LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 29, 2001 - 3A 'CAMPUS Urban architecture conference to be held at Taubman The University's A. Alfred Taub- man College of Architecture and Urban Planning will host the Fourth National Conference on New Urbanism this Thursday through Saturday. The symposium is subtitled Regional, Environmental, Social, and Architectural Justice," and continues a series of conferences at Harvard Uni- versity and the University of Califor- nia at Berkeley. More than 30 leading advocates Wqnd critics of New Urbanism from around the country will speak. Speakers include Peter Calthorpe, author of best-selling "The Next American Metropolis" Fourth Nation- al Conference on New Urbanism; Andres Duany, principal in Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company that designed the proposed Newmarket development in Pittsfield Township 0 er Ann Arbor; Alex Krieger, chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University; Ann Spim, author of "The Language of Landscape" and faculty member of MIT; and Michael Sorkin, head of the Utban Design Program at City Col- lege of New York, noted author and frequent contributor to architecture pefiodicals. The event will begin on Thursday with a reception and panel in the *evening at the Horace Rackham Grad- uate School Building and is followed by session at the Art and Architecture Building on North Campus on Satur- day. Sunday, more sessions will be held at Rackham. For exact times and locations, direction to and around Ann Arbor, and accomodations information, visit www.caup.umich.edu/news/events/ne * wurb symp.htm. Panels will focus on the topics of environmentalism, regionalism, social equity and architectural design. The symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of the President, Congress for the New Urbanism, and Erb Environmental Management Institute. catholic feminist to speak today Rosemary Ruether, a Catholic feminist theologian from Northwest- prn Univerity, will present "Chris- tianity and the Making of the Modern Family" today from noon to 1:30 p.m. The free talk is sponsored by the -Tniversity Women's studies program * and will be held in 2239 Lane Hall at 204 S. State St. Poet to read work at Rackham Award-winning New Jersey poet Stephen Dunn will give a poetry read- ing today as part of the University Eng- lish Department's Visiting Writers Series. Dunn will read from "Different Hours," a collection of poems that explore ranges of human emotions. _,uDnn's works explore loneliness and human relationships with "language kind form as clear and chilling as ice," according to a Booklist review- er. Dunn will be in Rackham Amphitheater today at 5 p.m. The event is free. 0 Whale songs focus of discussion Local shakuhachi flute master Michael Gould and University zoology graduate student Salvatore Cerchio, who studies humpback whale songs, will lead a discussion called "The Nature of Art and Sci- ence: Shakuhachi Flute and Whale Songs" Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. Gould and Cerchio will discuss thej specialties and connections between the shakuhachi flute and humpback whale songs. The discussion will be held in the University of Michigan Exhibit Muse- um/Ann Arbor Art Center on North University Avenue at Geddes and is free. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Whitney Elliott. UHS to aid in spinal ijrpgm r- By Kay Bhagat For the Daily Tom Hoatlin was shot and paralyzed 10 years ago during a robbery at the hotel he was managing. His experience led him to take a job as a consultant with the newly created Wellness with SCI (spinal cord injury) program - a joint effort of University Health Systems and the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living. "I went from first being an injury patient to a paid consultant. As a former patient, I offer experi- ence to newer patients," Hoatlin said. The program, set to begin in March, will offer free medical care and a promise of establishing a healthier life for SCI patients. Geared to toward patients between 18 to 65 who have lived with a debilitating SCI for more than Wheelchair-bound patients are the focus of a joint effort to study and prevent resulting conditions. two years, the program provides psychosocial workshops and preventative care for wheelchair- bound patients. This program is sponsored by UHS through a University grant. UHS Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Wellness with SCI pro- gram coordinator Sunny Roller said three aspects will be emphasized in the program: nutrition, physical activity and lifestyle. She mentions that the lifestyle division includes aid with stress, sexuality, relationships and confidence. Roller also pointed out the uniqueness of the operation. "We try to ward off problems before they start, this is totally new from anything that exists," she said. Skin problems, abnormal pain, pressure, ulcers and depression are among the effects that harm those confined to a wheelchair for a long period of time, said UHS psychologist and program director Denise Tate. Tate was an advocate for the urgency of the Wellness program. "I think that people really need something like this: they usually receive help only when things aie gettingareally bad," Tate said. Hoatlin said the program is different from others because of the emphasis it puts on SCI patients. He{ plans to work with other recovering patients t instruct and host several discussions that will deal with the psychological aspects of coping with daily- struggles of an SCI. Participating patients will be paid for their atten- dance and have their transportation provided for through the grant. This incentive encourages par- ticipation, helps to ensure that the program will, remain in the future and will serve as useful research data on this condition. "Hardly anything is being done about wellness, only crisis control. We offer individual care iA order to figure out what each patient can do," said Roller. Death of aSterovost leaves cam1DUS Sa s s By Jane Kroll Daily Staff Reporter Eastern Michigan University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Ronald Collins, died Thursday afterK serving the univer- sity for more than three decades. Kylie Crawford, president of the Eastern Michigan Student Govern- ment, said Collins went out of his way Colins to connect with university students by establishing pro- grams such as the Undergraduate Sym- posium. "He served here for 36 years and really made an impact on the universi- ty," Crawford said. "A lot of the stu- dents knew him and are saddened by his death." Morell Boone, dean of Learning Resources and Technology and one of Collins' colleagues, reiterated his dedi- cation to the university's students. "Not only was he my supervisor, but he was my personal friend. What he has meant to Eastern Michigan will never go away - he left an indelible mark on the institution that will go on because of his caring for the true mission of the university, which is the students," Boone said in a written statement. Collins died Thursday afternoon at Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital at the; age of 64. His official cause of death has not yet been released. Collins, a nationally recognized scholar in the field of instructional computer usage, began his career at Eastern in 1965 as an assistant pro-' fessor of chemistry, a department that he later went on to head. In 1977 Collins received Eastern's Dis- tinguished Faculty Award and in 1983, was named provost of the unii- versity. Eastern Michigan University spokes- woman Pam Young said Collins' death has hit the university especially hard because of the strong sense of commu- nity felt within Eastern. "He was a vital part of our communi- ty," Young said in a written statement. "Even though we are the fifth largest university in Michigan, we are a close- knit campus that has been greatly sad- dened by the loss." TOM UN/Daily C.S. Mott Children's Hospital recently was rated ninth in the country out of 178 accredited hospitals. Mott Children's O 0 Hosptal r&ceilves nationalacode Study shows Michi ganstudents not getting career guidance The program ranks 9th out of 178 accred- ited hospitals By Maria Sprow Daily Staff Reporter In its February issue, Child maga- zine named the University's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital to its list of the top 10 children's hospitals in the nation. Mott placed 9th out of the 178 accredited children's hospitals. Detroit's Children's Hospital of Michigan is ranked 6th in the nation because of their research and Child Life programs, includ- ing a pet-therapy program, which takes specially trained animals into the hospital to spend time with patients. University Hospitals spokes- woman Kara Gavin said the compe- tition between hospitals was very close. Gavin said there were several things that set Mott apart from other children's hospitals. "We have very specialized facili- ties and have established programs based on team approaches. There is the idea that everything we do, we do in a coordinated way," Gavin said. Some of the reasons for the high ranking given by Child were Mott's success in heart transplants, its assistance for children with lung and heart problems, its child- friendly pre-surgery procedures in which doctors run through a pre- tend surgery with children before the procedure to calm them, its pediatric trauma center and its strengths in treating face and skull birth defects. . Steven M. Donn, Director of Neonatal and Prenatal Medicine at Mott, was also featured in the maga- zine as a "doctor who makes a dif- ference." "Donn is an extraordinary per- son," Gavin said. Donn was responsible for the hos- pital's purchase in 1990 of an improved ventilator system for pre- mature infants after he discovered the old ones were causing ruptured lungs and brain damage. "He's the one our hospital chose to showcase," Gavin said. University alum Alexa Canady was chosen to represent Children's Hospital of Michigan. Cariady is the chief of pediatric neurosurgery at the hospital and was the first black woman in the country to head such a department. Child based their ranking on sev- eral factors, including information from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organi- zations in Washington, D.C., which provides an evaluation on all accred- ited health care associations. The commission accredited the Universi- ty Hospitals in 1997. Mott was ranked in the top 50 by JCAHA. Child assembled an advisory board of physicians from around the nation to develop a survey addressing issues from patient survival rates to programs designed to satisfy the emotional needs of patients. Also ranked in the top 10 are The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Children's Hospital in Boston, Children's Hospital and Regional Center in Seattle, The Children's Hospital in Denver, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Children's Medical Cen- ter of Dallas, Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego and The Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospi- tal in Charleston. By Iakaii Jones For the Daily The Ferris State University Partnership for Career Deci- sion-making - a program aimed at helping children dis- cover their career paths - recently conducted a study that found most teenagers in Michigan are not getting the help they need in discovering what career fields interest them most. "Students and parents agree not much career counseling is going on in the schools," said Ferris State spokesman Jim Thorp. In fact, Thorp said, more than 50 percent of parents agree that schools are not helping with their children's career decisions and 45 percent of Michigan students also share this view. The Partnership program's survey uncovered many views Michigan-parents and children have. One common sentiment is parents feeling that four-year colleges are better for their children than vocational schools. Eighty percent of parents and 76 percent of teens in the study said they feel this way. "There's a mindset that (the children) should go to a traditional four-year college," said Ferris State President William Sederburg. "But over half the people that go don't succeed. A big stigma is attached to technical edu- cation. Most parents find it second class to a liberal arts education." As a result of this bias, only six percent of Michigan teens surveyed said that said they feel that computers are a viable career option, though they dislike the idea of going to vocational school. "At Ferris, we have lots of technical programs," Thorp said. "Automotive, computers and manufacturing, but not many young people are interested in these types of jobs, "A big stigma is attached to technical education." - William Sederburg Ferris State University Presideart. although they're very high-tech." Sixteen percent of children want to go into education, twelve percent into medical careers and seven percent in engineering and law, respectively. The program also aims to improve the relationship between the business and industry and educators. The program also wants the career fields the teens are inter- ested in to provide hands-on experience including internships, working in the field directly and guidance in making the decision on whether or not they would like to pursue a specific career. The Partnership also seeks to make children aware of the technical field as a prospect career choice. "We want to get employers involved directly with the si. dents and educators," Thorp said. "There is really no strong system there to help childreir with their career choices," Sederburg said. "Counselors ana teachers aren't really involved. With our program, we wani the state more involved in developing programs to target the problem" The Partnership involves a handful of state organizationd and schools, including Lansing Community College, th4 Michigan Health Council and William Beaumont Hospital. "Nobody ever really did a project like this," Sederburg said. "We give children the abilities to help them find their calling in life. It's kind of exciting." . M t_ 1 / 1 ' / -' . . THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor today VENTS son@umich.edu the Women's Studies SERVICES "InternatinnaI IntAratinn Prnoram Rnsemarv 1a LI~T;.