NEWS The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 28, 2005 - 3A ON CAMPUS * Recruiters to talk about careers in community work Representatives from the Direct Action and Research Training Cen- ter will visit campus today to pro- vide information about careers in community organizing. They will also be conducting interviews tomorrow on campus for anyone interested in a career in the field. DART's information session will be held today at 5 p.m. in room B103 of the Michigan Union. Cover design for M-Planner to be chosen Students will be allowed to view cover designs created by other stu- dentsrforwthe 2005-06 M-Planner today. There will be opportunities for students to review the designs and to make comments on each one. The planners can be viewed today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the atrium of the Student Activities Building. A Closer Walk to be screened today The movie "A Closer Walk" will be screened today in Auditorium D of Angell Hall. The screening is in conjunction with World AIDS Week and focuses on the global AIDS epidemic and the reaction to it. CRIME * NOTES Caller reports leaking pipe A caller reported water flowing out of a frozen pipe in Bursley Residence Hall at 1:18 p.m. on Friday, according to the Department of Public Safety. Maintenance was notified of the leak. Suspect steals card, buys tools A credit card number was reported stolen at the Fleming Administration Building at 3:38 p.m. on Friday, DPS reported. The caller said the card was being fraudulently used to buy tools. DPS currently has no suspects. Car slides off road; no injuries A vehicle slid off the road on Hub- bard Road near Stone Drive at 12:32 a.m. on Saturday, according to DPS. No one was hurt. THIS DAY Rural areas supply more military recruits Some say recruitment records show that people with limited opportunities are more likely to join the armed forces DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's military recruits come dispro- portionately from its rural areas when compared with urban areas, according to Pentagon records. In the state's 45 most rural counties - with 60 percent or more of their populations in rural areas - about seven of every 1,000 young people ages 18 to 24 enlisted last year. In the state's most populous counties, about four of every 1,000 young adults signed up, according to Pentagon records obtained by an anti-war group. "I think it tells us that young people with limited opportuni- ties are more likely to join the armed forces," said Anita Bancs, research director for the National Priorities Project, a Massachu- setts-based nonpartisan nonprofit that gives people information about how government works. "If we're going to engage in war, we ought to know who the people are who volunteer, who are serving in the armed forces and who put themselves at risk," she told the Detroit News for a story published yesterday. Bancs's group obtained the military records from Peacework Granholm visits the MiddfleEast LANSING (AP) - During three whirlwind days in the Middle East, Gov. Jennifer Granholm served Thanksgiving dinner to soldiers, rode on a C-130 transport plane with a Lansing-based battalion head- d ing home and told troops repeatedly that Michigan residents are thankful for the job they're doing. Then she came home Saturday afternoon and began calling families of the Michigan National Guard troops she'd visited and passing along the soldiers' words. "I've got this whole handful of scrawled messages. 'Tell my son to get a haircut. Tell them to send some great northern beans.... Tell them I love them,"' Gra- nholm said during an interview yesterday with The Associated Press. "It was a very moving experience." w Granholm took off Tuesday evening for Qatar with fellow Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and Republican govs. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Sonny Perdue of Georgia. The four were invited to the Mideast by the U.S. departments of State and Defense, and met with U.S., Iraqi and Kuwaiti leaders as well as soldiers during their stay. "The troops are concerned about the moral support of the American people. And for that, I was grateful to be there to assure them that the troops have 100 percent of our support, certainly in Michigan. I know other governors were giving their troops that support as well," Granholm said. The governor met largely with Michigan soldiers assigned to Kuwait and Iraq to do maintenance and construction, deploy supplies, track down insurgents and make sure routes are clear of IEDs - improvised explosive devices - and other'dangers. Nearly 1,700 of the 2,149 National Guard soldiers and airmen from Michigan currently on active duty In a photo are serving in Kuwait or Iraq, the governor's office Thanksgivi said. Most of the units there now haven't suffered casual- 119th Field ties. But the 125th Infantry Battalion from Saginaw, in soldiers wer Iraq since July, hasn't been so lucky. was riding F "They've lost two soldiers in the past month, so "They we they've been badly hit," Granholm said. "They are adding that really in the middle of things." weekend. " The 1073rd Maintenance Co. of Greenville and ing and holl the 107th Combat Engineer Battalion from the Upper Granholm Peninsula are due to come back in January, the gov- calls - mo ernor said. She expects them to be as jubilant as the specific dat Magazine, a branch of an anti-war Quaker organization, which had requested them from the military. The 2004 records do not include military officers, people who enlisted in the Marine Corps, or members of the National Guard, who have been widely deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last year, the area around North Branch, village of about 1,000 people in Michigan's Thumb area north of Detroit, sent 30 recruits into the Air Force, Army and Navy, according to the records. . High school guidance counselors and principals in that area agreed that most enlisted for economic reasons. "It's opportunity as much as anything else," said Carolyn Med- ford, a counselor at North Branch High School. "There aren't a lot of careers here. A lot of people have relatives who've gone into the service already; they see (the military) as a viable way to start a, career." Most who enlist in Michigan end up in the Army, the recruiting records show. George Noirot, a spokesman for the Army's Michigan recruit- ing battalion, said he has not seen a pattern showing that recruits come disproportionately from rural or depressed areas. "I see a pattern where individual recruiters do better than other recruit- ers, and I see a pattern where some communities might be more supportive," he said. Steven Letts of North Branch didn't wait for a recruiter to come to him. He went to the Marines. "I always wanted to be a Marine, ever since I was a little kid," he said. He figures that signing up means he won't have any expenses, so he can save enough to open his own auto body shop when his service ends. "I have a dream, and I should follow it." Letts, a wiry 18-year-old Eagle Scout, approached a Marine recruiter and told him he wanted to sign up. He will join as soon as he finishes high school. He follows news from Iraq and knows that more than 2,100 American soldiers have died since the war started in 2003. "I think it's mostly mind over matter. If I have been trained right, then I should not have any problem. If God chose it as my time to go, then that's it." Letts said one of his friends also plans to enlist in the Marines, and another wants to join the Navy. While the rate at which people sign up is higher in rural areas, the majority of recruits still come from more populous parts of the state. Because the figures include only the number of recruits in 2004, it is impossible to say how that pattern has changed over time. State's welfare f debated LANSING (AP) - Lawmakers will begin making decisions on the future of the state's welfare program this week when they return from a two-week recess. A group of legislators that had been reviewing the current law recently fin- ished its work. Lawmakers need to address provi- sions of the law that expire at the end of the year, including sections that spell out which groups can be exempt from work requirements and lay out sanctions for those who aren't complying with work requirements. But one of the group's leaders, state Rep. Jerry Kooiman, wants more sweep- ing changes. Kooiman is among a number of House Republicans who want stiffer penalties for people who do not show up for work or job training and limits on the length of assistance can be awarded. He said able-bodied adults should be limited to four years of welfare and recipients who don't comply with , requirements three times should be pro- hibited from ever again receiving aid. But he does not have agreement from AP PHOTO the Senate and Democratic Gov. Jenni- fer Granholm on those proposals. With only a few weeks of legislative ses- sion left before the end of the year, it's .e said it unclear whether lawmakers will be able t year. to significantly revamp the complex hat does welfare law or will have to address our men just the parts that expire. ey (U.S. Kooiman said he is trying to be Ley have optimistic. and that "We have some hurdles to cross," he he time said. "I think there's the opportunity hat will for negotiating some of this. The big thing that's going to be demagogued is lifetime limits" for assistance. The House could vote on legislation tomake changes to the welfare pro- gram this week. Although there are a number of dis- vaccina- agreements on the future of the wel- .ccine is fare program, Kooiman said there's agreement that recipients need more. Winfield individual attention to help set goals r symp- and figure out how to get the skills illness." needed for jobs that pay more than entually minimum wage. "We're headed down the same contact path to develop an effective and effi- ningitis cient system," said Jim Nye, deputy. ys after director in charge of field services ne of the for the state Department of Human ,ld said: Services. te." DHS already is looking to step up its efforts to get welfare recipients ow how into long-term jobs with a pilot pro- ill never gram it will launch later this year in several counties. ty's first But results won't be known for more than a year, Kooiman said. provided the U.S. Department of Defense, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is shown serving ng meals with National Guard Gen. Steven Blum In Kuwait. Artillery Battalion from Lansing, whose re on the same C-130 transport plane she Friday night from Iraq to Kuwait. re ecstatic about coming home," she said, the soldiers should be in Lansing by this When the plane took off, they were whoop- ering." n declined to say whether she supports stly by congressional Democrats - to set es for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. But after her talks with military leaders there, shl appears likely some troops will leave Iraq nex "It is important to have an exit strategy th not destabilize the region, but that bringso and women home safe," she said. "When th troops) start to turn over regions - and th - of Iraq fully to the Iraqi security forces,a goes well, that will be an indication that t has come for us to withdraw. And I think t happen hopefully in 2006." In Daily History Anti-war coalition encourages * student activism Nov. 28, 1990 - Students attend- ed a mass meeting for an anti-Gulf War coalition yesterday to promote activism on campus. Michigan Student Assembly Peace and Justice Coalition chair Paula Church said the student government formed the coalition in response to a perceived lack of activism at the University. "There is an emergency cri- sis going on that needs to be dealt with," Church said. Many students were made aware of the coalition during a Nov. 18 teach-in on the Persian Gulf where sign-up sheets were provided. Coalition members informed oth- ers of recent events in the Gulf as well as opportunities for involve- ment with existing anti-war organi- zations. Students in attendance voted on JOBS Continued from page 1A center is finding that students are taking much longer than before to find desirable jobs. Overall, though, employment opportu- nities for graduates are still healthy she said and the number of recruiters visiting the University has steadily increased over the past year. Taylor said students are being forced to look at smaller employers instead of only searching for ones with powerful name recognition and reputations. Graduates are finding that they need to broaden both their geographic prefer- ences and their employment horizons, representatives from the Career Center said. Taylor said the role of interns has become more influential in obtaining jobs. "The primary hiring tool has recently become the internship. Employers are offering interns jobs directly more now than ever," she said. She added it has become crucial to find career-oriented internships as early as sophomore year. Even though Michigan's hiring has decreased, Taylor said the Midwest and the nation as a whole have increased. Hirings are predicted to increase for the next calendar year. The University hopes to follow that trend and help the students by keeping a steady flow of employers and recruiters coming to campus, she added. But speakers at the Economic Out- look Conference said it looks as if cur- rent graduates will have to wait at least a few more years before any significant recovery in the Michigan economy can be seen. DISEASE Continued from page 1A meningitis vaccine. Although the student received a tion before he caught the disease, Winfield said the va only 90 percent effective. "The vaccine helped him to fight off the illness," V said, noting that the student initially displayed milde toms. "But it was not successful in preventing thei Winfield added that he assumes the student will ev return to class. UHS also treated six students who were in close with the infected student. Subjects infected with me generally experience symptoms within three to 10 da coming into contact with the bacteria. But because nor six students have shown signs of the disease, Winfie "It is unlikely we will see secondary cases at this tim "We are through the highest-risk period," he said. 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