NEWS
The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3A
CON CAMPUS
Psychology prof
to speak on God
and humanism
Psychology Prof. Lloyd Sandelands
will speak on human nature, naturalism
and humanism today from 9 to 10 pm. in
room 2271 of Angell Hall. He will discuss
what human nature might suggest about
the relationship between people and God.
Geneticists to
present work on
mental disease
Bernie Devlin, a human genetics
professor at the University of Pitts-
burgh, will present a project on the
genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia
found in various groups in Oceanic
Palau at 4 p.m. today in room 5915 of
the Buhl Center for Human Genetics.
Refreshments will be served.
Music student to
play piano recital
Angela Yun-Yun Wu, a graduate
student in the School of Music, will
perform a piano recital in the Brit-
ton Recital Hall of the E .V. Moore
Building at 8 p.m. today. She will
play selections from Beethoven and
Chopin.
CRIME
NOTES
Stolen chair turns
up in West Quad
A wing-back chair was reported stolen
from West Quadrangle Residence Hall
sometime before 10:30 am. Saturday, the
Department of Public Safety said. The
chair, which was taken from a West Quad
lounge, were found later in a room in
Wenley House. DPS is investigating
whether the chair were stolen or simply
moved.
Girl falls asleep
on bus, gets MIP
A bus driver reported a woman sleep-
ing on the bus at about 3 am. yesterday
morning, DPS said. The driver was unable
to wake the woman, who was cited for
minor in possession of alcohol and trans-
ported to the University Hospital.
Glasses stolen
from restroom
An East Quadrangle Residence Hall
resident's glasses were stolen from a
restroom on the second floor of Prescott
House sometime before 1 pm. Friday,
DPS reported. There are no suspects.
THIs DAY
In Daily History
If el-Qaddafi is
crazy, so is Reagan,
say Diag protesters
April 17, 1986 - Pouring rain didn't
deter more than 100 people from gathering
on the Diag yesterday to protest President
Ronald Reagan's foreign policy in Central
America and the Middle East.
Claiming the United States marks
Muammar el-Qaddafi as a terrorist to legit-
imize military strikes on Libya, members
of the Latin American Solidarity Com-
mittee, the group that sponsored the rally,
said peaceful negotiations via the United
Nations or the World Court is a better way
to avenge attacks on U.S. citizens. The
group also decried Reagan's support and
assistance to Nicaraguan Contra rebels,
saying the president is insane for support-
ing the fighters, who seek to overthrow the
Nicaraguan government.
The Reagan Administration has blamed
el-Qaddafi for a bombing at a Berlin club
earlier this month that killed a U.S. ser-
viceman. It has also raised suspicion that
the Libyan leader's government played a
role in an earlier bombing of a TWA flight
that killed four people.
Demonstrators said the administration's
suspicion for el-Qaddafi is based more on
racism than empirical evidence.
"Qaddafi has committed two crimes
State to make process to
rate how well colleges
prepare future teachers
State officials could rescind
universities' authority to certify teachers
if too many grads teach at failing schools
DETROIT (AP) - The state is developing a process to more
thoroughly evaluate how well Michigan colleges prepare new
teachers as part of an effort to make sure future educators meet
education standards.
State officials say the plans could mean taking away universi-
ties' authority to certify teachers if, for example, they have too
many graduates teaching in failing schools and too few passing
certification exams.
State superintendent Mike Flanagan also wants colleges to
train more instructors in subjects such as math and science, The
Detroit News reported yesterday.
"It's not going to be automatic anymore," Flanagan told a
convention of school superintendents earlier this year. "We are
saying, 'Step up to it. You are going to be part of the solution or
you won't get renewed:"
At five of the state's colleges, fewer than 80 percent of first-
time teacher candidates pass certification tests. Most schools
had pass rates between 80 percent and 90 percent, while others
were as high at 96 percent.
Colleges say they welcome the attention, but note that Michi-
gan already is producing stronger teachers who are better pre-
pared for classroom pressures.
Flanagan said Michigan has some of the nation's best teacher
education programs. But he said the new review will push them
to do more to help meet state goals so the state's pending new
high school graduation requirements will work.
"There is no intrinsic motivation to fix the problems," Fla-
nagan said. "We want to give them the motivation to fix those
problems."
The newspaper said the state has had a review process since
the early 1990s for education schools, but much of the focus was
on the details of the programs, such as faculty experience and
the classes' syllabuses.
Despite gains in state
Senate, female lawmakers
hold few seats in House
State holds celebrities'
uncaimed propert
It's up to Eminem,
other residents to reclaim
bank accounts, uncashed
paychecks from state
DETROIT (AP) - Marshall Mathers,
the state of Michigan has something of
yours.
The rapper better known as Eminem may
not be hurting for cash, but if he ever runs
low, he can pick up the unclaimed property
turned over by Michigan National Bank.
The state Treasury Department lists Mathers
on its unclaimed property website.
Eminem's publicist, Dennis Dennehy,
declined to comment.
The Treasury Department holds on
to millions of dollars in forgotten bank
accounts, uncashed paychecks, dividend
payments and other property that have been
sent to the state when a company can't find
the person owed the money or property.
With term limits and moves to Senate,
only 18 female lawmakers remain in state
House, the lowest since 1985-86
LANSING (AP) - When Gretchen Whitmer won election
to the state Senate last month, it was a microcosm of women's
gains - and losses - in what remains a predominantly male
Legislature.
Whitmer became the 12th female in the 38-member chamber,
the highest number of women in the Senate's history. Female
senators praised the historic swearing-in as a mark of progress
for women everywhere.
There were no female senators in the early 1980s, and just five
served from 1999-2002.
"It was the first time we'd ever had five women serving," said
Sen. Beverly Hammerstrom, a Temperance Republican. "We've
really gone from five to 12 in a very short period of time."
But Whitmer's addition dealt another blow to female repre-
sentation in the state House, where she had served five years
before leaving early to fill the open Senate seat.
Her departure dropped the number of female House mem-
bers to 18, the lowest since 1985-86 and well below the high
of 31 who served from 1997-2000. All but one of the Senate's
dozen women came from the House.
"The problem that we're experiencing is there's really less
women in the House," said Sen. Gilda Jacobs, a Huntington
Woods Democrat and former House member. "On one hand,
we're making history over here. But on the other hand, we still
need to encourage more women to get involved in the political
process."
The total number of women in both chambers, 30,is the same
at it was in 1993. Because women comprise just one-fifth of the
148-member Legislature, there are questions about how or if
they will ever sit in half or even one-third of the seats one day.
The biggest barrier may be term limits.
When Michigan voters in 1992 approved restrictions on the
length of stay in office, former Democratic Rep. Maxine Ber-
man predicted a drop in the number of female legislators.
Today she says the pipeline of female candidates to take the
place of departing women is shrinking. While women once
picked up an average of one or two seats every election in the
'80s and '90s, many have been forced out by term limits.
Six more will have to go at year's end.
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