LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, February 8, 2002 - 3 'U' explores use of alternative medicine Smoke rises from stacks in Hatcher Three people were escorted out of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library Wednesday night after staff reported that they were smoking in the library, according to the Department of Public Safety. None of them had any affilia- tion with the University. Palm pilot, money stolen out of dropped wallet A person reported yesterday that he thought he dropped his wallet, contain- ing his palm pilot and money, on the floor in Pierpont Commons on Jan. 14, DPS reports state. When it was turned over to DPS, the money and palm pilot were missing. DPS has no suspects. Food thief caught in South Quad A person obtained food from the South Quad Residence Hall cafeteria Monday afternoon without paying for it, DPS reports state. DPS responded and identified the person. The person was read the tres- passing policy and escorted out of the building. Business robbed, computers stolen An unknown person smashed a win- dow of a business on Green Road Monday morning and stole two com- puters, according to DPS reports. Two L-shaped fence poles were used to break the window. The computers were valued at $1,400 each. The case is under investigation. Markley water fountain broken An unknown person broke a water fountain in the 5300 corridor of Mary Markley Hall early Tuesday, according to DPS reports. DPS has no suspects. Money reported 0 missing from MFIT desk A worker at the MFIT building on Industrial Road called DPS Wednesday morning, according to DPS reports. She stated there was $160 in her desk on Jan. 30, which is now missing. Vomiting West Quad resident taken to hospital A West Quad resident reported that his roommate was very sick and need- ed an ambulance Tuesday night, according to DPS reports. The caller said that his roommate had been vomiting and disoriented. Huron Valley Ambulance responded and transported the male to the Univer- sity Hospital. Graffiti reported inside Couzens A Housing Security officer assigned to Couzens Residence Hall found graf- fiti in the 2400 corridor of Couzens Wednesday night, according to DPS reports. Bag snatched from vehicle in Medical Center A caller reported that he left his vehicle unlocked in the East Medical Center Carport Wednesday morning, DPS reports state. During the time it was parked, a gym bag was stolen from inside. DPS has no suspects. Residents allow apartment to fill with smoke A pot was left on a stove in an apart- ment in the Northwood V area Tuesday morning, DPS reports state. The pot caused the apartment to fill with smoke and a maintenance worker called 911. DPS responded and provid- ed assistance. -Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jeremy Berkowitz By Michael Gazdecid Daily Staff Reporter With recent studies indicating that over 42 percent of the country's population uses complementary and alternative med- icine, interest has surged at a national level to study and vali- date claims of the efficacy of alternative medical practices. Due to the new wave of interest, the National Institute of Health recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to Sara Warber, a lecturer in the department of family medicine and co-director of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Center with Steve Boiling. The grant is to integrate comple- mentary alternative medicine techniques into the Medical School. Working with CAM researchers, the Medical School plans to attempt melding traditional medical teaching with forms of medicinal therapy that are more exotic and less respected by most Western physicians. "The goal is to better improve the doctor-patient relation- ship as well as make them more sympathetic to patients needs," said Elena Gillespie, cardiac surgery researcher and co-investigator of Reiki technique at the CAMRC. In 1998, Bolling received a five yedr, $6.7 million grant from the NIH to fund research into CAM treatment for cardio- vascular disease. The University is the only medical school in the country to hold both a CAM research grant and a CAM curriculum grant from the NIH. CAM covers healing methods that range from herbal sup- plements to acupuncture. Researchers said they are not push- ing certain types of therapy, but rather attempting to inform future doctors of alternative treatments patients may use with- out their physician's knowledge. "Often the role of the physician is not to say whether it is good or not, but to know what type of things our patients are asking about and whether they are potentially harmful," said Thomas Schwenk, chair of the department of family medicine. Much of the CAMRC investigation is concerned with forms of energy healing therapy, including Reiki and Qigong. Both techniques base themselves on the belief that everything is made up of an all encompassing energy. This energy can be tapped into to hasten recovery. According to Elena Gillespie a Reiki master and investiga- tor with CAMRC, everyone has an energy field flowing through the body. When a person is ill the energy paths are blocked. Reiki masters become a conduit for energy into the patient. Qigong holds similar beliefs about the body and has been practiced regularly for thousands of years. The ideas of universal energy in which all matter takes part are concurrent with modern notions of quantum physics. "The underlying idea seems to be our thoughts seem to direct our reality," Gillespie said. University researchers are currently testing these therapies to determine if there is a measurable amount of benefit for patients. Amy Ai, a research fellow for the surgical department in the University Hospitals, was the major designer and princi- pal investigator for Qigong research here at the University up until three years ago. "This is the largest trial of its kind funded by the NIH," Ai said. Ai designed the study to accurately measure the affects of energy therapy that would allow for vast differences in subjects of varying backgrounds, along with Bolling. "We want to discredit those false healers and provide hard evidence, scientifically," she said. To help expand research opportunities and better serve patients, the University is in the process of developing a clinic devoted to CAM therapy and research in hopes of bringing CAM practitioners together in one place, Bolling said. "We can utilize patients and the expertise of people in the surrounding area as a research validation," he added. Marge Alpern, who along with her husband Bob made a generous donation which the University matched toward the founding of the clinic, expressed deep-rooted enthusiasm for the University project. At 80 years old, she still continues to practice meditation regularly and is excited at the thought of CAM therapy being given a chance for medical confirmation. "The body has incredible healing powers if given encour- agement in the right direction," Alpern said. LAURIE BRESCOLI/Daily Amy Al demonstrates Qigong, an alternative healing method, at the School of Social Work Building [Hammer time RHA denies smoking ban for second time By Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporter Two resolutions regarding smoking in residence halls failed last night at a Residence Hall Associa- tion meeting, signifying that the debate over smok- ing is far from extinguished. The Resolution to Make Residence Halls Smoke-Free, which bans smoking in the Universi- ty's residence halls, failed after a vote that showed 11 for the ban, four opposed and three abstentions, mirroring the results of a vote members took two weeks ago, when the resolution was first intro- duced. "I thought the no smoking resolution might pass - it came close," RHA president Tim Winslow said. "It came close, but it had pretty much the identical vote it had last time. It had 11 votes and it needed 12 to pass." In another resolution, titled The Resolution to Control Smoking in Residence Halls, RHA mem- bers suggest that smoking halls be located on a building's top floor. This resolution was also reject- ed, although Alice Lloyd representative Anup Auro- ra, who submitted the bill for consideration, said he hoped the resolution would pass last night. "The opposing side has valid points but I think there's a way to establish a compromise," Aurora said. Debate focused on the rights of smokers and non-smokers, as well as on the impact smoking can have on the health of residents and furniture in the rooms. "If we get rid of smoking completely, that's infringing on the rights of the people who want to smoke," Aurora added. "I understand that it's infringing on rights the other way (of non-smok- ers), but I think there's a way to control it instead of just getting rid of it." West Quad RHA representative Pete Woiwode, who authored the resolution for smoke-free resi- "This is not an excusable habit. - Pete Woiwode West Quad RHA representative dence halls, said he still hopes to see smoking out- lawed in the residence halls. "This is not an excusable habit. When people smoke they're infringing on people's rights to clean air ... Everyone has to breathe, not everyone has to smoke" he said. Woiwode added that although he is disappointed that no resolution passed last night, he is not dis- heartened. "I feel I have the support of the RHA, there's just some technical disagreements," he said. Betsy Barbour representative Alana White said the health issue plays a large role in views on smok- ing because of her asthma. "Even just a hint of (smoke) and I can't breathe. I'd never want to live next to someone who smokes" she said. "I understand we don't want to infringe on people's rights and I feel we're not plac- ing anyone's rights over others. If people need to smoke, they can go outside." Winslow said he hopes a meeting with Universi- ty Housing officials and two members of RHA who voted on each side of the issue will bring about resolution and a solution that incorporates both sides, as well as a policy for the coming years regarding smoking in residence halls. JESSICA YURASEK/Daily Daryl Ward and Steve Burkhart resurface a building yesterday for Wolverine Temporaries. Detroit casinos face uncertain future after latest rulings --------------------- DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge ruled yesterday that the city acted improperly when it granted casino licenses to companies that campaigned for approval of gambling in the city. U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who holds court in Marquette and Grand Rapids, will now accept briefs by the attorneys on what other issues need to be resolved in the case. Holmes will make a ruling on the future of Detroit's three 'casinos after reviewing the briefs, which are due Feb. 22. "Basically, what you have is three casinos in Detroit operating illegally," said John Peebles, attorney for the tribe. "There's no question the casinos are in limbo." Bell's ruling comes after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati last month returned the case to Bell, who twice has upheld the Detroit ordinance regarding the casino selection process. Both times, the appeals court overruled the' judge. The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, based in the western Upper Penin- sula, filed the lawsuit in 1999 - before the casinos opened - claim- ing Detroit's ordinance was dis- criminatory. The ordinance gave preference to two companies that helped support a 1996 statewide ballot measure approved by voters that allowed off- reservation gambling in the city. The measure specified that only three casinos could be built. Food for Thought Protest Movements Do they save or cost lives? Truong Nhu Tang, a founder of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong), writes in his book, A Viet Cong Memoir, "The Western anti-war movements had contributed much to our victory." Question: Did the Protest Movement shorten the war and save lives, or prolong the war and cost lives? Gary Lillie & Assoc., Realtors www.garylillie.com Headaches?... 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