 1985 Chevy Blazer, also given to Crawford. The University reopened its investi- gation last week when the Seattle paper came out with new information about the possibility of additional gifts that Henthorn gave to Crawford. The University and the NCAA sent officials to Seattle, and when the inves- tigation concludes, the University will submit its findings to an NCAA enforcement committee to decide Crawford's fate. Crawford is scheduled to return for the Feb. 24 game against Purdue. Lisa Dehom, a consultant for the NCAA who deals with amateurism, said the NCAA could find more viola- tions against Crawford if it deems so based on the new details, as every case is separate. Details also emerged on how the rela- tionship between Henthorn and Craw- ford began at a community center in Seattle, where Crawford participated in a late night basketball program. The head of the center, Timothy McGee, introduced several other stu- dents and basketball players to Hen- thorn. Skinner described McGee as "an unsung hero of the community," who helped a lot of kids with school and life troubles. Skinner said she knew of at least four other people other than Crawford who had received tutoring help from Henthorn. Henthorn "met people through word- of-mouth referrals," Skinner said. "Kids that needed help in school with low SAT scores -he helped them." Skinner said she has not been con- tacted by the University or the NCAA in recent weeks to discuss her side of the relationship. She also denies that Henthorn is any form of an agent. She maintains that she asked Henthorn to take over as a de-facto guardian. "This is crazy, it's ludicrous. I would have legitimately bounded if I thought it had to be that way," Skinner said. Crawford sat on the Michigan bench yesterday, for the fourth straight game, and watched his team continue its los- ing streak. Crawford said he would not com- ment on the latest details in the case. Former Michigan standout Robert Traylor has been in contact with Craw- ford, and came to the game yesterday to give him advice. "I basically told him that no matter what the situation is to keep doing the right things," Traylor said. "To me it's a bad situation, you can't fault him for something he did in ninth or tenth grade. I don't think it has anything to do with college basketball. I don't see how they can fault that. "He can't afford to have people dis- couraging him and make him feel like he doesn't belong at Michigan." Movie director and New York Knicks fanatic Spike Lee also came to the Michigan basketball game also yesterday and was unhappy not to see Crawford. "I didn't get to see the player I want- ed to see," Lee said. "The NCAA is extorting the student athlete." THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor today VENTS County Alliance for the Mentally critique for writers interested in 1ll. Talk by Episcopalian minister publishing. 366C Windemere, "Looking Out, Looking In: Four and board members, Temple Beth 213-1023 Artists from Shanghai" Residen- Emeth/St. Clare's Episcopal tial College Art Exhibit runs Church, 2309 Packard, 7:30 through March 13, open 10 a.m. p.m., 994-6611 to 8 p.m. in East Quad "The Unique Case of Secular "7haMt on.. ine Cc r.. l,.,..,.. .. in ta i4.ieila Ce SRVICES Goalof Moving Beyond the Rhetoric: The conference will facilitate alliances between diverse participants and help to bridge gaps :w /MfS U an~f %%~rr f~~ %,A'°arnir %rn " ~ Mf AM^~1 r nccmi