LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 27, 2003 - 3A Event aims to recapture students' personal time Officer assaulted at football game Police officers arrested eight people at Saturday's football game in Michi- gan Stadium, one for assaulting a police officer, who was not injured. Four others were arrested for minor in possession of alcohol. Department of Public Safety records indicate that police officers gave 30 tick- ets for alcohol in the stadium, three for urinating in public and one for throwing projectiles. One ticket was issued for sales and solicitation in the stadium. Nineteen people were ejected from the stadium during the game. Ten peo- ple were ejected for entering without a student ticket and four for assisting others in entering without a ticket. Huron Valley Ambulance treated 35 people. Two people were transported to the hospital; neither suffered from a serious condition. Student sexually assaulted in dorm According to DPS, a male student in East Quad Residence Hall sexually assaulted a female student Wednesday evening. DPS has identified a male suspect who is acquainted with the assaulted female. Charges of third- degree criminal sexual conduct are being pursued; third degree typically implies penetration. Officer uncovers cocaine dealing in downtown area A DPS officer was flagged down near the corner of William Street and Fifth Avenue Wednesday night because of a suspected drug deal happening in that vicinity, according to DPS reports. The officer found a male and a female suspect with an unspecified amount of crack cocaine and marijuana. Neither suspect is a student at the University. They were arrested and released pend- ing warrants. Sleeping man has rude awakening A man who had fallen asleep on a heating grate on East University outside the C.C. Little Building awoke to anoth- er man lying on top of him and fondling him Thursday morning, DPS reports show. A male suspect has been identi- fied and DPS anticipates charging him. Men take cash from donation box DPS records indicate that two male subjects emptied a donation box at Tim Horton's in the Michigan League early Sunday morning. The men also dam- aged a metal security barrier to get to the donation box. The value of the miss- ing money is unknown. DPS has no sus- pects but has issued descriptions of the subjects. The first is described as a 6- foot black male wearing a blue sweat- shirt and blue shiny jeans. The second subject is a 5-foot-8 black male wearing a red sweatshirt and carrying a back- pack. Both subjects were wearing hoods on their heads. DPS is investigating. Padlock fails to stop Union visitors A caller reported on Friday that unknown subjects had tried to forcibly enter the tower of the Michigan Union. The subjects forced open a padlocked door inside the Union to get to the upper levels. Nothing appeared to be missing from the upper levels, however. DPS is investigating and has no suspects. Student crawling through lab ceiling damages tiles A 40-year-old male student was arrested Friday morning in the Space Research laboratory. The man dam- aged some ceiling tiles while crawling around in the ceiling area, where he was not supposed to be. DPS arrested and released him pending warrants. Thief backhands tennis court net DPS records show a caller reported a tennis court net stolen from an outdoor court at the Varsity Tennis Center Sat- urday between midnight and 10 a.m. DPS has no suspects. Pool sharks steal pool room's balls A caller reported to DPS that three male subjects rented a table with a false ID at the Michigan Union Bil- liards Room Thursday. The subjects then left without paying and took two By Farayha Amine For the Daily Influenced by the workaholic nature of many Americans, students put aside deadlines, school work and other prior commitments and gathered Friday to promote a day designated by Gov. Jen- nifer Granholm for communities to gather and seek solutions to "time poverty." On Take Back Your Time Day, participants at the School of Natural Resources and Environment did just that - sharing with cach other their problems with time management and motivating each other to relax more and give priority to personal and fam- ily time over academia or work. In other words, on this day, "Whatever society says to do that is efficient, do the opposite" SNRE Prof. Tom Princen said. The average American has worked as many hours by Oct. 24 as a Western European works in a year, according to a press release from the national group organizing the day's events. "We have unrealistic expectations of ourselves and others (that lead to) an eroding of humanity, said June Gin, an SNRE graduate student. She urged participants to "put up barriers that restore our humanity." Attendees were especially concerned with bal- ancing school with a family life. Students who had chosen to get married or have kids during graduate school spoke about their struggle to make family time while meeting a deadline for school, garnering support from other participants. Panelists and students studying time manage- ment commented on the desire of Americans to accomplish everything. They said many Americans Pick of the patch have the mentality that relaxation - though a nec- essary part of maintaining one's mental health - has a negative connotation in assessing one's pro- ductivity. SNRE graduate student Lee Moore said observ- ing the Sabbath is a solution to many of these over- scheduling problems. "Time does not have to be productive, and (that is the) solution of the Sab- bath," Moore said. She recommended that all attendees observe the Sabbath outside of its religious context by setting aside a day in their week to ignore any problems related to work or school and go out for a walk or spend time with their kids. "The Sabbath is for pleasure - if you don't have pleasure, what is your life for?" Moore said. Other solutions to combat overworking were provided by SNRE Prof. Ray De Young, who urged PREACHERS Continued from Page 1A There are those who disagree with Payne. "There are a fair number of Christians who differ with the approach that I take. (They) are anti-rational and distrustful of reason," Payne said. Payne, who has spread his message each fall for the past five years, also disagrees with the methods of traditional street preachers. "They are out there telling people 'you're going to hell' when they don't believe in hell in the first place, telling people they're immoral ... but hardly ever does it give glory to Christ," Payne said. IVCF President John Downer agrees with Payne's approach and said those who oppose his methods need to examine the Bible as more than a spiritual text. "My personal opinion is that God cre- ated a mind as well everything else, and we can use that mind to think about God," Downer said. The Muslim Students Association was also on the Diag last week for Islam Awareness Week. MSA handed out flyers and pamphlets to teach about Islam and invite passersby to upcoming lec- tures. "We work on educating people who are not Muslim about what Islam really is, breaking down stereotypes. We also give resources to Muslims on everyone to prioritize family over work even if it means a cut in their paychecks. De Young also suggested that the misconception that multi-tasking is beneficial leads to much of the overworking of Americans. "Single-task. It'll drag it out.... It can you give you a mini-reflective moment." The national Take Back Your Time Day organiza- tion requested that all groups that met across the country send in their solutions to presidential can- didates in order to promote the day and help Ameri- cans gain back the more personal parts of their lives that are becoming more and more obscure. SNRE graduate student Michael DiRamio summed up the session, as well as the purpose of Take Your Time Back Day, in a few words. "(Time) is not a measured quality but an expe- rience. Time is life." campus allowing (them) to grow not only as Mus- lims but as students," said Omar Khalil, president of MSA. Khalil stressed that the purpose of Islam Aware- ness Week and the MSA is not convert students but to educate the public about the religion and to counteract the negative stereotypes created by the media and the Sept. 11th attacks. But MSA will help any student who wishes to convert, Khalil said. "We always ask before someone wants to con- vert if they are serious. It usually takes joint collab- oration between (MSA) and the mosque, because the mosque has more resources," he said. Concerning Christian evangelists on the Diag, Khalil welcomes their presence. "Person- ally, they can go and say whatever they want. I have absolutely no feelings against them at all. The Diag is a place where people can say what they want," Khalil said. Evangelism at the University goes beyond the Diag. Both Sackett, who is a member of Campus Crusade for Christ, and Payne said that their groups have other outreach operations. CCC often invites students to its Bible studies. IVCF conducts "Con- tact Evangelism" each week, discussing Christiani- ty with students in the Michigan Union and other main University buildings. insure, this could significantly reduce costs for single parents. "We do think that this structure will cluding be more robust"Grazier said. ies and The committee estimated that employees would pay anywhere from an I first to extra $15 to $430 in premiums under the ess to its plan, depending on which of the seven cutting it proposed insurance plans they chose; is being and what tier they were in. t shares The University plans to hold several informational sessions with faculty in of Uni- the next few weeks to explain the rec- o-person ommendations and receive feedback. r more. Calls made to faculty members he com- yesterday were not returned. Pathol- a fourth ogy Prof. Daniel Remick said he did hildren. not yet know enough information to nsive to comment. ASHLEY HARPER/Daily Two-year-old Lauren Conley stands alongside her father yesterday at Wing Farm in Dexter, near the giant pumpkin they plan to take home. COMPUTERS Continued from Page 1A also edit on one monitor, and pre- view (their results) on the other monitor," she said. Jones said Macs are the best graphical design computers, and the extra monitor was included for the purpose for graphi- cal design programs such as Photoshop. Adding the extra monitors on the Power Mac G5s were inexpensive, Cam- pus Computing Sites Manager Steve Sarrica said. The second monitors "are the old displays from the G4s that were replaced. We chose to reuse them on the G5s instead of sending them to Property Disposition. The only additional cost to us to do this was a $99 video adapter for each machine." "The convenience of having (another) monitor outweighed the costs," Jones said. But the PCs in the Fishbowl will not have the luxury of another moni- tor, said Jones. "The cost of (buying monitors for the PCs) would be more severe," he said, with costs in the hundreds of dollars. The Power Mac G5s in Angell Hall have received many compliments, said Jones. "One student told me that it was the most impressive thing he's seen." He added, "The University is very fortunate for these computers. It's high quality stuff." The new computers and extra moni- tors in the Fishbowl also impressed LSA freshman Jennifer Metes. "When I'm on the Internet I can put one program on one screen and another on the second," she said. "(The second monitor) is probably not necessary, but it's probably helpful to other people who have multiple pro- grams running." Other students were more ambivalent about the addition. "It's a convenience that doesn't need to be there," LSA sen- ior Anthony Nguyen said. "The fact that its there means it's going to be used. It's neither a plus nor a minus," he said. Kinesiology senior Ben Gravlin said, "It's handy. 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