RIME Bulletin board set on fire in Cast Quad room A bulletin board on the second floor of Anderson House in East Quad Residence Hall was set on fire early Sunday morning, according to Department of Public Safety reports. The fire was extinguished prior to the Ann Arbor Fire Department respond- ing to the scene. DPS has no suspects in the incident. Ayers go up in flames in S. Quad An unidentified person set fire to flyers in South Quad Residence Hall on Friday afternoon, according to DPS reports. The fire was extin- guished without the aid of fire offi- cials, and DPS is investigating the ident. There were no reported sus- pects. Campus bus hits vehicle stopped on Murfin Street A University bus struck a car on Murfin Street on Friday morning, according to DPS reports. The driver of the bus said he rear-ended the car *ter it stopped suddenly in front of him. MoJo resident hit by closet object A student in Mosher-Jordan Resi- dence Hall was taken to the Universi- ty Hospitals after hitting her head on something in her closet, according to S reports. The girl sustained a small cut above her eyebrow. 3 Mary Markley residents cited for alcohol violations Three persons were taken to the University Hospitals emergency room from Mary Markley Residence Hall in ,parate incidents early Saturday rning, according to DPS reports. At least two of the persons were extremely intoxicated, and one was given a minor in possession citation. Man attempts to steal wood pallets -Two men attempted to steal wooden lets from the a storage area at the Eisenhower Corporate Park on Sun- day afternoon, according to DPS reports. A person at the scene said he approached the suspects and that they "played dumb" and returned the pal- lets. A check of the suspects' license plate determined it was registered to a person in Romulus. University bus nocks mirror off of parked vehicle A University bus driver struck a car on the 700 block of Tappan Street on Sunday morning, DPS reports state. There were no injuries, and the driver said he "clipped" the mirror off the other car. Ilan found asleep in library bathroom A man was found sleeping in a stall in the first floor men's bathroom in the Shapiro Undergraduate Library early Thursday morning, according to DPS reports. Another man was found sleeping in the men's restroom in the lobby of Hill Auditorium on Wednesday morning, WS reports state. DPS officers provided assistance in removing the both cases. Reports do not say if the men were charged in connection with the incidents. - Conpiled hr Duilr .Staff Reporter Dauvil Enders. LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 10, 2000-- 3 entors provide help for freshmen By Aaron Pancharian For the Daily For nearly 1,000 freshmen each year, one program at the University offers everything from home cooked meals to career advice. Since 1991, the University Mentorship Pro- gram has connected freshmen with students, faculty and staff to help them find their way during their first year at the University. This year marks the beginning of the Social Mentoring branch of the program. Director Connie Rose Titigson said this new program focuses on providing opportunities to stu- dents who prefer to socialize without alcohol. "It was an idea for students who were underage and did not want to feel pressure to drink. But we don't do alcohol education, we focus on students getting to know other students," she said. Tingson said with more than 300 participants in its first year, the new social program has been so popular some interested students were turned away. LSA freshman Rodney Winbrodt said he is glad he was chosen because the program "was a way to make this enormous university become smaller." Now in its 10th year, the Academic Mentor- ing Program remains popular with students, growing from 300 freshman participants in 1991 to more than 700 this year. This program matches a small group of freshmen with a stu- dent mentor and a faculty or staff mentor who shares an academic interest. "When the program started, it received a lot of support from faculty who wanted to interact with students outside of the classroom. The peer mentors get mentored by a faculty member but also serve as mentors to first-year students. For first-years it helped them navigate their way through campus and find out what they could get involved in. It gave them a big brother or big sister," Tingson said. LSA junior mentor Lauren Peters said help- ing freshmen cope with attending an intimidat- ing university was a key reason she became a mentor. "I had a rough freshman year. It's been important to express that college is not all fun and games. There are times when it is rough, and that's OK. Even in a university this big, there are people who care about you," she said. Peters said she cooked her freshman buddies dinner for their first meeting and sends them e- mail about various opportunities like jobs and studying abroad. "Its nice to get e-mail now and then to know someone is thinking about you," she said. LSA junior Shenade Evans also became a mentof to give freshmen a feeling of security. When she was a freshman, the program had other benefits for her. "This has been a huge way for me to meet people," she said. LSA freshman Kelly Alexander said she agrees. "It's like an instant group of people to meet," she said. Faculty and staff mentors, a key component of the program, are in short supply, Tingson Mentoring program students LSA senior Emily Cloyd (left), freshmen Daniel Kuo and Kati DenBleyker, and mentor Paul Webb (right) and his wife meet at the Cube before going shopping together yesterday. said, which leaves leaving some students with- out that experienced member in their groups to offer career and academic advice. SNRE Prof. Paul Webb, a faculty mentor, said he helps students explore opportunities at the University. "You need to have a strategy of sampling to find out what you want to do. So that even if you don't know what you want to do, at least you have a plan to find out," Webb said. LSA junior Allison Zatorski said the Univer- sity Mentorship Program "has had an amazing effect on me. It has totally shaped my experi- ence here. It opens up so many doors and helps you explore possibilities you thought weren't there." When Zatorski arrived at the University, her faculty mentor, Director of State Outreach Lew Morrissey, gave her a tour of the studio at Michigan Radio. "He organized a tour of the radio station and introduced the possibility of an internship there. He told us the right people to talk to. It was something I would have never known about:' Zatorski said. Feds to stud state meningitis cases DETROIT (AP) - Federal health terial meningitis at Detroit's St. John experts are helping the state study a Hospital was in good condition yester- cluster of Detroit-area meningitis cases, day, hospital spokeswoman Judy Stark three of them fatal. said. Three children have died of bacterial Bacterial meningitis has claimed the meningitis since Sept. 28. A 10-year-old lives of Alex Wisner, 11, of Eastpointe, and a 3-month-old stricken with the dis- who died Friday; Emily Greco, 11, of ease remained hospitalized yesterday. St. Clair Shores, who died Thursday; The cases appear unrelated, but tests and an unidentified 6-year-old Dearborn were under way to make sure. Michigan boy who died Sept. 28. Department of Community Health The three children were exposed to spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher said. the pneumococcal bacteria that leads to "We're doing laboratory work. We've meningitis, which causes swelling also contacted the (federal Centers for - around the brain and spinal cord, said Disease Control and Prevention) to help Dorine Berriel-Cass, an infection con- us. That lab work continues right now" trot practitioner at St. John. she said. Additionally, a few children in the Despite the suburban Detroit cases, Detroit area who contracted less-serious the number of meningitis cases viral meningitis are recovering. In Oak- statewide is about the same now last land County, a 9-year-old boy was hos- year, Lasher said. pitalized in good condition at St. Joseph "We don't have a spike up in the Mercy Medical Center in Pontiac, a hos- number of cases,"she said. pital spokeswoman said yesterday. Three-month-old Brandon Dubay of She said doctors were 99 percent sure Macomb County's Harrison Township it was viral meningitis. remained in critical condition yesterday Viral meningitis is more common and at Bon Secours Hospital, spokeswoman less serious than the bacterial kind. In Jan Duster said. mild cases, people would not even go to A 10-year-old recovering from bac- their doctor. a Another valuable lesson f 74 learned fromHollywood:,. WRITERS Continued from Page 1 think of the Southerner as a rebel. When you grow up in the South, there's a sense, even today, that American history and culture kind of passed the South by, so that I still at times feel like an outside observer of American culture." Observations of Southern culture also helped to shape Tillinghast's identity as a poet, as "Father in October," one of the poems in "Six Mile Mountain, poigsnantly reflects. The son of a New England father and a Tennessee mother, the narrator of "Father in October" acutely observes, "To marry my mother, my father found/In 1932, was to hus- band her house." "Six Mile Mountain" and the course on Irish Literature reflect Tillinghast's deep connection with the Irish way of life. "My family and I lived in a small fishing village in Ireland for a year about ten years ago, and we continue to spend part of each summer there. It is a way of life I really relate to and which has had a strong impact on me. Part of it is the leisure time every summer. I always write a few poems there every year," he said. Tillinghast is working on another collection of poems, also heavily inspired by visits to Ireland. "I've written about eight poems for a new collection. There is a city in Ire- land I go to, Galway, a place I have always responded to really strongly. It is a Medieval city in essence. Colum- bus stopped over there on his way to discovering the New World; it is that old. This summer I found myself writ- ing a poem about Galway. To me that's one of the exciting things about writ- ing - you surprise yourself with what you come up with." The series runs until April, cul- minating with the presentation of the Hopwood Awards. Novelist Elizabeth McCracken is scheduled to read Thursday, Oct. 19, from her forthcoming working "Niagara Falls All Over Again." Poet Lisel Mueller is scheduled to read from her body of seven poetry books, including her most recent "Alive and Together: New and Selected Poems," which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997. 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