LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Da - Wednesd, October 13, 1999 3 &IIGHER Unseen Dead Sea Scrolls published *he Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts and students and professors at Bringham Young University will publish "The Dead Sea Scrolls" database, a compact disc ver- sion of the texts this month. The database is an electronic search- able version of the Dead Sea Scrolls that can be adapted to any language. But the CPART only produced the non-biblical part of the Dead Sea Scrolls because the collection of scrolls is so large. erry Ball, a BYU professor of ancient texts, said the non-biblical writ- ings of the scrolls are original and that no one has seen them before. Princeton faculty consults on test ban treaty resident Clinton consulted three ribers of Princeton faculty, who were among nine scientists he met with last week to discuss the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Dean of the FacultyJoseph Taylor, Prof. Philip Anderson and Prof. Emeritus Val Fitch expressed their sup- port for the treaty, which the president hopes the Senate will ratify this term. Fitch said the treaty would prevent he proliferation of weapons around the I d. Anderson agreed that a test ban is a preventative measure against nuclear warfare. Fitch and Anderson each won p Nobel Prize for physics --Anderson in 1977 and Fitch in 1980. MIT-Microsoft deal disappoints many In the next five years, Microsoft will cribute $25 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through an alliance between the insti- tute and the company called I-Campus. In return for the contribution, MIT will offer Microsoft access to its facul- ty and research facilities. Chancellor Lawrence Bacow said the money will be used to develop the institute's educational technology. During a reception called Futurefest, e Microsoft officially announced th alliance, students chanted "Microsoft Sucks" to show that the company is not welcome at MIT. Bacow contests that the chanting was "all in good fun." Female fights to *oin wrestling team Jennifer Wong, a first-year student at ti niversity of Wisconsin at Madison is Tghting to become a member of the wrestling team. She chose UW because the universi- ty promised Wong the chance to try out for the men's wrestling team. But just before the wrestling season began, Wong said she received a letter from the university explaining that she was not allowed to try out for the team. Since Wong received that letter, she and her parents have filed a claim to sOUW. The state attorney general's office has sent Wong a letter support- ing her right to try out. Since the attor- ney general's office sent the letter to Wong, UW has agreed to allow Wong to try out. Professors criticize evaluation Websites ollege professors across the nation a debating the use of evaluation Websites that allow students to "grade" their professors. After results have been tallied, stu- dents can organize their ideal schedule by compiling results on opinions of professors' teaching styles. But some professors said the concept of the Websites in their current form is presumptuous. "By and large, students are in no posi- t;- to assess whether faculty 'know tl subject,' 'give too much work,' or grade fairly,"' said history Prof. Paul Halsall from the University of North Florida at Jacksonville. Compiled by Jewel Gop wani from U- WIRE reports. Ozone risk season ends with record highs By David Jenkins For the Daily It's a hot summer day. There are no clouds to block out the sun's heat and no wind to blow it away. It seems like a perfect day to grab a towel and a swimsuit and take the car down to the beach for some sun and surf. Not exactly, according to the Clean Air Coalition of Southeast Michigan, because if it was one of those perfectly hot summer days, then tak- ing a car anywhere could be dangerous for the environment. This year's ozone action season, which began May I and ended Oct. 1, saw a record high for the number of ozone action days in southern Michigan. For a total of 26 days, weather condi- tions allowed the levels of air pollutants to rise dangerously close to the government's designated high risk level. "Existing pollution, high temperatures, lack of cloud cover and low wind activity all combine to form a pollutant soup," said Anita Blasius, manag- er of the Clean Air Coalition Community Outreach. "It is the hot sunny days, which we love the most, that run the risk of high levels of ozone pollution." The coalition created ozone action days six years ago to help make people and businesses "Sonewhere between 25 and 30 tons of hydrocarbons are added to the atmosphere each day from refueling." - Chuck Hersey Air quality expert for the Clean Air Coalition aware of threats of ozone and other air pollutants such as nitrous oxides and volatile organic com- pounds. By calling attention to days when the weather conditions help sustain the pollution at high levels in the air, the coalition tries to raise people's knowledge. Blasius said the high number of ozone action days during this year's season hopefully does not represent a trend in the environment. Rather, she said, it is hopefully due to the sum- mer's consistently warm weather and new health standards. "During ozone action days, the coalition tries to get people to drive less by using public transporta- tion and carpooling, not use charcoal lighter fluid, wait to mow lawns and use other gas-operated equipment, not use solvent based cleaners and paints, fill up car gas tanks after dark, and for busi- nesses to use teleconferencing rather than make people drive to business meetings. Blasius said. "Although businesses are regulated for their out- puts of harmful ozone and other pollutants, indi- viduals are not she said. But some attitudes toward the ozone action days differ from the coalition's view. Engineering Prof. Sanford Sillman, who researches the effects of ozone, said students cannot do much to help dur- ing the ozone action days. "They say the best thing to do is not drive, but health damage caused by ozone is directly proportional to exercise," Sillman said, explain- ing that asking people to ride a bike instead of drive a car actually is worse for their health. "In other words, they're telling people to make their own health worse in order to help a very small amount." o, such thing as Tln up gas tanks at dif- _'cnt imes vi inia to the actual amount of ai pollutant: Sllman said. Chuck Ilee w an air qualty expert for the coalition, said he disarees with that opinion, say- mn that Iomewhere etkeen 25 and 30 tons of hydrocarbons are added to the atmosphere each day from refueing. I don't think that cutting down on that number is an insignificant thing." In response to the question of health risks, Hersey quipped. "What should we do, tell every- one to drive despite the risks of polluting the atmosphere?" 4We need to educate people about the, impacts of condiions caused by increased lev- els of ozone and other air pollutants, and besides, the health isks associated with ozone days only target a small percentage of the pop- ulation" Hersey said. "Most people are not affected by the pollutants at those levels." SNRE first-year student Bruce Haywood said it is easy for students to adhere to ozone action day guidelines by doing things as simple as riding bikes to class. Still, "extreme exercise should be avoided" on days when ozone levels are high, he said, while simple activities such as walking and riding bikes do not pose reasonable health. threats. I MSA debates expulsion of chair, cites inactivity SAM HOLLENSHEAD/Daily SNRE senior Joe Reilly plays the guitar at an open mic night in celebration of Indigenous People's Day last night at the Michigan League. Celebration honor inden ous people By Jody Simone Kay DIuly Staff Reporter On a darkene % ,age lit only by a single spotlight, severl students sang original music and reci d poetry yes- terday in recognition of Indigenous People's Day. "It's formerly known as Columbus Day. It's a different way of looking at the holiday that is celebrated national- ly," said Dawn Guenthardt, a co-chair of the Native American Students Asociation and a University alum, refernig to Monday's national aoliday. NASA primarily organized the open mic event -A the Michigan League Underground. "We do something every year for Indigenous Pepple's Day. We've had rallies in the Diag; this year we decid- ed to do something different," Guenthardt said. LSA senior and co-chair of the NASA event Jackie Pilette said they decided to focus more on the accom- plishments and individuality of Native Americans rather than having a rally. "It's celebrating the fact we have survived. Literally 99 percent of the population was wiped out," said Mimi Belton, an LSA and Art and Design sophomore.' "'m the one telling the story. It's different when 'm telling my story than someone else telling my story," Belton said. Belton, who was wearing a belt of the four colors of the Cherokee color wheel, was exhibiting her artwork at last night's event. She said her work is representative of the meaning of her ancestral tribes, the Western Cherokee, or Tsalagi, and Shawnee, or Shawano, tribes. Many of her images centered on the nature of her own identity as a Native American.. Other students expressed them- selves in other ways. "I brought my guitar since this is my best poetic expression," said Joe Reilly, an SNRE senior. Reilly, also a member of the Western Cherokee tribe, sang original - lyrics and played original music, including one titled, "Pow Wow Love Blues" "We wanted to get people together because Columbus Day is an impor- tant event and most people just look over it," Pilette said. Steadily, some changes have been made on campus regarding Native American representation, including a Native American Lounge in the Alice Lloyd Residence Hall. Guenthardt said the lounge will honor Vicky Barner, the first person to file a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union against Michigamua, a secret senior honor society that allegedly used Native American symbols and rituals. NASA also is working on increas- ing the number of Native American faculty members and is trying to establish a Native American Studies department, which currently is a pro- gram within the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Although there was not a rally at the University on Monday to mark Indigenous People's Day, protests were held in other Michigan cities. Guenthardt said community members held a rally on Eastern Michigan University's campus against a proposal to change the mascot of the Eagles to the original mascot of the Huron, a figure repre- sentative of the Huron tribe. The proposal is called the Huron Restoration Project. In Lansing yEsierday a rally focused on Gov. John Engler's aboli- tion of the Michigan Indian Affairs Commission, Pilette said By Jeannie Baumann Daily Staff Reporter The Michigan Student Assembly at its weekly meeting last night debated allegations that assembly Rep. Rory Diamond has not fulfilled his duties as Campus Governance Committee chair. Diamond, an LSA junior, later denied allegations, although he was not at the meeting to defend himself when Vice President Andy Coulouris made a motion to remove Diamond from CGC because the committee allegedly has fallen behind in its responsibilities. Twice a year, CGC appoints students to sit on a variety of administrative advisory committees, such as the Information Technology Division's advisory committee, recreational sports and Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. Although the CGC chair's job is to receive and make all student appoint- ments in a timely fashion, Coulouris said this task has been left up to the MSA Executive Board because Diamond has not done sufficient work. "Ideally, all these appointments would have been taken care of last spring," Coulouris said. But MSA President Bram Elias' "inbox has been flooded with e-mails from the (University) administration asking him where the appointments are," he said. Diamond explained that every position LIKE TO WRITE? CALL THE DAILY AT 76-DAILY OR STOP BY 420 MAYNARD ST. FOR MORE INFORMATION. in fact has been filled. He said former CGC Chair Mehul Madia sent e-mails to all administrators at the beginning of the semester and delays occurred when administrators did not notify individual committees that CGC was making stu- dent appointments to them. "If the administration doesn't do any- thing with the name that I sent out, then that committee's position didn't get filled. Then those people called MSA to find out what happened, and that's how the whole thing started," Diamond said. MSA Student General Counsel Josh Trapani said only about half of the committees and commissions that fall under CGC's duties have been filled. But Diamond said "I think it's just one committee that didn't get notified" of the appointment, and this entire situ- ation got blown out of proportion when the regents and SACUA inquired about appointments. MSA Rep. Jennifer Vanroeyen, who is serving her second semester-long term as CGC vice chair, defended Diamond's position and suggested dis- cussing the position's responsibilities with him instead of removing him from the committee post. Diamond said the entire motion is a political attack. "They're trying to make us look bad as conservatives. Last week they were attacking the far left, and this week they're attacking the far right,' he said. Coulouris said that the lapse in CGC appointments reflects poorly on MSA as a whole and could retard MSA's ongoing efforts to get a student representative on the University Board of Regents. "The basic problem is that it we want to have leverage with the administration to get things done - like a student regent - then we need to make sure we follow up on our appointments. It's an important job and should be done well," Coulouris said. The motion, which needs a two- thirds vote to pass, has been tabled until next week. In other MSA business last night, MSA unanimously passed a resolution to become a centralized, non-partisan resource of information about the issue of affirmative action in general but especially about the two lawsuits cur- rently challenging the University's use of race in the admissions process. MSA is to create a special Website dedicated to this popular issue on cam- pus. 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