I The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 29, 1999 - 7 Practice makes perfect Chinese crackdown on religious group BEIJING (AP) - Nearly 30 mem- bers of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement spoke out yesterday at an extraordinary news conference orga- nized in secrecy, denouncing torture at the hands of Chinese police and promising continued defiance. One member displayed wrists bruised by manacles; another told how police burned her face with an electric baton; an I1-year-old said he was expelled from school for his beliefs. China's Communist Party, mean- while, promised it would show no mercy to what it called "the devil cult." Police detained at least 20 Falun Gong members yesterday on the vast expanse of Beijing's Tianamen Square, pushing them into blue-and-white minibuses and driin away- the same routine they have followed every day this week. Police in Beijing this week have detained 3100 group members from every part of China except Tibet, a Communist Party source said on condi- tion of anonymity. On Wednesdav night, he said. security forces in all major cities were ordered to keep close watch on government buildings, air- ports and railroad and bus stations. The fervor and flair for secret organi- zation displayed at the news conference underscored the difficulties the govern- ment faces in eradicating the Falun Gong. SURE YOU CAN READ THE DAILY, BUT CAN YOU WRITE FOR IT? OF COURSE YOU CAN! CALL 76-DAILY FOR MORE INFORMATION. I I 'T" JOIT U IYOGACHlI/UDily Members of the Ann Arbor Fire Department practice ventilation techniques on a vacant house on Main Street yesterday. The house was donated to the AAFD for for practice drills. DIVESTMENT Continued from Page 1 takes politically controversial invest- ments seriously. "The (University) Board of Regents has a long standing view that in circum- stances where there is widespread and sustained concern across the University community with an activity that is viewed as antithetical to the core values of the University a special committee is formed to weigh the merits of investing in certain stocks, Kasdin said. The University's investments in tobacco companies arc currently being discussed in a committee. Kasdin said that he expects the group to make a rec- ommendation to the administration next semester. SNRE Prof. James Diana, one of the first faculty members to sign the declaration, said the University administration should divest from GCC members. "it seems to me that the University has a role in society to educate people on issues such as climate change" he said, adding that "it is wrong for us to sit aroundl while the University has investments in GC ( members. According to OAC., the University has about S5.( million worth of stock holdings invested in General Motors. more than S236,000 in Exxon and more than S57,330 in Mobil. GCC, established in 1989, has been a voice for U.S. business interests in the global climate debate. Maisano said. The coalition is composed of electric utilities, railroads, manufacturing groups, mining interests and others industrial partners. Although GM spokesperson Mia Walton would not comment on the cur- rent GCC controversy, she said the automotive giant joined because "it was important for business to have a voice in environmental concerns." Davis said OAC will introduce a res- olution next week to the Michigan Student Assembly supporting the facul- ty members who have signed the decla- ration. ,GC 1OM Earn $400 per class each semester by simply Taking Notes! 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In terms of meeting the needs of dis- abled students on campus, Goodin said the University ranks somewhere in the middle among its Big Ten peers. For the first time ever, the University is offering American Sign Language classes for academic credit. Students can fulfill the LSA language require- ment with ASL classes through the lin- guistics department. Students who wish to enroll in the class must first take Linguistics 140, "Introduction to Deaf Culture." Joan Smith, coordinator of services for the deaf and hard of hearing, said she is excited about the new program. "We have been fighting for this for 12 years,"she said. The University's Office of Equity and Diversity also works to make its employees aware of disability needs by offering special seminars. "The purpose of these programs is to educate the University community - and in part, the wider community - about disability issues and to apply this knowledge to the workplace," said Brian Clapham, American With Disabilities Act coordinator. "These programs try to make people aware of the law and let supervisors on campus know what resources they have available and be aware of any changes in ADA. Not everyone is knowledge- able or sensible of these needs," he said. Clapham said the Office of Equity and Diversity offers most of the educa- tional programs during October, in con- junction with Investing in Ability Week, but occasionally it offers programs throughout the year Accounting Advertising Aerospace afro-AmerieW Studies' Agricultural Science Air Force Science Anthropology. 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Lowe said SAD is more common in northern climates. "The incidence increases with a more northerly latitude - areas of the country with very cloudy, dismal win- ters,she said. According to the University of British Columbia's Mood Disorders Clinic Website, less than 1 percent of Florida residents suffer from SAD while as many as 10 percent of Alaskan residents suffer from the disorder. Lowe said females experience SAD more than males at a ratio of three to one. She said females are more susceptible to the disorder at the onset of puberty. Treatment for the disorder includes light therapy, which exposes a person to artificial light without the harm of UV rays. For more severe cases, psychia- trists often prescribe antidepressants. Al Lewy, vice chair of the department of psychiatry at the Oregon Health Sciences University, said he has been studying how melatonin plays a role in the disorder. Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal gland that helps regulate the 24-hour sleep-and-wake cycle. Daylight signals the gland to shut off melatonin and allows the body to awake. "We're now testing to see whether to use melatonin to treat the disorder," said Lewy, who has studied the disorder since 1979. Lewy said SAD initially received recognition in 1984, when a medical doctor coined the term Seasonal Affective Disorder. Although tanning salons are not rec- ommended by psychiatrists for treat- ment, Tanning Technician Yasmin Koval said customers visit salons frequently in the fall and winter to lift their spirits. "There are many customers that don't just come in for skin color pur- poses, but for the warm, bright feeling that the light provides," said Koval, who works at the Tanfastic tanning salon located on Main Street. Young will make a presentation about SAD on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Kellogg Eye Center. A 'HOWROOM ASSIST. 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