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The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 22, 1999 - 3A
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UMHS praised
for elimination
of mercury use
Health Care Without Harm, a coali-
tion of more than 200 organizations
which are interested in reducing envi-
ronmental hazards from the medical
community, has praised University
Health Systems for eliminating mer-
cury from its machines and chemicals.
Since 1995, University Health
Systems have been working to reduce
the use of mercury in all of its health
centers.
UMHS was also acknowledged by
* Health Care Without Harm in August
for converting all of its waste manage-
ment processes from incineration to
steam-sterilization.
Medical School
to have new Exec.
Associate Dean
The University Board of Regents
qprtoved the appointment of Prof.
James Woolliscroft to executive associ-
Me dean for the Medical School at their
meeting last week.
Woolliscroft is a professor of inter-
nal medicine, the Josiah Macy
Professor of medical education and
associate dean for graduate medical
education.
Season of Light'
*show at Museum
The Museum of Natural History is
hosting a "Season of Light" show in the
planetarium: is scheduled to open
Friday and run through Dec. 30.
The show will examine celebrations
such as Christmas and Hanukkah.
Tickets may be purchased in the muse-
um store and cost $3 each,
*Playwright to read
works at Rackham
The University English
Department and the Office of the
Provost will host poet and play-
wright Wole Soyinka for a poetry
reading on Dec. 2, at 5 p.m. in the
Rackham Amphitheater.
Currently, Soyinka is a Woodruff
Professor of the Arts at Emory
University. He will be visiting as part
of this year's Visiting Writer Series.
The reading will be free and open to the
public.
Regents to award
IF professorship
to Poli. Sci. Prof.
Prof. John Jackson will hold the
OLSA James Orin Murfin
Professorship of Political Science.
His appointment was approved by
the University regents at their
November meeting.
Jackson served as the director of the
Taubman Program in American
Institutions from 1981-87 and as chair
of the Department of Political Science
from 1994-99.
Prof. to lecture at
4wards ceremony
Prof. Abigail Stewart has been
chosen as the University's Henry
Russel Lecturer for 2000 and Prof.
Sid Gilman will be the lecturer for
2001.
Stewart is a professor of psycholo-
gy and women's studies. She is
scheduled to speak at the annual
Russel Awards for junior faculty
Onembers in March.
Jazz concert
planned at AADL
The Royal Hat Trio plans to perform,
in the lobby of the Main Library Friday
beginning at 2 p.m. The free concert
marks the end of the traveling exhibit in
the library, "The Jazz Age in Paris;
1914-1940:'
VIddle Eastern
lecture planned
On Nov. 29 in 3050 Frieze Building,
Middle Eastern literature Prof. Anton
Shammas will give a lecture titled "Ibn
al-Haytham Puts Cervantes in
Perspective."
The lecture is scheduled to begin at 4
p.m.
-Compiled by Dai' Staff Reporter
Lisa Koivu.
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Anti-Klan protesters to appeal conviction
By Jeremy W. Peters
Daily Staff Reporter
After being convicted in September of assault
with a dangerous weapon for his participation in an
anti-Ku Klux Klan rally, Thomas Doxey and his
attorney are still adamant about his innocence and
vow they will appeal the ruling.
Of the 21 anti-Klan protesters arrested, Doxey
was the only one convicted.
Doxey's attorney, Marinade Massie, lent her opin-
ions on her client's conviction in a press conference
Friday.
"It was based on perjury. It was an inaccurate con-
viction. The one eyewitness against Mr. Doxey, an
undercover narcotics agent, is ... a highly trained
liar," Massie said.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor for Washtenaw County
Joseph Burke said he is personally offended by
Massie's implication that Officer Michael Lencioni
perjured himself.
"I think it is incredibly offensive, unethical and
unprofessional of her to say that," Burke said, adding
that, "She is accusing the officer of a crime and I
strongly believe that is not the case"
In May 1998, Doxey, a 22-year-old East Lansing
resident, took part in a protest of the KKK on the
steps of Ann Arbor's Guy C. Larcom Municipal
Building which resulted in violence when a fence
separating the KKK and protesters was torn down
and bottles were thrown. Doxey's attorney maintains
that not only is he innocent of committing violence
during the protest but he is a non-violent person.
"He was there, protesting peacefully ... and the
police are trying to scapegoat him. All Tommy want-
ed to do was to communicate to the Klan that they are
not welcome ... in southeast Michigan," Massie said.
Burke said he thought the protest, even though it
opposed the KKK, should never have turned
violent.
"I think when anybody uses violence. whether it's
against the Klan or anybody, it's wrong!'"he said.
Though Doxey's attorney described him as docile,
the group with which he attended the protest, Anti-
Racist Action, is considered by some to promote vio-
lence as an acceptable means of protest.
Thom Saffold, a member of a peace team at the
May 1998 protest, said he believes ARA supports
violence.
"ARA implies that it's OK to use violence to
achieve their ends and I'm not sure I agree with
that," Saffold said.
According to ARA's Columbus, Ohio chapter
Website, which sent representatives to the Ann Arbor
protest, one of the groups fundamental principles is
to stand behind their members under any circum-
stances. A portion of their self description reads, "An
attack on any one of us is an attack on us all:'
Philosophy Prof. Eric Lormand, who served as a
liaison between the peace team and the protesters,
said he felt the protesters' actions were justified.
"Their actions were peifcctlv reasonable acts of
self defense. I think violence is justified in self
defense and a Klan rally is an indirect attack;'
Lormand said.
"Breaking a window is not plan A, but if someone
sprays you with pepper gas it is legitimate," he added.
Burke, saying that he did not think Doxey's appeal
would be successful, added that violent protest will
be tolerated by the city.
"When someone commits a crime of this sort, it is
wrong and we will see that the, are charged," he
said.
Honors program
lauds professor
Alpha Iota Omicron dinner
joins minority student groups
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By Krista Gullo
Daily Staff Reporter
In the fall of 1952, Prof. H.D.
Cameron came to the University intend-
ing to be a mathematician. He took class-
es in chemistry, physics and German. But
when he encountered the humanities dis-
tribution requirement, his plans changed.
Recalling the exact moment when he
let go of being a mathematician,
Cameron made a reference to one of his
Latin professors who he described as
"my great teacher and my life-long
friend." While sitting on a window ledge
of the then brand new Mason Hall,
Cameron's favorite professor recounted
Homer's tale of the 10-year war between
the Greeks and Trojans and Achilles'
struggle in the "Iliad."
Cameron knew then that he wanted to
be a classicist.
In recognition of his many years of
involvement with the honors program
and teaching Great Books, the honors
program appointed Cameron as its first
collegiate fellow.
"It came as quite a surprise" Cameron
said after the lecture Friday.
To celebrate Cameron's appointment,
the Honors Program and the College of
Literature, Science and the Arts hosted a
public lecture Friday in the Chemistry
Building, followed by a reception in the
atrium of the building. The lecture's title,
"The Best Course I Ever Took," is a
quote many students have used to
describe Great Books. During the lec-
ture, Cameron reflected on his long his-
tory with Great Books and shared per-
sonal experiences about former faculty
members, students and Graduate Student
Instructors.
More than 75 people -a mix of former
and present students, GSIs, alumni and
faculty members - attended the lecture.
After obtaining a classical studies
degree as an undergraduate student,
Cameron continued his doctoral studies
at Princeton University, where he wrote
his dissertation on Aeschylus.
He then returned to the University in
1959 for his first job. A few years later, he
became a professor of Great Books. Now,
37 years later, he is still a professor of
Great Books, as well as a professor of
Latin and Greek. Cameron also is an
adjunct curator for the Museum of
Zoology, specializing in spiders and scor-
pions.
He has taught more than 6,600 gradu-
ates of the Great Books Program and has
shared the teaching responsibilities with
167 GSIs Cameron said.
"He is a mentor in the true sense of the
word" said Ashby Kinch, a doctoral can-
didate in English medieval literature who
has worked with Cameron since 1996.
The University started the Great
Books Program after World War II and
based it on a model program at Columbia
University. The ideals of the program
were to provide first-year students with a
chance to take small classes taught by
senior faculty; to help students avoid
early specialization; to read original texts
beginning with the ancient Greeks and to
provide students with a body of knowl-
edge to build on. Later, the honors pro-
gram incorporated Great Books into its
curriculum as an English requirement.
Kevin Amadon, a Great Books and
German lecturer, was a first-year student
in Great Books II years ago and has
since returned to teach the course with
Cameron.
"It's hard .to measure what we gain
from it, but I think its immense" Amadon
said. "It is a privilige to be able to spend
time with these kinds of ideas and
books."
The Collegiate Fellow in Honors
award is a multi-year award recognizing
someone who teaches Honors students
and who has done it well, said Rob Van
der Voo, honors director and geology fac-
ulty member. The award, funded by
alumni donations, gives $15,000 to the
recipient during a three year period. An
endowment of $50,000 that alum Mark
Graham donated also will be used for the
award.
LSA sophomore Matt Abelson was
one of Cameron's Great Books students
last school year. He said he attended the
lecture because he wanted to hear
Cameron lecture again.
"He's a very engaging lecturer,"
Abelson said. "I really value him as
a person, especially in my second
year."
"It was really fun to see him lecture
again because I really enjoyed the class
last year," said LSA sophomore Ari
Melber, another one of Cameron's for-
mer students.
"I think that the lecture and the event
would have been of interest to most U of
M students because the intellectual and
academic issues that Cameron discussed
based on personal history and Greek
Literature are relevant to us all," Melber
added.
the lines of ethnic division is
good," said Black Greek
Association President, Marcus
Collins, an Engineering junior .
Kulkarni agreed that the dinner
went as well as he had hoped.
"I was ecstatic about the way
things went. We promoted Indian
culture, and talked about different
issues. People were also taking
down phone numbers and e-mail
addresses, which was one of the
main focuses for the evening," he
said.
The evening commenced with
the second annual dance hosted by
AIO. Kulkarni said the dance was
one way the fraternity was trying to
educate the University community
about Indian culture.
Student performed three tradi-
tional dances, the Raas, Garba and
the Bhangra. All of the dances,
LSA junior Ram Dharmarajan
said, are common at weddings,
religious ceremonies and social
events in India.
Halfway through the event,
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Ravi Maddipati (19ft) and Suketu Patel (right), members of the new fraternity
Alpha Iota Omicron, participate in the Raas dance Friday evening.
which lasted until 12:30 a.m.,
AIO presented ASHA with a
check for $500.
AIO plans to hold a date auc-
tion, and it also is working on a
Bhangra dance competition that is
scheduled to take place on Jan. 21,
2000 at the Michigan Theater.
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Mich. congress reps
approve budget deal
Associated Press
Most of Michigan's congressional
delegation voted for final approval of a
massive budget deal with President
Clinton. After Congress approved the
$390 billion spending plan last week, it
adjourned for the year.
The senate voted 74-24 Friday for
the budget measure that contained
bipartisan victories. Michigan's sena-
tors split on the vote with Carl Levin,
a Democrat, voting against the bill
while Spencer Abraham, a
Republican, voted for it.
In Michigan's 16-member House
delegation, nine members voted for the
measure Thursday. The House version
passed 296-135.
Two Republicans and four Democrats
voted against the measure, including
Vernon Ehlers (R-Grand Rapids) and
Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor). Rep. John
Conyers (D-Detroit) did not vote.
Michigan lawmakers had mixed feel-
ings about the bill.
"In the final analysis, this bill was
more good than bad," said Rep. Bart
Stupak (D-Menominee).
"It is not perfect, but it represents an
acceptable compromise that sufficient-
ly meets the needs of Americans," said
Rep. Pete Hoekstra, (R-Holland).
Sen. Levin and some members of
Michigan's House delegation com-
plained they were not given enough
time to review the mammoth spending
measure and determine what was in it
before they had to vote.
Levin also objected to what he
described as the "gimmickry" used to
keep the budget balanced, such as
"saving" $3.5 billion by moving the
last military pay day to the next fiscal
year.
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