2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 3, 1999 NATION!WORLD Diversity issues on campus cause mixed reactions S UDY Continued from Page 1 of other cultures and what the universities have done to address racial tolerance issues. "Colleges and universities seem to be interested in continuing dialog across sig- nificant groups in campuses - including faculty, administration and students - identifying the lessons learned from past initiatives and using those lessons to con- struct new initiatives," Nettles said. Each of the 11 institutions selected cited past racial, ethnic or gender ten- sions on campus such as racial slurs and misunderstandings between students and police. Nettle's report details how each institution dealt with those issues. Colby College, where minority stu- dents account for 69 of the 1,752 student population, produced a film titled "Common Ground," which depicted how a fictional college dealt with the issues of race, gender and class issues. The College of Business at Northern Illinois University, where 82 percent of the stu- dent body is white, introduced a course called, "Skill Development for the Success in a Multicultural Environment." The Philip Morris-funded projects tended to focus on race, particularly rela- tions between black and white students, but Nettles found that some of the col- leges did not give attention to women and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues, or class issues. Nettles noted that he has not examined whether the University of Michigan does enough to address racial tolerance issues but added, "I think University takes sub- stantial interest in tolerance, diversity and excellence." Engineering junior Tim Kraft and Kinesiology first-year student Oren Masserman both echoed Nettles senti- ment regarding the University's diversity practices. Masserman said, "I don't think there's a lot of racism on campus because people respect the wide diversity." In response Gifford's experience with racial tension, Masserman said: "That's one scenario. You're definitely going to have one see- nario." Kraft replied to Masserman's state- ment, saying, "You can't go through soci- ety without racism," But Kraft added the University com- munity ensures racial tolerance is woven into its institution "through Diag days, speeches, demonstrations and clubs," But not all students feel the University is doing enough to address racial toler- ance and some said experiences like Gifford's are uncommon, LSA sophomore Jeff Berman said that on Oct. 21 1998, while trying to do homework in the Mary Markley Residence Hall Library, three students were having a conversation that consisted of degrading "blacks, Jews and a few other races. "The students were talking about blacks and stereotyping how they're good at sports and they said that Jews con- trolled the world and how Seinfeld had gotten a show because he was Jewish," he said. Berman said in response to the stu- dent's statements he "gave those students some not so nice words to ponder." When asked about the importance of tolerating other races and respecting diversity, Berman said: "I think tolerance goes hand in hand with acceptance and understanding and in order for diversity to work, everyone needs to tolerate everyone else and get along." Berman said diversity and tolerance should be related because "you can learn so much about other races and religions and it destroys stereotypes that one might hold." University alum Audrey Jackson said, "All students, need to learn tolerance for people on the basis of race, gender and ethnicity." Jackson, said that "at the fac- ulty level, even though there is support at the level of policy, we continue to see a lack of a significant increase in the num- bers of non-white applicants, At the stu- dent level, there appears to be a desire between some student groups to achieve diversity among gender lines, racial lines and ethnic lines. But the majority of stu- dent organizations continue to be com- posed if mainly one ethnicity." Similarly, Berman said, "I feel Michigan has problems with diversity. Different groups segregate themselves. It's a natural thing of society. 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Following Gifford's incident with racial grafitti on her residence hall door, she said Director of Housing William Zeller did not personally contact her. "He chose to disregard the seriousness of the situation and (my roommate's and my) emotional state as well," she said. Zeller could not be reached for com- ment yesterday. "The thing that pset me more than the racial attack is the fact that there was no response ... from the Director of Housing William Zeller almost a month later, This led me to believe that the University did not care about the well- being of its black students," Gifford said. But Alan Levy, director of Housing Public Affairs, refused to comment on Gifford's claims, explaining: "this is a serious topic that deserves an appropriate response. I am not going to respond off the cuff'." Gifford doesn't feel animosity toward her perpetrators. "I see a bigger picture and my focus academically is to prepare myself to deal with larger social issues. Little incidents of racism don't bother me as much as institutional racism because that's what people don't see and that is what is oppressive." ONLINE Continued from Page 1 degrees through a combination of tradi- tional and technological learning. Students earn their degrees, which consist of 60 credits, in about three years. Each course includes six weeks of dis- tance learning, which is considered a term at the University campus and about a week with their instructors, who travel to the program's sites. In the program's distance learning portion, students attend a live 90- minute lecture once a week, conducted by an instructor on campus, where they can interact with the professor. The stu- dents then obtain and submit their assignments on the Internet. The School of Nursing also offers a degree program throughthe Internet. In its second year, students can obtain a Master's in Nursing and Patient Care Services almost entirely online. Division Director for Nursing Systems Beatrice Kalisch said the pro- gram involves taking 10 online cours- es, which meet monthly. Graduate Nursing student Sherry Delgrosso, who is enrolled in the on- line master's program, said the degree is convenient. "Most of the nursing students, includ- ing myself, work," Delgrosso said. But she added there are a few disad- vantages to the online program. "You miss the contact with the other students," Delgrosso said. "You feel that you're out there on your own," she added. While online courses are very preva- lent at the University, Assistant Director of the Media Union Louis King said the University is planning on expanding its use of technology in academics. "Provost (Nancy) Cantor charged the Media Union with building the tools to support academic technology," King said. "The tools are starting to be cen- tralized," he added. But while the University is develop- ing its on-line courses, many are already available through Michigan State University's Virtual University and Eastern Michigan University. VACCINE Continued from Page 1 week and administered 58 yesterday. Winfield said bacterial meningitis is found in one out of every 100,000 peo- ple, but is four times more likely in col- lege students. The symptoms are high fever, headache, stiff neck, and discom- fort looking into bright lights. As of last night, the Penn State stu- dent was listed in critical condition, said William Kalec, Hockensmith's friend and Daily Collegian football writer. Kalec said Hockensmith complained throughout the game of aches and chills and declined to explore the Illinois campus Friday night. After the game, Hockensmith's con- dition worsened and his friends took him to a hospital in Champaign. "They tested him for mono and strep, but they released him that night" at about 1:30 a.m., Kalec said. They left Champaign early Sunday and Hockensmith "slept the whole way home" a 12-hour drive, Kalec said. "We stopped at his apartment first when we gt hck. hut he couldn't get p, il - -,-W,.(Mwan Casreer Planning Placement SAl-r Bin Laden likely to stay in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -Osama bin Laden will likely remain in Afghanistan after the United States rejected an offer by the suspected ter- rorist to leave for a secret destination, a spokesperson for the ruling Taliban militia said yesterday. The proposal to resolve the dispute was one of several that are apparently unacceptable to Washington, which is demanding bin Laden be handed over to the United States or a third country for trial on charges that he master- minded last year's twin bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. The United States has banned trade with or investment in the war-shattered Muslim country, which also faces U.N. sanctions if it does not deliver bin Laden by Nov. 14. The Taliban, wanting to avoid sanc- tions and shed their pariah state status, have tried to open official lines of communication with Washington. In Washington, a State Department AROUND THE NATION Spending bill moves through Congress WASHINGTON - After arm-twisting by their leaders, Republicans pushed the year's last and biggest spending bill through Congress yesterday and toward a sure veto by President Clinton. That shifted the focus of this year's congressional finale to budget talks with the White House. The $314 billion measure financing education, labor and health programs squeaked through the Senate by a 49-48 vote, narrowly averting an embarrass GOP setback. The measure contained a 0.97 percent across-the-board reduction in proposed spending by federal agencies this year; Democrats said it would cut "muscle and bone" from programs, but Republicans said the savings would be money that otherwise would have been wasted. White House officials and lawmakers spent much of the day locked in pri- vate talks. They focused on Clinton's request for SI .3 billion for the Wye River Middle East peace accord, plus a new, scaled-down White House request for S.4 billion more for international debt relief, nuclear threat reduction and other foreign aid programs, said people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity. Even as they met, the president promised again to veto the "deeply flawed" edu- cation-labor bill with an unusually biting denunciation that underlined parti* tensions coloring the bargainers' work. Bush urges schools cultivate conscience." , .,bHe called for a zero-tolerance policy to discipline students for disruptive behavior in America's classrooms, and said teachers should GORHAM, N.H. - George W. have the right to remove persistently Bush, challenging educators to "culti- violent and unruly students. Those chil- vate conscience" by setting limits, dren, he said, should only be allowed called for legislation yesterday to pro- return with the teacher's consent. tect teachers from discipline-related Shotin in Honolulu lawsuits and said students should be allowed to transfer out of chronically Xerox ofce kills 7 unsafe schools. "Learning must no longer be held HONOLULU - In the latest out- hostage to the brazen behavior of a burst of workplace violence, Byran few," the Republican presidential front- Uesugi, a Xerox copier repairperson runner told a business group. shot and killed seven co-workers in his In his third speech laying out his edu- office building yesterday, then fled in a cation agenda, Bush called on schools company van, authorities said. to set limits and to enforce boundaries. Two hours later, police surroun "When children and teen-agers go to the suspect and began trying to t school afraid of being bullied, or beat- him into surrendering. en, or worse, it is the ultimate betrayal The gunfire erupted shortly after 8 of adult responsibility," he said. a.m. (1 p.m. EST) in an industrial sec- Linking character education to tion of Honolulu, far from the Waikiki school safety, the Texas governor tourist district. Five victims were found decried the "mixed and muddled" dead in a conference room and two moral message put out by some other bodies were found nearby. All schools. "Our schools should not culti- had been shot with a 9 mm handgun, vate confusion," he said. "They must authorities said. AROUND THE WORLD official said yesterday that the United States is willing to resume discussions, not negotiations, with the Taliban con- cerning U.N. sanctions. The official, who spoke on condi- tion of anonymity, also expressi regret about reports that the Talib supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has decided to abandon discus- sions with the United States. Armen'anparliamnent replaces slain leaders YEREVAN, Armenia Parliament yesterday elected a new speaker and two deputy speakers fill the seats left empty after g men burst into the assembly's cham- ber and killed seven people. Members of parliament elected deputy Armen Khachatrian of the People's Party as speaker. Khachatrian, 42, replaces Karen Demirchian, who was shot dead by the gunmen while on the assembly's podium. - Compiled from Daily wire repo6 19 w -m Opr.g~t 'Jul The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September, via U.S. mail are $100, Winter term (January through April) is $105, yearlong (September through April) is $180. 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