LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 11, 2002 - 3A CAMPUS "Art of Kissing" 9 lecturer profiles smooching styles After six years of research in 23 countries, Boston College English Prof. Michael Christian has found more than 20 different styles of kiss- ing. Christian will bring his presenta- tion titled "The Art of Kissing" to Eastern Michigan University tomor- row. He will be discussing the differ- ent kissing styles and using slides, photos and even audience members to demonstrate them. The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. in the EMU McKenny Union, in Ypsilanti. U.S. poet laureate hosts public lecture Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass will give a poetry reading fol- lowed by a reception today at 5 p.m. in the Michigan Union ballroom. Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Hass will give a lecture titled, "The Egret Fishing Through Its Smeared Reflection: Poetics and the End of Nature," in the Michigan Union Ballroom. International law series continues The "Hot Topics in International Law" series continues today with a talk on "Competition Policy and the World Trade Organization" by Columbia Uni- versity International Trade Prof. Merit Janow. The lecture begins at 3:40 p.m. in 116 Hutchins Hall. McCarthyism, war on terror compared Southern Illinois University history graduate student David Snyder will lecture on the parallels between the war on terror and the anticommunist "witch hunts" led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. The lecture, sponsored by the Ann Arbor Jewish Cultural Society, will be held Sunday at the Jewish Community Center, 2935 Birch Hollow Dr., at 10 a.m. LGBT holds lecture on health education The University's Queer Visibility Week continues tomorrow with "Health Education and Awareness for LGBT People." The event will be held in the Michigan League at 11 a.m. and will continue through- out the day. Lecturer explores Arboretum's history "The Shaping of Nichols Arbore- tum," a lecture by Arb director Bob Grese, will address the early history of the Arb in the late 19th century and focus on its landscape design. It " will be held tomorrow in the Uni- versity's Detroit Observatory meet- ing room, 1398 E. Ann St. Counselors offer guidance on balancing work A discussion titled, "The 24/7 Tightrope: Work and Personal Life Balance," will be held Thursday at noon in the Michigan League Michigan Room. Counselors from the University's Center for the Edu- cation of Women will give advice on how to deal with multiple responsibilities. Speaker connects jewelry, paleontology The connections between jewelry and paleontology will be discussed in "The Nature of Art and Science: Jewels of the Fossil World." Local jeweler Matthew Hoffmann and invertebrate paleontologist Tomasz Baumiller will lead the dis- cussion. It will be held at 7p.m. Wednesday in the University's Exhibit Museum, on the corner of North University and Geddes Ave. - Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Jordan Schrader Boykin stresses the need for LGBT awareness By Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporter Johanna Owens-Ream and the other mem- bers of Olivete College's Lesbian Gay Bisex- ual Transgender organization drove over an hour from Olivete to Ann Arbor this weekend with a mission in mind - to learn how to break down barriers. Queer Visiblity Week keynote lecturer Keith Boykin, former special assistant to President Clinton and current black lesbian and gay issues author, promoted awareness and understanding as he spoke about the black and LGBT experience and the common experiences of people in both groups - urg- ing people to embrace the notion of love in their lives and move past the things that hold them back. "The most important message is about love - unconditional love and self love," Boykin said. "It's important for people who've been told for years not to love themselves that it's okay to love and to love yourself." Boykin stressed the importance of thinking criti- cally about issues of race and sexuality and exam- ining preconceived prejudices and biases instead of accepting and parroting society's stance. He addressed issues including the racism within the LGBT community, religion and the "as long as you don't tell anyone" attitude he said many institu- tions adopt with regard to sexuality. "I've heard far too many people suggest there is no racism in the LGBT community. My personal experience suggests the opposite," he said. Boykin said society should be paying more attention to the AIDS crisis. "Twenty-two to 25 million people have died of AIDS since it began. ... It threatens to overtake the Bubonic Plague as the largest ever health crisis in human civilization." Boykin cited statistics about the nation's budget and national spending to show that more money is being spent on the Olympics than on funding for HIV and AIDS patients. "What kind of priorities do we have as a society that we won't spend the money we need to save people's lives," Boykin said. School of Art and Design senior Ben Fife said he was glad Boykin addressed racial com- ponents, homophobia and the need to priori- tize funding with regard to HIV and AIDS in a real and applicable way. "I work for the HIV-AIDS resource center in (Ypsilanti) as an outreach worker," Fife said. "It's really great to have someone on campus talking about, among other things, the AIDS epidemic and how it still affects the LGBT community." The event was co-sponsored by the office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs and the Minority Peer Advising Program in cele- bration of Black History Month and Queer Visi- bility Week. Kelly Garrett, LGBT affairs coordinator of programs and student development, said the event was a chance for everyone to learn about race, ethnicity and sexual orientation and how they intersect. "The LGBT community is very diverse and a lot of people honestly don't know that. I've heard a student say they didn't know there was such thing as someone who was black and gay," she said. Owens-Ream said Keith Boykin's experience as an activist and as an author and role model for the LGBT community is encouraging to students who want to speak out and promote understanding of the LGBT community. "It's energizing to hear a speaker like this, for addressing issues on small campuses, rural cam- puses where there still be homophobia and closed minds;' Owens-Ream said. "It's nice to hear some- one talk about successful campaigns for rights - it's affirming." The event was one of many cultural discussions taking place this week as part of Queer Visibility Week, which will culminate Friday with a Kiss-In Rally on the Diag. A black LGBT panel and an Asian LGBT panel with are planned for later this week to give students the chance to talk about their experiences of being LGBT and from these backgrounds. "We try to get programs that represent every- one" Garrett said. "You have to include all popula- tions. ... I think for people of color on this campus ... you have to be an advocate to make people aware that even within the LGBT community there are people of color. We know that but they need to be recognized and accepted as who they are and for their heritage." Refssum: pharmaceutical industry is in d ire straits By Margaret Engoren Daily Staff Reporter Construction on the University's Life Science Insti- tute continued in the background as a symposium held Friday in the Michigan League Ballroom stressed the importance of small companies in Michigan's life sci- ence industry. The University's commitment to the life sciences is exemplified by the Life Science Initiative and its inter- disciplinary research faculty. The Initiative will serve as a physical and intellectu- al bridge between the Central Campus and the Medical Campus. Designed for small, emerging and established life science companies and their investors, the lecture enti- tle: "Life Science: An Industry in Transition" addressed research and development alliances, the suc- cessful management of collaborative partnerships and business strategy options. "The (pharmaceutical) industry is in crisis," said Erling Refsum, keynote speaker and head equity ana- lyst of United Kingdom and European pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for Nomura Internation- al. "The individuals who create drugs can't operate with the people who sell them," he said. Refsum stressed that mergers in the pharmaceutical industry are becoming increasingly popular. These unifications create new hierarchies for scien- tists and business members to address. Compounding the problem of complicated business- es, many companies have overused new technology to speed research. "Industrialized research and development technolo- gies do not deliver," he said. "They give a scientist piles of new data, but little information." Biotech companies, especially emerging businesses, feel pressure for fast results and something to sell. "Both cash and science are commodities." -Erling Refsum Equity analyist for Nomura International They industrialize their laboratories and turn to new technologies. "Biotech is the industry for the new mil- lennium," Refsum said. "I think biotech is in danger of being sucked into the technology-chasing whirlpool. They need to be patient." David Einum, a post-doctoral fellow working with New Business Development at the University, helps inventors create start-up companies. "I work at the department of technology transfer," Einum said. "A lot of what we do is to try to help inventors at the lab identify commercialization path- ways. Basically, I help them commercialize their prod- ucts. Listening to industry perspectives from peoplt like Erling Refsum has potential to help me in my field." Evan Facher, a leader in establishing partnerships with both biotechnology and pharmaceutical compa- nies for Athersys, Inc., spoke about strategic alliances in the biotech industry. "Flexibility and patience are the two most important aspects when working with a partner. It is important to have common measures of performance and to provide for clear accountability,".Facher said. "Alliance managemejt is the most frequently overlooked part of the alliance." Suggesting that biotech wants "cash, management and science," Refsum said the field depends heavily on efficient management for success. "Both cash and science are commodities - you can get them anywhere. Management makes the differ- ence," he said. DAVID KATZ/Daily Students crowd outside Hutchins Hall in an attempt to hear Jonathan Kozol speak Friday afternoon. Spe aer addresses de facto segregation By Christopher Johnson Daily Staff Reporter Spectators filled the seats, clogged the aisles and lingered in the hallways of Hutchins Hall Auditorium Friday evening, searching for a place to hear Jonathan Kozol, the keynote speaker for the Michigan Journal of Race and Law's symposium last weekend. Kozol has written several books and traveled extensively to describe de facto segregation in the public schools of America's northern cities. "I think that every politician who pontificates about the problems of our public schools and every so-called education value babbles in bad syn- tax," he said. Condemning the use of tax dollars to fund private and charter schools, which he said "skin our children from the public schools, diminishing the common ground of shared democra- cy," Kozol described at length the destitution resembling the conditions of third-world nations in which many children live. For example, Kozol said inequities in the environment have caused an epidemic of asthma and many chil- dren can only visit their fathers in prison because high unemployment forces them to commit crimes. "Children, mothers, teachers ... face challenges I couldn't even dream of when I started out," he said. In the area of the South Bronx where Kozol works, only 21 children are white of 11,000- a sign of gross segregation - which he described as "modernized millennial apartheid." He added that children in New York receive just $8,000 per year for their education, while those in the wealthy suburban schools of Long Island receive an average of $18,000. "These schools are not just segre- gated but flagrantly unequal," Kozol said. Kozol urged students to take action against the social injustice in the edu- cation system before they become too comfortable with their own success, noting that after an activist graduates from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy, he will become more reluctant to take action. Following the speech, students said they felt invigorated by Kozol's words. "I don't think you can listen to him and not be inspired," said Katie Lock- er, a third-year Law school student. "I was impressed. I thought it was sort of a call to action." Third-year Law school student Andrea Clark said, "I have never heard him speak, nor have I read any of his books, but I heard a lot about him and that he's really inspirational, so I thought I'd come take a listen.... I really liked listening to him." LSA freshman Aaron Regberg knew of Kozol before he heard him speak. "My roommate read his book for a his- tory class and I read it after he finished with it. I thought it would be interesting to see what he had to say." Although Regberg said Kozol made a significant impression on him, he still did not know how to act on his inspiration. "I don't know what to do with the information that I've been given. I don't know how to help," he said. REC SPORTS The University of Michigan Department of Recreational Sports INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM WHAS HAPPENING INTRAMURALS Intramural Volleyball Offcils Needed!! " No Experie Necessary nce - ST Get a Free Shirt Flexible Fours f-k -l a i A1msr.- SPORTS * Officials are " Paid for All INTRAMURALS Games Worked THE CALENDAR What's happening in Ann Arbor today EVENTS "At the Crossroads of Nationhood: Catholicos Simeon IErevantsl's Auditorium U "Easy With It: US-China Relations in the New Millenium"; Admiral Joseph Prueher, the for- mer ambassador to Self-Perceptions, and Math/Science Achieve- ment in Early Adoles- cence"; Sponsored by the University Psychology SERVICES Campus Information Centers, 764-INF0, info@umich. edu, or www. umich.edu/ -info S.A.F.E. Walk, 763-WALK, Training Clinics Begin 7:00pm Tuesday February 12 II