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Conference looks
at media role in
racial stereotypes
The University department of com-
munications studies will host a confer-
ence titled "Race and the Media: The
Persistence of Stereotypes, The
Prospects for Change" Friday to Sunday.
Scholars from around the coun-
try will discuss the media's role in
shaping race relations, reinforcing
stereotypes and bringing changes
in media representations of African
Americans in American society.
Nearly two dozen people will present
research on topics such as minorities on
0television, political advertising, media
representations of Hispanics, African
Americans and crime on television
news, violent rap music and the stereo-
typing of African American males, race
and ethnicity in the 2000 Census, and
cultural politics and network television.
The conference will be held in
~the Erlicher Room, 411 West Hall
from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, from 9
*a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from
10 a.m. to noon Sunday. There will
be a film screening and discussion
Saturday night at 8 p.m.
For more information on the confer-
ce schedule, call 764-0420.
U.S. presidents
remembered in
portrait exhibit
* The Ford Library will host "Ameri-
can Presidents: Life Portraits," a free
exhibit of presidential portraits, begin-
ning this week through April 23.
The exhibit represents the only
complete collection of American pres-
idential oil portraits completed by one
E artist, Chas Fagan, a portraitist, land-
scape painter and sculptor.
More information about the exhibit
and Fagan can be found at wwwamer-
icanpresidents.org/gallery. The Ford
Library, located at 1000 Beal Ave., is
open Monday through Friday from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Series gives
perspective to
'Gendered World'
The University department of
*women's studies will hold a two part
lecture series titled "Gendered Worlds:
Women's Lives in Transnational Per-
spective" today and March 23.
Today American culture Prof.
Magdelena Zaborowska will give a
lecture at noon titled "The Best View
is from the Top: Auto biographical
Snapshots, Engendered Communist
Movements, and (Post) Totalitarian
*Feminisms."
The lecture is free and held in 2230
Lane Hall.
:Prof. discusses
quarantine of
typhoid victims
"The Tragic Tale of Typhoid Mary"
will be told at noon Wednesday in the
Pendleton Room of the Union.
Biology Prof. Robert Bender will
Shold a free discussion on the life of
Mary Mallon, an early 20th century
Irish immigrant who spent most of
her life on an island in the East
liver. She was only one of hun-
dreds of known typhoid carriers in
New York City to be imprisoned as
a threat to public health.
The event includes a free lunch.
* Domestic violence
lecture remembers
slain 'U' student
Barbara Hart, legal director of the
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Domestic Violence and associate
director of the Battered Women's Jus-
tice Project, will deliver the Tamara
Williams Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m.
March 12 in East Hall Auditorium.
Hart's lecture is titled "Working
Together to End Dating and Domestic
Violence" and is the first in what will
become an annual event.
The lecture commemorates Tamara
Williams, who was a senior at the
University when she was stabbed to
death by her boyfriend on Sept. 23,
1997.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter
;tW:hitney Elliott.
CIO Griffiths takes post at U. Pittsburgh
By Anna Clark
Daily Staff Reporter
The University's chief information officer, Jose-
Marie Griffiths, will leave Ann Arbor at the end of
the academic year for a posi-
tion in research and teaching
at the University of Pittsburgh
after five years of work to }
unite the University's informa-
tion technology efforts.
"I was made an offer that
was difficult to refuse" Grif-
fiths said.
At Pittsburgh, she will hold
an endowed chair in the G
School of Information Sci- Griffiths
ences and serve as director of the Sara Fine Insti-
tute for Interpersonal Behavior and Technology.
"The combination was extre
Griffiths said, adding that her "he
She emphasized the increase
burgh as another draw to the new
"I look forward to taking thet
I've had here and actively testi
said, highlighting the legal, s
impacts of information technc
interest.
"While I've been involved
here, I haven't been able to spe
them in a scholarly manner,"Gri
Griffiths, who is also the exe
the University's Information Tec
and a professor in the School o
emerged as a national name in
nology research.
University Regent Larry Deii
Hills) added that Griffiths' wo
emely attractive," well-deserved recognition.
.art is in research." "I think she's done a great job," he said. "I
d freedom at Pitts- respect her."
position. During her years in Ann Arbor, she has worked
thoughts and ideas to encourage collaboration among the various tech-
ng them out," she nology initiatives in the University's colleges and
ocial and ethical schools.
ology as areas of "If we don't come together, you'll find that
every one will start going in different direc-
with those issues tions," Griffiths said. "It's like railway tracks
end time studying that don't meet."
ffiths said. University Director for Strategic Technolo-
ecutive director of gy Gavin Eadie noted a manifestation of this
chnology Division goal in Griffiths' creation of a group for tech-
if Information, has nology representatives from all schools and
information tech- colleges to meet and discuss information
issues. He also mentioned Griffiths involve-
tch (D-Bloomfield ment on congressional commissions and other
rk has earned her national groups.
Granhoim enti
"She's worked very hard for the University on
the outside," Eadie said. "And that's always good
for University exposure."
Griffiths said that although she holds the top
information technology title at the University, she
has wanted to encourage the campus to understand
that technology issues aren't the responsibility of
one person.
"I wanted to get people to see that I can't make
decisions for them," she said.
She recognized University President Lee
Bollinger's Information Revolution Commission
and Provost Nancy Cantor's recent announcement
making technology a priority as two signs that the
campus is beginning to see the widespread influ-
ence of information technology.
While there are no plans yet to replace Griffiths,
Eadie said he hopes the outgoing CIO's influence
on the campus will remain.
ers b1or
2002 gubernatoral race
By Louis Mlzsh
Daily Staff Reporter
The race for Michigan governor in 2002 officially
became a little more crowded late last week with the news
from state Attorney General Jennifer Granholm's office
that she will seek the position.
Melvin Butch Hollowell, the attorney general's cam-
paign treasurer, said Granholm made the announcement
to her staff Thursday morning. She then filed papers
later that day with the Secretary of State's office estab-
lishing the Jennifer Granholm for Governor candidate
committee.
"People all over Michigan have expressed enthusiasm
for having Jennifer serve in the highest office of the state
and she is very much looking forward to continuing to be
of service to people of Michigan," Hollowell said.
Although it was expected Granholm would make a
gubernatorial bid, most expected her decision to come
later this year, closer to the 2002 August Democratic pri-
mary. But the statements of several other Michigan politi-
cians that they were either considering a candidacy or
definitely running may have forced her hand.
So far, the only other candidate to officially declare her
candidacy is state Sen. Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem
Twp.), whose district includes Ann Arbor. But former Gov.
James Blanchard and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield
Twp.) have filed papers establishing candidate committees
and have said they are likely to run. U.S. Rep. David
Bonior (D-Mt. Clemens) has been quoted as saying he is
"90 percent" sure that he will run, although he has yet to
file papers with the Secretary of State's office.
Smith, along with Bonior spokeswoman Allison Rem-
sen, said Granholm's announcement came as no surprise
to them and added that the announcement meant little
change for their campaigns. But Granholm, who is the
highest elected Democratic official in the state's govern-
ment, is very popular and has a recognizable name which
may help her next year.
But Smith said experience is what counts.
"I think one of the things that have made Governor
(John) Engler so successful is his experience ... and while
I believe his vision is flawed it was that legislative 4nd
budget knowledge and experience that has made him
effective," she said.
Engler served in the state Legislature for 20 years
before being elected governor in 1990.
Granholm "was never elected to office before 1998,'
Smith said.
Although some Democrats worry that a crowded - and
possibly divisive -- primary could lessen the party's
chances of retaking the governor's office in the general
election, Dennis Denno, a spokesman for the Michigan
Democratic Party, downplayed the likelihood of a bloody
primary.
"It's always a concern with a primary. The good side of
a primary is that the Democratic candidates will get their
names our earlier and their message out earlier."
One thing that Granholm has going for her that most
other candidates do not is job security. Should she make a
bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination and lose,
her party would most likely nominate her for re-election to
her present post, even if she does not run in the primary
for that office.
Blanchard, for his part, is in the last leg of a 50-city
tour around the state. He spoke yesterday at the First
Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor and later on in the day
visited with the students of Prof. Helen Graves who will
be assuming internships in the Canadian parliament in
May. Blanchard is a former U.S. ambassador to that
country.
The Democratic nominee will likely face Republican
Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus in the November general elec-
tion.
School of Education juniors Kristin Breil and Jenny Baggett keep in step with
everyone else at Dance Marathon this weekend.
D)ance Marathon
n]'ets record $3,6
By MariaSprow
Daily Staff Reporter
If campus seemed a little quiet this
weekend, it was because more than
1,300 students spent it at the Indoor
Track Building volunteering for Dance
Marathon, the culmination of 13
months of planning and fundraisers for
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and
William Beaumont Hospital in Royal
Oak.
The marathon raised $131,161.59 for
the hospitals, up from the $120,000
raised last year, by having volunteers
stand on their feet throughout its dura-
tion.
Thirty hours of standing was no
small feat for most dancers, and
some were forced to limp off the
dance floor in pain while others
danced to the sounds of Gloria Gain-
or's "I Will Survive" and Van Morri-
son's "Brown Eyed Girl."
"The hardest part is just being enthu-
siastic about it. There's a certain time
when your body just gets tired. It's at the
middle of the night when nobody is
here," said dancer Brian Teller, an Engi-
neering senior.
"I'm getting psyched to finish, but
my feet hurt. It's pretty easy to have a
concept of time. It's been a long time.
Maybe next week I'll feel really good
about doing it, but right now, I just want
to sit down," said LSA sophomore Erin
Hayden after standing for 26 hours.
"But in some way, I'll be back."
Watches and clocks were not
allowed in the building, but dancers
still found ways to estimate how long
they had left to go.
"You can bribe people coming in if
you really want to know what time it is,
but really, time just passes" said Kelly
Wilson, an LSA junior. She added that
most students could judge the time
based on the amount of sunlight coming
from outdoors and the number of fami-
lies present.
Graduate student Danielle Stewart
said she was definitely feeling the
effects of time and exhaustion.
"I tried to get a lot of sleep last night
... I mean, Friday night. It's been so
long. Now that its almost over it doesn't
feel so bad," she said.
More than 1,000 of the 1,300 stu-
dents were "moralers," students
who volunteered for a couple hours
to help keep the dancers up and
moving.
"I just graduated, but a lot of my
friends are doing it, so I just came to
make sure they weren't dying at the end.
I'm just trying to keep them from
falling on the floor, keep them awake,"
said University alum Jenny Chen, who
has served as a moraler for the past two
years.
Many volunteers were students who
had helped out on previous Dance
Marathons and found they wanted to
contribute further.
"I saw the impact it had on the people
who were in it. I wanted to take advan-
tage of the opportunity to become more
and more a part of it. I'm definitely glad
I did it. I might not have said the same
thing at 3 a.m., but I am sky high right
now." said Bush Goal, an LSA senior
and campus relations coordinator for the
event.
Throughout the marathon, families
from Mott and Beaumont hospitals
spoke about their experiences and
thanked supporters for attending the
event.
David Fleming, whose son Tyler will
benefit from the marathon, stood in
front of students and thanked them for
their support.
"This is truly amazing. I remember
the very first one, just a couple hundred
moralers. Now there is just a sea of
humanity out there,"he said.
Thanks to the marathon, Tyler has
been given horseback riding and water
therapy sessions to help his balance and
build muscle.
"To say he enjoys it is an understate-
ment;"his father said.
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