NEWS The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 7A GRIOT Continued from page 1A to pass on family traditions, according to Mamadou Diouf, an Afroamerican and Afri- can Studies professor. "(Griots) are called 'the people of the word,' men and women with extraordinary memories and rhetorical talents," Diouf said. "They are the repositories of traditions and history of families and communities." Like the traditional griots, James's grand- mother inherited the stories from her own family, although she never performed them to anyone outside her family. "She never really performed in public, but I took it to the public," James said. Storytelling inspires children to find out more about their ancestry, which in turn helps strengthen their identity as African Americans, James said. In 1977, the tradition garnered wide- spread public attention after Alex Haley published "Roots," a Pulitzer-Prize win- ning book. In "Roots," Haley uncovered his ances- try in Africa through the griot in the vil- lage where his ancestors came from. James said the book, along with the Civil Rights Movement, inspired African Americans to become more interested in their family histories. "People wanted to go back and find out more," she said. Storytelling has also become increas- ingly popular among other minority groups, she said. She used the example of "Memoirs of a Geisha" to signify the importance of story- telling in other communities. the michigan dE The book was written by Arthur Golden, a white man. James said although she did not want to discredit Golden's talent, she felt that a Jap- anese woman's story could not be correctly portrayed by anyone other than a Japanese woman. "Until the person who's a member of the group tells the story, you really don't get the fullness of the beauty," she said. James's story began when her grand- mother visited Belle Isle and saw two men walking on the frozen river. "My grandmother knew they couldn't possibly get through the water. What were they going to do?" James said. The two men then dug a hole when they stopped walking, and her grandmother real- ized that they were ice fishing, something she had never seen before. The two men, James said, never caught any fish when her grandmother sat on the shore and watched. Later on, a young man came to fish. Unlike the two old men who arrived first, the young man caught one fish after anoth- er, James said. Desiring to catch more fish, one of them went to talk to the young man, hoping to obtain some tips on fishing. But the man only came back with some unrec- ognizable rambling. Exasperated, James said, the other man took on the mission to talk to the young man. During the first try, the man only heard the rambling. He took off his ear- muffs and asked again, but the young man spitted out a string of rambling. The man was confused by the young man's language. He stood there and didn't know what to do, James said. Eventually, the young man spitted out his gum and said: "I said you gotta keep the big worms!" DATING Continued from page 1A American men are married to white spouses and 37.1 percent of Japanese females have a white husband. Japanese interracial dating is com- mon compared with other Asian Amer- ican groups, especially South Asians, Chinese and Vietnamese, which all had interracial marriage rates below 20 percent. American culture Prof. Phillip Akutsu said Japanese Americans are often more assimilated in the United States than other Asian groups because they tended to immigrate earlier. "If you live three, four generations in the U.S., you're much more accul- turated," Akutsu said. "(The Japanese) have come to see themselves as being American." Music school senior Luci Kagaya, who is half Japanese and half white, said Japanese immigrants she knows engage in interracial dating because they think it's "cool" to date someone who is white, black or from another cultural group. Chinese Americans and Indian Americans have relatively low rates of interracial dating. Akutsu said both groups recently immigrated, and that this may contrib- ute to low rates of interracial dating because they are more likely to have stronger ties to their heritage. Statistics also show that Asian women are more likely to marry out- side of their race than Asian men. For example, 83.1 percent of Filipino men marry Filipino American women, while only 62.7 percent of Filipino American women marry within their ethnicity. LSA junior Stephen Lin, who is a Chinese American, said he believes one reason is that negative stereotypes of Asian males are prevalent in the media. "You definitely see more Asian women with a non-Asian guy and not the other way around," Lin said. "(In the media), white guys are more confident, more aggressive than Asian guys." Asian men are often portrayed as nerds who are asexual, quiet, socially awkward and good at martial arts, Akutsu said. He said stars Jet Li and Jackie Chan have never acted in mov- ies where they had serious romantic relationships with non-Asian women. He said these stereotypes persist because white Americans usually don't have much interaction wifh Asian Americans, especially since they only make up 4 percent of the U.S. population. Kagaya said Asian females are also often stereotyped in the media. "Some white guys think Asian girls are more exotic and subservient," she said. Akutsu also said Asian women are portrayed as hypersexual in the media. lie used actress Lucy Liu as an example. "A lot of non-Asians ask (Asian) women out hoping that they will fulfill these stereotypes," Akutsu said. ORDINANCE Continued from page 1A period has passed. Showing the house to prospective tenants would be allowed after a quarter of the lease period has passed. The staggering of the dates is intended to allow students a month to look at houses and make a more informed choice before signing a lease. It would be illegal for the city to set specific dates for when renters can enter into a lease. The ordinance has underlined the tension between students and landlords in Ann Arbor. "It's a blame game right now," said Laura Van Hyfte, MSA's City Council liaison. "Students and landlords blame each other for the market pressure." The language would only affect September-to-Sep- tember leases. Though the committee feels that most leases are designed in this manner, there is some con- cern that landlords may begin changing their lease dates to a May-to-May format. Van Hyfte said if landlords make the change, it will prove that they are intent on creating market pressure. "It would show they were trying to destroy the ordi- nance," she said. Cith Council and committee member Leigh Greden (D-Ward 3) said he is in favor the ordinance. "The negative impact on landlords will be min- imal, but the positive impact for students will be substantial," he said. The committee also said the University could aid its cause by shifting the housing fair back to fit the new lease-signing date. "I think this ordinance will be even stronger if the University moves the date it holds its housing fair," committee member Wendy Woods (D-Ward 5) said. Much of the meeting was consumed by partisan ten- sion between Students 4 Michigan, the dominant MSA party, and the Michigan Progressive Party, which plans to challenge S4M in next month's elections. MPP member Matt Stoker spoke repeatedly about a Feb. 3 meeting that MPP members had with Mayor John Hieftje. Stoker's comments were dismissed as partisanship by some S4M members. "It was just supposed to be students meeting with City Council members," said Van Hyfte of S4M. S4M members said MPP was trying to take tQo much credit for the ordinance. "If we want to get technical about it, S4M was there from the start," Van Hyfte said. "MPP met two weeks ago on something we've been working on for months." Walter Nowinski, MPP's vice presidential candidate, said the party invitedVan Hyfte and MSA President Jesse Levine - a former member of S4M who became non- partisan after being elected president - to the meeting. Van Hyfte, though, said she had never been contacted. bmwmmwdMWIMMbw=mmwfi IL41ro CORNERHOUSE APARTMENTS 205 S. 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You have the necessary patience to attend to this now. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Discussions about the responsibilities of children will go well today. You might also be in a position to give children advice. Possibly, someone advises you about these matters as well. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Whatever you buy for your home today will be practical and long lasting. Discussions with a parent or someone older will be fruitful. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) You're not in the mood for trivial activities today. You want to work. You want to accomplish something. You're taking a long-range view of things, and you want results. VIRGO (Am.?3to Sent 22) from others. If you want this, you'll get it! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Work alone or by yourself if you can today. This is how you will get the most done. This is a good day to research things or dig deep for answers and solu- tions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Someone older or more experienced can offer you advice today. Quite possi- bly, you're the older, more experienced individual handing out advice. Either way, it's a good thing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You will say something that impresses people today. They'll notice you. You'll be viewed as wise, practical and the voice of experience (no matter what your age). AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is the day to make serious, long- range plans about travel, especially with a partner. You might also come to an agreement about legal or medical mat- ters. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will be very fair if you have to divide something with someone today, You take your responsibilities and obli- gations seriously today. VU BORN TODAV V m're mimnan February 18, 2006 1-4 PM ATTN. INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRAD. students: Michigan Infectious Disease Inter- national Scholars announces a summer re- " r