The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com DONATIONS From page IA Douglas Kahn, has given more than $100 to the MCRI in the same period. He donat- ed $150. RC Prof. Carl Cohen donated $2,400 to MCRI in 2004, but has not written a check to the group since then. One United Michigan has spent most of its $2.5 million on TV and radio ads as well as staff and mailings, leaving it with just over $34,517 on hand. The MCRI committee raised $911,408 during the same period. Most of that came from the California-based Ameri- can Civil Rights Coalition, a group found- ed by anti-affirmative-action crusader Ward Connerly. MCRI still has $622,410 in the bank. Contributions from University employ- ees were nearly as lopsided in the race for governor. They donated $5,806 to Gra- Monday, October 30, 2006 - 7A nholm and just $1,225 to DeVos between Aug. 29 and Oct. 22. The race for governor is already the most expensive in state history. DeVos has spent more than three times as much as Granholm since the campaign began. Granholm has spent $11.6 million, while DeVos spent $39.3 million. Much of that came from DeVos's own fortune. He has donated $34.5 million to his cam- paign. Granholm has $4 million on hand, compared to DeVos's $1.9 million. But that number is almost irrelevant, as the wealthy Republican can continue spend- ing his own money. DeVos is the former CEO of Alticor, the parent company of Amway. His father founded the company. University men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker will join Michigan State University coach Tom Izzo and coaches from across Michigan at a press confer- ence in Okemos today to voice his opposi- tion to Proposal 2. HOT DIGGITY DOG LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN Donations by University Regents to colleagues up for re-election: * Andrew Richner(R-Grosse Pointe Park) $200 - David Brandon for re-election . Larry Deitch (D-Bingham Farms) $500 - Kathy Whitefor re-election . Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) $250- White * Rebecca McGowan(D-Ann Arbor) $1,000- White . Andrea Fischer Newman (R-Ann Arbor) $1,000-- Brandon GRADES From page IA complain about the grades they receive. Speth recommended students figure out what went wrong on the assignment they are unhappy with and ask advice on how to improve their performances in the future. He also suggested comparing missed test questions with the lecture notes on the subject. "Try to assess the nature of the mate- rial that didn't get into the notes," Speth said. "If the critical material did in fact get into your notes, then the issue is how you studied." DON'T OBSESS ABOUT A PROFES- SOR'S PREFERENCES WHEN WRITING A PAPER "The problem with students' logic is thinking they need to crack the code of what a professor likes in a paper," Whit- tier-Ferguson said. He said that when faculty come together to discuss grading, they often come up with the same grade for a sample paper. Writing with clear and focused logic, he said, should appeal to any teacher. He also said that going to office hours to discuss a thesis or a draft prior to the paper's due date can help students understand what a professor is looking for. USE OLD AND PRACTICE EXAMS AS A STUDY AID, NOT DIVINE REVELATION Tarle recommended simulating test conditions while taking old or practice exams. These exams should be taken after the bulk of studying has occurred, he said. DON'T SKIM THE READING Whittier-Ferguson especially empha- sizes this for discussion-based classes and English classes. "If you're skimming for an overview, you might as well read Spark Notes," he said. Despite Jacobs's contention that professors often assign more reading than they expect students to read, Whit- tier-Ferguson emphatically disagreed. The exception, he said, is secondary or supplementary readings. ATTEND CLASS REGULARLY This may seem obvious, but Jacobs stressed how important it is to take notes - yourself. As Whittier-Ferguson said, "Writing is a way of learning," and tak- ing notes helps internalize the informa- tion so the student will have to do less studying later. Test material is often mostly drawn from issues presented or raised in class. "If you don't go to class, as far as I'm concerned, there's no reason you should pass," Speth said. Lafayette Coney Island, located in the heart of Detroit, has remained successful throughout ai a fhe city's troubles. According to legend, workers can mentally add the most complex orders and pour a glass of milk as it sits on top of a patron's head. Some reportedly recite the first person's number on every page of the phone book. MITCH'S From page IA street became available in last November, Thompson said Mitch's jumped at the chance to relocate there. The new location is owned by nearby University Towers. Thompson said the bar has been paying rent on the new location since June without generating any income. He estimated the bar is losing $1,000 to $10,000 each week it stays closed, but cautioned that predicting future revenues is tough because the new building seats 50 fewer people than the old one. City Clerk Jackie Beaudry said Mitch's owners started the pro- cess of transferring the liquor license on April 5. All liquor license approvals go through the city clerk's office. Before license transfer requests are placed on the City Council agenda, the city's police and fire departments and building inspec- tor examine the location, and the city treasurer checks whether the owners have paid all required taxes. All outstanding taxes must be paid before the transfer can be approved. When the Ann Arbor Fire Department inspected the space, Thompson said they told him he needed to widen to 41 inches a fire door at the rear of the property. Thompson said that after he paid to have the frame widened and a fireproof door installed, the fire department changed its ear- lier request and told him that 41 inches was not wide enough. Without a complete inspec- tion from the fire department, the approval of the liquor license transfer was kept off the agenda for the Oct. 16 City Council meet- ing. The issue has since been resolved, Thompson said, and the fire department approved the 41- inch door. But a narrow door wasn't the only thing blockingthe reopening. Beaudry said there were also out- standing personal property taxes on equipment inside Mitch's. The taxes were paid and the city trea- surer signed off on this payment on Oct. 11, Beaudry said. . Beaudry said that the trans- fer is on the agenda for the City Council's Nov. 9 meeting. Fol- lowing this meeting, Thompson estimates that it will take about a week for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to complete its final inspection and approve the transfer of the liquor license. The bar plans to open immedi- ately upon the state commission's final inspection. Students have been eagerly awaiting the reopening of the bar since the start of the school year, especially because most cur- rent seniors were not 21 at the time of the bar's closing in 2004. The Facebook.com group "Offi- cial Petition to Get Mitch's Place OPEN!" boasts 669 members. "I had a lot of friends who went and loved the place," said LSA senior Perry Teicher, a member of the group. Teicher said that when some of his friends returned for parents' weekend a few weeks ago, they were upset that they weren't able to go to Mitch's. Rachael Dorman, who graduat- ed from the University six months before the bar closed, said she vis- ited the bar almost weekly during her final year as a student. "Mitch's was Monday night, that's what we did," said Dorman, who came back to visit Ann Arbor for Homecoming festivities over the weekend. She said that the bar attracted a lot of seniors and that its drink specials and relaxed atmosphere were what differentiated it from other places like Touchdown's and Rick's, two bars located nearby. "It was a kick-back place, a good time, dollar pitchers, good music," she said. Thompson said he's eager to get the Mitch's doors open again. "We're not trying to blame any- body," Thompson said. "We just want to get it done and get open." the michigan daily GYMNASTICS INSTRUCTORS NEEDED for girls & boys instructional classes. Ages pre-school through high school. Gymnastics & experience with children necessary. Beginning immedi- ately. Call Gym America 734-971-1667. EARN $800-$3200 PER month to SPRING drive brand new cars with ads placed 20th Ann on them. www.DriveAdCars.com Free trip Free Mea MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS basketball Ever. 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HPV is typically described as a sexually transmitted disease, although many experts in the medi- cal field prefer to call it a sexually transmitted infection because of the negative connotation that the word disease carries. Ernst said that because HPV is so common, it seems unfair to label it a disease. "We try to reassure patients that it is so common, that they're not alone," she said. HPV is not reserved to people who "sleep around," which is a common misconception among students, said Tom Morson, who provides counseling for students diagnosed with HPV through Counseling and Psychological Ser- vices. HPV is not always sexually transmitted. UHS Director Robert Winfield said it can be contracted non-sexu- ally as well: non-sexual HPV is responsible for a variety of warts on the hands and feet, including plan- tar warts. Chinyere Neale, a sexual health educator at UHS, said that because of HPV, sex is becoming correlated with cancer and death. "The underlying theme of it is, you have sex, you die," she said. Morson said that to most people, there's nothing more frightening than having a venereal disease. "These kinds of words evoke all kinds of fear and terror," he said. While most cases of HPV fail to produce a single symptom, HPV is the second biggest cause of female cancer mortality worldwide. Every year, an estimated 240,000 women die from cervical cancer associated with HPV, according to the World Health Organization. Winfield said the new vaccine has the potential to lower this num- ber dramatically. The current vaccine available at UHS is tetravalent, meaning that it protects against four different strains of HPV. Among them are high-risk strains 16 and 18, which cause about 70 percent of the cases of cervical cancer. The vaccine also protects against strains 6 and 11, which almost never lead to cancer, but are responsible for 90 percent of the cases of genital warts. Contrary to the belief of some men, HPV is not something that only affects women or that men don't have to worry about. "I've seen plenty of guys with warts on their penises," Winfield said. "The problem is the guyswith- out the visible warts." HPV is just as prevalent in men as in women, but men often fail to show symptoms and unknowingly pass it between sexual partners without even realizing it. The vaccination is not yet avail- able to men, partly because the pri- ority of the vaccine is in preventing cancer-related death in women. Ernst said viral effects have also been more difficult to study in men because of the lack of symptoms they show and because of incon- sistency of the HPV-DNA tests in men. While the current vaccine is only available for women between the ages of 9 from 26, vaccines for men are in progress. Therapeutic agents to treat individuals already infected with HPV are also in the works. Michigan may become the first state to require an HPV vaccine for sixth-grade girls. Two bills have passed the state Senate and are now waiting for the state House to reconvene next month. Not everyone agrees that vac- cinating children as young as 9 is appropriate. Neale said she recognizes that while some parents are fearful the vaccination will make sex seem acceptable to young girls, many parents are willing to introduce the vaccine to their children by explaining that "this is going to protect you from cervical cancer." Winfield advocated the vacci- nation at an early age because the time a person has to fully benefit from the vaccination is a "window of opportunity that can disappear." If the vaccine is administered before a woman has sex, it is 100 percent effective in preventing the four most harmful strains of HPV infection. "I think giving the vaccine is an acknowledgement, not an induce- ment to sexuality," he said. Ernst said that during their college years, 40 to 60 percent of women will contract HPV, but the vaccine is expected to provide life- long immunity. One deterring aspect ofthe vacci- nation is the cost - many insurance providers have not yet included it on their lists of coverage. Some of the providers who immediately picked it up are MCARE and GradCARE, but if the cost is not covered, the vaccination will run about $570. The vaccine is given in a series of three injections, each one costing $188. Sheryl Kurze, a UHS physician, said it's extremely rare to be infect- ed with all four strains at once, so the vaccine still almost always offers protection after infection. "Even if you've (already) had an abnormal pap, you should get the vaccine," Kurze said. The consensus of advice from health care professionals across campus isto get vaccinated. 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