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The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 12, 2002 - 3
SOLE protests Disney job presentation
History prof. will
lecture on rise of
Manchu rule
There will be a Brown Bag Lecture
today at noon about "A Court on
Horseback: Imperial Touring and the
Construction of the Manchu Ethnody-
nastic Rule in China, 1751-1784" with
University history Prof. Michael
Chang at the International Institute on
South University Avenue.
Author will talk on.
her writing process
The Ann Arbor District Library will
host University creative writing Prof.
Eileen Pollack, who will discuss the
process of writing her new book
"Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of
Catherine Welcome and Sitting Bull"
today at 12:10 p.m. at the AADL multi-
purpose room on the lower level. Her
novel is about a widowed Brooklyn artist
who traveled to Standing Rock Reserva-
tion in the Dakota Territory to help Sit-
ting Bull hold on to land the government
was trying to take from his people.
Teen drug usage
subject of social
worker discussion
Social worker Ron Harnson will give
a free talk on "Teens Using Drugs: What
to Do" today at 7:30 p.m. in the exhibi-
tion room of the St. Joseph Mercy Hos-
pital Education Center located at 5305
Elliott Dr. off of Huron River Drive. Lit-
erature on the subject matter will be
available, as well as refreshments.
'Unique' poet will
give reading of new
collection of works
Poet Amy England will read from her
new collection "The Flute Ship 'Cas-
tricum"' today at 8 p.m. at Shaman
Drum Bookshop on South State Street.
The reading is free and will include a
signing and refreshments.
Novelist will read
from new book
Novelist Jonathan Carroll will give
a free reading from his book, titled
White Apples tomorrow at 7 p.m. at
the Borders on East Liberty Street.
His novel is a story about a dead
father summoned back to life by the
psychic entreaties of his wife, who is
pregnant with a child who will be a
savior of the world.
Hillel to host NYC
seminary associate
Jewish Theological Seminary of
New York City Associate Dean Charles
Savenor will discuss "The Day
Judaism Almost Died: How Innovation
and Faith Saved the Jewish People"
tomorrow at 7 p.m. at Hillel on 1429
Hill St. The free talk will include
desserts and snacks.
Film focusing on
peace activism to
be shown for free
A special, free screening of the
epic documentary "Jang Aur Aman,"
which means War and Peace, will
take place tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at
the International Institute. Questions
will be taken after the screening,
which will be mailed to the film's
director Anand Patwardhan and then
posted at the Association for India's
Development Ann Arbor website.
The film is described as a journey of
peace activism in the face of global
militarism and war and has won
numerous awards, including the
Grand Prize at the 2002 Earth
Vision Film Festival in Tokyo and
the International Film Critics Award
at the 2002 Sydney International
Film Festival.
Newsweek, Wall
Street Journal
journalist to
deliver speech
The University Margaret Water-
man Alumnae Town Hall Celebrity
Lecture Series will host journalist
Beth Nissen Thursday at 11:30 a.m.
in the Michigan League Ballroom.
The Emmy Award-winning journal-
ist and former Wall Street Journal
and Newsweek reporter will discuss.
her experiences in journalism. Tick-
ets are $40 dollars in advance and
includes a lunch following the talk.
To buy tickets call 663-6472 or
663-6547.
Egyptian painter
Handouts distributed by
protesters cited poor working
conditions at a Bangladesh factory
By Erin Saylor
Daily Staff Reporter
More than 20 students held up signs that
read "Stop Disney sweat shops" and shouted
"Workers only get paid five cents in
Bangladesh" yesterday at a protest against the
Walt Disney World Corporation, which was
recruiting in the Michigan Union.
Students Organizing for Labor and Eco-
nomic Equality gathered to protest the corpo-
ration's use of sweatshop labor in producing
clothing and other paraphernalia.
SOLE members, including one dressed as
Minnie Mouse, handed out literature that
urged students to "Please help! Ask Disney to
do the Right Thing."
Handouts given out by the protesters
described the poor working environment in
the Shah Makhdum Factory in Bangladesh,
where the flyers stated that young women
were paid just five cents for each Winnie the
Pooh shirt they made that retails for $17.99.
They also work mandatory 14 to 15 hour
shifts, according to the flyers.
"When the women publicly denounced the
conditions ... Disney's response was to pull
its work from the factory, firing the women
and dumping them in the street with nothing,
not even a cent, facing huger and misery," a
pamphlet read.
Police were called as soon as the recruiters
became aware of the protest, and remained in
the Union throughout the presentation.
Students in attendance were visibly restless
as the protest delayed the presentation for 30
minutes. Some responded to the shouting of
the protesters, telling them to "shut up."
The protest shocked many who attended
the presentation.
"I didn't expect anything like this today,"
said Music senior Kevin Field, a campus rep-
resentative for Disney. "Everybody has some-
thing to say and we have to respect that."
Field added that he participated in another
Disney presentation a few years ago and felt
that the atmosphere had been much more
excited and happy.
Traveling to nearly 300 colleges across the
country, the Walt Disney World College Pro-
gram is designed to recruit student employees
to work in jobs ranging from waiting tables to
being Cinderella.
Tiffany Celler, a college recruiter for Dis-
ney who conducted the presentation, tried to
keep things on track as protesters held up
signs and shouted out during the presentation.
Though Cellers had no comment on the
protest itself, she said she felt that it would
not dissuade students from applying to the
program.
Many first-time attendees said the demon-
stration was very unexpected.
"I've never seen anything like this," LSA
freshman Tiffani Comander said.
Some expressed mixed feelings about the
protests effectiveness, saying that it felt more
disturbing than informative.
"I just don't think this was the time or the
place," LSA freshman Katie O'Brien said.
KELLY LIN/Dail
Members of Students Organizing for Labor and
Economic Equality passed out handouts (shown
above) yesterday at a Disney recruiting presentation.
Remembering our heroes
Zeta Sigma Chi guest stresses
need to encounter new ideas
By Whitney Meredith
Daily Staff Reporter
Participating in challenging academ-
ic and social opportunities in order to
establish a sense of self and discover
one's passions is critical to the college
experience, former Office of Student
Life Assistant Director Connie Tingson
told a mostly female audience last
night at a talk sponsored by the Zeta
Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority and
the Community Service Commission
in the Michigan Union.
Tingson, a Filipina-American from
Detroit, is currently pursuing her
doctorate in educational administra-
tion at Michigan State University and
is coordinator of a campus-wide
mentoring program there. Her talk,
which focused on academic and lead-
ership issues affecting women of
color, was part of a week-long pro-
gram emphasizing cultural aware-
ness.
"It's important to realize how
much your undergraduate experience
will positively or negatively shape
things in your life," Tingson said.
There is great value in recognizing
your ability to take advantage of your
time in college, she added.
While many students surround
themselves with people of similar
backgrounds that have similar ideas
and values, Tingson said it is important
to encounter new ideas and values.
"As an undergrad I crossed borders. People
here seem to stay in ethnic groups, but I
didn't stay with my ethnic background and
it shaped my experience."
- Tracey Drayton
University alum
"People's ability to cross over and be
creative is an important part of suc-
cess," she said, adding that by doing
this, students gain a greater sense of
how different interests interrelate,
which will be beneficial in the future.
"Ask yourself what kind of things,
folks and ideas you are going to
encounter in a career," she said, adding
that from there, students should shape
their college experiences in reference
to what they hope to encounter while
venturing out of their comfort zone
into possible new interests.
For University alum Tracey Drayton,
Tingson's message was one she could
easily identify with. "As an undergrad
I crossed borders. People here seem to
stay inethnic.groups, but I didn't stay,
with my ethnic background and it
shaped my experience," Drayton said.
During this time of growth, Tingson
said it is important for students to recog-
nize that as undergraduates, they are
going to change their concepts of who
they want to become and that this is
acceptable. It is important to identify
who is and is not supportive as students'
conceptions change she added.
To help with the process, taking the
role of a mentor as well as having one
can be beneficial in this process. "It's a
cyclical model. You need a support
group," Tingson said, adding that once
students find their passions, they
should concentrate on what will make
them. happy.
"Suggestions about career choices
and in thinking positively when deal-
ing with barriers spoke to me because
most advisors simply offer profession-
al fields, not about crossing disciplines
and doing something creative," LSA
sophomore Nagmeh Shariatmadar said
in reference to her advice.
"She made me feel that it's Okthat
I don't know my major and what I
want to do. Eventually I will find a
career that makes me happy," LSA jun-
ior Jessica Boid said.
ROTC members raised the American flag outside of North Hall
yesterday in honor of Veteran's Day.
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Republican district.
He said that Maine has a $240
million deficit that must be amend-
ed. Concurrently, Fischer intends to
improve health care by establishing
universal coverage in Maine. He
SMOKING
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hall occupants reside in designated
smoking rooms, interconnected air ducts
allow secondhand smoke to circulate
throughout residence halls so that non-
smoking rooms may be affected.
Supporters of the proposal also cited
the problem of fire alarms being set off
by secondhand smoke and increased
housing costs caused by furniture odor
and having to repaint discolored walls
every year.
The International Student Affairs
Commission, of which Jain is chair,
came up with a similar suggestion that
he presented to RHA. Jain said he thinks
the proposal will probably go into effect.
"Basically the housing office told
RHA it is very much in favor of it," he
said.
The University of Michigan and
Michigan State University are the only
Big Ten schools that have not banned
smoking in all residence hall rooms. In
the fall of 2001, the University of Michi-
gan had 69 applicants request smoking-
permitted rooms. Smoking was banned
in most University buildings in 1994.
South Quad Residence Hall resident
and LSA sophomore Neil Malhotra said
he is in favor of the new proposal
because second hand smoke can cause
problems for people allergic to it and can
set off fire alarms.
"I'd prefer it if the (residence halls)
were non-smoking," he said.
-The Associated Press contributed to
this report.
IRAQ
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calls for more than 200,000 troops to
invade Iraq.
Parliament's advice on the new U.N.
resolution, which demands Iraq coop-
erate with U.N. weapons inspectors or
face "serious consequences," will go to
the Revolutionary Command Council,
Iraq's ruling body headed by Saddam.
Should parliament recommend
acceptance, it would allow Saddam to
claim the decision was the will of the
also said he wants to pursue legisla-
tion to establish a system of com-
munity colleges, which Maine does
not have.
As for the future, Fischer does not
have defined plans.
"I'm taking it one day at a time. I'm
just taking advantage of what I have
right now," he said.
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