LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 9, 2000 - 3A -CAMPUS 'U' announces human resources 4 vice president Provost Nancy Cantor and Chief financial officer Robert Kasdin announced that Barbara Butterfield will serve as the associate vice pres- ident for human resources and affir- mative action for the University, upon regental approval. Butterfield holds a Ph.D. in educa- tion administration from Southern Illi- nois University. She has held positions, including -vice president for human resources at Stanford University and the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, as well as human resources positions at the Armerican Intercontinental Universi- t"y, Duke University and Michigan State University. Butterfield's appointment will be "e'ffective on or before Feb. 1, 2001, pending approval by the University Board of Regents. Engineering prof. to lead Sea Grant College Program Engineering prof. George Carignan 'will serve as the interim director for the Michigan Sea Grant College Pro- gram. The Michigan Sea Grant is one of 29 University-based programs that encourages a better understanding of tie resources of the Great Lakes and ocean. Carignan will manage a program which supports 16 research projects and activities related to environmental topics. From 1991 to 1999 Carnigan held the post of associate dean for graduate education and research in the College of Engineering while also serving on the Michigan Sea Grant Police Com- mittee. Marie Curie exhibit premieres at Media Union Starting today and running through Nov. 3, the Media Union Gallery will host a traveling exhibit featuring "Marie Curie's work in radioactivity as well as the women scientists who built on her projects. 'The exhibit features interactive dis- plays, pieces of original laboratory equipment used by Curie and modern day technology that arose from Curie's discovery. Female scientists including Irene V Joliot-Curie, Maria Mayer, Dorothy 'Hodgkin, Rosalyn Sussman-Yalow, Lisa Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and Florence Sabin, are featured in the exhibit in honor of Women's History Month. ""The exhibit runs Mondays, Tues- 'days and Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Other events for women's history month include an exhibit opening Thursday and a symposium featuring prominent women scientists and =hors on Oct. 18. Journalist holds lecture on Egypt Internation) journalist Geneive Abdo will visit campus tomorrow to talk about her new book "No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam." Abdo is the first American female journalist allowed to live in Iran since , Revolution. Her work has been published in The Nation, International Herald Tribune, New Republic, the Middle East Report and the Washington Quarterly. The lecture will take place in GRoom 1644 of the International Institute, located at 1080 South t-niversity Avenue, from 12 pm. to 1 p.m. The University's Center for Middle Eastern and North African studies Will sponsor the event. - Compiled by Daily StaffReporter Lisa Hoffian. Cultural festival teaches about Middle East By Chrissy Hatcher For the Daily Hoping to share the tastes and customs of the region while bringing together different nationali- ties, six student groups held a cultural festival and a party last weekend that transformed the Michigan Union Ballroom into a tour of the Middle East. LSA senior Azadeh Shahshahani, a member of the Persian Students' Association and an organizer of the events, said she hoped students would come away with a better understanding of the groups. "It is aimed to tell people about the culture, for there are many misconceptions of what the Mid- dle East is really like," Shahshahani said, adding that many think that camels run in the streets and that people don't have cars. The groups hosting the second annual festivi- ties included the American Movement for Israel, Armenian Students' Cultural Association, Per- sian Students' Association, Arab-American Anti- Discrimination Committee, Lebanese Students' Association and the Turkish Student Association. Each group normally holds social and cultural activities separately but come together several times a year in events such as an annual soccer tournament and a cultural show. At the cultural festival Friday, each group dis- played books, music and pictures to represent their countries. Students could hear different musical performances or receive a free henna painting at the bazaar set up in the center of the room. "It is great to have all of these different cultures come together." - Sevan Karadolian LSA senior About 100 people of various cultural back- grounds came to the festival, Shahshahani said. At the party on Saturday, the groups came together again, dancing arm-in-arm to modern Middle Eastern music. "It is really great to see groups that would not normally interact, such as the Turks and the Armenians, and the Arabs and the Israelis, come together," said LSA senior Katy Pearce, a Middle Eastern Studies major and member of the event's planning committee. LSA senior Sevan Karadolian said she hopes the groups work together in future years. "It is great to have all of these different cul- tures come together. I hope we will continue the tradition for years to come," Karadolian said. Activists unsure how abortion pill could affect Michigan LANSING (AP) -- RU-486, the abortion pill approved late last month by the federal Food and Drug Admin- istration, is expected to arrive in Michigan by the end of this month. But advocates on both sides of the abortion debate say it will be a long time before they know how the pill is affecting abortions in the state. "We are optimistic that physicians in the privacy of their own practice will use medical abortions, but we don't know yet," said Judy Karandjeff, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Michigan. The pill - known medically as mifepristone - has been widely avail- able in Europe for more than a decade. It ends a pregnancy within the first seven weeks by blocking vital hor- mones. A second drug is used to expel the uterine lining. Right to Life of Michigan spokes- woman Pamela Sherstad said her group's first line of defense against the drug will be to remind people that the procedure, while it may seem less invasive, is still an abortion. "We're going to continue to do what we've always done, which is letting women know about the development of the unborn child," she said. "So many people don't realize that 25 days after conception, there is a beating heart." She also sees irony in the fact that the pill requires three visits to a doctor One of the biggest arguments against Michigan's 24-hour waiting period, which went into effect last year, was that it would require women to go to a provider twice. ELLIE WITlE/Daily Ypsilanti resident Lee Booth holds a sign on Saturday as part of the International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. rotesters criticize new defense system "Nobody is now saying, 'Oh, this is such a burden,"' Sherstad said. "But it's not a wonder drug. It's not easy and there can be serious ramifications for women" For abortion rights advocates, what the pill lacks in convenience it could make up for in its ability to reach a wider number of women. About 26,200 women got abortions in Michi- gan in 1999. The FDA ruling allows doctors to administer the pill as long as they can pinpoint the date of the pregnancy, rule out women with tubal pregnancy and be prepared to take surgical steps if the, abortion is incomplete or the patient is bleeding excessively. Doctors wouldn't have to perform surgery themselves as long as they had an arrangement with someone who could. Robyn Menin, director of Planned Parenthood of Mid-Michigan in Ann Arbor, says there are no clinics per- forming abortions north of Saginaw right now. She believes the pill could dramatically improve access to. abor- tions. "This depoliticizes it. It makes it much more private," she said. Dave Fox, a spokesman at the Michi- gan State Medical Society, said the group doesn't yet know how many Michigan doctors will distribute the pill. A nationwide survey of 767 physi- cians by the Kaiser Family Foundatipn found that a third of doctors who don't now provide surgical abortions would consider prescribing RU-486. Menin also said RU-486 might appeal to more women than another pregnancy-ending drug that has been in Michigan for the last 18 months. That pill - a cancer drug called methotrexate - works much the same way as RU-486 but its effects are less predictable, Menin said. For example, women don't know when they'll begin to bleed after taking methotrexite; with RU-486, they do. By Autumn Kelly For the Daily Darth Vader invaded Ann Arbor on Saturday, protesting the federal government's new ballistic missile defense program. Led by Keith Gunter of Peace Action of Michigan, four protesters in Darth Vader costumes and 20 oth- ers gathered on the steps of the Fed- eral Building on East Liberty Street as part of the International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. The group protested a separate armed service, the U.S. Space Com- mand, meant to extend U.S. military power into outer space. "This program is contrary to the treaty adopted by the United Nations 10 years ago," said Thom Saffold, coordinator of the Direct Action Cen- ter of Detroit. "This treaty required peaceful uses for outer space. When it was brought up for renewal last year, the only countries that voted against it were the U.S. and Israel, which are already work- ing on nuclear power stations in space." Vision 2020, a new plan issued by Space Command, adopts four con- cepts, including the control of "space, global engagement, full force integra- tion and global partnerships." According to the space com- mand's Website, the goals of the plan are the commercial develop- ment of space systems, constrained military spending, and commercial, civil, military core and international partnerships. "The bottom line," the plan states, "is that space power will contribute to getting the right military capabili- ty and information to the right peo- ple ... at the right time." The protesters focused on the term "warfighters," used by the Vision 2020 plan to describe the role of the United States. "Do we really want to be a nation of 'warfighters'?" they asked. After handing out flyers down- town and on the Diag, the protest- ers were joined by another group, members of the Bread, Not Stones campaign sponsored by theI Catholic peace movement Pax Christi USA. This group of about 10 people, mostly college students from around the country, is part of a two-month U.S. tour of 33 cities. The Bread, Not Stones group is working to educate the public on excessive military spending by the Pentagon, citing other uses for the money such as health care and edu- cation. The tour drove up in the "Money Mobile," a large bus leased to Pax Christi by Business Leaders for Sen- sible Priorities, a group of 500 exec- utives and former military officials who believe "military spending is. actually weakening the nation in many ways." The bus tour is made especially visual by 30-foot inflatable props, other visual aids and a short skit. Bread, Not Stones member, Kate Loewe, who is touring with the group, said she enjoys the popular education and thinks the bus tour is a "creative and tangible way to get people to understand." National organizer Eric LeCompte said Pentagon money is directed mostly to the procurement of weapons. "Many people think the money goes toward income for soldiers and health care, but that's only a small amount," LeCompte said. Members of the Bread, Not Stones tour and protesters said that, in relation with other countries around the world, the United States is over-investing in national and global security and that the money could be better spent on thecoun- try's people. In Ann Arbor, members of the tour worked with the Interfaith Council for Peace and justice, Peace Action of Michigan and the Direct Action Center. * 8 Point Average Score Improvement* 0 102.5 hours of live instruction 0 The Most Practice Materials 0 0 Specialist Instructors 5 Full length exams Satisfaction Guarantee Classes begin November 18th Enroll by October 20th and we'll take $100 off our full course price! (800)2-REVIEW www.princetonreview.com ' Based on a study conducted by International Communication Research.1997. The (4ineton Review NATIONAL COMING OUT WEEK 2000 October 9th-October 13th Monday, October 9th GenderBenderRevueTOO, 8:00 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. An evening of performances celebrating gender diversity. Sponsored by GenderMOSAIC Q&A. Tuesday, October 10th Dave Pallone: Who's Really On First? Dave will be speaking about his experiences as a Major League Umpire at three different events throughout the day: - Guest Speaker for Intro to Sociology, All Welcome, 11:00 a.m.-Noon, Angell Hall Auditorium C - "Meet the Umpire" social event, 3:30-5:00 p.m., CCRB Room 2220 - "Who's Really On First?" 7:30 p.m., Michigan League Underground Wednesday, October 11th THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor today National Coming Out Day Rally 12 Noon, Regents Plaza (by the cube) Esther Rothblum: Mentoring The Next Generation of LGBT Students 4:00 p.m., East Hall, Colloquium Room, sponsored by Rackham, CEW and the Psychology Dept. Thursday. October 12th 0 - EVENTS Andrew Mead, 8:00 p.m., Rack- ham Auditorium, 763-4726 I's, 318 S. Main, 665-2968 Chime Concert, noon, Kerrytown I I - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - --- - - - . '' 'U' * . ---