LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 24, 2000 - 3 Student reports fire in Stockweli esidence Hall Department of Public Safety reports state that early Tuesday morning a res- ident ofthe Stockwell Residence Hall reported that something was on fire in her room. The Ann Arbor Fire Department was dispatched to the residence hall but found no fire. Reports state that there might have been a possible light ballast burned or an electrical prob- heft reported at Subway in Union DPS reports state $20 was reported stolen from a cash drawer of the Sub- way sandwich shop located in the Michigan Union. Although the inci- dent was reported Tuesday morning, the theft allegedly occured March 13. 4he possible suspect is described as a 16-year-old female, reports state. Soda stolen from Taubman Health Care Center A case of soda was reported stolen from the Taubman Health Care Center on Wednesday afternoon, DPS reports state. Ohe case was left unattended on a coffee table and was later found to be missing. DPS did not report having any suspects in the incident. Pedestrian struck on Church Street A pedestrian was hit by moving vehicle while crossing Church St. on U dnesday evening, DPS reports state. We victim was transported to the hos- pital by ambulance. Fleming chalked with graffiti The Fleming Administration Build- ing was vandalized with chalk early Wednesday morning, DPS reports state. Bus hits pole at Matthaei Gardens A bus driver left the University's Mathaei Botanical Gardens northeast of Ann Arbor after accidently knock- ing over a light pole at the gardens Wednesday morning, DPS reports state. E!est Quad wallet stolen after run-in A resident of West Quad Residence Hall reported his wallet stolen after an unknown man "bumped" into him Wednesday afternoon, DPS reports state. The subject is described as approxi- mately 30 years-old, 5'1," of medium ld, with shoulder-length black hair a rotten teeth. He was last seen wearing a black wind breaker. li-Card reported stolen from CCRB A student reported his M-Card stolen while at the Central Campus R creation Building last Saturday, WSreports state. The victim refused to file a report when advised he would need to speak wIth an officer. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Caitlin Nish. Empty Bowl banquet to help feed hungry By Jacquelyn Nixon Daily Staff Reporter Hoping to emphasize the urgency of hunger, Project SERVE's Education and Awareness Team will hold an Empty Bowl Charity Banquet tomorrow night. Event Coordinator Payel Gupta said banquet organizers "want students to be more aware of homelessness and hunger in our area." The Empty Bowl concept was initiated at Lahser High School in the fall of 1990 by ceramics teacher John Hartom and his wife Lisa Blackburn. Hartom's students made and sold ceramic bowls to raise money for an existing Thanksgiv- ing fundraiser the school was holding for Detroit area food banks. The first Empty Bowl charity was held August 1991 and since then it has spread across Project SERVE event aims to raise awareness of homeless the United States. Detroit Country Day ceramics teacher John Schwartz began the Empty Bowl Charity at his school in 1993 after hearing about the success of Hartom's project. "When we started the event at our school, we had the students make the bowls and soon learned that it was easier to mass produce them," Schwartz said. Last year Schwartz and other teachers from Country Day and schools in Detroit made 14,000 bowls for their lunchtime serving. "The profits last year went to Gleaners Food Bank. The event always brings in a good amount of money," Schwartz said. "It's more of a community awareness activity. We brought awareness that people were hungry and homeless in Detroit, even as close to home as Southfield. We were giving them an opportunity to have at least one meal,"Schwartz said. Hartom's idea of making bowls has changed during the last nine years. At different venues, the charities have opted for styrofoam bowls and a full meal rather than the original clay bowl with soup. The event, which is the first time an Empty Bowl function will take place at the University, is planned for tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Michigan Union Kuenzel Room. The entrance fee of $8 includes dinner, a small concert, and guest speakers. The event is sponsored by Project SERVE's Education and Awareness Team with the help of the Alpha Iota Omicron fraternity, Michigan Leadership Initiatives and Circle K. The co-ed a capella group Gimble will be performing. Lin Orrin, fund development director of Ann Arbor Shelters and Gupta, Project SERVE Hunger and Homelessness Coordinator are scheduled to speak. There will also be a slide show presented by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County. The Shelter Association of Washtenaw Coun- ty and Bread for the World will be among the charities that may be chosen for donations. London prof. urges more research on children By Ahmed Hamid For the Daily Sir Michael Rutter, a professor of child psychology from the University of London Institute of Psychiatry, addressed a packed crowd gathering in East Hall yesterday, urging more research in child psychopathology and the environment in which children grow up. "It is quite striking how little system- atic research has been done," Rutter said in his lecture, titled "Environmen- tal Influences on Child Psychology: Some Challenges and Some Solutions" which was co-sponsored by the Center for Human Growth and Development and the Department of Psychology. Rutter began the lecture by stating that child psychology had been through "various stages of evangelism," but that now we are "moving to a different era." He also stressed the need to "identify the mechanisms" of the environment that put a child's healthy development at risk. Going on to dispel the "myths" regarding child psychology, lie said, "The reasoning that family-wide influ- ences do not matter in child develop- ment is partially wrong." Referring to the environment in, cities, he noted a study conducted in 1980 revealing that "living in inner city London was not good for your mental health." The study analyzed the change in delinquency in 14-year-olds who stayed in London and those who moved out. The researchers found that residents of the city showed increasing criminal behavior, while those who had left showed a large decrease. "Change in environment did make a substantial difference to crime," he said. Rutter said major improvements are seen when children are removed from hostile environments. He noted that studies have revealed "parental criti- cism" and "sibling negativity" as strongly impacting a child's anti-social behavior. "Anti-social boys are much more like- ly to be divorced, be employed in unskilled work and have no friends when they reach adulthood," he said. "The point is that the boys' behavior is predis- posing them to these experiences." But Rutter acknowledged that people are affected by their environment dif- ferently. "There are huge individual dif- ferences in peoples exposure to stress and adversity," he said. Rutter was adamant about letting children experience their environment and not encasing them in a protective cocoon. "Should you be protecting children from all the nasty challenges life pro- jects? I suggest not" he said. Third-year Social Work graduate stu- dent Gabrielle Gruber said she attended the lecture because her work "has really been influenced by Professor Rutter." "His research has really influenced the areas of psychopathology and resilience and he was one of the first to research them;' she said. Third-year psychology graduate stu- dent Alicia Merline said her "admira- tion for his research and his insight" brought her to the lecture. Knighted in 1992, Rutter has received several awards; including the 1992 John Hill Award for Excellence in Theory, Development and Research on Adolescence and the 1995 American Psychological Association Distin- guished Scientific Contribution Award. He currently serves as president of the Society for Research and Development. "Professor Rutter is one of the most comprehensive thinkers of issues of development and mental health in chil- dren in the world," psychology Prof. Arnold Sameroff said. "His integrating assessment of research, especially the necessity to combine the best biological research with the best psychological and social research to understand the interactions of all those influences has served in creating a successful child development model." DAVID ROCHKIND/Daily Sir Michael Rutter, a professor from the University of London Institute of Psychiatry, speaks at East Hall yesterday. McCain campaign worries delegates qulw - d VOTE FOR THE BEST OF ANN ARBOR ONLINE AT WWW.MICHIGANDAILY.C9 iOM may support LANSING (AP) - As Michigan supporters vyi Republicans begin holding meetings to "Nothing 1 choose the delegates for the GOP the state," Tr National Convention, some backers of talk of stealin U.S. Sen. John McCain worry that But Harris George W. Bush supporters will get the supporters o seats that should go to them. pledging to McCain spokesman Todd Harris gates in the o said yesterday that he's hearing Michi- "They coul gan Gov. John Engler - one of Texas primary, so t Gov. Bush's biggest advocates - may after the fact be trying to get Bush supporters into small party some of the delegate spots won by closed doors, McCain in Michigan's Feb. 22 GOP McCain'sn presidential primary. Sen. John Sc McCain won Michigan 51 percent to plans to sit d( 43 over Bush, picking up 52 of the GOP Chairm state's 58 national convention delegates. day to discus But two-thirds of voters who identi- to the July 3 fied themselves in exit polls as Repub- Convention it licans backed Bush in the primary..So Unless stat McCain supporters attending GOP Engler woul county and district conventions held to vention as a elect delegates could find themselves governor is e in the minority. statewide de Engler spokesman John Truscott said addition to th no move is afoot to challenge McCain up in congres Bush ing for delegate spots. like that is happening in uscott said. "There is no g McCain delegates." s said he has heard that of Bush and Engler are challenge McCain dele- ocal conventions. d not beat us in their own they are now attempting to defeat our delegates in caucuses and behind Harris said. Michigan Chairman, state chwarz (R-Battle Creek), own with Engler and state nan Rusty Hills on Mon- ss Michigan's delegation 1-Aug. 3 GOP National n Philadelphia. e party rules are changed, d have to attend the con- McCain delegate. The expected to be one of 10 legates McCain won in he 42 delegates he picked sional districts. Correction: M The Susan B. Anthony dollar was minted in 1979 and the Eisenhower dollar was introduced in 1971. This was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Daily. THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend FRIDAY Foolish Heads, Sponsored by Michi- gan League Programming, rock concert in the Leagued nder- ground, 8:30 p.m., 7 3-4652 Jamshed Akrami, Sponsored by the Persian Student Association in connection with the Iranian Cul- tural Festival, this film critic will present his documentary video, "FriendlytPersuasion,twhich documents post-revolutionary cinema in Iran, 1636 Social Work Building, 8 p.m. .. "Th Ts....- h ..ii ... 'A +h C n... "Nuclear Magnets: From Atomic Clocks to Medical Imaging," Sponsored by the University Physics Department physics Prof. Timothy Chupp, breakfast refreshments, 170 Dennison, 10:30 a.m., 764-4437 Havdalah and Comedy Night, Spon- sored by Hillel, pizza, a creative Havdalah service and a surprise comedy event, pre-registration required through reform-chavu- rah@umich.edu, Hillel ETwo Worlds, Sponsored by Base- ment Arts, a dance and move- with the Iranian Cultural Festival, Trotter House, 1 p.m. The Best of Michigan Synchronized Swimming, area high school and club synchronized swim teams join the University Synchro team for an exhibition of this increas- ingly popular sport, Don Canham Natatorium, 7 p.m., 995-7614 SERVICES Campus Information Centers, 764- INFO, info@umich.edu, and www.umich.edu/-info on the World Wide Web IF I -------------- ' ! !! f! tl !f ff !! f! !f 11 !! !