LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily.- Monday, March 26, 2001 - 3A Blue Party wins 6 of 9 seats on LSA-SG Public meetings to discuss expansion Cf 'U' bus system Two meetings to discuss the potential expansion and partner- ship between the University's bus system and the Ann Arbor Trans- pqrtation Authority will be held this week for the University com- munity. ,Both meetings will include a pre- ,sentation of the expansion facts, a response for possible concerns and :,a,time for public comments, which will each be limited to five min- 0'tCS. * The free meetings will be held at ,3 ,p.m. tomorrow in the Vandenberg Room of the Michigan League and at 7 p.m. on March 28 in the East Room of Pierpont Commons on North Campus. -Additional information about the isues regarding the possible expansion is posted on the University Parking and Transportation Services website at t};lritti afls )ortatiofl.trwficI.edut. Profs. discuss itters and words -,in paintings School of Information visiting Prof. Eric Ketelaar and Boston Col- Jege history Prof. James O'Toole will be featured in "Reading Paint- ings: Letters and Ledgers in Euro- pean and American Paintings" ® tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the Universi- ty's Museum of Art. Ketelaar and O'Toole will give a slide-illustrated lecture about the significance of the often readable 'letters and documents depicted in Eropean and American paintings. Performing arts *=traditions come to Ann Arbor The University Center for World Performance Studies will celebrate performing arts traditions from around the world from 2:30 p.m. to 2 .m. on Friday. A series of talks by University scholars will be given throughout the day. More information on the schedule * "can be found at 936-2777. Performances during this celebra- t-i6n will include University Japan- ese Gamelan Ensemble from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Japanese shakuhachi flute performance by Michael Gould from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Ghanaian palmwine guitar music by Koo Nimo from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., Albanian love songs by Ermi- 0 ta Babali and Ensemble from 4 Vi. to 5 p.m., University dance Prof. Robin Wilson from 5 p.m. to -6' pm., a Nigerian libation ceremo- nV conducted by Olabayo Olanivi fr'om 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., a .:screening of Rakesh Roshan's "Bol- lvwood" film Kaho Naa ... Pyaar s ai from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Japanese Shadow Puppet Theater from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and from 9 p.m: to 10:30 p.m., Con- golese dance and drumming by Bichinis Bia Congo from 8 p.m. to ,930 p.m., and world techno music DJs Brian Tomsic, Carlos Souf- fiant and Domingo Yu from 10:30 E p,. to 2 a.m. ~"xhibits and a buffet of food from around the world will also be present throughout the day. The free celebration will be held in various School of Social Work Building locations. : Lecture on birth "techniques and Jewish religion Brandeis University anthropology and Near Eastern and Judiac studies Prof. Susan Kahn will give a free lec- ture titled "Reproducing Jews" on artificial insemination, in-vitro fertil- ization, egg donation and surrogate patenthood in light of Jewish teach- ing. The talk will take place tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Hillel located at 1429 -Hill Street. Compiled bV Dai/r Staff Reporter ff'hitne, Elliott. By Shannon Pettypiece Daily Stafl Reporter If the newly elected representatives for LSA Student Government are able to fulfill their cam- paign promises, LSA students will see many changes in their academic life next term. New LSA-SG President Rachel Tronstein, who ran as a Blue Party candidate, said one of her first tasks as president will be to increase student involvement. "There's a ton of structural things to do in order to reach out to students," said Tronstein. "I like working with people and reaching out to a lot of members of campus that don't currently partici- pate in student government." The Blue Party won six out of the nine seats o:i LSA-SG, but Vice President Adam Damerow said the strong presence of the party will not affect how the student body is represented. "After the elections in LSA dissolve and we have room to w Damerow. The three remaining seat for tatives were filled by Michigan "I think we knew we were gc ity party. We are just happy w did. We thought we would get number," Michigan Party LSA- tinez said. The University Democratic P didates for LSA-SG, but none v "I think the students were m U-Dems candidate Carrie Rheit the students were more receptiv paigned adequately" Rheingans said she is con again and hopes to be involve year as a committee member. Despite the fact Tronstein w -SG the party ties posed, 1,094 students voted in the presidential cork together," said and vice-presidential race. "I won't be satisfied until we have 100 per- LSA-SG represen- cent," Tronstein said. "I would have liked to see Party candidates. more involvement because we can change a lot wing to be a minor- about the academic life at Michigan." e got the seats we Many candidates said they were relieved elec- t right around this tions were over and excited to begin working on SG Rep. Joe Mar- accomplishing their platforms. "It was such a long election and I have a lot of arty ran eight can- homework to do," said Gwen Arnold, who was re- vere elected. elected as a Blue Party LSA-SG representative. isled overall," said "I'm looking forward to working with people ngans. "I wish that who weren't from my party who got elected." 'e, I think we cam- New Michigan Party Rep. Christina Chi said she was shocked and pleased with the outcome of sidering running the election. d in LSA-SG next "I'm really happy and excited about working," said Chi. "I didn't know how the results were vas running unop- going to turn out." Conference Cl LSA-SG winter 2001 election results President/Vice President Rachel Tronstein/Adam Damerow Representatives 2 Gwen Arnold U Mike Panetta 5 Jen Chen A Natalie Raaber I Matt Huang 8 Steve ShIarpe 0 Christina Chi SJI Barley N Joe Martinez Blue Party Blue Party Michigan Party Blue Party Blue Party Blue Party Michigan Party Blue Party Michigan Party 1,904 933 909 825 892 821 810 715 769 635 allenires inequalities in health care By Maria Sprow Daily StaffReporter As part of a recent study, two actors walked into a doctor's office. They showed the same symptoms and had been trained to read the same script and say the same things. They had the same job, income and address. There was one differ- ence: One was black and the other was white. Based on their symptoms, they should have received the same treatment. But during the University's 15th annual Minority Health Conference, titled "The Changing Face of America: Redefin- ing Healthcare as the Minority becomes the Majority," health care expert Nicolas Carballiera said the study showed that 40 percent of the time the black actor was not given the proper treatment. "There is solid evidence in medical literature of discrimi- natory practices in health care," said Carballiera, the founder of the National Latino Health Collaborative and executive director for Policy, Planning and Development at the Latino Health Institute. Carballiera said universal health care is not immediately practical. "We know from Hillary (Clinton's) experience that there is no appetite in this country for universal health care," he said, adding that current health care plans are not adequate and that a more "rational" national insurance plan is needed. "We actually have more people uninsured now than there were 80 years ago." he said. "We spend 99 cents of every dollar in our health budget for treatment, and one cent for health promotion." Carballiera proposed a system in which more money would be spent on preventative care and education on causes of death - including poor nutrition, lack of exercise, smok- ing and drug use, accidents, and violence. "All of these are avoidable, but we are not making the nec- essarv investments" he said. "There is solid evidence in medical literature of discriminatory practices in health care." -- Nicolas Carballiera Founder of the National Latino Health Collaborative He said that current health care investments for the elderly are unnecessary because they focus on treatment instead of prevention, diverting resources away from minorities, who are, on average, younger than whites. "We have more children and more persons at a reproduc- tive age than we have elderly," he said. "Seventy-five percent of Medicaid expenses incur in the last three months of life," he added. "Do we really believe death can be stopped? The mortality rate is 100 percent. It might be cold, but the fact is, everyone dies." Carballiera said he realized that many of his opinions are controversial but asked lecture attendees to listen before dis- missing them. "I really think that it really challenges the ideology (of the Hippocratic oath) and that he's really making a concerted effort to change what that means," LSA senior Nakia Williams said. Other speakers included Beverly Coleman-Miller, the editor- ial director of "Minority Health Today, Prof Paula Lantz, who spoke about minority health policy and Clinical Family Medi- cine instructor Laurita Burley, who spoke on obesity. The conference was sponsored by the Public Health Stu- dents of African Descent and La Salud Public Health Stu- dent Organization. School of Education junior Megan Palen and fifth-year Michigan State University student Sarah Bradley perform a tradition Czech dance at Martha Cook's International Tea on Friday. Student sresidents sample cul.1,a1tur11,es at Inte-rnational Tea By Karen Schwartz Dailv Staff Reporter Participants perused country- themed tables and sampled food from around the world while viewing performances by Korean drummers and a Czechoslovakian dancing group Friday at Martha Cook Residence Hall's annual International Tea. Dance group member and school of education junior Megan Palen said she enjoys traditional dancing and the opportunity to share the Czech customs and cos- tumes with the community. "The flowers in my hair show that I'm not married and the number of skirts tell how much money you have," she said, explaining the signifi- cance of different traditional elements of her costume. "Through costumes and dancing, it's a chance for me to get to know what it was like there and to be able to help other people learn about the culture too" Palen added that the event cele- brates diversity and heritage and that it could also help people find places they would be interested in traveling. The tea is a chance for Cook residents to represent the country of their choice and share food and knowledge of that country with others. "Everyone really gets into it. They want to show where they came from and what they've cho- sen to represent, and to share it with everyone. They really put a lot of time and energy into it," Martha Cook ethnic council chair Sara Hasley said. The event is also a chance for community members to explore the building and admire the architecture. Pioneer High School senior Daniela Montiero said she dis- covered the international tea while she was driving downtown. Montiero is from Brazil and said she hoped to find something from her home country at the festival. "I'd never really noticed this much before, but I saw it so I stopped by. I thought they might have something I'd be interested ini," she said. "They don't have anything from Brazil, but the food is really good and you can learn about different cultures while you eat," Montiero said. For LSA freshman Allison Schwartz, the problem wasn't finding the celebration, but rather, preparing the food for it. Schwartz made Jen Hagel, the same delicate sugar cookies she eats at home on special occasions. She said making the food in the dorm was worth it in the long run. "It was a mess, but thankfully most of the cookies survived," she said. 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