LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 18, 2000 - 3 CRIMEs 'U' researchers find evidence of warming Man injures back after being hit by ldder on train A 35-year-old man was hit by a lad- der attached to a locomotive while he was walking on the railroad tracks near a parking lot on Nichols Drive acording to Department of Public Safety reports. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon while the man was moving out of the way of the oncoming train. Witnesses said the man had been *king prior to the event, and was conscious when an ambulance arrived to take him to the University Hospi- tals emergency room. The man, who was not affiliated with the University, reportedly suffered a large gash on his back. PPS identifies teenagers in theft * stuffed animal and calculator were stolen from a lounge in West Quad Residence Hall late Monday night, according to DPS reports. Wit- nesses reported seeing the stuffed ani- mal thrown from a window in the building. DPS has identified 17 and 18-year-old suspects and continues to investigate. U' welcome sign Molen at Bursley A University welcome sign was stolen from Bursley Residence Hall on Monday, according to DPS reports. DPS did not report having any sus- pects in the incident. Drum player cited for solicitation man playing a large red bongo drum on State Street on Tuesday after- noon was given a citation for solicit- ing money, DPS reports state. The citation was given after a caller to DPS complained about the noise the man was making. Laundry basket stolen at Couzens On empty laundry basket belong- ing to a female student was stolen from a laundry room in Couzens Residence Hall on Tuesday night, according to DPS reports. The laun- dry basket was valued at $6 and DPS has no suspects. Computer chairs lifted at Markley hree chairs were reported stolen from the computing site at Mary Markley Residence Hall on Monday, DP'S reports state. Two of the chairs were stolen sometime in the last mionth. The other was taken during the last week. DPS did not report having any suspects. 'U' Mastercard ed for personal A Mastercard reserved for Univer- sity purposes was used fraudulently Monday, DPS reports state. The card was reportedly used to access an "undesirable" Website. DPS did not report having any suspects. Compiled bv Daily Staff Reporter David Enders. By Lindsey Alpert Daily Staff Reporter As scientists continue to debate the impacts of global warming, researchers at the Universi- ty have found the earth's temperature has increased about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 500 years, a change that has negatively impacted the environment. "About half of that temperature change has occurred in the 20th Century," geological sci- ences Prof. Henry Pollack said. "Thirty percent of this occurred in the 19th Century, so basically there's been an 80 percent change in the past two centuries." Pollack, along with Shaopeng Huang, a research scientist at the University, and Po-Yu Shen of the University of Western Ontario, took temperature readings from bore holes around the world to collect their data. Their findings were printed in the journal Nature, published yesterday. The researchers took many of the readings from holes already dug for other purposes such as mining. They also received temperature read- ings from other researchers in various locations. "We.have made it known to colleagues across the world and ask them to contribute information to a global data base," Pollack said. Readings were taken from the rocks in the upper 500 meters of the earth's crust. "If temperatures in the atmosphere are chang- ing, the rocks in the earth will feel it," Pollack said. "By looking at variations of temperatures in the rock, it tells us what took place on the surface in earlier times:' The earth's temperature increases because of the burning of fuels said Environmental Protec- tion Specialist Stephan Sylvan from the Environ- mental Protection Agency. "When many fuels are burned, carbon dioxide is produced, which is a green-house gas," Sylvan said. "The C02 acts as an atmospheric blanket that lets heat in the atmosphere but not out." Many scientists speculate that the concentra- tion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will double in the next few decades Sylvan said. Although a change of 1.8 degrees doesn't seem very large, it has a negative impact on the environment. "Just because global temperature rises on aver- age, that doesn't address specific extreme events," Sylvan said. "The hottest day of the year might just become that much hotter." The negative effects due to global warming include impacts on human health, coastal flood- ing, water, forests and other ecological issues. SNRE assistant Prof. Terry Root has conduct- ed research on the impact of global warming on various species, with a focus on birds. "A lot of species are already reacting to global warming," Root said. "Trees are flowering and budding earlier each year and the birds are migrating earlier." Sylvan said humans are also at risk because of the increase of heat related.deaths and the chance for infectious diseases to flourish due to the increase in breeding areas for the diseases. Coastal communities might also be affected by flooding. "When global temperatures increase, you see a rise in sea level that will flood coastal areas and communities," Sylvan said. "There is a prediction that by the year 2100, there will be a 50 centimeter sea level rise which can flood more than 5,000 square miles of dry land." Wisconsin students await Ward's return to continue negotiations DAVID ROCHK'IND/ Daily Rackham student Andrew Freeman shows a video he taped while on a trip to Iraq during which he distributed food and educational supplies. Conditions in Ira inexosed nlecture; WISCONSIN Continued from Page 1 endorse the Worker Rights Consor- tium, a labor monitoring policy pri- marily developed by students. "The university must become a full participant in the WRC for a four-to- five-year period," Brakken said. Activists said the WRC offers a bet- ter alternative to the FLA because stu- dents and universities are involved in essential planning, such as the inspec- tions of factories producing merchan- dise for universities. Brakken said protesters wanted to ensure Wisconsin takes an active role in the issue of sweatshop labor in the collegiate apparel industry. Brakken said the student protesters in Bascom Hall have been in regular contact with Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality activists at the University who are occupying the LSA Building. Should either Wisconsin or Michi- gan administrators endorse the WRC, they would become the first major uni- versity with great apparel licensing clout to do so. Five smaller schools, including Brown University and Haverford Col- lege, have already allied themselves with the consortium. Wisconsin protester David Ernesto Alvarado said anti-sweatshop activists here and at Indiana University will combine with SOLE members to script protest terms in identical lan- guage, including the demand that their respective universities join the WRC. But University of Wisconsin spokesman Patrick Strickler stressed that Wisconsin administrators and stu- dents are working toward the same fundamental ends. "There is nobody here that wants apparel or other mer- chandise with our name on it that arise out of a sweatshop," he said. Ward was unavailable for comment, due to prior engagements. He said Wednesday that he would return to address the students in Bascom on Monday night. "I am communicating with other presidents and chancellors about a col- lective effort to join the WRC, but under mutually acceptable terms," Ward told students, according to a uni- versity statement. "This process will take several days." Strickler defended the police pres- ence in Ward's office, citing a student rally earlier in the day as "good evi- dence that people would take the protest to a new level." Protesters said between five to seven police officers waited in the chancel- lor's office. Shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, as students tried to open the door with a wooden plank containing exposed nails, the officers shouted at students to back off or face retaliatory action. "I tried holding up a notebook to protect my eyes from the burning," protester Carl Innmon said. Activists retaliated by discharging a fire extinguisher at the officers. Witness- es said nobody was seriously injured in the face-off, but at least one protester fled to wash out his eyes with snow. "The only time we had a problem was when they became unpeaceful. I know that the board with the nails. came very close to injuring officers, said Sgt. Joseph Hornbeck of the cam,, pus Department of Police and Security "It's one thing to block off a comn mon area and prevent business, it' another thing to have people in some- one's office,' he said. The Wisconsin protesters' terms now stipulate that "people responsible for using chemical agents against non- violent student protesters receive disci- plinary action and the university must issue a public apology,' Brakken said. "I tried holding up a notebook to protect my eyes from the burning. - Carl Innmon- University of Wisconsin at Madison student By Marta Brill Daily Staff Reporter Toting $2 million worth of medi- cine, food and school supplies, Rackham student Andrew Freeman and local minister Thom Saffold recently traveled to Iraq with a group of more than 50 others to provide relief for its citizens. Last night they shared movies and slides of their experiences with about 30 students and faculty members in the Michigan League. The group wanted to bring sup- plies to Iraqi citizens to compensate for the United Nations sanctions that limit medicines, food and supplies considered to be potential compo- nents for chemical weapons. "It's hard to go to Iraq and not come away with the feeling that lifting the sanctions is the most important thing to do right now," Freeman said. Although Freeman said the U.N.'s Oil for Food program per- mitting the exchange of Iraq's oil for money to buy food and medi- cine was designed to provide relief for Iraqis, he said, less than half of the money from the Oil for Food program actually is arriving in Iraq to be distributed. "Even if they were allowed full access to that money, that's $23 per Iraqi citizen per month," Freeman said. This S23 per month must cover food, medicine and rebuild- ing infrastructure destroyed in the Persian Gulf War, he said. "How evil can the Iraqi people be that they must be punished so hard?" Freeman asked. While in Iraq, Freeman said he visited a water treatment plant. He said bombing during the Gulf War broke pipes in the plant and the sanctions prevented them from ordering new pipes. Epoxy and waterproofing materials needed to fix the plant's leaky walls were also banned, Freeman said. Since chlorine is also blocked due to its potential to be used as a chemical weapon, disease caused by unsafe drinking water has become a significant problem, Freeman said. Rackham student Tara Javidi said the experiences Freeman shared didn't surprise her because she has been involved in these issues for two years. She said it is important to edu- cate people about the sanctions because "most Americans are not aware of the affect of the foreign policy. I don't think any American, knowing the truth, would accept it" Saffold said more action is need- ed to put an end to the sanctions. "We're not really winning the fight to end the sanctions," Saffold said, adding that recent arrests of sanction protesters on the steps of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. in New York were a good sign. He suggested putting pressure on defense contractors at all levels to realize the destruction caused by the weapons they manufacture. THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend FRIDAY to Bridge Human Differences, discussion of Jewish responses USlide Talk, Sponsored by the School Sponsored by Hillel, a medita- to modern ethical dilemmas, of Art & Design, Lecture by tion and discussion regarding Delta Phi Epsilon, 1550 Washte- Artists and Master Printers social differences, Hillel, 7 p.m., naw Ave,, 7:30 p.m., 741-9005 Hahrtit and Natan Arknofs 741-9005 U "Yiddish Love Poetry," Sponsored sky, Art & Design Room 2016, Wallace & Gromit, Sponsored by by CONNECTIONS, a Jewish Fam- 663-4057 Borders, funny guys for children ily Services program, Lecture by 4 Gaming Tournament, MarioKart 64 come to Borders Books & Music, University Judaic Studies Prof. and GOLDENEYE007, Michigan 11 a.m., 741-9005 Anita Norich, Jewish Community UUnion Pond Room, 6:30gp.m., UMeet Tom Harkin, Sen. Harkin of Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., UnionhPond m, 6:3ft or Iowa will come to the University 10:30 a.m. 971-3280. www.umich.edu for more infor to discuss education, the envi- "Books that Changed Your Life," matrionron.ment and mental health Sponsored by Borders Books & "Some Unorthodox Theories of Ca - issues, the Michi an Union Music, Bring a favorite novel to "son"Spsordthe ils Cu- Pendleton Room, 1 :30 a.m., read with local writer Iris Lee sation, Sponsored the Philos- arukstel@umich.edu for more Underwood, who is trying to ophy Department, 435 Mason information revive the 19th-century pastime "Inventing an Accountability Sys- Open Role Playing Gaming Night, of sharing passages from influen- tem for Head Start," Part of the Role playing games, bring your tial works, tea and scones will Current Topics in Early Childhood own opponents, The Underworld, be served, Borders, 3527 Washt- Education series, Sponsored by 1202 S. University Ave., 4 p.m. enaw, 2 p.m., please pre-register the School of Education and & 7:50 p.m., 998-0547 by callin 677-6948. Washtenaw County Association Animania, Sponsored by the Univer- U Monthly Meeting : Parents, Fami- for the Education of Young Chil- sity Japanese Animation Film lies, and Friends of Lesbians and dren, School of Education, 4 Society. An eight-hour marathon Gays, small-group discussion set- p.m., 763-5562 of Japanese animation. See ting, St. Andrew's Episcopal *Torah Study: Chassidic Masters and episodes of the Card Captor Church, 306 N. Division, 2 p.m., .__. ,___.. *.L... I144Saikura, Bakuen Campus 741-0659.