The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom FORUM p From page 1 white students dressed in hip-hop attire. The party was held on Mar- tin Luther King Day, and its theme was "Living the Dream." Some crowd members said stu- dents who participate in these par- ties know what they are doing is wrong, while others said they are ignorant. Members of the panel then asked themselves whether they contrib- uted to the degrading stereotypes perpetuated about their culture. When asked why he continues to listen to hip-hop music that is misogynistic and degrading, Myron Bishop - a School of Music, The- atre and Dance student - said he didn't know. "I still struggle with that question everyday," said Bishop, who is black. Steven Dye, an Ann Arbor police officer who is black, said he some- times listens to NWA, a 1990s hip-hop group that recorded some songs mocking the police. "I don't take the music person- ally," he said. Panelists said blacks still face discrimination at the University. Randal Seriguchi, president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, said he's been to primarily black parties that were broken up by as many as eight police officers but seen rowdier parties at primarily white fraternities broken up by two police officers. "For the most part, when I'm called, the number of people we send out is done in response to how many people are at a given party," Dye said. Business junior Gabrielle Sims, a member of the panel, said the black community needs to improve its outreach to include other cultural groups in its activities. "WhenIthink aboutthe advertise- ments we do for our events, they seem to target other black people," she said. She also said that University organizations like the Office of Academic and Multicultural Initia- tives seem to cater more to black and Latino students than to other minority groups. Seriguchi said all minority stu- dents should work harder to unify campus. "I'm not really sure how we ended up separating minority into 'underrepresented' and 'overrep- resented,' " he said. "We're all still minorities." The event was hosted by the Uni- versity chapters of Phi Beta Sigma and Delta Sigma Theta fraternity as part of the Pan-Hellenic Council's "Race and Reality" series. Other events in the series include a discussion about the definitionofraceat 6p.m.todayin South Quad's Ambatana Lounge and a presentation aboutracial controver- sy in Jena, La. at 6 p.m. Wednesday in room 1210 of the Chemistry Building. Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 7 JOIN THE DAILY. Come to our mass meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 420 Maynard St., just northwest of the Union. Or e-mail news@michigandaily.com. YUSITs Of MICHI61AI Geology, ology, Human' le, Earn Credil This Summer! 5116 intro Geology: 6 credits C5341 Envirpnmental cince: 4 credit ENlON04 His & Lit of the Rockis: 6 credit Student Work Exchange Program in Germany Spend the summer of 2008 working in southwest Germany (6 weeks: July to mid-August). Students live with a German host family. Requirements include fluent German speaking and writing skills and relevant work experience. Students are responsible for airfare, course registration, application fee, and personal spending money. Applicadon deadline is March 3, 2008. For more information, contact Professor Karen Howie, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan. (231)995-1170 or FAX (231)995-1546 or e-mail: khowie@nmc.edu Check out www.nmc.edu/-cie /germany InternationalCareer S eaker Series International Employment Myths and Opportunities 9/18, 7-8:30pm, Ford School-Weill Hall, Rm 1120 Annenberg Auditorium Funding for Internships & Research Abroad 10/5, 12-1:30pm, Ford School-Weill Hall, Rm l120 Annenberg Auditorium Careers in Us Foreign Affairs 10/9, 5-6:30pm, Ford School-Weill Hall, Rm1 120 Annenberg Auditorium