NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS Candlelight vigil for quake victims tonight on Diag A candlelight vigil will be held at 9:30 p.m. today on the Diag to honor victims of last week's earthquake in South Asia. Donations will be collected by the Pakistani Students' Association and given to survivors of the quake. The event is being sponsored by PSA, the South Asian Progressive Alliance and the Indian American Student Associa- tion. Series will discuss financial planning A free lunch series for women of color will have a discussion tomor- row about financial planning and budgeting. Pamela Thomas, a bud-. get counselor, will be leading the discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Michigan Student Assembly chambers on the third floor of the Michigan Union. CRIME NOTES Bus driver reports two men throwing walnuts at cars A bus driver reported that two subjects were throwing walnuts at vehicles driving down the 1900 block of Fuller Road on Tuesday afternoon. When the Department of Public Safety arrived on the scene, the subjects could not be located. Student becomes angry with South Quad meal service During dinner on Tuesday night, a student became visibly angry with the cafeteria staff in South Quad Residence Hall. The DPS shift supervisor said it was likely a verbal incident. The report did not include if the student was angry about the quality of the food. Microwave stolen from children's hospital A hospital staff member reported a microwave stolen from a vending area on the second floor of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. There are no suspects and the incident is still under investigation. THIS DAY In Daily History Panty raid largely fruitless Oct. 13, 1961 - About 200 male stu- dents stormed the women's residence halls last night in a largely unsuccessful panty raid, yielding several reprimands from University officials and only a few women's undergarments. The raid started with a shouting match between South and West Quad Residence Hall residents, in which most appeals for a panty raid were drowned out by entreaties for the football team to beat Michigan State University on Saturday's game. About 50 men left the shouting match for East Quad Resi- dence Hall, where they took up the "To the Hill" chant - a traditional signal for a panty raid since the Hill is the site of most women's dorms. After some shout- ing, some 200 men gathered for a march to Mary Markley Residence Hall. Things started to go poorly once the crowd arrived at Markley, where they got a cold reception from the women and dispersed when a University patrol car pulled up after only a few minutes. When the students regrouped at Alice Lloyd Residence Hall, they received a similar reception, and some were appre- hended by Assistant Dean of Men John Bingley when they tried to climb the ter- race over the entrance of Alice Lloyd. After being chased away from the residence hall by University officials, the arnmainr~esmhP~ ritire _ck Judge will not halt same-sex benefits rulieng Granholm wants state to approve domestic partner benefits for state employees LANSING (AP) - An Ing- ham County judge denied the state attorney general's request to tem- porarily halt a ruling that allows public-sector employers to provide health insurance to the partners of gay employees yesterday. Republican Attorney General Mike Cox had asked Circuit Judge Joyce Draganchuk to halt her rul- ing and stop the state and city of Kalamazoo from offering domestic partner benefits until the issue can be decided by the appellate courts. Draganchuk declined to issue a temporary restraining order. She ruled last month that public universities and governments can provide domestic partner benefits without violating a gay marriage ban approved by voters last year. Cox is appealing that ruling. Democratic Gov. Jennifer Gran- holm wants the state Civil Service Commission to approve domestic partner benefits for state employees. The benefits had been included in new labor contracts, but Granholm put them on hold while waiting for a court ruling. Cox thinks the constitutional amendment prohibits Kalamazoo and other public employers from providing domestic partner benefits in future contracts. Case of prof accused of aiding terrorists " neanng C TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors working to prove that a former college professor was a key figure in a notorious Palestinian terrorist group moved closer to wrapping up their case in a federal courtroom yesterday. After more than four months and over 70 witnesses, U.S. attorneys prosecuting fired University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants expect to rest soon after returning on Oct. 24 from a planned break in the trial. The 47-year-old Al-Arian and the others are charged in a 53-count indict- ment alleging they worked in the Unit- ed States to raise money and support the murderous mission of the Palestin- ian Islamic Jihad, a State Department- designated terrorist group blamed for more than 100 deaths in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The case was built around hundreds )mpletion of pages of transcripts of wiretapped phone calls and e-mails, letters and financial records. Prosecutors say the men used the academic think tank, a Palestinian charity and school founded by Al-Arian in Tampa as fundraising fronts for the PIJ. Prosecutors say the men acted as the communications arm of the PIJ, spread- ing the word and raising money as they fueled the cycle of suicide bombings. The men deny they supported violent acts and say they are being persecuted for championing views that are unpopular with the U.S. government. Prosecutors finished the shortened trial week yesterday with testimony from an FBI agent about PIJ websites and intercepted e-mails that allegedly tie one of the defendants to the terrorist group. After prosecutors finish, defense attor- neys expect to present about three weeks of testimony. SMOKING Continued from page 1A affects IQ and thinking ability, the researchers discovered that long- term smoking diminished the neu- rocognitive function and IQ of men, regardless of whether the men had alcohol problems. This impact was evident in many areas, such as short- term memory, verbal and mathe- matical reasoning and visual spatial processing. The findings have provoked mixed reactions from some stu- dents, especially those who smoke, such as LSA junior Dave Jones. Jones, who characterizes himself as a "social smoke." smokes once or twice a week and said although there are issues with the sample and procedure of the study, findings like these further deter him from smok- ing. "I'm not worried about becom- ing a long-term smoker, and maybe there would be more of animpact if I was," Jones said, "but, if well- supported, (this finding) is another reason to stop." Other students disagreed, argu- ing that because the findings of this study don't overshadow the other known risks of smoking, there is less of an impact. Glass added that this finding is especially interesting because it sampled from functioning alcohol- ics. In the past, studies have fre- quently used subjects from alcohol treatment centers, comprised of individuals with severe alcoholism. The data in Glass's report is part of an ongoing study focusing on mental and physical health issues within the context of the family. Glass and other researchers focused only on the male subjects of the larger study - 172 men of various ages - to analyze the relationship between smoking and mental per- formance. "We focused on men simply because there was more men in that sample who drink heavily - there was more data to analyze," she said. "To study women, we would have to have a more specialized sample. We would have to go out and look for women with drinking problems." In the future, Glass hopes to find whether brain function improves for people who quit smoking, in addition to investigating the asso- ciation between tobacco use and cognitive function in adolescents and women. "What we might see is that peo- ple start smoking and get temporary benefits, but with negative effects in the long term," she said. 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