The Michigan Daily - michigandail COKE From page 1 Coke products. The decision to reinstate the contract came before the prom- ised investigations were complete, said Blase Kearney, a member of Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality. "Coke never submitted the results of their investigation to the University because they never had a reason to," Kearney said. "They got their contracts reinstated." The Coke debate is still raging across the country. Last month, Swarthmore College cut its con- tracts with Coke amid allegations of human rights abuses. Rackham student Sayan Bhat- tacharyya, who hosted the forum in Mason Hall last week, used the Coke issue to illustrate the Univer- sity's complex role as a global citi- zen at a forum he hosted last week in Mason Hall. A panel made up of three students, two professors, one of the University's lawyers and Bhattacharyya spoke to an audi- ence of about 20 people. "My hope for this forum is to explore how the University sees itself as a part of the global com- munity," Bhattacharyya said. "The events surrounding the Univer- sity's relationship with the Coca- Cola Corporation provide concrete examples of how the University's influence is relevant on a global scale." Organizational Studies junior Lindsey Rogers, a member of the University's chapter of human- rights advocacy group Amnesty International,saidaUniversityedu- cation would be incomplete with- out teaching ethics. She said she recognizes that the priority of the University is the quest for knowledge. "But knowledge can be used for good or evil,"Rogers said. She praised the University for its code of vendor ethics. But Rog- ers said the University should have permanently suspended its con- tracts with Coke rather than give the company a timeline to change its policies. "By reinstating the contract, the University legitimized the Coca- Cola Corporation," Rogers said. "The University failed in its duty to act as a responsible global citizen." University alum Elizabeth Cowan recalled her conversations with union workers from Columbia last year. She explained the stigma that union workers in South Amer- ica endure and stressed their reli- ance on outside support to rectify their dire situation. "The workers were terribly disap- pointed when the University rein- stated its contracts," she said. Cowan said that because we live in an interconnected society, we have the responsibility to raise the standard of living for the workers in Columbia. Business School Prof. Andrew Hoffman said he supports the University's plan. He said the Uni- versity should not punish Coke by severing all ties with the company. Instead, the University can more effectively change the company's business practices by working alongside it. "TheUniversityhaseveryrightto envision a better world and choose to make it so," Hoffman said. "We need to notonly show what's wrong, however. We also need to show the way towards what's right." LSA junior Ryan Fantuzzi, an outspoken campus conservative, argued that the ban on Coke hurt Michigan workers. "The only people punished were the local bottlers," Fantuzzi said. "The ban hardly helped the people in Columbia." Fantuzzi said the University should first channel its efforts into helping American citizens. He said global welfare should come second to Americans' well-being. Last winter, Fantuzzi formed a party to run in Michigan Student Assembly elections that focused on getting the University to reinstate its contract with Coke. His party lost by a devastating margin, and the party folded. COURT From page 1 far-reaching effects on the University, even to the point of overturning man- dates outlined in the 1954 case Brown v. Board ofEducation. She said University students' pres- ence in Washington demonstrates their dedication to an issue that's rel- evant to them. "We must demonstrate that our University is still involved and com- mittedtoracialdiversityineducation," Tabb said in an e-mail interview. Many students cited the potential impact on the University. "It's important to save diversity," said Lauren Davis, also a graduate stu- dent in the School of Social Work. "We had a really big problem at Michigan, and it affectsme as a student here." LSA sophomore Maggie Horne said the event has a lot in common with past struggles for civil rights. Student members of NAACP, the Association of Black Social Work Students, By Any Means Necessary and a host of other groups attended the event. The School of Social Work organized the trip, providing the bus for anyone in need of transportation. Social Work students raised money Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - 7 for the bus through bake sales and other fundraising. In the end, they collected barely enough money. BAMN organizer Luke Massie said one of the central problems with the issue of racial integration has been a lack of exposure. "It's been so under the radar," he said. "Buteverywhere we'vegone we have found overwhelming support for integration policies." Maricruz Lopez, co-chair of the University's BAMN chapter, said it's hard to make people understand what is at stake. "Everyone we've talked to has shown an interest in this," she said. "It's a matter of simply explaining. When we do that, people immediate- ly respond and want to organize." Tabb said marching for desegrega- tion is closely related to the School of Social Work'sprinciples of advocating social justice and fighting for equal- ity. She said her role as a social worker makes it her duty to work for diversity and publicize important issues. "Our student demonstration at the Supreme Court could have an immeasurable impact on public sen- timents and show that the public is well aware of the cases reviewed," she said. LECTURE From page 1 during a question-and-answer period, the crowd remained calm and quiet throughout the event. Gabriel is the author of "Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America." Gabriel, who now lives in the United States, said her negative views on Mus- lim fundamentalists were shaped by her childhood experiences as a Lebanese Christian during the Lebanese Civil War. The book describes her experiences living in a bomb shelter for seven years dur- ing the war. Gabriel founded the American Congress for Truth, a nonprofit organization that she describes as "dedicated to educating millions of uneducated Americans on the threat of Islamic radicals." Police were highly visible at last night's event, which was hosted by the pro-Israel student group Israel Initiative for Dialogue, Education and Action. FLU LSA junior Brad Stulberg, a From page 1 cofounder of Israel IDEA, said the group tries to host one big event a Because mass vaccination year. They said they chose Gabriel wouldn't be a practical defense, to foster dialogue. hand-washing and facemasks are "Despite potential threats to Ms. being explored as an alternative Gabriel's freedom of speech, the form of intervention. event was very successful," Israel Scientists would first have to IDEA member Nick Israel said. identify the virus, then develop its "We were glad to see an audience vaccine, Monto said. That means a composed of a diverse cross-sec- pharmaceutical defense wouldn't Lion of the student body and the be available for up to eight months local community." after a first outbreak. Organizers collected audience Researchers will monitor the questions on note cards and posed patient records at University Health them to Gabriel. Services and look at other studies in Israel said organizers tried to the state to determine when flu sea- select questions that challenged her son is in full force. position. As hard as it is to predict the onset Gabriel called for Islam to of the annual flu season, scientists reform itself and said Israelis and face aneven greater challenge intry- Palestinians hold different ethical ing to forecast a coming pandemic. standards. Monto said it's impossible to "(The mainstream television net- determine when the next pandemic works) need to take political cor- will strike, but history shows that rectness and shove it in the garbage one can be expected. where it belongs," she said. "A new influenza virus emerges NEWS TIPS? NEWS@MICHIGANDAILY.COM on a regular basis, and when that happens, itcgoes worldwide," he said. Montosaidhesuspectsthat avian flu will be the culprit behind the next pandemic. The last three pan- demics of the century, in 1918, 1957 and 1968, were caused by strains of avian flu that mutated to become contagious among humans. 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