LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 24, 2003 - 3A CAMPUS Fair offers students help with finding housing options The Housing Fair 2003 will help students search for on- and off-cam- pus housing options and will allow students to meet local landlords and property owners and learn about the housing process. Refreshments will be served. The fair is from 1 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday in the Michigan Union Ballroom. Symphony band, faculty to perform The Symphony Band will be accom- panied by University faculty musicians Ellen Rowe, Louis Nagel and Daniel Washington as they explore George Gershwin's work and his influence on American composers. The event, spon- sored by the Music School, will begin at 8 p.m. today in the Michigan The- ater. Tickets range from $5 to $15. Heinz Kerry speaks on activism, students invited to attend rally Teresa Heinz Kerry will speak about her activism pertaining to environmen- tal issues and women's rights. Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candi- date John Kerry, will begin speaking Sunday at 3 p.m in the Kuenzel room of the Michigan Union. At 4:30 p.m., students can board free buses and attend a rally at Comerica Park with John Kerry. Students can watch the debate at Hockeytown Cafe at 7 p.m. and board buses at 10:30 p.m. to return to Ann Arbor. The event is sponsored by Students for Kerry and the College Democrats. Business School students to help food banks The MBA Food Fight, a national food drive, kicks off at noon as stu- dents from business schools across the country collect food and money for local food banks. The drive lasts for two weeks and includes a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream sale, a Zingerman's breakfast and a Halloween canned food trick or treat. Last year, the Uni- versity collected nearly 46,000 pounds of food, losing to Michigan State Uni- versity, which collected over 162,000 pounds. Dropoffs can be made at bins in the Business School student lounge, Law School and Dana Building, The food drive is sponsored by the Global Citizenship Club. University prof to discuss particles Stephen Miller will discuss how some elementary particles are able to travel through the earth and through us with- out a trace. He will explain how these particles were discovered and how this discovery may help learn about dark matter, invisible particles that make up matter in the universe. The lecture, "Finding the Invisible," is part of the Saturday Morning Physics Lecture ;series. It is from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow in room 170 of the Dennison Building. Tailgate event protests Iraq war Students will be protesting war with Iraq in the Tailgate for Peace event. There will be free food, art, live music and T-shirts. Sponsored by Anti-War Action!, the event is from noon to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Elbel Field. 'U' alumni to speak on math careers University alumni from business, education and financial sectors will be speaking at the Math Career Confer- ence. Graduate school information and application materials will also be pro- vided. The event is from 1 to 4 p.m. today in the South Atrium in East Hall. Lecture to discuss religion in Roman world Paula Fredriksen, a professor at the Boston University School of Theology, will speak about Judaism and Christiani- ty in the lecture titled, "Jesus of Nazareth, the Temple Tantrum, and the Dog that Did Not Bank: Current Recon- structions of the Death of Jesus." The lecture, sponsored by the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, begins at 7 p.m. Sun- day in the Mendelssohn Theater of the Michigan League. MiairI rtama tn Heinzz Kery advocates for health care Women's Health and the Environ- ment, helped found initiatives to monitor freshwater pollution levels and encouraged the inspection of potentially hazard chemicals in con- sumer products. "Most people in the world can't afford to get sick, and I don't mean just in terms of care, but because medications or time doesn't permit it," Heinz Kerry said. "There are 75,000 chemi- " cals in our country, 4,000 of which have been tested thor-afl oughly. Of course we do very C strict (tests) on medications and pesticides, but not that be much." do Although her concern for public welfare dates back to her childhood in east Africa, Heinz Kerry said her activism began during her first mar- riage to late U.S. Sen. John Heinz (R-Penn.), whose family directed the Heinz Family Philanthropies - a group of prodigious charity foun- dations, which she now chairs. Bestowed with a wealth of oppor- tunity, Heinz Kerry has applied her resources and ambition to every- thing from maintaining the Shady Lane School - a leading child development institution in Mary- land - to helming the Green Build- ing Alliance in her hometown of Pittsburgh, .Penn., one of the most eco-friendly cities in the nation, she said. She has also helped forge Har- vard's "Green Program" in environ- mental studies and has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "When my husband died (in 1991), I had to assume the roles of the leadership," Heinz Kerry said. "Then, I really began to connect a lot of the dots." lost people in the world ca ord to get sick, and I don't ean just in terms of care, hi cause medications or time esn't permit ie' - Teresa Heinz] Wife of John] Her aspirations, she said, encom- passed a career in activism and a role as mother to her three sons from her previ- ous marriage - but not a seat on Capi- tol Hill. "I very much want to continue doing what I'm doing," she said, adding that a career in politics would have just cluttered her schedule. "I don't think anyone should be superhuman,she said. Reflecting on the foreign and environmental policy of the Bush administration, Heinz Kerry said the president lacks the diplomatic flair of the former President Bush and has been remiss of the nation's environment. "Anyone who works in foreign policy knows it's like a marriage," she said. "I know President Bush Sr. and he's a good guy. ... He was a good diplomat because he really had a lot of dignity and treated peo- ple with a lot of dignity. I don't think we've seen a lot of that jnt recently (from the current President Bush)." Citing America's declining t image abroad, Heinz Kerry said, "We have to be part of the world's population, and partic- ularly because we have so much and because we're well off, we have to be sensitive to Kerry people who don't have so Kerry much, but not to be arrogant." If conferred with the honor of First Lady, Heinz Kerry said she will not abandon her philanthropic endeavors. Rather, she said will channel more of her energies toward helping children. "I'd like to make sure every child in America has a ... school pro- gram," she said. Heinz Kerry added that she would like to have every second grader to have a solid foundation in reading and mathematics. "It can be done. We're doing it in Pittsburgh." SPH Continued from Page1A Wisdom -who is also a School of Public Health graduate - helped break ground. "The investment in this new pub- lic health building represents an important step in the right direc- tion," she said. Epidemiology students Rebecca Danhof and Chasity Wellnitz, co- chairs of the Public Health Students Association, also took part in the event. "I think it will be good to inte- grate the departments together," Danhof said. Both said students have had little inputregarding the renovation design. "I did sit in on a couple commit- tee meetings last year, discussing the plans," Wellnitz said. But Environmental Health Prof. Martin Philbert said the planning committee and architects got input from all the faculty, unlike planning processes outside the University in which he has been involved. "For the first time we'll have a building that reflects the interactive- and interdisciplinary nature of pubes lic health - it won't just permit them, but promote them," he said. CAREER FAIR Continued from Page 1A in search of full-time international positions in political science, but said she found more information directed at internship and volunteer work. "It is helpful in a few ways, so I can fall back on an internship if I don't get a job," she said. Jimenez added that she would recommend the fair to anyone looking for an international experience. "It opens your eyes to what's out there," she said. Business School senior Roman Ginzburg said the fair was helpful because it provided him with infor- mation on different organizations. Ginzburg came to the fair to learn more about international career opportunities, specifically focusing on careers in sustainable economic, development, and said he was look. ing for potential programs in East- ern Europe. "I learned more about the Peace Corps, not only on the grass roots level, but that they have opportuni- ties other than teaching, and that'd definitely a plus," he said. Ginzburg said the fair was a valu= able resource that allowed many students to hone in on opportunities based on their individual interests. "If they're interested in interna- tional opportunities, this.is a great. place to learn about it," Ginzburg said. "But people coming to it need to know what their interests are. It helps to have some focus on what you want to do," he added. RES HALLS Continued from Page IA "All of the lounges are created by student of color groups and are named after influential people of color," Perry said. She said that these lounges were a safe haven for multicultural groups. She added that access to dorms is essential to those campaigning for elections to MSA. In an informal vote, members of RHA expressed the wish to leave the policy as it is, although they agreed to wait and see if anything results from a recently formed task group that will discuss the issue further. The task force is comprised of representatives from MSA, RHA, housing directors and security staff. MSA will need the consent of RHA in order for the University's Housing Board to consider making changes to the current access policies, Keller said.