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The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 15, 2000 - 3

DPS catches 2
car the suspects
near Church St.
5epartment of Public Safety officers
apprehended two male subjects, aged
16 and 19 wanted in connection with a
rash of burglaries yesterday afternoon
in the Church Street Carport, DPS
spokeswoman Diane Brown said.
DPS placed extra officers on patrol
of the carport after a call Wednesday
night that a car had been stolen from
the lot.
When a bystander yesterday after-
n reported suspicious behavior in
t carport, officers apprehended the
two teenagers in connection with the
stolen car.
"They are also connected to other
crimes around town and fraudulent use
of a credit card," Brown said. "This
was made possible by the extra patrols
and the person who called us.
Man stabbed by
ife at apartment
A man living at Northwood 11
apartments was stabbed by his wife
late Wednesday night, Department of
Public Safety reports state.
The man was stabbed in the shoul-
der and claimed his wife bit his neck
and face as well.
The man's wife was taken to the
Washtenaw County Jail.
aspect removes
coins from Union
tampon machine
A tampon machine on the second
floor of the Michigan Union was bur-
glarized Wednesday night, according
to DPS reports.
The machine is the second on cam-
piin a week to have money removed
fr i it. DPS did not report having any
suspects.
Employee caught
sneaking out of
parking structure
A medical center employee was
caught stamping her own parking
ii ets to exit the parking structure
Vnesday morning at 1600 Medical
Center, DPS reports state.
Street signs
knocked down
A street sign at the corner of State
Street and South University Avenue
was knocked down early Wednesday
morning, DPS reports state.
S notified Ann Arbor Police
D artment officers of the inci-
dent, fearing that if the AAPD did
not pick up the sign, it would be
stolen.
Manhole cover
taken on Hill St.
A manhole cover in front of 911
Hill St. was stolen Monday afternoon,
DPS reports state.
IS did not report having any sus-
pe?''s in the incident.

Custodian injures
foot at Markley
A custodian at the Mary Markley
Residence Hall located on Washing-
ton Heights injured her foot late
Tuesday night, DPS reports state.
is stated that the injury, which
o red while taking out the trash,
could have resulted in broken
bones.
Sewage spilled in
medical building
The Medical Science Research 11
Building located on West Medical
Center Drive sustained a small flood
Wednesday afternoon, DPS reports
sta
We to a raw sewage spill, plumbers
responded immediately to the scene.
-- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
David Ender.

'U' prof. explores nicotine, gene relationship

By Elizabeth Kassab
Daily Staff Reporter
Psychology prof. Ovide Pomerleau has tried
smoking but gave it up rather quickly.
"It didn't do anything for me," Pomerleau con-
fesses.
Pomerleau is heading a study at the University
researching the role genetics play in nicotine
dependency. Previous research with animals and
humans has reinforced what Pornerleau suspect-
ed - different people have widely varying reac-
tions to the same substances. Whether they
smoked or not, the genes that parents pass on
might be stronger than their influence on their
children.
But Pomerleau is looking to determine what
genes are being transmitted, that as acombina-
tion, lead to nicotine dependency.
The National Cancer Institute is a sponsor of
the study, which includes 600 subjects.
The research is based on same-sex siblings and
their parents. Of the siblings, only one can be a

smoker, and one must live in Michigan.
"By studying the entire family, we can look at
the genes that have been transmitted," he said.
For example, even if parents never picked up a
cigarette, they still may have passed on the genes
that caused their children to have a strong reac-
tion to nicotine.
Assistant epidemiology Prof. Sharon Kardia
has been working on the study with Pomerleau
for the past year.
The research "grows out of a basic science
perception that genes influence the way people
react to substances," she said.
Smoking is more than 50 percent heritable,
Pomerleau said. That is a higher percentage than
alcohol abuse, he noted.
The researchers expect to find that an assort-
ment of genes together lead some individuals to
be more sensitive to nicotine. "It's not like
'whoop, you've got the nicotine gene' and
you're doomed," Pomerleau said. There is no
one gene that controls nicotine dependency, he
said.

"It's not ilke 'whoop you've got the nicotine gene
and your doomed."'
- Ovide Pomerleau
Psychology prof.

Kardia said the study targets about six genes
that previous research in animals or humans has
found to be sensitive to nicotine. The study will
measure variations in those genes.
The research may eventually lead to easy tests
to determine those who are more likely to
become addicted to nicotine.
The findings of the study could be used as a
"drug discovery aid," Pomerleau said. The drug
Zyban takes a genetic approach to helping smok-
ers quit. Pomerleau's study could identify people
who would respond to the drug the best, as well
as those who wouldn't benefit from it at all or
might suffer stronger side-effects.
This will be the way of the future, instead of

the "give it and see what twitches" method of the
past, he said. Pomerleau's research could help
design drugs to fit the only the receptors. Drugs
could be designed to act on centers that control
cravings.
Pomerleau said the researchers are expecting
to find differences between men and women in
the study. There is some debate whether women
are generally less sensitive to nicotine than men,
Pomerleau said.
The researchers are applying for grants which
would allow the study to be conducted on a
nation-wide basis including twice the number of
subjects. This research would last for at least
another six years, Kardia said.

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Lawmakers 1 okfor
ways to avoidS
expulsions, sss

LANSING (AP)-Michigan should pursue
smaller class sizes, counseling and teacher
training, not automatic expulsion or suspension,
to combat violence in schools, the state Senate
minority leader said yesterday.
Sen. John Cherry (D-Clio) said state lawmak-
ers probably went too far earlier this year when
they passed a law calling for the automatic
expulsion of a student who assaulted or verbally
threatened a teacher or other student.
Until this year, the state required expulsion
only for students carrying weapons.
He called for more study of how to deal with
students who show signs of possible violent
behavior.
"What we're hearing is the Legislature may
have overreacted last spring," Cherry said.
"It's unfortunate the Legislature has to set out
a hard and fast rule for schools.
"We were engaged in a political reaction" to
the Columbine school shooting in Colorado, he
said.
Cherry made his comments at the final hear-
ing of a Senate Democratic task force looking at
instances of school violence of Michigan.
It was formed following fatal school shoot-
ings in Colorado, Arkansas and Mount Morris
Township, and is scheduled to issue a report this
fall.
A Safe Schools task force of Senate majority
Republicans issued a report in August urging
educators to work with police to better prepare
for possible school disruptions, to help students
report danger and to be alert to pupils who may
be violent.
It also called for legislation to allow mental

health agencies, schools and police to share
information.
But the Democratic task force heard educa-
tion leaders call for better understanding and
counseling of potentially violent students, rather
than "punitive" law enforcement efforts.
"Those measures are not going to be effective
and may increase our risk," said Donna Secor of
the School Social Workers Association and a
social worker at Forest Hills Public Schools in
Grand Rapids.
"Suspension and expulsion not only do not
protect us, but they can be the stimulus for kids
to act out" their violent reactions, she said.
Cheryl Weiss, a teacher in Oak Park Public
Schools, called for immediate action to safe-
guard Michigan teachers from violent kids.
"We must do something now - today - to
protect Michigan schools and teachers Weiss
said. "No one should have the right to threaten
anyone in school."
But Ruth Zwiefler of the Student Advocacy
Center in Ann Arbor said Michigan schools
are "operating under harsh and ever multi-
plying punitive laws that criminalize student
behavior."
"The very act of legislating lends credibility
to the climate of anxiety and suspicion that per-
meates our state's schools today, she said.
"There is little, if any, effort to prevent unwel-
come behaviors, and (there is) frequent neglect
to provide the appropriate and necessary sup-
ports and services that would enable students to
thrive," she said.
"Once out on the streets, there is almost no
access to alternative educational opportunities.

CARRIE MCGEE/Daly
LSA sophomore Jen Kearney tries to keep herself and her possessions dry as she waits in the rain
for a bus on North Campus yesterday.

Flint courtrooms
see butting heads

R " IN5 RA CE UT AL .

FLINT (AP) - Two men sen-
tenced this week by Genesee County
judges apparently showed their dis-
content by shattering the glass in the
courtroom doors with their heads.
The cost of replacing one of the
panes could determine whether one
of the men goes to prison for life.
Circuit Judge Robert Ransom on
Wednesday sentenced John Cobb, of
Grand Blanc, to 28 months to 30
years in prison on a cocain. charge.
While being led out of the court-
room, Cobb head-butted the door
glass and broke it.
Ransom immediately brought
Cobb back, tacked 30 days onto his
sentence for contempt of court and
warned that Cobb might face even
bigger problems.
"This guy is gonna have one big
headache, literally and figuratively,"
Ransom told The Flint Journal.
"Because this is a historic building,
with historic glass, there is the
potential that this could result in a
severe sentence."
If the cost of replacing the bub-
bled, opaque glass exceeds S1,000,
Cobb could be charged with felony

malicious destruction of property -
and with being a fourth-time habitu-
al offender, punishable by up to life
behind bars.
On Tuesday, a Flint man head-
butted a door window after being
sentenced by Circuit Judge Geoffrey
Neithercut.
"Every once in a while we have
people take out their frustrations on
this old courthouse," Prosecutor
Arthur Busch said yesterday.
Busch said he hadn't heard from
Neithercut, but would charge Cobb if
he received a complaint from
Ransom- whose courtroom con-
tains a Depression-era mural that
area judges and lawyers are raising
money to restore.
"Our position has been our court-
house is a place that should be
respected, not abused," Busch said.
Vandalism regrettably is nothing
new at the 1920s courthouse, the
prosecutor said.
A man once responded to his sen-
tencing by knocking over an antique
podium in a courtroom, damaging it
and tearing the carpeting on which it
sat. Busch said.

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