The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 9, 2000 - 7A t,. . .._ IAML upus Walk raises more than 20,000 LUPUS Continued from Page 1A disease, to raise awareness of lupus and especially to pro- vide support for University students with lupus," said Clark, co-founder of the campus Lupus Foundation and coordinator of Lupus Walk. Lupus Walk on Saturday raised more than $20,000, which will go to the National Lupus Foundation of America for further research of the disease. Lupus, a disease in which immune system antibodies attack healthy tissues and organs, affects one out of every 185 Americans and is prominent in black and Asian women between the ages of 14 and 45. Before the walk, participants gathered at the William Monroe Trotter House, which was one sponsor of the event. Clark's rheumatologist at the University Hospitals, Joseph McCune, gave a synopsis of lupus, stressing the importance of detecting and working closely with the } disease. The disease is lifelong - when the symptoms are in regression, the body is very susceptible to other serious diseases, McCune said. Black Folx presented a donation to the National Lupus Foundation of America that was accepted by Tom Roberts, executive director for the Michigan Lupus Foundation. "It's a very tricky disease because it disguises itself and looks like many other diseases," Roberts said. Instead of the body's immune system shutting down as in AIDS, the immune system goes into overdrive, killing good tissue. "Knowing that the disease affects women - especially women of color - brings me here today," said University alum Dominique Morisseau, who read a poem to the walkers. Inspired by Clark, Morisseau's poem described the affects of lupus and people's struggles to overcome the 1 I 1 1 I'...rr* I ,g . Ia.° +1. ..I. DANNY MOLOSHOK/Daily Six-year-old Colin Schwartz, a Canton resident, admires the "0.C. Bee," from the Old Country Buffet, as he holds his hand during the "Walk for Lupus 2000" on Saturday morning. were at Saturday's event. While some participants walked to support friends and family with lupus, others came in support of the importance of researching the disease. "You donate whatever you can - whether it's time or money. It's for a good cause," said LSA junior Julie Williams, who directed the walkers. Lupus has no known cure, is not infectious and is not cancerous. Joint swelling and pain along with extreme fatigue are the most common among a long list of symp- toms of lupus. After treatment, 80 to 90 percent of lupus patients are able to have a normal life span. Although the cause of lupus is not known, scientists suspect the disease is genetically predisposed and trig- gered by environmental factors such as infections, antibi- otics, ultraviolet light, extreme stress, certain drugs and hormones. Lupus affects more people than muscular dystrophy, disease. a Nearly 200 people of all ages and REPORT *ontlnued from Page 1A PwC monitors in half of the factory visits cited in the report and found sev- ,eral areas where the firm missed code violations. In a separate report, O'Rourke out- lined a number of additional concerns The had with PwC, specifically that PwC fails to protect the confidentiality of workers who file complaints about con- -,ditions and consistently misses health d safety violations. SOLE member eter Romer-Friedman, an RC senior, ,said he felt both reports cast doubt on ,PwC's efficacy as a monitor. "The findings of this report support multiple sclerosis, Disease, cerebral AIDS combined. cystic fibrosis, leukemia, Addisons palsy, sickle cell anemia, HIV and ethnic backgrounds TODAY, Oct. 9 noon-1 p.m. MANIAC "M" MONDAY SAC Super Spirit Day Free gifts, face-painting, temporary tattoos and lots of Michigan spirit on the Diag! TOMORROW, Oct.10 noon-1 p.m. GO BLUE TUESDAY Black Homecoming Preview Come to the Diag and learn about all the festivities being planned by the Black Homecoming Committee! Friday, Oct. 13 7:30 p.m. THE BIG EVENT Join our pep rally on the Diag for the BIGGEST show of Michigan spirit ever! What's a Hoosier? The author of the most creative definition gets dinner for two at BD's Mongolian Barbeque! 2 GREAT CONTESTS ON THE DIAG ALL WEEK! I 1I Bowl Tour Drawing Enter to win a deluxe' trip for two to the Wolverine's post-season: bowl game! Drop off your entries at the SAC table on the Diag all week. Contest winners will be 1 1 I 1 students' assertion that we cannot police and monitor the entire garment industry, we must empower workers by allowing their voices to be heard with- out certifying a line of clothing after a few PwC audits." Currently, the University is a mem- ber of two monitoring organizations, the Workers Rights Consortium and the Fair Labor Association. The Uni- versity joined the WRC, a primarily student-developed organization, in February after members of SOLE occupied the office of LSA Dean Shirley Neuman for three days. This summer, a report from the Advisory Committee on Labor Stan- dards and Human Rights recommended that because the WRC is still in early development phases the University should also be a member of the FLA, a White House-sponsored coalition of corporations and human rights groups. The move to join the FLA was heav- ily criticized by student activists, who have called the FLA biased toward corporations. The report, Romer-Friedman and Root agreed, is a good start. "Clearly some of the findings of the report con- firm what students across the nation have been saying for years," Romer- Friedman said. "Hundreds of companies are exploiting workers, not respecting their rights to collectively bargain and wages do not meet workers basic needs" announced at T HE BIG EVENT on Friday night! U-M students only, please. www.umich.edu/-homecom/ 3T? i S--. I Sponsored by: U-M Athletics, U-M Division of Student Affairs, WOLV-TV kin ko's H o u s e 0 In ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Studnuuuni C Un n~~**. I? WEEK Continued from Page1A Although the rally is normally held at the Diag, this Oar's will be held at Regents' Plaza near the Cube. "I'm hoping that this can be a really good week that will bring back proactivity on campus, and will bring out the next generation of student leaders,' said National Coming Out Day organizer and Music senior Katherine Severs. While there have been great gains for members of the LGBT community through companies and universities offering employees same sex benefits, Severs said she hopes people will continue to fight. "The more queers feel a part of the main stream, the more they feel there is less work to be done," Severs said adding that often transgender people aren't included in the policies. Severs said she feels a sense of complete apathy coming from students and there needs to be a broader sense of responsibility. "It is really important to me that people be safe in their daily lives, but that is a minimal desire," Severs said. "Beyond that, I want to challenge the structure on which peoples' ideas are based." Though there is "very little strong leadership and cooper- ation of the administration with students," Severs said, orga- nizers hope the events will run smoothly. In years past the students have had to shout from the steps of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library because the microphones were not set up for the event. Coming Out Week begins tonight in the Michigan Union Ballroom at 8 p.m. with the Gender Bender Revue Too. A health education workshop will focus on mental health, safe sex, breast cancer, HIV and AIDS on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Wolverine Room of the Michigan League. This week's festivities will conclude with the Queer For- mal on Friday night at Rackham, where all proceeds will benefit future LGBT programs. -- --- --- -. ire .V :'. .r+xa 6r. ..:.,..,rek r &vmn~g a vBaAo 0~ 0 0o 11e III & 0 0l]1P§ GANDHI Continued from Page 1A -values of community service were rein- forced during his work in South Africa. Before the volunteers split into oups to leave the Diag and tackle 41 fferent project sites, Ramaswamy reminded them that they too could apply Gandhi's philosophy in their work that day. Many students cited their ability to apply Gandhi's philosophy of service to the variety of projects. Engineering sophomore Rama Nemer said her experience at Cobble- stone Farms was unique in that it com- bined learning with service. bblestone Farms is a city-owned his- Torical landmark in need of restoration. Nemer said a historian explained the history of the 19th-century site before the volunteers began working on it. "It was fun knowing you were scraping paint off a house that was built in 1820. It was nice knowing you were there to preserve it," Nemer said. Gandhi Day site leader Gerard Jenk- ins, an LSA senior, said the different project allowed both himself and other participants to learn more about them- selves and the conditions of others. "I think the big picture is what you gain from each individual situation. This time I learned what it's like to live in a domestic violence situation," he said. Jenkin's group assisted the staff of SAFEhouse, a local shelter for victims of domestic violence, with housekeep- ing chores. Engineering junior Ratnesh Sharma said the service project he was assigned to required more physical labor than most conventional projects. "We went out near Detroit and helped raise a small house for a low- income family. The walls were there - basically we helped raise the roof," he said. Sharma said only a couple of professional carpenters assisted the volunteers. 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