NEWS
The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 3A
ON CAMPUS
CAAS marks its
35th anniversary
with conference
The University's Center for
Afroamerican and Africa Studies
will celebrate its 35th anniversary
by holding a two-day conference
beginning today at 9 a.m. The con-
ference is titled "The future of Black
Studies." Speakers include Uni-
versity faculty and Mary Frances
Berry, former U.S. assistant secre-
tary of education. Berry is also the
organizer of the Free South Africa
Movement.
Greeks to hand out
awards for service
to community
The Office of Greek Life is spon-
soring Greek Awards Night today
at 7 p.m. in the ballroom of the
Michigan Union. The event is held
annually to recognize chapters and
individual members for their contri-
butions to the community.
Prof to lecture on
biotechnology
Public Policy Prof. Shobita Par-
thasarathy will deliver a lecture titled
"A Role for Morality in Global Health
Policy? The Case of Biotechnology"
today at noon in room 331 in the office
building at 611 Church Street.
CRIME
NOTES
* Bed falls, destroys
computer
A loft-style bed collapsed from
under a student in Mary Mark-
ley Residence Hall as he was try-
ing climb to the ground Tuesday
at about 4 p.m., the Department of
Public Safety reported. The falling
bed crushed his computer.
Trespasser arrested
for sleeping in
campus basement
Someone was found sleeping in
the basement of the Earl V. Moore
Building Tuesday at about 8 a.m.,
the DPS reported. The subject was
found to have an outstanding warrant
for trespassing and was arrested.
Police warn
skateboarders on
Glen Street
Six people were skateboarding
on steps on Glen Street Tuesday at
about 7 p.m., DPS reported. An offi-
cer told the skateboarders to move
along.
THIS DAY
GOP supports
anti-abortion
petition drive
Michigan Citizens
for Life campaigning to
define life as beginning at
conception in Michigan
LANSING (AP) - Organizers of
an anti-abortion petition drive say they
have received a boost from a resolu-
tion recently adopted by the Michigan
Republican Party.
Michigan Citizens for, Life is cam-
paigning to define a person as exist-
ing from the moment of conception in
the state constitution. The group wants
to spark a challenge to the 1973 U.S.
Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision
legalizing abortion.
Campaign organizers must submit at
least 317,757 valid signatures of Michi-
gan voters to state election officials by
early July to qualify for the November
ballot.
The Michigan Republican State Com-
mittee, at a meeting last weekend, unan-
imously passed a resolution supporting
the Citizens for Life petition drive.
The resolution read: "In conjunction
with the Republican National Commit-
tee Platform passed in 2004, the Michi-
gan Republican Party expresses support
for the concept that life begins at con-
ception and we encourage our members
to consider supporting the Michigan
Citizens for Life petition initiative."
Citizens for Life leader Cal Zastrow
said yesterday the resolution has been
positive for his campaign.
"It has tremendous impact," Zastrow
said. "The Republican Party is staying
true to its platform."
The Michigan Democratic Party
criticized the GOP resolution and the
ballot drive, saying it could label as
criminals women who have abortions
even in cases of rape or to protect their
own lives. Democratic Party Chairman
Mark Brewer said the support for the
initiative moves the state Republican
Party "even farther out of the Michigan
mainstream."
There has been a difference of opin-
ion among Republican candidates on
the proposal, notably in the U.S. Senate
race, where three GOP candidates are
vying to face incumbent Democratic
Sen. Debbie Stabenow in November.
TENT STATE
Continued from page 1A
"Everyone complains about it, but
no one sees tuition increases as some-
thing we can change," said Claire
Beyer, a lead organizer of Tent State.
Tent State organizers hoped to
change that perception.
The Michigan Organization of Stu-
dents, an umbrella group of 39 stu-
dent and faculty groups, organized
Tent State. The number of groups
involved was a reflection of the coali-
tion's belief that student unity is the
remedy for the shortcomings of high-
er education.
According to organizers, a student
union - a student-led organization
designed to lobby on behalf of stu-
dents - is the only way to effectively
address these problems.
Leaders of MOS said uniting the
campus enough to eventually create a
student union is a daunting task, but
they said Tent State is the first step.
"(The event) is a way to bring the
membership of many student organi-
zations together on one big project,"
Beyer said.
Organizers would not specifi-
cally say what needs to be done to
improve higher education, explain-
ing that they need more student
input before they can speak for the
student body.
Each organization that partici-
pated in Tent State was given the
opportunity to teach its own class in
the tents. Class subjects ranged from
a presentation on HR 4437, the divi-
sive immigration bill, by Migrant
and Immigrant Rights Awareness,
to a how-to workshop on graffiti by
Fighting Obstacles Knowing Ulti-
mate Success.
"(The variety of workshops) is
a great way to visualize the inter-
connectedness of everything," said
Adri Miller, a member of Students
Organizing for Labor and Economic
Equality, which stresses the impor-
tance of art.
Rebecca Tarlau, a Tent State orga-
nizer, said the array of courses at
Tent State "is a critique of the current
system, but it is also a showcase that
an alternative is possible."
Organizers said they wanted to
highlight common goals of some-
times adversary campus groups.
"There are hundreds of student
groups on campus, but they each have
their own focused agenda," Beyer
said. "We want to help to bring them
all together."
Alma Davila-Toro, who led the
graffiti workshop with FOKUS, said
uniting campus groups is an impor-
tant goal.
"Our mission at FOKUS is to
unite the student body using arts as
a common medium," she said. "So
we were excited about that part of
Tent State."
At the workshop, Toro showed stu-
dents how to sign their names in graffiti
in an effort to illustrate the power of art.
Beyer said she was pleased with
the turnout.
"As far as promoting the Michigan
Organization of Students, I guess we
will see in the fall," she said.
MINOR
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Paige Butler, outgoing vice presi-
dent of LSA-SG, stressed the impor-
tance of student involvement in such
decisions.
"I think that any decision depart-
ments make should account for student
opinion," she said. "When changes are
made, students are obviously going to
be affected, some more than others."
The committee, which reviews all
proposed changes to the curriculum,
is composed of members of student
government, faculty and University
administrators.
MURAL
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The mural's unveiling was in col-
laboration with Professor Naomi Silver's
"The Art of Narrative" class, where her
freshman students wrote poetry after
seeing the painted panels. Poets, paint-
ers, photographers and musicians attend-
ed the event.
"Anyone can be an artist if they want
to," LSA freshman Reginald Quarker
said.
Attendees viewed the mural from out-
side the building while listening to music
from the band Midnight Special.
The students in the class said they
have made a lasting contribution to the
University.
"Four years at Michigan is not a lot,
but this will be here for a long time,"
LSA junior Sunghei Yau said.
MICHIGAMUA "They've made some shady deci-
sions in the past, but it looks like
Continued from page 1A they are on the right track now," she
said.
Engineering sophomore Natasha But Udpa said the group still
Udpa said she is glad that the group owes an apology to the people it has
is trying to change and break away offended over its 104 years of exis-
from its checkered past. tence.
MCARDS
Continued from page 1A
identification, Law School spokeswoman
Lisa Mitchell-Yellin said. The school
provides professors with seating charts
including photographs of students.
"We've used seating charts with pho-
tographs forever:' Mitchell-Yellin said.
"Professors call on students and want to
be able to recognize them."
The University will support endeavors
similar to the Law School's by introduc-
ing computer software that will automate
the creation of class rosters and seating
charts, Green said.
"Right now, we make them by hand:'
Mitchell-Yellin said. "It's very labor inten-
sive."
Green said the University has heard
concerns that access to photos could lead
to favoritism or discrimination. But this
question doesn't worry administrators,
she added.
"We feel that other University poli-
cies adequately address those concerns
regardless of the impetus for the viola-
tion,"Green said.
The use of the photos is expected
to increase under the new policy, said
Green.
"Units that wanted to use the photos
needed to get permission from each indi-
vidual for each specific, use and that burden
on the students, faculty and staff usually
stopped people from pursuing (using
them):" Green said in an e-mail interview.
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In Daily
History
Professor's cancer
drug gets approval
from FDA
April 13, 1982 - The Food and
Drug Administration has approved a
new anti-cancer drug developed by
Medicinal Chemistry Prof. Leroy
Townsend.
Townsend has developed the drug,
called tricyclic nucleoside phosphate,
over the past 13 years. It is currently
being tested on patients who volun-
teered to receive the experimental
treatment.
Townsend said the tests will be
conducted on patients with different
types of cancer to determine what
sorts of tumors the drug fights most
effectively. The tests, coordinated by
the National Cancer Institute, will
also reveal any harmful side effects.
Townsend originally developed
the drug with his lab at the Univer-
sity of Utah in 1968, but has been
working on it at the University for
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