The Michigan Daily - Monday, February 11, 2002 - 7A ABTS Dillion a legislation Continued from Page 1A institutions, pass legislation for the entire Big Ten. have legitim "We've been a conference that pretends to Re-focu: be an organization," he said. Northweste The bylaws abandon any attempt to create ences, said a governing body for the entire Big Ten, western As Nolan said, adding that if the new system is said his s successful, legislation may eventually be con- because of sidered again. tus as a pri Most of the delegates supported the from trying bylaws, which were instituted by a 16-2 vote. ments. Ohio State delegate Kristen Savko said "We wou although the new system still needs minor attending th improvements, it provides ABTS with a good more idea-s foundation - one that is solid enough to The only ensure that Ohio State will continue attending was Michig the conferences. sentatives i "For the immediate future, we should con- ABTS' lobb centrate on networking and issue sessions," gate Missy Savko said. "(Legislation) is important, but Laura S( sometimes you have to move in small steps delegate, s before you can move to big strides." effectivenes DINING Continued from Page 1A "We're actually serving more fruits than we used to, and we're actually putting more fresh vegetables in the recipes," Blackburn said. She had not seen the menu criteria document. The document requires dining halls to serve two steamed vegetables per meal at the vegetarian bar, but according to the menu suggestions, "Vegetarian Bar items may be discontinued in units where demand does not warrant the labor or expense involved." The Dining Hall in East Quad Residence Hall is instructed to serve more vegetarian and vegan food than the other dining halls. "We try to speak to profile differences in residence halls like East Quad - where there's the great concentration of vegans and vegetarians," said Dining Services Director Bill Durell. Blackburn said providing for vegetarian and vegan students is one of her priorities. "I've looked at where we can boost the plant protein in the menu so that we make sure we meet the nutritional needs of vegans wherever they live," she said. The document instructs the dining halls to serve at least one vegetarian soup per day, but to offer soups that cost more than $.15 per serving no more than twice a week "due to expense." It suggests the dining halls submit recipe changes to reduce the cost of soup. "The soup cost reductions were suggested to us by our director, Bill Durell," said Meyers. "He's responsible for meet- ing our budget and correctly deduced that if we didn't gain control of overall costs more effectively that we would not be able to meet our required goals." Dining halls are also instructed to buy apples and oranges in lots of more than 100. In addition to bananas and grape- fruit, it suggests buying other fruits like tangerines and grapes only "when affordable." Consequently, tangerines, grapes and other fruits are rarely offered in the dining halls. "I would agree that the selection of fruit is often limited.... We've already made the decisi6n to feature fruit a little bit more often for the remainder of the year providing quality is good and price is 'reasonable,"' said Meyers. Durrell said some inconsistency in fruit quality is inevitable. 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Erica 222-5032. greed, saying that because ABTS "has absolutely no bearing on the there's no point to have it until we nacy in the Big Ten." sing the ABTS may encourage rn University to attend the confer- Jordan Heinz, president of North- sociated Student Government. He chool rarely came in the past its smaller student body and sta- ivate university, which prevents it to lobby state or national govern- uld be much more interested in he ABTS conferences if they had a sharing focus," he said. school that opposed the changes gan State University, whose repre- felt that resolutions can increase bying power, Michigan State dele- Kushlak said. orenson, another Michigan State aid ABTS can only increase its ss by passing resolutions. "We recognize the importance of the net- working that occurs, but at the same time we have an opportunity to use our collec- tive voice to make a bigger change," she said. Nolan said the new bylaws eliminate the winter conference, leaving only two yearly meetings. He said the changes were made to save schools money and prevent the repetition of issues discussed. Changes to the bylaws also limit student delegations to six representatives - although the host school can grant exceptions - man- date that professional facilitators speak at issue sessions, and create an Executive Coun- cil which elects a conference coordinator each year and decides which issues will be discussed. Nolan, who will serve as conference co- coordinator this summer with MSA Vice President Jessica Cash, said the Executive Council will provide ABTS with stronger leadership than it has had in the past and improve the quality of issue sessions. RALLY Continued from Page 1A "We know that black people are not inferior ... but if you go to the black schools in urban Detroit you get an inferior education,'' said LSA sophomore and BAMN member Agnes Ale- obua. BAMN members who spoke asked partici- pants to rally more people to their cause, find more signatures for the petition in support of affirmative action and to continue being active in protests - including a march to the Supreme Court if it agrees to hear any future appeal in the lawsuits challenging the University's use of race is admissions. The next major protest will be a "sick-out" held on Feb. 20, said BAMN member Luke Massie. On that day, students, teachers and work- ers in Detroit schools will not attend school, and will instead gather for a rally at Martin Luther King High School in Detroit. "I don't know how much good it will do to close the schools. I do support their ultimate SIMON Continued from Page 1A what they know to be right. "You have to be willing to spend some of your political capital. You have to be willing to do the unpopular," he said. Doing the unpopular may have saved an uncountable number of lives in 1994, he argued. At that time, Simon was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chaired the committee's Subcommittee on African Affairs. He told the audience of being horrified by the massacre that was beginning in Rwanda at the time and conferring with the ranking Republican on the subcommittee, Sen. James Jeffords. He and Jeffords called up the commander of about 500 United] Nations troops in Rwanda who told the sena- tors, "If you can get 5,000 to 8,000 troops here soon, we can stop this." The senators urged for American military support to pre- vent the massacre. Simon said the White House told him "there just isn't a base of public support." It is now believed that approximately 800,000 civilians were subsequently massacred - a lesson, he said. The former senator also touched on the importance of federal campaign finance reform legislation, a version of which was DINGELL Continued from Page 1A ing in the discussion focused their questions on energy conservation and environment issues. Students were impressed by Dingell's repu- tation as the representative who is currently serving the longest series of terms, which began in 1955. "He's one of the most respected politi- cians," Rackham student Leon Andrews said. "He represents what's good about Capitol Hill" passed by the Senate last year and will be debated in the House this week. "It may be that our friends at Enron have performed a great public service, unintention- ally. It may be that we will get campaign finance reform," he said, referring to the now- bankrupt energy conglomerate and its use of campaign donations to develop close ties with lawmakers. During his lecture, Simon lamented that, prior to the events of Sept. 11, he did not per- ceive a great interest in international affairs among Americans. He cited news organiza- tions closing foreign bureaus and the fact that only .5 percent of the federal budget goes to foreign aid. But Simon said he has seen some positive signs regarding American interest in interna- tional affairs since Sept. 11. "I don't think there is any question there is a greater interest in international affairs now," he said. "It is important in our national inter- est that we continue that interest." Rebecca Blank, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, agreed, explaining that government is "a necessary force, and the question is, 'How do you use it effectively?' I do think September 11 did make somewhat of a difference in that." Simon is currently the director of the Southern Illinois University Public Policy Institute. Dingell is running for reelection this year against U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-Ann Arbor). Before the informal question-and-answer discussion, Dingell's analysis of Washington, which included predictions of a larger deficit after Enron, interested some audience mem- bers as well. "He definitely gave us a good sense of the political backdrop he's facing," Rackham stu- dent Jose Arredondo said. The event was sponsored by the Ford School of Public Policy Speaker Committee and held at the Foster Library in Lorch Hal. CONFERENC Continued from Page 1A activists counterfeited tickets University's affirmative actic suits hearing in Cincinnati on which he said shows what t Civil Rights Movement is wi do to win. "There's not a lot of case counterfeiting federal court t Massie said. "When we say ' Means Necessary,' we mean it. BAMN's strong showing in nati was only a taste of w movement can do, saidI national coordinator Shanta Dr "What we did on December, tre ,iendous but it was too sm modest. We need to make a broader shift in American p Driver said. Corporate corruption and affects education was a major1 discussion at the conference, e ly at a workshop led by Mass "A Revolutionary Anti-capital spective in the New Movement Massie, who is also a men the socialist Revolutionary V League, said urban schools ar apart only blocks away from n cent public buildings because ment priorities are skewed corporations. goals. ... to keep the door open to higher educa- tion," said Norman Grange, an administrator from Lewis Cass Technical High School who accompanied the students to Ann Arbor. "We came so we can get better chances to get into schools like (the University)," said Joshua Reed, a Cass Tech High School student. Reed said he also hopes activism will improve the quality of high schools, including technology and books. Counter-protesters from the student group Young Americans for Freedom also attended the rally, bearing signs with messages like "Diversity is more than skin deep." YAF members stood in a line in the middle of the Diag, quietly holding up their signs while a crowd of affirmative action supporters shouted angrily at them. At least two of the counter-pro- testers' signs were ripped apart. From the steps of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library,, speakers threw both insults and snowballs at them. "It was worse at the beginning but toward the end the conversation went pretty well," said LSA freshman Scott Foley, a YAF member. E1 "the decisions that are being made are entirely being made from the perspective of the capitalists," he s to the said. on law- Massie said the affirmative action Dec. 6, movement is part of a larger struggle he new against those interests because fight- Illing to ing for racial equality will change how people look-at the world. law on "The path that this movement is ickets," going to take will lead us into much By Any deeper inroads into society," he said. ." But Shabazz downplayed this radi- Cincin- cal aspect of the movement. hat the "We're not fanatic revolutionaries BAMN or socialists. We are the vanguard of iver. the new civil rights movement," he 6th was said. Zall, too The conference voted unanimously deeper, to approve three resolutions. olitics," Among the points approved are: To support efforts to end the use how it of the Scholastic Aptitude tI'est and topic of similar standardized tests nationwide; special- To mobilize for the National ie titled Civil Rights March in Detroit on April list Per- 13; . l To circulate the Petition to Sup- mber of port Affirmative Action Before the Workers U.S. Supreme Court, and e falling To organize a march in Washing- magnifi- ton, D.C. govern- The next National Conference of toward the New Civil Rights Movement will be held in June at the University. c. LSA STUDENTS & MAY 2002 GRADS Seeking a REWARDING SUMMER JOB? Be a Summer Academic Peer Advisor! 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